Patents by Inventor Jiannan Zhai

Jiannan Zhai 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).

  • Patent number: 11152795
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing federated power management in an electronic circuit. The methods comprise: performing first operations by a processing device to obtain information indicating a current level of charge for each of a plurality of capacitors which have been supplied energy from a power source; transforming, by the processing device, each capacitor's current level of charge into a number of service units for a respective electronic load device of a plurality of electronic load devices; determining, by the processing device, at least one of recharging priorities for the plurality of capacitors and discharging priorities for the plurality of capacitors at least based on the results of said transforming; and performing second operations by the processing device to cause the plurality of capacitors to be recharged in accordance with the recharging priorities or discharged in accordance with the discharging priorities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    Inventors: Jason O. Hallstrom, Jiannan Zhai, Chancey Kelley, Michael Brown, Alexander Roscoe
  • Publication number: 20200091737
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing federated power management in an electronic circuit. The methods comprise: performing first operations by a processing device to obtain information indicating a current level of charge for each of a plurality of capacitors which have been supplied energy from a power source; transforming, by the processing device, each capacitor's current level of charge into a number of service units for a respective electronic load device of a plurality of electronic load devices; determining, by the processing device, at least one of recharging priorities for the plurality of capacitors and discharging priorities for the plurality of capacitors at least based on the results of said transforming; and performing second operations by the processing device to cause the plurality of capacitors to be recharged in accordance with the recharging priorities or discharged in accordance with the discharging priorities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Jason O. Hallstrom, Jiannan Zhai, Chancey Kelley, Michael Brown, Alexander Roscoe
  • Publication number: 20200080875
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a fluid supply system. The methods comprise: using a micro-turbine and an Energy Harvesting Circuit (“EHC”) to harvest energy from a fluid flowing through a pipeline; operating a switch to disconnect the EHC from the micro-turbine when an amount of energy harvested reaches a threshold value; detecting by a sensor device an amount of natural fluid flow through the pipeline while the EHC is disconnected from the micro-turbine; and operating the switch to reconnect the EHC to the micro-turbine after the amount of natural fluid flow has been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Jason O. Hallstrom, Jiannan Zhai, Chancey Kelley, Michael Brown, Andrew Van Zwieten, Don Salamon