Patents by Inventor Heping Qiu
Heping Qiu 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).
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Patent number: 12281078Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds that are cGAS antagonists, methods of preparation of the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and their use in medical therapy.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2023Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignees: Immunesensor Therapeutics, Inc., The Board of Regents of The University of Texas SystemInventors: Qi Wei, Heping Shi, Matt Tschantz, Jian Qiu, Youtong Wu, Huiling Tan, Lijun Sun, Chuo Chen, Zhijian Chen
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Publication number: 20250115579Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds that are cGAS antagonists, methods of preparation of the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and their use in medical therapy.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2024Publication date: April 10, 2025Inventors: Jian Qiu, Qi Wei, Matt Tschantz, Heping Shi, Youtong Wu, Huiling Tan, Lijun Sun, Chuo Chen, Zhijian Chen
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Publication number: 20250105838Abstract: A device for inputting an elevator calling command and an elevator control system including the device. A device for inputting an elevator calling includes one or more button units, each of the button units including a switching element and a variable resistance circuit coupled with the switching element. The variable resistance circuit includes a button switch and a display element coupled in parallel, and a resistance value of the variable resistance circuit varies with a state of the button switch. The device further includes a control unit configured to determine a state of a corresponding button switch based on the resistance value of the variable resistance circuit within each of the button units, and to apply a pulse width modulation signal having different duty cycles onto a control terminal of a corresponding switching element based on the state as determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Heping Qiu, Qiyun Sun
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Patent number: 12240733Abstract: An elevator-calling device and elevator system. The elevator-calling device includes a processor to receive an input instruction and send a signal to a main controller of an elevator system; a display device connected to the processor; a rotatable button, wherein the rotatable button is connected to the processor, and the rotatable button is pressable and rotatable in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction, and wherein the rotatable button has an initial zero scale; and an assistant sound generating unit connected to the processor; wherein the processor is configured to have an assistant elevator-calling mode, in which a preset target floor is increased when the rotatable button rotates in the first direction, the preset target floor is decreased when the rotatable button rotates in the second direction, and the preset target floor is confirmed when the rotatable button is pressed at a non-zero scale.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Heping Qiu, Shanghua Yang
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Patent number: 12240732Abstract: A notification system and a notification method for an elevator, and an elevator system are provided by the present disclosure. The notification system for an elevator includes: a wake-up module, which is configured to wake up a user mobile terminal when the user mobile terminal enters a specified area, so that the user mobile terminal sends a request to a server; and the server, which is configured to receive a reminder item setting from an administrator, and which is configured to push a reminder item to the user mobile terminal upon receiving the request from the user mobile terminal, the reminder item including elevator repair or maintenance information. The system and method according to the present disclosure allows a user to conveniently know about elevator repair or maintenance information.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Lieping Wei, Wenbo Huang, Heping Qiu, Jingyu Tong
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Patent number: 12098058Abstract: An automatic configuration method of fixture and a fixture. The automatic configuration method of fixture includes: S1: sending, by a fixture, a predetermined request toward a predetermined address to an elevator controller; S2: judging a control function corresponding to the predetermined address; and S3: configuring the fixture according to the control function corresponding to the predetermined address. The automatic configuration method of fixture and the fixture of the present invention have the advantages of being simple, reliable, convenient to maintain and the like, and can automatically configure the fixture during installation and maintenance, effectively improving the user experience.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Heping Qiu, Tan Liu
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Publication number: 20240230760Abstract: A device for detecting a function of a contactor, the contactor is configured to short three-phase phase lines of an elevator motor together by closing contacts, the device including: a voltage signal source coupled with the contactor; a voltage detection unit coupled with the three-phase phase lines of the elevator motor; a switching unit arranged between the contactor and the voltage signal source and between the voltage detection unit and the three-phase phase lines, in a detection mode, the switching unit is configured to conduct the voltage signal source to the contactor to provide a voltage detection signal to the three-phase phase lines via the contactor and to conduct the voltage detection unit to the three-phase phase lines, the voltage detection unit being configured to measure voltage of the three-phase phase lines and to output measurement to a control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2023Publication date: July 11, 2024Inventors: Heping Qiu, Tongqiu Liu, Ming Yin, Tingting Wang, Hongliang Tian, Guoping Pan, Baoxiang Cen, Longwen Wang, Lan Wang
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Patent number: 11964847Abstract: A system and a method for detecting passenger movement, an elevator-calling control method, a readable storage medium and an elevator system are provided by the present disclosure. The system for detecting passenger movement includes: a Bluetooth matrix installed in an elevator landing area, the Bluetooth matrix including at least three Bluetooth modules, and each of the Bluetooth modules being configured to broadcast a Bluetooth signal to the elevator landing area respectively; wherein the system for detecting passenger movement acquires location information of a passenger carrying a personal mobile terminal by using Bluetooth signals broadcast by at least three Bluetooth modules; the system for detecting passenger movement further includes: a movement prediction unit configured to fit a movement trajectory of the passenger in the elevator landing area based on multiple sets of the location information, and predict the movement trajectory to be a calling trajectory or a non-calling trajectory.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Lieping Wei, Wenbo Huang, Heping Qiu
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Patent number: 11577930Abstract: The present invention relates to automatic elevator call control, and belongs to the field of elevator intelligent control technologies. An automatic elevator call system provided in the present invention calculates duration information from the moment when the personal mobile terminal leaves coverage of the wireless signal to the moment when the personal mobile terminal enters the coverage again, and when the duration information is less than or equal to a preset time threshold, causes the personal mobile terminal to be incapable of automatically sending an elevator call request command in a time period from the moment when the personal mobile terminal enters the coverage again to the moment when the personal mobile terminal leaves the coverage again. The present invention can effectively avoid invalid or abnormal elevator call request operations, and the elevator system achieves high running efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2018Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Wenbo Huang, Xiaofei Guo, Haiyan Xue, Renxiang Chen, Heping Qiu, Lieping Wei, Tan Liu, Jingyu Tong
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Determination of non-normal elevator calling request in an automatic elevator calling request system
Patent number: 11524867Abstract: An automatic elevator call system includes: a wireless signal apparatus installed in an elevator landing zone of an elevator system and broadcasting a corresponding wireless signal around; a counting unit configured to count, after an elevator call request corresponding to an identity of the personal mobile terminal is sent or received, the number of times the elevator call request corresponding to the identity is made within a predetermined time period; and an abnormal elevator call request judgment unit configured to judge, based on a comparison result between the number of times the elevator call request is made and a predetermined threshold, whether the elevator call request corresponding to the identity is a normal elevator call request operation. The present invention can effectively determine an intentional or unintentional abnormal elevator call request operation of a passenger.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2018Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Wenbo Huang, Xiaofei Guo, Haiyan Xue, Renxiang Chen, Heping Qiu, Lieping Wei, Tan Liu, Jingyu Tong -
Publication number: 20220135371Abstract: A control device, a method for determining triggering of a control device, and an elevator system. The control device includes a control panel including a plurality of buttons, and the buttons include: a non-contact sensor, which is capable of sensing the approaching of an object and generating a proximity signal; and a micro switch, which is capable of generating a contact signal when the button is pressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Heping Qiu, Xiaofei Guo, Renjie Zeng
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Publication number: 20220135372Abstract: A control device, a method for preventing false triggering of a control device, and an elevator system. The control device includes: a control panel, which includes a plurality of buttons, each of the plurality of buttons being capable of sensing the approaching of an object in a non-contact manner; and a processor, which is connected to the control panel to receive signals sent by the plurality of buttons when the approaching of an object is sensed; wherein the processor is configured to, when receiving signals sent by at least two adjacent buttons of the plurality of buttons within a defined time period, not execute an operation corresponding to the signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventor: Heping Qiu
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Publication number: 20200317469Abstract: An elevator-calling device and elevator system. The elevator-calling device includes a processor to receive an input instruction and send a signal to a main controller of an elevator system; a display device connected to the processor; a rotatable button, wherein the rotatable button is connected to the processor, and the rotatable button is pressable and rotatable in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction, and wherein the rotatable button has an initial zero scale; and an assistant sound generating unit connected to the processor; wherein the processor is configured to have an assistant elevator-calling mode, in which a preset target floor is increased when the rotatable button rotates in the first direction, the preset target floor is decreased when the rotatable button rotates in the second direction, and the preset target floor is confirmed when the rotatable button is pressed at a non-zero scale.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Heping Qiu, Shanghua Yang
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Publication number: 20200102189Abstract: An automatic configuration method of fixture and a fixture. The automatic configuration method of fixture includes: S1: sending, by a fixture, a predetermined request toward a predetermined address to an elevator controller; S2: judging a control function corresponding to the predetermined address; and S3: configuring the fixture according to the control function corresponding to the predetermined address. The automatic configuration method of fixture and the fixture of the present invention have the advantages of being simple, reliable, convenient to maintain and the like, and can automatically configure the fixture during installation and maintenance, effectively improving the user experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Heping Qiu, Tan Liu
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Publication number: 20200095090Abstract: A system and a method for detecting passenger movement, an elevator-calling control method, a readable storage medium and an elevator system are provided by the present disclosure. The system for detecting passenger movement includes: a Bluetooth matrix installed in an elevator landing area, the Bluetooth matrix including at least three Bluetooth modules, and each of the Bluetooth modules being configured to broadcast a Bluetooth signal to the elevator landing area respectively; wherein the system for detecting passenger movement acquires location information of a passenger carrying a personal mobile terminal by using Bluetooth signals broadcast by at least three Bluetooth modules; the system for detecting passenger movement further includes: a movement prediction unit configured to fit a movement trajectory of the passenger in the elevator landing area based on multiple sets of the location information, and predict the movement trajectory to be a calling trajectory or a non-calling trajectory.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Lieping Wei, Wenbo Huang, Heping Qiu
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Publication number: 20200087107Abstract: A notification system and a notification method for an elevator, and an elevator system are provided by the present disclosure. The notification system for an elevator includes: a wake-up module, which is configured to wake up a user mobile terminal when the user mobile terminal enters a specified area, so that the user mobile terminal sends a request to a server; and the server, which is configured to receive a reminder item setting from an administrator, and which is configured to push a reminder item to the user mobile terminal upon receiving the request from the user mobile terminal, the reminder item including elevator repair or maintenance information. The system and method according to the present disclosure allows a user to conveniently know about elevator repair or maintenance information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Lieping Wei, Wenbo Huang, Heping Qiu, Jingyu Tong
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Publication number: 20200035200Abstract: The present invention provides an elevator call request device and a display control method thereof, and it pertains to the technical field of elevators. The elevator call request device according to the present invention comprises: a touch display screen which is provided to passengers for performing the operation of entering a call request command, a statistical analysis module which is configured to count the number of entry operations that have been performed by time so as to obtain historical operation statistics, and a display control module which is configured to dynamically control display parameters of the touch display screen by time based on the historical operation statistics. The elevator call request device of the present invention can dynamically control display parameters in an individualized manner according to its own state of use, which can not only save energy and prolong the service life, but also realize good passenger experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Heping Qiu, Tan Liu
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DETERMINATION OF NON-NORMAL ELEVATOR CALLING REQUEST IN AN AUTOMATIC ELEVATOR CALLING REQUEST SYSTEM
Publication number: 20190193989Abstract: An automatic elevator call system includes: a wireless signal apparatus installed in an elevator landing zone of an elevator system and broadcasting a corresponding wireless signal around; a counting unit configured to count, after an elevator call request corresponding to an identity of the personal mobile terminal is sent or received, the number of times the elevator call request corresponding to the identity is made within a predetermined time period; and an abnormal elevator call request judgment unit configured to judge, based on a comparison result between the number of times the elevator call request is made and a predetermined threshold, whether the elevator call request corresponding to the identity is a normal elevator call request operation. The present invention can effectively determine an intentional or unintentional abnormal elevator call request operation of a passenger.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Wenbo Huang, Xiaofei Guo, Haiyan Xue, Renxiang Chen, Heping Qiu, Lieping Wei, Tan Liu, Jingyu Tong -
Publication number: 20190193988Abstract: The present invention relates to automatic elevator call control, and belongs to the field of elevator intelligent control technologies. An automatic elevator call system provided in the present invention calculates duration information from the moment when the personal mobile terminal leaves coverage of the wireless signal to the moment when the personal mobile terminal enters the coverage again, and when the duration information is less than or equal to a preset time threshold, causes the personal mobile terminal to be incapable of automatically sending an elevator call request command in a time period from the moment when the personal mobile terminal enters the coverage again to the moment when the personal mobile terminal leaves the coverage again. The present invention can effectively avoid invalid or abnormal elevator call request operations, and the elevator system achieves high running efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Wenbo Huang, Xiaofei Guo, Haiyan Xue, Renxiang Chen, Heping Qiu, Lieping Wei, Tan Liu, Jingyu Tong