Patents by Inventor Li Yao

Li Yao 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: 10553311
    Abstract: A lung screening assessment system is operable to receive a chest computed tomography (CT) scan that includes a plurality of cross sectional images. Nodule classification data of the chest CT scan is generated by utilizing a computer vision model that is trained on a plurality of training chest CT scans to identify a nodule in the plurality of cross sectional images and determine an assessment score. A lung screening report that includes the assessment score of the nodule classification data is generated for display on a display device associated with a user of the lung screening assessment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Enlitic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Lyman, Devon Bernard, Li Yao, Ben Covington, Diogo Almeida, Brian Basham, Jeremy Howard, Anthony Upton, John Zedlewski
  • Patent number: 10541050
    Abstract: A chest x-ray differential diagnosis system is operable to generate abnormality pattern data is generated for each of a received plurality of chest x-rays by identifying at least one pattern in each chest x-ray corresponding to an abnormality by utilizing a computer vision model that is trained on a plurality of training chest x-rays. Differential diagnosis data is generated for each chest x-ray based on the abnormality pattern data. Filtering parameters are received from a client device, and a filtered chest x-ray queue that includes a subset of chest x-rays is selected based on the filtering parameters and the differential diagnosis data is generated for transmission to the client device for display. Differential diagnosis data corresponding a chest x-ray indicated in chest x-ray selection data received from the client device is transmitted to the client device for display via the display device in conjunction with the chest x-ray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Enlitic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Lyman, Devon Bernard, Li Yao, Diogo Almeida, Ben Covington, Anthony Upton
  • Publication number: 20200017400
    Abstract: Anti-glare glass-based articles and methods of processing a glass based article to reduce warp are disclosed. A method for processing a glass-based article includes etching a first surface of the glass article to create a first anti-glare surface having a plurality of first anti-glare features and etching a second surface of the glass-based article to create a second anti-glare surface having a plurality of second anti-glare features. At least one of a length, a width, and a diagonal of the glass-based article is greater than or equal to 500 mm. A difference of warp between a first warp value before etching the first surface and the second surface and a second warp value after etching the first surface and the second surface is less than or equal to 0.15 mm across each of one or more 500 mm intervals of length, width, or diagonal of the glass-based article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Haixing Chen, Ling Chen, Chenglong Dai, Liming Wang, Li Yao, Jianqiang Zhu
  • Publication number: 20190290283
    Abstract: A composite nerve conduit comprising an elongated body comprising one or more hollow elongated internal channels for guiding and promoting nerve regeneration. The conduit is a three-dimensional scaffold comprising a crosslinked hybrid/composite matrix of collagen and soy protein isolate having improved mechanical and biocompatibility properties. Methods of using the conduit for promoting nerve regeneration at a site of neural tissue damage by bridging wounded, severed, or damaged nerve sections in a peripheral and/or central nervous system. Methods of fabricating composite neural conduits are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Li Yao
  • Publication number: 20190279760
    Abstract: A medical scan image analysis system is operable to receive a plurality of medical scans that represent a three-dimensional anatomical region and include a plurality of cross-sectional image slices. A plurality of three-dimensional subregions corresponding to each of the plurality of medical scans are generated by selecting a proper subset of the plurality of cross-sectional image slices from each medical scan, and by further selecting a two-dimensional subregion from each proper subset of cross-sectional image slices. A learning algorithm is performed on the plurality of three-dimensional subregions to generate a fully convolutional neural network. Inference data corresponding to a new medical scan received via the network is generated by performing an inference algorithm on the new medical scan by utilizing the fully convolutional neural network. An inferred abnormality is identified in the new medical scan based on the inference data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Enlitic, Inc.
    Inventors: Li Yao, Devon Bernard, Kevin Lyman, Diogo Almeida, Jeremy Howard
  • Publication number: 20190279761
    Abstract: A medical scan comparison system is operable to receive a medical scan via a network and to generate similar scan data. The similar scan data includes a subset of medical scans from a medical scan database and is generated by performing an abnormality similarity function to determine that a set of abnormalities included in the subset of medical scans compare favorably to an abnormality identified in the medical scan. At least one cross-sectional image is selected from each medical scan of the subset of medical scans for display on a display device associated with a user of the medical scan comparison system in conjunction with the medical scan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Enlitic, Inc.
    Inventors: Devon Bernard, Kevin Lyman, Li Yao, Anthony Upton, Ben Covington, Jeremy Howard
  • Patent number: 10389216
    Abstract: A stator, a motor and a compressor are provided. The stator includes a stator iron core and a winding. The stator iron core includes: an annular yoke; multiple stator teeth, near ends of the stator teeth being fixedly adjacent to an inner surface of the yoke and projecting inward towards the center of the stator iron core along a radial direction of the yoke, remote ends of the stator teeth that face inward along the radial direction defining a center hole for accommodating a rotor, and the stator teeth being spaced from each other in a circumferential direction; and multiple stator slots, each stator slot being defined between two neighboring stator teeth. The winding is wound around the stator teeth and operable for generating a rotating magnetic field. The yoke has at least two cut edges at an outer periphery thereof, disposed asymmetrically relative to the center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Danfoss (Tianjin) Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiping Tang, Li Yao, Wanzhen Liu, Guangqiang Liu, Yan Lin, Zhenyu Wang, Meng Wang
  • Publication number: 20190249187
    Abstract: Provided are a resistant protein for use in herbicide dicamba, encoding gene and application thereof, the gene comprising: (a) a nucleotide sequence of an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2; or (b) a nucleotide sequence which is complementary to the nucleotide sequence as defined by (a) under stringent conditions; or (c) a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Jian He, Li Yao, Xingjun Jia, Xiangting Xie, Yechun Wu, Qing Tao, Derong Ding
  • Patent number: 10360999
    Abstract: A medical scan comparison system is operable to receive a medical scan via a network and to generate similar scan data. The similar scan data includes a subset of medical scans from a medical scan database and is generated by performing an abnormality similarity function to determine that a set of abnormalities included in the subset of medical scans compare favorably to an abnormality identified in the medical scan. At least one cross-sectional image is selected from each medical scan of the subset of medical scans for display on a display device associated with a user of the medical scan comparison system in conjunction with the medical scan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Enlitic, Inc.
    Inventors: Devon Bernard, Kevin Lyman, Li Yao, Anthony Upton, Ben Covington, Jeremy Howard
  • Publication number: 20190207443
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a motor rotor and a motor. The motor rotor includes: multiple groups of laminations having inner bores and arranged alternately in an axial direction of the motor rotor. The motor includes a stator and the abovementioned motor rotor provided in the stator. The motor rotor and the motor according to embodiments of the present disclosure, for example, may reduce installation costs of the laminations and a rotor shaft in the motor rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Wanzhen Liu, Li Yao, Yan Lin, Guangqiang Liu, Zhenyu Wang, Weiping Tang, Meng Wang
  • Patent number: 10340044
    Abstract: A medical scan image analysis system is operable to receive a plurality of medical scans that represent a three-dimensional anatomical region and include a plurality of cross-sectional image slices. A plurality of three-dimensional subregions corresponding to each of the plurality of medical scans are generated by selecting a proper subset of the plurality of cross-sectional image slices from each medical scan, and by further selecting a two-dimensional subregion from each proper subset of cross-sectional image slices. A learning algorithm is performed on the plurality of three-dimensional subregions to generate a fully convolutional neural network. Inference data corresponding to a new medical scan received via the network is generated by performing an inference algorithm on the new medical scan by utilizing the fully convolutional neural network. An inferred abnormality is identified in the new medical scan based on the inference data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Enlitic, Inc.
    Inventors: Li Yao, Devon Bernard, Kevin Lyman, Diogo Almeida, Jeremy Howard
  • Publication number: 20190178513
    Abstract: A fluid injection control system, a fluid injection control method and a fluid circulation system including the fluid injection control system are provided. The fluid injection control system includes an injection valve, control apparatus and energy storage apparatus. The injection valve is arranged in a path along which a fluid flows into a device; the energy storage apparatus is configured to supply, in response to the control apparatus being powered off, power to the control apparatus so as to maintain an operation of the control apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: He Ma, Li Yao, Zhiwei Shang, Guocun Li, Luigi Zamana
  • Publication number: 20190178547
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a controller for a compressor and a control method, a compressor assembly, and a refrigeration system, which improve control efficiency and reliability. The controller includes an obtaining module configured to obtain at least one operation state parameter of the compressor, and a controlling module configured to shut off a liquid injection valve if one of the at least one operation state parameter of the compressor meets a protection action condition, wherein the liquid injection valve is configured to regulate flow of fluid injected into the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Zhiwei Shang, Li Yao, He Ma, Guocun Li
  • Patent number: 10289710
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for modifying a root node, and a modification apparatus. The method for modifying a root node of the present invention includes: receiving a root node modification request; modifying a root node in a data area of a database according to the modification information; replicating the modified root node to the general area of the database; finding, in the general area of the database, that an identifier of an active mapping page is the identifier of the first mapping page, and determining that the first mapping page is the active mapping page; and replacing the second mapping page with the modified root node according to the modified root node that is replicated to the general area, and modifying the identifier of the active mapping page to the identifier of the second mapping page. The present invention improves concurrent processing efficiency of indexing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuansheng Liang, Li Yao, Jixuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20190133828
    Abstract: A dressing assembly for use with a reduced pressure treatment system, the dressing assembly develops a directed force under reduced pressure. The directed force may be a radial force or a closing force. The dressing assembly includes a shaped dressing bolster having a shaped extremity that is operable to evenly deliver the radial force and to distribute reduced pressure. Numerous shapes may be used for the shaped extremity. The dressing assembly may further include an over-drape to assist in creating a seal over the shaped dressing bolster and against a portion of a patient's epidermis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Richard Marvin KAZALA, JR., Justin Alexander LONG, Eric Woodson BARTA, Li YAO, Robert Peyton WILKES
  • Publication number: 20190066835
    Abstract: A chest x-ray differential diagnosis system is operable to generate abnormality pattern data is generated for each of a received plurality of chest x-rays by identifying at least one pattern in each chest x-ray corresponding to an abnormality by utilizing a computer vision model that is trained on a plurality of training chest x-rays. Differential diagnosis data is generated for each chest x-ray based on the abnormality pattern data. Filtering parameters are received from a client device, and a filtered chest x-ray queue that includes a subset of chest x-rays is selected based on the filtering parameters and the differential diagnosis data is generated for transmission to the client device for display. Differential diagnosis data corresponding a chest x-ray indicated in chest x-ray selection data received from the client device is transmitted to the client device for display via the display device in conjunction with the chest x-ray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Enlitic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Lyman, Devon Bernard, Li Yao, Diogo Almeida, Ben Covington, Anthony Upton
  • Publication number: 20190057769
    Abstract: A medical scan annotator system is operable to select a medical scan for transmission via a network to a first client device and a second client device for display via an interactive interface, and annotation data is received from the first client device and the second client device in response. Annotation similarity data is generated by comparing the first annotation data to the second annotation data, and consensus annotation data is generated based on the first annotation data and the second annotation data in response to the annotation similarity data indicating that the difference between the first annotation data and the second annotation data compares favorably to an annotation discrepancy threshold. The consensus annotation data is mapped to the medical scan in a medical scan database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: Enlitic, Inc.
    Inventors: Devon Bernard, Kevin Lyman, Li Yao, Brian Basham, Ben Covington
  • Publication number: 20190048403
    Abstract: A method of using an exchange-induced remnant magnetization (EXIRM) technique for label free detection of short strands of nucleotides and cancer biomarkers, such as DNA and microRNA strands, DNA/RNA-binding biomarkers, and cancer-specific antigens, with high sensitivity, high specificity, and broad dynamic range. The method may provide a label-free approach aimed to facilitate high reliability, and to require a minimum amount of biochemical reagents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: University of Houston System
    Inventors: Shoujun XU, Li YAO, Yuhong WANG, Qiongzheng HU, Haopeng YANG
  • Patent number: 10152571
    Abstract: A chest x-ray differential diagnosis system is operable to generate abnormality pattern data is generated for each of a received plurality of chest x-rays by identifying at least one pattern in each chest x-ray corresponding to an abnormality by utilizing a computer vision model that is trained on a plurality of training chest x-rays. Differential diagnosis data is generated for each chest x-ray based on the abnormality pattern data. Filtering parameters are received from a client device, and a filtered chest x-ray queue that includes a subset of chest x-rays is selected based on the filtering parameters and the differential diagnosis data is generated for transmission to the client device for display. Differential diagnosis data corresponding a chest x-ray indicated in chest x-ray selection data received from the client device is transmitted to the client device for display via the display device in conjunction with the chest x-ray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Enlitic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Lyman, Devon Bernard, Li Yao, Diogo Almeida, Ben Covington, Anthony Upton
  • Patent number: 10143593
    Abstract: A dressing assembly for use with a reduced pressure treatment system, the dressing assembly develops a directed force under reduced pressure. The directed force may be a radial force or a closing force. The dressing assembly includes a shaped dressing bolster having a shaped extremity that is operable to evenly deliver the radial force and to distribute reduced pressure. Numerous shapes may be used for the shaped extremity. The dressing assembly may further include an over-drape to assist in creating a seal over the shaped dressing bolster and against a portion of a patient's epidermis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Marvin Kazala, Jr., Justin Alexander Long, Eric Woodson Barta, Li Yao, Robert Peyton Wilkes