Patents by Inventor Sheng Xu

Sheng Xu 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: 20250142711
    Abstract: An electronic control includes a housing and an interface extending across the housing. A circuit board disposed in the housing includes a frequency input pin operatively coupled with the interface and an analog input pin operatively coupled the interface. A first conductive trace is operatively coupled with the frequency input pin. A second conductive trace operatively coupled with the analog input pin. A microcontroller is mounted on the circuit board and includes a selectably configurable input operatively coupled at least one of the first conductive trace and the second conductive trace. The microcontroller is configured to process at least one of a frequency signal received via the frequency input pin and an analog signal received at the analog input pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Sheng Xu, Mark D. Akins
  • Publication number: 20250142721
    Abstract: An electronic control unit includes a housing and an interface extending across the housing including a plurality of interface pins accessible at an exterior of the housing and at an interior of the housing. A circuit board is disposed in the housing. A plurality of conductive traces are operatively coupled with the circuit board and extending between a plurality of discrete component footprints. A microcontroller is positioned on the microcontroller footprint and includes an input pin conductively coupled with a first conductive trace. An input terminal positioned on the input terminal footprint and conductively coupled with a second conductive trace and one of the plurality of interface pins. A flexible input signal conditioning (FISC) circuit comprising a plurality of discrete components positioned on respective discrete component footprints and conductively coupled with respective sets of the plurality of conductive traces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Sheng Xu, Mark D. Akins, Scott G. Decker
  • Publication number: 20250109019
    Abstract: The invention provides a bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide impurity removal and purification system and a bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide impurity removal and purification method. The system comprises a light-component stripping tank, a gas-liquid separator, a product buffer tank, an impurity removal reactor, and a film evaporator. The light-component stripping tank is connected to a reaction product liquid supply source. The gas-liquid separator is connected to the light-component stripping tank and also connected to the light-component product recovery device. The product buffer tank is connected to the light-component stripping tank and also connected to the gas-liquid separator. The impurity removal reactor is connected to the product buffer tank and also connected to an impurity removal reactant supply source. The film evaporator is connected to the impurity removal reactor, connected to a gas-phase separation system, and also connected to an impurity collection tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Hongwei CHEN, Sheng XU, Lurong MAO, Zhenxing LI, Koei NISHIMATSU
  • Publication number: 20250101657
    Abstract: A laundry treatment device and a control method for the laundry treatment device aim to solve the problems that improvements are required in existing washing machines for removing stains from laundry and the dissolving effect of a detergent. The laundry treatment device includes: an inner drum, the inner drum provided with a vent; a ventilation member, the ventilation member including an air inlet and an air outlet; and a gas generating device, the gas generating device comprising a gas outlet, where the gas outlet communicates with the air inlet, and gas generated by the gas generating device passes from the air outlet and through the ventilation hole, and enters a water storage area of the inner drum. According to the arrangement, dirt on the laundry can be efficiently stripped, the amount of detergent used and residues are reduced, and the dirt removal dissolving effect of the detergent are improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER LAUNDRY ELECTRIC APPLIANCES CO., LTD, Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang ZHAO, Sheng XU, Wenwei LI
  • Publication number: 20250084577
    Abstract: A laundry apparatus including an outer tub, a window pad, a drainage pump, a valve assembly, and a fan, the drainage pump is in communication with the outer tub by a pump pipe; the valve assembly includes a blocking mechanism and a valve shell having an air intake cavity and an air output cavity; the air intake cavity and the air output cavity are independently arranged; the air intake cavity is in communication with an air intake pipeline which provides communication between the outside and the pump pipe or the bottom of the outer tub; the air output cavity is in communication with an air output pipeline which provides communication between the outside and the window pad; the fan is arranged on the air intake pipeline and/or the air output pipeline; and the blocking mechanism is configured to simultaneously block the air intake pipeline and the air output pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicants: Qingdao Haier Laundry Electric Appliances Co., Ltd, Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kai LIU, Sheng XU, Zhiqiang ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20250059697
    Abstract: A washing machine including a water container and a circulating filtration pipeline with a water inlet end and a water outlet end being connected to the water container. A pump assembly and a filtering device installed on the circulating filtration pipeline and having a water inlet, a filtered water outlet and a sewage outlet. A sewage pipeline receives sewage discharged from the sewage outlet. A control valve assembly that controls the washing machine to alternately execute a circulating filtration operation to perform a circulating filtration of water in the water container and a sewage discharge operation where the sewage in the filtering device is discharged into the sewage pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicants: Qingdao Haier Laundry Electric Appliances Co., Ltd., Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheng XU, Yanfen LV
  • Publication number: 20250061346
    Abstract: A method of determining interaction information, an electronic device and a storage medium are provided, which relates to a field of artificial intelligence technology, in particular to a large model, a generative model, an NLP, an intelligent search and other fields. An implementation is to determine a plurality of questioning dimensions according to query information of a subject and historical query information, where each questioning dimension includes a dimension name and a plurality of options; determine a target questioning dimension from the plurality of questioning dimensions according to evaluation values of the plurality of questioning dimensions and whether semantic information of the plurality of questioning dimensions are consistent with semantic information of a query result associated with the query information; and determine the interaction information according to the dimension name and the plurality of options in the target questioning dimension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiao LI, Xin JIA, Simiu GU, Junfeng WANG, Haibo SHI, Yu LU, Sheng XU, Liang ZHANG, Wenjie ZHOU, Yijun LIU, Mei LU, Zichen WU, Min YANG, Huanjie WANG, Qiao TANG, Mengmeng CUI
  • Publication number: 20250034787
    Abstract: Described are a washing machine and a control method for the washing machine. The washing machine includes: a water container; a filtering device, being configured to connect to the water container and to receive water in the water container for filtering, and has a sewage outlet for discharging sewage to the outside; a suction device, being configured to perform a suction action, drives the sewage in the filtering device to be discharged through the sewage outlet under the action of a pressure difference; and a recovery device, being configured to collect the sewage discharged by the filtering device. The recovery device can collect the sewage discharged by the filtering device, and a pressure difference can be formed inside and outside the sewage outlet of the filtering device through the suction action of the suction device, providing a driving force for the sewage to be discharged from the filtering device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Yanfen LV, Sheng XU
  • Publication number: 20250032655
    Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus in the present application includes a laundry treatment barrel and a light plasma generation unit having an air chamber. The air chamber is internally provided with a photoplasma tube for irradiating air in the air chamber. An air inlet of the air chamber is in communication with the external air; and an air outlet of the air chamber is in communication with an interior of the laundry treatment barrel via an air outlet pipeline. In the present application, the external air in the air chamber irradiated by the photoplasma tube is generated a sterilizing gas which is blown into the laundry treatment barrel via the air outlet pipeline, thereby sterilizing and deodorizing the interior of the laundry treatment barrel and laundry inside to completely kill microorganisms and efficiently remove unpleasant odors, especially a sterilizing effect is better for laundry being no-resistant to high temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER LAUNDRY ELECTRIC APPLIANCES CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang ZHAO, Sheng XU
  • Publication number: 20250027249
    Abstract: A washing machine control method includes receiving an instruction for dispensing laundry treatment agent; controlling a switching valve to be in a preset neutral position where a valve core is not communicated with liquid inlets of a valve body; controlling the valve core of the switching valve to rotate to be communicated with a liquid inlet corresponding to a laundry treatment agent for dispensing; controlling the switching valve to rotate to be in the preset neutral position; determining whether to dispense a laundry treatment agent again; if not, controlling the switching valve to feed water for flushing. After receiving an instruction for dispensing a laundry treatment agent, the switching valve starts to run from a preset neutral position. After a laundry treatment agent is dispensed, the switching valve is again controlled to return to the preset neutral position, and then determining to receive a dispensing instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicants: HAIER IOC ECOSYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng XU, Dongsong SUN, Yanfen LV, Tao ZHANG, Chuanrong MA
  • Patent number: 12203203
    Abstract: A laundry lifting device for a washing machine includes a body with an accommodating chamber, a water inlet arranged in the body and communicated with the accommodating chamber, and a centrifugal drainage assembly arranged in the accommodating chamber. The centrifugal drainage assembly includes a sealing plunger capable of doing reciprocating motion and an elastic piece for elastically resetting the sealing plunger, the body is provided with a plunger base for installing the sealing plunger, and the elastic piece is kept limited in the plunger base in the reciprocating motion process of the sealing plunger. The elastic piece is installed in the plunger base in the sealing mode, and the elastic piece is kept limited in the plunger base in the reciprocating motion of the sealing plunger. So thread scraps are prevented from being hung on the elastic piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Zhao, Sheng Xu, Peishi Lv, Yimin Li
  • Publication number: 20250011996
    Abstract: A clothing treatment agent box and a clothing treatment device, including a clothing treatment agent box body. A first cavity is provided in the interior of the clothing treatment agent box body, and a disinfection and sterilization apparatus is fixedly provided in the interior of the first cavity. A first water flow channel is further provided in the first cavity. The disinfection and sterilization apparatus includes a housing provided with a slow-release exchange hole that enables a water flow to make contact with a drug in the disinfection and sterilization apparatus. In the clothing treatment agent box, while disinfection and sterilization effects on clothing and of the clothing treatment device are satisfied, the drug may be slowly dissolved into washing water, thereby prolonging the service life of the disinfection and sterilization apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER LAUNDRY ELECTRIC APPLIANCES CO., LTD, Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang ZHAO, Sheng XU, Peishi LV
  • Patent number: 12191430
    Abstract: A light-emitting substrate includes a transparent substrate; a first metal light-shielding layer, a wiring layer and light-emitting devices. The first metal light-shielding layer is disposed on the transparent substrate. The wiring layer is disposed on a side of the first metal light-shielding layer away from the transparent substrate, and the wiring layer includes circuit traces and pads. Orthographic projections of the circuit traces and the pads on the transparent substrate are all located within an orthographic projection of the first metal light-shielding layer on the transparent substrate. The light-emitting devices are disposed on a side of the wiring layer away from the transparent substrate, and electrically connected to some of the pads; and orthographic projections of the light-emitting devices on the transparent substrate are located within the orthographic projection of the first metal light-shielding layer on the transparent substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shipei Li, Wusheng Li, Ying Zhao, Huili Wu, Sheng Xu, Wei He, Renquan Gu, Wenqing Xue, Jianjun Zhao, Qi Yao
  • Publication number: 20240427550
    Abstract: The present application provides a method and apparatus for controlling a device based on tapping and a storage medium. The method includes: in response to a tapping action from a user, acquiring sound information triggered by the tapping action; performing recognition processing on the sound information according to a preset recognition model set to determine a recognition result of the sound information, where the recognition model set includes at least one recognition model; and controlling the device according to the recognition result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaopeng DING, Zhenxing HUANG, Sheng XU
  • Publication number: 20240414990
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a microlens structure and a manufacturing method therefor, and a display apparatus. The microlens structure comprises: a base substrate; and a plurality of microlenses, located at one side of the base substrate, wherein the material of each microlenses comprises a product generated after crosslinking a non-photosensitive resin monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Renquan GU, Huili WU, Shipei LI, Sheng XU, Wei HE, Lizhen ZHANG, Qi YAO, Feng ZHANG, Kang GUO, Guangcai YUAN, Xue DONG
  • Publication number: 20240401260
    Abstract: A filtering device and a washing machine. The filtering device includes: a filtering cavity, which has a water inlet, a filtered water outlet and a sewage outlet for discharging filtered impurities. A filtering mechanism is inside the filtering cavity, to filter the water entering the filtering cavity. A blocking mechanism separates the inside of the filtering cavity into a first space and a second space. The water inlet is communicated to the first space, and the filtered water outlet is connected to the first space. The cleaning particles are in the first space in the filtering cavity. The cleaning particles can prevent the deposition of filtered impurities during the filtration process and avoid clogging of the filtering device. The blocking mechanism can prevent the cleaning particles from entering the second space, and from flowing out with the water flow from the filtered water outlet or the sewage outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Yanfen LV, Sheng XU
  • Publication number: 20240401259
    Abstract: A control method for a washing machine and a washing machine. The washing machine includes: a water tank having a circulating filter pipeline, a water inlet end and a water outlet. A circulation pump and a filtering device are arranged on the water tank. A filtering device includes a filtering cavity. A filtering mechanism is rotatably arranged inside the filtering cavity. The control method includes: delivering clothes treatment agent into the water tank; turning on the circulation pump to circulate the water in the water tank through the filtering device; controlling the filtering mechanism to rotate in the filtering cavity at a first speed to dissolve the clothing treatment agent in the water. The filtering device of the present disclosure itself has the function of removing lint in the water, after the clothes treatment agent is delivered, it can also rotate through the filtering mechanism to stir the water flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Sheng XU, Yanfen LV
  • Publication number: 20240361750
    Abstract: A control method for a smart home system, and the smart home system, to solve the problem that existing smart home systems cannot match clothing and recommend a washing and care procedure. The control method includes: acquiring, by a household device, a current clothing image; sending the current clothing image to a server; acquiring, by the server, an ID account number of the household device which sends the current clothing image; determining, by the server, an identity of the household device which sends the current clothing image, according to the ID account number; determining a target requirement according to the identity; and selectively recommending a washing and care procedure or a clothing matching scheme on the basis of the target requirement and according to the current clothing image. Thus, a desired washing and care procedure can be recommended, and a reasonable clothing matching scheme can also be recommended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicants: CHONGQING HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daixing SHI, Beibei SUN, Sheng XU, Zhenxing HUANG
  • Publication number: 20240360612
    Abstract: A double-tub laundry device includes a first tub assembly, a second tub assembly, a first valve assembly, a second valve assembly, a first fan, and a second fan. The first valve assembly includes a first blocking mechanism and a first valve casing having a first air inlet chamber and a first air outlet chamber; the first blocking mechanism is configured to block both a first air inlet pipe and a first air outlet pipe from the outside; the second valve assembly includes a second blocking mechanism and a second valve casing having a second air inlet chamber and a second air outlet chamber; and the second blocking mechanism is configured to block both a second air inlet pipe and a second air outlet pipe from the outside. Embodiments achieve partitioned washing of the double-tub drum washing machine and independent air drying of each tub assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicants: Qingdao Haier Laundry Electric Appliances Co., Ltd, Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kai LIU, Sheng XU, Yanfang LV
  • Publication number: 20240337059
    Abstract: A washing machine and a control method thereof, the washing machine includes: a water container; a filtering device, communicating with the water container and configured to filter the water in the water container, the filtering device is provided with a discharge outlet for discharging filtered impurities outward; and a recovery device, separately arranged with the filtering device and communicating with the discharge outlet of the filtering device for collecting the discharged filtered impurities. The filtered impurities are collected by setting a recovery device, so that the filtered impurities are not directly discharged along with the drainage water of the washing machine. At the same time, the recovery device and the filtering device are separately arranged, and the filtered impurities are discharged into the recovery device without being accumulated in the filtering device, thus avoiding the influence on the filtering efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng XU, Peishi LV, Yanfen LV, Kai LIU