Patents by Inventor Kai Zhou
Kai 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).
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Patent number: 11782694Abstract: An information handling system may include at least one processor; and a non-transitory memory coupled to the at least one processor. The information handling system may be configured to upgrade a plurality of hosts of an information handling system cluster by: receiving information regarding fault domains of the cluster, such that each host of the plurality of hosts is a member of exactly one fault domain; and for each fault domain: causing all hosts of the fault domain to enter a protect mode in which new virtual machines cannot be created or accepted for migration; causing hosts to enter a maintenance mode in which any existing virtual machines are migrated away from the hosts; and causing the hosts to perform the upgrade, wherein a plurality of hosts are configured to perform the upgrade simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Zhuo Zhang, Lixia Hu, Kai Zhou, Qian Yang
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Publication number: 20230317381Abstract: The present disclosure provides a degassing membrane tube module and an online gas-in-oil monitoring apparatus for a vacuum on-load tap changer (OLTC). The online gas-in-oil monitoring apparatus includes an online monitoring housing, an oil inlet tube, a gas monitoring device, an oil tank, and an oil diffusing screen, where one end of the oil inlet tube extends through an inner wall at one side of the online monitoring housing; the gas monitoring device is located on a top inner wall of the online monitoring housing; and a front end of the oil inlet tube is provided with the degassing membrane tube module for online preliminary degassing on insulating oil. With the degassing membrane tube module, the online gas-in-oil monitoring apparatus can increase removal rates for gases in the insulating oil within a short time, and can perform degassing on various gases in the insulating oil.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Lei Jin, Kai Zhou, Wei Luo, Fei Lu, Rui Liu, Wei Wang, Hong Zhang, Yu Zhang, Yalong Tu
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Patent number: 11770726Abstract: A communication method includes obtaining, by an Internet of things platform, historical load of a serving cell of a terminal, determining, by the Internet of things platform, a data reporting time of the terminal based on the historical load of the serving cell, and sending, by the Internet of things platform to the terminal, a time at which the terminal reports data. In this embodiment, the data reporting time of the terminal is determined based on the historical load of the serving cell and a time range in which the terminal can report data.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: HUAWEI CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Hongna Chang, Kai Zhou
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Patent number: 11768577Abstract: Systems and methods for providing and/or presenting, to a user, a user interface for an environment that includes virtual objects are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain, from electronic storage, information regarding virtual objects in a virtual three-dimensional space that has a virtual three-dimensional volume; determine a subset of voxels from the set of voxels such that the subset of voxels encompasses a three-dimensional volume that includes at least part of a first external surface of the first virtual object; determine proximity information for the first virtual object; determine a manipulation granularity; adjust the manipulation granularity based on the proximity information; receive particular user input from the user having a particular input magnitude; manipulate the first virtual object within the virtual three-dimensional space in accordance with the received particular user input; and effectuate presentation of the user interface to the user through a client computing platform.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Kai Zhou, Daniel Wagner
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Patent number: 11762697Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for scheduling a resource for a deep learning framework. The method can comprise: querying statuses of all deep learning job objects from a Kubernetes platform at a predetermined interval; and submitting, in response to finding from the queried deep learning job objects a deep learning job object having a status conforming to a resource request submission status, a resource request to the Kubernetes platform to schedule a physical machine where the Kubernetes platform is located to initiate a deep learning training task. The method can completely automate the allocation and release on the resource of the deep learning training task.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2019Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kun Liu, Kai Zhou, Qian Wang, Yuanhao Xiao, Lan Liu, Dongze Xu, Tianhan Xu, Jiangliang Guo, Jin Tang, Faen Zhang, Shiming Yin
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Publication number: 20230286399Abstract: A charging station, a charging station system, a method and apparatus for returning to a charging station and a lawn mowing robot are provided. Feature markers are provided on the charging station, and the lawn mower can acquire pose information of the feature markers through its own image identification, so that relative pose information between the charging station and the lawn mower may be determined for path planning, enabling the lawn mower to realize station-returning and charging. The cost is low, and the structure is simple and easy to install and dismantle, since only the feature markers need to be provided on the charging station.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: Willand (Beijing) Technology Co., LTD.Inventors: Kai ZHOU, Xu YAN, Wanyang QIAO, Tianning YU
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Patent number: 11748176Abstract: An information handling system and method for managing event messages in a distributed computing environment employing a hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) architecture in which a central controller is configured to send heartbeats, indicative of a message handling capacity of the central controller, to a plurality of nodes within a management domain of the controller. Each node maintains an event messaging state of the central controller based on the heartbeats. When a node detects the occurrence of a reportable event, the node determines a reporting policy corresponding to the event messaging state of the central controller and takes an event message action in accordance with the reporting policy. The event message action may include sending the event message without delay or storing the event message for subsequent sending.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Lixia Hu, Tianhe Li, Zhuo Zhang, Kai Zhou
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Publication number: 20230274460Abstract: A method for transferring a gait pattern of a first user to a second user to simulate augmented reality content in a virtual simulation environment is described. In one aspect, the method includes identifying a gait pattern of a first user operating a first visual tracking system in a first physical environment, identifying a trajectory from a second visual tracking system operated by a second user in a second physical environment, the trajectory based on poses of the second visual tracking system over time, modifying the trajectory from the second visual tracking system based on the gait pattern of the first user, applying the modified trajectory in a plurality of virtual environments, and generating simulated ground truth data based on the modified trajectory in the plurality of virtual environments.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventor: Kai Zhou
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Publication number: 20230264996Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of resource-oriented utilization technologies for wastewater salt muds and more particular to a resource-oriented utilization method for a high-salt salt mud containing sodium chloride and sodium sulfate. The method includes: performing two stages of oxidation, i.e. Fenton-like treatment and chlorine dioxide treatment, in sequence on a salt mud solution, and then replacing a sodium salt with an ammonium salt to prepare a pure alkali and a mixed ammonium salt. In the method, multi-stage oxidation process is performed to effectively use ingredients such as sodium chloride and sodium sulfate so as to thoroughly eliminate organic matters and heavy metals in the high-salt salt mud, and achieve resource-oriented utilization of the salt mud, thus saving burial treatment costs, and producing good economic benefits as well as good environmental benefits.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2021Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Long HE, Wenbin XU, Yanhua ZHANG, Kai ZHOU, Xinglin GUO
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Patent number: 11729615Abstract: An internet of things device including an interworking gateway. The interworking gateway serves as an agent of an internet of things server in an operator network, replaces the internet of things server to register and authenticate an internet of things terminal, and forwards a message between the internet of things server and the internet of things terminal. The interworking gateway is located in a same IP subnet or private network as a packet data network gateway or a user plane device in a telecommunications network. Based on an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the internet of things terminal, the interworking gateway may determine validity of the internet of things terminal and directly address the internet of things terminal.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: HUAWEI CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Kai Zhou
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Publication number: 20230253785Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a control circuit and first to second voltage generation circuits. The control circuit is coupled between a first voltage terminal providing a first supply voltage and a first node coupled to a first capacitive unit. The first voltage generation circuit includes at least one first transistor that has a source terminal receiving a second supply voltage, a drain terminal coupled to a second node in contact with a second capacitive unit, and a gate terminal coupled to the first node. The second voltage generation circuit is coupled to the first voltage terminal and the first and second nodes. Firstly the control circuit turns on the at least one first transistor to adjust a voltage level of the second node to have the second supply voltage. The second voltage generation circuit adjusts a voltage level of the first node to have the first supply voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicants: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., TSMC NANJING COMPANY LIMITED, TSMC CHINA COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Kai ZHOU, Lei PAN, Ya-Qi MA, Zhang-Ying YAN
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Publication number: 20230239237Abstract: Disclosed service discovery methods include responding, by a node, to detecting a new connection to a switch port by performing new connection operations that include determining, using link-layer discovery protocol (LLDP) advertisements, a switch port number and self-assigning an IP address in accordance with a predetermined addressing protocol in which the self-assigned IP address is indicative of the switch port number. The IP address assigned to the node may indicate the node's switch port number. Disclosed methods may further include initiating a unicast discovery procedure to determine, via unicast messages exchanged between nodes connected to the switch, a switch port roster that lists or otherwise indicates nodes connected to the switch as well as their corresponding port numbers and services available from each node. The switch port roster may be distributed to each of the connected nodes. The unicast discovery procedure may be periodically launched to refresh and re-distribute the roster.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2022Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Zhuo ZHANG, Kai ZHOU, Zheng ZHANG, Tianming ZHANG
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Publication number: 20230229470Abstract: An information handling system may include a host system including at least one processor, and a network interface. The network interface may be configured to: receive, from a remote information handling system, data usable for deployment of an operating system (OS); store the data on a local storage device of the network interface; and mount a virtual storage resource accessible to the host system based on the local storage device, wherein the virtual storage resource includes the data, and wherein the host system is configured to boot from the virtual storage resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Kai ZHOU, YungChin FANG, Zhuo ZHANG, Zhen CAO
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Publication number: 20230228386Abstract: A method for manufacturing an LED strip includes arranging conductive lines at intervals to extend along a first linear trace; arranging supporting bases at intervals along the first linear trace on the conductive lines, each supporting base including multiple conductive portions and an avoidance through-hole; each two multiple conductive portions arranged at intervals along the first linear trace, the avoidance through-hole disposed between two of the multiple conductive portions arranged along the first linear trace; soldering the supporting bases and the conductive lines so as to have each conductive line soldered to two of the conductive portions arranged along the first linear trace and one of the conductive lines spanning over the avoidance through-hole to form a spanning portion; stamp-cutting the spanning portion; disposing an LED bead on a surface of each of the supporting bases; and subjecting the LED bead and the conductive portions to a.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: DONGGUAN OPSCO OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Mingjian LIU, Gengsheng ZHU, Zhenlei WU, Kai ZHOU
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Patent number: 11703432Abstract: An in-situ test device and method for surrounding rock strength of bolt supported roadway is provided. The test device includes a fixing mechanism, a loading mechanism, a measuring mechanism and a control system. The loading mechanism includes a hydraulic pump and a plunger pump, the hydraulic pump drives the plunger pump to work and controls the lifting speed of the loading cylinder; the measuring mechanism includes an infrared ranging unit and a wireless pressure monitoring unit; the control system controls the work of the loading mechanism and processes the monitoring data. The test device is directly installed in the roadway and fixed with the bolt. The device is loaded after leveling, the device is disassembled after the monitoring data are obtained, and the in-situ test for the surrounding rock strength of the bolt supported roadway is completed. The steps are simple and adaptable.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Fenghai Yu, Xuerui Yang, Yunliang Tan, Qiang Ren, Kai Zhou, Chuang Zhang, Pan Du, Qingduo Wang
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Publication number: 20230222696Abstract: This application provides an image processing method and apparatus, a device, and a computer-readable storage medium for use in the field of computer vision. The image processing method includes the following steps: a first image device obtains a compressed image of a raw image and decompresses the compressed image to obtain a first decompressed image; the first image device determines target difference information based on difference information between the raw image and the first decompressed image; the first image device further compresses the target difference information to obtain compressed target difference information; and the first image device sends the compressed image and the compressed target difference information to a second image device. The second image device restores an image based on the received compressed image and target difference information. This application reduces a precision loss between the image restored by the second image device and the raw image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Kai ZHOU, Hongbo LIU
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Publication number: 20230220960Abstract: An LED base module includes an LED lighting base and a supporting base. The LED lighting base includes an insulation housing and multiple conductive terminals fixed in the insulation housing. Each of the conductive terminals includes a chip fixing portion electrically connected to the chip assembly and a pin portion exposed outside the insulation housing. The supporting base includes multiple conductive portions and one or more avoidance through-holes. Each of the conductive portions includes a first terminal portion and a second terminal portion which are respectively exposed at two opposite surfaces of the supporting base. The first terminal portion is electrically connected to the pin portion, and the second terminal portion is electrically connected to a conductive line. The avoidance through-hole is provided for avoidance of stamp-cutting of one of the conductive lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: DONGGUAN OPSCO OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Mingjian LIU, Gengsheng ZHU, Zhenlei WU, Kai ZHOU
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Patent number: 11699015Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a middle active-region structure between a group-one active-region structure and a group-two active-region structure. The integrated circuit also includes a main circuit, a group-one circuit, and a group-two circuit. The main circuit includes at least one boundary gate-conductor intersecting the middle active-region structure. The group-one circuit includes a group-one isolation structure separating the group-one active-region structure into a first part in the group-one circuit and a second part in a first adjacent circuit. The group-two circuit includes a group-two isolation structure separating the group-two active-region structure into a first part in the group-two circuit and a second part in a second adjacent circuit.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignees: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED, TSMC CHINA COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Huaixin Xian, J. B. Zhang, Yang Zhou, Kai Zhou, Qingchao Meng, Lei Pan
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Publication number: 20230205671Abstract: An information handling system may include a host information handling system comprising at least one host processor and a network interface that includes an on-board storage. The network interface may be configured to enable remote debugging of a crash associated with the host information handling system by: exposing the on-board storage to the host information handling system as a virtual storage resource; receiving, from the host information handling system, a core dump file associated with the crash; and allowing access to the core dump file from a remote information handling system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Kai ZHOU, Zhuo ZHANG
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Publication number: 20230205611Abstract: An information handling system and method for managing event messages in a distributed computing environment employing a hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) architecture in which a central controller is configured to send heartbeats, indicative of a message handling capacity of the central controller, to a plurality of nodes within a management domain of the controller. Each node maintains an event messaging state of the central controller based on the heartbeats. When a node detects the occurrence of a reportable event, the node determines a reporting policy corresponding to the event messaging state of the central controller and takes an event message action in accordance with the reporting policy. The event message action may include sending the event message without delay or storing the event message for subsequent sending.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Lixia HU, Tianhe LI, Zhuo ZHANG, Kai ZHOU