Patents by Inventor Rui Zhang

Rui Zhang 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: 10251233
    Abstract: A lighting system includes a solid state lighting device capable of generating mixed light and a controller. The solid state lighting device includes light sources for producing mixed light and a sensor configured to detect light from one of the light sources. The controller controls two or more of the light sources based on output from the sensor. The controller can communicate with the sensor to provide closed-loop control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Anil Tipirneni, Rui Zhang
  • Patent number: 10242014
    Abstract: A filesystem includes a pool of data blocks and a pool of index blocks. Non-overlapping subpools of data blocks, including a first subpool of data blocks and a second subpool of data blocks, are identified within the pool of data blocks. Likewise, non-overlapping subpools of index blocks, including a first subpool of index blocks and a second subpool of index blocks, are identified within the pool of index blocks. A first file group is mounted within a global namespace on a first mount point on the filesystem. A second file group is also mounted within the global namespace on a second mount point on the filesystem. The first subpool of data blocks and the first subpool of index blocks are allocated to the first mounted file group, and the second subpool of data blocks and the second subpool of index blocks are allocated to the second mounted file group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Reshu Jain, Prasenjit Sarkar, Mohit Saxena, Rui Zhang
  • Patent number: 10241826
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer program product includes a computer-readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The embodied program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to receive, by the processor, a first job request. The embodied program instructions are also executable by the processor to cause the processor to analyze, by the processor, the first job request to determine a user skill level of a user that submitted the first job request. Moreover, the embodied program instructions are executable by the processor to cause the processor to admit, by the processor, the first job request to a data analytics system and/or a data storage system in a specified order with respect to other received job requests based on at least the user skill level of the user that submitted the first job request. Other systems and methods are described in accordance with more embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nathalie Baracaldo-Angel, Heiko H. Ludwig, William W. Owen, Rui Zhang
  • Patent number: 10233223
    Abstract: A recombinant fusion protein comprising a human erythropoietin peptide portion linked to an immunoglobulin peptide portion is described. The fusion protein has a prolonged half-life in vivo compared to naturally occurring or recombinant native human erythropoietin. In one embodiment, the protein has a half-life in vivo at least three-fold higher than native human erythropoietin. The fusion protein exhibits enhanced erythropoietic bioactivity compared to native human erythropoietin. In one embodiment, the fusion protein comprises the complete peptide sequence of a human erythropoietin (EPO) molecule and the peptide sequence of an Fc fragment of human IgG1, which Fc fragment includes the hinge region, CH2 and CH3 domains. The EPO molecule may be linked directly to the Fc fragment to avoid extraneous peptide linkers and lessen risk of an immunogenic response when administered. In one embodiment the hinge region is a human Fc fragment variant having a non-cysteine residue at amino acid 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Novagen Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Haitao Wang, Yong Du, Rui Zhang, Jing Xu, Longbin Liu
  • Patent number: 10236026
    Abstract: Thermal barrier layers and seed layers for control of thermal and structural properties of heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) media are provided. One such HAMR medium includes a substrate, a heat sink layer on the substrate, a thermal barrier layer of SrTiO3 on the heat sink layer, an underlayer of MgO on the thermal barrier layer, and a magnetic recording layer on the underlayer. Another such HAMR medium includes a substrate, a heat sink layer on the substrate, a thermal barrier layer of an ABO3-type oxide on the heat sink layer, and a magnetic recording layer on the thermal barrier layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: WD MEDIA, LLC
    Inventors: Rui Zhang, Tomoko Seki, Antony Ajan, Paul C. Dorsey
  • Publication number: 20190077843
    Abstract: This application relates to recombinant human interferon-like proteins. In one embodiment a recombinant protein created by gene shuffling technology is described having enhanced anti-viral and anti-proliferative activities in comparison to naturally occurring human inteferon like alpha 2b (HuIFN-?2b). The invention encompasses a polynucleotide encoding the protein and recombinant vectors and host cells comprising the polynucleotide. Preferably the polynucleotide is selected from the group of polynucleotides each having a sequence at least 93% identical to SEQ ID: No. 1 and the protein is selected from the group of proteins each having an amino acid sequence at least 85% identical to SEQ ID No: 2. The proteins and compositions comprising the proteins can be used for treatment of conditions responsive to interferon, therapy, such as viral diseases and cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Haitao WANG, Chunsheng MAO, Jizhi LI, Ling WANG, Yong DU, Longbin LIU, Jing XU, Rui ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20190070307
    Abstract: A recombinant fusion protein comprising a human erythropoietin peptide portion linked to an immunoglobulin peptide portion is described. The fusion protein has a prolonged half-life in vivo in comparison to naturally occurring or recombinant native human erythropoietin. In one embodiment of the invention, the protein has a half-life in vivo at least three fold higher than native human erythropoietin. The fusion protein also exhibits enhanced erythropoietic bioactivity in comparison to native human erythropoietin. In one embodiment, the fusion protein comprises the complete peptide sequence of a human erythropoietin (EPO) molecule and the peptide sequence of an Fc fragment of human immunoglobulin IgG1. The Fc fragment in the fusion protein includes the hinge region, CH2 and CH3 domains of human immunoglobulin IgG1. The EPO molecule may be linked directly to the Fc fragment to avoid extraneous peptide linkers and lessen the risk of an immunogenic response when administered in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Haitao Wang, Yong Du, Rui Zhang, Jing Xu, Longbin Liu
  • Publication number: 20190064490
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a head-mounted projection display, and more particularly, but not exclusively to a polarized head-mounted projection display including a light engine and a compact, high-performance projection lens for use with reflective microdisplays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Hong Hua, Rui Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190068002
    Abstract: A wireless power system may have a wireless power transmitting device and a wireless power receiving device. The wireless power receiving device may have a display that operates at a frame rate. The wireless power transmitting device may transmit wireless power signals to the wireless power receiving device at an initial frequency. In response to receiving the wireless power signals or in response to a request sent by the wireless power transmitting device, the wireless power receiving device transmits information on the frame rate to the wireless power transmitting device. The wireless power transmitting device uses the initial frequency and the frame rate in determining a safe frequency to use in transmitting wireless signals to avoid or at least reduce interference with the display. The wireless power transmitting device then adjusts the wireless power transmission frequency from the initial frequency to the safe frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Anshi Liang, Yang Xu, Rui Zhang, Marc J. DeVincentis, Paolo Sacchetto
  • Publication number: 20190064392
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and computer program product. Weather forecast data is generated with respect to an area encompassing a location of a solar farm by a computer system. Solar power output by the solar farm is forecasted by the computer system based on the generated weather forecast data. Forecasted solar power output data is generated by the computer system based on the forecasted solar power output by the solar farm. A power grid operation, including one or both of a power grid balancing operation and a power grid optimization operation, is performed based on the forecasted solar power output data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: MINWEI FENG, ILDAR KHABIBRAKHMANOV, TARUN KUMAR, MARK A. LAVIN, KEVIN W. WARREN, RUI ZHANG, WEI ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20190068944
    Abstract: An apparatus for head-mounted displays may include (i) a flexible planar support frame, (ii) a left eye cup coupled to a left side of the flexible planar support frame and a right eye cup coupled to a right side of the flexible planar support frame, (iii) left-eye and right-eye display screen areas mounted to the flexible planar support frame such that the left-eye display screen area projects toward a left eye aperture defined by the left eye cup and the right-eye display screen area projects toward a right eye aperture defined by the right eye cup. The flexible planar support frame may be bendable such that the distance between projections of the left-eye and right-eye display screen areas onto a viewing plane varies as the flexible planar support frame bends, thereby adjusting for varying interpupillary distances. Various other devices, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Rui Zhang, Michael Xingyi Yu
  • Patent number: 10214493
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to indazole derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment and/or prevention of disorders and conditions ameliorated by antagonizing one or more glucagon receptors, including for example metabolic diseases such as Type II diabetes mellitus and obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA NV
    Inventors: Micheal Gaul, Guozhang Xu, Shyh-Ming Yang, Tianbao Lu, Rui Zhang, Fengbin Song
  • Patent number: 10209523
    Abstract: An apparatus for reduced display blur may include a display that displays consecutive frames. The apparatus may also include a backlight that intermittently illuminates the display, with variable timing, to render visible each of the consecutive frames. The apparatus may further include a prioritization element that, for each given frame within the consecutive frames, determines a field of interest within the display. The apparatus may additionally include a control element that, for each given frame within the consecutive frames and responsive to the field of interest determined by the prioritization element for the given frame, controls the timing with which the backlight illuminates the display such that the backlight illuminates the display after the display response time has passed for the field of interest within the display for the given frame and finishes illuminating the display before the field of interest within the display is modified for a subsequent frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Rui Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190049767
    Abstract: Stable, macroscopic single-crystal chiral liquid crystal compositions are described. The compositions include a single-crystal chiral liquid crystal material on a patterned surface. The patterned surface seeds a particular crystallographic orientation at the substrate-liquid crystal interface. Also described are methods of forming the single-crystal chiral liquid crystal compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Juan Jose de Pablo, Paul Franklin Nealey, Xiao Li, Jose A. Martinez-Gonzalez, Monirosadat Sadati, Rui Zhang, Ye Zhou
  • Patent number: 10201082
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transparent conductive layer comprising non-conductive areas and conductive areas, wherein the conductive areas comprise an interconnected network of electrically conductive nanoobjects and in the non-conductive areas the nanoobjects are converted into particles and wherein the thickness of the conductive areas and the non-conductive areas differs less than 10 nm. The invention further relates to a process for producing a patterned transparent conductive film, the film comprising a substrate and a transparent conductive layer, and to a process for producing the patterned transparent conductive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rui Zhang, Garo Khanarian, Herve Dietsch, Andreas Kuehner
  • Publication number: 20190034445
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes filtering a plurality of files stored to a central cluster of a distributed file system to place independent portions of the plurality of files into a plurality of groups using filters prior to receiving a query on the plurality of files. Files within each of the plurality of groups share a common searchable characteristic. The method also includes receiving, at the central cluster, an indication of the query. Moreover, the method includes responding to the query by duplicating files of one or more of the plurality of groups that correspond to the query to a local cluster of the distributed file system that provided the indication of the query and is geographically diverse from the central cluster. Other methods, systems, and computer program products for cognitive data management are described in accordance with more embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Subashini Balachandran, Rui Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190031618
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to benzimidazole derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of disorders and conditions mediated by the CB-1 receptor, more particularly, use in the treatment of disorders and conditions responsive to inverse agonism of the CB-1 receptor. More particularly, the compounds of the present invention are useful in the treatment of metabolic disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Mark J. Macielag, Rui Zhang, Yue-Mei Zhang, Bin Zhu, Michael H. Parker, Donald W. Ludovici, Daniel J. Parks, Bart L. DeCorte, Michael N. Greco
  • Publication number: 20190034487
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for cognitively filtering data in a storage environment includes generating a plurality of cognitive data filters based on one or more factors to create a plurality of groups. The method also includes cognitively filtering data received by a global data repository to place independent portions of the data into the plurality of groups using the plurality of cognitive data filters prior to receiving a query on the global data repository. Data within each of the plurality of groups share a common definable characteristic. Other systems, methods, and computer program products for cognitively filtering data within storage environments are presented in accordance with more embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Subashini Balachandran, Rui Zhang
  • Patent number: 10185877
    Abstract: Processes, systems, and devices for occlusion detection for video-based object tracking (VBOT) are described herein. Embodiments process video frames to compute histogram data and depth level data for the object to detect a subset of video frames for occlusion events and generate output data that identifies each video frame of the subset of video frames for the occlusion events. Threshold measurement values are used to attempt to reduce or eliminate false positives to increase processing efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Reza Pournaghi, Rui Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190013271
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards techniques and configurations for layered interconnect structures for bridge interconnection in integrated circuit assemblies. In one embodiment, an apparatus may include a substrate and a bridge embedded in the substrate. The bridge may be configured to route electrical signals between two dies. An interconnect structure, electrically coupled with the bridge, may include a via structure including a first conductive material, a barrier layer including a second conductive material disposed on the via structure, and a solderable material including a third conductive material disposed on the barrier layer. The first conductive material, the second conductive material, and the third conductive material may have different chemical composition. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Yueli Liu, Qinglei Zhang, Amanda E. Schuckman, Rui Zhang