Patents by Inventor Feng Zou

Feng Zou 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: 20240152500
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a graph transformation method of a function block chain. The method may include: extracting a plurality of function block pairs from a function block chain, wherein the function block chain comprises a plurality of function blocks connected in sequence; respectively transforming the function block pairs into nodes; transforming the nodes into directed acyclic graphs or undirected acyclic graphs; and building a graph of the function block chain based on the directed acyclic graphs/undirected acyclic graphs and a weight served by the count.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wen Chao Zou, Hai Feng Wang
  • Publication number: 20240127732
    Abstract: A shift-register unit, a grid driving circuit and a displaying device, which relates to the technical field of displaying. In the present disclosure, the oxide-semiconductor layers of the oxide thin-film transistors may be delimited into regions according to the total channel widths and the channel lengths required by the oxide thin-film transistors in the shift-register unit, wherein the sum of the widths of the independent semiconductor branches obtained by the delimitation is equal to the required total channel width. Accordingly, one oxide thin-film transistor can realize the required total channel width by using the one or more semiconductor branches, to ensure the normal operation of the oxide thin-film transistor, whereby the oxide-semiconductor layers of the different oxide thin-film transistors can be configured differently, to realize the purpose of reducing the border frame of the displaying device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongxian Xie, Zhixiang Zou, Feng Qu, Chuanjiang Tang, Tong Yang, Xiaoye Ma, Fengzhen Lv, Ran Zhang
  • Patent number: 11939599
    Abstract: Disclosed are a gene mining method combining functional sequence and structure simulation, an NADH-preferring phosphinothricin dehydrogenase mutant and an application thereof. The gene mining method comprises the following steps: (1) analyzing a characteristic sequence which an NADH-type glutamate dehydrogenase should have; (2) searching a gene library based on the characteristic sequence; (3) performing clustering analysis and protein structure simulation on genes obtained by the searching; (4) selecting genes that feature high gene aggregation and a protein structure similar to that of the known phosphinothricin dehydrogenase as candidate genes. A wild-type phosphinothricin dehydrogenase with an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID No.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yaping Xue, Feng Cheng, Jiamin Zhang, Shuping Zou, Jianmiao Xu, Yuguo Zheng
  • Patent number: 11927216
    Abstract: A three-section synchronous slide rail, which has simple structure, longer service life, is easy to install and replace is provided, which includes: two sets of slide rail assemblies which comprise a fixed rail, a middle rail and a sliding rail, synchronization components comprising a flexible deflector unit and a roller, the flexible deflector unit is connected with the fixed rail and the sliding rail, the middle rail is connected with a rope base, a first end of the flexible deflector unit is wound around a first end of the rope base and fixed to the rope base, and a second end of the flexible deflector unit bypasses the roller and is reversely wound on a second end of the rope base and the second end of the flexible deflector unit is fixed to the rope base, a connecting rod is connected between the rope bases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: WUXI HAIDAER PRECISION SLIDES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Lian Zou, Xinglong Xu, Feng Qian, Kai Dai, Dong Zhu, Qiang Ji
  • Patent number: 11920743
    Abstract: An LED tube lamp includes a first and second members and a connection member. Each of the first and second members includes lighting part and an end part. Each lighting part includes LED light strip. The connection member includes electrical connection portions and joining portions for the first and second members. The connection member connects the first member with the second member by the joining portions and the electrical connection portions and makes the first member substantially coaxial to the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: JIAXING SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Guang-Dong Wang, Ji-Feng Xu, Ming-Bin Wang, Zi-Xiang Zou, Dong-Mei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11909041
    Abstract: This invention provides an environmental friendly method for the production of high capacity cathode materials for use in Li-ion batteries. Traditional methods for producing lithium mixed metal oxide cathode materials typically generate large amounts of effluent which effluent must be treated prior to discharge. The present process uses mixed metals as raw materials, in a wet chemical reaction with an oxidant, in order to make high-quality metal hydroxide precursors which can be used to prepare high-quality cathode materials after lithiation. As a key feature, in the precursor preparation process, the bulk of the aqueous solution used for the wet chemical reaction can be recycled back to the reactor, so that the total process has little or no effluent generated during production of the cathode precursor material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Feng Zou, Yang Liu
  • Publication number: 20240055681
    Abstract: A method for recovering the valuable materials from energy storage devices (e.g., spent rechargeable lithium batteries, especially those batteries using nickel-based or nickel and cobalt containing cathode materials) are described. In particular, the proposed method applies carbonyl technology, also known as vapometallurgy, to regenerate pure materials which can be reused as raw materials for making active cathode materials for new lithium batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Feng Zou, Quanmin Yang, Vladimir Paserin, Alex Carpenter
  • Publication number: 20230315654
    Abstract: A method of performing ring allreduce operations is disclosed. The method includes sending a chunk of a message in a receive buffer at a current index of a send buffer to a next node in a virtual ring of nodes, receiving a chunk of the message from a previous node in the virtual ring of nodes and store the chunk at the current index of the receive buffer, and reducing a chunk in a send buffer at a previous index of the receive buffer and a chunk in the receive buffer at a previous index of the receive buffer and storing a result at the previous index of the receive buffer. The method includes repeating the sending, receiving and storing, and reducing and storing steps until all chunks of the message are reduced, and sending reduced chunks to the next node and receive reduced chunks from the previous node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Guokai Ma, Zhouhai Ye, Feng Zou, Xiaojie Deng
  • Patent number: 11743508
    Abstract: An example device includes a memory to store the video data, and processing circuitry in communication with the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to compare a value of a dimension of a current block of the stored video data to a value of a corresponding dimension of a neighboring block of the current block to obtain a relative dimension value. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine, based on the relative dimension value, that the current block is to be partitioned according to a prediction tree (PT) portion of a multi-type tree-based partitioning scheme. The PT portion comprises partitioning according to one of a binary tree structure or a center-side triple tree structure. The processing circuitry is further configured to partition, based on the determination, the current block according to the PT portion, to form a plurality of sub-blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Hsiao-Chiang Chuang, Xiang Li, Jianle Chen, Feng Zou, Wei-Jung Chien, Yi-Wen Chen, Marta Karczewicz
  • Publication number: 20230240616
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a connector, an audio generator, a biological signal processor, a switch element, and a controller. The switch element has a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal of the switch element is coupled to the connector, and the second terminal of the switch element is selectively coupled to either the audio generator or the biological signal processor according to a control signal. The controller is coupled to the audio generator and the biological signal processor, and is configured to generate the control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: MediaTek Inc.
    Inventor: Teng-Feng Zou
  • Patent number: 11503324
    Abstract: An example method includes determining, without receiving explicit signaling, whether motion compensation for a current block of a current picture of video data is to be performed using a four-parameter affine motion model (AMM) defined by two motion vectors (MVs) or using a six-parameter AMM defined by three MVs; deriving values of predictors for MVs of the AMM of the current block; decoding a representation of differences between the values of the MVs of the AMM for the current block and the values of the predictors; determining the values of the MVs of the AMM for the current block from the values of the predictors and the decoded differences; determining, based on the determined values of the MVs of the AMM for the current block of video data, a predictor block of video data; and reconstructing the current block based on the predictor block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Feng Zou, Jianle Chen, Marta Karczewicz, Xiang Li, Hsiao-Chiang Chuang, Wei-Jung Chien
  • Publication number: 20220274847
    Abstract: This invention provides a method for the production of high capacity cathode materials for use in rechargeable lithium batteries. Traditional methods for producing lithium mixed metal oxide cathode materials typically generate large amounts of effluent which effluent must be treated prior to discharge. The present process uses mixed metals as raw materials in a wet chemical reaction in order to make high-quality precursors which can be used to prepare high-quality cathode materials after lithiation. As a key feature, in the precursor preparation process, the bulk of the aqueous solution used for the wet chemical reaction is recycled back to the reactor, so that the total process has little or no effluent generated during production of the cathode precursor material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Feng ZOU, Yang LIU
  • Patent number: 11330297
    Abstract: Methods incorporating extensions to copy-above mode for palette mode coding are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes coding a current pixel of a current block of video data in copy-previous mode via coding a previous line index. The coding of the current pixel in copy-previous mode further including identifying a number of candidate values for the previous line index, identifying a number of escape pixels in a column of pixels above the current pixel in the current block, and reducing a number of candidate values of the previous line index by the number of identified escape pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wei Pu, Feng Zou, Marta Karczewicz, Rajan Laxman Joshi, Joel Sole Rojals, Vadim Seregin
  • Patent number: 11223832
    Abstract: The method includes receiving video blocks that are each associated with a table having entries specifying pixel values used in the blocks. The method further includes dividing the blocks into sub-blocks each having an array of pixels. The method also includes selecting a sub-block scanning order that specifies an order in which the plurality of sub-blocks are to be encoded and a pixel scanning order that specifies an order in which the pixels of each sub-block are to be encoded. The scanning order and the pixel scanning order are selected based at least in part upon pixel value distributions and a bit rate for encoding the block according to the scanning or pixel scanning order, respectively. The blocks are then encoded using the selected scanning order and pixel scanning order and the index values in the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wei Pu, Rajan Laxman Joshi, Joel Sole Rojals, Feng Zou, Marta Karczewicz, Jianle Chen
  • Patent number: 11223852
    Abstract: An example device for decoding video data includes a video decoder configured to decode one or more syntax elements at a region-tree level of a region-tree of a tree data structure for a coding tree block (CTB) of video data, the region-tree having one or more region-tree nodes including region-tree leaf and non-leaf nodes, each of the region-tree non-leaf nodes having at least four child region-tree nodes, decode one or more syntax elements at a prediction-tree level for each of the region-tree leaf nodes of one or more prediction trees of the tree data structure for the CTB, the prediction trees each having one or more prediction-tree leaf and non-leaf nodes, each of the prediction-tree non-leaf nodes having at least two child prediction-tree nodes, each of the prediction leaf nodes defining respective coding units (CUs), and decode video data for each of the CUs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiang Li, Jianle Chen, Li Zhang, Xin Zhao, Hsiao-Chiang Chuang, Feng Zou, Marta Karczewicz
  • Patent number: 11215328
    Abstract: An LED tube lamp, comprising: a lamp tube; a first circuit board, disposed in the lamp tube, having a plurality of light sources mounted thereon; two lamp caps disposed at respective ends of the lamp tube; and a power supply substantially disposed in one or both of the two lamp caps, the power supply having a second circuit board, the second circuit board is electrically connected to the first circuit board. The lamp cap includes a body and an insulating portion, the insulating portion constitutes at least a part of an end of the lamp cap, the insulating portion has an inner side surface, and a slot is set on the inner side surface, the second circuit board is inserted into the slot for fastening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: JIAXING SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tao Jiang, Ming-bin Wang, Jun-Ren Chen, Ai-Ming Xiong, Feng Zou, Wei-Hong Xu, Jian Lu, Guang-Dong Wang
  • Publication number: 20210344970
    Abstract: An example device includes a memory to store the video data, and processing circuitry in communication with the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to compare a value of a dimension of a current block of the stored video data to a value of a corresponding dimension of a neighboring block of the current block to obtain a relative dimension value. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine, based on the relative dimension value, that the current block is to be partitioned according to a prediction tree (PT) portion of a multi-type tree-based partitioning scheme. The PT portion comprises partitioning according to one of a binary tree structure or a center-side triple tree structure. The processing circuitry is further configured to partition, based on the determination, the current block according to the PT portion, to form a plurality of sub-blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Hsiao-Chiang Chuang, Xiang Li, Jianle Chen, Feng Zou, Wei-Jung Chien, Yi-Wen Chen, Marta Karczewicz
  • Patent number: 11153331
    Abstract: The disclosed teachings include a computer-implemented method a computer-implemented method for identifying a data breach. The method includes monitoring movement of data over a computer network in real-time or near real-time relative to at least one of a user, a device, or a software application, comparing the monitored movement of the data to a baseline movement of the data over the computer network in real-time or near real-time relative to at least one of the user, the device, or the software application, and identifying an ongoing data breach in real-time or near real-time based on the comparison. The identified ongoing data breach indicates a relationship between the data and at least one of the user, the device, and the software application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: HeFei HoloNet Security Technology Co.. Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Zou, Chunqing Cheng, Sheng Li
  • Patent number: 11146788
    Abstract: An example method of coding video data includes coding, from a coded video bitstream, a syntax element that indicates whether a transpose process is applied to palette indices of a palette for a current block of video data; decoding, from the coded video bitstream and at a position in the coded video bitstream that is after the syntax element that indicates whether the transpose process is applied to palette indices of the palette for the current block of video data, one or more syntax elements related to delta quantization parameter (QP) and/or chroma QP offsets for the current block of video data; and decoding the current block of video data based on the palette for the current block of video data and the one or more syntax elements related to delta QP and/or chroma QP offsets for the current block of video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Rajan Laxman Joshi, Vadim Seregin, Wei Pu, Feng Zou, Marta Karczewicz
  • Patent number: 11089339
    Abstract: An example device includes a memory to store the video data, and processing circuitry in communication with the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to compare a value of a dimension of a current block of the stored video data to a value of a corresponding dimension of a neighboring block of the current block to obtain a relative dimension value. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine, based on the relative dimension value, that the current block is to be partitioned according to a prediction tree (PT) portion of a multi-type tree-based partitioning scheme. The PT portion comprises partitioning according to one of a binary tree structure or a center-side triple tree structure. The processing circuitry is further configured to partition, based on the determination, the current block according to the PT portion, to form a plurality of sub-blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Hsiao-Chiang Chuang, Xiang Li, Jianle Chen, Feng Zou, Wei-Jung Chien, Yi-Wen Chen, Marta Karczewicz