Patents by Inventor Hongyan Sun
Hongyan Sun 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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Publication number: 20230396940Abstract: A hearing aid and a method performed by a hearing aid including at least one microphone unit, an accelerometer unit, and a processor. The method performed by the hearing aid includes generating a processed microphone signal including attenuating the microphone signal in accordance with an attenuation value; wherein the attenuation value is based on a measure of correlation between a microphone signal from the microphone unit and an acceleration signal from the accelerometer unit. The hearing aid instantly reduces noise arising from mechanical handling of the hearing aid based on input from the microphone unit and the accelerometer unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Hongyan SUN, Martin KURIGER, Morten CHRISTOPHERSEN
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Patent number: 11736872Abstract: A hearing aid and a method performed by a hearing aid including at least one microphone unit, an accelerometer unit, and a processor. The method performed by the hearing aid includes generating a processed microphone signal including attenuating the microphone signal in accordance with an attenuation value; wherein the attenuation value is based on a measure of correlation between a microphone signal from the microphone unit and an acceleration signal from the accelerometer unit. The hearing aid instantly reduces noise arising from mechanical handling of the hearing aid based on input from the microphone unit and the accelerometer unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Hongyan Sun, Martin Kuriger, Morten Christophersen
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Patent number: 11676002Abstract: A neural network accelerating method and device includes: reading a total video memory size available for a GPU to execute computing of a neural network, setting a size of a configurable level, and determining a finest granularity of a factor used for splitting a workspace; generating an optimal acceleration solution architecture for determining an optimal batchsize and an optimal network layer configuration that enable fastest convolution execution; generating a state transition equation for a multiple knapsack problem by taking a convolution operation efficiency boundary condition in the optimal acceleration solution architecture as a fitness function; iterating the state transition equation by using a genetic algorithm taking a forward and back convolution function as evaluation bases until a convergent batchsize and network layer configuration are obtained, and accelerating the neural network by taking the convergent batchsize and the network layer configuration as the optimal batchsize and the optimal neType: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: INSPUR SUZHOU INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Hongyan Sun
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Patent number: 11671769Abstract: A method of personalizing one or more parameters of a processing algorithm for use in a hearing aid of a specific user comprises Performing a predictive test for estimating a hearing ability of the user when listening to signals having different characteristics; Analyzing results of said predictive test for said user and providing a hearing ability measure for said user; Selecting a specific processing algorithm of said hearing aid, Selecting a cost-benefit function related to said user's hearing ability in dependence of said different characteristics for said algorithm; and Determining, for said user, one or more personalized parameters of said processing algorithm in dependence of said hearing ability measure and said cost-benefit function.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Thomas Lunner, Gary Jones, Lars Bramsløw, Michael Syskind Pedersen, Pauli Minnaar, Jesper Jensen, Michael Kai Petersen, Peter Sommer, Hongyan Sun, Jacob Schack Larsen
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Publication number: 20230091385Abstract: A neural network accelerating method and device includes: reading a total video memory size available for a GPU to execute computing of a neural network, setting a size of a configurable level, and determining a finest granularity of a factor used for splitting a workspace; generating an optimal acceleration solution architecture for determining an optimal batchsize and an optimal network layer configuration that enable fastest convolution execution; generating a state transition equation for a multiple knapsack problem by taking a convolution operation efficiency boundary condition in the optimal acceleration solution architecture as a fitness function; iterating the state transition equation by using a genetic algorithm taking a forward and back convolution function as evaluation bases until a convergent batchsize and network layer configuration are obtained, and accelerating the neural network by taking the convergent batchsize and the network layer configuration as the optimal batchsize and the optimal neType: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2020Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventor: Hongyan SUN
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Publication number: 20220354097Abstract: Provided are a mouse and a functional activity part thereof, comprising a humanized IL-15 gene; the humanized IL-15 gene comprises a human IL-15 gene segment and a mouse IL-15 gene segment, the human IL-15 gene segment comprises at least a part of exon 4, exon 5, exon 6, exon 7 and exon 8 of the human IL-15 gene, and the mouse IL-15 gene segment comprises exon 1, exon 2 and exon 3 of the mouse IL-15 gene. Also provided are a preparation method and use of the mouse.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2020Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Cunxiang JU, Weiwei YU, Mingkun ZHANG, Hongyan SUN, Dingyu WANG
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Publication number: 20220303694Abstract: A hearing aid and a method performed by a hearing aid including at least one microphone unit, an accelerometer unit, and a processor. The method performed by the hearing aid includes generating a processed microphone signal including attenuating the microphone signal in accordance with an attenuation value; wherein the attenuation value is based on a measure of correlation between a microphone signal from the microphone unit and an acceleration signal from the accelerometer unit. The hearing aid instantly reduces noise arising from mechanical handling of the hearing aid based on input from the microphone unit and the accelerometer unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Hongyan SUN, Martin KURIGER, Morten CHRISTOPHERSEN
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Publication number: 20220009915Abstract: Provided herein are turn-on fluorescent chemical probes useful for monitoring and/or detecting lysine delipoylation activity in a sample including or suspected of including a delipoylation enzyme.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Hongyan Sun, Yusheng XIE, Rui WANG, Liang ZHANG
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Patent number: 11219945Abstract: A process for casting aluminum alloy parts is disclosed. The process includes the steps as follows: raising a liquid aluminum alloy; filling a mold; increasing pressure; solidifying formed by at least two stages of different pressure settings; and relieving pressure.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: CITIC DICASTAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Zuo Xu, Jianguo Zeng, Hanqi Wu, Hongyan Sun
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Publication number: 20220007116Abstract: A method of personalizing one or more parameters of a processing algorithm for use in a hearing aid of a specific user comprises Performing a predictive test for estimating a hearing ability of the user when listening to signals having different characteristics; Analyzing results of said predictive test for said user and providing a hearing ability measure for said user; Selecting a specific processing algorithm of said hearing aid, Selecting a cost-benefit function related to said user's hearing ability in dependence of said different characteristics for said algorithm; and Determining, for said user, one or more personalized parameters of said processing algorithm in dependence of said hearing ability measure and said cost-benefit function.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2020Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Thomas LUNNER, Gary JONES, Lars BRAMSLØW, Michael Syskind PEDERSEN, Pauli MINNAAR, Jesper JENSEN, Michael Kai PETERSEN, Peter SOMMER, Hongyan SUN, Jacob Schack LARSEN
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Publication number: 20210395795Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound for use in detecting “reader” and “eraser” proteins of lysine lipoylation. The present invention provides an affinity-based probe, referred to herein as “KPlip”, capable of interrogating the lipoylated peptide/protein interactions under native cellular environments. The chemical probe allows for the identification of potential regulators of lysine lipoylation, thus uncovering new biology related to lipoylation. There is also provided a method of using the compound to identifying proteins that interact with lipoylated proteins.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Yusheng XIE, Rui WANG, Liang ZHANG, Hongyan SUN
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Patent number: 11065296Abstract: In various embodiments, a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of a peptide having the amino acid sequence represented by Formula (I) or an analog thereof, and a pharmaceutically tolerable excipient is described. In some embodiments, the analog of the peptide of Formula (I), comprises the peptide sequence of Formula (I) wherein one or more of the amino acids residues are modified by a) C-terminal modification; b) D-amino acid substitution; and/or c) deletion of one or more amino acid residues. A method of inhibiting the growth of a microorganism comprising contacting the microorganism in a medium with an effective amount of the peptide of Formula (I) or an analog thereof is also described, as are similar methods of treating a disease or disorder associated with microbial activity in a subject by administering an effective amount of a peptide of Formula (I) or an analog thereof and a pharmaceutically tolerable excipient to the subject.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: City University of Hong KongInventors: Yun Wah Lam, Doris Wai Ting Au, Hongyan Sun
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Publication number: 20200206809Abstract: The disclosure provides a process for casting aluminum alloy parts. The process comprises the steps as follows: raising liquid; filling mold; increasing pressure; solidifying consisted of at least two stages of different pressure settings; and relieving pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Jianguo ZENG, Hanqi WU, Hongyan SUN
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Publication number: 20190374595Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition includes an effective amount of a peptide or an analog thereof, and a pharmaceutically tolerable excipient, wherein the peptide includes the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO. 17. An analog of a peptide including the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO. 17, wherein one or more amino acids residues are modified by a) C-terminal modification; b) D-amino acid substitution; and/or c) deletion of one or more amino acid residues. A method of inhibiting the growth of a microorganism includes contacting the microorganism in a medium with an effective amount of a peptide or an analog thereof, wherein the peptide includes the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO. 17. A method of treating a disease or disorder associated with microbial activity in a subject includes administering an effective amount of a peptide or an analog thereof to the subject, the peptide including the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO. 17.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2018Publication date: December 12, 2019Inventors: Yun Wah Lam, Doris Wai Ting Au, Hongyan Sun
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Publication number: 20170341137Abstract: A method for reducing deformation of the end face of a wheel blank, a trough is arranged at the junction of every two separate side dies on the blank rim end face of a cast blank, a trough is arranged in the middle of each single side die on the blank rim end face of the cast blank, 8 troughs are arranged in total, the depth of the troughs is 0.1-1 times the height of a locating lip, the lower limit of the width of the upper ends of the troughs is the height of the locating lip, the upper limit is 1/16 of the circumference of the wheel blank, the lower limit of the width of the lower ends of the troughs 1 is 0, and the upper limit is 1/16 of the circumference of the wheel blank.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: CITIC Dicastal CO., LTDInventors: Jianguo Zeng, Guofei Shi, Chao Ma, Hongyan Sun
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Patent number: 9435901Abstract: Systems, devices and methods of reconstructing an image from a positron emission tomography scan that may include detecting a plurality of photons selected from scattered photons and unscattered photons by a plurality of detectors, identifying a time interval for each of the plurality of photons by a processing device, matching each of the plurality of photons into a plurality of pairs of coincident photons based upon a substantially simultaneous time interval identified by the processing device, measuring an energy produced by each of the plurality of photons by the plurality of detectors, determining a scattering angle for each pair of coincident photons from an annihilation point relative to the position of the plurality of detectors by the processing device based on the energy produced and reconstructing an image using a reconstruction algorithm, wherein the reconstruction algorithm uses the scattering angle of each pair of coincident photons.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBAInventors: Stephen Pistorius, Hongyan Sun
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Publication number: 20140374607Abstract: Systems, devices and methods of reconstructing an image from a positron emission tomography scan that may include detecting a plurality of photons selected from scattered photons and unscattered photons by a plurality of detectors, identifying a time interval for each of the plurality of photons by a processing device, matching each of the plurality of photons into a plurality of pairs of coincident photons based upon a substantially simultaneous time interval identified by the processing device, measuring an energy produced by each of the plurality of photons by the plurality of detectors, determining a scattering angle for each pair of coincident photons from an annihilation point relative to the position of the plurality of detectors by the processing device based on the energy produced and reconstructing an image using a reconstruction algorithm, wherein the reconstruction algorithm uses the scattering angle of each pair of coincident photons.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: Stephen Pistorius, Hongyan Sun
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Patent number: 8866087Abstract: Systems, devices and methods of reconstructing an image from a positron emission tomography scan that may include detecting a plurality of photons selected from scattered photons and unscattered photons by a plurality of detectors, identifying a time interval for each of the plurality of photons by a processing device, matching each of the plurality of photons into a plurality of pairs of coincident photons based upon a substantially simultaneous time interval identified by the processing device, measuring an energy produced by each of the plurality of photons by the plurality of detectors, determining a scattering angle for each pair of coincident photons from an annihilation point relative to the position of the plurality of detectors by the processing device based on the energy produced and reconstructing an image using a reconstruction algorithm, wherein the reconstruction algorithm uses the scattering angle of each pair of coincident photons.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2012Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: University of ManitobaInventors: Stephen Pistorius, Hongyan Sun
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Publication number: 20140158890Abstract: Systems, devices and methods of reconstructing an image from a positron emission tomography scan that may include detecting a plurality of photons selected from scattered photons and unscattered photons by a plurality of detectors, identifying a time interval for each of the plurality of photons by a processing device, matching each of the plurality of photons into a plurality of pairs of coincident photons based upon a substantially simultaneous time interval identified by the processing device, measuring an energy produced by each of the plurality of photons by the plurality of detectors, determining a scattering angle for each pair of coincident photons from an annihilation point relative to the position of the plurality of detectors by the processing device based on the energy produced and reconstructing an image using a reconstruction algorithm, wherein the reconstruction algorithm uses the scattering angle of each pair of coincident photons.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Inventors: Stephen Pistorius, Hongyan Sun
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Publication number: 20140057950Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) which show a specific activity against cancer cell lines, the use of these compounds for prophylaxis and treatment of cancer as well as to pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one compound of general formula (I).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2011Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DE WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.Inventors: Mathias Christmann, Lea Radtke, Herbert Waldmann, Matthieu Willot, Slava Ziegler, Hongyan Sun