Patents by Inventor Min Tan

Min 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).

  • Publication number: 20250078372
    Abstract: In an animation processing method, a first animation is displayed in a view interface. The first animation includes a first animation element having a first animation effect in the first animation. When a message that contains key content is displayed in the view interface during playback of the first animation, a second animation associated with the key content is displayed in the view interface. The second animation includes a second animation element. The first animation is updated when the second animation element interacts with the first animation element. The first animation element has a second animation effect in the updated first animation. Apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium counterpart embodiments are also contemplated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Min TAN, Qiuxiao LI
  • Publication number: 20240397651
    Abstract: The present application discloses a cover plate and a display screen, the cover plate includes a cover plate body, an ink portion, and a barrier portion. The cover plate body includes a display region and a frame region. The frame region surrounds the display region, and an infrared sensing hole sub-region is disposed on the frame region. The ink portion is disposed on a surface of the cover plate body and is located in the frame region. The ink portion includes a white ink layer covering infrared sensing hole sub-region. The barrier portion is disposed in the frame region and is located on a side of the infrared sensing hole sub-region away from display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Min TAN, Dongdong ZHANG, Kun PAN, Chuanhe JING
  • Patent number: 12071681
    Abstract: A method for smelting low-phosphorus high-manganese steel based on reduction dephosphorization of ferromanganese is provided in the present application, relating to the technical field of high-manganese steel smelting, where the dephosphorization of ferromanganese is carried out under reducing atmosphere conditions through mediate-frequency induction furnace to obtain molten ferromanganese with lower phosphorus content, which is subsequently mixed with low phosphorus molten steel obtained by smelting in oxidative period of electric arc furnace in LF ladle refining furnace to make the Mn content of steel reach the requirement of high-manganese steel, and smelting is carried out under the condition of reducing atmosphere by adjusting the composition and temperature of the molten steel to meet the requirements of the target composition of the steel grade before tapping the steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: North China University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Tao Li, Wei Liu, Chen Chen, Fucheng Zhang, Min Tan, Shaopeng Gu, Lin Zhang, Qian Meng, Degang Wei, Yuhan Sun, Guangbei Zhu, Aihua Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240265517
    Abstract: A green coffee bean identification method includes obtaining an image of a green coffee bean by an image capture device, wherein the image includes pixels; reading an average value weight, a standard deviation weight, and a threshold value corresponding to the origin or the variety of green coffee beans from a memory; extracting three primary color grayscale values for each pixel from the image; calculating the average values and the standard deviations corresponding to the green coffee bean according to the approximate normal distributions of the three primary color grayscale value distributions; and respectively multiplying the average value and the standard deviation by the average value weight and the standard deviation weight to be then added together to calculate the total scoring value, wherein when the total scoring value is less than (respectively larger than) the threshold value, the green coffee bean is identified as a qualified (respectively defective) bean.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Shu-Min Tan, Shih-Hsun Hung, Chih-Chiang Tsai
  • Publication number: 20240209339
    Abstract: The disclosure provides systems, compositions, kits, and methods useful for the targeted site-specific modifications of RNA molecules. Generally, the systems, compositions, kits, and methods described herein comprise a polypeptide or a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide. The polypeptide comprises a first domain comprising a catalytic domain of an RNA modifying enzyme and a second domain comprising a MID domain of an Argonaute (Ago) protein. The systems, compositions, kits, and methods can also comprise an oligonucleotide for targeting the polypeptide to a target RNA. A method for modifying a target RNA, comprises contacting the target RNA with a polypeptide or a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide and with an oligonucleotide described herein. Some exemplary modifications of the target RNA include, but are not limited to, site-specific deamination of an adenosine, deamination of a cytidine, methylation (e.g., methylation at position 6) of an adenosine, and demethylation of m6-adenosine in the target RNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Min TAN, Christopher BROWN, Vasant JADHAV
  • Publication number: 20240141462
    Abstract: A method for smelting low-phosphorus high-manganese steel based on reduction dephosphorization of ferromanganese is provided in the present application, relating to the technical field of high-manganese steel smelting, where the dephosphorization of ferromanganese is carried out under reducing atmosphere conditions through mediate-frequency induction furnace to obtain molten ferromanganese with lower phosphorus content, which is subsequently mixed with low phosphorus molten steel obtained by smelting in oxidative period of electric arc furnace in LF ladle refining furnace to make the Mn content of steel reach the requirement of high-manganese steel, and smelting is carried out under the condition of reducing atmosphere by adjusting the composition and temperature of the molten steel to meet the requirements of the target composition of the steel grade before tapping the steel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Tao LI, Wei LIU, Chen CHEN, Fucheng ZHANG, Min TAN, Shaopeng GU, Lin ZHANG, Qian MENG, Degang WEI, Yuhan SUN, Guangbei ZHU, Aihua ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20230416198
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for continuously and efficiently preparing taurine, including:(a) bringing an ethylene oxide with an alkali metal bisulfite into an addition reaction to obtain an alkali metal isethionate; (b) bringing the alkali metal isethionate with an ammonia into an ammonolysis reaction to obtain a solution containing alkali metal taurinate; and (c) inputting the solution containing alkali metal taurinate into at least one acid cation exchange resin column in activated state to obtain the taurine through an acidification treatment, followed by activating a portion of the at least one acid cation exchange resin column by a first activation manner using sulfurous acid and obtaining a solution containing alkali metal bisulfite, and activating another portion of the at least one acid cation exchange resin column by a second activation manner using sulfuric acid, wherein the first and second activation manner may be performed on a same acid cation exchange resin column alternatingly or
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: HUBEI GRAND LIFE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huajun SUN, Min TAN, Xiaojing YAN, Ruyong JIANG, Hongbo PENG, Jiale TANG, Chen GUO, Xingxing WANG, Zhiqiang QIAN
  • Patent number: 11840502
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for efficiently preparing taurine, including: a solution storage unit configured to store a solution containing alkali metal taurinate, the solution being prepared by an ethylene oxide process; an ion exchange unit including at least one ion exchange resin column each configured to be activated by a first activation manner or a second activation manner independently, the first activation manner using sulfurous acid for activation to obtain alkali metal bisulfate and taurine, and the second activation manner using sulfuric acid for activation to obtain alkali metal sulfate and taurine; and a dispensing unit connected to the solution storage unit and the ion exchange unit respectively, and configured to adjust an amount of a solution conveyed from the solution storage unit to each of the at least one ion exchange resin column in the ion exchange unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: HUBEI GRAND LIFE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huajun Sun, Min Tan, Xiaojing Yan, Ruyong Jiang, Hongbo Peng, Jiale Tang, Chen Guo, Xingxing Wang, Zhiqiang Qian
  • Publication number: 20230320351
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antibacterial and antiviral fabric includes a fabric substrate and an antimicrobial coating. The antimicrobial coating formed on the fabric substrate having an antimicrobial agent embedded or surface-adherent in a three dimensional porous network of nano-binder particles. The three dimensional porous network is formed by connecting the nano-binder particles to each other via van der Waals force or coulombic force. The antibacterial and antiviral fabric has an antimicrobial effect of at least 99% while maintaining physical properties comparable to an uncoated fabric. The present invention also provides an antibacterial and antiviral formulation and a method of preparing antibacterial and antiviral nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Wah Kit CHEUK, Shi Min TAN, Cheuk Ka POON, Chun Hay KO, Wing Man CHAN
  • Publication number: 20230203429
    Abstract: A Bipolaris yamadae (Y. Nisik.) shoemaker (HXDC-1-2), and a screening and identification method therefor and use thereof. The Bipolaris yamadae (Y Nisik.) strain (HXDC-1-2) is deposited in the China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center with the accession number CGMCC No. 17778. The Bipolaris yamadae (Y. Nisik.) strain (HXDC-1-2) is applied to biological weed control when the conidial concentration is 102 conidia/ml or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Sheng QIANG, Min TAN
  • Patent number: 11642538
    Abstract: A voltage converter for medical devices includes a switch capacitor converter core including a plurality of power transistor switches configured to receive an input voltage and output an output voltage; a switch driver connected with the switch capacitor converter core and configured to turn on corresponding power transistor switches in the switch capacitor converter core so as to supply power to a load receiving the output voltage; a switch signal router connected with the switch driver and configured to selectively transmit signals required by the switch driver; a gain selection decoder connected with the switch signal router; a gain controller connected with the gain selection decoder, the gain selection decoder being configured to decode gain selection instructions transmitted from the gain controller; an input adjusting device connected with the gain controller and configured to receive the input voltage and a reference voltage, to indicate relationship between the input voltage and the reference voltage
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Dongguan Bang Bang Tang Electronic Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Min Tan
  • Patent number: 11638830
    Abstract: A voltage converter for medical devices includes a switch capacitor converter core including a plurality of power transistor switches configured to receive an input voltage and output an output voltage; a switch driver connected with the switch capacitor converter core and configured to turn on corresponding power transistor switches in the switch capacitor converter core so as to supply power to a load receiving the output voltage; a switch signal router connected with the switch driver and configured to selectively transmit signals required by the switch driver; a gain selection decoder connected with the switch signal router; a gain controller connected with the gain selection decoder, the gain selection decoder being configured to decode gain selection instructions transmitted from the gain controller; an input adjusting device connected with the gain controller and configured to receive the input voltage and a reference voltage, to indicate relationship between the input voltage and the reference voltage
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Dongguan Bang Bang Tang Electronic Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Min Tan
  • Publication number: 20230015940
    Abstract: This application relates to a communication method based on a virtual role interaction interface, including: displaying a virtual role interaction interface of a virtual role interaction application, the virtual role interaction interface including a target virtual role identifier; displaying an instant session message triggering control on the virtual role interaction interface in response to a trigger operation on the target virtual role identifier; displaying a message input interface in response to a trigger operation on the instant session message triggering control; and transmitting, to an instant messaging user account corresponding to the target virtual role identifier after a session message is inputted in the message input interface, the session message used for displaying on an instant messaging application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Xiaolong ZHANG, Xiaorui HUANG, Yuan FANG, Bing LI, Jianqiu ZHENG, Huai ZHANG, Min TAN, Yuteng ZHONG, Yuan LAI, Xuan YE, Ye ZHANG, Kui HUANG, Ziqiang PENG
  • Publication number: 20220324793
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for efficiently preparing taurine, including: a solution storage unit configured to store a solution containing alkali metal taurinate, the solution being prepared by an ethylene oxide process; an ion exchange unit including at least one ion exchange resin column each configured to be activated by a first activation manner or a second activation manner independently, the first activation manner using sulfurous acid for activation to obtain alkali metal bisulfate and taurine, and the second activation manner using sulfuric acid for activation to obtain alkali metal sulfate and taurine; and a dispensing unit connected to the solution storage unit and the ion exchange unit respectively, and configured to adjust an amount of a solution conveyed from the solution storage unit to each of the at least one ion exchange resin column in the ion exchange unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: HUBEI GRAND LIFE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huajun SUN, Min TAN, Xiaojing YAN, Ruyong JIANG, Hongbo PENG, Jiale TANG, Chen GUO, Xingxing WANG, Zhiqiang QIAN
  • Patent number: 11429818
    Abstract: A multi-label object detection method based on an object detection network includes: selecting an image of an object to be detected as an input image; based on a trained object detection network, obtaining a class of the object to be detected, coordinates of a center of the object to be detected, and a length and a width of a detection rectangular box according to the input image; and outputting the class of the object to be detected, the coordinates of the center of the object to be detected, and the length and the width of the detection rectangular box. The method of the present invention can perform real-time and accurate object detection on different classes of objects with improved detection speed and accuracy, and can solve the problem of object overlapping and occlusion during the object detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Guodong Yang, Yunong Tian, En Li, Zize Liang, Min Tan, Fengshui Jing, Zishu Gao, Hao Wang, Yuansong Sun, Sixi Lu
  • Patent number: 11354358
    Abstract: A system and method for organizing and retrieving conditioned data is disclosed. The data retrieval application includes a criteria determination engine, an optimization engine and a retrieval engine. The criteria determination engine determines criteria set for a list of data elements. The optimization engine organizes the list of data elements into a directed acyclic graph embodying a skip list data structure and optimizes the constructed directed acyclic graph. The retrieval engine receives a query, determines the features of the query, queries the directed acyclic graph using the features and retrieves a node representing a user interface data based on the criteria set matching the features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Mervyn Yee-Min Tan
  • Patent number: 11300664
    Abstract: A LiDAR odometry method based on the directed geometric point and sparse frame includes: obtaining original three-dimensional point cloud data of a surrounding environment in the coordinate system of the current frame of the LiDAR sensor; constructing and converting the first directed geometric point set and first environmental directed geometric point set into the second directed geometric point set and second environmental directed geometric point set in the world coordinate system, respectively; calculating candidate associated points in the second environmental directed geometric point set in association with each point in the second directed geometric point set, and determining the best associated point of each point in the second directed geometric point set; constructing and solving a pose optimization function to obtain an optimized pose from the coordinate system of the current frame of the LiDAR sensor to the world coordinate system; and updating directed geometric point sets of sparse frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Beijing EnGo Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Cao, Zhonghui Li, Jinli Kang, Min Tan, Shuang Liang, Chengpeng Wang
  • Patent number: 11209843
    Abstract: A control method, system and device for a flexible carbon cantilever beam actuated by a smart material is provided. The new control method, system and device aims to solve the problems of control overflow and instability that are likely to occur in the distributed parameter system constructed in the prior art. The method includes: acquiring an elastic displacement of the flexible carbon cantilever beam in real time as input data; and obtaining, based on the input data, a control torque through a distributed parameter model constructed in advance, and performing vibration control on the flexible carbon cantilever beam. The new control method, system and device improves the control accuracy and stability of the distributed parameter system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Hongjun Yang, Min Tan, Zengguang Hou, Junzhi Yu, Long Cheng, Zhengxing Wu, Wei He, Zhijie Liu, Tairen Sun
  • Patent number: D953552
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen NearbyExpress Technology Development Company Limited
    Inventor: Xiang-Min Tan
  • Patent number: D975227
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventor: Min Tan