Patents by Inventor Fang Hou

Fang Hou has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250134378
    Abstract: An imaging tool, including: a drive shaft including a proximal end and a distal end; an optical waveguide including a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the optical waveguide being disposed within the proximal end of the drive shaft, and the distal end of the optical waveguide extending beyond the distal end of the drive shaft; and an optical probe head coupled to the distal end of the optical waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Fang Hou, Alejandro Enrique Ortega, Guillermo Tearney, Konstantina Stankovic
  • Patent number: 11697912
    Abstract: A multifunctional floating breakwater includes: a plank platform, a first buoy, a second buoy, a first wave baffle, a second wave baffle, a first arc breast wall, a second arc breast wall, upper inclined supports, lower inclined supports and a net cage. The multifunctional floating breakwater integrates a floating breakwater and a wave-energy power generation device, which can not only maintain good stability of the water surface in a harbor, but also generate electric energy, and allow for aquaculture and other activities as well, and has advantages of being movable and not limited by water depth and geology. In addition, the invention has a simple structure, easy production and maintenance, no pollution to the marine environment and therefore wide application prospects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: LUDONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xueyan Li, Zhi Cheng, Qing Wang, Gang Wang, Chunyi Xiu, Fang Hou
  • Patent number: 11619490
    Abstract: A measuring device for wave energy conversion performance of a comb-typed permeable breakwater with arcuate walls is provided. The measuring device includes four parts: the comb-type permeable breakwater with arcuate walls, a wave height measuring instrument and pressure sensor fixing and adjusting apparatus, a wave height measuring instrument data collecting and processing apparatus and a pressure sensor data collecting and processing apparatus. The comb-typed permeable breakwater includes combined arc-shaped caissons, partition plates, a back plate, a fixing bottom plate and fixing screws. The wave height measuring instrument data collecting and processing apparatus processes data collected by a wave height measuring instrument and outputs for display. The pressure sensor data collecting and processing apparatus analyzes data collected by a pressure sensor and outputs for display. The measuring device has a stable structure, convenient operation and high experimental accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: LUDONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xueyan Li, Qing Wang, Fang Hou, Jing Peng, Yanxin Ding
  • Publication number: 20230068166
    Abstract: A multifunctional floating breakwater includes: a plank platform, a first buoy, a second buoy, a first wave baffle, a second wave baffle, a first arc breast wall, a second arc breast wall, upper inclined supports, lower inclined supports and a net cage. The multifunctional floating breakwater integrates a floating breakwater and a wave-energy power generation device, which can not only maintain good stability of the water surface in a harbor, but also generate electric energy, and allow for aquaculture and other activities as well, and has advantages of being movable and not limited by water depth and geology. In addition, the invention has a simple structure, easy production and maintenance, no pollution to the marine environment and therefore wide application prospects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Xueyan Li, Zhi Cheng, Qing Wang, Gang Wang, Chunyi Xiu, Fang Hou
  • Publication number: 20220390231
    Abstract: A measuring device for wave energy conversion performance of a comb-typed permeable breakwater with arcuate walls is provided. The measuring device includes four parts: the comb-type permeable breakwater with arcuate walls, a wave height measuring instrument and pressure sensor fixing and adjusting apparatus, a wave height measuring instrument data collecting and processing apparatus and a pressure sensor data collecting and processing apparatus. The comb-typed permeable breakwater includes combined arc-shaped caissons, partition plates, a back plate, a fixing bottom plate and fixing screws. The wave height measuring instrument data collecting and processing apparatus processes data collected by a wave height measuring instrument and outputs for display. The pressure sensor data collecting and processing apparatus analyzes data collected by a pressure sensor and outputs for display. The measuring device has a stable structure, convenient operation and high experimental accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: XUEYAN LI, QING WANG, FANG HOU, JING PENG, YANXIN DING
  • Patent number: 11410112
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to industrial data services, data modeling and applications for controlling an industrial operation. In one implementation, a platform is disclosed for allocating a data modeling request to a collaborative group of experts based on a two-dimensional data modeling flow data structure and a multilayer resource allocation graph to obtain a data model for controlling the industrial operation. The two-dimensional data modeling flow data structure and the multilayer resource allocation graph are established from an industrial graph knowledgebase using various data analytics and machine learning techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Fang Hou, Yikai Wu, Xiaopei Cheng, Guo Ma, Guanyi Sun, Bin Xie, Hui Shen
  • Patent number: 11409779
    Abstract: An iterative classifier for unsegmented electronic documents is based on machine learning algorithms. The textual strings in the electronic document are segmented using a composite dictionary that combines a conventional dictionary and an adaptive dictionary developed based on the context and nature of the electronic document. The classifier is built using a corpus of training and testing samples automatically extracted from the electronic document by detecting signatures for a set of pre-established classes for the textual strings. The classifier is further iteratively improved by automatically expanding the corpus of training and testing samples in real-time when textual strings in new electronic documents are processed and classified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Fang Hou, Yikai Wu, Xiaopei Cheng, Sifei Ding
  • Patent number: 11327989
    Abstract: A customized industrial graph knowledge base for an industrial operation includes a graph database storing nodes of multiple dimensions predefined according to the nature and characteristics of the industrial operation. The nodes are extracted from baseline, domain-specific, and implementation specific industrial knowledge data sources using various analytics for structured and unstructured data. The customized industrial graph knowledge base further includes edges representing relationships between nodes that are either inter-dimensional or intra-dimensional. The importance of each node to the industrial operation is further quantified using a graph model and is included in the graph database as a composite filtering parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Yikai Wu, Fang Hou, Xiaopei Cheng, Hui Shen
  • Patent number: 11264121
    Abstract: Direct measurement and simulation of real-time production rates of chemical products in complex chemical plants is complex. A predictive model developed based on machine learning algorithms using historical sensor data and production data provides accurate real-time prediction of production rates of chemical products in chemical plants. An optimization model based on machine learning algorithms using clustered historical sensor data and production data provides optimal values for controllable parameters for production maximization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Fang Hou, Yikai Wu, Kexin Ren, Hui Shen, Xinyong Min, Xiaopei Cheng
  • Patent number: 11069009
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to system, method and apparatuses for identifying load volatility of a power customary and a tangible computer readable medium therefor. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the system comprises at least one processor; and at least one memory storing computer executable instructions. The at least one memory and the computer executable instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the system to determine boundary points for splitting a load curve of a power customer automatically, through performing density-based spatial clustering on data points of the load curve of the power customer; and detect tendency turning points of the load curve by means of the determined boundary points, so as to identify the load volatility of the power customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Fang Hou, Qin Zhou, Ming Li
  • Publication number: 20200201875
    Abstract: A customized industrial graph knowledge base for an industrial operation includes a graph database storing nodes of multiple dimensions predefined according to the nature and characteristics of the industrial operation. The nodes are extracted from baseline, domain-specific, and implementation specific industrial knowledge data sources using various analytics for structured and unstructured data. The customized industrial graph knowledge base further includes edges representing relationships between nodes that are either inter-dimensional or intra-dimensional. The importance of each node to the industrial operation is further quantified using a graph model and is included in the graph database as a composite filtering parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Yikai Wu, Fang Hou, Xiaopei Cheng, Hui Shen
  • Publication number: 20200201293
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to industrial data services, data modeling and applications for controlling an industrial operation. In one implementation, a platform is disclosed for allocating a data modeling request to a collaborative group of experts based on a two-dimensional data modeling flow data structure and a multilayer resource allocation graph to obtain a data model for controlling the industrial operation. The two-dimensional data modeling flow data structure and the multilayer resource allocation graph are established from an industrial graph knowledgebase using various data analytics and machine learning techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Fang Hou, Yikai Wu, Xiaopei Cheng, Guo Ma, Guanyi Sun, Bin Xie, Hui Shen
  • Patent number: 10545465
    Abstract: A system and a method for selecting controllable parameters for equipment operation safety are provided. The system includes a memory, a display, a communication interface, and circuitry in communication with the memory, the communication interface and the display, the circuitry is configured to: identify a key safety monitoring index (KSMI) for the equipment operation safety, select a first subset of the controllable parameters according to a first regression, select a second subset of the controllable parameters from the first subset of the controllable parameters to predict the KSMI, predict the equipment operation safety for a future time, determine a safety range, and transmit the controllable parameters to be set for the equipment operation safety according to the determined safety range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Fang Hou, Yan Gao
  • Patent number: 10338547
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to system, method and apparatuses for determining parameter settings for a power generation system and a tangible computer readable medium therefor. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the system comprises at least one processor; and at least one memory storing computer executable instructions. The at least one memory and the computer executable instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the system to: divide historical power related data of the power generation system into a plurality of power load segments based on typical power load values and the number of the historical power related data; identify feasible parameter ranges for each of the plurality of power load segments; and determine optimal parameter settings for each of the plurality of power load segments, based on the identified feasible parameters ranges and correlations between system energy efficiency and relative parameters of each of the plurality of power load segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Ming Li, Fang Hou, Qin Zhou, Hui Shen
  • Publication number: 20190198136
    Abstract: Direct measurement and simulation of real-time production rates of chemical products in complex chemical plants is complex. A predictive model developed based on machine learning algorithms using historical sensor data and production data provides accurate real-time prediction of production rates of chemical products in chemical plants. An optimization model based on machine learning algorithms using clustered historical sensor data and production data provides optimal values for controllable parameters for production maximization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Fang Hou, Yikai Wu, Kexin Ren, Hui Shen, Xinyong Min, Xiaopei Cheng
  • Publication number: 20190096277
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for measuring reading performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicants: Ohio State Innovation Foundation, Adaptive Sensory Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhong-Lin Lu, Fang Hou, Deyue Yu, Peter J. Bex, Luis A. Lesmes
  • Patent number: 10241659
    Abstract: A method and a computing device for adjusting the display of an image, where the method includes: obtaining, during a process of playing an image, a finger gesture for processing the image; determining whether the finger gesture is a finger gesture for adjusting the image, the adjusting including rotating or flipping; and adjusting the image according to the finger gesture if the finger gesture is a finger gesture for adjusting the image. After it is determined that a finger gesture for processing an image is a finger gesture for adjusting the image, the image is adjusted according to the finger gesture, and during this process, a touch screen device body does not need to be moved, which is a convenient implementing manner; moreover, the image can be rotated or flipped, supporting different operations on the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Fang Hou, Yuan Huang
  • Publication number: 20190079472
    Abstract: A system and a method for selecting controllable parameters for equipment operation safety are provided. The system includes a memory, a display, a communication interface, and circuitry in communication with the memory, the communication interface and the display, the circuitry is configured to: identify a key safety monitoring index (KSMI) for the equipment operation safety, select a first subset of the controllable parameters according to a first regression, select a second subset of the controllable parameters from the first subset of the controllable parameters to predict the KSMI, predict the equipment operation safety for a future time, determine a safety range, and transmit the controllable parameters to be set for the equipment operation safety according to the determined safety range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Fang Hou, Yan Gao
  • Publication number: 20180365322
    Abstract: An iterative classifier for unsegmented electronic documents is based on machine learning algorithms. The textual strings in the electronic document are segmented using a composite dictionary that combines a conventional dictionary and an adaptive dictionary developed based on the context and nature of the electronic document. The classifier is built using a corpus of training and testing samples automatically extracted from the electronic document by detecting signatures for a set of pre-established classes for the textual strings. The classifier is further iteratively improved by automatically expanding the corpus of training and testing samples in real-time when textual strings in new electronic documents are processed and classified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Fang Hou, Yikai Wu, Xiaopei Cheng, Sifei Ding
  • Patent number: 10067038
    Abstract: A method and system for analyzing equipment degradation for maintaining the equipment are provided. The method and system receive and store equipment and sensor data associated with operational equipment, generate a display signal to display a relationship analysis window, a residual error window, a performance condition window, and a maintenance trigger window, and evaluate a coordinated relationship between the equipment sensor data and the environmental data, determine residual errors and determine a Historical Health Condition Index (HHCI) for the operational equipment and generate a Future Health Condition Index (FHCI) from the HHCI, and generate an equipment maintenance trigger for the operational equipment by establishing a trigger threshold for maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Fang Hou, Yan Gao, Xiaopei Cheng