Patents by Inventor Meng Lu
Meng Lu 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).
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Publication number: 20250118984Abstract: Provided are an energy storage system and a control system and a control method of the energy storage system. The energy storage system includes a converter valve and an energy storage valve, the energy storage valve is connected to a direct-current side of the converter valve, and the control system includes: a coordination control subsystem, a converter valve control subsystem, and an energy storage valve control subsystem; the coordination control subsystem is used for sending an instruction to control the converter valve control subsystem and the energy storage valve control subsystem to work; the converter valve control subsystem is used for controlling, according to the instruction of the coordination control subsystem, the converter valve to work; and the energy storage valve control subsystem is used for controlling, according to the instruction of the coordination control subsystem, the energy storage valve to work.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2024Publication date: April 10, 2025Inventors: Liliuyuan Liang, Yanhua Lu, Dongxu Yu, Guoxiu Wu, Xiangxiang Xu, Meng Li, Bingtuan Luo
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Publication number: 20250096593Abstract: A starting method of an energy storage system is provided. The energy storage system includes at least one energy storage submodule. The energy storage submodule includes a power module and a battery module. The starting method includes: acquiring a first instruction; and controlling the battery module to charge the power module according to the first instruction. Through the starting method, the battery module of the energy storage submodule can be controlled to charge the power module when a power grid is in a completely black state so that the power module can be charged to have the power-on capability, thereby realizing the self-starting of the energy storage submodule and helping to increase the restoration speed of the power grid.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Meng Li, Guoxiu Wu, Yanhua Lu, Dongxu Yu, Xiangxiang Xu, Zhimin Dan
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Patent number: 12252061Abstract: A container locking device and a piggyback transport vehicle are provided. The container locking device includes: a support, the support being provided with an accommodating space; a locking structure, a first end of the locking structure being hinged with the support, the locking structure having a locking position extending out of the accommodating space and an avoiding position retracted into the accommodating space; and a support structure, a first end of the support structure being hinged with a second end of the locking structure; wherein in a direction away from the locking structure, the support structure has a retraction position and a support position which cooperates with the support.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignees: CRRC QIQIHAR ROLLING STOCK CO., LTD., CHINA SHENHUA ENERGY COMPANY LIMITED, SHEN HUA RAILWAY EQUIPMENT COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Heping Zheng, Meng Wang, Zhihong Bian, Hongkun Wang, Wengang Wang, Qiqi Fang, Yuxing Lu, Chao Dong, Hua Li, Rongkun Wu, Tianjun Zhao, Yong Fu, Zhenguo Wu, Caiyu Shen, Bo Yuan
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Patent number: 12243314Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and system for recognizing human action in an apron based on thermal infrared vision, the method comprises: acquiring a plurality of video sequences from an infrared monitoring video; labeling a set target in each image frame in each video sequence with a target box to obtain a target tracking result; intercepting, for each image frame in the video sequence, a target-box enlarged area according to the labeled target box; adding, for each image frame in the video sequence, the position information of the image labeled with target box to the target-box enlarged area to obtain a three-channel sub-image; training an action recognition model by using three-channel sub-image sequences corresponding to a plurality of video sequences as a training set, to obtain a trained action recognition model; obtaining a to-be-recognized video sequence from another infrared monitoring video, and obtaining a three-channel sub-image sequence corresponding to the to-be-recognized video sequType: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsInventors: Meng Ding, Yuanyuan Ding, Xianghao Kong, Yiming Xu, Yi Wu, Wei Lu
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Patent number: 12241016Abstract: A low-end rheology modifier for adjusting rheological characteristics of water-based drilling fluid systems, particularly for high salt, high density drilling fluids in high temperature and high-pressure applications. The low end rheology modifier comprises a copolymer and laponite clay, the copolymer comprising tert-Butylacrylamidosulfonic acid (TBAS) and n-vinylpyrrolidone (NVP) crosslinked with N,N?-Methylenebis(acrylamide).Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2022Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignees: CNPC USA Corporation, Beijing Huamei, Inc., China National Petroleum CorporationInventors: Janine Shipman, Meng Lu, Weibin Zha
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Publication number: 20250070573Abstract: A control method of an energy storage system. The energy storage system includes a plurality of energy storage modules connected in series. The control method includes: acquiring a difference value between a first state parameter of a first energy storage module and a first state parameter of a second energy storage module among N available energy storage modules in the energy storage system, N being a positive integer greater than 1; and conducting balance control on the energy storage system according to the difference value of the first state parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Inventors: Liliuyuan LIANG, Yanhua LU, Dongxu YU, Guoxiu WU, Meng LI, Xiangxiang XU, Bingtuan LUO
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Publication number: 20250070572Abstract: A control method of an energy storage system. The energy storage system includes N energy storage modules connected in series, and N is a positive integer greater than 1. The control method includes: acquiring a first parameter of each energy storage module among the N energy storage modules, the first parameter being a parameter related to the power; and conducting balance control on the energy storage system according to the first parameter of each energy storage module.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Inventors: Liliuyuan LIANG, Yanhua LU, Dongxu YU, Meng LI, Guoxiu WU, Xiangxiang XU, Bingtuan LUO
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Patent number: 12238032Abstract: Presented are systems, methods, apparatuses, or computer-readable media for acquisition of quasi-co-location information using transmission configuration indicators. A wireless communication device may receive an indication of a plurality of transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states, from a wireless communication node. The wireless communication device may acquire all configured quasi co-located (QCL) information of a first set of TCI states from the plurality of TCI state. The wireless communication device may acquire a partial portion or no portion of configured QCL information of the second set of TCI states from the plurality of TCI states.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: ZTE CorporationInventors: Meng Mei, Chuangxin Jiang, Zhaohua Lu, Bo Gao, Shujuan Zhang
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Publication number: 20250060313Abstract: Disclosed are a molecular imaging method using Raman spectra and system based on machine learning cascade. The system includes a coordinate localization module, a hierarchical clustering analysis module, a Raman predictive imaging module, and a similarity analysis module. An untreated frozen tissue slice is attached to a stainless steel slide, and an adjacent slice is attached to a glass slide. The coordinate localization module can match a Raman white light image of a detection sample attached to the stainless steel slide with an immunohistochemistry (IHC) image of the adjacent slice, such that Raman spectra of a target region are accurately collected. The hierarchical clustering analysis module purifies different types of Raman spectra. A machine learning classifier is configured to build a Raman predictive imaging model. The similarity analysis module can evaluate similarity between a predicted Raman predictive image and the IHC image of the adjacent slice.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2024Publication date: February 20, 2025Applicant: Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing UniversityInventors: Guangming Lu, Qingqing Zhou, Meng Chen, Jingxing Guo, Qiang Xu, Liming Tang, Jianrui Li, Huiming Cai
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Publication number: 20250057894Abstract: The present disclosure relates to Akkermansia sp. and a product containing the Akkermansia sp. and use thereof. The Akkermansia is Akkermansia guangxiensis N21116 and N21169, and the accession numbers are respectively: GDMCC No: 62888 and GDMCC No: 62889. Akkermansia guangxiensis N21116 and N21169 are new species of Akkermansia sp., have resistance to human intestinal fluid, and have the effects of resisting oxidation, inhibiting tumor cell growth, and losing weight and reducing fat.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2023Publication date: February 20, 2025Inventors: Guilong XIAO, Weifei LUO, Zhilong LU, Xinli WEI, Lili MENG, Meng YIN, Enqiu LU, Shifu PANG
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Patent number: 12231268Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for transmission link configuration using reference signal mapping in next generation cellular networks are described. An example method for wireless communication, based on the disclosed technology, includes transmitting data over at least one transmission link that is configured based on a mapping between two reference signals, each of which is configured with different subsets of one or more network parameters. Another example method includes dividing a plurality of SRS (sounding reference signal) resource sets into a plurality of groups based on network parameters of SRS resources or SRS resource sets, and transmitting, within one of the plurality of groups, only one SRS resource in each of multiple SRS resource sets at an identical time, where the SRS resources in different SRS resource sets can be transmitted simultaneously. The methods described may include beam management implementations for wireless communications.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2023Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: ZTE CorporationInventors: Chuangxin Jiang, Shujuan Zhang, Zhaohua Lu, Bo Gao, Meng Mei
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Publication number: 20250036937Abstract: There are proposed methods, devices, and computer program products for feature management. In the method, a first event associated with a first and a second object, and a second event associated with the first and second events are obtained, and a type of the first event is different from a type of the second event. A first feature of the first object is determined based on a first encoder, and a second feature of the second object is determined based on a second encoder. The first encoder is updated based on the first and second features and the first and second events. With these implementations, multiple events are used in determining the encoder for extracting the feature, and thus the encoder may have better performance in accuracy and increase performance of downstream tasks.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2023Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: Zhe LIU, Silun WANG, Xiaoteng LU, Wenting YE, Yue ZHUANG, Huang ZOU, Meng XIN, Yu ZHANG, Bin LIU
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Patent number: 12210964Abstract: An optoelectronic computing system includes a first semiconductor die having a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) and a second semiconductor die having an electronic integrated circuit (EIC). The PIC includes optical waveguides, in which input values are encoded on respective optical signals carried by the optical waveguides. The PIC includes an optical copying distribution network having optical splitters. The PIC includes an array of optoelectronic circuitry sections, each receiving an optical wave from one of the output ports of the optical copying distribution network, and each optoelectronic circuitry section includes: at least one photodetector detecting at least one optical wave from the optoelectronic operation. The EIC includes electrical input ports receiving respective electrical values.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Lightelligence PTE. Ltd.Inventors: Huaiyu Meng, Yichen Shen, Yelong Xu, Gilbert Hendry, Longwu Ou, Jingdong Deng, Ronald Gagnon, Cheng-Kuan Lu, Maurice Steinman, Mike Evans, Jianhua Wu
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Publication number: 20240255359Abstract: A temperature sensor according to the disclosure herein includes an optical fiber structured to produce a thermal emission representative of a molten steel into which the temperature sensor is inserted; a cladding layer covering at least a portion of the optical fiber; and a spectrometer configured to receive the thermal emission from the optical fiber and to generate, in response, a radiation spectrum indicative of a temperature of the molten steel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2024Publication date: August 1, 2024Inventors: Meng Lu, Jingjing Qian, Sunday O. Abraham, Randy Petty, Matthew J. Werner
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Patent number: 12049588Abstract: This disclosure describes the composition and methods of use for a novel delayed polymer gelation system for high temperature and high salinity applications. This polymer gelation system includes a polymer of acrylamide, AMPS and 500-5000 ppm polyethylene glycol diacrylate in inverse emulsion form, and a polyethyleneimine (PEI) with a MW of 2,000-30,000 daltons as the crosslinking agent.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2023Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignees: CNPC USA Corporation, Beijing Huamei, Inc., China National Petroleum CorporationInventors: Meng Lu, Danhua Zhang, Fuchen Liu, Nancy Zhou, Jianshen Li, Weibin Zha
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Patent number: 11965833Abstract: A detection device includes a frame, a transport mechanism, detection mechanisms, and a grasping mechanism. The transport mechanism includes a feeding line, a first flow line, and a second flow line arranged in parallel on the frame. The detection mechanisms are arranged on the frame and located on two sides of the transport mechanism. The grasping mechanism is arranged on the frame and used to transport workpieces on the feeding line to the detection mechanisms, transport qualified workpieces to the first flow line, and transport unqualified workpieces to the second flow line.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignees: HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS (ZHENGZHOU) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jing-Zhi Hou, Lin-Hui Cheng, Yan-Chao Ma, Jin-Cai Zhou, Zi-Long Ma, Neng-Neng Zhang, Yi Chen, Chen-Xi Tang, Meng Lu, Peng Zhou, Ling-Hui Zhang, Lu-Hui Fan, Shi-Gang Xu, Cheng-Yi Chao, Liang-Yi Lu
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Patent number: 11959811Abstract: A temperature sensor including a sapphire optical fiber and a nanoporous cladding layer covering at least a portion of the sapphire optical fiber.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: SSAB Enterprises, LLC, Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Meng Lu, Jingjing Qian, Sunday O. Abraham, Randy Petty, Matthew J. Werner
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Publication number: 20240118456Abstract: Disclosed herein is various shared-aperture camera systems and calibration methods. One particular shared-aperture camera system includes a polarization imaging device including: an aperture; a first metasurface configured to diffract incident light going through the aperture such that a first polarization of incident light diffracts in a first direction and a second polarization of the incident light diffracts in a second direction; an image sensor; and a planar diffractive lens including a second metasurface configured to focus the first polarization of incident light diffracted in the first direction onto a first portion of the image sensor and focus the second polarization of incident light diffracted in the second direction onto a second portion of the image sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Metalenz, Inc.Inventors: Pawel Latawiec, Seyedali Forouzmand, Meng Lu, Mohammad Salary, Anne Janet Milliez, John W. Graff
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Publication number: 20240043734Abstract: A low-end rheology modifier for adjusting rheological characteristics of water-based drilling fluid systems, particularly for high salt, high density drilling fluids in high temperature and high-pressure applications. The low end rheology modifier comprises a copolymer and laponite clay, the copolymer comprising tert-Butylacrylamidosulfonic acid (TBAS) and n-vinylpyrrolidone (NVP) crosslinked with N,N?-Methylenebis(acrylamide).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicants: CNPC USA CORPORATION, Beijing Huamei Inc., CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATIONInventors: JANINE SHIPMAN, MENG LU, WEIBIN ZHA
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Publication number: 20240003205Abstract: A method for significantly reducing and/or preventing loss circulation in a well during drilling operations. The method includes pumping water-based drilling fluid comprising shape memory polymer particles into bore hole while drilling and exposing the drilling fluid to an activation temperature. The polymer particles change shape at activation temperature filling all or portion of fractures in the bore hole thus significantly reducing and/or preventing loss circulation in the well.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2022Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicants: CNPC USA CORPORATION, BEIJING HUAMEI, INC., CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATIONInventors: WEIBIN ZHA, MENG LU, JANINE SHIPMAN, JIAXIANG REN, FUCHEN LIU, RONGCHAO CHENG