Patents by Inventor Qin Liu
Qin Liu 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: 20240114933Abstract: A Pickering particle dry powder and a preparation method are used in food processing. The preparation method includes stirring peanut protein isolate and water as raw materials to obtain peanut protein isolate dispersion, subjecting the peanut protein isolate dispersion to ultrasonic treatment, subjecting the resultant to cross-linking reaction with transglutaminase to obtain a monolithic geld, shearing and homogenizing the monolithic gel to obtain a microgel particle dispersion, spray drying the microgel particle dispersion to obtain the Pickering particle dry powder. The Pickering particle dry powder prepared by the ultrasonic-assisted enzyme method is still in nanometer level after rehydration, which is beneficial to preparing Pickering emulsion with strong stability. The preparation method has the advantages of simple operation and low cost, which is beneficial to actual production in the food industry.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2021Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Qiang WANG, Aimin SHI, Yanzheng GE, Bo JIAO, Hongzhi LIU, Li LIU, Hui HU, Shi MENG, Qin GUO, Jinchuang ZHANG
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Publication number: 20240118796Abstract: Click based contour editing includes detecting a selection input with respect to an image presented on a graphical user interface; designating an area of the image corresponding to the selection input as a region of interest; detecting at least one other selection input on the graphical user interface with respect to the image; determining if the at least one other selection input is within the region of interest or outside of the region of interest; and if the at least one other selection input is within the region of interest, excluding the portion of the image corresponding to the other input; or if the other selection input is outside of the region of interest, including the portion of the image corresponding to an area of the image associated with the other selection input.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Shanghai United Imaging Intelligence Co., LTD.Inventors: Arun Innanje, Zheng Peng, Ziyan Wu, Qin Liu, Terrence Chen
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Patent number: 11946166Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing an anti-counterfeiting modal fiber, including: mixing a pulp stock solution with a cellulose catalyst, alkalizing, aging, sulfonating, and then dissolving the pulp stock solution in an alkaline solution to obtain a treatment solution; mixing the treatment solution with multiple amino acid-metal chelates, filtering, defoaming and ripening to obtain a spinning stock solution; and mixing the spinning stock solution with a spinning bath additive, and wet spinning, followed by drafting, defoaming, desulfurizing, water washing, and other post-treatments, to obtain an anti-counterfeiting modal fiber, wherein the amino acid metal-chelates account for 0.5%-1.5% by weight of the spinning stock solution. Amino acid-metal chelates are used to anti-counterfeit and encrypt the modal fibers, and the anti-counterfeiting and encrypting is involved in the spinning stock solution of modal fibers.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITYInventors: Yuqing Liu, Qin Li, Xingxing Li, Yeke Zhang, Zhong Wang, Guohe Wang, Zhijuan Pan
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Publication number: 20240105894Abstract: A display substrate and a display apparatus are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer and an insulation layer. The first conductive layer is on a side of the base substrate and includes a first conductive part extending in a first direction, the second conductive layer is on a side of the first conductive layer facing away from the base substrate, and the insulation layer is located between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. At least one first conductive part includes a first hollowed-out portion including a plurality of groove structures distributed in a second direction and extending in the first direction. The first direction and the second direction produce angles.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Jie WANG, Zouming XU, Xintao WU, Jian TIAN, Chunjian LIU, Jie LEI, Qin Zeng, Jianying ZHANG
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Publication number: 20240097376Abstract: Compact electrical connectors with improved water resistance. A connector may have an outer shell and an inner shell disposed in the outer shell. A lead assembly may be partially disposed in the inner shell. A mating end of one of the outer shell and inner shell may extend beyond a mating end of the other shell, defining a corner. A seal may be disposed in the corner, such that the seal is mechanically supported when the connector is pressed, in a mating direction, against a mating component, blocking ingress of environmental contaminants. The seal may also block any opening between the mating end of the outer and inner shells. The seal is made from a curable material such that it may readily fill such an opening. The connector may also have a body seal in the lead assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: Amphenol East Asia Electronic Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hui Wen Liu, Zhimin Qin
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Patent number: 11934549Abstract: One or more implementations of the present specification provide an invoice access method and apparatus based on a blockchain, and an electronic device. The method includes: generating first ciphertext data by encrypting plaintext data of the target invoice based on a first key corresponding to an invoice issuer; generating second ciphertext data by encrypting the plaintext data of the target invoice based on a second key corresponding to an invoice receiver; adding the first ciphertext data and an user identifier of the invoice issuer to the blockchain as related to one another; and adding the second ciphertext data and an user identifier of the invoice receiver to the blockchain as related to one another.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Advance New Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hansong Xiao, Ping Zhang, Wenhu Kan, Qin Liu, Liangrong Lin, Fuxi Deng, Yixiang Zhang, Rui Chen, Jinming Duan
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Patent number: 11935106Abstract: A method and a system for recommending a target garment matching an inputted garment. The method includes: extracting attributes from text description and image of the inputted garment to obtain extracted attributes; querying a knowledge graph using the extracted attributes to obtain matched attributes; retrieving candidate products from a garment pool using the matched attributes; extracting features from the inputted garment and the candidate products; determining the target garment from the candidate products based on grading scores between the features of the inputted garment and the features of the candidate products; and recommending the target garment. The knowledge graph includes nodes corresponding to type of clothes, category of clothes, attribute keys, values of attribute keys, context keys, values of context keys, combination of the values of the attribute keys and the type of clothes, and combination of the value of the attribute keys and the category of clothes.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignees: BEIJING WODONG TIANJUN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., JD.COM AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Shanglin Yang, Shizhu Liu, Min Li, Huiman Hou, Qin Wang, Jixing Wang, Yuhao Zhang, Zizhen Wang, Xin Li, Hui Zhou
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Publication number: 20240067761Abstract: An invert emulsion having double particle size distribution, the invert emulsion having a particle size distribution of latex particles between 20 nm and 70 nm and between 100 nm and 500 nm in the same invert emulsion system. A preparation method for an invert emulsion comprises: forming an emulsion A and an emulsion B having different particle sizes by controlling an emulsifier system and an emulsification means, and preparing in one step an invert emulsion the particle size of which has bimodal distribution by means of a three-stage polymerization reaction between the emulsion A and the emulsion B in the same system. The invert emulsion is used as a water treatment flocculant, a sludge dewatering agent and a papermaking auxiliary agent, and in particular, the sludge dewatering agent fabricated from the invert emulsion is used for dewatering sludge.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Guofeng HE, Zhuqing LIU, Qiang LIU, Qin WANG, Tao ZHOU, Suling YIN
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Publication number: 20240069403Abstract: The display panel includes: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, wherein an electrophoresis layer and electrophoresis ions are disposed on the first substrate, the electrophoresis layer is located between the second substrate and the first substrate, the electrophoresis layer is provided with a plurality of electrophoresis tanks arranged in an array, openings of the electrophoresis tanks face the second substrate, and the electrophoresis ions are located in the electrophoresis tanks; and one of the electrophoresis layer and the second substrate is provided with a positioning groove, the other is provided with a positioning block embedded into the positioning groove, and orthographic projections of the positioning groove and the positioning block on the first substrate are at least partially located between orthographic projections of two adjacent electrophoresis tanks on the first substrate. The pressure resistance of the display panel is improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Jinsong LU, Song Sun, Qin Xiong, Kaijun Liu, Haoxuan Zheng
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Publication number: 20230343438Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and instrumentalities associated with automatic image annotation. The annotation may be performed based on one or more manually annotated first images of an object and a machine-learned (ML) model trained to extract first features from the one or more first images. To automatically annotate a second, un-annotated image of the object, the ML model may be used to extract second features from the second image, determine information that may be indicative of the characteristics of the object in the second image based on the first and second features, and generate an annotation of the object for the second image using the determined information. The images may be obtained from various sources including, for example, sensors and/or medical scanners, and the object of interest may include anatomical structures such as organs, tumors, etc. The annotated images may be used for multiple purposes including machine learning.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2022Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.Inventors: Meng Zheng, Qin Liu, Srikrishna Karanam, Ziyan Wu
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Patent number: 11790188Abstract: A positioning method performed at a server includes: receiving, at a frequency, arrival time information from a plurality of readers; determining, according to the arrival time information, that the tag is in a sensing auxiliary region of a positioning region; sending a first control command to one of the readers, so that the tag activates an inertial sensor thereof according to the first control command; receiving, from the reader, position information of the tag in the sensing auxiliary region obtained by the inertial sensor; determining, according to the position information of the tag in the sensing auxiliary region, a first motion trajectory of the tag in the sensing auxiliary region; and determining, according to the first motion trajectory, whether the tag enters one of the first regions.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Jiuyang Cheng, Hao Tang, Quanguo Zhou, Qin Liu, Lirong Xu, Lijia Zhou
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Patent number: 11762739Abstract: A method, a device, and a program product for backing up data in the Internet of Things (IoT) is disclosed. An IoT system includes an IoT manager and a plurality of IoT devices. In response to receiving a registration request for registering an IoT device among a plurality of IoT devices with an IoT manager, a signature public key is received from the IoT device. Atomic data associated with the IoT device is received that includes a signature generated by using a signature private key corresponding to the signature public key. The signature is verified based on the signature public key. In response to the signature being successfully verified, a backup data package for backup is generated based on the atomic data. Accordingly, data may be backed up in the IoT with higher performance, thereby improving the security and reliability of the entire IoT.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLCInventors: Jie Liu, Qin Liu
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Patent number: 11735322Abstract: Systems and methods for ossification center detection (OCD) and bone age assessment (BAA) may be provided. The method may include obtaining a bone age image of a subject. The method may include generating a normalized bone age image by preprocessing the bone age image. The method may include determining, based on the normalized bone age image, positions of a plurality of ossification centers using an ossification center localization (OCL) model. The method may include estimating, based on the normalized bone age image and information related to the positions of the plurality of ossification centers, a bone age of the subject using a bone age assessment (BAA) model.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD.Inventors: Minqing Zhang, Qin Liu, Dijia Wu, Yiqiang Zhan, Xiang Sean Zhou
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Patent number: 11726968Abstract: Embodiments of the present specification disclose methods, apparatuses, and devices for transferring data assets based on a blockchain. One method includes: obtaining usage demand information of a data requestor for using original data, wherein the usage demand information indicates a demand of the data requestor for performing computations based on the original data; sending a usage authorization request for the original data to a data owner of the original data based on a decentralized identifier (DID) corresponding to the original data; receiving confirmation information of the usage authorization request from the data owner; processing the original data based on the usage demand information to obtain a processing result; transmitting the processing result to the data requestor; and generating a verifiable claim (VC) for recording usage information of the original data.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shubo Li, Wenyu Yang, Shanlu Sun, Ping Dai, Renhui Yang, Qin Liu
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Publication number: 20230227789Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating and/or preventing a bacterial infection in a subject are provided, in which the subject is administered a fecal sample obtained from a donor subject via fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT). The fecal sample contains bacteriophages that target the bacteria causing the infection. In some embodiments, the fecal sample containing the bacteriophages can be obtained from a donor subject who previously had the same infection but is now cured.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Siew Chien NG, Ka Leung Francis CHAN, Qin LIU
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Patent number: 11704105Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, a device, and a computer program product for managing virtual machine upgrade. Provided is a method for managing virtual machine upgrade, including: determining, based on a received upgrade file for a virtual machine, a state of the virtual machine; and controlling, based on determining that the state indicates the virtual machine not being accessible via a network, installation of the upgrade file on the virtual machine via a virtual machine agent or a virtual machine manager, the virtual machine agent being capable of modifying a virtual disk of the virtual machine. Through the embodiments of the present disclosure, the installation of the upgrade file on the virtual machine can be realized when the virtual machine is not accessible via the network, whilst simplifying the virtual machine configuration and reducing the network bandwidth occupancy.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLCInventors: Qin Liu, Jie Liu
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Patent number: 11681652Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, electronic devices and computer program products for accessing data. A method comprises receiving, at a first device, a file system operation request for accessing target data, the target data being stored at a second device after being pre-processed, and the first device providing a file system interface for data stored at the second device; forwarding the file system operation request to the second device, such that the target data is restored at the second device; receiving the restored target data from the second device; and providing the target data as a response to the file system operation request. Embodiments of the present disclosure allow users to access backup data stored after being pre-processed through normal file system operations and can achieve high data access performance.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLCInventors: Qin Liu, Jie Liu
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Publication number: 20230181489Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of cancer are provided. In one embodiment the composition comprises Gamitrinib and a MAPK inhibitor selected from the MAPK inhibitor is selected from RAF265, AZD6244, PLX4720, PD0325901, LGX818, MEK162, vemurafenib, trametinib and dabrafenib. Methods of treating cancer are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Gao Zhang, Qin Liu, Dario Carlo Altieri, Meenhard Herlyn
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Publication number: 20230159913Abstract: The disclosure provides methods of deaminating adenosine and cytosine bases in a target nucleic acid sequence in an USH2A gene comprising contacting the USH2A gene with a base editor in association with a guide RNA (gRNA). In some aspects, base editing is used to restore US2HA function by disrupting a splice site in the USH2A gene sequence to induce skipping of an exon containing a mutation, while in other embodiments, base editing is used to restore US2HA function by correcting a point mutation e.g., in an exon) so as to correct mutations. The disclosure also provides complexes of adenosine base editors and guide RNAs, and complexes of cytidine base editors and guide RNAs. The disclosure further provides pharmaceutical compositions and cells comprising these complexes. The disclosure also provides vectors encoding these complexes, base editors, and gRNAs. In some embodiments, the methods and compositions provided herein are used to treat Usher syndrome and autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa (arRP).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2021Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicants: The Broad Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College, Massachusetts Eye and Ear InfirmaryInventors: David R. Liu, Jonathan Ma Levy, Wei Hsi Yeh, Jason Comander, Yuki Tachida, Eric A. Pierce, Qin Liu, Nachiket Pendse
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Publication number: 20230159776Abstract: A three-dimensional printing kit can include a polymeric build material including thermoplastic elastomeric particles having a D50 particle size from about 2 ?m to about 150 ?m, and a fusing agent. The fusing agent can include water, from about 5 wt % to about 40 wt % lower alkyldiol organic co-solvent, and a radiation absorber to generate heat from absorbed electromagnetic radiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Emre Hiro Discekici, Qin Liu, Tienteh Chen, Shannon Reuben Woodruff