Patents by Inventor Qing A. Zhou

Qing A. Zhou 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: 11851966
    Abstract: A horizontal sampling soil drilling rig and a control method are used to solve the problem that the soil sampling device in the prior art has difficulty in horizontal sampling. The horizontal sampling soil drilling rig includes a rack, a connection assembly, a drive mechanism, a spiral drill rod, and a sampler. The rack is provided with a spline shaft and a screw rod in parallel. The screw rod and the spline shaft are connected through a first transmission assembly in transmission connection. The drive mechanism includes a rotation driver, a second transmission assembly, and a spline shaft sleeve. The spline shaft sleeve is rotationally connected to the rack, and the spline shaft sleeve and the spline shaft mesh with each other. The rotation driver is connected with the spline shaft through the second transmission assembly in transmission connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Maoyong He, Li Deng, Zhangdong Jin, Jun Xiao, Yuanyuan Cheng, Qing Zhou, Jiaxin Luo
  • Patent number: 11856090
    Abstract: In an approach, a processor obtains an encrypted data key and a first encrypted protection key from a storage device. A processor sends the first encrypted protection key to a first device. A processor obtains a protection key from the first device, wherein the protection key is generated by the first device through decrypting the first encrypted protection key. A processor decrypts the encrypted data key using the protection key to obtain a data key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hong Qing Zhou, Yan Lin Ren, Zong Xiong Z X Wang, Zhang Li, Xiao Ling Chen
  • Publication number: 20230409373
    Abstract: This application provides an encoding method and a decoding method for a function calling context, and an apparatus. The encoding method includes: obtaining encoding values corresponding to creation relationships between a plurality of threads in program code, and obtaining, based on the encoding values corresponding to the creation relationships between the plurality of threads and calling context information of a target function, an encoding result of a context of a thread to which the target function belongs. According to the method in this application, the encoding result of the context of the thread to which the target function belongs can be obtained, so that different calling contexts of functions in a plurality of threads can be distinguished. This helps improve analysis efficiency and analysis precision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Qing ZHOU, Rutao ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230409224
    Abstract: A system may include a memory and a processor in communication with the memory configured to perform operations. The may operations include obtaining transaction logs in blocks from nodes of a data storage system. The operations may include, for each transaction log, splitting the transaction log into log entries, grouping log entries into groups associated with a same data source, and writing the log entries of the groups to empty blocks such that log entries from different groups do not share a same block. The operations may include identifying a same sequence of log entries from the written transaction logs and uploading first blocks of a first transaction log, including the same sequence of log entries, to an object-based storage without uploading second blocks of a second transaction log including the same sequence of log entries to the object-based storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Peng Hui Jiang, FengLi Wang, Qi Feng Huo, Jun Su, Hong Qing Zhou, Yan Lin Ren, Li Zhang, Ling Ling SH Hu
  • Publication number: 20230374602
    Abstract: Fragmentation of cell-free DNA molecules is measured and used for various purposes, including determining methylation, e.g., at a particular site of a DNA molecule, at a particular genomic site in a reference genome for a biological sample (e.g., plasma, serum, urine, saliva) of cell-free DNA of a subject, or for a particular region in the reference genome for the biological sample (also just referred to as a sample). Various types of fragmentation measurements can be used, e.g., end motifs and cleavage profiles. Another purpose is determining a fractional concentration of DNA of a particular tissue type (e.g., clinically-relevant DNA). Another purpose is determining a pathology of a subject using a biological sample including cell-free DNA. The cell-free DNA can be of the subject or of a pathogen (e.g., a virus) in the subject's sample. Sites/regions that are hypermethylated, hypomethylated, 5hmC-enriched, and 5hmC-depleted for a particular tissue type can be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yuk-Ming Dennis Lo, Rossa Wai Kwun Chiu, Kwan Chee Chan, Peiyong Jiang, Qing Zhou, Guannan Kang, Rong Qiao, Lu Ji
  • Publication number: 20230374601
    Abstract: Fragmentation of cell-free DNA molecules is measured and used for various purposes, including determining methylation, e.g., at a particular site of a DNA molecule, at a particular genomic site in a reference genome for a biological sample (e.g., plasma, serum, urine, saliva) of cell-free DNA of a subject, or for a particular region in the reference genome for the biological sample (also just referred to as a sample). Various types of fragmentation measurements can be used, e.g., end motifs and cleavage profiles. Another purpose is determining a fractional concentration of DNA of a particular tissue type (e.g., clinically-relevant DNA). Another purpose is determining a pathology of a subject using a biological sample including cell-free DNA. The cell-free DNA can be of the subject or of a pathogen (e.g., a virus) in the subject's sample. Sites/regions that are hypermethylated, hypomethylated, 5hmC-enriched, and 5hmC-depleted for a particular tissue type can be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yuk-Ming Dennis Lo, Rossa Wai Kwun Chiu, Kwan Chee Chan, Peiyong Jiang, Qing Zhou, Guannan Kang, Rong Qiao, Lu Ji
  • Patent number: 11822547
    Abstract: Shared materialized views are maintained during data changes to the primary data and during creation of new materialized views. Shared data stored for use by shared materialized views is distinguished from data stored by an independent materialized view. A view selector manages data updates to shared materialized views and corresponding mapping table. The view selector directs movement of data between a shared materialized view and an independent materialized view through the lifecycle of the materialized views.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peng Hui Jiang, Jun Su, Yan Lin Ren, Zhang Li, Hong Qing Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230367516
    Abstract: A program detection method includes receiving a program provided by a user, and obtaining, based on a query parameter and the program, a result of the program running in a weak memory environment. The query parameter indicates a maximum interval between two operations on which reordering occurs and that are of the program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Rutao Zhang, Qing Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230366007
    Abstract: Cell-free nucleic acid from extracellular particles (EPs) is analyzed. A sample can be purified for the extracellular particles. As examples, the purification can include centrifuging, washing, and a nuclease treatment. To increase the fetal fraction, the purification can enrich a sample for a certain type of EPs (e.g., long EPs). In this manner, a desired population of particles can be selected for the analysis of their nucleic acids. As part of an analysis of the nucleic acid molecules (fragments) from an enriched sample, nucleic acid molecules greater than a certain size can be selected, which can increase genetic and/or epigenetic informativeness, without an adverse effect (e.g., the reduction of fetal DNA fraction). The long nucleic acid fragments can be analyzed in various ways, including using short read sequencing techniques that perform fragmentation before sequencing and using long read sequencing techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yuk-Ming Dennis Lo, Rossa Wai Kwun Chiu, Kwan Chee Chan, Pelyong Jiang, Qing Zhou
  • Patent number: 11790270
    Abstract: A process and a system for creating a visual guide for developing training data for a classification of image, where the training data includes images tagged with labels for the classification of the images. A processor may prompt a user to define a framework for the classification. For an initial set of images within the training data, qualified human classifiers are prompted to locate the images within the framework and to tag the images with labels. The processor determines whether the tagged images have consistent labels, and, if so, the processor adds images to the training data. The processor may add the images by providing a visual guide, the visual guide including tagged images arranged according to their locations within the framework their labels, and prompting human classifiers to tag the additional images with labels for the classification, according to the visual guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Landing AI
    Inventors: Dongyan Wang, Gopi Prashanth Gopal, Andrew Yan-Tak Ng, Karthikeyan Thiruppathisamy Nathillvar, Rustam Hashimov, Pingyang He, Dillon Anthony Laird, Yiwen Rong, Alejandro Betancourt, Sanjeev Satheesh, Yu Qing Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230312704
    Abstract: Provided are an antibody against claudin 18.2 (CLDN18.2) and a use thereof in diagnosing and treating cancer of the stomach, pancreas and esophagus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Qing Zhou, Chuanying Xu, Weihong Nian, Xiangyu He, Xinmin Zhang, Xintong Zheng, Feng He, Jing Xiao
  • Publication number: 20230313314
    Abstract: Fragmentation of cell-free DNA molecules is measured and used for various purposes, including determining methylation, e.g., at a particular site of a DNA molecule, at a particular genomic site in a reference genome for a biological sample (e.g., plasma, serum, urine, saliva) of cell-free DNA of a subject, or for a particular region in the reference genome for the biological sample (also just referred to as a sample). Various types of fragmentation measurements can be used, e.g., end motifs and cleavage profiles. Another purpose is determining a fractional concentration of DNA of a particular tissue type (e.g., clinically-relevant DNA). Another purpose is determining a pathology of a subject using a biological sample including cell-free DNA. The cell-free DNA can be of the subject or of a pathogen (e.g., a virus) in the subject's sample. Sites/regions that are hypermethylated, hypomethylated, 5hmC-enriched, and 5hmC-depleted for a particular tissue type can be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Yuk-Ming Dennis Lo, Rossa Wai Kwun Chiu, Kwan Chee Chan, Peiyong Jiang, Qing Zhou, Guannan Kang, Rong Qiao, Lu Ji
  • Patent number: 11751785
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a testing method and a testing system for a human stress reaction, and a computer-readable storage medium. The testing method for the human stress reaction includes acquiring position information and visual field information of a testee in a virtual road traffic scene after the virtual road traffic scene is established; guiding the testee into a test zone when the testee is within a test-waiting zone and when a visual field direction of the testee faces the test zone, and simultaneously, starting acquiring stress reaction data of the testee; controlling a virtual reality environment module to create a virtual stress event in the test zone after it is determined that the testee is within the test zone, and applying a stimulation to the testee, such that the testee make a stress reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Bingbing Nie, Quan Li, Qing Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230254147
    Abstract: In an approach, a processor receives, at an edge node, a message from an IoT device associated with the edge node, the message being embedded with at least one non-fungible token (NFT) and each of the at least one NFT representing a corresponding authorization associated with the IoT device. A processor retrieves, at the edge node, the at least one NFT from the received message. A processor validates, at the edge node, the received message based on the retrieved at least one NFT. A processor, responsive to validating the received message, forwards, by the edge node, the received message to a center node associated with the edge node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Qi Feng Huo, Xiang Dong Hu, Yan Lin Ren, Hong Qing Zhou, Peng Hui Jiang, Ling Ling SH Hu, Zhang Li
  • Publication number: 20230159398
    Abstract: A cement mixture for application to a honeycomb body and a method of forming a plugged ceramic honeycomb body is provided. The cement mixture contains a plurality of inorganic particles including at least about 50% of a refractory material selected from at least one of alumina and zirconia and less than about 15% titania (by weight), a pore forming agent, an organic binder, and a liquid vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Weimin Hou, Patrick David Tepesch, Qing Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230148341
    Abstract: A cement composition for plugging a honeycomb body, a plugged honeycomb body, and methods of plugging a honeycomb body are provided. The cement composition includes a source of inorganic particles, an inorganic binder, an organic binder, and a crosslinking agent that is capable of reacting with the inorganic binder and the organic binder. The cement composition can be dried without firing to form water-resistant plugs in a honeycomb body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Weimin Hou, Yang Li, Jianguo Wang, Qing Zhou
  • Patent number: 11645066
    Abstract: Aspects include applying a patch to a first instance of software code and verifying that the first instance of the software code with the patch applied is operating as expected. The verifying includes sending a request to the first instance of the software code and sending the request to a second instance of the software code where the patch was previously applied. The verifying also includes comparing a first result received from the first instance of the software code in response to the request and a second result received from the second instance of the software code in response to the request. The verifying further includes determining that the first instance of the software code with the patch applied is operating as expected based on the first result being within a similarity threshold of the second result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peng Hui Jiang, Jun Su, Hong Qing Zhou, Zhang Li, Yan Lin Ren
  • Publication number: 20230136926
    Abstract: A method of making a porous structure configured for use in a particulate filter includes bonding a plurality of glass bubbles to one another, and breaching the plurality of glass bubbles. Voids within individual breached glass bubbles open into one another to form cavities that extend through the porous structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Guohua Chen, Weimin Hou, He Jing, Jia Liu, Jianguo Wang, Qing Zhou
  • Patent number: 11630868
    Abstract: A tracking integration method includes acquiring at least one generalized object, extracting position characteristics of the generalized object and establishing the extracted position characteristics as a standard position model, receiving and storing tracking information of the at least one generalized object to complete integration of the tracking information, and querying and displaying the tracking information of the generalized object. The generalized object includes one or more of a person, an item, a digital asset, and a virtual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shang-Qing Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230096452
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a claudin 18.2 (CLDN18.2) antibody and the use thereof in treating cancers, such as gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer, and esophageal cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Qing Zhou, Chuanying Xu, Weihong Nian, Xiangyu He, Xintong Zheng, Xinmin Zhang, Feng He, Jing Xiao