Patents by Inventor Meng Tian
Meng Tian 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: 20240011724Abstract: Devices for radiative cooling and optical waveguiding are provided, wherein the devices comprise a fabric including one or more fibers extending for a length in a longitudinal direction and a plurality of void structures positioned within each of the one or more fibers and extended over the length of each of the one or more fibers. Each of the plurality of void structures is configured to scatter at least a portion of an electromagnetic radiation received thereon to thereby radiatively cool the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKInventors: Nanfang Yu, Norman Shi, Meng Tian
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Publication number: 20230242656Abstract: Provided in the present invention are an anti-BCMA antibody, a pharmaceutical composition of same, and applications thereof. The anti-BCMA antibody of the present invention or an antigen binding fragment of same and the pharmaceutical composition thereof are applicable in treating B cell-related diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2021Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Jianliang Li, Seeheng Wong, Junxia Zhang, Meng Tian, Wei Cai
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Patent number: 11703289Abstract: Devices for radiative cooling and optical waveguiding are provided, wherein the devices comprise a fabric including one or more fibers extending for a length in a longitudinal direction and a plurality of void structures positioned within each of the one or more fibers and extended over the length of each of the one or more fibers. Each of the plurality of void structures is configured to scatter at least a portion of an electromagnetic radiation received thereon to thereby radiatively cool the object.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKInventors: Nanfang Yu, Norman Shi, Meng Tian
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Patent number: 11668497Abstract: Systems and methods for radiative cooling and heating are provided. For example, systems for radiative cooling can include a top layer including one or more polymers, where the top layer has high emissivity in at least a portion of the thermal spectrum and an electromagnetic extinction coefficient of approximately zero, absorptivity of approximately zero, and high transmittance in at least a portion of the solar spectrum, and further include a reflective layer including one or more metals, where the reflective layer has high reflectivity in at least a portion of the solar spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKInventors: Nanfang Yu, Jyotirmoy Mandal, Adam Overvig, Norman Nan Shi, Meng Tian
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Publication number: 20220414474Abstract: A search method based on a neural network model is provided. The neural network model includes a semantic representation model, a recall model, and a ranking model. The present disclosure relates to the field of artificial intelligence, and in particular to the technical field of search. An implementation of the method comprises: inputting a target search and a plurality of objects to be matched to the semantic representation model to obtain a first output of the semantic representation model; inputting the first output of the semantic representation model to the recall model, and obtaining at least one recall object matching the target search from the plurality of objects to be matched by using the recall model; and inputting a second output of the semantic representation model to the ranking model, and obtaining a matching value of each of the at least one recall object by using the ranking model.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: Beijing Baidu Netcom Science Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hongjian Shi, Xinwei Feng, Feifei Li, Chenyang Guo, Xueqian Wu, Meng Tian, Yu Sun
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Publication number: 20220411424Abstract: The present disclosure relates to complexes comprising caffeine and tannic acid as well as emulsions and beverages comprising these complexes which slow the release of the caffeine. Also described are methods of preparing the complexes and emulsions and beverages comprising caffeine-tannic acid complexes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Yu WANG, DaSom NO, Yuan FANG, Nelson TRUSLER, Damian BROWNE, George MEYER, Xin ZHAO, Meng TIAN, Shiyi ZHANG
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Publication number: 20220401449Abstract: The present disclosure relates to colloids comprising caffeine-tannic acid complexes which slow the release of the caffeine. Also described are methods of preparing the colloids and beverages comprising colloids comprising caffeine-tannic acid complexes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Yu WANG, DaSom NO, Yuan FANG, Nelson TRUSLER, Damian BROWNE, Xin ZHAO, Meng TIAN, Shiyi ZHANG, George MEYER, Rohil BHATNAGAR
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Publication number: 20220391426Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multi-system-based intelligent question answering method and apparatus, and a device, relating to the field of artificial intelligence, in particular to the field of knowledge graph. The specific implementation solution is: determining a question category of question information in response to a question answering instruction of a user, wherein the question answering instruction is used to indicate the question information; determining a query engine corresponding to the question category, and invoking multiple question analysis systems corresponding to the query engine according to the query engine; and feeding back answer information to the user when the answer information corresponding to the question information is determined according to a current question analysis system in a process of processing the question information by sequentially using the multiple question analysis systems according to system priorities of the question analysis systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Xinwei FENG, Meng TIAN, Feifei LI, Hongjian SHI, Wenbin JIANG, Xueqian WU, Chenyang GUO, Yu WANG, Yu SUN, Shuaiyu CHEN
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Publication number: 20220252309Abstract: Systems and methods for radiative cooling and heating are provided. For example, systems for radiative cooling can include a top layer including one or more polymers, where the top layer has high emissivity in at least a portion of the thermal spectrum and an electromagnetic extinction coefficient of approximately zero, absorptivity of approximately zero, and high transmittance in at least a portion of the solar spectrum, and further include a reflective layer including one or more metals, where the reflective layer has high reflectivity in at least a portion of the solar spectrum.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKInventors: Nanfang Yu, Jyotirmoy Mandal, Adam Overvig, Norman Nan Shi, Meng Tian
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Publication number: 20220233583Abstract: A method for treating or preventing saccharide-related diseases or disorders, comprising administering a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of a polymer comprising at least one boronic acid group to a subject having or at risk of having a saccharide-related disease or disorder.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2020Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Shiyi ZHANG, Xin ZHAO, Meng TIAN, Bingxue YANG, Songxuan SUN, Huijun ZHANG
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Patent number: 11306949Abstract: Systems and methods for radiative cooling and heating are provided. For example, systems for radiative cooling can include a top layer including one or more polymers, where the top layer has high emissivity in at least a portion of the thermal spectrum and an electromagnetic extinction coefficient of approximately zero, absorptivity of approximately zero, and high transmittance in at least a portion of the solar spectrum, and further include a reflective layer including one or more metals, where the reflective layer has high reflectivity in at least a portion of the solar spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKInventors: Nanfang Yu, Jyotirmoy Mandal, Adam Overvig, Norman Nan Shi, Meng Tian
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Publication number: 20210390428Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method, apparatus, device, and storage medium for training a model, relates to the technical fields of knowledge graph, natural language processing, and deep learning. The method may include: acquiring a first annotation data set, the first annotation data set including sample data and a annotation classification result corresponding to the sample data; training a preset initial classification model based on the first annotation data set to obtain an intermediate model; performing prediction on the sample data in the first annotation data set using the intermediate model to obtain a prediction classification result corresponding to the sample data; generating a second annotation data set based on the sample data, the corresponding annotation classification result, and the corresponding prediction classification result; and training the intermediate model based on the second annotation data set to obtain a classification model.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: December 16, 2021Applicant: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hongjian Shi, Wenbin Jiang, Xinwei Feng, Miao Yu, Huanyu Zhou, Meng Tian, Xueqian Wu, Xunchao Song
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Publication number: 20210390260Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method, apparatus, device, and storage medium for matching semantics, relates to the technical fields of knowledge graph, natural language processing, and deep learning. The method may include: acquiring a first text and a second text; acquiring language knowledge related to the first text and the second text; determining a target embedding vector based on the first text, the second text, and the language knowledge; and determining a semantic matching result of the first text and the second text, based on the target embedding vector.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: December 16, 2021Applicant: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hongjian SHI, Wenbin JIANG, Xinwei FENG, Miao YU, Huanyu ZHOU, Meng Tian, Xueqian Wu, Xunchao Song
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Publication number: 20210319335Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a question analysis method, a device, a knowledge base question answering system and an electronic equipment. The method includes: analyzing a question to obtain N linearized sequences, N being an integer greater than 1; converting the N linearized sequences into N network topology maps; separately calculating a semantic matching degree of each of the N network topology maps to the question; and selecting a network topology map having a highest semantic matching degree to the question as a query graph of the question from the N network topology maps. According to the technology of the present disclosure, the query graph of the question can be obtained more accurately, and the accuracy of the question to the query graph is improved, thereby improving the accuracy of question analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: Beijing Baidu Netcom Science and Technology Co., LtdInventors: Wenbin JIANG, Huanyu ZHOU, Meng TIAN, Ying LI, Xinwei FENG, Xunchao SONG, Pengcheng YUAN, Yajuan LYU, Yong ZHU
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Publication number: 20210255074Abstract: The present invention provides a degradable microbead comprising a polymer molecule crosslinked by a crosslinking agent, wherein the polymer molecule and/or the crosslinking agent comprises a sensitive chemical bond that is cleavable through a chemical and/or light treatment, thereby resulting in the degradation of the degradable microbead. The present invention also provides a method of separating a target protein from a sample. By using the degradation of the degradable microbead to replace an elution step in protein purification, it is possible to select a combination of target protein and affinity ligand with a stronger affinity, thereby improving the protein purification efficiency. The method is especially suitable for the high-throughput preparation of multiple protein samples, for example providing a protein sample for electron microscope observation or mass spectrometry measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Jianbin Wang, Hongwei Wang, Junlong Yin, Meng Tian
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Publication number: 20210209309Abstract: The disclosure discloses a semantics processing method, a semantics processing apparatus, an electronic device, and a medium, and relates to a field of knowledge graph technologies. The detailed implementation includes: determining a target semantic element rule matching a text to be parsed, and parsing the text to be parsed by employing the target semantic element rule to obtain a semantic element parsing result; generating a semantic tree based on the semantic element parsing result by employing a target structured rule associated with the target semantic element rule; and performing semantic understanding on the text to be parsed based on the semantic tree.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Meng Tian, Miao Yu, Wenbin Jiang, Xinwei Feng, Huanyu Zhou, Pengcheng Yuan, Xunchao Song, Xueqian Wu, Hongjian Shi
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Publication number: 20210191961Abstract: The present application discloses a method, an apparatus, a device, and a computer readable storage medium for determining a target content, the method includes: splitting an article paragraph determined according to search information into multiple sentences, and determining a relationship between the sentences according to attributes of the sentences; determining a sentence representation corresponding to each of the sentences according to the relationship between the sentences; and determining a target sentence according to the sentence representation of the sentence and the search information, and determining a target content according to the target sentence, so that the method, the apparatus, the device, and the computer readable storage medium provided by the present disclosure can analyze each of the sentences in combination with the relationship between the sentences, thereby determining a target content that more closely matches the search information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2021Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: Beijing Baidu Netcom Science Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xinwei FENG, Zhixing TIAN, Songtai DAI, Miao YU, Huanyu ZHOU, Meng TIAN, Xueqian WU, Xunchao SONG, Pengcheng YUAN
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Publication number: 20200271400Abstract: Devices for radiative cooling and optical waveguiding are provided, wherein the devices comprise a fabric including one or more fibers extending for a length in a longitudinal direction and a plurality of void structures positioned within each of the one or more fibers and extended over the length of each of the one or more fibers. Each of the plurality of void structures is configured to scatter at least a portion of an electromagnetic radiation received thereon to thereby radiatively cool the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKInventors: Nanfang Yu, Norman Shi, Meng Tian
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Patent number: 10712224Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting a change in at least one physical parameter of a target illuminated by electromagnetic radiation are disclosed herein. The system includes one or more optical fibers, an optical switch, and a photo detector. The optical fiber switch can transmit at least a portion of the electromagnetic radiation into the one or more optical fibers. The optical fibers can have a plurality of sensor nodes. The sensor nodes can induce an interaction between the change in the at least one physical parameter and the transmitted electromagnetic radiation to generate an optical signal. The photo detector can be connected to the one or more optical fibers and measure the optical signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKInventors: Nanfang Yu, Meng Tian
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Publication number: 20200025425Abstract: Systems and methods for radiative cooling and heating are provided. For example, systems for radiative cooling can include a top layer including one or more polymers, where the top layer has high emissivity in at least a portion of the thermal spectrum and an electromagnetic extinction coefficient of approximately zero, absorptivity of approximately zero, and high transmittance in at least a portion of the solar spectrum, and further include a reflective layer including one or more metals, where the reflective layer has high reflectivity in at least a portion of the solar spectrum.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKInventors: Nanfang Yu, Jyotirmoy Mandal, Adam Overvig, Norman Nan Shi, Meng Tian