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: 11967383
    Abstract: To increase the speed of programming of a multi-plane non-volatile memory, it is proposed to accelerate the programming of the last one or more data states for one or more slow planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ke Zhang, Ming Wang, Liang Li
  • Patent number: 11965845
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device and a method for measuring fluid saturation in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) on-line displacement, the method comprising: measuring a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) T2 spectrum under the dead volume filling of the on-line displacement system as displacing phase fluid and the core to be measured as saturated nuclear magnetic detection phase fluid to generate a calibrated T2 spectrum; measuring a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) T2 spectrum of a process in which the core to be measured is converted from a saturated displaced phase fluid into a displacing phase fluid to generate a displacement process T2 spectrum; generating the fluid saturation of the on-line displacement system in real time according to the generated calibrated T2 spectrum and the displacement process T2 spectrum. The present invention achieves the purpose of improving measurement precision of fluid saturation in the on-line displacement process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Northeast Petroleum University
    Inventors: Likuan Zhang, Xiaorong Luo, Jianzhao Yan, Yuhong Lei, Ming Cheng, Naigui Liu
  • Patent number: 11968691
    Abstract: A resource scheduling method for use in a base station, includes: receiving semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration information sent by a radio resource control (RRC) layer, the SPS configuration information including a period of SPS, the period of the SPS indicating a time interval between two adjacent scheduling subframes; determining a short transmission time interval (sTTI) resource activated in a target scheduling subframe according to the SPS configuration information and reference information; and providing an activation parameter to a physical layer according to the sTTI resource activated in the target scheduling subframe, such that the physical layer generates an activation notification containing the activation parameter for notifying a terminal of the sTTI resource activated in the target scheduling subframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang Liu, Ming Zhang
  • Patent number: 11966711
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a solution for translation verification and correction. According to the solution, a neural network is trained to determine an association degree among a group of words in a source or target language. The neural network can be used for translation verification and correction. According to the solution, a group of words in a source language and translations of the group of words in a target language are obtained. An association degree among the group of words and an association degree among the translations can be determined by using the trained neural network. Then, whether there is a wrong translation can be determined based on the association degrees. In some embodiments, corresponding methods, systems and computer program products are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Guang Ming Zhang, Xiaoyang Yang, Hong Wei Jia, Mo Chi Liu, Yun Wang
  • Publication number: 20240124470
    Abstract: A compound represented by general formula (I) or a stereoisomer, tautomer, deuterated substance, solvate, prodrug, metabolite, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or co-crystal thereof, an intermediate thereof and a preparation method therefor, as well as an application in preparation of a drug for treating diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Chen ZHANG, Ming LEI, Mingliang ZHAO, Yan YU, Pingming TANG, Guanglin WENG, Tao MOU, Yao LI, Jia NI, Pangke YAN
  • Publication number: 20240124227
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a whole-process automatic loading-and-unloading and logistics system, including an outer yarn preparation area, an inner yarn preparation area, a weaving area and an in-air conveying rail; the outer yarn preparation area is configured to have a carrier assembly, which delivers an outer yarn winding package to an outer yarn branch rail of a twisting machine in a twisting area via the out yarn main rail of the in-air conveying rail; in the inner yarn preparation area, the carrier assembly delivers an inner yarn winding package to an inner yarn branch rail of the twisting machine in the twisting area via the inner yarn main rail of the in-air conveying rail; in the twisting area, the carrier assembly delivers a yarn product to a yarn product donning rail in the weaving area via the yarn product main rail of the in-air conveying rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jian NIE, Pihua ZHANG, Ming ZHANG, Yanwei ZHANG, Lei WU, Yuchao YAN, Yongming LI, Longfei ZHANG, Qingqing LV, Huanian YANG
  • Publication number: 20240125011
    Abstract: A lifting system for inner yarn rails relates to the technical field of twisting and weaving equipment in factories, the system comprises an in-air conveying rail, and a carrier unit, wherein the in-air conveying rail is configured to convey the carrier unit, and the carrier unit is configured to carry a winding package; an inner yarn-carrier-lifting section is arranged on the in-air conveying rail, the inner yarn-carrier-lifting section is positioned on both sides of a twisting machine; when the inner yarn-carrier-lifting section rises, it communicates with the in-air conveying rail; when the inner yarn-carrier-lifting section descends, it approaches the position of a spindle bucket of the twisting machine. The winding packages delivered each time by one carrier unit can correspond to every spindle position of the twisting machine, dramatically improving the delivery efficiency of the winding packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jian NIE, Pihua ZHANG, Ming ZHANG, Yanwei ZHANG, Lei WU, Yuchao YAN, Yongming LI, Longfei ZHANG, Qingqing LV, Huanian YANG
  • Publication number: 20240125374
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of mechanical transmission technology, and proposes a non-orthogonal elliptical toroidal worm gear pair, including an involute cylindrical gear and an elliptical toroidal worm formed by a primary envelope of the involute cylindrical gear; both adopt spatial non-orthogonal transmission, and the shaft angle satisfies the self-locking condition and the restriction condition of minimum tooth top width; the toroidal generatrix of the elliptical toroidal worm is elliptical, which can increase the number of meshing teeth and the total length of instantaneous contact line. A non-orthogonal elliptical toroidal worm gear pair proposed in this invention has the characteristics of toroidal worm drive and can realize the whole facewidth of the gear to participate in the meshing drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Siying LING, Ming LING, Heng ZHANG, Fengtao WANG
  • Publication number: 20240125010
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a twisting machine for automatic donning, including an outer yarn branch rail arranged at the middle position of the twisting machine, wherein the outer yarn branch rail is positioned above the twisting machine, so as to successively drive the outer yarn carrier assembly to deliver the outer yarn winding package by suspending; further including an inner yarn branch rail arranged at the both sides of the twisting machine, the inner yarn branch rail is positioned above the twisting machine, so as to successively drive the inner yarn carrier assembly to deliver the inner yarn winding package by suspending. The forementioned structure enables the outer yarn winding package and the inner yarn winding package to be delivered high-efficiently in large scale by suspending and conveying, so as to largely reduce the labor intensity of operators and greatly improve production efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jian NIE, Pihua ZHANG, Ming ZHANG, Yanwei ZHANG, Lei WU, Yuchao YAN, Yongming LI, Longfei ZHANG, Qingqing LV, Huanian YANG
  • Publication number: 20240126715
    Abstract: A method for replacing at least one hardware assembly of a data processing apparatus includes managing, by a system management software, the data processing apparatus with a service processor and a plurality of hardware assemblies, obtaining, by the system management software, first system configuration data, first system vital product data (SVPD), and first server identity data of the data processing apparatus from the service processor or through the service processor, obtaining, by the system management software, second SVD and second server identity data of the data processing apparatus from the service processor or through the service processor, comparing, by the system management software, the first server identity data with the second server identity data, and configuring, by the system management software, the data processing apparatus based on the first system configuration data and the first SVPD according to a comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ming LEI, Fred Allison BOWER, III, Caihong ZHANG, Jihao ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240129950
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and a non-transitory computer storage media storing computer-useable instructions are provided to ensure quality of experience (QoE) for extended reality (XR) devices over WiFi networks. A WiFi connectivity device receives a pairing request from an XR device. The pairing request contains an XR identifier that indicates one or more service needs of the XR device and identifies a priority of the XR device for data rate and bandwidth assignment. A negotiating agent, which can reside in the XR device or the WiFi connectivity device, negotiates a channel selection for the XR device. The channel selection negotiated is based on the XR identifier. After negotiation is complete, the XR device pairs with the WiFi connectivity device and receives scheduled transmissions on the negotiated channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ming Shan Kwok, Wafik Abdelshahid, Lin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11960167
    Abstract: A backplane includes: a substrate including a circuit structure layer, a first reflective layer disposed on a bearing surface of the substrate, a plurality of light-emitting diode chips, and a plurality of optical structures. The first reflective layer includes a plurality of through holes spaced apart. A light-emitting diode chip in the plurality of light-emitting diode chips is located in one of the plurality of through holes. The plurality of light-emitting diode chips are electrically connected to the circuit structure layer. The circuit structure layer is configured to drive the plurality of light-emitting diode chips to emit light. An optical structure in the plurality of optical structures covers the light-emitting diode chip, a light incident surface of the optical structure is in contact with a light exit surface of the light-emitting diode chip, and a light exit surface of the optical structure is a curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: BOE MLED Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pei Li, Haiwei Sun, Ming Zhai, Lu Yu, Kangle Chang, Jinpeng Li, Pengjun Cao, Yutao Hao, Shubai Zhang, Shuo Wang, Pei Qin, Zewen Gao, Yali Zhang
  • Patent number: 11960942
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a plurality of lock sequences associated with a plurality of objects of the computing device. A plurality of matrices may be generated for each lock sequence of the plurality of lock sequences, thus defining a plurality of lock sequence matrix towers. The plurality of lock sequence matrix towers may be combined, thus defining a combined lock sequence matrix tower. One or more lock sequence conflicts may be identified within the plurality of lock sequences based upon, at least in part, the combined lock sequence matrix tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company, LLC
    Inventors: Ming Zhang, Lei Gao, Wai Chuen Yim
  • Patent number: 11958011
    Abstract: A separation device includes a membrane separation module (10), an adsorption module (20), and a gas intake module (30). The membrane separation module includes a first housing (110), and a membrane assembly (130) disposed in the first housing. The first housing has a first gas inlet (121), a first gas outlet (122), and a retentate gas outlet (123). The membrane module has a permeate gas outlet, the permeate gas outlet being in communication with the first gas outlet. The adsorption module has a second housing (210) and an adsorbent layer (230) disposed in it. The second housing is disposed on the first housing and has a second gas inlet (221), a second gas outlet (222), and a desorption gas outlet (223). The second gas inlet is in communication with the first gas outlet. The gas intake module has a third gas outlet (321) in communication with the first gas inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, DALIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM AND PETROCHEMICALS, CORP.
    Inventors: Shengzhong Zhang, Ying Zhang, Kai Qiao, Dequan Fan, Yanpeng Zhang, Ming Gao
  • Patent number: 11963279
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device including: a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a first conductive area on a first inner surface of the first portion and a third conductive area on a first outer surface of the first portion. The second portion includes one or more second conductive areas on a second outer surface of the second portion and a fourth conductive area on a second inner surface of the second portion, wherein the first portion is connected to the second portion. A circuit unit is disposed in a second space of the second portion, wherein the circuit unit is configured to enable an input/output unit of the circuit unit in response to the first conductive area and the second conductive areas are triggered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited
    Inventors: Ming Leung Vincent Tse, Anson Chan, Yuelin Wang, Chun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11963141
    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: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Zhi Zhang, Ming Xu, Masayuki Hoshino, Daichi Imamura, Akihiko Nishio
  • Publication number: 20240117147
    Abstract: A preparation method for a silver (Ag) and graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) co-modified zinc oxide (ZnO) nanocomposite material using a polymer network gel method includes: dispersing zinc oxide, bulk graphitic carbon nitride, and a soluble silver salt in water to obtain a first solution; adding glucose, a complexing agent, a polymer monomer, and a cross-linking agent into the first solution to obtain a second solution; performing a heating reaction on the second solution to obtain a three-dimensional network wet gel; drying the three-dimensional network wet gel to obtain a dry gel, and calcining the dry gel to obtain the Ag and g-C3N4 co-modified ZnO nanocomposite material. The preparation method has advantages of low cost, short period and simple steps; and the prepared nanocomposite material can be simultaneously applied to photocatalytic degradation of organic dye pollutants and photoexcitation detection of nitrogen dioxide gas at room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ming Xu, Han Li, Qiuping Zhang, Huan Yuan, Fei Yu, Man Song
  • Publication number: 20240116194
    Abstract: An integrated joint module includes a housing, a driving assembly, a speed reduction assembly, a braking assembly and an encoding assembly. The housing includes a first housing and a second housing, an annular supporting platform is arranged on an inner side of the first housing. The driving assembly includes an output shaft, a stator embedded in the annular supporting platform, and a rotor connected with the output shaft and arranged on an inner side of the stator, the speed reduction assembly and the braking assembly are connected with two ends of the output shaft. The encoding assembly is arranged on a side of the braking assembly away from the driving assembly and connected with the output shaft, the second housing is sleeved on the encoding assembly and connected with the first housing. The integrated joint module helps to simplify the structure of the joint module and reduce the cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: ZHONGBIN WANG, Yu Jiang, Yingbo Lei, Weizhi Ye, Lun Wang, Ming Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240116612
    Abstract: A pyram-shaped deep-sea pressure-resistance shell and a design method therefor. The shell comprises a conical shell, an annular combined shell, a cylindrical shell, a flange bolt, and a perforated thick plate; a bottom end of the conical shell is connected with a top end of the annular combined shell, the conical shell being in communication with an interior part of the annular combined shell; the perforated thick plate blocks the bottom end of the annular combined shell, the perforated thick plate and the annular combined shell being connected by means of multiple flange bolts; the cylindrical shell is disposed inside the annular combined shell, a lower end of the cylindrical shell being inserted in a gap between the annular combined shell and the perforated thick plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jian ZHANG, Xiaobin LIU, Chenyang DI, Ming ZHAN, Yongsheng LI, Tan ZHAO, Fang WANG, Wenxian TANG
  • Publication number: 20240116196
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a collaborative robot arm and a joint module. The joint module includes a housing, a driving assembly, and a multi-turn absolute encoder. The joint module detects the angular position of the output shaft and records a number of rotating revolutions of the output shaft only by means of the multi-turn absolute encoder. The multi-turn absolute encoder includes a base, a bearing, a rotating shaft, an encoding disk, and a circuit board, the encoding disk is rotatably connected with the base by the rotating shaft and the bearing, the circuit board is fixedly connected with the base, and the reading head on the circuit board detects the angular position of the output shaft cooperatively with the encoding disk, making the multi-turn absolute encoder be an integrated structure. The base and the rotating shaft are detachably connected with the housing and the output shaft respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Zhongbin Wang, Yu Jiang, Yingbo Lei, Weizhi Ye, Lun Wang, Ming Zhang