Patents by Inventor Kai Zhuang
Kai Zhuang 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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Publication number: 20250059841Abstract: A coring tool, a coring method, and use thereof are provided. The coring tool has a differential device for selective force transmission and a core gripping device for core cutting operations arranged within the housing. The core gripping device has a retractable core gripper, a slip-collar type core gripper and a shielding mechanism. The shielding mechanism is configured to be actuated by the differential device, so that the slip-collar type core gripper is shielded during coring operation and a first core cutting operation to avoid accidental core cutting operation, and to be exposed during a second core cutting operation to complete the whole core cutting operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2022Publication date: February 20, 2025Inventors: Zhongshuai CHEN, Xueliang PEI, Zhonghua WU, Zhihe LIU, Feng LIU, Wei ZHUANG, Renlei NING, Kai GAO, Guiting WANG, Haobo LI
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Patent number: 12229838Abstract: A method is provided for determining a social rank of a node in a social network, the social network including a plurality of nodes connected by relationship chains. The method includes determining a user corresponding to at least one of the plurality of nodes in the social network, determining a connection structure of the relationship chains between the plurality of nodes, and determining, according to the connection structure of the relationship chains between the plurality of nodes, a social rank of the user corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of nodes.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2021Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Xu Zhang, Leyu Lin, Jing Zhang, Kaikai Ge, Kai Zhuang, Xin Chen, Wei Wang, Su Yan, Yudan Liu, Linyao Tang
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Patent number: 12216978Abstract: A layout method and a semiconductor device are disclosed. The layout method includes: generating a design layout by placing a cell, wherein the cell includes: a first conductive segment overlapping a source/drain region and disposed immediately adjacent to a first power rail, wherein the first conductive segment has a length substantially equal to a cell length; a second conductive segment; and a third conductive segment between the first and second conductive segments. The layout method further includes: providing a fourth conductive segment and a fifth conductive segment to the design layout, wherein the fourth and fifth conductive segments are aligned in a first direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.Inventors: Anurag Verma, Meng-Kai Hsu, Chih-Wei Chang, Sang-Chi Huang, Wei-Ling Chang, Hui-Zhong Zhuang
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Patent number: 12216981Abstract: A system (for generating a layout diagram of a wire routing arrangement) includes a processor and memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the system generating the layout diagram including: placing, relative to a given one of masks in a multi-patterning context, a given cut pattern at a first candidate location over a corresponding portion of a given conductive pattern in a metallization layer; determining that the first candidate location results in an intra-row non-circular group of a given row which violates a design rule, the intra-row non-circular group including first and second cut patterns which abut a same boundary of the given row, and a total number of cut patterns in the being an even number; and temporarily preventing placement of the given cut pattern in the metallization layer at the first candidate location until a correction is made which avoids violating the design rule.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Fong-Yuan Chang, Chin-Chou Liu, Hui-Zhong Zhuang, Meng-Kai Hsu, Pin-Dai Sue, Po-Hsiang Huang, Yi-Kan Cheng, Chi-Yu Lu, Jung-Chou Tsai
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Publication number: 20250028898Abstract: The present disclosure provides an information processing method and apparatus, a terminal and a storage medium. The information processing method includes: obtaining a first type document and a second type document of a preset file, and displaying the first type document and the second type document in a first area of a page, wherein the first type document is an electronic version of the preset file, and the second type document is a scanning version of the preset file; and comparing the first type document with the second type document, and displaying a comparison result of blocky content in a second area of the page, wherein the blocky content includes a picture, a table and/or a newly added page.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2022Publication date: January 23, 2025Inventors: Zikai QI, Yifan DING, Kai DU, Kuo PEI, Ni ZHUANG
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Patent number: 11888389Abstract: A power converter incudes a power factor correction circuit and a controller. The power factor correction circuit is configured to convert an input single-phase electrical power to a first DC electrical power. An active phase of the input single-phase electrical power is received in parallel through two of four conductors. A return phase of the input single-phase electrical power is received in parallel through two others of the four conductors. The power factor correction circuit is also configured to convert an input three-phase electrical power to the first DC electrical power. Three active phases of the input three-phase electrical power are received through three of the four conductors. The return phase is received through a fourth of the four conductors. The controller is configured to control the power factor correction circuit to operate in the single-phase input mode and the three-phase input mode in response to a control signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Fiona E. Meyer-Teruel, Julien Payan, Kai Zhuang, Tao Wang
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Publication number: 20230259566Abstract: A recommendation method includes obtaining a candidate item to be recommended to a social network user, the social network user belonging to a group of users in an online social network, and determining attention of the group to the candidate item in the online social network. The determined attention of the group to the candidate item is based on an importance weight of each user in the group and based on attention of each user in the group to the candidate item. The method further includes determining, according to the determined attention of the group, whether to recommend the candidate item to the social network user through the online social network.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Xu ZHANG, Leyu LIN, Kaikai GE, Linyao TANG, Yudan LIU, Xin CHEN, Su YAN, Kai ZHUANG, Wei WANG, Jing ZHANG
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Patent number: 11709902Abstract: A recommendation method is provided. In the method, a candidate item to be recommended to a social network user is obtained. The social network user has at least two different types of social relationships. For at least one target social object in each of the at least two different types of social relationships of the social network user, attention of each of the at least one target social object in the respective type of social relationship to the candidate item is determined. According to the attention of each of the at least one target social object in the at least two different types of social relationships to the candidate item, a comprehensive attention of the target social objects of the at least two different types of social relationships to the candidate item is determined. According to the comprehensive attention, whether to recommend the candidate item to the social network user is determined.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company LimitedInventors: Xu Zhang, Leyu Lin, Kaikai Ge, Linyao Tang, Yudan Liu, Xin Chen, Su Yan, Kai Zhuang, Wei Wang, Jing Zhang
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Publication number: 20230061743Abstract: The present invention provides controlled release dosage formulations of compounds having the Formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and in particular, aplindore. The dosage forms are useful, inter alia, for reducing side effects from administration of such compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Eric Joel Benjamin, Wendy Ann Dulin, Yanning Lin, Kai Zhuang
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Patent number: 11179369Abstract: The present invention provides controlled release dosage formulations of compounds having the Formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and in particular, aplindore. The dosage forms are useful, inter alia, for reducing side effects from administration of such compounds.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Wyeth LLCInventors: Eric Joel Benjamin, Wendy Ann Dulin, Yanning Lin, Kai Zhuang
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Publication number: 20210326674Abstract: This application discloses a content recommendation method performed at a computer device and belongs to the field of artificial intelligence. The method includes: acquiring a target user vector of a target user; determining n groups of seed user vectors according to the target user vector, each group of seed user vectors corresponding to a respective piece of candidate recommendation content; invoking a look-alike model to calculate a similarity between the target user vector and each group of seed user vectors, the look-alike model being used for calculating a similarity between user vectors based on an attention mechanism; and determining, among the n pieces of candidate recommendation content, target content to be recommended to the target user according to the respective similarities of the corresponding n groups of seed user vectors. This application can resolve a problem of relatively low accuracy of a recommendation method in the related art.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Yudan Liu, Kaikai Ge, Xu Zhang, Leyu Lin, Xin Chen, Xiaobo Hao, Wei Wang, Kai Zhuang, Su Yan, Zhida Pan, Linyao Tang, Jing Zhang
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Publication number: 20210311941Abstract: A method is provided for determining a social rank of a node in a social network, the social network including a plurality of nodes connected by relationship chains. The method includes determining a user corresponding to at least one of the plurality of nodes in the social network, determining a connection structure of the relationship chains between the plurality of nodes, and determining, according to the connection structure of the relationship chains between the plurality of nodes, a social rank of the user corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of nodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Xu ZHANG, Leyu LIN, Jing ZHANG, Kaikai GE, Kai ZHUANG, Xin CHEN, Wei WANG, Su YAN, Yudan LIU, Linyao TANG
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Publication number: 20210173884Abstract: A recommendation method is provided. In the method, a candidate item to be recommended to a social network user is obtained. The social network user has at least two different types of social relationships. For at least one target social object in each of the at least two different types of social relationships of the social network user, attention of each of the at least one target social object in the respective type of social relationship to the candidate item is determined. According to the attention of each of the at least one target social object in the at least two different types of social relationships to the candidate item, a comprehensive attention of the target social objects of the at least two different types of social relationships to the candidate item is determined. According to the comprehensive attention, whether to recommend the candidate item to the social network user is determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2021Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company LimitedInventors: Xu ZHANG, Leyu LIN, Kaikai GE, Linyao TANG, Yudan LIU, Xin CHEN, Su YAN, Kai ZHUANG, Wei WANG, Jing ZHANG
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Publication number: 20200138781Abstract: The present invention provides controlled release dosage formulations of compounds having the Formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and in particular, aplindore. The dosage forms are useful, inter alia, for reducing side effects from administration of such compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Eric Joel Benjamin, Wendy Ann Dulin, Yanning Lin, Kai Zhuang
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Patent number: 10463648Abstract: The present invention provides controlled release dosage formulations of compounds having the Formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and in particular, aplindore. The dosage forms are useful, inter alia, for reducing side effects from administration of such compounds.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Wyeth, LLCInventors: Eric Joel Benjamin, Wendy Ann Dulin, Yanning Lin, Kai Zhuang
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Patent number: 10292966Abstract: The present invention provides controlled release dosage formulations of compounds having the Formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and in particular, aplindore. The dosage forms are useful, inter alia, for reducing side effects from administration of such compounds.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Wyeth LLCInventors: Eric J. Benjamin, Wendy A. Dulin, Yanning Lin, Kai Zhuang
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Publication number: 20180344695Abstract: The present invention provides controlled release dosage formulations of compounds having the Formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and in particular, aplindore. The dosage forms are useful, inter alia, for reducing side effects from administration of such compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Eric Joel Benjamin, Wendy Ann Dulin, Yanning Lin, Kai Zhuang
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Publication number: 20180193311Abstract: The present invention provides controlled release dosage formulations of compounds having the Formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and in particular, aplindore. The dosage forms are useful, inter alia, for reducing side effects from administration of such compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: Eric J. Benjamin, Wendy A. Dulin, Yanning Lin, Kai Zhuang
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Publication number: 20150137691Abstract: The invention discloses a half-bridge inverter which includes first and second inverter input terminals for receiving a direct current (DC) voltage, first and second inverter switches, first and second drive circuits, and an inverter startup circuit. The first and second drive circuits are adapted to alternatively turn on and turn off the first and second inverter switches, which can convert the DC voltage to a high frequency alternating current (AC) voltage. The inverter startup circuit includes a capacitor, diode, and resistor. The capacitor and diode are connected in parallel and further electrically connected in a drive circuit in series. The resistor is electrically coupled to the first inverter input terminal and to the capacitor/diode parallel combination. The inverter startup circuit is used to trigger the first or second inverter switch. An electronic ballast containing the half-bridge inverter and a lighting device containing said electronic ballast are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Chenghua ZHU, Kai ZHUANG, Bing ZHANG
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Publication number: 20100104635Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing granules of a hydrophilic vitamin with polyvinylpyrrolidone as binder in a fluidized bed granulator, to the granules of a hydrophilic vitamin obtained by said process, to tablets made with said granules of a hydrophilic vitamin, to mixture of L-ascorbic acid for direct tabletting and tablets made with said mixtures.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2007Publication date: April 29, 2010Inventors: Duane Hoagland, Anisul Quadir, Charles Onyiuke, Frank Tranor, Yoshitomi Kakiguchi, Tomoyoshi Kajiura, Kai Zhuang