Patents by Inventor Jian Yao

Jian Yao 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).

  • Method, System, And Computer Program For Recognizing Position And Attitude Of Object Imaged By Camera
    Publication number: 20230267646
    Abstract: A method of the present disclosure includes (a) extracting distinctive features used for respectively distinguishing a plurality of similar attitudes from which images similar to one another are obtained using a simulation model of an object, (b) capturing an object image of the object using a camera, (c) estimating a position and an attitude of the object using the object image, and (d) when the estimated attitude corresponds to one of the plurality of similar attitudes, determining the one of the plurality of similar attitudes as the attitude of the object using the distinctive features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Masaki HAYASHI, Jian YAO, Dibyendu MUKHERJEE, Andrei Mark ROTENSTEIN
  • Information conversion method and apparatus, storage medium, and electronic device
    Patent number: 11710003
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application include an information conversion method for translating source information. The source information is encoded to obtain a first code. A preset conversion condition is obtained. The preset conversion condition indicates a mapping relationship between the source information and a conversion result. The first code is decoded according to the source information, the preset conversion condition, and translated information to obtain target information. The target information and the source information are in different languages. Further, the translated information includes a word obtained through conversion of the source information into a language of the target information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Mingxuan Wang, Jun Xie, Jian Yao, Jiangquan Huang
  • Electrified propulsion system and apparatus
    Patent number: 11703113
    Abstract: An electrified drivetrain system that maximizes power density, is readily packaged, and improves drivability is described. It includes a propulsion system having an axial-flux rotating electric machine, a torque converter having a selectable one-way clutch, and an output member that is couplable to a drivetrain. The axial-flux rotating electric machine include a first rotor coaxially arranged with a first electric stator. The torque converter includes a fluidic stator, a pump, a turbine and a torque converter clutch. The axial-flux rotating electric machine is arranged coaxially with the torque converter. The first rotor of the axial-flux rotating electric machine is coupled to the pump of the torque converter, and the turbine of the torque converter is rotatably coupled to the output member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Chengwu Duan, Jian Yao, Lei Hao, Dongxu Li, Chunhao J. Lee, Norman K. Bucknor
  • Optical element with linear polarizer
    Patent number: 11703709
    Abstract: An optical element includes a linear polarizer layer and a transparent optical layer. The linear polarizer layer includes surfaces waviness and the transparent optical layer smooths the surfaces waves of the linear polarizer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jianing Yao, Daozhi Wang, Silvio Grespan, Weihua Gao, Chia-Hsuan Tai, Shizhe Shen, John Robert Volk, Richard Han Soo Cho
  • MODULATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20230209122
    Abstract: This application relates to the field of communications technologies, and discloses a modulation method and apparatus, a communications device, and a readable storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a bitstream to be transmitted; and determining, based on a bit in the bitstream and a mapping relationship, a forwarding pattern and a manner of modulating a forwarding phase in the forwarding pattern, where the mapping relationship is used to indicate a mapping relationship between the bit, the forwarding pattern, and a target index, and is used to indicate a mapping relationship between the bit and the phase modulation manner; and the target index includes at least one of the following: an index of a transmit antenna, an index of a receive antenna, and an index of an area after division of an array of assistance nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian YAO, Dajie JIANG, Kun YANG
  • Rotor core design
    Patent number: 11689073
    Abstract: An axial flux electric motor for an automobile includes a stator assembly, and a rotor assembly, the rotor assembly including a plurality of lamination blocks arranged in an annular pattern, a plurality of conductive wedges, one conductive wedge being positioned between each adjacent pair of lamination blocks, the plurality of lamination blocks and the plurality of conductive wedges defining a rotor core disk having an inner diameter and outer diameter and opposing axial faces, and a plurality of permanent magnets attached to one of the opposing axial faces of the rotor core disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jian Yao, Chengwu Duan, Yusheng Zou
  • ELECTRIFIED PROPULSION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20230167886
    Abstract: An electrified drivetrain system that maximizes power density, is readily packaged, and improves drivability is described. It includes a propulsion system having an axial-flux rotating electric machine, a torque converter having a selectable one-way clutch, and an output member that is couplable to a drivetrain. The axial-flux rotating electric machine include a first rotor coaxially arranged with a first electric stator. The torque converter includes a fluidic stator, a pump, a turbine and a torque converter clutch. The axial-flux rotating electric machine is arranged coaxially with the torque converter. The first rotor of the axial-flux rotating electric machine is coupled to the pump of the torque converter, and the turbine of the torque converter is rotatably coupled to the output member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Chengwu Duan, Jian Yao, Lei Hao, Dongxu Li, Chunhao J. Lee, Norman K. Bucknor
  • Protease variants and uses thereof
    Patent number: 11661567
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is one or more subtilisin variant, nucleic acid encoding same, and compositions and methods related to the production and use thereof, including one or more subtilisin variant that has improved stability and/or soil removal compared to one or more reference subtilisin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Danisco US Inc.
    Inventors: David Marquez, Michael Stoner, James T. Kellis, Jr., Adam Garske, Joshua Roy Basler, Katherine Augustyn, Priyanka Chandrasekaran, Miles Christopher Scotcher, Lilia Maria Babe, Richard R. Bott, David A. Estell, Gudrun Vogtentanz, Sina Pricelius, Jian Yao
  • ANTI-IL-17A ANTIBODY AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230159632
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antibody or a functional fragment thereof that specifically binds to IL-17A with high affinity. Also provided are a nucleic acid molecule encoding the antibody or the functional fragment thereof disclosed herein, an expression vector and a host cell for expressing the antibody or the functional fragment thereof disclosed herein, and a method for preparing the antibody or the functional fragment thereof disclosed herein. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising the antibody or the functional fragment thereof disclosed herein, and use of the antibody or the functional fragment thereof disclosed herein for treating an immune dysfunction disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Jian Yao, Dan Meng, Hui Feng, Sheng Yao, Hai Wu
  • Locking mechanism for segmented stator core
    Patent number: 11646611
    Abstract: A stator core assembly for an axial flux electric motor for an automobile includes a cylindrical outer case that defines a central axis, first and second disk shaped insulate frames axially spaced from one another and positioned within the outer case, each of the first and second insulate frames including a circular outer ring, a circular inner ring and a plurality of radial spokes extending between the outer ring and the inner ring and spaced circumferentially about the central axis, and a plurality of segmented core sections extending axially between the first and second insulate frames spaced circumferentially around and supported by the first and second insulate frames, wherein, a radial spoke is positioned between each adjacent pair of segmented core sections, and at least one radial spoke extends across each axial end of each one of the plurality of segmented core sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jian Yao, Chengwu Duan
  • Electrified propulsion system and apparatus
    Patent number: 11639748
    Abstract: An electrified drivetrain system that improves drivability is described. It includes a propulsion system having a rotary electric machine including a rotatable shaft, a torque converter including a fluidic stator, a pump, a turbine and a normally-closed torque converter clutch; a selectable one-way clutch coupled to the fluidic stator; and an output member. The rotatable shaft is coupled to the pump of the torque converter, and the turbine of the torque converter is coupled to the output member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Chengwu Duan, Dongxu Li, Jian Yao, Chunhao J. Lee, Norman K. Bucknor
  • Magnets, pole shoes, and slot openings of axial flux motor
    Patent number: 11621621
    Abstract: An axial flux motor includes: a stator having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the stator including: N stator core components on the first side, where N is an integer greater than two; and pole shoes attached to radial sides of the N stator core components, N slot openings between adjacent ones of the pole shoes, where each of the N slot openings extends in at least one direction non-radially on the first side; and a rotor including a third side and M permanent magnets on the third side, where the first side is parallel to the third side, and where M is an integer greater than two.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jian Yao, Chengwu Duan, Yusheng Zou, Alireza Fatemi
  • EFFICIENT BYPASS SWITCHES FOR DC/DC CONVERTER
    Publication number: 20230080123
    Abstract: A power control system includes a battery system and a DC-DC converter with first, second, third, and fourth power switches. A second terminal of the first power switch is connected to a first terminal of the second power switch. A second terminal of the third power switch is connected to a first terminal of the fourth power switch. A first inductor includes a first terminal connected to the second terminal of the first power switch and the first terminal of the second power switch and a second terminal connected to the second terminal of the third power switch and the first terminal of the fourth power switch. A first bypass switch is connected in parallel to the first power switch. A second bypass switch is connected in parallel to the third power switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yusheng ZOU, Lei HAO, Chengwu DUAN, Jian YAO, Chandra S. NAMUDURI
  • DETERMINING DRIVABLE FREE-SPACE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20230074368
    Abstract: In various examples, sensor data may be received that represents a field of view of a sensor of a vehicle located in a physical environment. The sensor data may be applied to a machine learning model that computes both a set of boundary points that correspond to a boundary dividing drivable free-space from non-drivable space in the physical environment and class labels for boundary points of the set of boundary points that correspond to the boundary. Locations within the physical environment may be determined from the set of boundary points represented by the sensor data, and the vehicle may be controlled through the physical environment within the drivable free-space using the locations and the class labels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Mansi Rankawat, Jian Yao, Dong Zhang, Chia-Chih Chen
  • Axial flux motor with distributed winding
    Patent number: 11594929
    Abstract: An axial flux motor having reduced spatial harmonics including a rotor with a plurality of magnets. A rotor shaft is coupled to the rotor. A stator faces the rotor and an air gap defined between the rotor and the stator. The stator includes a plurality of electromagnetic components defining a plurality of magnetic poles. The electromagnetic components include a plurality of posts, a plurality of slots, and a plurality of distributed electrically conductive windings disposed in and spanning across nonadjacent slots of the plurality of slots. At least one electrically conductive winding has a winding pitch span of greater than or equal to about 3 to less than or equal to about 20. The axial flux motor may include two rotors and one stator or alternatively two stators and one rotor. Such axial flux motors have short pitch provide desirable reduced spatial harmonics to enhance motor performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jian Yao, Chengwu Duan, Mingyuan Zhang
  • SEGMENTED STATOR CORE DESIGN
    Publication number: 20230047862
    Abstract: A stator core assembly for an axial flux electric motor for an automobile includes a cylindrical outer case that defines a central axis, and a plurality of segmented core sections spaced circumferentially around the central axis within the outer case, each of the segmented core sections including a lamination stack and a sleeve, the lamination stack being positioned within the sleeve and the sleeve being formed from a soft magnetic composite material, the sleeve of each of the plurality of segmented core sections including a first axial end having a pole shoe formed thereon and a second axial end having a pole shoe formed thereon, the pole shoes formed on the first and second axial ends of the sleeve of each of the plurality of segmented core sections including a radially outward surface having an arcuate shape that corresponds to and contacts the radially inward surface of the outer case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jian Yao, Chengwu Duan, Yusheng Zou
  • ROTOR CORE DESIGN
    Publication number: 20230048820
    Abstract: An axial flux electric motor for an automobile includes a stator assembly, and a rotor assembly, the rotor assembly including a plurality of lamination blocks arranged in an annular pattern, a plurality of conductive wedges, one conductive wedge being positioned between each adjacent pair of lamination blocks, the plurality of lamination blocks and the plurality of conductive wedges defining a rotor core disk having an inner diameter and outer diameter and opposing axial faces, and a plurality of permanent magnets attached to one of the opposing axial faces of the rotor core disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jian Yao, Chengwu Duan, Yusheng Zou
  • LOCKING MECHANISM FOR SEGMENTED STATOR CORE
    Publication number: 20230029734
    Abstract: A stator core assembly for an axial flux electric motor for an automobile includes a cylindrical outer case that defines a central axis, first and second disk shaped insulate frames axially spaced from one another and positioned within the outer case, each of the first and second insulate frames including a circular outer ring, a circular inner ring and a plurality of radial spokes extending between the outer ring and the inner ring and spaced circumferentially about the central axis, and a plurality of segmented core sections extending axially between the first and second insulate frames spaced circumferentially around and supported by the first and second insulate frames, wherein, a radial spoke is positioned between each adjacent pair of segmented core sections, and at least one radial spoke extends across each axial end of each one of the plurality of segmented core sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Jian Yao, Chengwu Duan
  • Axial flux motor including system for circulating coolant through air gap between stator and rotor
    Patent number: 11569713
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a housing, a shaft, a rotor, a stator, and at least one coolant supply channel. The shaft is rotatably mounted within the housing and has a longitudinal axis. The rotor is fixed to the shaft for rotation therewith. The stator is spaced apart from the rotor along the longitudinal axis of the shaft to yield at least one air gap between the stator and the rotor. The at least one coolant supply channel extends through at least one of the shaft and the stator and is configured to supply coolant flow to the at least one air gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jian Yao, Chengwu Duan
  • HYBRID STATOR CORE SEGMENTS FOR AXIAL FLUX MOTORS
    Publication number: 20230018438
    Abstract: An axial flux motor is provided and includes a shaft, at least one rotor connected to the shaft, and a stator. The stator includes a stator core and an electrically conductive wire. The stator core is segmented and ring-shaped and includes a central opening through which the shaft extends to the at least one rotor. The stator core includes a hybrid segment. The hybrid segment includes soft magnetic composite material components and laminated layered blocks. The laminated layered blocks include two inclined laminated layered blocks, where a distance between the two inclined laminated layered blocks increases radially along a radially extending centerline of the hybrid segment. The electrically conductive wire wound on the hybrid segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Jian Yao, Chengwu Duan