Patents by Inventor Ran Zhou

Ran 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: 11961637
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a stretchable composite electrode and a fabricating method thereof, and particularly relates to a stretchable composite electrode including a silver nanowire layer and a flexible polymer film and a fabricating method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TPK ADVANCED SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Wei Sheng Chen, Ching Mao Huang, Jia Hui Zhou, Huan Ran Yu, Shu Xiong Wang, Chin Hui Lee
  • Publication number: 20240118937
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to prediction, based on previous usage of a cloud-based computing resource by a user of one or more users of the cloud-based computing resource, future usage of the cloud-based computing resource. Based on the predicted future usage, embodiments relate to identifying that throttling of access to the cloud-based computing resource is to occur, and notifying the user of the throttling. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Bo Zong, Huan Wang, Tian Lan, Ran Yao, Tony Wong, Daeki Cho, Caiming Xiong, Silvio Savarese, Yingbo Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240119968
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display method and apparatus, and a readable storage medium. The method includes: receiving a user operation on an information display entry of a first editing template, the first editing template being configured to edit a first multimedia material into a second multimedia material according to a target editing mode adopted by the first editing template; and displaying an information display page of the first editing template in response to the user operation on the information display entry of the first editing template, the information display page being configured to display indication information of the target editing mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ziyun CHEN, Yingzhi ZHOU, Ran CUI
  • Publication number: 20240119970
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and apparatus for a scenario of editing multimedia resources, a device and a storage medium. The method includes: in response to an editing instruction triggered for a target editing template, displaying an import page of a material segment to be edited corresponding to the target editing template, wherein a setting entry for the material segment to be edited and a prompt entry for the material segment to be edited are presented on the import page; in response to a trigger for the prompt entry, displaying an original material segment corresponding to the material segment to be edited; in response to a trigger operation for the setting entry, determining the material segment to be edited; and editing the material segment to be edited into a target multimedia resource in a target editing mode indicated by the target editing template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ying YAN, Yingzhi ZHOU, Ran CUI, Ping LI
  • Patent number: 11953379
    Abstract: A live detection system, a thermal infrared (IR) imager and a method for power grid equipment are provided. The system includes an environmental parameter module for acquiring environmental temperature, humidity and wind speed data; a ranging module for measuring a linear distance to the power grid equipment; an equipment type recognition module for acquiring an image of the power grid equipment, and recognizing a type of the power grid equipment; an equipment material determination module for determining a material type of the power grid equipment; an emissivity setting module for setting an emissivity; an temperature measurement module for obtaining a temperature of the power grid equipment by focusing on positions of the power grid equipment which need temperature measurement; and a report generation module for selecting a corresponding diagnostic model, displaying a temperature measurement position and a temperature value, drawing a conclusion, and generating a report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: State Grid Shandong Electric Power Research Institute, State Grid Corporation of China
    Inventors: Rong Liu, Hui Liu, Qinghe Shen, Jinxia Yao, Haiyan Yuan, Bo Yang, Xiaobin Sun, Chao Gu, Ran Jia, Yang Zhang, Chao Zhou, Chuanbin Liu
  • Publication number: 20240112701
    Abstract: Disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure are a method and apparatus for multimedia resource editing scene, and a device and a storage medium. The method comprises: detecting whether a current time matches a specified time; in response to determining that the current time matches the specified time, presenting prompt information of a target editing template; where the target editing template is associated with a first multimedia resource; content of the first multimedia resource belongs to a content category associated with the specified time; the target editing template instructs to edit a to-be-edited multimedia material into a second multimedia resource in a target editing way; the target editing way is an editing way used by the first multimedia resource; and the prompt information is presentation information of the first multimedia resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Ying Yan, Yingzhi Zhou, Ran Cui, Yize Cheng
  • Publication number: 20240105232
    Abstract: A video editing method and apparatus, a computer readable storage medium, a device, and a computer program product are provided. The method includes: displaying a material addition page, in response to a preset edition operation for a first video editing template; acquiring a user material corresponding to the first video editing template, based on the material addition page; and generating a first video corresponding to the first video editing template according to the user material. The material description information corresponding to the first video editing template is displayed on the material addition page, and the material description information is used to describe a content feature of a user material. The first video is a video edited from the user material according to an editing operation indicated by the first video editing template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Song JIA, Yingzhi ZHOU, Ran CUI, Ying ZHANG, Liangzhao CAO, Yuyang LIN, Tianqi ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11926982
    Abstract: An assembled subway station and a construction method thereof are provided. The assembled subway station includes a plurality of components combined in a ring shape, comprising a bottom plate component, two bottom corner components, two side wall components, a middle plate component, two top corner components, and a top plate component. Connection surfaces of each component are each provided with a concave-convex structure being matched with another concave-convex structure on a relevant connection surface of an adjacent component. Butt joint positions of two adjacent components are filled with sealing structures. The embedded grooves of two adjacent components are oppositely arranged, and connecting members for exerting opposite fastening forces on the two adjacent components are installed in the oppositely arranged embedded grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xianli Ding, Bao Xiang, Xingzhong Nong, Juyang Wu, Haiou Shi, Feiqi Ou, Zihui Zan, Ran Wang, Shengya He, Xiao Li, Chunjie Liu, Liang Ye, Qian Zhou, Hengyi Li, Wenqi Zhang, Yiheng Ren, He Huang
  • Publication number: 20240079577
    Abstract: A cathode material for a sodium ion battery having a coating structure having chemical formula: Na1+aNixMnyFezAmBnO2, where ?0.35?a?0.20, 0.08<x?0.5, 0.05<y?0.48, 0.03<z<0.4, 0.03<m<0.24, 0.001<n<0.06, x+y+z+m+n=1. A preparation method of a cathode material for a sodium ion battery comprises the steps of: firstly, mixing a sodium source, a nickel source, a manganese source, an iron source and an A source uniformly, and then performing a first sintering, cooling and crushing to obtain a semi-finished product; then, after mixing the semi-finished product with a B source uniformly, performing a second sintering, cooling and crushing to obtain the cathode material for a sodium ion battery. The cathode material for a sodium ion battery according to the present disclosure is structurally stable, and a surface coating layer thereof inhibits side reactions with an electrolyte, so that the cycling performance is significantly improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Chaoyi ZHOU, Qianxin XIANG, Yang WU, Jinkai LI, Xingping WU, Ran GU
  • Patent number: 11915500
    Abstract: A system uses a neural network based model to perform scene text recognition. The system achieves high accuracy of prediction of text from scenes based on a neural network architecture that uses double attention mechanism. The neural network based model includes a convolutional neural network component that outputs a set of visual features and an attention extractor neural network component that determines attention scores based on the visual features. The visual features and the attention scores are combined to generate mixed features that are provided as input to a character recognizer component that determines a second attention score and recognizes the characters based on the second attention score. The system trains the neural network based model by adjusting the neural network parameters to minimize a multi-class gradient harmonizing mechanism (GHM) loss. The multi-class GHM loss varies based on a level of difficulty of the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Pan Zhou, Peng Tang, Ran Xu, Chu Hong Hoi
  • Publication number: 20230398142
    Abstract: Provided is a method for preventing or treating urological chronic pelvic pain syndrome (UCPPS) in a subject that includes administering an effective amount of cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeNPs) to the subject. Also provided is a method for preventing or treating an UCPPS in a subject that includes administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of the CeNPs and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicants: National Health Research Institutes, National Taiwan University, National Chung Hsing University, National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Wei-Chih LIEN, Feng-Huei Lin, Hui-Min Wang, Tak Shing Ching, Xin-Ran Zhou, Ya-Jyun Liang, Chia-Yih Wang, Fu-I Lu, Huei-Cih Chang
  • Patent number: 11762958
    Abstract: Examples described herein provide for determining a recipe for identifying from which buckets integrated circuit chips are taken to form units of a multi-chip apparatus. In an example, a method uses a processor-based system and uses a Markov Decision Process. Buckets are defined based on respective characteristics of manufactured chips. Each of the manufactured chips is binned into a respective one of the buckets based on the characteristic of the respective manufactured chip. A recipe for identifying from which of the buckets to take one or more of the manufactured chips to incorporate into respective ones of the units of the multi-chip apparatus is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: XILINX, INC.
    Inventors: Ran Zhou, Cinti X. Chen, Xiao-Yu Li
  • Publication number: 20220300760
    Abstract: Systems and methods include determination of a plurality of records, each of the plurality of records including an event, an item, a supplier, and a timestamp, generation, for each of the plurality of records, of a negative sample record including the event of the record, the item of the record, the timestamp of the record, and a sample supplier different from the supplier of the record, association of each of the plurality of records and the generated negative sample records with either a first time period or a second time period based on the timestamp of the record, training of a machine-learning model based on the records and the negative sample records associated with the first time period, and evaluation of the trained model based on the records and the negative sample records associated with the second time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Shruti BHARGAVA, Ran ZHOU, Tanya PIPLANI, Varsha SANKAR, Qing DU, Bharath SIVARAMAN, Fuming WU, KeQiang XIONG
  • Publication number: 20220243387
    Abstract: A laundry dryer control method comprising: setting the dryer to a default drying operation; performing the default drying operation when a user selects the default setting and does not select a dry boost setting; and performing a non-default drying operation when a user selects the default setting and does select a dry boost setting. In default operation, the dryer operates the drum and fan, and operates supplemental drying mechanism according to a predetermined schedule of “on” cycles and “off” cycles. If dry boost is selected, or if another non-default cycle is selected, the dryer operates the drum, fan and supplemental drying mechanism using a temperature feedback control loop, and operates until the laundry reaches a first dryness threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ran Zhou, Brandon King, John Scherr, Pavan Honnegowda, Ian Beloved Chazarae Banks, Eduardo Palmeira
  • Patent number: 11280541
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a compartment for storing food items in a refrigerated environment, and a door for engaging with an appliance body and selectively closing the compartment. The door has a front panel, a rear panel, and a door end closure assembly providing an end of the door. The closure assembly includes an endcap extending between the front panel and the rear panel and a user interface engaged with the endcap. The user interface is configured to allow control of or to provide feedback regarding one or more aspects of the appliance to the user. The endcap defines at least a portion of a handle gap configured to receive at least a portion of a user's hand to allow for selective opening of the compartment, and an interface cavity for receiving the user interface. The interface cavity is separated from the handle gap and closed by the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Fellipe Vinicius Marinho Scorsim, Carlos Cordero, Raony Barrios, John Thomas Campbell, III, Cristhian Camilo Serrano Camacho, Ran Zhou
  • Publication number: 20220047768
    Abstract: A concealed air sanitization device is disclosed. The concealed air sanitization device comprises a housing having an interior chamber, and an air inlet and outlet communicating between the interior chamber and an exterior environment. The concealed air sanitization device further comprises an air circulation unit configured to draw air into the interior chamber through the air inlet, one or more ultraviolet light sources disposed within the interior chamber, and one or more sensors configured to detect human presence proximate the air sanitization device. The concealed air sanitization device further comprises a processor configured to receive signals from the sensors in response to detection of human presence, and activate the air circulation unit and ultraviolet light sources in response to the detection to draw air from the exterior environment into the interior chamber and emit ultraviolet light to the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Healthe, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Alan Miller, Fredric Maxik, Todd Brinley Sampson, Ran Zhou
  • Publication number: 20220047743
    Abstract: A portable ultraviolet sanitization device is disclosed that includes a gripping portion, an ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation emitter portion, and a power source. The ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation emitter portion is disposed at a distal end of the gripping portion. The ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation emitter portion includes one or more ultraviolet light sources, such as light emitting diodes or excimer lamps. The power source is in electrical connection with the one or more ultraviolet light sources. The sanitization device is used to sanitize surfaces by eliminating viruses and other microorganisms. The sanitization device is particularly well-equipped to sanitize surfaces that are used intermittently, such as airplane cabins, restaurant seating areas, or similarly occupied spaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Healthe, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Alan Miller, Fredric Maxik, Todd Brinley Sampson, Ran Zhou
  • Publication number: 20210299290
    Abstract: An apparatus for performing ultraviolet-deactivation of pathogens is disclosed. The disclosed apparatus includes a housing, a base member, one or more visible light assemblies, and one or more ultraviolet radiation assemblies. The housing is configured to define a downlight aperture region irradiated by the apparatus. The apparatus may additionally include sensors to detect whether a living organism occupies the downlight aperture region. The input from the sensors may be used to control the one or more ultraviolet radiation assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Fredric Maxik, Ran Zhou, Addy Widjaja, Matthew Regan
  • Publication number: 20210290976
    Abstract: A portal device for sanitizing an object is disclosed. The portal device comprises a frame enclosing a portal space sized to permit passage of a human therethrough and one or more irradiating units arranged about the frame. Each irradiating unit comprises one or more ultraviolet (UV) light sources configured to emit UV light to the portal space and one or more sensors configured to detect an object within the portal space. The portal device also comprises a processor configured to receive detection signals from the sensors, activate the UV light sources to emit UV light to the portal space at a wavelength of about 222 nm for a predetermined period of time in response to the detection signals, and deactivate the UV light sources after the predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Fredric Maxik, Ran Zhou, Addy Widjaja
  • Patent number: 10990809
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method of identifying a physical object, comprising the steps of providing image data comprising an image object representing a physical object, analyzing the image data to extract identification data for the image object, providing supplementary data associated with a particular physical object, and determining whether the image object corresponds to the particular physical object based on the identification data and supplementary data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: IDEMIA Identity & Security Germany AG
    Inventors: Christian Behrenberg, Stefan Fuhrmann, Maximilian Krueger, Stefan Schlenger, Martin Werner, Christian Winter, Marco Wörmann, Ran Zhou