Patents by Inventor Ming Xu

Ming Xu 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: 20230107468
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an intelligent pet toilet. The intelligent pet toilet includes a main body; a door I is arranged on an outer wall of the main body; an inner wall of the door I is rotatably connected with a door II; a top outer wall of the main body is fixedly connected with a control panel; a cat litter storage chamber door is arranged on a top inner wall of the main body; a top of the inner wall of the main body is fixedly connected with a cat litter storage chamber; the inner wall of the main body is fixedly connected with a cat litter storage chamber motor; the inner wall of the main body is provided with a sensing device; the inner wall of the main body is fixedly connected with a pedal. The intelligent pet toilet is flushable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Pet Life (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yazhou Wang, Ming Xu, Yuefu Wang, Shuqiao Zhou, Xiaolv Tang, Xiaohui Wang, Zhaopu Sun, Xiaoling Qiu
  • Patent number: 11618844
    Abstract: The invention provides a high temperature resistant Portland cement slurry and a production method thereof. The high temperature resistant Portland cement slurry comprises the following components by weight: 100 parts of an oil well Portland cement, 60-85 parts of a high temperature reinforcing material, 68-80 parts of fresh water, 1-200 parts of a density adjuster, 0.1-1.5 parts of a suspension stabilizer, 0.8-1.5 parts of a dispersant, 3-4 parts of a fluid loss agent, 0-3 parts of a retarder and 0.2-0.8 part of a defoamer. The high temperature resistant Portland cement slurry has a good sedimentation stability at normal temperature, and develops strength rapidly at a low temperature. The compressive strength is up to 40 MPa or more at a high temperature of 350° C., and the long-term high-temperature compressive strength develops stably without degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignees: CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, CNPC ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY R&D COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hua Zhang, Jianzhou Jin, Shuoqiong Liu, Fengzhong Qi, Yongjin Yu, Ming Xu, Jinping Yuan, Zhiwei Ding, Chongfeng Zhou, Chi Zhang, Zishuai Liu, Yusi Feng, Yuchao Guo
  • Publication number: 20230096976
    Abstract: A Method of scrambling reference signals, device and user equipment using the method are provided. In the method, a plurality of layers of reference signals assigned on predetermined radio resource of a plurality of layers of resource blocks with the same time and frequency resources are scrambled, the method comprising: an orthogonalizing step of multiplying each layer of reference signal selectively by one of a plurality of orthogonal cover codes (OCCs) with the same length wherein the OCC multiplied to a first layer of reference signal can be configured as different from those multiplied to other layers of reference signals; and a scrambling step of multiplying all of symbols obtained from the OCC multiplied to each of the other layers of reference signals by a symbol-common scrambling sequence wherein the symbol-common scrambling sequences can be different from each other for reference signals multiplied by the same OCC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Hui TONG, Masayuki HOSHINO, Ming XU, Daichi IMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230092986
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a display and an optical sensor formed underneath the display. A pixel removal region on the display may at least partially overlap with the sensor. The pixel removal region may include a plurality of non-pixel regions each of which is devoid of thin-film transistors. The plurality of non-pixel regions is configured to increase the transmittance of light through the display to the sensor. In addition to removing thin-film transistors in the pixel removal region, additional layers in the display stack-up may be removed. In particular, a cathode layer, polyimide layer, and/or substrate in the display stack-up may be patterned to have an opening in the pixel removal region. A polarizer may be bleached in the pixel removal region for additional transmittance gains. The cathode layer may be removed using laser ablation with a spot laser or blanket illumination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Warren S. Rieutort-Louis, Meng-Huan Ho, Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari, Chih Jen Yang, Chin Wei Hsu, Jae Won Choi, Jean-Pierre S. Guillou, Ming Xu, Rui Liu, Yi Qiao, Yu-Wen Liu, Yuchi Che, Yue Cui
  • Publication number: 20230084236
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of generating codebook in a wireless communication system with multiple antenna arrays, as well as a wireless communication system, base station and terminal using the codebook for communication. The method comprises steps of: providing a basic codebook which contains multiple pre-coding matrices; and assigning phase offsets to certain pre-coding matrices in the basic codebook to form a codebook with phase offset. The feedback overhead from a client to a base station side is reduced and a good precision of feedback for multi-antenna array is kept by applying the method of generating codebook and using the generated codebook in the wireless communication system, base station and terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hui Tong, Masayuki Hoshino, Ming Xu, Seigo Nakao, Daichi Imamura
  • Patent number: 11577536
    Abstract: An image is formed on a transfer medium comprising a hydrophilic tackifier. Any portion of the image that is dimensionally insufficient to permanently adhere the image to the receiver substrate is determined, and a colorless liquid ink comprising water is applied to cover and surround the portion of the image that is dimensionally insufficient to permanently adhere the image to the receiver substrate. When heat is applied to the image to transfer the image layer to a receiver substrate, water in the image layer swells the image layer and the hydrophilic tackifier becomes sufficiently tacky to permanently adhere the image to the receiver substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventors: Ming Xu, Dimple Patel, Alexander Tokarev
  • Patent number: 11576382
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, wherein J is and R1a, R1b, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R14, R15, R16, Q and X are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Ming Xu, George Philip Lahm, Jeffrey Keith Long
  • Publication number: 20230033689
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a communication method, base station and user equipment for configuring a parameter table in a wireless communication system including a base station and a user equipment, the communication method comprising: defining at both the base station and the user equipment a parameter table which includes whole entries of a legacy parameter table and extended entries; and transmitting from the base station to the user equipment a bitmap indication which indicates a sub-table selected from the parameter table, wherein the number of the entries in the sub-table is the same as in the legacy parameter table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Lilei WANG, Ming XU, Masayuki HOSHINO, Akihiko NISHIO
  • Patent number: 11567311
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a display and an optical sensor formed underneath the display. The electronic device may include a plurality of transparent windows that overlap the optical sensor. Each transparent window may be devoid of thin-film transistors and other display components. The plurality of transparent windows is configured to increase the transmittance of light through the display to the sensor. The transparent windows may have non-periodic portions to mitigate diffraction artifacts in light that passes through the display to the optical sensor. The transparent windows may be shifted by a random amount in a random direction relative to a grid defining point and/or may be randomly rotated to increase the non-periodicity. A transparency gradient may be formed between the transparent windows and the surrounding opaque portion of the display. The transparent windows may be defined by non-linear edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Qiao, Jean-Pierre S. Guillou, Ming Xu, Yue Cui
  • Patent number: 11563540
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver, in operation, receives from a neighboring cell a reference signal mapped to at least one first resource element. No signal is received from a serving cell on the at least one first resource element. The transmitter, in operation, transmits to a base station measurement information obtained based on the reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Hui Tong, Ming Xu, Masayuki Hoshino, Daichi Imamura
  • Patent number: 11552759
    Abstract: A Method of scrambling reference signals, device and user equipment using the method are provided. In the method, a plurality of layers of reference signals assigned on predetermined radio resource of a plurality of layers of resource blocks with the same time and frequency resources are scrambled, the method comprising: an orthogonalizing step of multiplying each layer of reference signal selectively by one of a plurality of orthogonal cover codes (OCCs) with the same length wherein the OCC multiplied to a first layer of reference signal can be configured as different from those multiplied to other layers of reference signals; and a scrambling step of multiplying all of symbols obtained from the OCC multiplied to each of the other layers of reference signals by a symbol-common scrambling sequence wherein the symbol-common scrambling sequences can be different from each other for reference signals multiplied by the same OCC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Hui Tong, Masayuki Hoshino, Ming Xu, Daichi Imamura
  • Patent number: 11528065
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of generating codebook in a wireless communication system with multiple antenna arrays, as well as a wireless communication system, base station and terminal using the codebook for communication. The method comprises steps of: providing a basic codebook which contains multiple pre-coding matrices; and assigning phase offsets to certain pre-coding matrices in the basic codebook to form a codebook with phase offset. The feedback overhead from a client to a base station side is reduced and a good precision of feedback for multi-antenna array is kept by applying the method of generating codebook and using the generated codebook in the wireless communication system, base station and terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hui Tong, Masayuki Hoshino, Ming Xu, Seigo Nakao, Daichi Imamura
  • Publication number: 20220388055
    Abstract: The steel cord cut end preparation device comprises a set of clamps for clamping a length of steel cord, a rotating driving unit for driving the clamped length of steel cord to be over-twisted and at least one cutter for cutting the steel cord at the over-twisted portion to make a cut end of steel cord, the steel cord cut end preparation device further comprises a heating unit for heating the clamped length of steel cord and a controller for controlling the heating unit and the rotating driving unit, so that the clamped length of steel cord is heated during, before or after it is over-twisted. By using this device, the steel cord welding success ratio is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: NV BEKAERT SA
    Inventors: Lingfeng ZOU, Guoqing HUANG, Ming XU, Junhu LIU
  • Publication number: 20220386574
    Abstract: Transgenic non-human animal models for cellular senescence are provided herein, as are methods and materials for making and using the transgenic non-human animal models. For example, a p21-Cre mouse model for cellular senescence is provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: James L. Kirkland, Ming Xu, Tamar Tchkonia
  • Patent number: 11520358
    Abstract: Gas distribution apparatus to provide uniform flows of gases from a single source to multiple processing chambers are described. A regulator is positioned at an upstream end of a shared volume having a plurality of downstream ends. A flow controller is positioned at each downstream end of the shared volume, the flow controller comprising an orifice and a fast pulsing valve. Methods of using the gas distribution apparatus and calibrating the flow controllers are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Rice, Joseph AuBuchon, Sanjeev Baluja, Ashley M. Okada, Alexander Fernandez, Ming Xu, Marcel E. Josephson, Sushant Suresh Koshti, Kenneth Le, Kevin M. Brashear
  • Patent number: 11503584
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a communication method, base station and user equipment for configuring a parameter table in a wireless communication system including a base station and a user equipment, the communication method comprising: defining at both the base station and the user equipment a parameter table which includes whole entries of a legacy parameter table and extended entries; and transmitting from the base station to the user equipment a bitmap indication which indicates a sub-table selected from the parameter table, wherein the number of the entries in the sub-table is the same as in the legacy parameter table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Lilei Wang, Ming Xu, Masayuki Hoshino, Akihiko Nishio
  • Patent number: 11503187
    Abstract: A networked product imaging system includes devices that provide the production of imaged goods. Sellers are easily integrated into the network with minimal or no inventory requirements. Customer requirements are provided to a central computing device (CCD) that has two-way communication with a plurality of geographically separated product image forming devices. The central computing device determines specifications for forming the image on the blank product in accordance with the customer's order. The central computing device selects a product image forming device from the plurality of geographically separated product forming devices for fulfilling the order, based upon factors that include the specification of the product image forming device available, the product image forming inventory and the blank product inventory available at the geographic location of the product image forming device. The selected product image forming device forms the image on the blank product at the remote location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventors: Ming Xu, Nathan Hale, Major Murphy
  • Publication number: 20220357187
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a sensor assembly, methods of manufacturing the same, and methods of using the same. In one embodiment, a sensor assembly comprises a substrate comprising an outer region, an inner region, and a middle region positioned between the outer region and the inner region, the substrate further comprising electrical contact pads on at least the inner region. The sensor assembly further comprises a housing coupled to the substrate at the outer region or at the middle region to form a hermetic seal. The sensor assembly further comprises a sensor device coupled to the substrate, via the electrical contact pads, at the inner region. In certain embodiments, the sensor assembly further comprises a conformal coating deposited on at least a portion of the sensor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Srikanth Krishnamurthy, Ming Xu, Ashley M. Okada, Ramachandra Murthy Gunturi, Vijay Parkhe
  • Publication number: 20220344584
    Abstract: A superlattice phase-change thin film with a low density change, a phase-change memory and a preparation method. The superlattice phase-change thin film includes first phase-change layers (7) and second phase-change layers (8) that are alternately stacked to form a periodic structure; during crystallization, the first phase-change layer (7) has a conventional positive density change, and the second phase-change layer (8) has an abnormal negative density change, therefore, the abnormal density reduction and volume increase of the second phase-change layer (8) during crystallization can be used to offset the volume reduction of the first phase-change layer (7) during crystallization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xiaomin CHENG, Jinlong FENG, Ming XU, Meng XU, Xiangshui MIAO
  • Patent number: 11472655
    Abstract: In an example, a retainer may include a transition arm having a lift tab. The retainer may further include a pinch arm pivotably or movably engaged with the transition arm. The pinch arm may be movable between an engaged position and a stowed position, and may have a pinching member disposed on a pinching end of the pinch arm. Further, the transition arm may move the pinch arm form the engaged position to the stowed position upon the lift tab being moved about a retainer pivot point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Xiaoxi Huang, De-Ming Xu