Patents by Inventor Ning Qiu

Ning Qiu 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: 20260119611
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an intelligent control method for sewage treatment equipment at dry bulk cargo terminals, relating to the technical field of sewage treatment equipment control, and is used to address the problem of poor control of sewage treatment equipment at terminals. The method comprises following steps: installing multiple types of sensors at key locations on dry bulk cargo terminals, utilizing edge computing nodes for real-time data acquisition and preprocessing, combining historical and temporal features with machine learning models to classify sewage types, achieving efficient dynamic adjustment of sewage treatment equipment operation parameters, then using weighted voting and confidence assessment to integrate multiple classification results to ensure optimal treatment results, and analyzing the actual sewage treatment situation to optimize equipment control continuously, thereby preventing failures, extending equipment life, and improving sewage treatment effectiveness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Applicant: TIANJIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR WATER TRANSPORT ENGINEERING.M.O.T
    Inventors: Jianna Jia, Shitao Peng, Kailei Zhang, Liankun Liu, Ning Qiu, Peng Zheng, Guoqiang Ma, Baocui Liang
  • Patent number: 12495774
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a dredged soil utilization-based artificial reef structure and a processing method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of artificial reefs. The dredged soil utilization-based artificial reef structure includes a dredged soil artificial reef structure, and the dredged soil artificial reef structure includes a first dredged soil reef, a second dredged soil reef, and a third dredged soil reef; annular sliding chutes are formed in eccentric positions of upper surfaces of the first dredged soil reef and the second dredged soil reef; annular metal meshes are movably connected into the two annular sliding chutes; and a heavy block, a first floating block, and a second floating block are respectively embedded into placement slots of the three reefs in sequence. The artificial reef structure is processed by using dredged soil. Dredged soil resources are from the ocean and then are returned to ocean restoration, which satisfies the concept of resource recycling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: TIANJIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR WATER TRANSPORT ENGINEERING, M.O.T.
    Inventors: Shitao Peng, Guoqiang Ma, Ning Qiu, Baocui Liang
  • Publication number: 20250351806
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a dredged soil utilization-based artificial reef structure and a processing method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of artificial reefs. The dredged soil utilization-based artificial reef structure includes a dredged soil artificial reef structure, and the dredged soil artificial reef structure includes a first dredged soil reef, a second dredged soil reef, and a third dredged soil reef; annular sliding chutes are formed in eccentric positions of upper surfaces of the first dredged soil reef and the second dredged soil reef; annular metal meshes are movably connected into the two annular sliding chutes; and a heavy block, a first floating block, and a second floating block are respectively embedded into placement slots of the three reefs in sequence. The artificial reef structure is processed by using dredged soil. Dredged soil resources are from the ocean and then are returned to ocean restoration, which satisfies the concept of resource recycling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Inventors: Shitao PENG, Guoqiang MA, Ning Qiu, Baocui Liang
  • Patent number: 11731172
    Abstract: A self-cleaning and anti-adhesion apparatus for marine instruments includes an installation frame. A first end of the installation frame is fixed with an installation base, and a second end of the installation frame is movable with a screw rod. The upper end of the installation base is movable with a first rotation base. A wire netting ball used for holding a sensor is installed above the first rotation base. The wire netting ball is fixedly connected with the installation base. The top end of the screw rod is fixedly connected with a first end of the flexible connector, and a second end of the flexible connector is fixedly connected with a floating bladder. The screw rod is screwed with an inner wheel of an internal meshing ratchet mechanism, and an outer wheel of the internal meshing ratchet mechanism is fixed inside the mounting ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, SOUTHERN MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING GUANGDONG LABORATORY (GUANGZHOU)
    Inventors: Ning Qiu, Zhen Sun
  • Publication number: 20230211384
    Abstract: A self-cleaning and anti-adhesion apparatus for marine instruments includes an installation frame. A first end of the installation frame is fixed with an installation base, and a second end of the installation frame is movable with a screw rod. The upper end of the installation base is movable with a first rotation base. A wire netting ball used for holding a sensor is installed above the first rotation base. The wire netting ball is fixedly connected with the installation base. The top end of the screw rod is fixedly connected with a first end of the flexible connector, and a second end of the flexible connector is fixedly connected with a floating bladder. The screw rod is screwed with an inner wheel of an internal meshing ratchet mechanism, and an outer wheel of the internal meshing ratchet mechanism is fixed inside the mounting ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicants: SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, SOUTHERN MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING GUANGDONG LABORATORY (GUANGZHOU)
    Inventors: Ning QIU, Zhen SUN
  • Patent number: 11552414
    Abstract: A grounding segment for a segmented grounding electric device, including a plurality of segment single bodies disposed in a matched manner, wherein a curved concave surface is formed in an outer side surface of each segment single body; a chute is formed in the curved concave surface; an interior of the chute is in sliding connection with an elastic member; two ends of the elastic member are respectively connected to sliders; the sliders are in sliding connection with the interior of the chute; each slider is movably connected to a curved fixing member matching a grounding conductor; the curved fixing member is made of a conductive material applicable to grounding conductors of different sizes; and a locking apparatus is connected between the plurality of segment single bodies. A user conveniently transports and mounts the grounding segment to reduce a land excavation area. Universality of the grounding segment is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Ning Qiu, Zhen Sun
  • Publication number: 20220271446
    Abstract: A grounding segment for a segmented grounding electric device, including a plurality of segment single bodies disposed in a matched manner, wherein a curved concave surface is formed in an outer side surface of each segment single body; a chute is formed in the curved concave surface; an interior of the chute is in sliding connection with an elastic member; two ends of the elastic member are respectively connected to sliders; the sliders are in sliding connection with the interior of the chute; each slider is movably connected to a curved fixing member matching a grounding conductor; the curved fixing member is made of a conductive material applicable to grounding conductors of different sizes; and a locking apparatus is connected between the plurality of segment single bodies. A user conveniently transports and mounts the grounding segment to reduce a land excavation area. Universality of the grounding segment is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Ning QIU, Zhen SUN
  • Patent number: 9942061
    Abstract: Disclosed are a multipath selection method and device, and a storage medium. The method includes that: a correlation sequence between a received signal and a local reference signal is acquired by means of a correlation calculation method; a power spectrum of the correlation sequence and an average noise power of the received signal are acquired; according to the average noise power of the received signal, the power spectrum of the correlation sequence is divided into at least one first multipath component area and a second multipath component area according to a pre-set dividing rule; the at least one first multipath component area is searched according to a pre-set first noise threshold, so as to acquire a valid multipath component signal in the at least one first multipath component area; and the second multipath component area is searched according to a pre-set second noise threshold, so as to acquire a valid multipath component signal in the second multipath component area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Sanechips Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhongwei Liu, Ning Qiu, Haiyong Xiao, Yannan Xing
  • Patent number: 9930630
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and device for determining a position, and a computer storage medium. The method includes that a first power value for a SYNC-NL segment within a DwPTS, a second power value for a first GP segment which precedes the SYNC-NL segment, a third power value for a second GP segment which follows the SYNC-NL segment, and a fourth power value for a time slot 0 are acquired; an eigenvalue of the DwPTS is calculated according to the first power value, the second power value, the third power value and the fourth power value; and the position of the DwPTS is determined according to the eigenvalue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Sanechips Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhongwei Liu, Qinxin Li, Ning Qiu, Yannan Xing, Qianchao Gan
  • Patent number: 9866240
    Abstract: An MAP algorithm-based Turbo decoding method and apparatus. The method includes: iteratively estimating an information symbol by using an MAP algorithm, acquiring an ? and ? window boundary values of each sliding window by means of window boundary value inheritance, acquiring an ? block boundary value and ? block boundary value of each sub-block by means of block boundary value inheritance, and recursively calculating posterior probability Log Likelihood Ratio (LLR) values of a whole window and a whole block according to the ? boundary values and the ? boundary values (101); and performing decoding decision according to the LLR values (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: SANECHIPS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xi Wang, Ning Qiu, Nanshan Cao
  • Publication number: 20170207930
    Abstract: Disclosed are a multipath selection method and device, and a storage medium. The method includes that: a correlation sequence between a received signal and a local reference signal is acquired by means of a correlation calculation method; a power spectrum of the correlation sequence and an average noise power of the received signal are acquired; according to the average noise power of the received signal, the power spectrum of the correlation sequence is divided into at least one first multipath component area and a second multipath component area according to a pre-set dividing rule; the at least one first multipath component area is searched according to a pre-set first noise threshold, so as to acquire a valid multipath component signal in the at least one first multipath component area; and the second multipath component area is searched according to a pre-set second noise threshold, so as to acquire a valid multipath component signal in the second multipath component area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Zhongwei Liu, Ning Qiu, Haiyong Xiao, Yannan Xing
  • Publication number: 20170134042
    Abstract: Disclosed is an MAP algorithm-based Turbo decoding method and apparatus. The method includes: iteratively estimating an information symbol by using an MAP algorithm, acquiring an ? and ? window boundary values of each sliding window by means of window boundary value inheritance, acquiring an ? block boundary value and ? block boundary value of each sub-block by means of block boundary value inheritance, and recursively calculating posterior probability Log Likelihood Ratio (LLR) values of a whole window and a whole block according to the ? boundary values and the ? boundary values (101); and performing decoding decision according to the LLR values (102).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Xi Wang, Ning Qiu, Nanshan Cao
  • Patent number: 9629107
    Abstract: Disclosed are a signal gain control method and device for a TD-HSPA+ terminal device. The method comprises the following steps: when a terminal device is in a continuous packet transmission mode, it is determined whether the terminal device receives a signal from a high speed packet channel for the first time, and if not, it is determined whether a reception interval between two successively received signals is smaller than a preset interval; if the reception interval is not smaller than the preset interval, a gain AGCPCCPCH at a main frequency point of a primary common control physical channel (PCCPCH) of a cell is obtained, and the AGCPCCPCH is used to control a gain of a signal currently received by the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhongwei Liu, Ning Qiu
  • Publication number: 20160198423
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and device for determining a position, and a computer storage medium. The method includes that a first power value for a SYNC-NL segment within a DwPTS, a second power value for a first GP segment which precedes the SYNC-NL segment, a third power value for a second GP segment which follows the SYNC-NL segment, and a fourth power value for a time slot 0 are acquired; an eigenvalue of the DwPTS is calculated according to the first power value, the second power value, the third power value and the fourth power value; and the position of the DwPTS is determined according to the eigenvalue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: ZTE Microelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhongwei Liu, Qinxin Li, Ning Qiu, Yannan Xing, Qianchao Gan
  • Publication number: 20150131463
    Abstract: Disclosed are a signal gain control method and device for a TD-HSPA+ terminal device. The method comprises the following steps: when a terminal device is in a continuous packet transmission mode, it is determined whether the terminal device receives a signal from a high speed packet channel for the first time, and if not, it is determined whether a reception interval between two successively received signals is smaller than a preset interval; if the reception interval is not smaller than the preset interval, a gain AGCPCCPCH at a main frequency point of a primary common control physical channel (PCCPCH) of a cell is obtained, and the AGCPCCPCH is used to control a gain of a signal currently received by the terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhongwei Liu, Ning Qiu
  • Patent number: 8867443
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and an apparatus for estimating frequency deviation, the method comprising: after receiving a sub-frame, transforming a downlink synchronized code of the sub-frame to a frequency domain, and performing a correlation operation between the transformed downlink synchronized code and a local frequency domain synchronized code to obtain a conjugate downlink synchronized code sequence; judging a location of a maximum value in the conjugate downlink synchronized code sequence, and calculating a frequency deviation value according to the location of the maximum value. The estimating method provided in the invention can realize a stable work with no need of a precise sampling value location, an accurate timing synchronization, or even obtaining the information for the multi-path distribution and locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Ning Qiu, Qiang Li, Wenqi Zeng, Tiankun Yu, Zhongwei Liu, Yannan Xing, Lihong Liang, Liwen Li, Feng Lin, Jintao Chu
  • Patent number: D916403
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: NANTONG TAIMEI ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Ning Qiu
  • Patent number: D916404
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: NANTONG TAIMEI ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Ning Qiu
  • Patent number: D1032980
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Inventor: Ning Qiu
  • Patent number: D1050649
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Inventor: Ning Qiu