Patents by Inventor Minghui Zhang
Minghui 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).
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Publication number: 20240117256Abstract: An improved process for making a heavy base oil from a base oil feedstream comprising an atmospheric resid feedstock, and, optionally, a base oil feedstock, via hydroprocessing. The process generally involves subjecting a base oil feedstream comprising the atmospheric resid to hydrocracking and dewaxing steps, and optionally to hydrofinishing, to produce base oil product(s) including a heavy grade base oil product having a viscosity of at least about 12.7 cSt at 100° C. The invention is useful to make heavy grade base oil products, as well as Group II and/or Group III/III+ base oils.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.Inventors: Horacio TREVINO, Minghui ZHANG, Guan-Dao LEI, Luyen T. VO
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Publication number: 20240118367Abstract: A method, a system, an apparatus, and a computer program product for determining a location of a wireless device. One or more second wireless devices in a plurality of second wireless devices are configured for processing one or more communications exchanged with a first wireless device in a plurality of first wireless devices to determine a location of the first wireless device in an environment. One or more communications are processed using one or more second wireless devices. The location of the first wireless device in the environment is determined based on the processed one or more communications.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Minghui Zhao, Sai Roshan Ayyalasomayajula, Chi Zhang, Dinesh Bharadia, Aditya Arun, Tyler Chang
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Patent number: 11949978Abstract: This application discloses an image content removal method, and relates to the field of computer vision. The method includes: enabling a camera application; displaying a photographing preview interface of the camera application; obtaining a first preview picture and a first reference frame picture that are captured by a camera; determining a first object in the first preview picture as a to-be-removed object; and determining to-be-filled content in the first preview picture based on the first reference frame picture, where the to-be-filled content is image content that is of a second object and that is shielded by the first object in the first preview picture. The terminal generates a first restored picture based on the to-be-filled content and the first preview picture. In this way, image content that a user does not want in a picture or a video shot by the user can be removed.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Lei Wu, Xu Zhang, Minghui Yu, Yugang Chen, Muchun Chen
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Publication number: 20240105351Abstract: A method for measuring drop time of a control rod cluster integrated with a rod position measurement device is provided, wherein the method is used to measure the drop time of each control rod cluster, and includes: Si, monitoring a voltage Ua of coils in Group A to capture a rod cluster drop signal; S2, searching a point (tmax, Vmax) with a maximum drop speed or with a local maximum drop speed; S3, retroactively calculating, from tmax, an end of a time period T4 when the control rod cluster starts to drop; S4, retroactively searching, from a minimum value point of a drop reference signal DROPref, a start of the time period T4 when the drop reference signal DROPref drops from a maximum value to 33% thereof; and S5, determining, from tmax forward, a time point t6 when a drop speed of the control rod cluster is lower than 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NPRI)Inventors: Zhengke CHANG, Minghui ZHANG, Yuan HUANG, Ye TIAN, Shaohua XU, Xinxin LIU, Weijian ZHU, Yiming MA, Shengfeng XU, Bo CHAO, Ning TAO, Zihua YANG, Desong LANG, Qichao WANG
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Patent number: 11936192Abstract: A method of operating a vibrational energy harvesting system includes providing an energy harvester and an energy storage module. The energy storage module is coupled to the energy harvester to transfer energy to the energy storage module. The method also includes determining whether the energy transferred exceeds a predetermined threshold. The method further includes limiting the energy transferred to the energy storage module by a passive device when the energy transferred exceeds the predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Flex Ltd.Inventors: Yu Wang, Minghui Dai, Jiangsong Zhang, Xiao Sun
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Publication number: 20240084204Abstract: An improved process for making a bright stock base oil from a base oil feedstream comprising an atmospheric resid feedstock, and, optionally, a base oil feedstock, via hydroprocessing. The process generally involves subjecting a base oil feedstream comprising the atmospheric resid to hydrocracking and dewaxing steps, and optionally to hydrofinishing, to produce base oil product(s) including a bright stock grade base oil product having a viscosity of at least about 22 cSt at 100° C. The invention is useful to make heavy grade base oil products such as bright stock, as well as Group II and/or Group III/III+ base oils.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.Inventors: Horacio TREVINO, Minghui ZHANG, Guan-Dao LEI, Thomas Ralph FARRELL
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Publication number: 20240080163Abstract: This application provides a reference signal transmission method and transmission apparatus. The transmission method includes: obtaining, by a network device, reference information of a terminal device, where the reference information includes at least one of an identifier of the terminal device and scheduling information of the terminal device; determining, by the network device, a transmission parameter of a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) of the terminal device based on the reference information, where the transmission parameter includes at least one of a sequence of the PTRS and a frequency domain position of the PTRS; and transmitting, by the network device, the PTRS with the terminal device based on the transmission parameter. According to the reference signal transmission method and transmission apparatus provided in embodiments of this application, interference to the PTRS can be randomized.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Xi Zhang, Minghui Xu, Weimin Xiao
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Patent number: 11906827Abstract: Provided is a method for determining a light-leakage degree of a display panel, applicable to a light-leakage detecting device, wherein a display region of the display panel comprises a plurality of sub-regions, and the method includes: acquiring a brightness value of each of the sub-regions when a target color is displayed in the display region; and determining, in response to detecting that the plurality of sub-regions comprise at least one light-leakage sub-region, the light-leakage degree of the display panel based on an average of brightness values of the plurality of sub-regions and a brightness value of the light-leakage sub-region.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hanyan Sun, Minghui Zhang, Weitao Chen, Xiaopeng Cui
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Patent number: 11811290Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electric-machine housing, which effectively solves the technical problem in the prior art that electric machines have high NVH level. The electric-machine housing is circumferentially provided with a plurality of axial tunnels, and the tunnels are empty or are filled with a damping medium. The structure in which the tunnels are empty or the tunnels are filled with the damping medium can weaken the excitation to the electric-machine housing by the stator vibration, increase the damping coefficient of the electric-machine housing, weaken the transfer paths of vibration and noise, and reduce the amplitude of electromagnetic force waves, thereby inhibiting vibration and noise, to effectively reduce the overall NVH level.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: JING-JIN ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Ping Yu, Xinliang Ling, Baojiang Li, Haibin Wang, Minghui Zhang
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Publication number: 20230341547Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the field of underwater target detection, and in particular, to a method for detecting a moving target based on spatial slices of transformed spatio-temporal frequency space.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Shengchun PIAO, Yunjia SHI, Junyuan GUO, Minghui ZHANG
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Publication number: 20230203206Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of further processing of dairy products, and in particular to a preparation method of milk oligosaccharides, and milk oligosaccharide powder and food prepared thereby. The preparation method comprises the steps of: performing ultrafiltration of whey liquid for at least three times, subjecting the ultrafiltration permeate to nanofiltration concentration for several times, then subjecting the nanofiltration retentate to chromatographic separation and purification, collecting chromatographic collection liquid containing sialyllactose while removing the fraction containing lactose, subjecting the collection to desalination and drying to obtain oligosaccharide powder. The milk oligosaccharides prepared by the present method and the food product containing the same comprise basically bovine milk oligosaccharides, which are light yellow or white in color, light in flavor, uniform in size, and have good thermal stability and solubility.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Lijun Chen, Baoyu Yang, Minghui Zhang, Weicang Qiao, Junying Zhao, Jingyao Chen, Yanpin Liu, Jufeng Hu
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Publication number: 20230167022Abstract: A method of forming a multi-colored glass substrate comprises: irradiating a first region of a glass substrate with a first high energy source to form a first irradiated glass substrate; and subjecting the irradiated glass substrate to a first heat treatment to form a first heat treated glass substrate, wherein the first heat treated glass substrate comprises a second region having a different transmittance color coordinate in the CIELAB color space, as measured at an article thickness of 1.33 mm under F2 illumination and a 10° standard observer angle, than the first region.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Candy Elizabeth Card, Eileen Marie Fanning, Xiaoju Guo, Lina Ma, Lei Yuan, Minghui Zhang
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Publication number: 20230161186Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, an apparatus and a system for determining a light-leakage degree of a display panel, and a test fixture, and relates to the field of display technologies. When a light-leakage detection device detected that the plurality of sub-regions includes at least one light-leakage sub-region, the light-leakage detection device can determine a light-leakage degree of the display panel based on an average of brightness values of the plurality of sub-regions and a brightness value of the light-leakage sub-region. Compared with a way that an inspector manually determines a light-leakage degree, the light-leakage detection device can automatically determine the light-leakage degree of the display panel based on brightness values of the sub-regions by the method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, thereby effectively improving the reliability and accuracy of the light-leakage degree of the display panel as determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2021Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Hanyan SUN, Minghui ZHANG, Weitao CHEN, Xiaopeng CUI
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Patent number: 11656489Abstract: A mold frame includes a bottom frame, a side frame and at least one position-limiting structure. The bottom frame has an opening. The side frame is disposed on a periphery of the bottom frame. The at least one position-limiting structure is disposed on a first inner side wall of the side frame. The position-limiting structure has a first side wall that is in direct contact with the first inner side wall of the side frame, and a second side wall opposite to the first side wall. The second side wall includes two surfaces that are arranged along a thickness direction of the bottom frame, and the two surfaces are connected. At least one of the two surfaces is inclined with respect to the first side wall, and a first angle, facing the first side wall, between two planes where the two surfaces are located is an obtuse angle.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Hanyan Sun, Hui Zheng, Xiaohu Li, Minghui Zhang, Inho Park
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Publication number: 20230130661Abstract: A backlight module and a display apparatus are provided. The backlight module includes a backplane including a bottom wall and a side wall connected to define an accommodating portion; a light guide plate in the accommodating portion; an optical film on a side of the light guide plate away from the bottom wall; and a plastic frame including a retaining wall and a bearing portion, the retaining wall is arranged side by side with the side wall on a side of the side wall away from the light guide plate; the bearing portion is connected to the retaining wall on a side of the side wall and the optical film away from the bottom wall; the bearing portion includes a first surface away from the side wall and opposite to the retaining wall; at least a portion of the first surface protrudes towards a side close to the retaining wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Hanyan SUN, Minghui ZHANG, Hui ZHENG
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Patent number: 11585338Abstract: Provided are an elastomeric-hose-compressing part, a cartridge, and a roller assembly for a pump head of a peristaltic pump, and a pump head for a peristaltic pump. The elastomeric-hose-compressing part includes a surface for compressing the elastomeric hose which has an arcuate shape along its length direction, wherein the surface for compressing the elastomeric hose is provided with flanges oppositely arranged on two side portions of the elastomeric-hose-compressing part in the width direction, the width direction of the elastomeric-hose-compressing part is perpendicular to the length direction, and the surface for compressing the elastomeric hose is formed by a continuous surface or by a plurality of surfaces sequentially arranged along the length direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2022Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Baoding Lead Fluid Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yanfeng Zhang, Minghui Zhang, Penghao Li
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Patent number: 11507599Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, a computer program product and apparatus for processing transactions in a synchronized replication system, wherein the method comprises, at a source site in the synchronized replication system: serializing commits of transactions in the synchronized replication system so that only one of the transactions can be committed at the same time; in response to initiating the commit of the one transaction, generating a log for each of transactions that are ongoing in the synchronized replication system, so as to record impact of all operations of a respective transaction on the synchronized replication system; marking transactions for which the logs have been generated; and completing commits of the marked transactions.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLCInventors: Ning Xu, Alex Minghui Zhang, Brian Tianfang Xiong, Yuanyang Wu, Yifeng Lu
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Publication number: 20220325192Abstract: An improved process for making a base oil and for improving base oil yields by combining an atmospheric resid feedstock with a base oil feedstock and forming a base oil product via hydroprocessing. The process generally involves subjecting a base oil feedstream comprising the atmospheric resid to hydrocracking and dewaxing steps, and optionally to hydrofinishing, to produce a light and heavy grade base oil product. A process is also disclosed for making a base oil having a viscosity index of 120 or greater from a base oil feedstock having a viscosity index of about 100 or greater that includes a narrow cut-point range vacuum gas oil. The invention is useful to make Group II and/or Group III/III+ base oils, and, in particular, to increase the yield of a heavy base oil product relative to a light base oil product produced in the process.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Minghui ZHANG, Horacio TREVINO, Guan-Dao LEI, Thomas Ralph FARRELL, Vijay R. SAMPATH
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Publication number: 20220220956Abstract: Provided are an elastomeric-hose-compressing part, a cartridge, and a roller assembly for a pump head of a peristaltic pump, and a pump head for a peristaltic pump. The elastomeric-hose-compressing part includes a surface for compressing the elastomeric hose which has an arcuate shape along its length direction, wherein the surface for compressing the elastomeric hose is provided with flanges oppositely arranged on two side portions of the elastomeric-hose-compressing part in the width direction, the width direction of the elastomeric-hose-compressing part is perpendicular to the length direction, and the surface for compressing the elastomeric hose is formed by a continuous surface or by a plurality of surfaces sequentially arranged along the length direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Yanfeng ZHANG, Minghui ZHANG, Penghao LI
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Patent number: 11319945Abstract: Provided are an elastomeric-hose-compressing part, a cartridge, and a roller assembly for a pump head of a peristaltic pump, and a pump head for a peristaltic pump. The elastomeric-hose-compressing part includes a surface for compressing the elastomeric hose which has an arcuate shape along its length direction, wherein the surface for compressing the elastomeric hose is provided with flanges oppositely arranged on two side portions of the elastomeric-hose-compressing part in the width direction, the width direction of the elastomeric-hose-compressing part is perpendicular to the length direction, and the surface for compressing the elastomeric hose is formed by a continuous surface or by a plurality of surfaces sequentially arranged along the length direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Baoding Lead Fluid Technology Co., LtdInventors: Yanfeng Zhang, Minghui Zhang, Penghao Li