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: 20210026380
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for controlling a flow rate of a gas including a flow restriction element configured to restrict a flow rate of a gas; a pressure regulator coupled to an inlet of the flow restriction element, wherein the pressure regulator is configured to control a pressure of the gas between the pressure regulator and the flow restriction element; a flow meter coupled to an outlet of the flow restriction element, wherein the flow meter is configured to measure the flow rate of the gas at an outlet of the flow restriction element; and a controller operatively coupled to the pressure regulator and the flow meter, wherein the controller is to receive a measurement of the flow rate by the flow meter, determine a pressure setting associated with a target flow rate, and cause the pressure regulator to have the pressure setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Ming Xu, Kenneth Le, Ashley M. Okada
  • Patent number: 10902218
    Abstract: A translation text output corresponding to a machine translation from a source text of a first language to a target text of a second language is received. The translation text output includes at least one sentence including at least one translation chunk. A first translation quality confidence estimate for the at least one sentence of the text and a second translation quality confidence estimate for the at least one translation chunk are received. A first translation confidence indicator for the at least one sentence and a second translation confidence indicator for the at least one translation chunk are displayed. The first translation confidence indicator is determined from among a plurality of different first translation confidence indicators based upon the first translation quality confidence estimate. The second translation confidence indicator is determined from among a plurality of different second translation confidence indicators based upon the second translation quality confidence estimate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jian-ming Xu, Fei Huang
  • Publication number: 20210006312
    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: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Hui Tong, Masayuki Hoshino, Ming Xu, Seigo Nakao, Daichi Imamura
  • Publication number: 20200403331
    Abstract: An electrical contact for extending through a hole in the printed circuit board in an insertion direction, includes a retention plate and a leg extending therefrom. The leg includes an insertion section and a deformation section. The deformation section includes a pair of opposite wide side faces in a first direction perpendicular to the insertion direction, and a pair of opposite narrow side faces in a second direction perpendicular to both the insertion direction and the first direction, and a cavity recessed from one wide side face in the first direction. The cavity forms a first end located closer to the insertion end of the leg in the insertion direction and equipped with a cone shape thereof, and a second end located opposite to the first end and closer to a rectangular retention section and equipped with an arc shape thereof. The cavity forms a trapezoidal cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: DE-MING XU, XIAO-BO DU, GUO-HUA ZHANG, ZI-QIANG ZHU
  • Publication number: 20200399525
    Abstract: A well cementing method is described for improving cementing quality by controlling the hydration heat of cement slurry. By controlling the degree and/or rate of hydration heat release from cement slurry, the method improves the hydration heat release during formation of cement with curing of cement slurry, improves the binding quality between the cement and the interfaces, and in turn improves the cementing quality at the open hole section and/or the overlap section. The cementing method improves cementing quality of oil and gas wells and reduces the risk of annular pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Shuoqiong Liu, Hua Zhang, Jianzhou Jin, Ming Xu, Yongjin Yu, Fengzhong Qi, Congfeng Qu, Hong Yue, Youcheng Zheng, Wei Li, Yong Ma, Youzhi Zheng, Zhao Huang, Jinping Yuan, Zhiwei Ding, Chongfeng Zhou, Chi Zhang, Zishuai Liu, Hongfei Ji, Yuchao Guo, Xiujian Xia, Yong Li, Jiyun Shen, Huiting Liu, Yusi Feng, Bin Lyu
  • Patent number: 10849912
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of enhancing the response of cancer cells in a mammal to treatment with an apoptosis inducing ligand, which method comprises contacting the cancer cells with an apoptosis inducing ligand in conjunction with an effective amount of a compound of the formula: (I), wherein R1-R14 are as described herein. Also disclosed is a method of inducing apoptosis in cancer cells in a mammal, comprising contacting the cancer cells with the compound described herein and also contacting the cancer cells with an apoptosis inducing ligand, whereby apoptosis is induced in the cancer cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Sayers, Alan David Brooks, Curtis J. Henrich, Poonam Tewary, James Brislin McMahon, Leslie Gunatilaka, Ya-Ming Xu, Kithsiri Wijeratne
  • Publication number: 20200367972
    Abstract: A display method and system for ultrasound-guided intervention. The method comprises: obtaining, via a probe, a data, wherein the data comprises at least a real-time ultrasound data and a real-time spatial orientation information of the probe; obtaining, by a processor, an ablation needle plan, wherein, the ablation needle plan comprises at least a probe marker for planning, a needle insertion path and a predicted ablation area corresponding to the needle insertion path, and the probe marker for planning is generated in a form that is able to indicate one side or multiple sides of the probe such that an orientation of the probe marker for planning represents a planned orientation of the probe; generating, by the processor, a guiding image for ultrasound-guided intervention according to the obtained data and the ablation needle plan; and displaying, by a display device, the guiding image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Yanhui ZHANG, Longfei CONG, Xiaoyan XIE, Ming XU, Guangliang HUANG, Xiaoer ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10844079
    Abstract: Provided is a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, enantiomer, diastereomer, tautomer, solvate, isotopic substituent, polymorph, prodrug, or metabolite thereof. Also provided is a method for preparing the compound of formula I. The compound of formula I has higher inhibitory activity against SHP2, and thus can be used to prevent or treat a disease related to SHP2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Etern Biopharma (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiangang Zheng, Ming Xu, Qinglong Zeng, Jing Li, Hao Zhuge
  • Publication number: 20200354396
    Abstract: A method for preparing tulathromycin, and two intermediate compounds shown in formula V and formula VI are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: WISDOM PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ping ZOU, LingLing CHU, XiaoLong QIU, Lin HU, ChengLiang ZHANG, XiangJun ZENG, ShaoHua GOU, ZhongPing WU, Wei SHEN, Jian FU, Ming XU, Ping WANG, XinGang ZHANG, GuangHao SHI, JunQiang WANG, Jun CHEN, Lei CAO
  • Patent number: 10833741
    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: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Hui Tong, Masayuki Hoshino, Ming Xu, Seigo Nakao, Daichi Imamura
  • Patent number: 10827097
    Abstract: A networked product imaging system includes devices that provide the production of imaged goods. Customer requirements are provided to a central computing device (CCD) that has two-way communication with a plurality of geographically separated 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 an image forming device from the plurality of geographically separated image forming devices for fulfilling the order, based upon factors that include the specification of the image forming device available, the image forming inventory and the blank product inventory available at the geographic location of the image forming device. The selected image forming device forms the image on the blank product at the remote location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Sawgrass Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ming Xu, Nathan Hale, Major Murphy
  • Patent number: 10827098
    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: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Sawgrass Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ming Xu, Nathan Hale, Major Murphy
  • Patent number: 10826639
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an orthogonal codes based code division multiplexing method of performing the code division multiplexing of demodulation reference signals in multiple layers of resource blocks by using orthogonal matrices, the method comprising: changing the order of chips in particular rows of a first orthogonal matrix to obtain a second orthogonal matrix with the changed order of chips; and multiplying the chips in respective rows of the second orthogonal matrix by the demodulation reference signals in corresponding layers of resource blocks correspondingly in the time direction to obtain code division multiplexing signals. The technical scheme of the present disclosure can improve the power jitter situation of downlink signals on the time, thereby the usage efficiency of the power amplifier at the base station side can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Zhi Zhang, Ming Xu, Masayuki Hoshino, Seigo Nakao, Daichi Imamura
  • Publication number: 20200329465
    Abstract: Method of scrambling signals, transmission point device, and user equipment using the method are provided. The method includes: sending an ID table to a user equipment through higher layer signaling, the ID table being a subset of the whole ID space and containing available IDs for the user equipment; notifying the user equipment an ID in the ID table to be used through physical layer signaling or UE specific higher layer signaling; generating a random seed based on the notified ID; initializing a scrambling sequence by the random seed; and scrambling the signals with the initialized scrambling sequence. The method of the disclosure, by combining physical layer signaling and higher layer signaling, may notify the used group ID and the blind detection space to a UE, wherein the blind detection for the UE is enabled and the signaling overhead is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Zhi Zhang, Ming Xu, Masayuki Hoshino, Daichi Imamura, Akihiko Nishio
  • Patent number: 10801955
    Abstract: A numerical characterization method for the dispersion state of carbon nanotubes based on fractal dimension is invented. In this method, a SEM image of the dispersion state of carbon nanotube is obtained first, and then is binarized by the ImageJ software to extract the boundary of individual carbon nanotubes or carbon nanotubes agglomerates, and thereby calculating the fractal dimension of the processed image with the assistance of the box-count algorithm. The value of fractal dimension represents quantitatively the abundant information contained in the dispersion state of carbon nanotubes, which is capable of realizing the numerical characterization of the dispersion state of carbon nanotubes. The invention quantifies the dispersion state of carbon nanotubes, and provides a powerful strategy for controlling, comparison and prediction of macro-properties of carbon nanotube based composites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ming Xu, Mengmeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200322107
    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: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Hui Tong, Masayuki Hoshino, Ming Xu, Daichi Imamura
  • Publication number: 20200317695
    Abstract: Provided is a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, enantiomer, diastereomer, tautomer, solvate, isotopic substituent, polymorph, prodrug, or metabolite thereof. Also provided is a method for preparing the compound of formula I. The compound of formula I has higher inhibitory activity against SHP2, and thus can be used to prevent or treat a disease related to SHP2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Qiangang Zheng, Ming Xu, Qinglong Zeng, Jing Li, Hao Zhuge
  • Publication number: 20200284360
    Abstract: A diaphragm valve includes an inlet port, an outlet port, and a valve seat proximate one of the inlet port or the outlet port. A diaphragm is positioned relative to the valve seat and has an open state wherein the diaphragm is spaced from the valve seat to enable a fluid path between the inlet port and the outlet port. The diaphragm has a closed state wherein the diaphragm is seated on the valve seat to block the fluid path. A coupling member is coupled between the diaphragm and a reciprocatable member and configured to maintain the diaphragm in the open state while the reciprocatable member is in the opened position. The coupling member may have a clearance gap relative to the reciprocatable member when the reciprocatable member is in the closed position. Other diaphragm valves and methods of operating diaphragm valves are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Kenneth Le, Balarabe Mohammed, Sohrab Zokaei, Ming Xu
  • Publication number: 20200249373
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a millimeter wave security inspection apparatus and a method for inspecting human or article. The apparatus includes: a door device including a first door and a second door arranged in a stacked mode and each made of a material allowing a millimeter wave to penetrate therethrough; a millimeter wave transceiver arranged between the first door and the second door and including an millimeter wave transceiving antenna array configured to transmit and receive a millimeter wave signal to and from an entrance side and an exit side of the door device; and a linear driver to which the millimeter wave transceiver is connected to be movable relative to the door device, so as to scan a first side of an object positioned at the entrance side and a second side of the object opposite to the first side positioned at the exit side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Ziran ZHAO, Yingkang JIN, Lingbo QIAO, Zhimin ZHENG, Ming XU, Xilei LUO
  • Patent number: 10736095
    Abstract: Method of scrambling signals, transmission point device, and user equipment using the method are provided. The method includes: sending an ID table to a user equipment through higher layer signaling, the ID table being a subset of the whole ID space and containing available IDs for the user equipment; notifying the user equipment an ID in the ID table to be used through physical layer signaling or UE specific higher layer signaling; generating a random seed based on the notified ID; initializing a scrambling sequence by the random seed; and scrambling the signals with the initialized scrambling sequence. The method of the disclosure, by combining physical layer signaling and higher layer signaling, may notify the used group ID and the blind detection space to a UE, wherein the blind detection for the UE is enabled and the signaling overhead is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Zhi Zhang, Ming Xu, Masayuki Hoshino, Daichi Imamura, Akihiko Nishio