Patents by Inventor Qing Liu

Qing 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).

  • Patent number: 12075106
    Abstract: A message sending method, a message sending apparatus, a readable medium, and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: determining a message type of a current message received in a current time window, where the message type includes a first message type and a second message type; buffering the current message in a target buffer queue corresponding to the current message if the determined message type is the first message type, where each message in the target buffer queue has an associated timestamp; and sending the current message to a target client if the determined message type is the second message type, and a total number of messages sent to the target client within the current time window does not reach a first preset threshold, where the target client is a receiver of the current message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qing Liu
  • Publication number: 20240281978
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for generating segmentation masks for a digital visual media item. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems generate, utilizing a neural network encoder, high-level features of a digital visual media item. Further, the disclosed systems generate, utilizing the neural network encoder, low-level features of the digital visual media item. In some implementations, the disclosed systems generate, utilizing a neural network decoder, an initial segmentation mask of the digital visual media item from the low-level features. Moreover, the disclosed systems generate, utilizing the neural network decoder, a refined segmentation mask of the digital visual media item from the initial segmentation mask and the high-level features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Jingyuan Liu, Qing Liu, Jimei Yang, Yuhong Wu, Su Chen
  • Publication number: 20240271149
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of producing industrial products from plant lipids, particularly from vegetative parts of plants. In particular, the present invention provides oil products such as biofuel, and processes for producing these products, as well as plants having an increased level medium chain fatty acids such as lauric acid and myristic acid. In one particular embodiment, the present invention relates to combinations of modifications in a fatty acid thioesterase and one or more acyltransferases. In an embodiment, the present invention relates to a process for extracting lipids. In another embodiment, the lipid is converted to one or more hydrocarbon products in harvested plant vegetative parts to produce alkyl esters of the fatty acids which are suitable for use as a renewable biofuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Kyle B. Reynolds, Thomas Vanhercke, Anna El Tahchy, Qing Liu, Surinder S. Singh, James R. Petrie
  • Publication number: 20240263100
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of producing industrial products from plant lipids, particularly from vegetative parts of plants. In particular, the present invention provides oil products such as biodiesel and synthetic diesel and processes for producing these, as well as plants having an increased level of one or more non-polar lipids such as triacylglycerols and an increased total non-polar lipid content. In one particular embodiment, the present invention relates to combinations of modifications in two or more of lipid handling enzymes, oil body proteins, decreased lipid catabolic enzymes and/or transcription factors regulating lipid biosynthesis to increase the level of one or more non-polar lipids and/or the total non-polar lipid content and/or mono-unsaturated fatty acid content in plants or any part thereof. In an embodiment, the present invention relates to a process for extracting lipids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Thomas Vanhercke, James Robertson PETRIE, Anna EL TAHCHY, Surinder SINGH, Kyle REYNOLDS, Qing LIU, Benjamin Aldo LEITA
  • Publication number: 20240253028
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a full recovery process for carbon dioxide emitted from a catalytic cracking regeneration device, which is executed by a processor of a full recovery system for carbon dioxide. The full recovery process includes recovering, through a flue gas recovery device, a circulated flue gas generated by the catalytic cracking regeneration device, and mixing the circulated flue gas and oxygen to produce a carbon-based gas; determining a concentration sequence and a gas flow rate sequence in a connection pipe, and a reaction parameter of the catalytic cracking regeneration device; determining a combustion feature based on the concentration sequence and the gas flow rate sequence; and in response to the combustion feature satisfying a first preset condition, determining a target opening combination of a target flow rate regulating valve based on at least the combustion feature and the reaction parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: SHANGHAI YUANHAN ENERGY & CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunfeng ZHANG, Qing LIU, Xiangquan ZHANG, Wenjun WU
  • Patent number: 12050007
    Abstract: A low-carbon energy utilization system for steam and power cogeneration of oil field is provided, which includes a first water pump device, a second water pump device, electric heating devices, a liquid mixer, a fossil-fuel steam injection boiler, a steam mixer, a super-heater, and a new energy generation station. The electric heating devices are connected to the first water pump device. The liquid mixer is connected to the second water pump device and the electric heating devices. The fossil-fuel steam injection boiler is connected to the liquid mixer. The steam mixer is connected to the electric heating devices and the fossil-fuel steam injection boiler. The super-heater is connected to the steam mixer. The new energy generation station is used for supplying power to the electric heating devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Yuxin Wu, Qi Liu, Junfu Lv, Man Zhang, Yang Zhang, Zhong Huang, Tuo Zhou, Qing Liu
  • Publication number: 20240247578
    Abstract: A system and method that include receiving a well plan and determining a plurality of sections of the well plan and receiving data from surface and downhole to determine a current location of a drill bit. The system and method also include analyzing the well plan to automatically derive trajectory constraints that are associated with each of the plurality of sections of the well plan. The system and method additionally include determining a plurality of trajectory candidates that pertain to respective paths from the current location of a drill bit to respective targets included within each of the plurality of sections of the well plan based on a consideration of the trajectory constraints. The system and method further include determining a working plan that includes an optimal path from the current location of the drill bit to reach a final target based on the plurality of trajectory candidates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Samba Holger White Ba, Lu Jiang, Adrien Chassard, Magnus Hedlund, Maja Ignova, Katharine Mantle, Jinsoo Kim, Tao Yu, Farid Toghi, Hendrik Suryadi, Qing Liu, Diego Medina
  • Publication number: 20240237981
    Abstract: A surgical stapler and a control method therefor. A control part of the surgical stapler is used to acquire a real-time drive current value and a jump current average value of a drive part; then, determine the difference value between the drive current value at a current moment and the drive current value at a previous moment; compare the difference value to the jump current average value, if the difference value is greater than the jump current average value, control the drive part to stop working. Thus, an operator does not have to determine by his or herself whether anastomosis action is completed before operating the surgical stapler, thereby increasing surgical efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Qing LIU, Xiaoqiang CHEN, Xuelan YANG, Libo LIU
  • Publication number: 20240235103
    Abstract: A waterproof electrical connector includes a connector body and a waterproof cap. The connector body includes a mating island surrounded by a ring groove. The mating island defines a mating face and plural passageways. The passageways receive conductive terminals and penetrate through the mating face. A soft cushion is set inside the waterproof cap. The connector body includes a collar portion. The collar portion is higher than the mating face and forms an entrance cavity around the ring groove. When the cap covers the connector body, the soft cushion penetrates into the entrance cavity to press and seal the mating face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: JIAN-KUANG ZHU, KUO-CHUN HSU, YIN-CHAO XU, JIA-QING LIU
  • Patent number: 12031011
    Abstract: Disclosed are a poly dopamine film and a preparation method and application thereof. The polydopamine film is loaded with silver sulfadiazine, and the preparation method achieves in-situ synthesis of si sulfadiazine on a conventional polydopamine film by microwave irradiation. In the method, the sulfadiazine is not dissolved in conventional aqueous ammonia, which has the following advantages: firstly, preventing the polydopamine film from being corroded by the aqueous ammonia; secondly, protecting mucosa such as eyes and nasal cavities of workers from stimulation and corrosion of the aqueous ammonia; and thirdly, avoiding the environmental problem caused by pungent odor and fumes emitted from high-concentration aqueous ammonia. In the method, without using the catalyst trifluoromethanesulfonic acid or trifluoromethanesulfonic salt, not only is the loading of silver sulfadiazine increased, but also the safely performance can be further improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: B. J. ZH. F. PANTHER MEDICAL EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qing Liu, Cong Pu
  • Publication number: 20240200429
    Abstract: A method and system for finding and efficiently evaluating and selecting a wellbore path that accounts for placement rules and the presence of existing wells. A topological representation of the connected paths is created and managed. The topological representation may be generated as a pre-computed database of space information that represents the locations of existing wells and accounts for restrictions such as anti-collision and the parameters, including geological and drilling equipment parameters. Using such a representation, the design of a wellbore path may be completed quickly and more efficiently. The topology may represent all connected space for a section of the subsurface. This topological representation may be used to evaluate all possible paths from the starting point (surface location, tie-in point for a sidetrack, tie-in point for replanning, etc.) to the target and enable selecting the path that meets the conditions and is optimized for the existing constraints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Qing Liu, Peng Jin, Lu Jiang, Wang JiaJun, Paul Bolchover, Samba Ba
  • Publication number: 20240200087
    Abstract: The present invention relates, inter alia, to vegetative plant parts, such as from a Sorghum sp. and/or a Zea mays plant, which comprise a total fatty acid (TFA) content which comprises fatty acids esterified in the form of triacylglycerols (TAG) and fatty acids in the form of lipids other than TAG, wherein the vegetative plant parts comprise greatly increased levels of TFA, for example a TFA content of about 5% (w/w dry weight). The present invention also relates to the use of the vegetative plant parts as a feedstuff, and/or to produce a feedstuff, for animal consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: XueRong Zhou, Qing LIU, Anna EL TAHCHY, Srinivas BELIDE, Madeline Claire Mitchell, Uday Kumar DIVI, Thomas Vanhercke, James Robertson Petrie, Surinder Pal Singh, Allan Graham Green
  • Patent number: 12015770
    Abstract: Provided is a method for encoding video data. The method includes: acquiring video data; configuring an encoding parameter of an encoder; determining a first time interval between two adjacent video frames in a group of pictures based on the encoding parameter; and adjusting a number of video frames in the group of pictures based on the first time interval by encoding the video data based on the encoding parameter. A device and a storage medium are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: BIGO TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Xinning Wang, Qing Liu, Leju Yan
  • Patent number: 12014007
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel and a driving method thereof, and a display device. The display panel includes a display zone including at least one touch region and at least one non-touch region. The display panel further includes at least one touch button in the at least one touch region, and the at least one touch button is configured to enable the at least one touch region to display a predetermined screen for a touch operation when touched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chongguang Wei, Weifan Yang, Lei Liu, Qing Liu, Guojuan Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240191744
    Abstract: The invention proposes a kind of bending bolt type anti-loosening nut, which relates to the technical field of mechanical fastening. It comprises an upper nut and a lower nut, the upper nut and the lower nut are stacked on the outside of the bolt and used to tightly connect the bolt to the connecting piece, the lower nut is arranged close to the connecting piece, the upper nut is arranged on the outer end surface of the lower nut; the adjacent end between the upper nut and lower nut is provided with an inclined surface, the inclined surface is inclined towards the interior of the upper nut, so that an inclined plane angle with deformation space between the upper nut and lower nut is formed; the invention achieves the effect of preventing nut loosening, is low in price, easy to manufacture, and suitable for small or miniature anti-loosening nuts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Qing Liu, Yu Liu, Quanxi Liu, Xuyang Liu, Ting Gao, Ming Liu, Junfeng Liu, Meng Fan, Xiaohong Wang, Xiaoying Wang, Peng Wang, Wei Wang, Jie Fan, Jianyi Liu
  • Publication number: 20240183263
    Abstract: A system and method that include receiving a well plan and determining a plurality of sections of the well plan and receiving data from surface and downhole to determine a current location of a drill bit. The system and method also include analyzing the well plan to automatically derive trajectory constraints that are associated with each of the plurality of sections of the well plan and determining a plurality of trajectory candidates that pertain to respective paths from the current location of the drill bit to respective targets based on a consideration of the trajectory constraints. The system and method further include determining costs according to at least one cost function to rank the plurality of trajectory candidates to determine a working plan that includes an optimal path from the current location of the drill bit to reach a final target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Samba Ba, Lu Jiang, Adrien Chassard, Magnus Hedlund, Maja Ignova, Katharine Mantle, Jinsoo Kim, Tao Yu, Farid Toghi, Hendrik Suryadi, Qing Liu, Diego Medina
  • Publication number: 20240179113
    Abstract: Methods and devices are described that enable a device to generate a message including a multimodal composition, and to output the message on a device. The multimodal composition is generated by first selecting a first element belonging to a first output modality. The multimodal composition is further generated by selecting at least one second element belonging to a second output modality to associate with the first element, the combination of the first element and the second element being the multimodal composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Jian ZHAO, Pengcheng AN, Ziqi ZHOU, Qing LIU, Da-yuan HUANG, Linghao DU, Wei LI
  • Publication number: 20240169541
    Abstract: Systems and methods for instance segmentation are described. Embodiments include identifying an input image comprising an object that includes a visible region and an occluded region that is concealed in the input image. A mask network generates an instance mask for the input image that indicates the visible region of the object. A diffusion model then generates a segmentation mask for the input image based on the instance mask. The segmentation mask indicates a completed region of the object that includes the visible region and the occluded region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Jianming Zhang, Qing Liu, Yilin Wang, Zhe Lin, Bowen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240169623
    Abstract: Systems and methods for multi-modal image generation are provided. One or more aspects of the systems and methods includes obtaining a text prompt and layout information indicating a target location for an element of the text prompt within an image to be generated and computing a text feature map including a plurality of values corresponding to the element of the text prompt at pixel locations corresponding to the target location. Then the image is generated based on the text feature map using a diffusion model. The generated image includes the element of the text prompt at the target location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Yu Zeng, Zhe Lin, Jianming Zhang, Qing Liu, Jason Wen Yong Kuen, John Philip Collomosse
  • Patent number: D1035022
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen Idea Light Limited
    Inventors: Heping Chen, Qing Liu