Patents by Inventor Ling Tan

Ling Tan 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: 12140974
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for stochastic inspections on power grid lines based on unmanned aerial vehicle-assisted edge computing. According to the method, a stochastic distributed inspection unmanned aerial vehicle is adopted to acquire video images on a target power grid area, which can reduce funds and time costs of inspections. With assistance of superior unmanned aerial vehicle, a goal is to minimize energy consumption of an unmanned aerial vehicle system and extend operation time of the unmanned aerial vehicles under same payload conditions, while processing video image data collected from the inspection unmanned aerial vehicles. The near-far effect generated by communications between mobile unmanned aerial vehicles is eliminated by introducing a NOMA, and position coordinates, system resource allocations and task offload decision schemes are solved by using a method of combining a DDPG algorithm in a Deep reinforcement learning with a genetic algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ling Tan, Lei Sun, Jingming Xia
  • Publication number: 20240353861
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for stochastic inspections on power grid lines based on unmanned aerial vehicle-assisted edge computing. According to the method, a stochastic distributed inspection unmanned aerial vehicle is adopted to acquire video images on a target power grid area, which can reduce funds and time costs of inspections. With assistance of superior unmanned aerial vehicle, a goal is to minimize energy consumption of an unmanned aerial vehicle system and extend operation time of the unmanned aerial vehicles under same payload conditions, while processing video image data collected from the inspection unmanned aerial vehicles. The near-far effect generated by communications between mobile unmanned aerial vehicles is eliminated by introducing a NOMA, and position coordinates, system resource allocations and task offload decision schemes are solved by using a method of combining a DDPG algorithm in a Deep reinforcement learning with a genetic algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ling TAN, Lei SUN, Jingming XIA
  • Patent number: 11966807
    Abstract: A multi-tag concurrent identification method and a system for a query tree based on feature groups are provided in this disclosure. In the disclosure, a whole data string space is divided into a plurality of disjoint subsets according to features of data strings returned by tags, where each of the subsets contains several different data strings, each of the data strings in the each of the subsets is regarded as a complete tag ID or a partial ID, and the each of the subsets corresponds to a unique query prefix, a length of the prefix is fixed and does not dynamically increase with an actual location of a collision, and when multiple data strings from a same subset return at a same time, a reader is capable of identifying them at a same time in a slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jian Su, Jialin Zhou, Wei Zhuang, Ling Tan
  • Publication number: 20230385569
    Abstract: A multi-tag concurrent identification method and a system for a query tree based on feature groups are provided in this disclosure. In the disclosure, a whole data string space is divided into a plurality of disjoint subsets according to features of data strings returned by tags, where each of the subsets contains several different data strings, each of the data strings in the each of the subsets is regarded as a complete tag ID or a partial ID, and the each of the subsets corresponds to a unique query prefix, a length of the prefix is fixed and does not dynamically increase with an actual location of a collision, and when multiple data strings from a same subset return at a same time, a reader is capable of identifying them at a same time in a slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Jian SU, Jialin ZHOU, Wei ZHUANG, Ling TAN
  • Patent number: 8772375
    Abstract: A composition suitable for forming a paint marking on a roadway comprises a polyfunctional acrylate having at least four acrylate groups, an epoxy component and a polyfunctional amine. The polyfunctional acrylate reacts with the polyfunctional amine to form an adduct with secondary amine groups. The secondary amine reacts with the epoxy component to yield a chemically high crosslinked material having a no track time of less than about five minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventor: Ling Tan
  • Publication number: 20120322938
    Abstract: A composition suitable for forming a paint marking on a roadway comprises a secondary amine adduct having at least two secondary amine groups, an amine diluent and a polyisocyanate. The secondary amine adduct and the amine diluent react with the polyisocyanate to yield a chemically high crosslinked material having a no track time of about two minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventor: Ling TAN
  • Publication number: 20120214908
    Abstract: A composition suitable for forming a paint marking on a roadway comprises a polyfunctional acrylate having at least four acrylate groups, an epoxy component and a polyfunctional amine. The polyfunctional acrylate reacts with the polyfunctional amine to form an adduct with secondary amine groups. The secondary amine reacts with the epoxy component to yield a chemically high crosslinked material having a no track time of less than about five minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventor: Ling Tan
  • Patent number: 6485787
    Abstract: A polymeric composition exhibiting a fast cure rate composition comprises a polyfunctional urethane acrylate component; an epoxy component; and a polyfunctional amine component. The polyfunctional acrylate component and the polyfunctional amine component have sufficient functionalities such that the polyfunctional urethane acrylate component reacts with the polyfunctional component to form a secondary amine component. The secondary amine then reacts with the epoxy component such that a crosslinked polymeric material is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Reichhold, Inc.
    Inventors: Ling Tan, Bryan A. Naderhoff, Jeffrey H. Danneman
  • Patent number: 6437059
    Abstract: A composition suitable for forming a paint marking on a roadway comprises a polyfunctional urethane acrylate having at least two acrylate groups, an epoxy component and a polyfunctional amine. The polyfunctional urethane acrylate reacts with the polyfunctional amine to form an adduct with secondary amine groups. The secondary amine reacts with the epoxy component to yield a chemically crosslinked material having a no track time of less than about ten minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Reichhold, Inc.
    Inventors: Ling Tan, Bryan A. Naderhoff, Jeffrey H. Danneman
  • Patent number: 6369189
    Abstract: A polymeric composition may include an isocyanate component and an amine component, which includes: where R1 represents a hydrocarbon radical, X represents an organic group, and a is an integer. The polymeric composition may further include: where R2 represents a hydrocarbon radical; Y represents an organic group; and b is an integer. Methods of forming such polymeric and amine compositions and methods of applying such polymeric systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Reichhold, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Naderhoff, Ling Tan, Jeffrey H. Danneman
  • Publication number: 20010009952
    Abstract: A polymeric composition exhibiting a fast cure rate composition comprises a polyfunctional urethane acrylate component; an epoxy component; and a polyfunctional amine component. The polyfunctional acrylate component and the polyfunctional amine component have sufficient functionalities such that the polyfunctional urethane acrylate component reacts with the polyfunctional component to form a secondary amine component. The secondary amine then reacts with the epoxy component such that a crosslinked polymeric material is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Publication date: July 26, 2001
    Inventors: Ling Tan, Bryan A. Naderhoff, Jeffrey H. Danneman
  • Patent number: D885405
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Inventor: Ling Tan