Patents by Inventor Meilin ZHOU

Meilin ZHOU 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: 20240088402
    Abstract: A solid oxide cell (SOC) includes a fuel electrode, an oxygen electrode, and an electrolyte. In some embodiments, the solid oxide cell is a reversible proton conducting solid oxide cell (P-rSOC). In some embodiments, the oxygen electrode is a perovskite oxide material having a formula such as PrBa0.8Ca0.2Co2O5+?, PrBa0.9Co1.96Nb0.04O5, PrBaCo1.6Fc0.2Nb0.2?xO5+?, PrBa0.5Sr0.5Co1.5Fe0.5O5+? (PBSCF), or PrBaCo2O5+? (PBC) and it is coated with a perovskite oxide catalyst such as PrCoO3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Conor Evans, Meilin Liu, Ying Liu, Yucun Zhou
  • Patent number: 11902759
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for audio signal generation. The method may include obtaining first audio data collected by a bone conduction sensor; and obtaining second audio data collected by an air conduction sensor, the first audio data and the second audio data representing a speech of a user, with differing frequency component. The method may also include generating, based on the first audio data and the second audio data, third audio data, wherein frequency components of the third audio data higher than a frequency point increase with respect to frequency components of the first audio data higher than the first frequency point. In some embodiments, the method may further include determining, based on the third audio data, target audio data representing the speech of the user with better fidelity than the first audio data and the second audio data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Meilin Zhou, Fengyun Liao, Xin Qi
  • Publication number: 20230262390
    Abstract: In an audio denoising method and system provided in the present disclosure, a gain coefficient corresponding to each frequency unit may be generated based on a parameter related to a frequency by using a frequency of an audio signal as a unit, and gain processing is performed on each frequency unit separately by using the gain coefficient. The gain coefficient corresponding to a frequency unit including more valid audio signals may be larger, and a gain coefficient corresponding to a frequency unit including fewer valid audio signals may be smaller, so that more audio signals corresponding to frequency parts including more valid audio signals are preserved, while less audio signals corresponding to frequency parts including fewer valid audio signals are preserved. In this way, fidelity and intelligibility of an audio signal are improved while quality of the audio signal is improved and noise is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinbo ZHENG, Meilin ZHOU, Fengyun LIAO, Xin QI
  • Publication number: 20220208207
    Abstract: In an audio signal processing method and system for echo suppression, selection of a target audio processing mode is controlled based on strength of a speaker signal. In the method and system, a control signal is generated based on the strength of the speaker signal, and the target audio processing mode is controlled based on the control signal to perform signal processing on a microphone signal so as to obtain better voice quality. When the speaker signal does not exceed a threshold, the system selects a first mode, and performs signal processing on a first audio signal and a second audio signal to obtain a first target audio; or when the speaker signal exceeds a threshold, the system selects a second mode, and performs signal processing on a second audio signal to obtain a second target audio, and the mode can be switched based on the speaker signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Shenzhen SHOKZ Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinbo ZHENG, Meilin ZHOU, Fengyun LIAO, Xin QI
  • Publication number: 20220208209
    Abstract: An audio generation method and system provided in this disclosure can dynamically select a frequency splicing point of an audio signal based on voice quality of a first audio signal and a second audio signal corresponding to each frequency in a frequency domain, divide the frequency domain into a first frequency interval and a second frequency interval, select audio signals of higher voice quality that correspond to each frequency interval for splicing, and obtain a target audio signal after fusion of the first audio signal and the second audio signal, so that voice quality of the target audio signal in each frequency interval in the frequency domain is the best, thereby improving voice quality of the target audio signal after fusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinbo ZHENG, Meilin ZHOU, Fengyun LIAO, Xin QI
  • Publication number: 20220150627
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for audio signal generation. The method may include obtaining first audio data collected by a bone conduction sensor; and obtaining second audio data collected by an air conduction sensor, the first audio data and the second audio data representing a speech of a user, with differing frequency component. The method may also include generating, based on the first audio data and the second audio data, third audio data, wherein frequency components of the third audio data higher than a frequency point increase with respect to frequency components of the first audio data higher than the first frequency point. In some embodiments, the method may further include determining, based on the third audio data, target audio data representing the speech of the user with better fidelity than the first audio data and the second audio data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Meilin ZHOU, Fengyun LIAO, Xin QI
  • Publication number: 20180308655
    Abstract: The invention refers to a method for generating an ultrashort ion bunch (22) comprising the steps of emitting a laser pulse (16) whose length is four periods or less, preferably one period, and whose power is 1 PW or more, preferably 10 PW or more; and irradiating a solid target (12) with said laser pulse (16), so as to create an ion bunch (22). The invention also refers to a corresponding system (10) for generating an ultrashort ion bunch (20) comprising the solid target (12), and a laser system (14) for generating the laser pulse (16) and irradiating the solid target (12) with the laser pulse (16), for creating an ion bunch (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: GĂ©rard MOUROU, Jonathan WHEELER, Toshiki TAJIMA, Meilin ZHOU, Xuequing YAN