Patents by Inventor Shu Zhou

Shu 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).

  • Publication number: 20220326698
    Abstract: The present application belongs to the technical field of smart appliances, and relates to a delivery control method, which comprises the steps of: transferring goods to a delivery device according to the number of personnel; and controlling the delivery device to move to a set target position. By adopting the method, the corresponding quantity of goods can be configured based on the number of personnel, and moved to the target position by the delivery device, so that the required quantity of goods can be distributed to the target position without requiring a user to give control instructions, thereby providing convenience for the user; meanwhile, the required quantity can be distributed at a time, thereby improving the distribution efficiency and improving the user experience. The present application further discloses a delivery control device and a delivery device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Jian WU, Shu ZHOU, Zuowei YI, Zhaojun FEI, Zhiqun FENG
  • Publication number: 20220321963
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of big data analysis, and discloses a method for video recommendation. The method includes: determining a first reference video according to a watching history of a user; determining a collection of recommended videos according to the first reference video; selecting a second reference video from the collection of recommended videos, where videos not selected in the collection of recommended videos are used as candidate videos; and determining recommended videos according to the similarity between the candidate videos and the second reference video. According to the method, a collection of recommended videos is determined according to a watching history of a user, reference videos are selected from the collection of recommended videos, and then recommended videos are determined according to the reference videos, so that the recommended videos are more customized and targeting, matching user requirements and enabling a better user experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Jian WU, Shu ZHOU, Zhaojun FEI, Zuowei YI, Chunhui JIANG, Zhiqun FENG
  • Publication number: 20220251673
    Abstract: Provided in the present disclosure is a method of heat treating a high-strength steel, wherein the high-strength steel comprises, by weight: 0.30-0.45% C, 1.0% or less Si, 0.20-2.5% Mn, 0.20-2.0% Cr, 0.15-0.50% Mo, 0.10-0.40% V, 0.2% or less Ti, 0.2% or less Nb, and a balance of Fe and other alloy elements and impurities, wherein the above alloy elements make Eq(Mn) according to the following formula (1) no less than 1.82, which method comprises the steps of 1) austenitizing; 2) carbide precipitation; and 3) tempering. The heat-treated steel in accordance with the present invention has high strength, high ductility and high toughness at the same time, especially improved reduction in area of tensile sample, so that it is particularly suitable for preparing spring members for vehicle suspension. Eq(Mn)=Mn+0.26Si+3.50P+1.30Cr+2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: IRONOVATION MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongliang YI, Shu ZHOU, Dapeng YANG, Huajie QIN, Xiaochuan XIONG, Guodong WANG
  • Patent number: 11358812
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of intelligent household appliances, and more particularly, to a method for controlling an article delivery device, the method including: detecting whether an article delivery device is in a wireless charging area, and charging the article delivery device according to a battery power of the article delivery device, controlling the article delivery device to be loaded according to a received user instruction and a target position after the battery power of the article delivery device reaches a set threshold value, and controlling the article delivery device to move to the target position after the article delivery device is loaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIGAO DESIGN & MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian Wu, Haibo Liu, Shu Zhou, Zhiqun Feng, Zhaojun Fei
  • Patent number: 11336480
    Abstract: The present application belongs to the technical field of smart appliances, and relates to a control method for equipment, comprising the steps of: acquiring a user instruction and a target position; acquiring the number of connected terminals of each locator beacon, determining target equipment according to the number of connected terminals of the locator beacon, and controlling the target equipment to move to the target position; acquiring position information of the target equipment, and calculating a distance between the target equipment and the target position according to the target position and the position information of the target equipment; and controlling the target equipment to stop moving when the distance between the target equipment and the target position is less than or equal to a set threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIGAO DESIGN & MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian Wu, Shu Zhou, Zhiqun Feng, Zhaojun Fei, Zuowei Yi
  • Patent number: 11324315
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a housing, a plurality of openings and a drawer. The housing includes a plurality of side surfaces which define an accommodating cavity. The plurality of openings are respectively formed in different side surfaces. The drawer is arranged in the accommodating cavity and can be pulled out along any one of the plurality of openings. The drawer is arranged in the accommodating cavity so that a user can pull out the drawer to take and place food from the openings located in different side surfaces of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIGAO DESIGN & MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian Wu, Shu Zhou, Zhaojun Fei, Zuowei Yi, Zhiqun Feng, Hui An, Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 11279986
    Abstract: Provided is a cold-rolled high-strength steel having a tensile strength of not less than 1500 MPa and an excellent formability, the chemical elements thereof having the following mass percent ratios: 0.25%-0.40% of C, 1.50%-2.50% of Si, 2.0%-3.0% of Mn, 0.03%-0.06% of Al, P?0.02%, S?0.01%, N?0.01% and at least one of 0.1%-1.0% of Cr and 0.1%-0.5% of Mo, with the balance being Fe and other unavoidable impurities. The microstructure of the cold-rolled high-strength steel has 5%-20% of residual austenite and 70%-90% of martensite, and the carbon concentration ratio of the residual austenite to the martensite is greater than 3.5 and less than 15. The cold-rolled high-strength steel sheet has a high strength and an excellent formability through a rational ingredient design and microstructure control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shu Zhou, Yong Zhong, Li Wang
  • Publication number: 20210404680
    Abstract: A method for controlling a water heater is provided. The method includes: controlling operation of a blower when a first condition is satisfied; and controlling an air outlet to be partially or fully opened according to a first parameter or a first instruction. Furthermore, a device for controlling a water heater is provided, including a processor and a memory having program instructions stored thereon. When the program instructions are executed, the processor performs the method for controlling the water heater. Moreover, the water heater is provided, including a housing, a blower, an air-out channel, a heating part, and the device for controlling the water heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Shu ZHOU, Jian WU, Zhaojun FEI, Zuowei YI, Zhiqun FENG, Hui AN, Nanhai DAI
  • Publication number: 20210401171
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of household appliances, and discloses a refrigerator including: a housing, a plurality of openings and a drawer. The housing includes a plurality of side surfaces which define an accommodating cavity; the plurality of openings are respectively formed in different side surfaces; and the drawer is arranged in the accommodating cavity, and can be pulled out along any one of the plurality of openings. In the present disclosure, the drawer is arranged in the accommodating cavity, so that a user can pull out the drawer to take and place food from the openings located in different side surfaces of the housing. Therefore, the user can take and place the food on different sides of the refrigerator, which is convenient for taking and placing the food and enhances the experience of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Jian WU, Shu ZHOU, Zhaojun FEI, Zuowei YI, Zhiqun FENG, Hui AN, Yi HUANG
  • Publication number: 20210305430
    Abstract: Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having fin stack isolation, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having fin stack isolation, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a sub-fin structure on a substrate, the sub-fin structure having a top and sidewalls. An isolation structure is on the top and along the sidewalls of the sub-fin structure. The isolation structure includes a first dielectric material surrounding regions of a second dielectric material. A vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires is on a portion of the isolation structure on the top surface of the sub-fin structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Leonard P. GULER, Stephen SNYDER, Biswajeet GUHA, William HSU, Urusa ALAAN, Tahir GHANI, Michael K. HARPER, Vivek THIRTHA, Shu ZHOU, Nitesh KUMAR
  • Publication number: 20210297281
    Abstract: The present application belongs to the technical field of smart appliances, and relates to a control method for equipment, comprising the steps of: acquiring a user instruction and a target position; acquiring the number of connected terminals of each locator beacon, determining target equipment according to the number of connected terminals of the locator beacon, and controlling the target equipment to move to the target position; acquiring position information of the target equipment, and calculating a distance between the target equipment and the target position according to the target position and the position information of the target equipment; and controlling the target equipment to stop moving when the distance between the target equipment and the target position is less than or equal to a set threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Jian WU, Shu ZHOU, Zhiqun FENG, Zhaojun FEI, Zuowei YI
  • Publication number: 20210292109
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of intelligent household appliances, and more particularly, to a method for controlling an article delivery device, the method including: detecting whether an article delivery device is in a wireless charging area, and charging the article delivery device according to a battery power of the article delivery device, controlling the article delivery device to be loaded according to a received user instruction and a target position after the battery power of the article delivery device reaches a set threshold value, and controlling the article delivery device to move to the target position after the article delivery device is loaded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Jian WU, Haibo LIU, Shu ZHOU, Zhiqun FENG, Zhaojun FEI
  • Patent number: 10931814
    Abstract: A method includes: receiving, at a terminal, a first signal transmitted by a service device using a first near-field communication technology; obtaining, by an application client executing on the terminal, characteristic information of the service device from the first signal; determining, based on the characteristic information, a target service corresponding to the service device, in which the target service is determined from a plurality of services provided by the application client on the terminal; receiving, at the terminal, a second signal transmitted by the service device using a second near-field communication technology, in which a maximum transmission range of the second signal is less than a maximum transmission range of the first signal; and responsive to receiving the second signal, recommending the target service to a user of the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huajing Jin, Jianbo Zhou, Shu Zhou
  • Publication number: 20200411661
    Abstract: An integrated circuit structure comprises a semiconductor fin protruding through a trench isolation region above a substrate. A gate structure is over the semiconductor fin. A plurality of vertically stacked nanowires is through the gate structure, wherein the plurality of vertically stacked nanowires includes a top nanowire adjacent to a top of the gate structure, and a bottom nanowire adjacent to a top of the semiconductor fin. A dielectric material covers only a portion of the plurality of vertically stacked nanowires outside the gate structure, such that one or more one of the plurality of vertically stacked nanowires starting with the top nanowire is exposed from the dielectric material. Source and drain regions are on opposite sides of the gate structure connected to the exposed ones of the plurality of vertically stacked nanowires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Leonard P. GULER, Vivek THIRTHA, Shu ZHOU, Nitesh KUMAR, Biswajeet GUHA, William HSU, Dax CRUM, Oleg GOLONZKA, Tahir GHANI, Christopher KENYON
  • Publication number: 20200411635
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe techniques for a semiconductor device including a substrate, a first inter-level dielectric (ILD) layer above the substrate, and a second ILD layer above the first ILD layer. The semiconductor device further includes a capacitor having a bottom plate above the substrate, a capacitor dielectric layer adjacent to and above the bottom plate, and a top plate adjacent to and above the capacitor dielectric layer. The bottom plate, the capacitor dielectric layer, and the top plate are within the first ILD layer or the second ILD layer. Furthermore, an air gap is formed next to the top plate and below a top surface of the second ILD layer. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Travis W. LAJOIE, Abhishek A. SHARMA, Van H. LE, Chieh-Jen KU, Pei-Hua WANG, Jack T. KAVALIEROS, Bernhard SELL, Tahir GHANI, Gregory GEORGE, Akash GARG, Allen B. GARDINER, Shem OGADHOH, Juan G. ALZATE VINASCO, Umut ARSLAN, Fatih HAMZAOGLU, Nikhil MEHTA, Yu-Wen HUANG, Shu ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20200411525
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe techniques for a semiconductor device including a substrate. A first capacitor includes a first top plate and a first bottom plate above the substrate. The first top plate is coupled to a first metal electrode within an inter-level dielectric (ILD) layer to access the first capacitor. A second capacitor includes a second top plate and a second bottom plate, where the second top plate is coupled to a second metal electrode within the ILD layer to access the second capacitor. The second metal electrode is disjoint from the first metal electrode. The first capacitor is accessed through the first metal electrode without accessing the second capacitor through the second metal electrode. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Travis W. LAJOIE, Abhishek A. SHARMA, Van H. LE, Chieh-Jen KU, Pei-Hua WANG, Jack T. KAVALIEROS, Bernhard SELL, Tahir GHANI, Gregory GEORGE, Akash GARG, Allen B. GARDINER, Shem OGADHOH, Juan G. ALZATE VINASCO, Umut ARSLAN, Fatih HAMZAOGLU, Nikhil MEHTA, Jared STOEGER, Yu-Wen HUANG, Shu ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20200411520
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe techniques for a semiconductor device including a substrate, a first inter-level dielectric (ILD) layer above the substrate, and a second ILD layer above the first ILD layer. A first capacitor and a second capacitor are formed within the first ILD layer and the second ILD layer. A first top plate of the first capacitor and a second top plate of the second capacitor are formed at a boundary between the first ILD layer and the second ILD layer. The first capacitor and the second capacitor are separated by a dielectric area in the first ILD layer. The dielectric area includes a first dielectric area that is coplanar with the first top plate or the second top plate, and a second dielectric area above the first dielectric area and to separate the first top plate and the second top plate. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Travis W. LAJOIE, Abhishek A. SHARMA, Van H. LE, Chieh-Jen KU, Pei-Hua WANG, Jack T. KAVALIEROS, Bernhard SELL, Tahir GHANI, Gregory GEORGE, Akash GARG, Julie ROLLINS, Allen B. GARDINER, Shem OGADHOH, Juan G. ALZATE VINASCO, Umut ARSLAN, Fatih HAMZAOGLU, Nikhil MEHTA, Yu-Wen HUANG, Shu ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20200382630
    Abstract: A method includes: receiving, at a terminal, a first signal transmitted by a service device using a first near-field communication technology; obtaining, by an application client executing on the terminal, characteristic information of the service device from the first signal; determining, based on the characteristic information, a target service corresponding to the service device, in which the target service is determined from a plurality of services provided by the application client on the terminal; receiving, at the terminal, a second signal transmitted by the service device using a second near-field communication technology, in which a maximum transmission range of the second signal is less than a maximum transmission range of the first signal; and responsive to receiving the second signal, recommending the target service to a user of the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Huajing Jin, Jianbo Zhou, Shu Zhou
  • Publication number: 20200303520
    Abstract: An integrated circuit structure comprises one or more backend-of-line (BEOL) interconnects formed over a first ILD layer. An etch stop layer is over the one or more BEOL interconnects, the etch stop layer having a plurality of vias that are in contact with the one or more BEOL interconnects. An array of BEOL thin-film-transistors (TFTs) is over the etch stop layer, wherein adjacent ones of the BEOL TFTs are separated by isolation trench regions. The TFTs are aligned with at least one of the plurality of vias to connect to the one or more BEOL interconnects, wherein each of the BEOL TFTs comprise a bottom gate electrode, a gate dielectric layer over the bottom gate electrode, and an oxide-based semiconductor channel layer over the bottom gate electrode having source and drain regions therein. Contacts are formed over the source and drain regions of each of BEOL TFTs, wherein the contacts have a critical dimension of 35 nm or less, and wherein the BEOL TFTs have an absence of diluted hydro-fluoride (DHF).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Chieh-Jen KU, Bernhard SELL, Pei-Hua WANG, Nikhil MEHTA, Shu ZHOU, Jared STOEGER, Allen B. GARDINER, Akash GARG, Shem OGADHOH, Vinaykumar HADAGALI, Travis W. LAJOIE
  • Patent number: D872381
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Inventors: Ming-Yu Lee, Shu Zhou