Patents by Inventor Ji Zhou

Ji Zhou 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: 20220073717
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer composition, comprising a polypropylene and a stabilizing additive mixture, wherein said stabilizing additive mixture comprises: i) a thioether compound according to Formula I, ii) a Hindered Amine Light Stabilizer (HALS) comprising a substituted amine group; and iii) an inorganic acid scavenger. The present invention further relates to an article comprising said polymer composition, and the use of said polymer composition for the housing for antennas for wireless communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Jing GUO, Sarah VAN MIERLOO, Chunfa LI, Ji ZHOU, Chaodong JIANG, Christelle Marie Hélène GREIN
  • Patent number: 11272188
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compression method for a deep neural network. The deep neural network comprises a plurality of layers. The method includes the following steps for each of at least one layer of the plurality of layers other than an input layer: reading parameters of that layer from a parameter storage space; reading a first feature map stored by an immediate previous layer from a feature map storage space; generating a second feature map on the basis of the read parameters and the first feature map; compressing the second feature map so as to obtain a third feature map; and storing the third feature map into the feature map storage space. Further, a chip based on the compression method and a medium are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: NEXTVPU (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Zhou, Xinpeng Feng
  • Patent number: 11232315
    Abstract: An image depth determining method and a living body identification method, a circuit, a device, and a medium. The image depth determining method includes obtaining pixel coordinates of a feature point pair associated with an object point on a subject, determining a first straight line passing through the origin of a first camera coordinate system of a first camera based on first pixel coordinates and intrinsic parameters of the first camera, determining a second straight line passing through the origin of a second camera coordinate system of a second camera based on second pixel coordinates and intrinsic parameters of the second camera, and determining the depth of the object point based on the first straight line, the second straight line, and extrinsic parameters describing a relative position relationship between the first camera and the second camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: NEXTVPU (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shu Fang, Ji Zhou, Xinpeng Feng
  • Publication number: 20220012482
    Abstract: A layout analysis method, an electronic device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. The layout analysis method includes: obtaining coordinate information of a plurality of text lines in an image; creating a layout model of the image according to the coordinate information; analyzing a layout structure of the text lines based on the layout model; and determining an order of the text lines relative to each other based on the layout structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: NEXTVPU (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Linfeng Li, Haijiao Cai, Xinpeng Feng, Ji Zhou
  • Publication number: 20210407282
    Abstract: A handheld monitoring and early warning device for Fusarium head blight of in-field wheat includes an acquisition card, a processor, a camera, a touchscreen, a power supply, and a 4G network card. The acquisition card is configured to acquire data. The processor is configured to analyze the acquired data, to obtain the growth of wheat based on a deep learning algorithm. The camera is configured to acquire root, stem, and ear information of in-field wheat. The touchscreen is a medium configured to perform human-computer interaction. The power supply is configured to supply power to the monitoring and early warning device. The 4G network card is configured to perform data communication and at the same time communicate with an external cloud server. Further disclosed is an early warning method of a handheld monitoring and early warning device for Fusarium head blight of in-field wheat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Nanjing Agricultural University
    Inventors: Ji ZHOU, Jiawei CHEN, Mingxing WEN, Xiue WANG, Dongsheng LI, Yanfeng DING
  • Patent number: 11211075
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a service control method, a service control apparatus and a device, the method including: determining an application service in operating state in an electronic device; and transmitting audio data captured by a microphone to the application service and a control service, where the application service is configured to perform multimedia information interaction according to the audio data, and the control service is configured to control the electronic device according to the audio data, thereby improving flexibility in controlling services in the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventors: Liang He, Aihui An, Yu Niu, Lifeng Zhao, Xiangdong Xue, Ji Zhou
  • Publication number: 20210379290
    Abstract: A syringe includes a barrel, a plunger, and a sealing member creating a seal between the plunger and the barrel. The barrel includes a first portion with a first inner diameter and a second portion with a second inner diameter that is larger than the first inner diameter. The sealing member engages the first portion of the barrel to give rise to a first contact pressure when the barrel is filled with product. The first contact pressure is sufficient to maintain a gas-tight seal over the expected temperature ranges ?25° C. to 40° C. A first force is applied to the plunger to overcome the first contact pressure and move the plunger out of the first portion and into the second portion to dispense product. The sealing member engages the second portion of the barrel to give rise to a second contact pressure that is lower than the first contact pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Sean E. Mackey, Ji Zhou, Martin J. Gibler, Dennis Y. Lee
  • Publication number: 20210377552
    Abstract: A system configured to perform scalable video encoding is provided. The system includes a memory; and a processing unit, wherein the processing unit is configured to: receive inter-layer data and a current picture, wherein the current picture has a base layer; upsample the inter-layer data to generate residual data and reconstruction data, wherein the inter-layer data includes a base mode flag; and encode the current picture to an enhanced layer using the upsampled inter-layer data based on a block type of the base layer and the base mode flag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicants: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Ji Zhou, Zhen Chen, Min Yu
  • Publication number: 20210334569
    Abstract: An image depth determining method and a living body identification method, a circuit, a device, and a medium. The image depth determining method includes obtaining pixel coordinates of a feature point pair associated with an object point on a subject, determining a first straight line passing through the origin of a first camera coordinate system of a first camera based on first pixel coordinates and intrinsic parameters of the first camera, determining a second straight line passing through the origin of a second camera coordinate system of a second camera based on second pixel coordinates and intrinsic parameters of the second camera, and determining the depth of the object point based on the first straight line, the second straight line, and extrinsic parameters describing a relative position relationship between the first camera and the second camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: NEXTVPU (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shu Fang, Ji Zhou, Xinpeng Feng
  • Patent number: 11158077
    Abstract: A disparity estimation method, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The disparity estimation method includes: performing feature extraction on each image in an image pair; and performing cascaded multi-stage disparity processing according to the extracted image features to obtain multiple disparity maps with increasing sizes. The input of a first stage disparity processing in the multi-stage disparity processing includes multiple image features each having a size corresponding to the first stage disparity processing, and the input of disparity processing of each stage other than the first stage disparity processing in the multi-stage disparity processing includes: one or more image features each having a size corresponding to disparity processing of the stage and a disparity map generated by disparity processing of an immediate previous stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Nextvpu (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu Fang, Ji Zhou, Xinpeng Feng
  • Patent number: 11127398
    Abstract: The embodiment of the disclosure provides a method for voice controlling, a terminal device, a cloud server and a system. The method includes: receiving voice information that the user performs voice controlling on a terminal device; transmitting voice information to the cloud server, so that the cloud server determines, according to the voice information, a voice control and a control instruction that match the voice information in the current interface, and generates a corresponding voice control instruction; receiving the voice control instruction transmitted by the cloud server; and controlling, according to the voice control instruction, a corresponding voice control of the terminal device to perform an operation. The method of the embodiments of the present disclosure achieves controlling over the controls in the interface through the voice, which deepens the controlling degree of the voice over the terminal device, and improves the user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD., SHANGHAI XIAODU TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Lichao Xu, Yushu Cao, Lishang Xiao, Lifeng Zhao, Xiangdong Xue, Ji Zhou
  • Patent number: 11127115
    Abstract: A disparity determining method, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The disparity determining method includes: downsampling a first image and a second image, to obtain a first image with a first size and a second image with the first size; performing first-stage disparity computation on the first image with the first size and the second image with the first size, to obtain a first disparity map with the first size; and performing second-stage disparity computation on a first image with a second size and a second image with the second size based on an upsampled disparity map, with the second size, of the first disparity map, to obtain a second disparity map with the second size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: NEXTVPU (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shu Fang, Ji Zhou, Xinpeng Feng
  • Publication number: 20210277147
    Abstract: Disclosed are the development of a recombinant chicken IgY monoclonal antibody and a recombinant chicken IgY single-chain variable fragment (scFv) antibody raised against human thymidine kinase 1 in mammalian cells and a preparation method and use thereof. A light chain of the scFv antibody includes an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, and a heavy chain of the scFv antibody includes an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Zuosheng LI, Hu CHEN, Huijun LI, Li DANG, Liwen LIANG, Cong FANG, Junye TAN, Ellen HE, Sven Isac SKOG, Ji ZHOU
  • Patent number: 11112059
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of wearable devices, and in particular to a connector for a wearable device, an assistive device, a wearable device, and a kit. The connector comprises a first connecting component and a second connecting component, wherein the first connecting component comprises a first engaging member, the second connecting component comprises a second engaging member, and the first connecting component and the second connecting component are connected to each other by means of the mating between the first engaging member and the second engaging member and can rotate relative to each other into a separable position and an engaged position. The connector of the present disclosure can solve the technical problem that the mounting angle of the assistive device relative to the wearable device cannot be flexibly and conveniently adjusted and cannot be maintained in each adjustment shift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: NEXTVPU (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Sun, Haijiao Cai, Xinpeng Feng, Ji Zhou
  • Publication number: 20210266565
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compression method for a deep neural network. The deep neural network comprises a plurality of layers. The method includes the following steps for each of at least one layer of the plurality of layers other than an input layer: reading parameters of that layer from a parameter storage space; reading a first feature map stored by an immediate previous layer from a feature map storage space; generating a second feature map on the basis of the read parameters and the first feature map; compressing the second feature map so as to obtain a third feature map; and storing the third feature map into the feature map storage space. Further, a chip based on the compression method and a medium are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Ji ZHOU, Xinpeng FENG
  • Publication number: 20210255269
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic system, an electronic device and a method for controlling the electronic device. The electronic system includes a first electronic device and at least one second electronic device, each second electronic device being associated with a target item. The first electronic device comprises: a first processing unit configured to determine an identifier of a second electronic device targeted by the first instruction input and generate a search signal specific to the second electronic device; and a first transmitting unit configured to transmit the generated search signal to the second electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Zhijun LV, Haijiao CAI, Xinpeng FENG, Ji ZHOU
  • Patent number: 11095910
    Abstract: A system and method for scalable video coding that includes base layer having lower resolution encoding, enhanced layer having higher resolution encoding and the data transferring between two layers. The system and method provides several methods to reduce bandwidth of inter-layer transfers while at the same time reducing memory requirements. Due to less memory access, the system clock frequency can be lowered so that system power consumption is lowered as well. The system avoids having prediction data from base layer to enhanced layer to be up-sampled for matching resolution in the enhanced layer as transferring up-sampled data can impose a big burden on memory bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Ji Zhou, Zhen Chen, Min Yu
  • Patent number: 11091914
    Abstract: A louver canopy comprises a frame with a top disposed with parallel rafters; a plurality of louvers rotationally connected between the rafters and sequentially arranged along a length direction of the rafters, the louvers are disposed at intervals and parallel to each other, each of the louvers includes an elongated flashing; a baffle connected to a first long side of the flashing; an elongated first guide groove formed between the baffle and the flashing; When the louvers rotate to a closed state, an opening of the first guide groove faces upward, and a second long side of the flashing passes over a top of the baffle of an adjacent louver of the louvers and positions above the first guide groove of the adjacent louver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Zhejiang Dosoly Mechanical and Electrical Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Caihua Shan, Gaoyang Xu, Yucheng Shan, Chao Han, Jie Ding, Ruzhong Yin, Rixin Liang, Zheng Zhou, Yongna Han, Ji Zhou, Kaiyu Ni
  • Publication number: 20210248406
    Abstract: An image text broadcasting method, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided. The image text broadcasting method includes: receiving a specified broadcast indication; determining a current broadcast progress about broadcast data in response to the specified broadcast indication; acquiring a next piece of broadcast data from a first text according to the current broadcast progress and the specified broadcast indication, in which the first text is composed of text data recognized and stored for a text in a text area of an image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: NEXTVPU (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuanyang Feng, Haijiao Cai, Xinpeng Feng, Ji Zhou
  • Patent number: 11072698
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising (A) a propylene-based polymer, (B) an elastomer of ethylene and ?-olefin comonomer having 4 to 10 carbon atoms and (C) an inorganic filler, wherein (A) the propylene-based polymer has a melt flow index of 60 to 150 dg/min measured according to ASTM D1238 (2.16 kg/230° C.) and wherein (B) the elastomer has a density of 0.840 to 0.865 g/cm3, wherein (B) the elastomer has a melt flow index of 3 to 13 dg/min measured in accordance with ASTM D1238 using a 2.16 kg weight and at a temperature of 190° C., wherein the amount of (B) the elastomer is 2 to 30 wt % based on the total composition, wherein the amount of (C) the inorganic filler is 0.1 to 30 wt % based on the total composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Ting Huang, Kai Guo, Yang Fu, Ji Zhou, Dake Shen, Maria Soliman