Patents by Inventor Lizhuo ZHANG

Lizhuo 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: 9061617
    Abstract: An air conditioning unit includes a shaped body forming at least one part of a seat cushion. The shaped body has a seating surface and an opposite lower side. An air flow module is arranged at the lower side of the shaped body. The air flow module includes an air mover and has an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening. The shaped body has at least one air through-hole extending from the seating surface to the air flow module. The air flow module is in fluid communication with the at least one air through-hole in the shaped body. At least one channel extends in a radial direction adjacent the lower surface of the shaped body. The air flow module is in fluid communication with the at least one channel, and provides airflow between the seating surface of the shaped body and the at least one channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: IGB Automotive Ltd.
    Inventors: Dmitri Axakov, Raghvendra Trimbakrao Joshi, Lizhuo Zhang, Dieter Barthel, Jochen Michelmann
  • Patent number: 8438016
    Abstract: A client for silence-based adaptive real-time voice and video (SAVV) transmission methods and systems, detects the activity of a voice stream of conversational speech and aggressively transmits the corresponding video frames if silence in the sending or receiving voice stream has been detected, and adaptively generates and transmits key frames of the video stream according to characteristics of the conversational speech. In one aspect, a coordination management module generates video frames, segmentation and transmission strategies according to feedback from a voice encoder of the SAVV client and the user's instructions. In another aspect, the coordination management module generates video frames, segmentation and transmission strategies according to feedback from a voice decoder of the SAVV client and the user's instructions. In one example, the coordination management module adaptively generates a key video frame when silence is detected in the receiving voice stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Weijia Jia, Lizhuo Zhang, Huan Li, Wenyan Lu
  • Publication number: 20120315132
    Abstract: An air conditioning unit includes a shaped body forming at least one part of a seat cushion. The shaped body has a seating surface and an opposite lower side. An air flow module is arranged at the lower side of the shaped body. The air flow module includes an air mover and has an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening. The shaped body has at least one air through-hole extending from the seating surface to the air flow module. The air flow module is in fluid communication with the at least one air through-hole in the shaped body. At least one channel extends in a radial direction adjacent the lower surface of the shaped body. The air flow module is in fluid communication with the at least one channel, and provides airflow between the seating surface of the shaped body and the at least one channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: IGB AUTOMOTIVE LTD.
    Inventors: Dmitri Axakov, Raghvendra Trimbakrao Joshi, Lizhuo Zhang, Dieter Barthel, Jochen Michelmann
  • Publication number: 20090259460
    Abstract: A client for silence-based adaptive real-time voice and video (SAVV) transmission methods and systems, detects the activity of a voice stream of conversational speech and aggressively transmits the corresponding video frames if silence in the sending or receiving voice stream has been detected, and adaptively generates and transmits key frames of the video stream according to characteristics of the conversational speech. In one aspect, a coordination management module generates video frames, segmentation and transmission strategies according to feedback from a voice encoder of the SAVV client and the user's instructions. In another aspect, the coordination management module generates video frames, segmentation and transmission strategies according to feedback from a voice decoder of the SAVV client and the user's instructions. In one example, the coordination management module adaptively generates a key video frame when silence is detected in the receiving voice stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventors: Weijia JIA, Lizhuo ZHANG, Huan LI, Wenyan LU