Patents by Inventor Fang Xu

Fang Xu 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: 20250252586
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor and memory storing instructions for executing a process including acquiring first sensing data representing a shape of a narrow range of a first target object, and second sensing data representing a shape of a wide range of the first target object and for which a relationship between sensors at data acquisition is predefined; acquiring a third sensing data group including third sensing data representing a shape of a narrow range of a second target object, and a fourth sensing data group including fourth sensing data representing a shape of a wide range of the second target object and for which a relationship between sensors at data acquisition is predefined; and associating the first sensing data with the third sensing data representing a portion of the second target object same as a portion of the first target object corresponding to the first sensing data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventor: Fang XU
  • Publication number: 20250239820
    Abstract: A socket assembly for a fuse connector comprises a first bus bar, a fuse bus bar, and a fuse holder. The first bus bar comprises a contact blade extending toward a proximal end of the socket assembly and a fuse contact assembly. The fuse bus bar comprises a first fuse contact assembly and a distal end positioned adjacently to a distal end of the socket assembly. The fuse holder is removably engaged with the socket assembly and comprises an end wall at a distal end of the fuse holder. The end wall is configured to pass through the fuse contact assembly of the first bus bar and through the first fuse contact assembly of the fuse bus bar when removed from or inserted into the socket assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Jinyu Qiu, Zhihong Li, Fang Fang Xu
  • Publication number: 20250172044
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an impact-resistant multi-cutting-edge diamond compact, comprising a cylindrical cemented carbide substrate (102) and a diamond composite layer (101) being disposed at a top end of the cemented carbide substrate, wherein at least two sections of different chamfers (103, 104) are provided on a circumferential edge of a top end of the diamond composite layer (101), forming different cutting edges, the different cutting edges comprise at least one section of main cutting edge (103) and a section of impact-resistant cutting edge (104; 106) provided on each of two sides of the main cutting edge (103), a cutting performance of the main cutting edge (103) is better than that of the impact-resistant cutting edge (104; 106). According to the present disclosure, the compact has good cutting performance and side impact resistance on a gravel stratum, thereby prolonging the service life of the compact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Guanfu Tu, Xia Yang, Fang Xu
  • Patent number: 12287145
    Abstract: A heat exchanger apparatus can be configured so that there is at least one “U” or “C” shape configured manifold in combination with at least one “Z” or “S” shape configured manifold for the heat exchanger apparatus for the input and output of fluid into and out of the heat exchangers of the heat exchanger apparatus. In some embodiments, downstream and/or upstream lines can be connected to the manifolds at a center or off-center point for conveying inlet fluid and outlet fluid. A method of retrofitting a pre-existing plant, building a new plant, or designing a new plant that utilizes an embodiment of the heat exchanger apparatus can help provide an improved heat exchanger arrangement without significantly increasing the footprint needed for the arrangement so that a plant can be improved with an embodiment of the apparatus without requiring an enlarged footprint for the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Fang Xu, Xukun Luo, Douglas Paul Dee, Donn Michael Herron, William T. Kleinberg
  • Patent number: 12077182
    Abstract: Provided are a longitudinal and lateral integrated moving horizon decision making method and apparatus for an autonomous vehicle in a snowy and icy environment based on trajectory prediction, with an aim of reducing the complexity of planning a lane-changing trajectory. The method includes: screening out at least one obstacle, planning a lane-changing trajectory according to the at least one obstacle, establishing a decision making model according to the lane-changing trajectory, and controlling the autonomous vehicle by designing a longitudinal and lateral integrated moving horizon decision making controller according to the decision making model. Further provided are a longitudinal and lateral integrated moving horizon decision making apparatus for an autonomous vehicle in a snowy and icy environment based on trajectory prediction and a storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Jilin University
    Inventors: Hongyan Guo, Qikun Dai, Jun Liu, Fang Xu
  • Patent number: 12075017
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of printing, and specifically relates to a method for acquiring a color density characteristic curve in printing, including: designing a standard N-color level image of a single color channel; performing printout and scan correction on the standard N-color level image; performing edge finding operation on a corrected image; dividing the image into regions; and calculating a deviation. According to the method for acquiring a color density characteristic curve in printing by channels provided by the present invention, the color density characteristic curve of all the color channels may be obtained by sequentially using the method in the present invention on the color channels. The method in the present invention provides a basis for studying the performance of a printing system and further solving the problem of color density characteristic deviations at different positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignees: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Zhejiang Puncher Digital Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hongwu Zhan, Fang Xu, Zhiming Li, Libin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240132492
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a class of Pyridopyrimidine compounds having a structure shown in Formula (I) or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or stereoisomers or prodrug molecules and applications thereof. The compounds in the present disclosure can efficiently and selectively degrade AKT3 protein in cells without affecting AKT1/2, thereby significantly inhibiting tumor cell proliferation mediated by high expression of AKT3 protein. It can be used to prepare therapeutic drugs for cancer and other diseases related to abnormal expression of AKT3 protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: JINAN UNIVERSITY, SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Ke DING, Xin ZHANG, Fang XU, Xiaomei REN, Xiaoyun LU, Dawei MA, Weixue HUANG
  • Publication number: 20240068972
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present application are a method for increasing gas selection functions of a multifunctional gas sensor, and a gas sensor. The method for increasing gas selection functions of a multifunctional gas sensor of the present application comprises: forming a noble metal nanoparticle modification layer on a surface of a semiconductor gas-sensitive material layer of a probe of a gas sensor, such that a single probe of the gas sensor can implement the selective detection and selective regulation of at least three gases in an operating temperature range of 0-400° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Fang Xu, Hopui HO
  • Publication number: 20240022676
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of printing, and specifically relates to a method for acquiring a color density characteristic curve in printing, including: designing a standard N-color level image of a single color channel; performing printout and scan correction on the standard N-color level image; performing edge finding operation on a corrected image; dividing the image into regions; and calculating a deviation. According to the method for acquiring a color density characteristic curve in printing by channels provided by the present invention, the color density characteristic curve of all the color channels may be obtained by sequentially using the method in the present invention on the color channels. The method in the present invention provides a basis for studying the performance of a printing system and further solving the problem of color density characteristic deviations at different positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicants: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Zhejiang Puncher Digital Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hongwu ZHAN, Fang XU, Zhiming LI, Libin ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240012412
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method are provided herein for remote control of a robotic device, and more particularly, to a haptic system for robot teleoperation. A system for robot teleoperation is provided including: an underwater robot vehicle; a subsea sensing module associated with the underwater robot vehicle; a workplace module; and a user interface, where the subsea sensing module senses an environment of the underwater robot vehicle and provides sensor data to the workplace module, where the workplace module reproduces the environment and instructs the user interface to provide sensory augmentation associated with the environment to an operator. The system of an example embodiment further includes a robot control module, where the user interface receives input from the operator and the robot control module controls the underwater robot vehicle according to the input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jing DU, Pengxiang XIA, Fang XU, Qi ZHU
  • Patent number: 11774189
    Abstract: A heat exchanger can be configured to utilize multiple sections of hardway fins that can be configured so that an upper first section of the fins can build up liquid head and a second lower section of the fins can be configured to distribute liquid in an even, or uniform, manner. The first section of fins can utilize a different type of hole arrangement than the second section of fins. For instance, the diameter or width of the holes in the first section may differ from the diameter or width of the holes of the second section. In addition (or as an alternative), fin frequency and/or spacing between immediately adjacent holes in the first section of fins may be different from the spacing between immediately adjacent holes in the second section of fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Fang Xu, Declan Patrick O'Connor, William T Kleinberg, Patrick A. Houghton
  • Publication number: 20230290054
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a managing part. The managing part manages, based on a first sensing data group regarding a shape of a first structure and data of a three-dimensional shape of the first structure, a relation between the first sensing data group or the data of the three-dimensional shape of the first structure, and second sensing data regarding a shape of a second structure so that common sites of the first structure and the second structure can be compared with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshihisa KIYOTA, Fang XU
  • Patent number: 11731179
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a steel strip coiling temperature control method, a steel strip coiling temperature control device and a steel strip processing system, which relate to the technical field of steel strip production. The method comprises: seeking a corresponding speed compensation coefficient according to a target thickness of the steel strip and a target temperature parameter; seeking a corresponding speed gain coefficient from a second correspondence table according to a steel strip speed; correcting the steel strip speed based on the speed compensation coefficient and the speed gain coefficient to obtain a corrected steel strip speed; and adjusting a cooling efficiency of a laminar flow cooling apparatus according to the corrected steel strip speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SHOUGANG JINGTANG IRON & STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fang Xu, Hongbo Qin, Jinfang Shi, Shuang Huang, Dongning Li, Kai Li, Liang Hu, Tong Chen, Wei Zheng, Junyin Wang, Lingfeng Chen, Haiwei Xu, Shengguo Cui, Jinhua Wang, Changqing Cao, Zhijun Wei
  • Patent number: 11487837
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method for summarizing content related to a keyword, the content being retrieved from online websites, the method comprising the steps of: searching (1100) the keyword with at least one search engine, thereby obtaining ranked result webpages, deriving (1200, 2200) sentences from a predetermined number of highest ranking webpages, among the ranked result webpages, combining (1300) the sentences, thereby obtaining a combined content, ranking (1400, 3400) the combined content, thereby obtaining a ranked content, outputting (1500) a predetermined number of highest ranking sentences from the ranked content as summary of the keyword.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Searchmetrics GmbH
    Inventors: Fang Xu, Marcus Tober
  • Publication number: 20220324482
    Abstract: Provided are a longitudinal and lateral integrated moving horizon decision making method and apparatus for an autonomous vehicle in a snowy and icy environment based on trajectory prediction, with an aim of reducing the complexity of planning a lane-changing trajectory. The method includes: screening out at least one obstacle, planning a lane-changing trajectory according to the at least one obstacle, establishing a decision making model according to the lane-changing trajectory, and controlling the autonomous vehicle by designing a longitudinal and lateral integrated moving horizon decision making controller according to the decision making model. Further provided are a longitudinal and lateral integrated moving horizon decision making apparatus for an autonomous vehicle in a snowy and icy environment based on trajectory prediction and a storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Hongyan Guo, Qikun Dai, Jun Liu, Fang Xu
  • Patent number: 11385129
    Abstract: An Optical Time Domain Reflectomeler (OTDR) tests an optical fiber by generating, transmitting, and receiving light signals from an optical fiber. The OTDR generates light signals having different characteristics and stitches these light signals into an OTDR trace. Backscatter and properties such as dynamic range effect the quality of the OTDR trace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLC
    Inventor: Fang Xu
  • Publication number: 20220099385
    Abstract: A heat exchanger can be configured to utilize multiple sections of hardway fins that can be configured so that an upper first section of the fins can build up liquid head and a second lower section of the fins can be configured to distribute liquid in an even, or uniform, manner. The first section of fins can utilize a different type of hole arrangement than the second section of fins. For instance, the diameter or width of the holes in the first section may differ from the diameter or width of the holes of the second section. In addition (or as an alternative), fin frequency and/or spacing between immediately adjacent holes in the first section of fins may be different from the spacing between immediately adjacent holes in the second section of fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Fang Xu, Declan Patrick O'Connor, William T. Kleinberg, Patrick A. Houghton
  • Publication number: 20210369532
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a rehabilitation training equipment and a rehabilitation training system. The rehabilitation training equipment includes a driving device, a back placement device, a leg aid device, a cushion device, a first feedback device, and a control device. The driving device is configured to adjust rotation angles between the back placement device, the cushion device, and the leg aid device to achieve a posture training mode selected from a plurality of posture training modes including a standing mode, a sitting-up mode, and a lying mode. The first feedback device is used to obtain core muscle strength parameters of the human body. The control device is electrically connected to the first feedback device and the driving device, and is configured to obtain the core muscle strength parameters and send a control signal to the driving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Junwei Hao, Haijie Liu, Teng Chen, Dongshan Wan, Fei Wang, Fang Xu, Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 11169051
    Abstract: A testing device includes a test port, a light source, a measurement element, and a controller. A method of testing an optical system with the testing device includes, and/or the testing device is configured for, measuring an unloaded reference signal when the testing device is not connected to the optical system and storing the unloaded reference signal in a memory of the testing device. The method and/or configuration also includes detecting a signal from the optical system after storing the unloaded reference signal. Based on the detected signal, it is determined that the optical system is connected to a test port of the testing device. A test of the optical system with the testing device is automatically initiated in response to determining that the optical system is connected to the test port of the testing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLC
    Inventor: Fang Xu
  • Patent number: D958281
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventor: Fang Xu