Patents by Inventor Qiao BAO

Qiao BAO 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).

  • Patent number: 10697937
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a Multiple Signal Classification (MUSIC) corrosion monitoring method via excitation beam forming and weighted image fusing. Because damage-related scattering signals are weak and precision of the MUSIC algorithm is affected, the present invention first introduces excitation beam forming and two arrays into the MUSIC method, to enhance scattering signals of corrosive damage and improve their signal-to-noise ratios. Then, the two arrays serve as an excitation array or a sensor array in turn, by assigning weight to fused corrosive damage images of the two arrays, monitoring of corrosive damage in blind zones of the one-dimensional linear arrays is realized. Finally, factors related to the corrosive damage are calculated based on eigenvalues of covariance matrixes of array signals, to determine the depth of the corrosive damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
    Inventors: Shenfang Yuan, Qiao Bao, Lei Qiu, Fangyu Guo, Yuanqiang Ren
  • Publication number: 20200132635
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a Multiple Signal Classification (MUSIC) corrosion monitoring method via excitation beam forming and weighted image fusing. Because damage-related scattering signals are weak and precision of the MUSIC algorithm is affected, the present invention first introduces excitation beam forming and two arrays into the MUSIC method, to enhance scattering signals of corrosive damage and improve their signal-to-noise ratios. Then, the two arrays serve as an excitation array or a sensor array in turn, by assigning weight to fused corrosive damage images of the two arrays, monitoring of corrosive damage in blind zones of the one-dimensional linear arrays is realized. Finally, factors related to the corrosive damage are calculated based on eigenvalues of covariance matrixes of array signals, to determine the depth of the corrosive damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
    Inventors: Shenfang YUAN, Qiao BAO, Lei QIU, Fangyu GUO, Yuanqiang REN
  • Patent number: 10145746
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a diode array-based digitized miniature ultra-low-power-consumption impact monitoring system, which belongs to the technical field of aircraft structural health monitoring. The impact monitoring system consists of a miniature sensor array interface, a passive band-pass filter array, a diode array, a digital conversion and management module, an on-board bus communication module, a monitoring data storage module, a self-powering module, and a miniature communication and power supply interface. According to the impact monitoring system, the amplitudes of impact response signals are controlled within a clamp voltage range of diodes by using the diode array, thereby realizing the first-stage digitization; and the second-stage digitization of the impact response signals is realized by using the digital conversion and management module consisting of a miniature field programmable gate array of ultra-low-power-consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
    Inventors: Lei Qiu, Shenfang Yuan, Qianyun Zheng, Hanfei Mei, Yuanqiang Ren, Qiao Bao
  • Publication number: 20170292880
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a diode array-based digitized miniature ultra-low-power-consumption impact monitoring system, which belongs to the technical field of aircraft structural health monitoring. The impact monitoring system consists of a miniature sensor array interface, a passive band-pass filter array, a diode array, a digital conversion and management module, an on-board bus communication module, a monitoring data storage module, a self-powering module, and a miniature communication and power supply interface. According to the impact monitoring system, the amplitudes of impact response signals are controlled within a clamp voltage range of diodes by using the diode array, thereby realizing the first-stage digitization; and the second-stage digitization of the impact response signals is realized by using the digital conversion and management module consisting of a miniature field programmable gate array of ultra-low-power-consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
    Inventors: Lei QIU, Shenfang YUAN, Qianyun ZHENG, Hanfei MEI, Yuanqiang REN, Qiao BAO