Patents by Inventor Qing Zou

Qing Zou 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).

  • Publication number: 20220245679
    Abstract: A system comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that cause the one or more processors to perform: training a machine learning model using one or more training features, wherein each training feature of the one or more training features is segmented in a respective group of one or more groups by a respective time period; executing, after training the machine learning model, the machine learning model to generate a forecasting system to predict at least a predicted return on an ad spend (ROAS) value; and providing access to the forecasting system to predict one or more input parameters for an electronic advertising campaign to forecast one or more campaign predictions associated with the electronic advertising campaign. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Yang Peng, Qing Zou, Sai Sri Ram Haridass
  • Publication number: 20220222781
    Abstract: A method for visualization of dynamic objects using a generative manifold includes steps of: acquiring a set of measurements associated with the dynamic objects using sensors; estimating parameters of a generator using the set of measurements and estimating latent variables using the set of measurements; modeling using a computing device the dynamic objects as a smooth non-linear function of the latent variables using the generator such that points in a latent subspace are mapped to a manifold in a generative manifold model; and generating a visualization of the dynamic objects using the generative manifold model. The set of measurements may include multi-slice data. The generative manifold model may provide for modeling deformations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: University of Iowa Research Foundation
    Inventors: Mathews Jacob, Qing Zou
  • Patent number: 11295347
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform acts of: providing access to a forecasting system that includes a machine learning model configured to forecast one or more campaign predictions associated with an electronic advertising campaign; extracting historical campaign data from one or more databases using a distributed processing system; generating training features for training the machine learning model; executing a training procedure that is configured to train the machine learning model, at least in part, using the training features; and executing, after completion of the training procedure, the machine learning model to forecast a predicted ROAS value or a predicted budget value. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Yang Peng, Qing Zou, Sai Sri Ram Haridass
  • Patent number: 11126615
    Abstract: Systems for prosecuting Internet messaging campaigns. Two or more data sources are determined where at least one of the data sources comprise demographic attributes corresponding to shared IDs such as recipient IDs. A first join operation is performed over matching instances of the shared IDs in the two or more data sources. The first join operation results in a personalization table comprising rows having at least recipient IDs, respective external addresses, and at least one of the demographic attributes. The personalization table is transformed into a key-value data structure that is published to a caching subsystem. The caching subsystem is used to select a first set of recipients determined without performing a second join operation. Personalized messages to at least some of the first and second set of recipients are formed using the message template and the key-value data structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey Taihana Tuatini, Bradley Harold Sergeant, Raghu Upadhyayula, Qing Zou
  • Patent number: 10754846
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for high-performance data processing. A policy is received that indicates a cutoff time. A request is processed to return the data item from the cache if the cutoff time is satisfied for the data item or return the data item from the database or not at all if the cutoff time is not satisfied for the data item. If the data item retrieved from the database, metadata associated with the data item is stored to indicate when the data item was last marked as in sync with the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Taihana Tuatini, Bradley Harold Sergeant, Qing Zou, Arun Ananthanarayanan Tharuvai
  • Patent number: 10656055
    Abstract: Provided is a conveyor belt specification determination method. Severity of a use condition of a conveyor belt is categorized into categories. A database in which a permissible range of prescribed characteristics of an upper cover rubber, including wear resistance and cut resistance, for each of the categories is set is created; a degree of influence of representative rubber physical properties, which affect the prescribed characteristics, of the upper cover rubber on the prescribed characteristics is ascertained; a category is identified from the use conditions of the conveyor belt on the basis of the database; an appropriate range of the representative rubber physical property is identified for which the prescribed characteristics are in the permissible range in the identified category; and a rubber type for which the rubber physical properties are in this appropriate range is selected as the upper cover rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Gang Hou, De Qing Zou
  • Publication number: 20200142887
    Abstract: Systems for prosecuting Internet messaging campaigns. Two or more data sources are determined where at least one of the data sources comprise demographic attributes corresponding to shared IDs such as recipient IDs. A first join operation is performed over matching instances of the shared IDs in the two or more data sources. The first join operation results in a personalization table comprising rows having at least recipient IDs, respective external addresses, and at least one of the demographic attributes. The personalization table is transformed into a key-value data structure that is published to a caching subsystem. The caching subsystem is used to select a first set of recipients determined without performing a second join operation. Personalized messages to at least some of the first and second set of recipients are formed using the message template and the key-value data structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey Taihana TUATINI, Bradley Harold SERGEANT, Raghu UPADHYAYULA, Qing ZOU
  • Patent number: 10545947
    Abstract: Systems for prosecuting Internet messaging campaigns. Two or more data sources are determined where at least one of the data sources comprise demographic attributes corresponding to shared IDs such as recipient IDs. A first join operation is performed over matching instances of the shared IDs in the two or more data sources. The first join operation results in a personalization table comprising rows having at least recipient IDs, respective external addresses, and at least one of the demographic attributes. The personalization table is transformed into a key-value data structure that is published to a caching subsystem. The caching subsystem is used to select a first set of recipients determined without performing a second join operation. Personalized messages to at least some of the first and second set of recipients are formed using the message template and the key-value data structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey Taihana Tuatini, Bradley Harold Sergeant, Raghu Upadhyayula, Qing Zou
  • Patent number: 10445924
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and device for processing Dynamic Vision Sensor (DVS) events. The method comprises the operations of: acquiring a DVS event map sequence; for any DVS event map in the DVS event map sequence, extracting a DVS event feature descriptor, where the DVS event feature descriptor has a scale-invariant feature and/or a rotation-invariant feature; determining, according to the extracted DVS event feature descriptor, a three-dimensional space pose of the DVS event map at the current moment; and, generating, according to the three-dimensional space pose of each DVS event map, a DVS event map sequence with temporal consistency. The embodiments of the present invention are used for generating, from a DVS event map sequence, a DVS event map sequence with temporal consistency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., BEIJING SAMSUNG TELECOM R&D CENTER
    Inventors: Feng Shi, Dong Qing Zou, Wei Heng Liu, De Heng Qian, Hyun Surk Ryu, Jia Li, Jing Tao Xu, Kyoobin Lee, Qiang Wang
  • Publication number: 20180308253
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for time alignment calibration are provided including acquiring an event-stream and video images of a target object which are simultaneously shot by a dynamic vision sensor and an assistant vision sensor, determining a key frame that reflects obvious movement of the target object from the video images, mapping effective pixel positions of the target object in the key frame and effective pixel positions of the target object in the neighboring frames according to a spatial relative relation between the dynamic vision sensor and the assistant vision sensor, determining a first target object template that covers events in a first event-stream segment from the plurality of target object templates, and using a time alignment relation of an intermediate instant of the first event-stream segment and a timestamp of a frame corresponding to the first target object template between the dynamic vision sensor and the assistant vision sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Hyun Surk RYU, Joo Yeon WOO, Keun Joo PARK, Hyun Ku LEE, Wei Heng LIU, Dong Qing ZOU, Feng SHI, Jia LI, Qiang WANG
  • Patent number: 10012576
    Abstract: An in-situ testing equipment for testing micromechanical properties of a material in a multi-load and multi-physical field coupled condition is disclosed. The equipment comprises a frame supporting module, a tension/compression-low cycle fatigue module, a torsioning module (21), a three-point bending module (6), an impressing module (33), a thermal field and magnetic field application module (34), an in-situ observation module (32) and a clamp body module (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: JILIN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hongwei Zhao, Luquan Ren, Jianping Li, Hu Huang, Panfeng Zhang, Xiaoli Hu, Hongbing Cheng, Daining Fang, Zhichao Ma, Qingwei Zhuang, Jing Gao, Xiaolong Dong, Kehong Tang, Fu Zhang, Qing Zou, Yuxiang Zhu, Jingshi Dong, Zunqiang Fan, Yong Hu, Tao Shang
  • Publication number: 20180137673
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and device for processing Dynamic Vision Sensor (DVS) events. The method comprises the operations of: acquiring a DVS event map sequence; for any DVS event map in the DVS event map sequence, extracting a DVS event feature descriptor, where the DVS event feature descriptor has a scale-invariant feature and/or a rotation-invariant feature; determining, according to the extracted DVS event feature descriptor, a three-dimensional space pose of the DVS event map at the current moment; and, generating, according to the three-dimensional space pose of each DVS event map, a DVS event map sequence with temporal consistency. The embodiments of the present invention are used for generating, from a DVS event map sequence, a DVS event map sequence with temporal consistency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Beijing Samsung Telecom R&D Center
    Inventors: Feng SHI, Dong Qing ZOU, Wei Heng LIU, De Heng QIAN, Hyun Surk RYU, Jia LI, Jing Tao XU, Kyoobin LEE, Qiang WANG
  • Publication number: 20180129702
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for high-performance data processing. A policy is received that indicates a cutoff time. A request is processed to return the data item from the cache if the cutoff time is satisfied for the data item or return the data item from the database or not at all if the cutoff time is not satisfied for the data item. If the data item retrieved from the database, metadata associated with the data item is stored to indicate when the data item was last marked as in sync with the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Jeffrey Taihana TUATINI, Bradley Harold SERGEANT, Qing ZOU, Arun Ananthanarayanan THARUVAI
  • Publication number: 20180100785
    Abstract: Provided is a conveyor belt specification determination method. Severity of a use condition of a conveyor belt is categorized into categories. A database in which a permissible range of prescribed characteristics of an upper cover rubber, including wear resistance and cut resistance, for each of the categories is set is created; a degree of influence of representative rubber physical properties, which affect the prescribed characteristics, of the upper cover rubber on the prescribed characteristics is ascertained; a category is identified from the use conditions of the conveyor belt on the basis of the database; an appropriate range of the representative rubber physical property is identified for which the prescribed characteristics are in the permissible range in the identified category; and a rubber type for which the rubber physical properties are in this appropriate range is selected as the upper cover rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Gang Hou, De Qing Zou
  • Patent number: 9898498
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for high-performance data processing. A policy is received that indicates a cutoff time. A request is processed to return the data item from the cache if the cutoff time is satisfied for the data item or return the data item from the database or not at all if the cutoff time is not satisfied for the data item. If the data item retrieved from the database, metadata associated with the data item is stored to indicate when the data item was last marked as in sync with the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey Taihana Tuatini, Bradley Harold Sergeant, Qing Zou, Arun Ananthanarayanan Tharuvai
  • Patent number: 9625929
    Abstract: A method for obtaining a three-phase power flow of a power distribution network and a device for obtaining a three-phase power flow of a power distribution network are provided. The method includes steps of: selecting a three-phase power transformer in the power distribution network and configuring a secondary side of the three-phase power transformer with an ungrounded neutral connection, such that the three-phase power transformer satisfies a preset voltage-current relationship; adding a constraint condition to the preset voltage-current relationship to correct a three-phase admittance matrix of the three-phase power transformer; and applying the three-phase admittance matrix to a preset algorithm to obtain a three-phase power flow of the power distribution network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Guizhou Power Grid Information & Telecommunication Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenchuan Wu, Boming Zhang, Qing Zou, Hongbin Sun, Fei Li, Qinglai Guo, Yi Liu, Yajing Gao, Hongjia Miao, Yuan Ji
  • Publication number: 20160216182
    Abstract: An in-situ testing equipment for testing micromechanical properties of a material in a multi-load and multi-physical field coupled condition is disclosed. The equipment comprises a frame supporting module, a tension/compression-low cycle fatigue module, a torsioning module (21), a three-point bending module (6), an impressing module (33), a thermal field and magnetic field application module (34), an in-situ observation module (32) and a clamp body module (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Hongwei Zhao, Luquan Ren, Jianping Li, Hu Huang, Panfeng Zhang, Xiaoli Hu, Hongbing Cheng, Daining Fang, Zhichao Ma, Qingwei Zhuang, Jing Gao, Xiaolong Dong, Kehong Tang, Fu Zhang, Qing Zou, Yuxiang Zhu, Jingshi Dong, Zunqiang Fan, Yong Hu, Tao Shang
  • Patent number: 9385548
    Abstract: A charger with a replaceable plug includes a charger body; a groove is provided on an end portion of a lateral surface of the charger body, and a folding plug is hinged in the groove. A removable plug is also plugged in the groove, and the removable plug is formed of a support, conductive pins and positioning raised ribs disposed on the support, and conductive metal elastic pieces connected with the conductive pins; an end face of the positioning raised ribs, facing the conductive pins of the folding plug is provided with connecting holes matching the conductive pins, and the conductive metal elastic pieces are arranged in the connecting holes. When the positioning raised ribs are plugged into the groove, the conductive metal elastic pieces are tightly connected with the conductive pins of the folding plug. The present invention is simple in structure and convenient to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: DONGGUAN YUHUA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qing Zou
  • Publication number: 20160175944
    Abstract: A cutting tool with asymmetric structures on cutting teeth has multiple toothed surfaces. Each of the toothed surfaces has multiple groove structures dividing a side edge of the toothed surface into the cutting teeth. Since the groove structures of the toothed surfaces are arranged in an asymmetric and complementary manner, contact areas between the cutting teeth on the toothed surfaces of the cutting tool and a workpiece are reduced. The cutting teeth on the toothed surfaces of the cutting tool are not worn and broken easily. When the cutting tool is used for cutting hard brittle material, machining quality, accuracy, and efficiency are enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Yu-Ting Lyu, Yin Chuang, Zai-Fa Chen, Yin-Xian Chen, Hai-Qing Zou
  • Publication number: 20160012493
    Abstract: Systems for prosecuting Internet messaging campaigns. Two or more data sources are determined where at least one of the data sources comprise demographic attributes corresponding to shared IDs such as recipient IDs. A first join operation is performed over matching instances of the shared IDs in the two or more data sources. The first join operation results in a personalization table comprising rows having at least recipient IDs, respective external addresses, and at least one of the demographic attributes. The personalization table is transformed into a key-value data structure that is published to a caching subsystem. The caching subsystem is used to select a first set of recipients determined without performing a second join operation. Personalized messages to at least some of the first and second set of recipients are formed using the message template and the key-value data structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey Taihana TUATINI, Bradley Harold SERGEANT, Raghu UPADHYAYULA, Qing ZOU