Patents by Inventor Simon(Yu) Zhang

Simon(Yu) 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING OFF-CHAIN DATA BASED ON PROOF VERIFICATION
    Publication number: 20250141659
    Abstract: Determining when and/or how to execute a program or script published to a blockchain network may rely on data that is external to the blockchain. A prover (e.g., a node of the blockchain network) may perform one or more computations on behalf of a client, such as the execution of the program. To execute the program properly, the prover may rely on external data, which the prover may obtain from a data provider that has a trust relationship with the client (e.g., the client accepts as valid data provided by a trusted data provider). Systems and methods described herein may be utilized by a prover to provide cryptographically verifiable assurances of the authenticity of input data purportedly obtained from a data provider, the input data utilized in the execution of a program or script published to a blockchain network. An example of a blockchain network is a Bitcoinbased network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Alexandra COVACI, Simone MADEO, Patrick MOTYLINSKI, Stephane VINCENT, Craig Steven WRIGHT
  • Method for Monitoring a State of a Driver of a Vehicle by a Camera in an Interior of the Vehicle, Computer-readable Medium, System and Vehicle
    Publication number: 20250139994
    Abstract: A method of monitoring a state of a driver of a vehicle uses a camera in the interior of the vehicle. A viewing behavior of a driver of the vehicle is determined during an active driving situation using the camera. The method includes determining a target viewing sequence of the active driving situation, and determining an actual viewing sequence during the active driving situation depending on the viewing behavior of the driver of the vehicle. A change in the actual viewing sequence from the target viewing sequence during the active driving situation is determined. The method also includes determining the state of the driver as tired if the change in the actual viewing sequence from the target viewing sequence indicates that a time interval between at least two views of the actual viewing sequence exceeds a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Johannes Feldmaier, Simone Camberg
  • COATED ARTICLES WITH A PLANARIZATION LAYER/HYDROXYL-MODIFIED LAYER AND A SURFACE-MODIFYING LAYER AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20250137113
    Abstract: Coated articles are described herein that include a first layer. The first layer may comprise a planarization layer and/or a hydroxyl-modified layer. The planarization layer includes a silica or a partial silica-like having Si—O—Si—O bonds. The coated article further includes a surface-modifying layer disposed on a first surface area of the first layer. In aspects, the first layer has a molar ratio of hydrogen to silicon of about 0.2 or more. Methods of forming coated articles can include evaporating a functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane and impinging an ion beam thereon to from a planarization layer. Methods for forming coated articles can include impinging a plasma at a first major surface of a substrate to form a hydroxyl-modified layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Kaveh Adib, Robert Alan Bellman, Philip Simon Brown, Cody Vic Cushman, Brandy Wright Fuller
  • PROTECTED BLOCK ACKNOWLEDGMENT MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20250141599
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communications at a first wireless device. The method generally includes generating a protected frame that indicates: 1) an updated starting sequence number (SSN) of a block acknowledgment (BA) window and 2) an intended purpose of the protected frame as a request to update a BA window with the updated SSN; outputting, for transmission to a second wireless device that the first wireless device has established a protected block acknowledgment (BA) agreement with, the protected frame; generating multiple medium access control (MAC) Protocol Data Units (MPDUs) with SNs within the updated BA window; and outputting, for transmission to the second wireless device, the multiple MPDUs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Abhishek Pramod PATIL, George CHERIAN, Alfred ASTERJADHI, Sai Yiu Duncan HO, Gaurang NAIK, Abdel Karim AJAMI, Yanjun SUN, Jouni Kalevi MALINEN, Srikant KUPPA, Padmanabhan Venkataraman KARTHIC, Guido Robert FREDERIKS, James Simon CHO
  • Cell Module With a Plurality of Cell Packs and Heat-Resistant Barrier Between the Cell Packs
    Publication number: 20250140988
    Abstract: A cell module for an electrical energy store of a motor vehicle includes at least two cell packs that are connected together and each have a plurality of interconnected storage cells, a cell module frame having at least two frame portions arranged adjacent to one another each for receiving one cell pack, a cover arranged on the cell module frame for covering the frame portions, and at least one heat-resistant firewall-type barrier arranged on the cover to overlap a transition between the two cell packs. The barrier is designed to divide a space adjacent to the cover into at least two fire compartments in order to prevent hot gas of a cell pack that is flowing into the space from spreading to an adjacent cell pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Andre HECKERT, Simon LUX, Florian REDL, Alexander RHEINFELD, Robin RUECKER, Andreas SCHLEICHER, Sebastian SPIRKL
  • VENDING MACHINE AND TRANSPORT CARTRIDGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20250140051
    Abstract: A vending machine system for loading and dispensing pre-baked unpackaged food including a fixed cartridge disposed in a refrigerator of a vending machine, and a transport cartridge adapted to removably attach to the fixed cartridge, the transport cartridge operable for holding trays of unpackaged food and loading the trays of unpackaged food from the transport cartridge into the fixed cartridge, wherein, when the transport cartridge is removably attached to the fixed cartridge, a front opening of the transport cartridge aligns with a front opening of the fixed cartridge, and wherein the rack of the transport cartridge aligns with the conveyor system of the fixed cartridge such that trays of unpackaged food within the transport cartridge can simultaneously be transitioned from the rack to the conveyor system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: EDUARDO Lopez, Allan L. Cube, Simon Shue
  • POST COATING ANNEAL OF PILLAR FOR VACUUM INSULATED GLAZING (VIG) UNIT
    Publication number: 20250137316
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a vacuum insulated glazing (VIG) unit comprising depositing a coating material on at least a portion of a pillar core under conditions effective to provide a deposited coating material; annealing the deposited coating material at a reduced pressure and in an inert atmosphere to form a coating layer on the pillar core, thereby providing a coated pillar; disposing at least one of the coated pillar between first and second substantially parallel glass panes; disposing a peripheral seal material around a periphery of the first and the second glass panes to form a pre-sealed VIG unit; and heating the pre-sealed VIG unit under reduced pressure to form the peripheral seal and a sealed cavity between the first and second glass panes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Annette Johncock KRISKO, Simon JOHNSEN
  • FILTERING ARCHITECTURE WITH MINIMIZED TRANSIENTS
    Publication number: 20250142256
    Abstract: A digital microphone includes a logarithmic amplifier; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to the logarithmic amplifier; a digital decompression component coupled to the ADC; and a digital filter coupled to the digital decompression component, wherein the digital filter includes a controlled upsampling component coupled to an input of the digital filter and a controlled downsampling component coupled to an output of the digital filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Dietmar Straeussnigg, Simon Grünberger, Mario Grgic
  • ROOFING PRODUCTS WITH ZONES OF ALGAE-RESISTANT GRANULES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20250137257
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to roofing products, for example, suitable for use covering and protecting the roofs of structures. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a roofing product including an upper section and an exposed section. The roofing product includes a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a plurality of zones of roofing granules disposed on the top surface of the substrate. The plurality of zones includes first, second and third zones within the exposed section. The first zone includes a first collection of algae-resistant roofing granules and has a first algae-resistance intensity. The second zone includes a second collection of algae-resistant roofing granules and has a second algae-resistance intensity. The third zone has a third algae-resistance intensity that is different from the first algae-resistance intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Xiaofeng TANG, Shuang Liu, Robert L. Jenkins, Mark W. Simon
  • DNA VACCINE AGAINST LEISHMANIASIS
    Publication number: 20250134979
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the fields of veterinary medicine and virology and provides a vaccine against leishmaniasis. In particular, the invention relates to an isolated polynucleotide comprising (i) a first expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid encoding heat shock protein (hsp) 65, and (ii) a second expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid encoding LACK (Leishmania homologue of receptors for activated C kinase). In other embodiments, the invention relates to a DNA plasmid comprising the polynucleotide, a DNA vaccine for use in the treatment of leishmaniasis, and a method of immunizing a subject against an infection with leishmaniasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: INTERVET INC.
    Inventors: Luciana ARAMUNI GONCALVES, Luis Fernando VETTORATO, Francisco BONOMI BARUFI, Helena FACCIOLI LOPES, Mayka RABELO HENRIQUES, Jeane FERREIRA LEAL DE FREITAS, Simone Cristina ROSA
  • DEVICE FOR THE DELIVERY OF A COMBUSTIBLE GASEOUS MIXTURE AND PROCEDURE
    Publication number: 20250137639
    Abstract: The present invention describes a device for delivering a combustible gaseous mixture (M) comprising a first duct for feeding air (A) and a second duct for feeding a gaseous fuel (G), which join in a mixing zone, in which the gaseous fuel (G) and air (A) mix according to a lambda coefficient (?) before being sent to a burner, a ventilation device for feeding the air (A) and at the same time suctioning gaseous fuel (G) along said ducts, and means for regulating the flow rate of gaseous fuel (G). The invention also concerns a method to use a device for controlling the delivering of a combustible gaseous mixture (M).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: SIT S.P.A.
    Inventors: Filiberto Rimondo, Massimo Giacomelli, Simone Nacci, Loris Barduca, Roberto Mottola, Pierluigi Tiberi
  • MASSIVE MEASUREMENT SAMPLING USING MULTIPLE CHUCKS AND OPTICAL COLUMNS
    Publication number: 20250138435
    Abstract: A measurement system may include two or more sets of optical sub-systems to simultaneously generate measurement data on two or more samples, a coarse translation stage providing motion along a plane, two or more fine translation stages disposed on the coarse translation stage arranged in a common pattern as the two or more sets of optical sub-systems, where each of the fine translation stages provides motion along the plane and is arranged to position one of the two or more samples under one of the two or more sets of optical sub-systems. The system may further include a controller to independently direct each of the fine translation stages and the associated one of the optical sub-systems to generate measurement data for the respective samples, and generate one or more measurements for the samples based on the associated measurement data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: KLA Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Madsen, Ido Dolev, Daria Negri, Andrew V. Hill, Izhar Agam, Amnon Manassen, Oren Lahav, Ohad Bachar, Yossi Simon, Yoram Uziel
  • INTRINSICALLY SAFE AUTOMATION FIELD DEVICE
    Publication number: 20250141216
    Abstract: An intrinsically safe field device of automation technology for use in an explosion-hazard area comprises two connection terminals for connecting a two-wire line; a sensor and/or actuator element for detecting and/or setting a process variable; and a field device electronic system that is connected to the first and second connection terminal and conducts a current supplied via the two-wire line via a current path. The field device electronic system is designed to transmit process variables detected via the sensor element via the two-wire line and/or receive a process variable to be set by the actuator element via the two-wire line The field device electronic system has a shunt resistor circuit with a shunt resistor and two diodes connected in parallel to the shunt resistor. The diodes are in the current path in the flow direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Simon Weidenbruch, Harald Schäuble, Julian Bockstaller
  • LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20250138440
    Abstract: A lithographic apparatus is disclosed that includes a substrate table configured to support a substrate on a substrate supporting area and a heater and/or temperature sensor on a surface adjacent the substrate supporting area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V
    Inventors: Nicolaas TEN KATE, Joost Jeroen OTTENS, Bastiaan Andreas Wilhelmus Hubertus KNARREN, Robbert Jan VOOGD, Giovanni Francisco NINO, Marinus Jan REMIE, Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus JACOBS, Thibault Simon Mathieu LAURENT, Johan Gertrudis Cornelis KUNNEN
  • PUSH AND PULL EXERCISE DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20250135266
    Abstract: A push and pull exercise device having a lateral flat surface configuration to enable the user to sandwich grip the surface between the underside of outstretched fingers and the thumb or by contact with the palm side of out stretched fingers and/or palm of both left and right hands, the flat or arching surface having a ringlet positioned approximately in the middle of the lateral flat surface, and thus, to exercise biceps, shoulders, and/or forearm muscles or sets of muscles, or a specific range or section of those muscles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventor: Marc Simon
  • METHOD FOR OBTAINING AN ITEM WITH A SPARKLING POLYCRYSTALLINE SURFACE
    Publication number: 20250134222
    Abstract: A method for obtaining a decorative item (5) having a sparkling appearance, comprising the steps of: providing or producing a model (1) having a face (1a) of polycrystalline structure which is intended to be replicated; producing a replica (2) of the face (1a) using a polymer material; producing an object (4) on at least a portion of the replicated face (2a) of the replica (2); and at least one of locally modifying the polycrystalline structure of the model (1) before producing the replica (2); modifying the shape of the replica (2); and selectively producing the object (4) on certain portions of the replicated face (2a) of the negative replica (2), the decorative item (5) being either the replica (2), or the object (4) if the optional step is carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Loïc CURCHOD, Michel SAGARDOYBURU, Yves WINKLER, Simon SPRINGER
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING A DOOR OPENING REQUEST, SENSOR FACILITY FOR THIS PURPOSE AND HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20250137312
    Abstract: A method determines a door opening request based on a pressure actuation against a door of a household appliance. A plunger is driven by an electric machine via a transmission. An electrical voltage is applied to a stator winding which is electrically coupled to a control unit at least during temporary support of the plunger head against a door inner face. When the door is in the closed state a force is applied to the plunger and by a sensor facility a stator winding-side induced voltage is detected, which has a voltage pulse depending on the pressure actuation. An amplitude of the voltage pulse is compared in a first comparison with a voltage comparison value and a temporal extent of the voltage pulse is compared in a second comparison with a time comparison value. The door opening request is determined depending on comparison results of the first and second comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Simon MAYER, Peter HELLWIG, Matthias HAGMAYER
  • DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20250138897
    Abstract: In a data processing system, a command stream provided to a processing resource to cause the processing resource to perform a processing task for an application executing on a host processor comprises a sequence of commands for execution by the processing resource to cause the processing resource to perform the processing operations for the processing task and one or more data save indicators that indicate data that is to be saved. In response to the processing resource receiving a request to suspend processing of the processing task, data indicated by one of the one or more data save indicators in the command stream is stored in memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: Arm Limited
    Inventors: Eric Kunze, John Wakefield Brothers, III, Elliot Maurice Simon Rosemarine
  • METHOD FOR AUTOMATED PARKING OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A PARKING LOT
    Publication number: 20250136093
    Abstract: A method for automated parking of a motor vehicle in a parking lot includes retrieving a reference parking lot trajectory assigned to the parking lot from a trajectory memory, moving the motor vehicle automatically along the reference parking lot trajectory, and recording environment sensor data during the automated movement along the reference parking lot trajectory. The method further includes carrying out a parking space detection based on the environment sensor data, moving the motor vehicle automatically to the unoccupied parking space when an unoccupied parking space is detected, and moving the motor vehicle along the reference parking lot trajectory until an unoccupied parking space is detected. The reference parking lot trajectory is a closed ring trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventor: Simon ISELE
  • CHEST FREEZER PLUNGE POWER SAFETY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20250137718
    Abstract: A chest freezer plunge power safety system is configured to prevent any chance of electrical shock by disconnecting power to the chest freezer when the freezer door is opened. Chest freezers are often filled with water that is chilled by the freezer and used for cold plunge therapy. A person will open the freezer door and submerge their body or portion of their body in the cold water. One or more sensors are configured to detect when the freezer door is opened. The sensor or sensors are coupled with a contactor that disconnects power from a power source to the chest freezer. The sensor element may be attached to the freezer door and configured to be detected by the sensor when the freezer door is in a closed position. The sensor may be coupled with a controller that controls the function of the contactor to open or close the circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventor: Simon Gonzalez