Patents by Inventor Tao Liu

Tao Liu 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: 20240115746
    Abstract: A device including a housing that is substantially impermeable to ultraviolet radiation having a wavelength of from 280 nm to 400 nm, and at least one window defined in the housing, the window including a UV-C radiation band-pass mirror film having a multiplicity of alternating first and second optical layers collectively transmitting UV-C radiation at a wavelength from at least 100 nm to less than 280 nm and not transmitting UV-A and UV-B radiation at a wavelength of from 280 nm to 400 nm, and an ultraviolet radiation source positioned within the housing, the ultraviolet radiation source being capable of emitting ultraviolet radiation at one or more wavelength from 100 nm to 400 nm. The device optionally further includes an ultraviolet mirror film positioned within the housing so as to reflect ultraviolet radiation emitted by the ultraviolet radiation source. A method of disinfecting a material is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy J. Hebrink, John A. Wheatley, Bharat R. Acharya, Tao Liu, Stephen P. Maki, Gilles J.B. Benoit, Sean M. Sweetnam
  • Publication number: 20240115218
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device of dynamic PET scanning, and a computer apparatus. The method includes: performing a PET scan on a target region of a scanned object, and acquiring first PET-scan data including a single-event count received by a PET detector (S101); determining a single-event count distribution in the target region according to the first PET-scan data (S102); adjusting a position of a scanning table according to the single-event count distribution (S103); and performing a PET scan on the scanned object according to the adjusted position of the scanning table (S104). The method achieves a dynamic correlation between the position of the scanning table and changes of a tracer within the scanned object, so that more accurate scanned data can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: SHI-TAO LIU
  • Publication number: 20240116773
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing high-purity vanadium pentoxide from vanadium-bearing shale by all-wet process. The technical solution is: the “Gradient continuous leaching system of vanadium-bearing shale” is used to wet activate and compound leach vanadium-bearing shale to obtain vanadium-containing acid leachate. The “pH adjusting device of the vanadium-containing acid leachate” is used to adjust the pH of vanadium-containing acid leaching leachate. The post-treatment solution is subjected to hydroxime countercurrent extraction after oxidation, and the raffinate returns to the water using in the wet activation and electrodialysis after neutralization, and the loaded organic phase is regenerated by countercurrent reduction stripping. The regenerated organic phase directly returns to hydroxime countercurrent extraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Wuhan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yimin ZHANG, Qiushi ZHENG, Tao LIU, Nannan XUE, Jing HUANG, Pengcheng HU, Hong LIU
  • Publication number: 20240119747
    Abstract: A deep neural network-based method for detecting living cell morphology may include identifying and locating one or more living cells within an acquired image to be detected by using a deep neural network-based target detection model, so as to extract one or more living single cell images. segmenting the image of the one or more living single cells by using a deep neural network-based cell segmentation model, so as to obtain one or more feature part of the one or more living single cells. and analyzing and determining a morphological parameter of the one or more living single cells based on the one or more feature parts. Thus, the activity of the detected cells can be ensured, and a non-destructive, accurate, and rapid detection of living cell morphology can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Guole LIU, Jie JIN, Hao SHI, Yuqiang JIANG, Ge YANG, Tao YANG
  • Publication number: 20240118382
    Abstract: A phase shifting system, a chip, and a radar sensor are provided. A respective transmission line phase-shifting unit is configured to receive at least one phase shifting control signal and to shift a phase of a RF signal by a first phase or a second phase. Each transmission line phase-shifting unit includes a first group of transmission lines and a second group of transmission lines. At least some transmission lines in the first group of transmission lines of each transmission line phase-shifting unit are physically isolated from at least some transmission lines in the first group of transmission lines of an adjacent transmission line phase-shifting unit and transmission lines of the second group of transmission lines of each transmission line phase-shifting unit are coupled to respective transmission lines of the second group of transmission lines of an adjacent transmission line phase-shifting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tao LIU, Jiashu CHEN, Zhengdong LIU, Wenting ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20240115713
    Abstract: Disclosed are a polyethylene glycol conjugate drug, and a preparation method therefor and the use thereof. Specifically, the present invention relates to a polyethylene glycol conjugate drug represented by formula A or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a method for preparing the polyethylene glycol conjugate drug or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, an intermediate for preparing the polyethylene glycol conjugate drug or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the polyethylene glycol conjugate drug or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and the use of the polyethylene glycol conjugate drug or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the preparation of a drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Gaoquan LI, Nian LIU, Yongchen PENG, Xiafan ZENG, Gang MEI, Sheng GUAN, Yang GAO, Shuai YANG, Yifeng YIN, Jie LOU, Huiyu CHEN, Kun QIAN, Yusong WEI, Qian ZHANG, Dajun LI, Xiaoling DING, Xiangwei YANG, Liqun HUANG, Xi LIU, Liwei LIU, Zhenwei LI, Kaixiong HU, Hua LIU, Tao TU
  • Publication number: 20240116976
    Abstract: A cordycepin-based derived compound with an anti-tumor effect, and a structure of the compound is as shown in formula I; a cordycepin derivative and a pharmaceutical composition thereof provided by the invention have a good anti-tumor proliferation effect; compared with a parent drug, the cordycepin derivative has better affinity to cell membranes, so that a half-life period of in-vivo metabolism of the drug is longer, and in-vivo remaining time of the drug is longer; compared with other nucleoside anti-tumor drugs, the cordycepin derivative and the pharmaceutical composition thereof provided by the invention have wider types and action ranges of tumors, have excellent inhibition effects on a gastric cancer, a pancreatic cancer, a liver cancer, a small cell lung cancer, a colorectal cancer, melanoma, an ovarian cancer and the like, and have lower side effects and better curative effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hanjie YING, Tao SHEN, Chenglun TANG, Dong LIU, Yong CHEN, Chenjie ZHU, Pengpeng YANG, Wei ZHUANG
  • Publication number: 20240122043
    Abstract: An optical system includes a light source, an optical film curved about a first axis, and a light control film curved about the first axis and disposed between the light source and the optical film. The optical film includes a microstructured first major surface and an opposing second major surface. The microstructured first major surface defines a linear Fresnel lens including a plurality of Fresnel elements extending longitudinally along the first axis. The first major surface of the optical film faces of the optically transmissive regions, a centerline between adjacent optically absorptive regions is substantially normal to a major surface of the light control film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tao Liu, Gary T. Boyd, Daniel J. Schmidt, Caleb T. Nelson, Owen M. Anderson, Tri D. Pham, Encai Hao, Shu-Ching Fan
  • Publication number: 20240118547
    Abstract: An optical display system and an electronics device are disclosed. The optical display system comprises: a display, which generating image light of a first polarization; a partial reflector, which transmits the image light without changing its polarization and reflects the image light with its polarization being changed to a second polarization; a first optic unit, placed after the partial reflector, which includes at least one refractive lens for chromatic aberration correction; and a reflection-type Pancharatnam-Berry lens, which is placed after the first optic unit and works in the Bragg regime, and which reflects the image light of the first polarization and transmits the image light of the second polarization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicants: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Goertek Inc.
    Inventors: Tao Zhan, Yannanqi Li, Kun Yin, Jianghao Xiong, Shin-Tson Wu, Sheng Liu, Kun Li
  • Publication number: 20240120629
    Abstract: A transmission line phase shifter, a system, a chip, and a radar sensor are provided. The transmission line phase shifter includes at least one transmission line phase-shifting unit. A respective transmission line phase-shifting unit includes a first pair of differential transmission lines, a second pair of differential transmission lines, and a phase adjusting circuit. The phase adjusting circuit is configured to adjust electrical parameters of a transmission path where at least one pair of transmission lines of the first pair of differential transmission lines and the second pair of differential transmission lines is located according to at least one phase shifting control signal received, so as to enable that a RF signal output from the respective transmission line phase-shifting unit has a phase shift of a first phase or a second phase relative to an input RF signal of the respective transmission line phase-shifting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tao LIU, Zhengdong LIU, Wenting ZHOU, Jiashu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240121997
    Abstract: Provided are a display substrate, a preparation method thereof and a display apparatus. The display substrate includes a first semi-conductive layer, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a second semi-conductive layer, a third conductive layer, an interlayer insulating layer and an organic layer stacked on a substrate. The first semi-conductive layer includes an active layer of a polysilicon transistor, the first conductive layer includes a gate electrode of a polysilicon transistor and a first electrode plate of a storage capacitor, the second conductive layer includes a second electrode plate of a storage capacitor, the second semi-conductive layer includes an active layer of an oxide transistor, and the third conductive layer includes a gate electrode of an oxide transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaoqi DING, Peng HUANG, Ke LIU, Tao GAO, Xinlei YANG, Guoyi CUI, Zeliang LI, Hui LU
  • Publication number: 20240121479
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to multimedia processing method, apparatus, device and medium, wherein the method includes: presenting a first multimedia interface comprising first content; receiving an interface switching request of a user in the first multimedia interface; and switching from the first multimedia interface currently presented to a second multimedia interface, and presenting second content in the second multimedia interface, wherein the first content comprises the second content and other content associated with the second content, and the second content comprises a target audio and a target subtitle corresponding to the target audio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Kojung CHEN, Yinuo ZHOU, Biao GONG, Jingsheng YANG, Tian ZHAO, Jinghui LIU, Daqian LU, Yao YANG, Tao CHENG, Zaofeng PAN, Tianhui SHI, Rongyi TANG, Guodong GONG
  • Publication number: 20240120653
    Abstract: A transmission line phase shifter, a chip, and a radar sensor are provided. The transmission line phase shifter includes at least one transmission line phase-shifting unit. At a calibration stage, a preset number of transmission line phase-shifting units are configured to be in a state of a first phase or in a state of a second phase and configured to output an output RF signal, such that phase calibration information of each transmission line phase-shifting unit is determinable. At an operation stage, the phase adjusting circuit of the respective transmission line phase-shifting unit is configured to receive a corresponding phase shifting control signal and to adjust the respective transmission line phase-shifting unit, to enable the respective transmission line phase-shifting unit to shift a phase of an input RF signal by a calibrated first phase or a calibrated second phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tao LIU, Zhengdong LIU, Wenting ZHOU, Jiashu CHEN
  • Patent number: 11951575
    Abstract: Disclosed are an automatic welding system and method for large structural parts based on hybrid robots and 3D vision. The system comprises a hybrid robot system composed of a mobile robot and an MDOF robot, a 3D vision system, and a welding system used for welding. The rough positioning technique based on a mobile platform and the accurate recognition and positioning technique based on high-accuracy 3D vision are combined, so the working range of the MDOF robot in the XYZ directions is expanded, and flexible welding of large structural parts is realized. The invention adopts 3D vision, thus having better error tolerance and lower requirements for the machining accuracy of workpieces, positioning accuracy of mobile robots and placement accuracy of the workpieces; and the cost is reduced, the flexibility is improved, the working range is expanded, labor is saved, production efficiency is improved, and welding quality is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventors: Tao Yang, HuanHuan Li, Lei Peng, JunWei Jiang, Li Ma, QingFeng Liu, NiNi Zhang, Fang Wang
  • Patent number: 11954415
    Abstract: An early warning method for safety production risk of tailings pond based on risk ranking is provided. The early warning method includes: monitoring and collecting internal basic data of a tailings pond in real-time, and performing a basic monitoring and a basic early warning; collecting geographical location data, meteorological data, and historical geological disaster data of an area where the tailings pond is located; performing risk ranking on a safety production risk of the tailings pond, thereby obtaining a risk level of the tailings pond; and collecting case data of global tailings pond accidents and hazard degree data thereof, acquiring accident solution strategies for the global tailings pond accidents, performing management and monitoring on the tailings pond, setting parameters in a process of the basic monitoring, and performing a ranked early warning on the safety production risk of the tailings pond based on the risk level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: China Academy of Safety Science and Technology, Jiangxi Emergency Management Science Research Institute
    Inventors: Youliang Chen, Haigang Li, Shigen Fu, Yanyu Chu, Qing Wang, Shouyin Wang, Zhentao Li, Yi Liu, Xiangliang Tian, Tao Chen, Jia Li, Xiaolong Zheng, Pangfeng Guo, Shuang Chen
  • Patent number: 11954616
    Abstract: An intelligent stereo garage system based on Internet+ and a vehicle parking and pick-up method. The system includes a mobile APP (10), a cloud server (20), a computer system (30), a programmable logic controller (PLC) system (40), a stereo garage (50), and an all-in-one touch machine (60), where the all-in-one touch machine (60) is deployed next to the stereo garage (50), and the computer system (30) is deployed outside or inside the stereo garage (50). A fully-automatic parking method uses different parking and pick-up modes, which technically ensures that users can get their vehicles in time without hindering other users, and allows users to truly experience the system intelligence. This deeply embodies the smart city's idea of interconnecting everything with a mobile phone. The method largely solves problems such as parking difficulty, illegal parking, unauthorized charges, traffic jams, traffic noise, traffic accidents, and vehicle pollution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Shandong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Tao Sui, Chuanzhen Sun, Xiuzhi Liu, Shengrun Guo, Zhizhong Huo
  • Patent number: 11956040
    Abstract: A method for a base station includes sending a request for a report on beamforming capability to a target user equipment; receiving the report on the beamforming capability from the target user equipment; allocating at least one positioning reference signal resource for use by the target user equipment based on at least the capability information included in the report; determining a beam sweeping mle based on the at least one positioning reference signal resource allocated for the target user equipment; and sending the positioning reference signal resource allocation and the beam sweeping mle to the target user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Yan Meng, Tao Tao, Ryan Keating, Jianguo Liu
  • Publication number: 20240113209
    Abstract: The present application discloses a low voltage triggering silicon controlled rectifier which includes: an N well and a P well forming a PN junction, a first P+ region formed in the N well and connected to an anode, and a first N+ region formed in the P well and connected to a cathode. A second P+ region is formed in the N well at the PN junction and diffuses into the P well. A second N+ region is formed in the P well at the PN junction and diffuses into the N well. A first gate structure connected to the anode is formed at the surface of the N well between the first and second P+ regions; and a second gate structure connected to the cathode is formed at the surface of the P well between the first and second N+ regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Zhi Tian, Tao Liu, Feng Ji
  • Publication number: 20240109056
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composite ionic liquid and a preparation method and a use thereof. A first aspect of the present disclosure provides a preparation method of a composite ionic liquid, where an ammonium salt, a first metal salt, a second metal salt, and a third metal salt are sequentially added into a reactor for performing a reaction under different conditions, and the composite ionic liquid is obtained after the reaction is finished. The composite ionic liquid prepared by the method may be used as a catalyst to catalyze an alkylation reaction of isoparaffin with C4 olefin to obtain alkylated oil, which has the advantages of high catalytic activity, long catalytic life, low consumption, and better distribution of the resulting alkylated oil, etc, and thereby significantly reducing the production costs and improving the quality of the resulted alkylated oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Tao ZHENG, Rui ZHANG, Zhichang LIU, Haiyan LIU, Xianghai MENG, Chunming XU
  • Patent number: D1022362
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Degrii Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongsheng Liu, Tao Zhu, Liang Zhong, Ye Zhao, Fei Zhao