Patents by Inventor Ming Zhang

Ming Zhang 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).

  • Patent number: 11663955
    Abstract: A pixel circuit, a drive method, a display substrate, and a display device are provided. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting device, a current supply sub-circuit, and a time control sub-circuit. The current supply sub-circuit is connected to a scanning signal terminal, a data signal terminal, a light emitting control terminal, a first power voltage terminal, the time control sub-circuit, and the light emitting device, and is configured to receive a data voltage of the data signal terminal and provide a drive current for the light emitting device. The time control sub-circuit is connected to the scanning signal terminal, a time length signal terminal, a second power voltage terminal, a direct current control signal terminal, and a direct current voltage terminal, and is configured to receive a time length voltage of the time length signal terminal and a direct current voltage input by the direct current voltage terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ning Cong, Minghua Xuan, Can Zhang, Ming Yang, Can Wang, Angran Zhang, Hao Chen, Xiaochuan Chen
  • Patent number: 11663072
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a computing system, an update for a computer program executing on the computing system. The method further includes determining, by the computing system, a data structure that is affected by the update by checking a structure change information included in the update. The method further includes checking, by the computing system, instance-count of the data structure, the instance-count representing a number of instances of the data structure in a memory of the computing system. The method further includes based on a determination that the instance-count is zero, applying, by the computing system, the update to the computer program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gan Zhang, Le Chang, Ming Lei Zhang, Xing Xing Shen, Shan Gao, Guang Han Sui, Zeng Yu Peng
  • Patent number: 11663134
    Abstract: Techniques involve implementing a file system. According to such techniques, a storage system creates a plurality of files in advance, each of which maintains a continuous space to simplify the process of processing read/write requests in the file system. When there is data to be written, an appropriate pre-created file is selected. Further, according to such techniques, a file system address is mapped to a physical address using a memory management unit. In this way, the file system performance is improved greatly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Shuo Lv, Ming Zhang
  • Patent number: 11664945
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for indicating a channel in a wireless local area network WLAN. A sending station generates and sends a physical protocol data unit PPDU, the PPDU includes a preamble field and a data field, a high efficiency signal field HE-SIG-A of the preamble field includes a bandwidth identifier and a channel bonding identifier, and the channel bonding identifier is used to indicate whether a data transmission channel is continuous in a frequency domain. In the foregoing manner, a discontinuous channel in a frequency domain in a wireless local area network is indicated, an available channel for data transmission is improved, and a system throughput is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunbo Li, Yanchun Li, Le Liu, Jiayin Zhang, Ming Gan
  • Publication number: 20230160849
    Abstract: The present invention is related to engineered nucleic acid bases for use in molecular electronics, such as nanosensors, molecular-scale transistors, FET devices, molecular motors, logic and memory devices, and nanogap electronic measuring devices for the identification and/or sequencing of biopolymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Universal Sequencing Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Peiming Zhang, Predrag S. Krstic, Ming Lei
  • Patent number: 11653758
    Abstract: A hospital human resource information management file cabinet is provided, including a support base plate, a lower surface of which is fixedly connected to upper surfaces of three fan assemblies; left ends of the three fan assemblies are respectively connected to outer surfaces of three first conduits, and front ends of the three first conduits are in communication with back ends of three second conduits. The file cabinet speeds up air flow rate on surfaces of the files therein, prevents moisture causing damage to the files, reduces information loss, and continuously treats the moisture inside, which in turn guarantees the service life of the file cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: QingSong Wu, YingCong Zhang, Ming Ma, Can Xiang, Shi Chen, JianCai Wu, Yang Jin, Zheng Wang, Fei Luo, ZhiHui Wang
  • Publication number: 20230153211
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method for storage management, an electronic device, and a computer program product. According to an example implementation of the present disclosure, a method for storage management is provided, which comprises receiving an access request for target metadata from a user at a node among a plurality of nodes included in a data protection system, wherein the access request includes an identification of the target metadata; based on the identification, acquiring target access information corresponding to the identification from a set of access information for the user, wherein the target access information records information related to access to the target metadata; and if the target access information is acquired, determining the target metadata based on the target access information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Ming Zhang, Ruyao Zhang, Yuhong Nie, Wei Lin, Pengfei Wu
  • Patent number: 11646455
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode sheet which includes a positive-electrode current collector, a positive-electrode active material layer, and a coating layer arranged between the positive-electrode current collector and the positive-electrode active material layer. The coating layer includes a conductive agent and a copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Huang Tang, Ming Zhang, Hao Dong, Qifan Wu, De Lin
  • Publication number: 20230136095
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an injection head of a needleless syringe, needleless syringe body, and needleless syringe. The injection head includes a medicine barrel and a piston rod. The medicine barrel opens at a rear end and has an injection micropore at a front end. A piston of a piston rod is movable within a chamber in an front-rear direction, the piston and a sidewall and a front wall of the medicine barrel jointly define a medicine liquid receiving chamber. The piston rod is provided therein with a medicine liquid channel. The injection head and the vial can be mounted together on the needleless syringe body, the medicine liquid can flow via the medicine liquid channel into the medicine liquid chamber, and the piston rod can eject medicine liquid within the medicine liquid receiving chamber outside via the injection micropore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventor: Ming ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11641667
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems are provided for transmitting data. A method includes: sending a target random access preamble to a base station; receiving a target random access response that is sent by the base station based on the target random access preamble and carries repetition-number-indicating information; and transmitting, in accordance with a target transmission repetition number, the target uplink data to the base station during the random access procedure. The target transmission repetition number indicates a number of times the user equipment is configured to repeatedly transmit the target uplink data to the base station during the random access procedure. The target transmission repetition number is determined based on the repetition-number-indicating information and a target transmission block size. The target transmission block size is for the user equipment to transmit the target uplink data to the base station during the random access procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qin Mu, Ming Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230128416
    Abstract: In techniques for flushing data, based on a maturity level of a storage segment, the storage segment is inserted into a list to be flushed corresponding to the maturity level in a plurality of lists to be flushed, the plurality of lists to be flushed respectively correspond to different maturity levels, and the maturity level at least indicates a proportion of the number of data-written blocks to the total number of blocks of the storage segment; and the list to be flushed for the corresponding maturity level in the plurality of lists to be flushed is flushed to a disk array according to a descending order of the maturity levels. In this way, the bandwidth utilization of the disk array can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Qiaosheng Zhou, Ming Zhang, Chen Gong
  • Publication number: 20230129178
    Abstract: An elevator traction belt cleaning device and an elevator system. The elevator traction belt cleaning device includes: a set of slide rails installed to fixed positions in an elevator system; and a cleaning assembly having a cleaning opening for a traction belt to pass through, a sand removing member installed at the cleaning opening, and a set of slide blocks; in which the cleaning assembly is slidably installed between the set of slide rails through the set of slide blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Ming Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230128444
    Abstract: Described herein are bispecific proteins specific for BAFF and B7RP1, nucleic acids encoding such proteins, methods of making such proteins, and uses for such proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Hailing HSU, Ming ZHANG, Gunasekaran KANNAN, Frederick W. JACOBSEN, Wayne H. TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20230128137
    Abstract: A benzo five-membered cyclic compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof has a significant effect in inhibiting the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Hongjian WANG, Wenyuan QIAN, Ming ZHANG, Jian LI, Shuhui CHEN
  • Patent number: 11638293
    Abstract: A method for transmitting data includes: determining whether a length of cached data of user equipment (UE) is no less than a first preset threshold; in response to determining that the length of the cached data of the UE is no less than the first preset threshold, dividing, in a preset mode, the cached data into two groups of data; and uploading the two groups of data to a base station respectively through a mobile network and a wireless local area network (WLAN).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Hong, Ming Zhang
  • Patent number: 11632753
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for indicating information and interpreting information. A method of indicating information includes: generating a resource allocation informing format which includes a first informing format indicating that each of reserve statuses in a physical resource block (PRB) resource allocation field is configured for indicating a resource allocation scheme, or a second informing format indicating that one or more of the reserve statuses in the PRB resource allocation field is configured for indicating an early termination of uplink transmission while each of remaining reserve statuses is configured for indicating the resource allocation scheme; and sending the resource allocation informing format to UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qin Mu, Ming Zhang
  • Patent number: 11629908
    Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method for time shifting when a cold storage facility is cooled that includes determining a thermal model of a cold storage facility, obtaining an energy cost model that describes a schedule of variable energy costs over a predetermined period of time in the future, determining an operational schedule for at least a portion of a refrigeration system based on the thermal model, the energy cost model, and a maximum allowed temperature, and powering on the portion the refrigeration system based on the operational schedule, cooling, by the powered portion of the refrigeration system to a temperature below the maximum allowed temperature, reducing power usage of the powered portion of the refrigeration system based on the operational schedule, and permitting the facility to be warmed by ambient temperatures toward the maximum allowed temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Lineage Logistics, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander James Woolf, Elliott Gerard Wolf, Daniel Thomas Wintz, Jesse Scott Tootell, Bryan Thomas Kaye, Jesse Dylan Crossno, Alexander Ming Zhang, Gabriel Len West, John Richardson Crawford, Tiara Lee Flewelling
  • Publication number: 20230116599
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for recommending a protection strategy. The method includes obtaining contents of attributes of a plurality of data assets adjusted. The method further includes generating a plurality of vector representations for the plurality of data assets based on the contents of the attributes. The method further includes dividing the plurality of data assets into at least one category based on the plurality of vector representations. The method further includes if it is determined that a protection strategy for one data asset in the at least one category exists, determining the protection strategy as a recommended strategy for another data asset in the at least one category. By means of the method, a user can easily select a proper protection strategy and can effectively reuse existing strategies, thereby improving user experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Ren Wang, Qi Wang, Yun Zhang, Ming Zhang, Weiyang Liu
  • Patent number: 11625304
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, and system for updating a file index in a search engine in a data backup system to reflect file changes introduced in a new backup is disclosed. The operations comprise: generating a first external file, the first external file comprising file hashes for files already indexed in a file index in a search engine of a data backup storage system that are not associated with a deleted status; generating a second external file, the second external file comprising file hashes for files in a new backup; determining one or more file changes introduced in the new backup based on a comparison between the first external file and the second external file; and updating the file index in the search engine to reflect the one or more file changes introduced in the new backup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: James Morton, Lihui Su, Yubing Zhang, Ming Zhang, Yujun Liang
  • Publication number: 20230108538
    Abstract: The cooling systems and methods of the present disclosure involve modular fluid coolers and chillers configured for optimal power and water use based on environmental conditions and client requirements. The fluid coolers include wet media, a first fluid circuit for distributing fluid across wet media, an air to fluid heat exchanger, and an air to refrigerant heat exchanger. The chillers, which are fluidly coupled to the fluid coolers via pipe cages, include a second fluid circuit in fluid communication with the air to fluid heat exchanger and a refrigerant circuit in thermal communication with the second fluid circuit and in fluid communication with the air to refrigerant heat exchanger. Pipe cages are coupled together to allow for expansion of the cooling system when additional cooling capacity is needed. The fluid coolers and chillers are configured to selectively operate in wet or dry free cooling mode, partial free cooling mode, or mechanical cooling mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: INERTECH IP LLC
    Inventors: John Costakis, Ming Zhang, Earl Keisling, Ken Nguyen