Patents by Inventor Ming Qian

Ming Qian 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: 20220411435
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds according to Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, and R7 are defined herein. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I) as well as the use of such compounds as M4 receptor agonists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Amy CALHOUN, Xin CHEN, Kevin Matthew GARDINIER, Edward Charles HALL, Keith JENDZA, Nancy LABBE-GIGUERE, James NEEF, Daniel Steven PALACIOS, Ming QIAN, Michael David SHULTZ, Christopher G. THOMSON, Kate Yaping WANG, Fan YANG
  • Patent number: 11485742
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds according to Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, and R7 are defined herein. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I) as well as the use of such compounds as M4 receptor agonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Amy Calhoun, Xin Chen, Kevin Matthew Gardinier, Edward Charles Hall, Keith Jendza, Nancy Labbe-Giguere, James Neef, Daniel Steven Palacios, Ming Qian, Michael David Shultz, Christopher G. Thomson, Kate Yaping Wang, Fan Yang
  • Patent number: 11461977
    Abstract: In one aspect, a controller for engaging with augmented reality (AR) content and/or virtual reality (VR) content includes a housing and a wrist strap engageable with the housing. The controller also includes at least one reel engageable with the housing and the wrist strap to move the housing relative to the wrist strap while the wrist strap is worn by a person to simulate force indicated in the AR or VR content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: David Alexander Schwarz, John Weldon Nicholson, Ming Qian
  • Patent number: 11442618
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying a defined display region; receiving, on an off screen input device, user input; scaling, using a processor, the user input based on the defined display region; and displaying, on a display device, the scaled user input within the defined display region. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming Qian, Song Wang, Jian Li, Jianbang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11393170
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage comprises instructions executable by the at least one processor to determine an attention center that corresponds to at least a portion of a real-world environment and present, on a display, content at a display location determined based on the attention center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming Qian, Song Wang, Jun-Ki Min, Krishna C. Garikipati
  • Publication number: 20220223337
    Abstract: The present invention provides a capacitive voltage transformer, including: a capacitive voltage-dividing component and an electromagnetic unit. The capacitive voltage-dividing component comprises: one or more levels of stacks, and each stack is a coupling capacitor. The coupling capacitor includes: an upper cover plate, a lower cover plate, an insulating sleeve, a capacitor core, squirrel cage electrodes, volume matching devices, a high voltage lead, and a low voltage lead. The lowermost coupling capacitor is provided with a medium voltage lead and a lead terminal. The low voltage lead of the lowermost coupling capacitor is led out through a low-voltage leading-out tube arranged in the lead terminal, and the medium voltage lead of the lowermost coupling capacitor is led out through a medium-voltage leading-out post arranged in the lead terminal. The medium-voltage leading-out post passes through and out of the low-voltage leading-out tube and is arranged coaxially with the low-voltage leading-out tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Delin HU, Chun HU, Zhanbin WANG, Jie LI, Bing YIN, Ming QIAN
  • Patent number: 11301734
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, user command input comprising identification of an object; receiving, at an information handling device, image input comprising at least one object; determining, using a processor, whether the object in the user command input is associated with the at least one object in the image input; and responsive to determining that the object in the user command input is associated with the at least one object, performing a function based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming Qian, Song Wang, Jian Li
  • Patent number: 11281859
    Abstract: For determining structure from a language block, a processor determines phrase tags from phrase vectors for phrases of a language block. The phrase tags specify a phrase function. The processor further determines structure tags for the phrases from the language block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Song Wang, Roderick Echols, Ryan Charles Knudson, John Weldon Nicholson, Ming Qian
  • Patent number: 11253730
    Abstract: An ultrasound deep brain stimulation method and system, the ultrasound deep brain stimulation method comprises: medically imaging a head of an animal or a human being, to generate image data; creating a head 3D digital model according to the image data; creating a 3D digital model of an ultrasound transducer array according to structure, density and acoustic parameters information of the ultrasound transducer array; generating a first ultrasound transmitting sequence according to the head 3D digital model, the 3D digital model of the ultrasound transducer array, structure, density and acoustic parameters of the skull and brain tissues, and structure, density and acoustic parameters of the ultrasound transducer array; and controlling the ultrasound transducer array to transmit ultrasound waves in accordance with the first ultrasound transmitting sequence, to implement ultrasound deep brain stimulation to the brain nucleus to be stimulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: GREENVALLEY BRAINTECH (SHENZHEN) MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hairong Zheng, Lili Niu, Congzhi Wang, Ming Qian, Yang Xiao, Long Meng
  • Patent number: 11238865
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, audible user input; determining, subsequent to the receiving, an intonation with which the audible user input was provided; assigning, based on the determined intonation, an expressive meaning to the audible user input; and performing, based on the expressive meaning, a corresponding function. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Ming Qian, Song Wang, Ryan Charles Knudson, Roderick Echols
  • Patent number: 11238177
    Abstract: For multiuser information exchange management, a processor receives information permissions for a plurality of participants in an electronic forum. The information permissions include an audio permission, a video permission, a file share permission, a drawing permission, and/or a presentation permission for each participant. The processor provides forum information to each participant based on the information permissions. The audio permission is required to receive audio from the electronic forum. The video permission is required to receive video from the electronic forum. The file share permission is required to receive a file from the electronic forum. The drawing permission is required to receive a drawing from the electronic forum. The presentation permission is required to receive a presentation from the electronic forum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Song Wang, Jian Li, Ming Qian, Yang Wang
  • Patent number: 11201849
    Abstract: A device can include a processor; memory accessible to the processor; a microphone operatively coupled to the processor; a network interface operatively coupled to the processor; circuitry that parses audio signals received via the microphone for a name and a type of device; circuitry that analyzes network information associated with remote devices accessible via the network interface based at least in part on at least one of the name and the type of device to associate the name and the type of device with one of the remote devices; and circuitry that stores the name and the type of device to the memory in association with the one of the remote devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Earle Skinner, Aaron Michael Stewart, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Lincoln Penn Hancock, Song Wang, Ming Qian, John Weldon Nicholson, David Alexander Schwarz
  • Patent number: 11188808
    Abstract: A method for indicating a responding virtual assistant from one of a plurality of virtual assistants is disclosed. The method includes receiving a spoken query from a user of an electronic device. The method includes determining whether the spoken query addresses a particular one of a plurality of virtual assistants on the electronic device. The method includes polling a first set of the virtual assistants with the spoken query in response to the spoken query not addressing a particular one of the plurality of virtual assistants. The method further includes presenting a response to the spoken query with an indicator of a virtual assistant providing the response. An apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed, which perform the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Song Wang, Ming Qian, Russell Speight VanBlon, Yunming Wang
  • Patent number: 11178280
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: engaging, at an information handing device, in a conversational session with a user; receiving an input from a source other than the user during the conversational session; and performing, at the information handling device, an action related to the conversational input in response to the received input. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Daryl Cromer, Ming Qian, Song Wang, David Alexander Schwarz, Aaron Michael Stewart, Lincoln Penn Hancock, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Jeffrey E. Skinner
  • Patent number: 11132517
    Abstract: An approach is provided to use a first translation attribute that is received at a user interface from a user to automatically translate a document. The source document that is in a source natural language is translated to a target document that is in a target natural language by using a machine translator that utilizes the first translation attribute, such as adequacy or fluency. The target document is analyzed with the analysis resulting in a second translation attribute (e.g., either adequacy or fluency, whichever is different from the first translation attribute). The target (translated) document and the second translation attribute are then provided to the user, such as at the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming Qian, Song Wang, Jian Li, Jianbang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11099384
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for adjusting display settings of a head-mounted display. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to receive sensor data from one or more sensors operably connected to a head mounted display (“HMD”) unit while a user wears the HMD unit. The code is executable by the processor to determine a user's cognition level based on the sensor data. The code is executable by the processor to adjust one or more display settings of the HMD unit based on the determined cognition level for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Ming Qian, Joseph Vincent Nasti, David Alexander Schwarz, Song Wang
  • Patent number: 11094081
    Abstract: For searching virtual content information, a processor searches the virtual content information including a virtual object contour. The processor further retrieves an image based on the virtual content information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Song Wang, Jian Li, Ming Qian
  • Publication number: 20210248320
    Abstract: For determining structure from a language block, a processor determines phrase tags from phrase vectors for phrases of a language block. The phrase tags specify a phrase function. The processor further determines structure tags for the phrases from the language block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Song Wang, Roderick Echols, Ryan Charles Knudson, John Weldon Nicholson, Ming Qian
  • Patent number: 11087538
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes at least one processor, a camera accessible to the at least one processor, a display accessible to the at least one processor, and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive input from the camera and, based on the input from the camera, identify information related to a first real-world object. The instructions are also executable to, based on the identification of the information related to the first real-world object, present at least one augmented reality (AR) image on the display at a location of the display that does not obstruct a user's view of the first real-world object while the device is worn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming Qian, John Weldon Nicholson, Song Wang, Jatinder Kumar, David Alexander Schwarz
  • Patent number: 11056075
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for adjusting display settings of a head-mounted display. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to receive sensor data from one or more sensors operably connected to a head mounted display (“HMD”) unit while a user wears the HMD unit. The code is executable by the processor to determine a visual acuity of the user based on the sensor data. The code is executable by the processor to adjust one or more display settings of the HMD unit based on the determined visual acuity for the user. The one or more display settings may be adjusted to correct for impairments in the user's visual acuity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Joseph Vincent Nasti, Ming Qian, David Alexander Schwarz, Song Wang