Patents by Inventor Qian Zhang

Qian 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).

  • Method and System for Predicting Specific Energy of Cutter Head of Tunnel Boring Machine
    Publication number: 20230003124
    Abstract: A method for predicting a specific energy of a cutter head of a tunnel boring machine includes obtaining a parameter of the tunnel boring machine to be measured configured to influence the specific energy of the cutter head to be measured, and inputting the obtained parameter of the tunnel boring machine to be measured into a model for predicting the specific energy of an apparatus to obtain a total predicted specific energy value of the cutter head and a proportion of each component of the total predicted specific energy value. The method comprehensively considers various influence factors, and outputs a proportion and a change of each component in the specific energy of the cutter head along with the construction process, thereby providing a foundation for optimal allocation of the specific energy of the cutter head of the tunnel boring machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Qian Zhang, Shanglin Liu, Siyang Zhou, Yilan Kang, Zongxi Cai
  • Beam direction selection for transmission and reception in full duplex operation
    Patent number: 11546032
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first wireless communication device (WCD) may transmit, to a second WCD, information for selecting transmission or reception directions for a first beam and a second beam for communications between the first WCD and the second WCD using a full duplex operation. The WCD may receive an indication to use, for the full duplex operation of the first WCD, the first beam to receive communications and the second beam to transmit communications. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM incorporated
    Inventors: Qian Zhang, Yan Zhou, Junyi Li, Navid Abedini, Kapil Gulati, Tao Luo
  • Radio link failure declaration for full-duplex
    Patent number: 11546045
    Abstract: Wireless communication systems and methods related radio link failure monitoring and handling in full-duplex communications are provided. A user equipment communicates, with a base station, in a full-duplex mode using a first uplink beam and a first downlink beam. The user equipment detects a beam failure of at least one of the first uplink beam or the first downlink beam. The user equipment determines whether the beam failure is associated with self-interference in the full-duplex mode. The user equipment determines, based at least in part on the determination that the beam failure is associated with the self-interference in the full-duplex mode, to refrain from declaring a radio link failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Qian Zhang, Yan Zhou, Sony Akkarakaran, Tao Luo
  • FULL DUPLEX TCI INDICATION UNDER UNIFIED TCI FRAMEWORK
    Publication number: 20220417932
    Abstract: A user equipment may be configured to implement full duplex transmission configuration indication (TCI) in a unified TCI framework. In some aspects, the user equipment may receive, from a base station, a plurality of TCI states, the plurality of TCI states including a full duplex TCI state corresponding to at least two channels for a first transmission link type and at least one channel for a second transmission link type. Further, the user equipment may apply the full duplex TCI state in accordance with a determined application time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Qian ZHANG, Yan ZHOU, Junyi LI, Tao LUO
  • HIGH-PRIORITY DATA TRANSMISSION HANDLING
    Publication number: 20220417955
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may obtain high-priority data (e.g., low latency data) to be transmitted to a base station. In some scenarios, the base station may be transmitting downlink transmissions to the UE or to a different UE, or may be receiving uplink transmissions from the UE or from the different UE. The described aspects enable the UE to timely transmit the high-priority data in these scenarios. In one example, the described aspects enable the UE to transmit, to the base station, while the base station performs one or more scheduled downlink transmissions to the UE or to the different UE, at least one of the high-priority data via a first uplink beam from a set of uplink beams for unscheduled uplink transmissions or an unscheduled data indication indicating that the high-priority data is to be transmitted without an uplink grant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Qian ZHANG, Junyi LI, Yan ZHOU, Tao LUO
  • FULL DUPLEX DEFAULT BEAM FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20220416872
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A communication device, for example, a user equipment (UE) may select a default beam to use for downlink communication while operating in a full duplex mode. The UE may receive from another communication device, for example, a base station control signaling indicating the default beam for the UE to use for the downlink communication. A default beam (which may also be referred to as a full duplex beam) may be a default downlink beam or a default uplink beam. In some examples, the UE may select a default beam pair to use for downlink communication and uplink communication while operating in the full duplex mode. A default beam pair (which may also be referred to as a full duplex beam pair) may include both a default downlink beam and a default uplink beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Qian Zhang, Yan Zhou, Junyi Li, Navid Abedini, Tao Luo
  • Target resource operation method, node device, terminal device and computer-readable storage medium
    Patent number: 11539640
    Abstract: A target resource operation method, a node device, a terminal device and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: receiving a request to carry out an operation by using a first resource as a target resource; determining at least one resource associated with the first resource; and selecting a target resource from among the at least one resource associated with the first resource to carry out the operation. According to the described method and device, an associated resource may be selected as a target resource for carrying out an operation according to the relevance of each resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junjie Zhao, Qian Zhang
  • Interactive device, sensing screen, interactive system, and positioning method
    Patent number: 11537223
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an interactive device, an inductive screen, an interactive system, and a positioning method, and relates to the field of display technologies, with an objective of providing a low-cost positioning and interactive method. The interactive device includes: a first housing, a first end of the first housing having a light-exit opening; a first light-emitting component, arranged inside the first housing and configured to emit a linear light beam through the light-exit opening of the first housing, the linear light beam rotating with rotation of the first housing; and a driving component, connected to a second end of the first housing opposite to the first end and configured to drive the first housing to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qian Zhang, Xintong Wu, Lei Liu, Longyue Gao, Yue Guo
  • UNIFIED TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATOR WINDOWS
    Publication number: 20220407669
    Abstract: Example aspects include a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) of a wireless communication network, comprising receiving, from a base station, configuration information scheduling one or more full-duplex communications and one or more half-duplex communications. A first unified transmission configuration indicator (TCI) window corresponding to the one or more full-duplex communications. A second unified TCI window corresponding to the one or more half-duplex communications. The aspects further include performing full-duplex communications according to the first unified TCI window for a first time period having a first length. Additionally, the aspects further include performing half-duplex communications according to the second unified TCI window for a second time period having a second length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Qian ZHANG, Yan ZHOU, Tao LUO
  • TECHNIQUES FOR APPLICATION TIME FOR SLOT FORMAT UPDATING ASSOCIATED WITH HALF DUPLEX AND FULL DUPLEX MODE SWITCHING
    Publication number: 20220407668
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive information indicating a first slot format, wherein the information indicates one or more symbols associated with a full duplex (FD) format. The UE may perform communication based on a second slot format until a time period after the reception of the information indicating the first slot format, wherein the second slot format is prior to the first slot format. The UE may perform at least one of half duplex (HD) communication or FD communication in accordance with the first slot format after the time period has elapsed. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Qian ZHANG, Yan ZHOU, Navid ABEDINI, Junyi LI, Tao LUO
  • Full-duplex mode dependent physical layer priority
    Patent number: 11533740
    Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer program products for PHY priority for wireless communications are provided. An example apparatus may receive, from a base station, scheduling information for an uplink or downlink transmission indicating an uplink or downlink PHY priority level from a set of priority levels including a first half-duplex priority level, a second half-duplex priority level, a first full-duplex priority level, and a second full-duplex priority level. The example apparatus may transmit or receive the uplink or downlink transmission based on the uplink or downlink PHY priority level indicated by the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Qian Zhang, Yan Zhou, Junyi Li, Navid Abedini, Tao Luo
  • ACTIVATION OF MULTIPLE CONFIGURATIONS
    Publication number: 20220394731
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for activation of configurations. Certain aspects provide a method for wireless communication by a first wireless node. The method generally includes receiving multiple configurations allocating resources for communication with one or more second wireless nodes, each of the multiple configurations being mapped to a configuration identifier; and receiving a message including the configuration identifier mapped to at least two of the multiple configurations, the message activating the at least two of the multiple configuration for the communication with the one or more second wireless nodes. The method may also include communicating with the one or more second wireless nodes using the at least two of the multiple configurations activated via the message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Qian ZHANG, Yan ZHOU, Jelena DAMNJANOVIC, Tao LUO, Junyi LI
  • Debug session management
    Patent number: 11513942
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for debug session management. For example, methods may include receiving a request from a client device and, in response, identifying a set of instructions to be executed, wherein the set of instructions is associated with at least one breakpoint. The methods may include initiating execution of the set of instructions. The methods may include determining, based on a marker, that pausing execution of the set of instructions using a data structure is permitted, and responsive to this determination: pausing execution of the set of instructions before executing an instruction associated with a breakpoint, and updating the marker to indicate that execution of the set of instructions has paused using the data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Tucker, Qian Zhang, Carl David Solis, Jr.
  • User equipment capability and enablement indication for downlink control information (DCI) based beam and path loss (PL) reference signal (RS) activation
    Patent number: 11516652
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide apparatus, methods, processing systems, and computer readable mediums for enabling downlink control information (DCI) based beam and path loss (PL) reference signal (RS) activation. An example method generally includes reporting, to a network entity, a capability of the UE to support at least one of downlink control information (DCI) based activation of at least one of beam switching, beam activation, or path loss (PL) reference signal (RS) activation; receiving, from the network entity, DCI activating at least one of the beam switching, beam activation, or PL RS; and performing the beam switching, beam activation, or PL RS measurement in response to the DCI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Qian Zhang, Tao Luo
  • Bandwidth part/frequency location restriction for L1/L2-centric inter-cell mobility
    Patent number: 11516716
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to configuring, restricting, and/or setting bandwidth part (BWP) or frequency locations for switching from source to target cells in a Layer 1 (L1)/Layer 2 (L2)-Centric Inter-Cell Mobility communication systems. Switching may be allowed for either same, overlapping, or non-overlapping BWPs within an intra-frequency bandwidth shared by the source and target cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Qian Zhang, Yan Zhou, Tao Luo
  • MANAGING SLOT FORMAT BASED ON DUPLEX MODE SWITCHING
    Publication number: 20220377843
    Abstract: The base station may transmit a mode switch indication to a UE to switch from a first duplex mode to a second duplex mode. The UE may activate or deactivate one or more antenna panels and the UE and the base station may communicate with each other based on the mode switch indication. The second duplex mode may be FD mode, and the mode switch indication may be transmitted a threshold number of symbols or slots prior to the FD symbols. The slot format pattern may not include FD symbol, and the base station and the UE may communicate bidirectional signals in FD mode using the flexible symbols. The second duplex mode may be HD mode. The slot format pattern may include the FD symbols, and the base station and the UE may transmit or receive signals in HD mode using the FD symbols as the flexible symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Qian ZHANG, Yan ZHOU, Navid ABEDINI, Junyi LI, Tao LUO, Kapil GULATI
  • FULL DUPLEX RANDOM ACCESS OCCASION CONFIGURATION
    Publication number: 20220369366
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some examples, a random access occasion may overlap in time with a synchronization signal block resource, where the random access occasion and the synchronization signal block resource have a same index. In some such examples, a base station may transmit, to a user equipment (UE), an indicator of a mapping of the random access occasion to an uplink beam that is associated with a synchronization signal block resource with a different index than the random access occasion. The UE may transmit, to the base station, a random access preamble over the random access occasion using the uplink beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Qian Zhang, Yan Zhou, Tao Luo, Navid Abedini, Sony Akkarakaran, Jelena Damnjanovic, Tianyang Bai, Junyi Li
  • Search method and apparatus
    Patent number: 11500947
    Abstract: The present application discloses a search method and apparatus, which include specifically: after a search keyword is acquired, acquiring a search result of the search keyword with use of a fine ranking layer of a vertical search architecture if the search keyword is a keyword related to vertical search; processing a display effect of the search result with use of a business layer of the vertical search architecture to obtain a target search result; and transmitting the target search result to a display device. That is, in embodiments of the present application, a search result of a search keyword may be acquired with use of a fine ranking layer of a vertical search architecture, and 10 orders of magnitude of data can generally be searched at the fine ranking layer compared with a business layer, therefore, a more complete and accurate search result can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventors: Wei Liu, Anzhan Zhang, Qian Zhang, Jingying Qu, Zhengliang Chen, Chang Liu, Guoliang Chen, Gang Wang, Boxuan Zhao
  • Joint transmission configuration indicator (TCI) indication for single-channel tci
    Patent number: 11503585
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive transmission configuration indicator (TCI) information relating to a common beam TCI indication, the TCI information relating to a plurality of channels or reference signals. The UE may selectively transmit or receive one or more channels or reference signals of the plurality of channels or reference signals in accordance with the TCI information, based at least in part on whether the TCI information relating to the common beam TCI indication is usable for the one or more channels or reference signals of the plurality of channels or reference signals, wherein the one or more channels or reference signals are a proper subset of the plurality of channels or reference signals. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Qian Zhang, Yan Zhou, Tao Luo, Junyi Li
  • Failure report for layer one or layer two based cell handover
    Patent number: 11503521
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may establish a first connection with a source base station. The UE may determine that a handover procedure is being performed for establishing a second connection with a target base station. The UE may monitor, during a monitoring period instantiated at a physical layer of a protocol stack of the UE, for a control signal acknowledging success of the handover procedure from a target base station. The UE may transmit, based at least in part on a result of the monitoring during the monitoring period, a physical layer signal or a medium access control layer signal to the source base station indicating that the handover procedure was unsuccessful based at least in part on a failure to successfully receive and decode the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Qian Zhang, Yan Zhou, Tao Luo