Patents by Inventor Lan GAO

Lan GAO 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: 20240054721
    Abstract: This application describes a rendering method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The method comprises: determining a texture element in a to-be-rendered scene, and determining a target spatial directional tree corresponding to the to-be-rendered scene. The target spatial directional tree represents an incident ray distribution corresponding to the texture element in the to-be-rendered scene. The method further comprises determining, based on the target spatial directional tree, a scene spatial region for the texture element, determining the incident ray distribution corresponding to the texture element based on a quantity of light paths and light energy in the scene spatial region; and determining a light rendering result corresponding to the texture element based on an incident ray corresponding to the incident ray distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Chao Li, Yuanheng Li, Lan Gao, Nan Wei
  • Patent number: 10677744
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a multi-cone X-ray imaging Bragg crystal spectrometer for spectroscopy of small x-ray sources with a well-defined spectral resolution. The spectrometer includes a glass substrate machined to a multi-cone form; and a thin crystal slab attached to the glass substrate, whereby the multi-cone X-ray imaging Bragg crystal spectrometer provides rotational symmetry of a ray pattern, providing for accurate imaging, for each wavelength in the spectral range of interest. One or more embodiments include a streak camera and/or a gated strip detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: U.S. Department of Energy
    Inventors: Manfred Bitter, Kenneth W. Hill, Philip Efthimion, Luis Delgado-Apariccio, Novimir Pablant, Lan Gao, Brian Kraus
  • Publication number: 20180126189
    Abstract: A system/apparatus and a positioning method for the determination of the delivery of protons within a mammalian body or inanimate medium, as well as a treatment method which comprises the delivery of protons to a mammalian body. The system/apparatus necessarily comprise the use of a detector which is placed in the proximity of the body or medium which is responsive to a signal emitted from a fiducuial marker which his positioned within or in the near proximity of target tissue within the body or target volume within the medium. A signal emitted from the fiducial marker is responsive to the impingement of protons thereon received from a controlled proton beam, the signal may be used to modify the subsequent operative characteristics of the source of protons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Philip EFTHIMION, Kenneth W. HILL, Lan GAO, Manfred BITTER, Dale MEADE, Brian Francis KRAUS
  • Patent number: 9471515
    Abstract: Certain examples provide systems, apparatus, and methods for adaptive, dynamic medical device connectivity. In an example, a medical device interface system includes a device interface connecting a medical device to a client system and enabling exchange of data between the medical device and the client system, the device interface includes a plug and play detector detecting a connection of the medical device to the device interface and a serial agent gathering information from the medical device via a connection between the medical device and the device interface and selecting an appropriate device driver to operate and interact with the medical device connected to the device interface regardless of a presence or absence of an existing plug and play capability of the medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lan Gao-Saari, Marko Raatikainen, Ilkka Vanhanen, Jyrki Lindroos, Juha Parnanen
  • Publication number: 20120260012
    Abstract: Certain examples provide systems, apparatus, and methods for adaptive, dynamic medical device connectivity. In an example, a medical device interface system includes a device interface connecting a medical device to a client system and enabling exchange of data between the medical device and the client system, the device interface includes a plug and play detector detecting a connection of the medical device to the device interface and a serial agent gathering information from the medical device via a connection between the medical device and the device interface and selecting an appropriate device driver to operate and interact with the medical device connected to the device interface regardless of a presence or absence of an existing plug and play capability of the medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Lan Gao-Saari, Marko Raatikainen, Ilkka Vanhanen, Jyrki Lindroos, Juha Parnanen
  • Patent number: 8225015
    Abstract: Certain examples provide systems, apparatus, and methods for adaptive, dynamic medical device connectivity. In an example, a medical device interface system includes a device interface connecting a medical device to a client system and enabling exchange of data between the medical device and the client system, the device interface includes a plug and play detector detecting a connection of the medical device to the device interface and a serial agent gathering information from the medical device via a connection between the medical device and the device interface and selecting an appropriate device driver to operate and interact with the medical device connected to the device interface regardless of a presence or absence of an existing plug and play capability of the medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lan Gao-Saari, Marko Raatikainen, Ilkka Vanhanen, Jyrki Lindroos, Juha Pärnänen
  • Publication number: 20100318699
    Abstract: Certain examples provide systems, apparatus, and methods for adaptive, dynamic medical device connectivity. In an example, a medical device interface system includes a device interface connecting a medical device to a client system and enabling exchange of data between the medical device and the client system, the device interface includes a plug and play detector detecting a connection of the medical device to the device interface and a serial agent gathering information from the medical device via a connection between the medical device and the device interface and selecting an appropriate device driver to operate and interact with the medical device connected to the device interface regardless of a presence or absence of an existing plug and play capability of the medical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lan Gao-Saari, Marko Raatikainen, Ilkka Vanhanen, Jyrki Lindroos, Juha Parnanen