Patents by Inventor Mingyuan Zhang

Mingyuan 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).

  • Publication number: 20240140023
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for photo-curing 4D printing of a multi-layer structure with an adjustable shape recovery speed, and a multi-layer structure printed thereby. The multi-layer structure printed by the method for photo-curing 4D printing of the multi-layer structure with the adjustable shape recovery speed includes a plurality of deformation units sequentially connected in series, and each of the plurality of the deformation units includes two slow layers, a fast layer, and a transition layer; and the fast layer is arranged between the two slow layers, and the transition layer is arranged between at least one of the two slow layers and the fast layer. In the present disclosure, a low cross-linking layer is doped with a nanocarbon light-absorbing material to solve the problem that the low cross-linking layer is prone to over-curing when a high cross-linking layer is printed on the low cross-linking layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Jiangsu University
    Inventors: Shu HUANG, Hang ZHANG, Jianzhong ZHOU, Jie SHENG, Jiean WEI, Hongwei YANG, Cheng WANG, Mingyuan SHAN
  • Patent number: 11965412
    Abstract: A quantitative evaluation method for integrity and damage evolution of a cement sheath in an oil-gas well is provided based on a fractal theory, an image processing technology, structural features and failure mechanisms of a casing-cement sheath-formation combination. The method uses correlations among fractal dimensions of casing-cement sheath interface morphology, cement sheath microscopic pore morphology, particle morphology of an initial blank group, and macroscopic mechanical properties including a radial cementing strength of the cement sheath interface, a tensile strength, and a compressive strength to quantitatively evaluate the integrity of the cement sheath of the blank group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kuanhai Deng, Niantao Zhou, Yuanhua Lin, Mingyuan Yao, Ming Zhang, Deqiang Yi, Pengfei Xie, Yang Peng
  • Publication number: 20240106922
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a call method and terminal, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The call method includes: receiving or initiating, by a first terminal, a call request to establish a call with a second terminal; detecting, by the first terminal, at least one of the following: a current task being executed by the first terminal, whether there is one or more third terminals capable of assisting in the call, and a current task being executed by a third terminal; and selecting whether a display interface of the first terminal displays a call assisting option according to the current task being executed by the first terminal and/or the current task being executed by the third terminal; wherein the call assisting option is used to prompt a user to select to answer the call with the second terminal through the assistance of the third terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Mingyuan MA, Yongda MA, Ken WEN, Honglei ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230237264
    Abstract: A device control method is provided. In the method, a first message is received from a first device of a device messaging group. The first device is associated with a first identifier in the device messaging group. The first message indicates at least one of a state of the first device or detected environment information. A second message is generated based on the first message received from the first device. The second message is sent to a second device of the device messaging group. The second device is associated with a second identifier in the device messaging group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventor: Mingyuan ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11657224
    Abstract: A device control method is described. A processing circuitry of a device obtains a first message that is indicated as from a first device associated with a first device identifier in an instant messaging group and determines, according to the first message, control-related information corresponding to at least a second device associated with a second device identifier in the instant messaging group. The processing circuitry further generates, according to the control-related information, a device control command corresponding to the second device, transmits the device control command to the second device, and receives a second message that is sent by the second device. The second message includes a device control command execution result regarding the second device executing the device control command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventor: Mingyuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11594929
    Abstract: An axial flux motor having reduced spatial harmonics including a rotor with a plurality of magnets. A rotor shaft is coupled to the rotor. A stator faces the rotor and an air gap defined between the rotor and the stator. The stator includes a plurality of electromagnetic components defining a plurality of magnetic poles. The electromagnetic components include a plurality of posts, a plurality of slots, and a plurality of distributed electrically conductive windings disposed in and spanning across nonadjacent slots of the plurality of slots. At least one electrically conductive winding has a winding pitch span of greater than or equal to about 3 to less than or equal to about 20. The axial flux motor may include two rotors and one stator or alternatively two stators and one rotor. Such axial flux motors have short pitch provide desirable reduced spatial harmonics to enhance motor performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jian Yao, Chengwu Duan, Mingyuan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220302874
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a photovoltaic power conversion apparatus. The photovoltaic power conversion apparatus includes a first housing, a power component, at least one second housing, and at least one wiring terminal. The first housing forms a first accommodation cavity, and the power component is fixedly disposed in the first accommodation cavity. The at least one of the second housing forms a second accommodation cavity, and the at least one second housing is disposed outside a connection area of a first side wall of the first housing by using an installation wall. The wiring terminal sealingly penetrates through a part of the connection area of the first side wall, a first end of the wiring terminal is located in the first accommodation cavity, and a second end of the wiring terminal is located in the second accommodation cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Chengchen LIANG, Zhangrui CHEN, Mingyuan ZHANG, Dong CHEN, Yanzhong ZHANG, Yong CAO
  • Patent number: 11381123
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides hybrid stator core components for an axial flux motor stator and methods for making the same. The hybrid stator core component includes a molded soft magnetic composite material and a laminated component. In one variation, a laminated insert comprising a plurality of insulated layers is non-releasably seated within a molded soft magnetic composite material. In another variation, a hybrid stator core component has a molded soft magnetic composite core and a laminated shell comprising a plurality of layers disposed around at least a portion of the molded soft magnetic composite core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jian Yao, Mingyuan Zhang, Chengwu Duan, Yusheng Zou
  • Patent number: 11361589
    Abstract: An image recognition method includes: performing image detection on an image to be recognized to obtain at least one face detection result, at least one operational part detection result, and at least one trunk detection result, each face detection result including one face bounding box, each operational part detection result including one operational part bounding box, and each trunk detection result including one trunk bounding box; respectively combining each of the at least one trunk detection result with each face detection result, to obtain at least one first result combination; respectively combining each trunk detection result with each operational part detection result, to obtain at least one second result combination; and associating the at least one first result combination with the at least one second result combination, to obtain an association result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SENSETIME INTERNATIONAL PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Mingyuan Zhang, Jinyi Wu, Haiyu Zhao
  • Publication number: 20220144456
    Abstract: A space launch system and method through electromagnetic pushing. The space launch system comprises an energy storage subsystem, an energy conversion subsystem, a linear motor subsystem, and a control maintenance subsystem. The space launch system converts the electric energy into an electromagnetic force. Through the electromagnetic force, a rocket is pushed to be accelerated to a certain speed along an electromagnetic launching track to realize the launching of the rocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Weiming MA, Yuxing ZHANG, Mingyuan ZHANG, Xiangming ZHANG, Weichao LI, Xinlin LONG, Chen DENG
  • Patent number: 11289072
    Abstract: An object recognition method is provided. The method includes obtaining speech information of a target object in a current speech environment and position information of the target object; extracting voiceprint feature from the speech information based on a trained voiceprint matching model, to obtain voiceprint feature information; obtaining a voice confidence value corresponding to the voiceprint feature information; and obtaining an object recognition result of the target object based on the voice confidence value, the position information, and the voiceprint feature information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Mingyuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11244154
    Abstract: Disclosed are a target tracking method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: detecting a to-be-processed image to obtain a hand detection result; in response to the hand detection result including a bounding box of hand, determining a hand in the bounding box with a hand pose conforming to a hand pose in a target gesture as a target hand; and tracking the target hand in a video stream according to the target hand in the to-be-processed image, where images in the video stream and the to-be-processed image are obtained by capturing a same target area, and the images in the video stream are captured after the to-be-processed image is captured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SENSETIME INTERNATIONAL PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Haiyu Zhao, Mingyuan Zhang, Kaige Chen
  • Publication number: 20220036743
    Abstract: The application discloses a low-altitude air route planning and design method, device and storage medium for UAV with multi-objective constraints. First of all, initial air route points and air route network are set based on the urban low-altitude demand, then constraints such as conflict constraints, three zones constraints, and traffic demand constraints are introduced, the optimal multi-objective function such as the airspace capacity, operation cost, operation safety and so on is realized by moving air route points and reconstructing air route network, and the low-altitude air route networks of corresponding UAV is designed for different low-altitude environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Beihang University
    Inventors: Xianbin Cao, Wenbo Du, Siyuan Li, Mingyuan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210312165
    Abstract: An image recognition method includes: performing image detection on an image to be recognized to obtain at least one face detection result, at least one operational part detection result, and at least one trunk detection result, each face detection result including one face bounding box, each operational part detection result including one operational part bounding box, and each trunk detection result including one trunk bounding box; respectively combining each of the at least one trunk detection result with each face detection result, to obtain at least one first result combination; respectively combining each trunk detection result with each operational part detection result, to obtain at least one second result combination; and associating the at least one first result combination with the at least one second result combination, to obtain an association result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Mingyuan Zhang, Jinyi Wu, Haiyu Zhao
  • Publication number: 20210192197
    Abstract: Disclosed are a target tracking method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: detecting a to-be-processed image to obtain a hand detection result; in response to the hand detection result including a bounding box of hand, determining a hand in the bounding box with a hand pose conforming to a hand pose in a target gesture as a target hand; and tracking the target hand in a video stream according to the target hand in the to-be-processed image, where images in the video stream and the to-be-processed image are obtained by capturing a same target area, and the images in the video stream are captured after the to-be-processed image is captured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Haiyu ZHAO, Mingyuan ZHANG, Kaige CHEN
  • Publication number: 20210152040
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides hybrid stator core components for an axial flux motor stator and methods for making the same. The hybrid stator core component includes a molded soft magnetic composite material and a laminated component. In one variation, a laminated insert comprising a plurality of insulated layers is non-releasably seated within a molded soft magnetic composite material. In another variation, a hybrid stator core component has a molded soft magnetic composite core and a laminated shell comprising a plurality of layers disposed around at least a portion of the molded soft magnetic composite core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jian YAO, Mingyuan ZHANG, Chengwu DUAN, Yusheng ZOU
  • Publication number: 20210143700
    Abstract: An axial flux motor having reduced spatial harmonics including a rotor with a plurality of magnets. A rotor shaft is coupled to the rotor. A stator faces the rotor and an air gap defined between the rotor and the stator. The stator includes a plurality of electromagnetic components defining a plurality of magnetic poles. The electromagnetic components include a plurality of posts, a plurality of slots, and a plurality of distributed electrically conductive windings disposed in and spanning across nonadjacent slots of the plurality of slots. At least one electrically conductive winding has a winding pitch span of greater than or equal to about 3 to less than or equal to about 20. The axial flux motor may include two rotors and one stator or alternatively two stators and one rotor. Such axial flux motors have short pitch provide desirable reduced spatial harmonics to enhance motor performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jian YAO, Chengwu DUAN, Mingyuan ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10791397
    Abstract: A device monitors, by using a microphone array, a sound generated by a monitoring target. In response to detecting a sound signal by the microphone array, the device determines a sound source direction corresponding to detected sound signal according to a sound phase difference obtained by each microphone in the microphone array. The device performs infrared detection in the sound source direction by using the infrared transceiver. The device determines a distance between the monitoring target and the infrared transceiver in the sound source direction according to an infrared detection result obtained by the infrared transceiver. The device generates location information of the monitoring target according to the sound source direction and the distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Mingyuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 10651740
    Abstract: An electric drive system for a vehicle may include positive and negative bus rails carrying a direct current (DC) bus voltage, an energy storage system (ESS), a power inverter having a plurality of semiconductor switches operable for inverting the DC bus voltage into an alternating current (AC) bus voltage, and an electric machine. A DC-DC converter may be connected to the bus rails between the capacitor and the power inverter and may include a converter semiconductor switch disposed in the positive bus rail, an inductor coil connected to the positive bus rail and receiving current flowing through the converter semiconductor switch, at least one diode, and a bypass switch connected to the positive bus rail and configured to allow current to bypass the converter. The DC-DC converter may be configured to output a DC bus voltage to the power inverter with a same polarity as the battery polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Mingyuan Zhang, Chengwu Duan, Lei Hao, Jian Yao
  • Publication number: 20200058293
    Abstract: An object recognition method is provided. The method includes obtaining speech information of a target object in a current speech environment and position information of the target object; extracting voiceprint feature from the speech information based on a trained voiceprint matching model, to obtain voiceprint feature information; obtaining a voice confidence value corresponding to the voiceprint feature information; and obtaining an object recognition result of the target object based on the voice confidence value, the position information, and the voiceprint feature information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: Mingyuan ZHANG