Patents by Inventor Mingming Sun
Mingming Sun 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: 20260022297Abstract: A phage and its use in compensating soil nitrogen fixation: Klebsiella pneumoniae phage ?YSZKA, wherein the method has solved some problems of conventional azotobacters, such as high cost, interspecific competition and limited range of application. Through phage transplantation, the efficiency of microbial nitrogen fixation in soil can be improved, and thus, more nitrogen sources may be provided for the nitrogen cycle and plant growth in ecosystems. Also, a new solution is provided for the nitrogen sequestration process of soil in saline-alkali lands, tea plantations and pesticide-polluted sites in China.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2025Publication date: January 22, 2026Inventors: Mingming SUN, Wen ZHANG, Shuyue LIU, Mao YE, Yunling WU, Shimao WU, Yaru WU, Tianjing YU, Feng HU
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Patent number: 12445566Abstract: Provided are a method, apparatus and device for realizing shutter synchronization of a camera. The camera may include a plurality of sensors; the shutter types of the plurality of sensors are different; the method may include: acquiring a periodic synchronization reference signal and a synchronization signal corresponding to each sensor; and adjusting, with the synchronization reference signal as a reference, synchronization signal delays and/or exposure delays of the plurality of sensors to align the exposure areas corresponding to the plurality of sensors.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 14, 2025Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVIEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Mingming Sun
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Patent number: 12400418Abstract: An image segmentation method includes: obtaining an image to be segmented containing a target object; performing at least one image feature fusion processing on associated feature points based on the image to be segmented, and extracting global feature information during each image feature fusion processing, wherein the associated feature points are at least two feature points having a location association relation; and determining, based on the global feature information extracted, a segmentation mask for the target object.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2022Date of Patent: August 26, 2025Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jingyi Yang, Tan Yu, Mingming Sun, Ping Li
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Publication number: 20250259289Abstract: This invention disclosed a full-space intelligent detection method and system for underground drainage networks, as well as storage media, including the following steps: image acquisition, intelligent image denoising, internal pipe defect segmentation, concealed defect detection around the pipe, 3D reconstruction with volume quantification, and pipeline life prediction. This invention introduced a bionic four-wheel-drive, all-terrain detection robot that can effectively navigate through mud and flowing water-challenges that hinder traditional detection devices. By leveraging deep learning algorithms as well as various techniques of computing vision, 3D reconstruction, and point cloud processing, the system thoroughly analyzed collected data to determine defect types and precise locations. Utilizing this analysis, precise location of different defect type and quantitative measurement of their dimensions can be realized.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2024Publication date: August 14, 2025Inventors: Hongyuan FANG, Niannian WANG, Duo MA, Bin SUN, Danyang DI, Bin LI, Mingming SUN, Jianwei LEI
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Publication number: 20250095250Abstract: A method is provided that includes: obtaining a reference image and a description text; extracting a text feature of the description text; and performing the following operations based on a pre-trained diffusion model to generate a target image: in each time step of the diffusion model: calculating a first cross-attention feature of a first image feature and the text feature; obtaining a second cross-attention feature of a second image feature of the reference image and the text feature; editing the first cross-attention feature based on the second cross-attention feature to obtain a third cross-attention feature; and generating a result image feature of the time step based on the third cross-attention feature and the text feature; and decoding a result image feature of a last time step to generate the target image.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Haoran WANG, Zeke XIE, Yunfeng CAI, Mingming SUN
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Publication number: 20240411979Abstract: A method, apparatus, device, and medium for determining the similarity of text processing tasks is provided. The method includes: determining a first task, a second task, and a neural network, the neural network includes a plurality of network modules and a plurality of importance coefficients corresponding to the plurality of network modules, and the importance coefficients are used to scale output values of a corresponding network module; respectively performing a target operation using the first task and the second task as a target task to obtain an embedding feature of the first task and an embedding feature of the second task; and determining the task similarity between the first task and the second task based on the embedding features. The target operation includes: training using text samples and obtaining a plurality of trained importance coefficients; and determining an embedding feature of the target task based on trained importance coefficients.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Inventors: Minlong PENG, Mingming SUN, Yabing SHI
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Patent number: 12065378Abstract: A method for preparing low-background cement includes: uniformly mixing a seed crystal of cement, C4AF whiskers, and high-magnesium raw material to yield a first mixture, calcining the first mixture at 1400-1500° C., to yield a low-background clinker, the first mixture including 1.0-5.0 wt. % of the seed crystal of cement, 1.0-5.0 wt. % of the C4AF whiskers, and the balance is the high-magnesium raw material; and grinding a second mixture of the low-background clinker and gypsum, to yield low-background cement. The seed crystal of cement is a high-magnesium and low hydration heat clinker, has a specific activity of Ra-226 radioactive nuclides within 50 Bq/kg, and the MgO content of the clinker is between 4.0 wt. % and 5.0 wt. %, with 50 wt. %?C3S?55.0 wt. %; and the high-magnesium raw material has a MgO content between 2.5 wt. % and 3.0 wt. %.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2023Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: CHINA BUILDING MATERIALS ACADEMY CO., LTD.Inventors: Wen Huang, Yang Yu, Min Wang, Zhaijun Wen, Tingting Bao, Guang Yao, Xin Shen, Yun Liu, Jing Wang, Xianbin Wang, Zhongcheng Ma, Xianshu Gao, Kunyue Zhang, Guanbao Tang, Suihua Guo, Mingming Sun, Ao Liu
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Publication number: 20240244155Abstract: Provided are a method, apparatus and device for realizing shutter synchronization of a camera. The camera may include a plurality of sensors; the shutter types of the plurality of sensors are different; the method may include: acquiring a periodic synchronization reference signal and a synchronization signal corresponding to each sensor; and adjusting, with the synchronization reference signal as a reference, synchronization signal delays and/or exposure delays of the plurality of sensors to align the exposure areas corresponding to the plurality of sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2021Publication date: July 18, 2024Inventor: Mingming SUN
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Patent number: 11977589Abstract: An information search method is provided. The method includes: searching for webpages related to a search request through a search engine; extracting respective texts related to the search request from respective webpages and splicing the texts to obtain a spliced text; obtaining a text segment from the spliced text; and sending the obtained text segment to the search engine, to display the obtained text segment in an information search result through the search engine. The present disclosure can bring great advantages to the search engine in terms of user experience and interaction, and can satisfy user requirements for a function of an intelligent question and answer. Through present disclosure, it is beneficial to directly presenting a short text with higher relevance to the search request to the user, thereby saving time in screening information for the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Miao Fan, Jinxing Yu, Zehao Dou, Mingming Sun, Ping Li, Haifeng Wang
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Patent number: 11947552Abstract: A method for discovering causality from data includes acquiring to-be-processed data, and obtaining a covariance matrix of the to-be-processed data; determining a first target column in the covariance matrix, taking the number of columns of the first target column as a first place in a rearrangement sequence, and obtaining a first upper triangular matrix according to the first target column; determining a position of the number of columns of the covariance matrix other than the first target column except the first place in the rearrangement sequence according to the first target column and the first upper triangular matrix, and obtaining an upper triangular matrix in each position determination; obtaining an adjacency matrix according to an upper triangular matrix and a rearrangement sequence obtained in final position determination; and generating directed acyclic graph (DAG) by using the adjacency matrix, and taking the DAG as causality discovery result of the to-be-processed data.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Xu Li, Yunfeng Cai, Mingming Sun, Ping Li
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Patent number: 11933835Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of fault location of distributed energy resources connected flexible DC distribution network, and disclosed a fault location method, system and application of bipolar short-circuit of two-level VSC-type photovoltaic-connected flexible DC distribution network, wherein, directions of positive currents of DC feeders during fault are used to locate a fault section; a bipolar short-circuit distance measurement model covering interactions and responses of systems is established according to equivalent circuits of transient periods; and fault location is done by obtaining a distance to fault with electric parameters and information of the fault.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM (EAST CHINA)Inventors: Zhihua Zhang, Mingming Sun, Yongtao Tian, Hao Wang, Kun Wang, Chengmin Liu
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Patent number: 11907668Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for selecting an annotated sample. The method includes: determining a first attribute and a second attribute of a sample characteristic; in which the first attribute is a characteristic attribute of the sample characteristic in a source field sample set, and the second attribute is a characteristic attribute of the sample characteristic in a target field sample set; and determining a target annotated sample from a plurality of candidate annotated samples of the source field sample set according to the first attribute and the second attribute; in which the target annotated sample is configured to train a classification model, the classification model includes a model for determining an emotion polarity by analyzing an input sample to be classified.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Minlong Peng, Mingming Sun, Ping Li
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Publication number: 20240018048Abstract: A method for preparing low-background cement includes: uniformly mixing a seed crystal of cement, C4AF whiskers, and high-magnesium raw material to yield a first mixture, calcining the first mixture at 1400-1500° C., to yield a low-background clinker, the first mixture including 1.0-5.0 wt. % of the seed crystal of cement, 1.0-5.0 wt. % of the C4AF whiskers, and the balance is the high-magnesium raw material; and grinding a second mixture of the low-background clinker and gypsum, to yield low-background cement. The seed crystal of cement is a high-magnesium and low hydration heat clinker, has a specific activity of Ra-226 radioactive nuclides within 50 Bq/kg, and the MgO content of the clinker is between 4.0 wt. % and 5.0 wt. %, with 50 wt. % <C3S <55.0 wt. %; and the high-magnesium raw material has a MgO content between 2.5 wt. % and 3.0 wt. %.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Wen HUANG, Yang YU, Min WANG, Zhaijun WEN, Tingting BAO, Guang YAO, Xin SHEN, Yun LIU, Jing WANG, Xianbin WANG, Zhongcheng MA, Xianshu GAO, Kunyue ZHANG, Guanbao TANG, Suihua GUO, Mingming SUN, Ao LIU
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Publication number: 20230400498Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of fault location of distributed energy resources connected flexible DC distribution network, and disclosed a fault location method, system and application of bipolar short-circuit of two-level VSC-type photovoltaic-connected flexible DC distribution network, wherein, directions of positive currents of DC feeders during fault are used to locate a fault section; a bipolar short-circuit distance measurement model covering interactions and responses of systems is established according to equivalent circuits of transient periods; and fault location is done by obtaining a distance to fault with electric parameters and information of the fault.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Zhihua ZHANG, Mingming SUN, Yongtao TIAN, Hao WANG, Kun WANG, Chengmin LIU
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Patent number: 11756094Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a device for evaluating a comment quality, an electronic device, and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes: selecting a metadata key associated with a comment of an object from metadata of the object, the metadata including a plurality of key-value pairs; determining a value corresponding to the metadata key based on the metadata; and evaluating the comment quality based on the comment and the value corresponding to the metadata key.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Miao Fan, Mingming Sun, Ping Li, Haifeng Wang
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Publication number: 20230273932Abstract: A method for discovering causality from data includes acquiring to-be-processed data, and obtaining a covariance matrix of the to-be-processed data; determining a first target column in the covariance matrix, taking the number of columns of the first target column as a first place in a rearrangement sequence, and obtaining a first upper triangular matrix according to the first target column; determining a position of the number of columns of the covariance matrix other than the first target column except the first place in the rearrangement sequence according to the first target column and the first upper triangular matrix, and obtaining an upper triangular matrix in each position determination; obtaining an adjacency matrix according to an upper triangular matrix and a rearrangement sequence obtained in final position determination; and generating directed acyclic graph (DAG) by using the adjacency matrix, and taking the DAG as causality discovery result of the to-be-processed data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2022Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Xu LI, Yunfeng CAI, Mingming SUN, Ping LI
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Publication number: 20230274161Abstract: There is provided an entity linking method, an electronic device, and a storage medium, which relates to the technical field of artificial intelligence such as machine learning, natural language processing, and intelligent search. A specific implementation solution involves: acquiring a target entity in a knowledge base and most relevant to a to-be-linked entity in a specified statement; and deciding, based on a linking decision strategy, whether to link the to-be-linked entity to the target entity in the knowledge base.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jinxing YU, Minlong PENG, Mingming SUN, Ping LI
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Publication number: 20230274088Abstract: There is provided a sentiment parsing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium, which relates to the technical field of artificial intelligence such as machine learning and natural language processing. A specific implementation solution involves: identifying a role of a sentiment parsing object in a specified statement; trimming the specified statement based on the role of the sentiment parsing object to acquire pruning result information after the trimming; and parsing sentiment of the sentiment parsing object in the specified statement based on the pruning result information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2022Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Minlong PENG, Mingming SUN, Ping LI
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Publication number: 20230151418Abstract: A joint detection method for lymphangioleio-myomatosis and a use thereof is provided. The method includes the following steps: performing Target Sequencing based Hybridization capture: a Panel is designed for the whole coding regions of TSC1 and TSC2 genes highly related to LAM and mutation genes closely related to solid tumors to construct a gDNA library, and sequencing is performed on a machine after a hybrid capture; sorting: the above sequencing data are processed and analyzed by bioinformatics; performing a supplementary detection by CMA if the TSC1 and TSC2 genes are detected to be negative; performing a supplementary detection by MLPA if a one-hit locus is detected; and performing a supplementary detection by Sanger method if a locus is detected to be a undefined locus derived from either a somatic mutation or a germline mutation. This method improves the positive mutation detection rate of LAM patients.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Xiaohua OU, Feifei LIU, Mingming SUN, Changming HU, Junhao DENG, Shihui YU, Weiwei ZHAO, Xiaoqiang HUANG, Chunhui WANG
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Patent number: 11651015Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for presenting information. The method may include: acquiring target release information and a comment information set associated with the target release information; and generating, for comment information in the comment information set, usefulness probabilities and predicted comment scores of the comment information based on the comment information and the target release information. The method may further include: presenting, based on obtained usefulness probability set and predicted comment score set, the comment information in the comment information set.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Miao Fan, Lin Guo, Chao Feng, Mingming Sun, Ping Li, Haifeng Wang