Patents by Inventor Liang Zhang

Liang Zhang 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: 11025012
    Abstract: An electrical connector with an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts retained thereto. The housing includes a base and a tongue extending forwardly from the base. Each first contact includes, along the front-to-back direction perpendicular to the transverse direction, a front first contacting section, exposed above a mating face of the tongue, a rear first soldering section extending out of the housing, and a first connecting section located therebetween wherein in the pair of first different contacts, the first connecting sections are transversely offset from the corresponding first contacting sections and toward each other so as to have therebetween a distance, in the transverse direction, smaller than that between the corresponding first contacting sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: FU DING PRECISION INDUSTRIAL (ZHENGZHOU) CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiang-Dong Wang, En-Jin Chang, Dao-Zhen Bian, Wei-Liang Zhang, Jian-Long Hu
  • Patent number: 11018940
    Abstract: This application belongs to the field of service orchestration and discloses a service orchestration method and apparatus, and a service provisioning method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining a service template; obtaining a service identity, a service attribute, and a service policy that are entered by an operator and a default service parameter; substituting the options of the service template with the service attribute and the service policy that are entered by the operator and the default service parameter; associating the service template that is filled in with the service identity; and storing the service template that is associated with the service identity in a service type library, and publishing the service template to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liya Zhang, Liang Zhang, Jian Wu
  • Publication number: 20210145399
    Abstract: A system for visualization and quantification of ultrasound imaging data according to embodiments of the present disclosure may include a display unit, and a processor communicatively coupled to the display unit and to an ultrasound imaging apparatus for generating an image from ultrasound data representative of a bodily structure and fluid flowing within the bodily structure. The processor may be configured to estimate axial and lateral velocity components of the fluid flowing within the bodily structure, determine a plurality of flow directions within the image based on the axial and lateral velocity components, differentially encode the flow directions based on flow direction angle to generate a flow direction map, and cause the display unit to concurrently display the image including the bodily structure overlaid with the flow direction map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: HUA XIE, SHIYING WANG, SHENG-WEN HUANG, FRANCOIS GUY GERARD MARIE VIGNON, KEITH WILLIAM JOHNSON, LIANG ZHANG, DAVID HOPE SIMPSON
  • Patent number: 11012092
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to polar decoding methods and apparatus. One example method includes obtaining a polar code sequence, determining at least one first information bit length corresponding to a code length of the polar code sequence, and decoding the polar code sequence based on blind detection by using the code length and the at least one first information bit length. The at least one first information bit length is a part of a preset information bit length set corresponding to the code length. A remaining part of the preset information bit length set is at least one second information bit length. The at least one second information bit length is excluded from being used for the blind detection. Each second information bit length is less than one or more information bit lengths in the at least one first information bit length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhi You, Zheng Zheng, Nan Li, Yulun Zhang, Liang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210144167
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for detecting an anomaly in a dataset by using two or more anomaly detection algorithms, as well as to corresponding computer program products, are described. The results obtained by using the two or more anomaly detection algorithms are combined in accordance with a certain rule of combination, thereby providing an improved accuracy of anomaly detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Valery Nikolaevich GLUKHOV, Liang Zhang, Jiyu Pan
  • Publication number: 20210142803
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing voice data are provided. One of methods, implemented by an IoT device, includes: receiving voice data from a server, wherein the voice data is obtained through converting text data to voice data by the server; determining a content attribute associated with the voice data; determining a content attribute type of the content attribute associated with the voice data; determining a first play rule matching the content attribute type based on a matching relationship between content attribute types and respective first play rules, wherein the first play rule including a play starting time and a play mode; and automatically playing the voice data according to the play starting time and the play mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Guolai MA, Tian CHEN, Liang ZHANG, Zheng YUAN
  • Publication number: 20210138998
    Abstract: A safety belt automatic adjustment apparatus includes a safety belt buckle fastening assembly, a safety belt retractor and a linking component. The safety belt buckle fastening assembly is rotatably connected to a seat body of a child safety seat and for connecting with a safety belt buckle. The safety belt retractor is used for retracting a safety belt, and the safety belt retractor includes a restraining assembly for restraining a movement of the safety belt in a predetermined direction. The linking component is installed between the safety belt buckle fastening assembly and the safety belt retractor, and the safety belt buckle fastening assembly rotates to drive the linking component and the restraining assembly, so as to restrain or release the safety belt winding around the safety belt retractor. The safety belt automatic adjustment apparatus has advantages of automatic adjustment for the safety belt, simple structure, convenient operation and enhanced safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventor: Da Liang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210134238
    Abstract: A protection circuit (10), a power supply circuit, and a display panel. The protection circuit (10) comprises a feedback circuit (100) and a current adjusting circuit (200). The reaction circuit (100) is used for receiving a supply voltage, adjust the first general resistance thereof according to the temperature of a data drive chip, and generate a reaction voltage according to the supply voltage and the adjusted first resistance. The current adjusting circuit (200) is used for receiving the supply voltage and the reaction voltage, and generate and output a driving current according to the reaction voltage and the supply voltage, the driving current decreasing following a rise in the temperature of the data drive chip; when the driving current is reduced, the thermal energy power consumption of the data drive chip is reduced so as to prevent burnout due to the temperature at the interior thereof being too high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventor: Liang ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20210133499
    Abstract: A method for training an image processing model, includes: acquiring M frames of long-distance shot images of each of N training scenes, both N and M being positive integers greater than 1; acquiring a short-distance standard image of each training scene; for each training scene, clipping the M frames of long-distance shot images to obtain a same field of view as that of the short-distance standard image, and aligning the M frames of long-distance shot images after being clipped with the short-distance standard image; forming a training sample couple of each training scene by the M frames of long-distance shot images and the short-distance standard image after alignment, and forming a training sample set by N training sample couples corresponding to the N training scenes; and training an image processing model based on the training sample set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventor: Liang ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20210125311
    Abstract: A facial image enhancement method includes: determining a plurality of feature regions in a facial image according to feature points of the facial image; correcting an initial enhancement weight coefficient of each feature region of the feature regions and obtaining a weight map of discrete enhancement on the facial image; obtaining a weight map of continuous enhancement on the facial image according to the weight map of discrete enhancement on the facial image; and performing enhancing the facial image according to the weight map of continuous enhancement on the facial image to obtain an enhanced facial image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventor: Liang ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10990939
    Abstract: A voice broadcast method includes: acquiring at least one piece of voice information; delivering the at least one piece of voice information to a voice broadcast device, wherein, the at least one piece of voice information includes voice identification information and a voice content; determining a first voice content to be broadcast by the voice broadcast device, wherein the first voice content is included in the at least one piece of voice information stored at the voice broadcast device; and sending, to the voice broadcast device, a first voice identification information corresponding to the first voice content, wherein the first voice identification information is used by the voice broadcast device to obtain the first voice content stored at the voice broadcast device, and to broadcast the first voice content when a preset voice broadcast condition is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yicong Fan, Tian Chen, Guolai Ma, Liang Zhang, Han Mei, Bei Liu, Yong He
  • Patent number: 10992232
    Abstract: A converter system includes a first converter that includes a synchronizing terminal configured to receive a frequency signal, a synchronizing unit configured to generate a synchronizing signal having a phase shift with respect to the frequency signal, wherein the phase shift is generated based on amplitude of the frequency signal, and a regulator configured to convert a first given signal to a first converted signal, wherein the regulator is phase locked with the synchronizing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Weibing Jing, Liang Zhang, Dan Li, Qi Yang
  • Patent number: 10984993
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus includes a chamber (20) and a target (25) above the chamber (20). The surface of the target (25) contacts the processing area of the chamber (20). The chamber (20) includes an insulating sub-chamber (21) and a first conductive sub-chamber (22), which are superposed. The first conductive sub-chamber (22) is provided under the insulating sub-chamber (21). The insulating sub-chamber (21) is made of insulating material, and the first conductive sub-chamber (22) is made of metal material. A Faraday shield component (10) which is made of metal material or insulating material electroplated with conductive coatings and includes at least one slit is provided in the insulating sub-chamber (21). An inductance coil (13) surrounds the exterior of the insulating sub-chamber (21). The problem about the wafer contamination due to particles formed on the surface of the coil during the sputtering process can be solved by using the plasma processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING NAURA MICROELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Chen, Mengxin Zhao, Gang Wei, Liang Zhang, Bai Yang, Guilong Wu, Peijun Ding
  • Publication number: 20210106305
    Abstract: A system for visualization and quantification of ultrasound imaging data may include a display unit, and a processor communicatively coupled to the display unit and to an ultrasound imaging apparatus for generating an image from ultrasound data representative of a bodily structure and fluid flowing within the bodily structure. The processor may be configured to generate vector field data corresponding to the fluid flow, wherein the vector field data comprises axial and lateral velocity components of the fluid, extract spatiotemporal information from the vector field data at one or more user-selected points within the image, and cause the display unit to concurrently display the spatiotemporal information at the one or more user-selected points with the image including a graphical representation of the vector field data overlaid on the image, wherein the spatiotemporal information includes at least one of a magnitude and an angle of the fluid flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Shiying WANG, Sheng-Wen HUANG, Hua XIE, Francois Guy Gerard Marie VIGNON, Liang ZHANG, Keith William JOHNSON
  • Patent number: 10979293
    Abstract: A service deployment method and a network functions acceleration platform are provided. The method includes: when an FPGA is powered on, loading, by the FPGA, an FPGA framework file, so that the FPGA includes M partial reconfigurable PR areas, a configuration module, and a data flow forwarding module; when receiving a service configuration instruction, generating, by a physical machine, a VM, and selecting at least one PR area from the M PR areas to establish a correspondence with the VM; performing, by a configuration module, service resource configuration on the selected PR area according to a PR configuration resource, so that the selected PR area has a service processing capability; adding, by the configuration module, a forwarding entry corresponding to the PR area in a forwarding flow table, so that the data flow forwarding module forwards a received network packet to the corresponding PR area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuming Xie, Liang Zhang, Jun Wu, Fan Yang
  • Patent number: 10977079
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for implementing acceleration processing on a VNF. In the present invention, an acceleration request of performing acceleration processing on a virtualized network function VNF is received; a hardware acceleration device capable of performing acceleration processing on the VNF is determined according to the acceleration request; and an acceleration resource of the hardware acceleration device is allocated to the VNF, so as to perform acceleration processing on the VNF. According to the present invention, a corresponding hardware acceleration device can be dynamically selected for and allocated to a VNF, implementing virtualized management on the hardware acceleration device, and improving resource utilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinwei Xia, Xinyu Hu, Liang Zhang
  • Patent number: 10970568
    Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and viewing exterior of the vehicle. A control has an image processor for processing frames of image data captured by the camera. The control receives vehicle motion data indicative of motion of the vehicle when the vehicle is moving. When the vehicle is moving, the control, responsive at least in part to image processing of multiple frames of captured image data, detects an object present exterior of the vehicle. The control, responsive at least in part to the received vehicle motion data and image processing of multiple frames of captured image data, determines motion of the detected object relative to the moving vehicle by (i) determining corresponding object points in at least two frames of captured image data and (ii) estimating object motion trajectory of the detected object based at least in part on the determined corresponding object points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Nikhil Gupta, Liang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210097916
    Abstract: The present application discloses a cross voltage compensation method for a display panel, a display panel and a display device. The cross voltage compensation method includes steps of transmitting a preset voltage signal to in-plane data lines after scan of scanning lines of a last row of a current frame is completed and before scanning lines of a first row of a next frame are started, keeping all the scanning lines at a close state while transmitting the preset voltage signal to in-plane data lines, and keeping all the scanning lines at a close state after scan of scanning lines of a last row of a current frame is completed and before scanning lines of a first row of a next frame are started, that is, V-blank time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventor: Liang ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10966047
    Abstract: Embodiments of wireless audio systems and methods for wirelessly communicating audio are disclosed herein. In one example, a method for generating a 3D audio representation of an audio is disclosed. The method includes collecting, by a first wireless headphone, a first audio signal of the audio and generating, by the first wireless headphone, a first synchronizing signal based on a local clock of the first wireless headphone. The method also includes collecting, by a second wireless headphone, a second audio signal of the audio and generating, by the second wireless headphone, a second synchronizing signal based on a local clock of the second wireless headphone. The method yet includes generating, by a user equipment, the 3D audio representation of the audio based on the first and the second audio signals and the first and the second synchronizing signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: BESTECHNIC (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weifeng Tong, Liang Zhang, Mingliang Xu
  • Patent number: D918394
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: CONTEC MEDICAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kun Hu, Yunlong Xu, Jinling Zhang, Liang Zhang, Wei Zhang