Patents by Inventor Ruoxi Sun

Ruoxi Sun 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: 20230274143
    Abstract: A method for rehearsal-free continual learning includes obtaining a set of training samples where training sample in the set of training samples is associated with a respective task of a plurality of different tasks. The method includes obtaining a task-invariant prompt representative of learned knowledge common to each respective task of the plurality of different tasks. The method includes, for each respective task of the plurality of different tasks, obtaining a respective task-specific prompt representative of learned knowledge specific to the respective task. The method includes, during each of one or more training iterations, for each respective training sample in the set of training samples, selecting the respective task-specific prompt representative of the respective task of the respective training sample and training a model using the task-invariant prompt and the selected respective task-specific prompt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Zizhao Zhang, Zifeng Wang, Chen-Yu Lee, Ruoxi Sun, Sayna Ebrahimi, Xiaoqi Ren, Guolong Su, Vincent Perot, Tomas Pfister, Han Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230223112
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for performing retrosynthesis using a neural network. One of the methods includes generating a prediction of a set of a plurality of predicted reactants that are combinable to generate a target compound, the generating comprising processing, for each of a plurality of candidate sets of reactants, a network input characterizing the candidate set using a neural network, determining, for each candidate set of the plurality of candidate sets, a score using the generated probabilities; and selecting a particular candidate set of one or more reactants using the determined scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Ruoxi SUN, Li LI, Bo DAI, Hanjun DAI
  • Publication number: 20230059708
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method for determining an optimized list of sets of hyperparameter values for application to an additional machine learning task. The method includes obtaining data describing a plurality of different machine learning tasks. The method includes obtaining a plurality of candidate sets of hyperparameter values. The method includes determining an ordered list of sets of hyperparameters selected from the plurality of candidate sets of hyperparameter values, wherein the ordered list of sets of hyperparameters minimizes an aggregate loss over the plurality of different machine learning tasks. The method includes storing the ordered list of sets of hyperparameters for use in training an additional machine learning model to perform an additional machine learning task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Luke Shekerjian Metz, Ruoxi Sun, Christian Daniel Freeman, Benjamin Michael Poole, Niru Maheswaranathan, Jascha Narain Sohl-Dickstein
  • Patent number: 11219359
    Abstract: An endoscope system includes an endoscope, a display device, and a cable interconnecting the endoscope and the display device. The endoscope includes an elongated body extending distally from a handle. An image sensor is disposed within a distal portion of the elongated body, a lens is disposed at a distal end of the elongated body, and a light source including one or more light emitting elements is integrated into the distal end of the elongated body and positioned radially outward of the lens. An integrated processor is disposed within the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Desheng Huang, Ruoxi Sun, Wei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210407625
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for performing protein structure prediction. In one aspect, a method comprises generating a distance map for a given protein, wherein the given protein is defined by a sequence of amino acid residues arranged in a structure, wherein the distance map characterizes estimated distances between the amino acid residues in the structure, comprising: generating a plurality of distance map crops, wherein each distance map crop characterizes estimated distances between (i) amino acid residues in each of one or more respective first positions in the sequence and (ii) amino acid residues in each of one or more respective second positions in the sequence in the structure of the protein, wherein the first positions are a proper subset of the sequence; and generating the distance map for the given protein using the plurality of distance map crops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Andrew W. Senior, James Kirkpatrick, Laurent Sifre, Richard Andrew Evans, Hugo Penedones, Chongli Qin, Ruoxi Sun, Karen Simonyan, John Jumper
  • Publication number: 20210313008
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for performing protein structure prediction and protein domain segmentation. In one aspect, a method comprises generating a plurality of predicted structures of a protein, wherein generating a predicted structure of the protein comprises: updating initial values of a plurality of structure parameters of the protein, comprising, at each of a plurality of update iterations: determining a gradient of a quality score for the current values of the structure parameters with respect to the current values of the structure parameters; and updating the current values of the structure parameters using the gradient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Andrew W. Senior, James Kirkpatrick, Laurent Sifre, Richard Andrew Evans, Hugo Penedones, Chongli Qin, Ruoxi Sun, Karen Simonyan, John Jumper
  • Publication number: 20210304847
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for performing protein structure prediction. In one aspect, a method comprises, at each of one or more iterations: determining an alternative predicted structure of a given protein defined by alternative values of structure parameters; processing, using a geometry neural network, a network input comprising: (i) a representation of a sequence of amino acid residues in the given protein, and (ii) the alternative values of the structure parameters, to generate an output characterizing an alternative geometry score that is an estimate of a similarity measure between the alternative predicted structure and the actual structure of the given protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Andrew W. Senior, James Kirkpatrick, Laurent Sifre, Richard Andrew Evans, Hugo Penedones, Chongli Qin, Ruoxi Sun, Karen Simonyan, John Jumper
  • Patent number: 10952600
    Abstract: An endoscope system includes an endoscope, a display device, and a cable interconnecting the endoscope and the display device. The endoscope includes an elongated body extending distally from a handle. An image sensor is disposed within a distal portion of the elongated body, a lens is disposed at a distal end of the elongated body, and a light source including one or more light emitting elements is integrated into the distal end of the elongated body and positioned radially outward of the lens. An integrated processor is disposed within the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Desheng Huang, Ruoxi Sun, Wei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200155233
    Abstract: A fiber optic probe that eliminates extreme tip temperatures by radiating laser energy in a radial, 360° pattern from the surface of an exposed fiber optic tip is disclosed. In an embodiment, a fiber optic core is configured to operatively engage with a source of laser energy at a proximal end of the fiber optic tip, and, at a distal end of the fiber optic tip, includes a plurality of refracting surfaces configured to disperse laser energy in a radial pattern. In one embodiment, the refracting surfaces may be arranged as a plurality of annular prisms defined around the fiber core. In another embodiment, the refracting surfaces may be arranged as a plurality of concave lenses defined in the fiber optic tip. The temperature distribution of the disclosed probes is controlled and uniform, and may be tailored to radiate laser energy in any desired pattern which may be suitable to achieve an intended objective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Xinmin Wu, Zhongchi Luo, Dang Xie, Ruoxi Sun
  • Patent number: 10543042
    Abstract: A fiber optic probe that eliminates extreme tip temperatures by radiating laser energy in a radial, 360° pattern from the surface of an exposed fiber optic tip is disclosed. In an embodiment, a fiber optic core is configured to operatively engage with a source of laser energy at a proximal end of the fiber optic tip, and, at a distal end of the fiber optic tip, includes a plurality of refracting surfaces configured to disperse laser energy in a radial pattern. In one embodiment, the refracting surfaces may be arranged as a plurality of annular prisms defined around the fiber core. In another embodiment, the refracting surfaces may be arranged as a plurality of concave lenses defined in the fiber optic tip. The temperature distribution of the disclosed probes is controlled and uniform, and may be tailored to radiate laser energy in any desired pattern which may be suitable to achieve an intended objective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Xinmin Wu, Zhongchi Luo, Dang Xie, Ruoxi Sun
  • Publication number: 20190298155
    Abstract: An endoscope system includes an endoscope, a display device, and a cable interconnecting the endoscope and the display device. The endoscope includes an elongated body extending distally from a handle. An image sensor is disposed within a distal portion of the elongated body, a lens is disposed at a distal end of the elongated body, and a light source including one or more light emitting elements is integrated into the distal end of the elongated body and positioned radially outward of the lens. An integrated processor is disposed within the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Desheng Huang, Ruoxi Sun, Wei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170202439
    Abstract: A system is presented including a first lens for receiving a first image, a second lens for receiving a second image, the first and second lenses being synchronized with each other, and a mirror and prism assembly configured to receive the first and second images. The system further includes a single image sensor configured to receive the first and second images from the mirror and prism assembly, the first image projected onto a first side of the single image sensor and the second image projected onto a second side of the single image sensor. The system may also include at least one processor for separately processing the first image on the first side of the single image sensor and the second image on the second side of the single image sensor to reconstruct a three-dimensional image of an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Xinmin WU, Wei TAN, Zhongchi LUO, Ruoxi SUN
  • Publication number: 20170189116
    Abstract: A fiber optic probe that eliminates extreme tip temperatures by radiating laser energy in a radial, 360° pattern from the surface of an exposed fiber optic tip is disclosed. In an embodiment, a fiber optic core is configured to operatively engage with a source of laser energy at a proximal end of the fiber optic tip, and, at a distal end of the fiber optic tip, includes a plurality of refracting surfaces configured to disperse laser energy in a radial pattern. In one embodiment, the refracting surfaces may be arranged as a plurality of annular prisms defined around the fiber core. In another embodiment, the refracting surfaces may be arranged as a plurality of concave lenses defined in the fiber optic tip. The temperature distribution of the disclosed probes is controlled and uniform, and may be tailored to radiate laser energy in any desired pattern which may be suitable to achieve an intended objective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: XINMIN WU, ZHONGCHI LUO, DANG XIE, RUOXI SUN
  • Publication number: 20160007833
    Abstract: An endoscope system includes an endoscope, a display device, and a cable interconnecting the endoscope and the display device. The endoscope includes an elongated body extending distally from a handle. An image sensor is disposed within a distal portion of the elongated body, a lens is disposed at a distal end of the elongated body, and a light source including one or more light emitting elements is integrated into the distal end of the elongated body and positioned radially outward of the lens. An integrated processor is disposed within the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Desheng Huang, Ruoxi Sun, Wei Zhang