Patents by Inventor Hong Qiao

Hong Qiao 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: 20250116256
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a mud floating type offshore wind turbine system and an installation method thereof. The system includes a plurality of suction anchors, a plurality of gravity anchors, an upper wind turbine, a tower drum and a wind turbine foundation; the fan foundation includes a column body, a first spherical shell, a second spherical shell, a plurality of third spherical shells, first connecting rods, second connecting rods and supporting rods; each of the first spherical shell and the second spherical shell is internally provided with a winch with a plurality of telescopic anchor discs; each suction anchor and each gravity anchor are located beneath the corresponding third spherical shell and located on a side face of the corresponding third spherical shell respectively and used for restraining positions of the upper wind turbine in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Bo LIU, Puyang Zhang, Conghuan Le, Gang Li, Hongyan Ding, Hong Qiao
  • Patent number: 11001139
    Abstract: A transmission mount has a mount base with first and second surfaces. The first surface has a transmission attachment point and the second surface has a vehicle attachment point. The second surface is opposite the first surface. The mount base also has first and second end portions angled towards a middle portion of the second surface. The middle portion is between the first and second end portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Hong Qiao
  • Publication number: 20170166049
    Abstract: A transmission mount has a mount base with first and second surfaces. The first surface has a transmission attachment point and the second surface has a vehicle attachment point. The second surface is opposite the first surface. The mount base also has first and second end portions angled towards a middle portion of the second surface. The middle portion is between the first and second end portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: HONG QIAO
  • Patent number: 9000260
    Abstract: ETP1 and ETP2 bind to EIN2 and modulate plant ethylene sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    Inventors: Hong Qiao, Joseph R. Ecker
  • Publication number: 20140196170
    Abstract: Provided herein are, inter alia, transgenic plants with altered ethylene sensitivity. The transgenic plants provided herein express an EIN2 protein including an amino acid mutation at a position corresponding to position 645 of SEQ ID NO:1. Expression of the EIN2 protein carrying the mutation at position 645 will result in plants with modulated ethylene sensitivity. In some embodiments, the mutation at position 645 of the EIN2 protein will result in plants with increased ethylene sensitivity. Alternatively, in other embodiments, the mutation at position 645 of the EIN2 protein will result in plants with decreased ethylene sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    Inventors: Hong Qiao, Joseph R. Ecker
  • Publication number: 20140013466
    Abstract: ETP1 and ETP2 bind to EIN2 and modulate plant ethylene sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Hong Qiao, Joseph P. Ecker
  • Patent number: 8503523
    Abstract: Functionality is described for forming a summary representation of a video item to help a user decide whether to obtain a full version of the video item. The functionality operates by: (a) receiving a video item; (b) dividing the video item into a plurality of segments; (c) extracting at least one key frame from each of the plurality of segments to form a plurality of key frames; and (d) organizing the video segments into one or more groups corresponding to one or more respective scenes based on the plurality of key frames, to thereby form the representation of the video item. The functionality can be used to communicate search results to a user, to provide a sample of the video item in a message, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Hugh E. Williams, Xian-Sheng Hua, Hong-Qiao Li, Xiaodong Fan, Richard Qian
  • Publication number: 20100242135
    Abstract: ETP1 and ETP2 bind to EIN2 and modulate plant ethylene sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    Inventors: Hong Qiao, Joseph R. Ecker
  • Patent number: 7672832
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for providing a chunking utility that supports robust natural language processing. A corpus is chunked in accordance with a draft chunking specification. Chunk inconsistencies in the corpus are automatically flagged for resolution, and a chunking utility is provided in which at least some of the flagged inconsistencies are resolved. The chunking utility provides a single, consistent global chunking standard, ensuring compatibility among various applications. The chunking utility is particularly advantageous for non-alphabetic languages, such as Chinese.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chang-Ning Huang, Hong-Qiao Li, Jianfeng Gao
  • Publication number: 20090007202
    Abstract: Functionality is described for forming a summary representation of a video item to help a user decide whether to obtain a full version of the video item. The functionality operates by: (a) receiving a video item; (b) dividing the video item into a plurality of segments; (c) extracting at least one key frame from each of the plurality of segments to form a plurality of key frames; and (d) organizing the video segments into one or more groups corresponding to one or more respective scenes based on the plurality of key frames, to thereby form the representation of the video item. The functionality can be used to communicate search results to a user, to provide a sample of the video item in a message, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Hugh E. Williams, Xian-Sheng Hua, Hong-Qiao Li, Xiaodong Fan, Richard Qian
  • Publication number: 20080046406
    Abstract: A new way of providing search results that include audio/video thumbnails for searches of audio and video content is disclosed. An audio/video thumbnail includes one or more audio/video segments retrieved from within the content of audio/video files selected as relevant to a search or other user input. For an audio/video thumbnail of more than one segment, the audio/video segments from an individual audio/video file responsive to the search are concatenated into a multi-segment audio/video thumbnail. The audio/video segments provide enough information to be indicative of the nature of the audio/video file from which each of the audio/video thumbnails is retrieved, while also fast enough that a user can scan through a series of audio/video thumbnails relatively quickly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Frank T.B. Seide, Lie Lu, Hong-Qiao Li, Cheng Ge
  • Publication number: 20070282592
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for providing a chunking utility that supports robust natural language processing. A corpus is chunked in accordance with a draft chunking specification. Chunk inconsistencies in the corpus are automatically flagged for resolution, and a chunking utility is provided in which at least some of the flagged inconsistencies are resolved. The chunking utility provides a single, consistent global chunking standard, ensuring compatibility among various applications. The chunking utility is particularly advantageous for non-alphabetic languages, such as Chinese.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chang-Ning Huang, Hong-Qiao Li, Jianfeng Gao