Patents by Inventor Ke Zhou

Ke 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).

  • Publication number: 20260231942
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an agricultural formulation comprising 3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-N-[(3R)-1,1,3-trimethyl-2,3-dihydroinden-4-yl]pyrazole-4-carboxamide, sodium salt of naphthalene sulfonate condensate and polyoxyethylene tristyrylphenol phosphate, potassium salt. The present invention is further directed methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2026
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Inventors: Toshiya Ogawa, Ke Zhou, Jessica Tanuwidjaja, Jane Liu
  • Publication number: 20260182576
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an aqueous composition comprising a mixture of epyrifenacil, mesotrione and pyroxasulfone. The present invention is further directed to methods of controlling weeds by applying the compositions of the present invention to a weed or an area in need of weed control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2026
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Inventors: Ke Zhou, Olivia Chandrawinata
  • Publication number: 20260176987
    Abstract: A peak load and frequency regulation system for a thermal power unit, including a generator set and a peak load and frequency regulation unit. The generator set includes a main steam turbine, a generator, a condenser and a deaerator, a steam exhaust port of the main steam turbine is connected to an inlet of the condenser, and an outlet of the condenser is connected to an inlet of the deaerator. The peak load and frequency regulation unit includes a frequency regulation steam turbine, a clutch, a molten salt heat storage device and an electric heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2024
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: XI'AN THERMAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ke ZHOU, Weiwei MA, Dangqi XU, Zhonghua JIN, Minghao LI, Xiaoyu LU, Ruishen CHENG, Yonggang BAI, Tianyi HE
  • Publication number: 20260165326
    Abstract: The present invention is generally related to an agricultural formulation comprising metalaxyl and inpyrfluxam but not comprising propylene glycol. The present invention is further related to an agricultural formulation inpyrfluxam, metalaxyl, and one or more excipients selected from the group consisting of a poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) block copolymer, modified styrene acrylic copolymer, an acrylic copolymer aqueous emulsion, and a hydrophilic fumed silica. The present invention is further related to methods of protecting plants and/or controlling pests comprising applying a formulation of the present invention to a plant, a pest or an area where a plant will grow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2025
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Inventors: Toshiya Ogawa, Ke Zhou
  • Publication number: 20260170281
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electronic device system. The electronic device system may include an electronic device and a docking device for releasably securing the electronic device to the docking device. The docking device may be operable in at least two coupling modes. The docking device may comprise a latch movable between a first latch configuration corresponding to a first coupling mode and a second latch configuration corresponding to a second coupling mode. The latch and the head portion may be spaced apart when the docking device is in the first coupling mode. The latch may engage the head portion when the docking device is in the second coupling mode. A switch assembly may be coupled to the latch. The latch may be configured for being moved between the first latch configuration and the second latch configuration via operation of the switch assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2025
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Inventors: Zhe CHEN, Xianwei YAN, Gregory RUEBLINGER, Ke ZHOU, Yu WU, Glenn David ASPENNS
  • Patent number: 12631680
    Abstract: This application discloses a testing structure for locating a source of a plasma damage. A testing substructure corresponding to a selected metal layer includes a first MOS transistor, a first gate lead, a first antenna and a monitoring gate pad. The first gate lead is composed of a metal wire of the selected metal layer. The first antenna is connected with the first gate lead. The first gate lead is connected with a first gate conductive material layer of the first MOS transistor. The first antenna, the first gate lead and the first gate conductive material layer form a first pathway for accumulating plasma charges towards a surface of a first gate dielectric layer. The monitoring gate pad is connected with the first gate lead. This application further discloses a testing method for locating a source of a plasma damage. This application can locate the source of the plasma damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Shanghai Huali Microelectronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yekai Zhu, Yueqin Zhu, Ke Zhou
  • Patent number: 12616202
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an agricultural formulation comprising 3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-N-[(3R)-1,1,3-trimethyl-2,3-dihydroinden-4-yl]pyrazole-4-carboxamide, sodium salt of naphthalene sulfonate condensate and tristyrylphenol ethoxylated. The present invention is further directed to a process for preparing the agricultural formulations and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: VALENT U.S.A., LLC
    Inventors: Toshiya Ogawa, Ke Zhou, Jessica Tanuwidjaja, Jane Liu, Alice Wei
  • Publication number: 20260122431
    Abstract: An ear-worn electronic device comprises a microphone configured to sense sound in an acoustic environment, an acoustic transducer, and a non-volatile memory configured to store a plurality of parameter value sets, each of the parameter value sets associated with a different acoustic environment. A control input is configured to receive a control input signal produced by at least one of a user-actuatable control of the ear-worn electronic device and an external electronic device communicatively coupled to the ear-worn electronic device in response to a user action. A processor is configured to classify the acoustic environment using the sensed sound and determine a listening intent preference of the user. The processor is configured to apply, in response to the control input signal, one of the parameter value sets appropriate for the classification and the listening intent preference of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Martin McKinney, David Fabry, Jumana Harianawala, Ke Zhou, Jaymin Baroda, Brantly Sturgeon, Christopher Larry Howes
  • Publication number: 20260081215
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides additive materials to be added to sulfide-containing solid electrolyte materials for use in solid state batteries, solid state batteries using such additive materials in their solid electrolyte materials, and methods of making such solid state batteries. The additive materials provided herein allow the solid state batteries using such additive materials to operate under relatively lower pressures compared to solid state batteries without such additive materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2025
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Inventors: Jeong Woo Oh, Min Sang Song, Ping Liu, Ke Zhou, Mengchen Liu
  • Patent number: 12575570
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an aqueous composition comprising a mixture of epyrifenacil, mesotrione and pyroxasulfone. The present invention is further directed to methods of controlling weeds by applying the compositions of the present invention to a weed or an area in need of weed control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: VALENT U.S.A., LLC
    Inventor: Ke Zhou
  • Patent number: 12572502
    Abstract: A load-aware directory migration method in a distributed file system (DFS), including: 1) receiving a plurality of directory requests created by DFS clients, parsing each of the plurality of directory requests, to obtain directory request information corresponding to the plurality of directory requests; 2) inputting all of the directory request information corresponding to the plurality of directory requests obtained in 1) into a pre-trained machine learning model, to obtain directory labels corresponding to all directory requests; 3) obtaining a label corresponding to a maximum score interval from the directory labels corresponding to all directory requests obtained in 2), and obtaining all directories in the directory request information corresponding to the label; 4) building a directory migration queue based on all the directories obtained in 3); and 5) migrating all the directories in the directory migration queue obtained in 4) through particle swarm optimization (PSO), to obtain a final migration resul
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ke Zhou, Chunhua Li, Yuanzhang Wang, Peng Zhang
  • Patent number: 12536782
    Abstract: Provided are an artificial intelligence (AI)-based method and apparatus for training a classification task model, a device, and a storage medium, which relate to the field of machine learning (ML) technologies. The method includes: training an initial feature extractor by using a first dataset to obtain a feature extractor, the first dataset being a class imbalanced dataset; constructing a generative adversarial network, the generative adversarial network including the feature extractor and an initial feature generator; training the generative adversarial network by using second class samples to obtain a feature generator; constructing a classification task model, the classification task model including the feature generator and the feature extractor; and training the classification task model by using the first dataset, the feature generator being configured to augment the second class samples in a feature space in a training process of the classification task model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Rong Bo Shen, Ke Zhou, Kuan Tian, Ke Zhou Yan, Cheng Jiang
  • Publication number: 20260024811
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte and a lithium-ion battery. The non- aqueous electrolyte according to the present invention includes a lithium salt, an organic solvant and additives. The percentage by weight of the additives in the non-aqueous electrolyte is 0001% to 10%, the additives include 1,3,6-hexanetricarbonitrile and vinylene carbonate, and the weight ratio of 1,3,6-hexanetricarbonitrile to vinylene carbonate is 1:4 to 19. Under the synergistic effect of 1,3,6-hexanetricarbonitrile and vinylene carbonate, the lithium-ion battery prepared with the non-aqueous electrolyte has better cycle performance and heat resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 22, 2026
    Applicant: ZHANGJIAGANG GUOTAI-HUARONG NEW CHEMICAL MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hu Qin, Ke Zhou, Yin Zhang, Xiaoqin Chen, Chaolun Gan
  • Publication number: 20260009816
    Abstract: A system for fluid flow assessment that includes a computer device having a processor connected to a non-transitory computer readable medium configured to receive image data from at least one camera device positioned to capture images of a flow of fluid passing through a region of interest. The computer device configured can be to perform a fluid flow assessment process by running code stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium defining the fluid flow assessment process to assess the fluid flow and/or particles within the fluid. Embodiments of a process for fluid flow and/or particle assessment can utilize camera image data as well for performing the assessment. A computer device can be configured to facilitate the assessment of such data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Inventors: Samuel Jacobi Grauer, Ke Zhou, Joseph Patrick Molnar, Jiarong Hong
  • Publication number: 20260005296
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides additive materials to be added to sulfide-containing solid electrolyte materials for use in solid state batteries, solid state batteries using such additive materials in their solid electrolyte materials, and methods of making such solid state batteries. The additive materials provided herein allow the solid state batteries using such additive materials to operate under relatively lower pressures compared to solid state batteries without such additive materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2025
    Publication date: January 1, 2026
    Inventors: Jeong Woo Oh, Min Sang Song, Ping Liu, Ke Zhou, Mengchen Liu
  • Publication number: 20260002979
    Abstract: This application discloses a testing structure for locating a source of a plasma damage. A testing substructure corresponding to a selected metal layer includes a first MOS transistor, a first gate lead, a first antenna and a monitoring gate pad. The first gate lead is composed of a metal wire of the selected metal layer. The first antenna is connected with the first gate lead. The first gate lead is connected with a first gate conductive material layer of the first MOS transistor. The first antenna, the first gate lead and the first gate conductive material layer form a first pathway for accumulating plasma charges towards a surface of a first gate dielectric layer. The monitoring gate pad is connected with the first gate lead. This application further discloses a testing method for locating a source of a plasma damage. This application can locate the source of the plasma damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2024
    Publication date: January 1, 2026
    Applicant: Shanghai Huali Microelectronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yekai ZHU, Yueqin Zhu, Ke Zhou
  • Patent number: 12513472
    Abstract: An ear-worn electronic device comprises a microphone configured to sense sound in an acoustic environment, an acoustic transducer, and a non-volatile memory configured to store a plurality of parameter value sets, each of the parameter value sets associated with a different acoustic environment. A control input is configured to receive a control input signal produced by at least one of a user-actuatable control of the ear-worn electronic device and an external electronic device communicatively coupled to the ear-worn electronic device in response to a user action. A processor is configured to classify the acoustic environment using the sensed sound and determine a listening intent preference of the user. The processor is configured to apply, in response to the control input signal, one of the parameter value sets appropriate for the classification and the listening intent preference of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin McKinney, David Fabry, Jumana Harianawala, Ke Zhou, Jaymin Baroda, Brantly Sturgeon, Christopher Larry Howes
  • Patent number: 12512509
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides additive materials to be added to sulfide-containing solid electrolyte materials for use in solid state batteries, solid state batteries using such additive materials in their solid electrolyte materials, and methods of making such solid state batteries. The additive materials provided herein allow the solid state batteries using such additive materials to operate under relatively lower pressures compared to solid state batteries without such additive materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignees: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong Woo Oh, Min Sang Song, Ping Liu, Ke Zhou, Mengchen Liu
  • Publication number: 20250355854
    Abstract: This application discloses a method for querying a data table. The method includes acquiring a data table query request to query a second data table on a server for attribute values of a second attribute matching attribute values of a first attribute in a first data table on the server; converting the data table query request into a first group of data sub-table query requests requesting to query a second group of data sub-tables for attribute values of the second attribute matching attribute values of the first attribute in a first group of data sub-tables; generating a second group of data sub-table query requests; and transmitting the first group of data sub-table query requests and the second group of data sub-table query requests to the server, and acquiring a first group of query results and a second group of query results from the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2025
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Inventors: Hanping XIAO, Xin WU, Ke ZHOU, Chunhua LI, Hangrun LAN, Guanhua WANG, Canyang XIE, Anqun PAN, Hailin LEI
  • Publication number: 20250357529
    Abstract: Solid electrolyte compositions and solid-state batteries are disclosed, which comprise a solid electrolyte layer including a sulfide-containing solid-state electrolyte material and a compound of Chemical Formula 1. The sulfide-containing solid-state electrolyte material includes but is not limited to Li6PS5Cl (“LPSC”), an LPS-based glass or glass ceramic of formula xLi2S·yP2S5, wherein x+y=1, or an argyrodite-based sulfide-based solid electrolyte or formula Li6PS5X, wherein X=Cl, Br, or I) or Li6?yPS5?yCl1+y, where y is <1. In some aspects, the compound of Chemical Formula 1 is sodium 3-mercapto-1-propanesulfonate (3M1P).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2025
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Applicants: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Ping LIU, Ke ZHOU, Mengchen LIU, Jeong Woo OH, Min-Sang SONG