Patents by Inventor Jianqiang Zhu

Jianqiang Zhu 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: 12365554
    Abstract: Disclosed are a dual power driving-based parallel movable shelf and an unloading apparatus thereof. The parallel movable shelf comprises: an upper transverse rod, an upper sliding block and an upper power driving apparatus being fixed on the upper transverse rod, and the upper power driving apparatus being able to control the upper sliding block to move back and forth only along the upper transverse rod; a lower transverse rod, arranged parallel to the upper transverse rod, a lower sliding block and a lower power driving apparatus being fixed on the lower transverse rod, and the lower power driving apparatus being able to control the lower sliding block to move back and forth only along the lower transverse rod; and a vertical rod, the top of the vertical rod being coupled to the upper sliding block, and the bottom of the vertical rod being coupled to the lower sliding block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Zhejiang Libiao Robots Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jianqiang Zhu
  • Patent number: 12251733
    Abstract: A three-dimensional sorting robot-based data processing method and a three-dimensional sorting robot and system are provided. According to the method, a three-dimensional sorting robot is provided with a processor and a sorting assembly. The data processing method comprises: an obtaining step: obtaining the identity information of a target sorting tack in real time, the identity information comprising structure data of the sorting tack and/or position information of basket units in the rack; a binding step: binding the identity information of the target sorting rack with the information of a three-dimensional sorting robot, the binding relationship being associated with a target order executed by the three-dimensional sorting robot; and a sorting step: under a sorting task of the target order, sorting, by the sorting assembly according to the identity information of the rack by means of the processor, goods to be sorted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Zhejiang Libiao Robotics, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huiling Xia, Jianqiang Zhu, Juejing Xu, Ming Ma
  • Publication number: 20250002254
    Abstract: A goods loading and unloading apparatus fixed on a goods rack includes: a first vertical rod, provided with a first vertical sliding block driven by a first vertical movement driving device, a first upper roller, and a first lower roller driven by a lower driving electric motor; a second vertical rod, provided with a second vertical sliding block driven by a second vertical movement driving device, a second lower roller, and a second upper roller driven by an upper driving electric motor, the upper and lower rollers moving along upper and lower guide rails, respectively; a loading and unloading device, hinged to the first and second vertical sliding blocks, and configured to move to a designated position in the goods rack; a posture sensor, fixed on the first vertical rod; and a controller for controlling displacement speeds of the upper and lower driving electric motors to remain synchronous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: LIBIAO ROBOTICS HOLDINGS PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Jianqiang ZHU
  • Publication number: 20240408647
    Abstract: A sorting control method for a three-dimensional sorting robot, a three-dimensional sorting robot and a related device are provided. The method comprises: a state acquisition step, involving acquiring the state of a target goods basket unit of the current sorting shelf; a delivery step, involving controlling, when it is confirmed that the target goods basket unit is available, an unloading mechanism of a three-dimensional sorting robot to execute a first delivery action; a determination step, involving determining whether goods to be delivered enter the target goods basket unit, and when a delivery failure occurs, controlling the unloading mechanism of the three-dimensional sorting robot to execute a second delivery action; and a confirmation step, involving executing the determination step once or multiple times, until it is confirmed that the goods to be delivered are delivered into the target goods basket unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Huiling XIA, Jianqiang ZHU, Juejing XU, Ming MA
  • Publication number: 20240370005
    Abstract: A system includes an article supply location, wherein the article supply location includes a plurality of articles to be sorted, first and second transport vehicles, each having a first position in which an article is stowed about the vehicle and a second position in which the article is deposited into a proximal container. And a control system. The control system is configured to receive an order for a plurality of disparate articles, determine one destination container of a plurality of destination containers to direct the transport vehicle to deposit a selected article, direct the first transport vehicle to transport a selected article to the destination container and deposit the article by manipulation of the first transport vehicle from the first position to the second position for deposit of the selected article in the destination container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Jianqiang Zhu, Juejing Xu, John C. Spain, Michael C. Futch, James M. Serstad, Richard C. Kaminska, III, Selden W. McKnight, JR.
  • Publication number: 20240335858
    Abstract: A three-dimensional sorting robot-based data processing method and a three-dimensional sorting robot and system are provided. According to the method, a three-dimensional sorting robot is provided with a processor and a sorting assembly. The data processing method comprises: an obtaining step: obtaining the identity information of a target sorting tack in real time, the identity information comprising structure data of the sorting tack and/or position information of basket units in the rack; a binding step: binding the identity information of the target sorting rack with the information of a three-dimensional sorting robot, the binding relationship being associated with a target order executed by the three-dimensional sorting robot; and a sorting step: under a sorting task of the target order, sorting, by the sorting assembly according to the identity information of the rack by means of the processor, goods to be sorted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Huiling XIA, Jianqiang ZHU, Juejing XU, Ming MA
  • Publication number: 20240335861
    Abstract: A stereoscopic sorting control method, a stereoscopic sorting robot, and a related device. The stereoscopic sorting control method comprises: stereoscopic sorting robots having a binding relationship with identity information of target sorting shelves, wherein the binding relationship is associated with a target order; under a sorting task of the target order, the stereoscopic sorting robots sorting, according to the identity information of the sorting shelves, goods to be sorted; when a first stereoscopic sorting robot has a fault, unbinding the first stereoscopic sorting robot and the target sorting shelves; acquiring state information of other stereoscopic sorting robots, wherein the state information indicates that a second stereoscopic sorting robot is in an available and idle state; and rebinding the second stereoscopic sorting robot with the target sorting shelves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Huiling XIA, Jianqiang ZHU, Juejing XU, Ming MA
  • Publication number: 20240336437
    Abstract: A three-dimensional sorting method, and a three-dimensional sorting robot and system are provided. The method includes: an obtaining step: obtaining identity information of a target sorting storage rack, wherein the identity information may comprise structural data of the sorting storage rack and/or position information of a basket unit of the storage rack; a binding step: binding the identity information of the target sorting storage rack to information of a three-dimensional sorting robot, and the binding relationship being associated with a target order by means of a server; and a sorting step: under a sorting task of the target order, sorting, according to the identity information of the storage rack, goods to be sorted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Huiling XIA, Jianqiang ZHU, Juejing XU, Ming MA
  • Patent number: 12072692
    Abstract: A system includes an article supply location, wherein the article supply location includes a plurality of articles to be sorted, first and second transport vehicles, each having a first position in which an article is stowed about the vehicle and a second position in which the article is deposited into a proximal container. And a control system. The control system is configured to receive an order for a plurality of disparate articles, determine one destination container of a plurality of destination containers to direct the transport vehicle to deposit a selected article, direct the first transport vehicle to transport a selected article to the destination container and deposit the article by manipulation of the first transport vehicle from the first position to the second position for deposit of the selected article in the destination container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignees: Tompkins Robotics, Inc., Zhejiang Libiao Robot Co.
    Inventors: Jianqiang Zhu, Juejing Xu, John C. Spain, Michael C. Futch, James M. Serstad, Richard C. Kaminska, III, Selden W. McKnight, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240274457
    Abstract: A holding device (100) for holding a structural part, in particular a semiconductor wafer (1) or a lithography mask, comprises a base body (10), which is formed from at least one board (11) with an upper side, and a plurality of protruding studs (12), which are arranged on the upper side of the board (11) and form a contact surface (13) with a predetermined flatness for contacting the structural part, wherein on the upper side of the board (11) a notch absorption layer (21) is provided, which has such a low volume density that the notch absorption layer (21) can be compressed by a compaction in the layer volume in the case of mechanical actions by foreign particles (2), without compromising the flatness of the contact surface (13). A method for manufacturing a holding device (100) for holding a structural part is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Alan Allsop, Benedikt Schmidt, Constans Mathias Weber, Till Warming, Jianqiang Zhu, Milad Mokhtari, Antonius Hubertus Van Schijndel
  • Publication number: 20240256095
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch substrate, a touch display panel and a display apparatus. A line width of at least a part of a bridging electrode in a spacing region between a sub-electrode of a corresponding first touch electrode and a corresponding second touch electrode in a first direction is greater than a line width of the corresponding second touch electrode, so that a routing length of an edge of the bridging electrode in the spacing region can be increased, or so that a certain gap exists between the sub-electrode and the residual metal at the edge of the bridging electrode, the sub-electrode is insulated from the residual metal, the short circuit between the first touch electrode where the sub-electrode is located and the second touch electrode due to the metal residue can be avoided, and the touch quality of the touch substrate can be ensured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Hui LUO, Jiamian SUN, Yuheng QIU, Chaoxue QIN, Ying LIU, Zerong YANG, Yunpeng ZHU, Zhiqiang LIANG, Zhiwei DANG, Xuwu HU, Yangsheng LIU, Wei LIN, Hwang KIM, Wanli BIAN, Jianqiang ZHU, Xianglong CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240160200
    Abstract: A system includes an article supply location, wherein the article supply location includes a plurality of articles to be sorted, first and second transport vehicles, each having a first position in which an article is stowed about the vehicle and a second position in which the article is deposited into a proximal container. And a control system. The control system is configured to receive an order for a plurality of disparate articles, determine one destination container of a plurality of destination containers to direct the transport vehicle to deposit a selected article, direct the first transport vehicle to transport a selected article to the destination container and deposit the article by manipulation of the first transport vehicle from the first position to the second position for deposit of the selected article in the destination container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Jianqiang Zhu, Juejing Xu, John C. Spain, Michael C. Futch, James M. Serstad, Richard C. Kaminska, III, Selden W. McKnight, JR.
  • Publication number: 20240150117
    Abstract: The robot cargo sorting system capable of identifying shelf transfer, and a sorting method thereof are provided. The sorting system includes: movable shelves, each provided with cargo boxes configured for allowing cargoes to be unloaded thereinto, fixed with identification devices and capable of moving to any vacant unloading region; sorting robots, capable of travelling on a sorting platform and transporting received cargoes to a designated unloading region for unloading; a sorting robot locating device; an importing device; unloading robots, capable of receiving cargoes unloaded from the sorting robots and unloading the cargoes into predetermined vacant cargo boxes of the movable shelves; detection devices, which can acquire information of the identification devices; and a server, in wireless connection with controllers of the sorting robots and in wired or wireless connection with controllers of the unloading robot, the detection devices and the importing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Jianqiang ZHU
  • Patent number: 11892825
    Abstract: A system includes an article supply location, wherein the article supply location includes a plurality of articles to be sorted, first and second transport vehicles, each having a first position in which an article is stowed about the vehicle and a second position in which the article is deposited into a proximal container. And a control system. The control system is configured to receive an order for a plurality of disparate articles, determine one destination container of a plurality of destination containers to direct the transport vehicle to deposit a selected article, direct the first transport vehicle to transport a selected article to the destination container and deposit the article by manipulation of the first transport vehicle from the first position to the second position for deposit of the selected article in the destination container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: Tompkins Robotics, Inc., Zhejiang Libiao Robot Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianqiang Zhu, Juejing Xu, John C. Spain, Michael C. Futch, James M. Serstad, Richard C. Kaminska, III, Selden W. McKnight, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11888282
    Abstract: A laser driving device and a method for enabling a uniform light field, wherein the laser driving device is a high-power laser driving device that enables a uniform light field on the basis of a narrow-band low-spatial-coherence light and is provided for laser fusion. The narrow-band low-spatial-coherence light is configured as a seed of the laser driving device, an amplification and transmission unit amplifies the seed, a frequency conversion unit converts a frequency of the laser, and a focusing component is configured for laser focusing and uniform illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Optics And Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Jianqiang Zhu, Xiaoqi Zhang, Gengxiu Tang, Hua Tao, Zhigang Liu
  • Publication number: 20240010449
    Abstract: Disclosed are a dual power driving-based parallel movable shelf and an unloading apparatus thereof. The parallel movable shelf comprises: an upper transverse rod, an upper sliding block and an upper power driving apparatus being fixed on the upper transverse rod, and the upper power driving apparatus being able to control the upper sliding block to move back and forth only along the upper transverse rod; a lower transverse rod, arranged parallel to the upper transverse rod, a lower sliding block and a lower power driving apparatus being fixed on the lower transverse rod, and the lower power driving apparatus being able to control the lower sliding block to move back and forth only along the lower transverse rod; and a vertical rod, the top of the vertical rod being coupled to the upper sliding block, and the bottom of the vertical rod being coupled to the lower sliding block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Jianqiang ZHU
  • Publication number: 20240009709
    Abstract: A multi-cycle shipment sorting system and a control method thereof. The system comprises: a delivery platform; a delivery device, capable of delivering a plurality of shipment boxes from a delivery entrance to an unloading port, and after unloading, outputting the shipment boxes from a delivery exit, each shipment box having a recognition device mounted thereon; a sorting platform, provided with a sorting entrance, a sorting exit, and a cyclic section, the cyclic section being provided with a loading port; self-navigation trolleys, multiple trolleys being provided, and the trolleys traveling into the platform from the sorting entrance, being ordered by the positions of shipments delivered by the delivery device when passing through the cyclic section, and after loading at the loading port, traveling out of the platform from the sorting exit; a positioning device, used for performing positioning the self-navigation trolleys; and a shipment handling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Jianqiang ZHU
  • Publication number: 20230406627
    Abstract: Provided are a three-dimensional unloading system capable of unloading goods into a container and a control method of the three-dimensional unloading system. The system comprises: soring platforms; self-navigation carts; parcel identification devices; and positioning devices. The three-dimensional unloading system further comprises more than one shelf, the shelf consisting of a plurality of containers, each container being capable of storing good, and the shelf being mounted at a position close to an unloading outlet; a conveying device, on which a conveying frame is fixed; an unloading device, fixed on the conveying frame, the unloading device being capable of moving to the unloading outlet under the driving of the conveying device so as to receive the goods unloaded from the self-navigation cart, then moving to close to a predetermined container, and unloading the goods in the container; and a server, being wirelessly connected to a controller of the self-navigation cart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventor: Jianqiang ZHU
  • Publication number: 20230341843
    Abstract: A system includes an article supply location, wherein the article supply location includes a plurality of articles to be sorted, first and second transport vehicles, each having a first position in which an article is stowed about the vehicle and a second position in which the article is deposited into a proximal container. And a control system. The control system is configured to receive an order for a plurality of disparate articles, determine one destination container of a plurality of destination containers to direct the transport vehicle to deposit a selected article, direct the first transport vehicle to transport a selected article to the destination container and deposit the article by manipulation of the first transport vehicle from the first position to the second position for deposit of the selected article in the destination container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Jianqiang Zhu, Juejing Xu, John C. Spain, Michael C. Futch, James M. Serstad, Richard C. Kaminska, III, Selden W. McKnight, JR.
  • Patent number: 11714401
    Abstract: A system includes an article supply location, wherein the article supply location includes a plurality of articles to be sorted, first and second transport vehicles, each having a first position in which an article is stowed about the vehicle and a second position in which the article is deposited into a proximal container. And a control system. The control system is configured to receive an order for a plurality of disparate articles, determine one destination container of a plurality of destination containers to direct the transport vehicle to deposit a selected article, direct the first transport vehicle to transport a selected article to the destination container and deposit the article by manipulation of the first transport vehicle from the first position to the second position for deposit of the selected article in the destination container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignees: Tompkins Robotics, Inc., Zhejiang Libiao Robot Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianqiang Zhu, Juejing Xu, John C. Spain, Michael C. Futch, James M. Serstad, Richard C. Kaminska, III, Selden W. McKnight, Jr.