Patents by Inventor Hailong YIN

Hailong YIN 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: 20250044169
    Abstract: A sensitivity testing device and method calibrates the distributed optic-fiber temperature sensing (DOFTS) system for inflow and infiltration (I/I) identification in drainage pipeline. A temperature-adjustable water supply tank is provided with a heating rod and a high-accuracy physical water temperature sensor and is electrically connected with a centralized programmable logic controller (PLC) system; the temperature-adjustable water supply tank is connected with a water inlet of a water pump through a first connecting pipe; a water outlet of the water pump is communicated with a water inlet of an experimental pipeline through a second connecting pipe; and a water outlet of the experimental pipeline is communicated with the temperature-adjustable water supply tank through a third connecting pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: TONGJI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hailong YIN, Yiyang HU, Zuxin XU
  • Patent number: 11920986
    Abstract: A sewer pipe inflow and infiltration diagnosis method based on a distributed fiber-optic temperature measurement system is provided. The inflow and infiltration diagnosis method includes the following steps: S1: transmitting, by an optical time-domain reflectometer, an original optical signal to a temperature sensing fiber-optic cable provided in a sewer pipe; S2: feeding back, by the temperature sensing fiber-optic cable, a modulated optical signal to the optical time-domain reflectometer due to a temperature effect; S3: subjecting the modulated optical signal to photoelectric conversion, so as to acquire binary information; S4: converting the binary information into decimal information; S5: drawing a spatiotemporal map of a water temperature; and S6: eliminating a background noise value, identifying an abnormal water temperature point, determining an inflow and infiltration point of the sewer pipe, and determining an abnormal inflow and infiltration point of the sewer pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TONGJI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hailong Yin, Zuxin Xu, Longtian Guo, Ming Xie
  • Publication number: 20230408345
    Abstract: A sewer pipe inflow and infiltration diagnosis method based on a distributed fiber-optic temperature measurement system is provided. The inflow and infiltration diagnosis method includes the following steps: S1: transmitting, by an optical time-domain reflectometer, an original optical signal to a temperature sensing fiber-optic cable provided in a sewer pipe; S2: feeding back, by the temperature sensing fiber-optic cable, a modulated optical signal to the optical time-domain reflectometer due to a temperature effect; S3: subjecting the modulated optical signal to photoelectric conversion, so as to acquire binary information; S4: converting the binary information into decimal information; S5: drawing a spatiotemporal map of a water temperature; and S6: eliminating a background noise value, identifying an abnormal water temperature point, determining an inflow and infiltration point of the sewer pipe, and determining an abnormal inflow and infiltration point of the sewer pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: TONGJI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hailong YIN, Zuxin XU, Longtian GUO, Ming XIE
  • Publication number: 20230080455
    Abstract: A grid-based source-tracing method and system for sewage outfalls and a storage medium are provided. The method specifically includes the steps of: dividing a river into multiple reaches; determining monitoring sites according to the divided reaches; acquiring on-line monitoring data of each of the monitoring sites, and calculating soft measurement data; determining a river reach with sewage outfalls according to upstream and downstream soft measurement data; and intensively arranging monitoring sites in the river reach with sewage outfalls to subdivide the river reach with sewage outfalls, thereby determining a position of a sewage outfall. The method divides the river into multiple reaches and performs the grid-based source-tracing for the sewage outfall of the river gradually. In real practice, with online conductivity and water level monitoring data, the method can effectively determine the river reach with sewage outfalls using soft measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: TONGJI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hailong YIN, Yiyuan LIN, Zuxin XU