Patents by Inventor Haifeng Hu

Haifeng Hu 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).

  • Patent number: 7400706
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for liquid safety-detection by backscattering with a radiation source are provided that relate to a radiation detecting technology field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, NucTech Company Limited
    Inventors: Yulan Li, Haifeng Hu, Yinong Liu, Zhiqiang Chen, Kejun Kang, Li Zhang, Wanlong Wu, Yuanjing Li, Yi Wang, Wenjun He, Mingrui Qi
  • Patent number: 7386093
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for liquid safety-detection with a radiation source relate to a radiation detecting technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Nuctech Company Limited
    Inventors: Wanlong Wu, Haifeng Hu, Yuanjing Li, Zhiqiang Chen, Kejun Kang, Yulan Li, Li Zhang, Yinong Liu, Xuewu Wang, Bin Sang, Hailin Wang
  • Patent number: 7367764
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a reversible plate positioning device for a stationary radiation imaging trailer system, comprising a left platform (7-1) and a right platform (7-2) that can be connected with a trailing part (4) of a trailer frame and ground locking part (12), the left platform (7-1) and right platform (7-2) provided with slopes (1) for the uploading of a vehicle to be detected respectively at the front ends and with positioning recesses (9) at the middle of an upper surface, each positioning recess (9) being provided with a wheel-locking device (2), wherein, each wheel-locking device (2) comprises of a pivotable crank plate (10) that is hinged to the positioning recess (9) and can rotates about the pivot axis thereof, a chain (15) connected with the crank plate (10), a pull-rod (14) connected with the chain (15), and a fixing sleeve (6) corresponding to the pull-rod (14), in which a spring (13) is provided in the fixing sleeve (6), and when the vehicle to be detected is located in the positio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignees: Nuctech Company Limited, Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Ning Li, Kejun Kang, Haifeng Hu, Wanquan Shen, Jianjun Su, Zhongrong Yang, Qitian Miao, Jianmin Li
  • Publication number: 20080089469
    Abstract: A mobile vehicle inspection system includes a moving device; a driving device for driving the moving device to move during scanning inspection; a radiation source disposed on the moving device for emitting a ray; a rotary table pivotally disposed on the moving device; an upright post installed on the rotary table at a lower end of the upright post; traverse detector beam having an end connected with an upper end of the upright post; the upright detector beam having an upper end connected with the other end of the traverse detector beam, and extending downwards from the other end of the traverse detector beam so that the upright post, the traverse detector beam and the upright detector beam constitute a frame of a substantial inverted ā€œUā€ shape, a ray emitted from the radiation source so as to inspect a vehicle to be inspected which passes through the inverted-ā€œUā€-shaped frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicants: Tsinghua University, Nuctech Company Limited
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Chen, Kejun Kang, Haifeng Hu, Yuanjing Li, Hua Peng, Chuanxiang Tang, Shangmin Sun, Yinong Liu, Jianmin Li, Junli Li, Li Zhang, Yaohong Liu, Nan Jiang, Zhongrong Yang, Tao Wang
  • Publication number: 20080084962
    Abstract: A multiple-view-angle cargo security inspection method for inspecting an object using a cargo security inspection system, the cargo security inspection system including a radiation source for generating a beam of rays for transmitting through the object to be inspected and a data collecting unit for collecting the transmission projection data after the beam of rays has transmitted through the inspected object, the method including a scanning step including: rotating the radiation source and/or the object about a rotation axis so as to achieve a relative rotation, thereby positioning the radiation source in a plurality of discrete positions with different view angles with respect to the inspected object, wherein, in each view angle, the radiation source moves along a straight line in a direction parallel to the rotation axis and at the same time scans the inspected object so as to acquire the transmission projection data at each view angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Zhiqiang Chen, Kejun Kang, Haifeng Hu, Yuxiang Xing, Xinhui Duan, Yongshun Xiao, Ziran Zhao, Yuanjing Li, Yinong Liu
  • Patent number: 7352843
    Abstract: A combined mobile container inspection system, comprising: a radiation source; a chassis; a rotatable deck provided at an end of the upper surface of said chassis and rotatable with respect to said chassis, provided with a parallelogram bracket formed by a hingedly-connected four-bar linkage mechanism, wherein the cross link of the parallelogram bracket extends to form a horizontal cross arm with detectors, the other end of said horizontal cross arm is connected with a vertical upright arm, which is vertical or parallel to said horizontal cross arm; and a sliding deck provided at the rear end of the rotatable deck and movable upwardly and downwardly, said sliding deck is provided, in turn, with the radiation source, the X-ray therefrom is always right in the face of the detectors provided in the horizontal cross arm and vertical upright arm, calibrator and collimator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignees: Nuctech Company Limited, Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Haifeng Hu, Yucheng Wu, Shangmin Sun, Zhiqiang Chen, Guang Yang, Zhengyu Bai, Rongxuan Liu, Hongliang Yang, Jianjun Su, Jiantao Wang, Yanjun Han, Bin Hu, Quanwei Song, Nan Jiang, Hua Peng, Jianmin Li, Wanquan Shen, Zhizhong Liang
  • Publication number: 20080075226
    Abstract: A cargo security inspection system inspecting an object moving through the system, including: a mechanical conveyance unit carrying, conveying, and defining a travel path of the object in the system; a radiation-generating unit generating ray beams for transmitting through the object; and a data collecting unit collecting transmission data about the rays having already transmitted through the object and processing the transmission data; wherein the travel path includes at least two linear sub-paths at an angle relative to each other; the data collecting unit includes at least two detector arrays receiving ray beams, each detector array corresponding to one linear sub-path, a receiving plane of each of the detector arrays disposed parallel to its corresponding linear sub-path; and in use, the radiation-generating and data collecting units remain stationary, and the object travels along its travel path and only translates on the at least two linear sub-paths without any rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Chen, Li Zhang, Kejun Kang, Haifeng Hu, Yuanjing Li, Yinong Liu, Hewei Gao, Ziran Zhao, Yuxiang Xing, Yongshun Xiao, Jianmin Li
  • Publication number: 20080056443
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and a device for security-inspection of liquid articles with radiations, which relate to the field of radiation inspection technology. The method comprises steps of acquiring original environment information, emitting radiation beams to transmit the liquid articles, receiving the radiation beams transmitted through the liquid articles to form multi-angle projection data, computing a radiation absorption coefficient of the liquid articles to be detected by inverse operation of the multi-angle projection data, based on the initial environmental information and the uniformity of the liquid articles, and comparing the radiation absorption coefficients with the preset data to get the relevant information of the liquid articles. Comparing with the prior art, the present invention is not subjected to affection of cuter package of the liquid article, and is advantageous of high anti-jamming high accuracy, high safety and reliability, low cost and small size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Haifeng Hu, Yuanjing Li, Kejun Kang, Zhiqiang Chen, Yinong Liu, Yulan Li, Li Zhang, Wanlong Wu, Ziran Zhao, Xilei Luo, Bin Sang
  • Patent number: 7314719
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for increasing the productivity of the secondary metabolite in a micro-organism, for example, the improvement of antibiotic producers by conferring drug-resistant mutations to micro-organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignees: The National Food Research Institute, Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Kozo Ochi, Haifeng Hu, Motohiro Hino, Akihiko Fujie, Hideyuki Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20070280417
    Abstract: A cargo security inspection method and system based on spiral scanning, the method including: spirally scanning an inspected object at a first precision to obtain the transmission projection data; judging whether there is a suspect area in the inspected area; scanning at least one slice of the suspect area at a second precision wherein the second precision is greater than the first precision; reconstructing a tomographic image of the at least one slice; and using the reconstructed tomographic image to judge whether there is any dangerous article in the suspect area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Kejun Kang, Li Zhang, Zhiqiang Chen, Haifeng Hu, Yuanjing Li, Yinong Liu, Guowei Zhang, Ziran Zhao, Yuxiang Xing, Yongshun Xiao
  • Publication number: 20070183568
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for inspecting an object using multi-energy radiations and an apparatus thereof. The method comprises the steps of: causing multi-energy radiations to interact with an object under inspection; detecting and recording detection values after an interaction between the multi-energy radiations and the object under inspection; substituting a portion of the detection values into a predetermined calibration function to obtain information comprising primary material attribute; and determining further material attributes of the object by applying a set of functions suitable for a energy band corresponding to the information. The present invention is applicable to the large container cargo inspection without opening containers at customs, ports and airports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Kejun Kang, Haifeng Hu, Zhiqiang Chen, Yuanjing Li, Xuewu Wang, Chuanxiang Tang, Liming Wang, Yinong Liu, Yaohong Liu, Li Zhang, Jianmin Li, Huaqiang Zhong, Jianping Cheng, Huaibi Chen, Hua Peng, Yali Xie, Junli Li, Ning Kang, Qinghua Li
  • Publication number: 20070176116
    Abstract: A self-shielded sterilization apparatus using an electron beam, comprising: an electron beam irradiator for irradiating an electron beam; a shielding for shielding the electron beam irradiated from the electron beam irradiator and a bremsstrahlung of the electron beam; a tray disposed within the shielding for placing thereon an object to be irradiated; an opening for placing an object into and taking the object out of the shielding; and a shielding door for closing the opening. With the above configurations, the apparatus avoids the shield construction taking a large area and the complicated transporting device, which facilitates a miniaturization of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Haifeng Hu, Zhiqiang Chen, Junli Li, Chuanxiang Tang, Jianping Cheng, Shenjin Ming, Bing Wang, Yanfeng Cao
  • Publication number: 20070158412
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic ticket compatible with the existing railway paper tickets, which comprises two layers of paper media where an antenna and a chip are buried in advance and is characterized in that dynamic encryption information is written into said chip in advance and has a check code associated with a serial number for anti-counterfeiting; at a ticket selling terminal, ticket information will be written into said chip, and such ticket information in said chip can be rewritten many times; and said antenna is used for receiving RF signals and transmitting them to said chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicants: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kejun KANG, Haifeng Hu, Shi WANG, Qitian MIAO, Zhiqiang CHEN
  • Publication number: 20070126189
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a reversible plate positioning device for a stationary radiation imaging trailer system, comprising a left platform (7-1) and a right platform (7-2) that can be connected with a trailing part (4) of a trailer frame and ground locking part (12), the left platform (7-1) and right platform (7-2) provided with slopes (1) for the uploading of a vehicle to be detected respectively at the front ends and with positioning recesses (9) at the middle of an upper surface, each positioning recess (9) being provided with a wheel-locking device (2), wherein, each wheel-locking device (2) comprises of a pivotable crank plate (10) that is hinged to the positioning recess (9) and can rotates about the pivot axis thereof, a chain (15) connected with the crank plate (10), a pull-rod (14) connected with the chain (15), and a fixing sleeve (6) corresponding to the pull-rod (14), in which a spring (13) is provided in the fixing sleeve (6), and when the vehicle to be detected is located in the positio
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Ning Li, Kejun Kang, Haifeng Hu, Wanquan Shen, Jianjun Su, Zhongrong Yang, Qitian Miao, Jianmin Li
  • Publication number: 20070110215
    Abstract: A combined mobile container inspection system, comprising: a radiation source; a chassis; a rotatable deck provided at an end of the upper surface of said chassis and rotatable with respect to said chassis, provided with a parallelogram bracket formed by a hingedly-connected four-bar linkage mechanism, wherein the cross link of the parallelogram bracket extends to form a horizontal cross arm with detectors, the other end of said horizontal cross arm is connected with a vertical upright arm, which is vertical or parallel to said horizontal cross arm; and a sliding deck provided at the rear end of the rotatable deck and movable upwardly and downwardly, said sliding deck is provided, in turn, with the radiation source, the X-ray therefrom is always right in the face of the detectors provided in the horizontal cross arm and vertical upright arm, calibrator and collimator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicants: Nuctech Company Limited, Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Haifeng Hu, Yucheng Wu, Shangmin Sun, Zhiqiang Chen, Guang Yang, Zhengyu Bai, Rongxuan Liu, Hongliang Yang, Jianjun Su, Jiantao Wang, Yanjun Han, Bin Hu, Quanwei Song, Nan Jiang, Hua Peng, Jianmin Li, Wanquan Shen, Zhizhong Liang
  • Publication number: 20070096036
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of discriminating materials by employing fast neutron and continuous spectral X-ray and an equipment for the same. The method comprising the steps of: (a) transmitting a fast neutron beam produced by a fast neutron source and a continuous spectral X-ray beam produced by a continuous spectral X-ray source through inspected objects; (b) directly measuring the intensity of the transmitted X-rays and the intensity of the transmitted neutrons by a X-ray detector array and a neutron detector array respectively; and (c) identifying the materials of the inspected object by Z-dependency curves formed by the attenuation differences between the neutron beam and X-ray beam transmitted through different materials of the inspected object. This direct measurement of transmitted dual-ray technique has much more efficient than secondary radiations measurement such as neutron activation analysis, has much more material discrimination sensitivity than dual-energy x-ray technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Kejun Kang, Haifeng Hu, Yali Xie, Qitian Miao, Yigang Yang, Yuanjing Li, Zhiqiang Chen, Xuewu Wang
  • Publication number: 20070075073
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiation inspection system discloses a shielding door device for a radiation inspection system, comprising a door body, two guides located on two opposite sides of the door body, a rack, a gear and a motor. The two guides are fixed on an upper surface of a frame and the door body is movably connected to the two guides via bearings. The rack is fixed on a bottom of the door body and meshed with the gear. The gear is coupled with a shaft of the motor fixed on a lower surface of the frame. With the above configuration, the present invention is advantageous in automatic and complete shielding of the radiation inspection system without interference. In addition the shielding door can be controlled intelligently, so that accidental radiation leakage can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Chen, Yuanjing Li, Yinong Liu, Haifeng Hu, Wanlong Wu, Yulan Li, Xilei Luo, Li Zhang, Ziran Zhao, Bin Sang, Hailin Wang
  • Publication number: 20060239402
    Abstract: A CT method and an apparatus for liquid safety-detection with a radiation source relate to a radiation imaging detecting technology field. The invention comprises using a radiation source, a detector and data collector, a computer data processor; and the main steps are: 1) a liquid article to be detected being placed onto a rotary platform which is rotatable; 2) the ray emitted from the radiation source passing through the liquid article, and being received and formed into projection data by the detector and data collector; and 3) the projection data being transmitted to the computer data processor, which processes it to obtain the liquid density of the detected article, compares the result with the densities of dangerous articles in a current database, and then visually displays the detected information of the detected liquid article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Haifeng Hu, Yuanjing Li, Kejun Kang, Zhiqiang Chen, Yinong Liu, Yulan Li, Li Zhang, Wanlong Wu, Ziran Zhao, Xilei Luo, Bin Sang
  • Publication number: 20060133566
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for liquid safety-detection by backscatter with a radiation source relate to a radiation detecting technology field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Applicants: Tsinghua University, NucTech Company Limited
    Inventors: Yulan Li, Haifeng Hu, Yinong Liu, Zhiqiang Chen, Kejun Kang, Li Zhang, Wanlong Wu, Yuanjing Li, Yi Wang, Wenjun He, Mingrui Qi
  • Publication number: 20060126772
    Abstract: A container inspection system with CT tomographic scanning function, which is related to a large container inspection system for Customs, is disclosed, comprising: a radiation source; an annular rotatable rack with the radiation source provided at the outside thereof and rotated with it; an annular rack body for supporting the annular rotatable rack in a vertical plane; a driving device for rotating the annular rotatable rack; a detector array provided in the inner side of said annular rotatable rack and opposed to a side where the radiation source is provided; a transmission device passing through the annular rotatable rack and annular rack body, and transmitting a container truck to be detected in linear movement; a remote control device for controlling the operations of the radiation source, the driving device and the transmission device, and receiving/displaying the image signal obtained by the detector array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Applicants: Nuctech Company Limited, Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Haifeng Hu, Qitian Miao, Liming Wang, Kejun Kang, Zhiqiang Chen, Yucheng Wu, Shangmin Sun, Yanjun Han, Hua Peng, Nan Jiang, Zhizhong Liang