Patents by Inventor Quan Yuan

Quan Yuan 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: 8630495
    Abstract: A computer program product for processing a video having a plurality of objects is provided. The computer program product includes a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith. The computer readable program code is configured for labeling at least one object among the plurality of objects with a property selected from the group consisting of: whether the object can be modified; whether the object can be replaced; and at least one of: name, color, size, and content. The computer readable program code is configured for replacing the at least one object with another object having a property matching therewith if the object has been labeled as one that can be replaced. The computer readable program code is configured for modifying the at least one object to obtain a new object if the object has been labeled as one that can be modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rong Yao Fu, Quan Yuan, Xia Tian Zhang, Shi Wan Zhao
  • Publication number: 20130340229
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in radial flow reactors is presented. The apparatus includes a first partition and a second partition with support members coupled therebetween. The first partition include a first opening and a second opening to allow the passage of fluid therethrough. A baffle extends into a flow channel formed by adjacent support members to obstruct an upper or lower portion of the first opening to interrupt a portion of the fluid flow therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Michael J. Vetter, Quan Yuan, Paul A. Sechrist
  • Publication number: 20130343961
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in radial flow reactors is presented. The apparatus includes a first partition and a second partition with support members coupled therebetween. The first partition include a first opening and a second opening to allow the passage of fluid therethrough. A baffle extends into a flow channel formed by adjacent support members to obstruct an upper or lower portion of the first opening to interrupt a portion of the fluid flow therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Michael J. Vetter, Quan Yuan, Paul A. Sechrist
  • Patent number: 8433758
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for user information processing in a network environment. The method performs an orthogonal transform on first and second vectors representing information related to first and second users respectively to obtain first and second transformed vectors. Then, the method splits the first and second transformed vectors into two parts respectively, such that first and second vectors cannot be derived from the first or second parts. The first and second user devices exchange the first part of the first transformed vector and the second part of the second transformed vector. The first and second user devices calculate the inner product of the first parts and the second parts respectively. Finally, the two inner products of the parts are summed to get an inner product of the first and second vectors. Also provided are a method and system for resource recommendation in a network environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rong Yao Fu, Wei Gao, Tao Wang, Quan Yuan, Xia Tian Zhang, Shiwan Zhao
  • Patent number: 8353036
    Abstract: A system and method for protecting cross-domain interaction of a web application on an unmodified browser. The system includes: a security framework, which is created by a browser. The security framework further includes: a component creator for creating components from a plurality of sources; and supervision module for supervising and controlling scripts/codes executed during the creation of components and invocation and interaction operations performed by various components after the creation of components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rong Yao Fu, Wei Gao, Quan Yuan, Xia Tian Zhang, Shiwan Zhao
  • Publication number: 20120230654
    Abstract: A computer program product for processing a video having a plurality of objects is provided. The computer program product includes a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith. The computer readable program code is configured for labeling at least one object among the plurality of objects with a property selected from the group consisting of: whether the object can be modified; whether the object can be replaced; and at least one of: name, color, size, and content. The computer readable program code is configured for replacing the at least one object with another object having a property matching therewith if the object has been labeled as one that can be replaced. The computer readable program code is configured for modifying the at least one object to obtain a new object if the object has been labeled as one that can be modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rong Yao Fu, Quan Yuan, Xia Tian Zhang, Shi Wan Zhao
  • Patent number: 8213724
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for labeling a video, an apparatus and method for modifying a video, a video searching method and an advertising method. The method for labeling a video includes labeling at least one object with its properties. The method for modifying a video includes replacing at least one object labeled as “can be replaced” with another object and modifying at least one object if the object has been labeled as “can be modified.” The video searching method includes labeling at least one object in at least one video with its properties and searching the video for an object of interest using the properties labeled on at least one object. The advertising method includes creating a video having an object labeled by an author's name, modifying the video by replacing the labeled object with an advertising object or modifying the labeled object as an advertising object by the advertiser, and distributing the video so that end user can watch the modified video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rong Yao Fu, Quan Yuan, Xia Tian Zhang, Shi Wan Zhao
  • Patent number: 8121669
    Abstract: Region of interest (ROI) corresponding to a soft tissue mass are tracked in a training video acquired by sonography. The locations of the ROI are used to construct a directed graph in which each node represents a location of the tracked ROI, and the edges represent temporal relations of the ROIs. The soft tissue mass can also be tracked using the graph, and appropriate treatment can be delivered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Fatih M. Porikli, Quan Yuan
  • Publication number: 20120027252
    Abstract: A method for detecting presence of a hand gesture in video frames includes receiving video frames having an original resolution, downscaling the received video frames into video frames having a lower resolution, and detecting a motion corresponding to the predefined hand gesture in the downscaled video frames based on temporal motion information in the downscaled video frames. The method also includes detecting a hand shape corresponding to the predefined hand gesture in a candidate search window within one of the downscaled video frames using a binary classifier. The candidate search window corresponds to a motion region containing the detected motion. The method further includes determining whether the received video frames contain the predefined hand gesture based on the hand shape detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Ming-Chang LIU, Liangyin YU, Quan YUAN
  • Publication number: 20120027263
    Abstract: A method for detecting presence of a hand gesture in video frames includes receiving video frames having an original resolution, downscaling the received video frames into video frames having a lower resolution, and detecting a motion corresponding to the predefined hand gesture in the downscaled video frames based on temporal motion information in the downscaled video frames. The method also includes detecting a hand shape corresponding to the predefined hand gesture in a candidate search window within one of the downscaled video frames using a binary classifier. The candidate search window corresponds to a motion region containing the detected motion. The method further includes determining whether the received video frames contain the predefined hand gesture based on the hand shape detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Chang Liu, Liangyin Yu, Quan Yuan
  • Publication number: 20120022790
    Abstract: Techniques for topography recording are provided. In at least some implementations, a topography recording device includes a position determination unit configured to obtain coordinate data of a location; a sensor unit configured to determine the inclination of terrain at the location; a processing unit coupled to the position determination unit and the sensor unit, and configured to calculate the gradient of the terrain at the location based on the inclination of the terrain at the location, and to generate a map indicating three-dimensional terrain in the vicinity of the location based on the coordinate data of the location and the gradient of the terrain at the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventors: Quan YUAN, Haipeng GUO, Dong HOU
  • Publication number: 20110246462
    Abstract: A method and system for prompting changes of electronic document content. The method includes the steps of: determining a first relation information from a first document where the first relation information includes: a first named entity, a second named entity, and a first relationship between the first named entity and the second named entity, storing the first relation information in a database, determining a second relation information from a second document, where the second relation information includes: a third named entity, a fourth named entity, and a second relationship between the third named entity and the fourth named entity, retrieving the first relation information from a database, and sending the first relation information to a client, if the first relation information is different from the second relation information, where at least one step is performed using a computer device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xian Wu, Quan Yuan, Xia Tian Zhang, Shiwan Zhao
  • Publication number: 20110213786
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for generating recommended items for a current user in an unfamiliar domain. The method includes selecting a reference user of the current user, in a reference domain different from the unfamiliar domain, wherein the behavior of the current user and the behavior of the reference user have a user similarity index in the reference domain which satisfies a condition. The method further includes generating the recommended items in the unfamiliar domain for the current user according to history behavior data of the reference user in the unfamiliar domain. Even if there is little or no history behavior data of the current user in the unfamiliar domain, an effective recommendation can be made to the current user. To carryout the steps of the method, the apparatus includes a reference user determining module, a current user recommending module and a demarcating module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xian Wu, Quan Yuan, Xia Tian Zhang, Shiwan Zhao
  • Publication number: 20110211684
    Abstract: A method, device and system for judging a call type are disclosed in embodiments of the present invention. The method includes: receiving a call request from a calling terminal, where the call request carries a calling terminal number and a called terminal number; querying a number information storage server for plan information of the calling terminal number and/or the called terminal number according to the call request; and judging the call type of a call service corresponding to the call request according to the plan information of the calling terminal number and the called terminal number. In the embodiments of the present invention, a number information storage server stores and manages the number plan information uniformly, thus reducing the maintenance costs; and the method, device and system for judging a call type enable judging of the call type of a terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yue Wu, Quan Yuan, Shaowei Zhang, Xuzu Shu, Guangbing Yan, Shiqiang Peng, Lingfei Ni
  • Publication number: 20100243208
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tube-side sequentially pulsable-flow, shell-and-tube heat exchanger apparatus and a chemical processing system comprising and methods of heat exchange employing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Kishore K. Kar, Richard F. Cope, Quan Yuan, Madan Somasi, Brian M. Morgan
  • Publication number: 20100223336
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for user information processing in a network environment. The method performs an orthogonal transform on first and second vectors representing information related to first and second users respectively to obtain first and second transformed vectors. Then, the method splits the first and second transformed vectors into two parts respectively, such that first and second vectors cannot be derived from the first or second parts. The first and second user devices exchange the first part of the first transformed vector and the second part of the second transformed vector. The first and second user devices calculate the inner product of the first parts and the second parts respectively. Finally, the two inner products of the parts are summed to get an inner product of the first and second vectors. Also provided are a method and system for resource recommendation in a network environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rong Yao Fu, Wei Gao, Tao Wang, Quan Yuan, Xia Tian Zhang, Shiwan Zhao
  • Publication number: 20100186089
    Abstract: A system and method for protecting cross-domain interaction of a web application on an unmodified browser. The system includes: a security framework, which is created by a browser. The security framework further includes: a component creator for creating components from a plurality of sources; and supervision module for supervising and controlling scripts/codes executed during the creation of components and invocation and interaction operations performed by various components after the creation of components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rong Yao Fu, Wei Gao, Quan Yuan, Xia Tian Zhang, Shiwan Zhao
  • Patent number: 7754683
    Abstract: A bone morphogenetic protein-2 active peptide is characterized in that the structure is S[PO4]KIPKASSVPTELSAISTLYLDDD (SEQ ID NO: 1) or CCCCDDDS[PO4]KIPKASSVPTELSAISTLYL (SEQ ID NO: 2) or C16H31O—NH—CCCCGGGS[PO4]KIPKASSVPTELSAISTLYL (SEQ ID NO: 3). It overcomes the disadvantages of existing BMP-2, such as short half life, difficulty of sustained effect, complexity of equipments and preparation techniques, long production cycle, low yield, expensive price, and is accordingly difficult for large-scale production. In addition, the bone morphogenetic protein-2 active peptide exhibits the advantages, such as complete exposure of active sites, good ectopic osteogenesis ability, easy large-scale synthesis, lower cost, better stability and long duration. Meanwhile, the present invention also relates to the manufacturing method and application of such bone morphogenetic protein-2 active peptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Inventors: Xiaodong Guo, Qixin Zheng, Quan Yuan, Deyu Duan, Jianxiang Liu, Zhixia Duan
  • Patent number: 7730727
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for cogeneration ducting applications in which at least a desired effective flow stream control is maintained for stable combustion. A flow stream is directed through a flow control system to achieve the desired effective uniform flow rate and composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: American Air Liquide, Inc.
    Inventors: Quan Yuan, Tailai Hu, Pavol Pranda
  • Publication number: 20090253102
    Abstract: Region of interest (ROI) corresponding to a soft tissue mass are tracked in a training video acquired by sonography. The locations of the ROI are used to construct a directed graph in which each node represents a location of the tracked ROI, and the edges represent temporal relations of the ROIs. The soft tissue mass can also be tracked using the graph, and appropriate treatment can be delivered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Fatih M. Porikli, Quan Yuan