Patents by Inventor Tao Tang

Tao Tang 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).

  • Patent number: 9698493
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a dual-polarized antenna radiating element. The dual-polarized antenna radiating element includes four radiators and a connecting part, where the four radiators are arranged in a cross shape, with each two of them oppositely disposed, the four radiators form a radiating plane, one end of each of the radiators is connected to the connecting part, and the other end extends in a direction away from the connecting part. Each of the radiators includes a first radiating arm and a second radiating arm, where the first radiating arm and the second radiating arm are asymmetric. In the embodiments of the present invention, a new resonant frequency band is added by using asymmetric radiating arms, thereby broadening the width of a resonant frequency band, so that the antenna radiating element can adapt to a broader resonant frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinju Wang, Tao Tang
  • Publication number: 20170153365
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relates to a thin film transistor and a method for manufacturing the same, a display substrate and a display device. The thin film transistor comprises an active layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode and an ohmic contact layer, wherein the ohmic contact layer is disposed between the active layer and the source electrode and/or between the active layer and the drain electrode to improve an ohmic contact property of the active layer with the source electrode and/or the drain electrode. The present invention solves the problem of poor ohmic contact effect between the active layer and the source and drain electrodes in the existing thin film transistor, thereby improving the ohmic contact property of the active layer with the source and drain electrodes and meanwhile improving display effect of images of a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Tao Tang, Tao Luo, Qingde Long, Zhiyong Zhang, Xuejie Bai, Wen Xiao, Zerong Yang
  • Patent number: 9639293
    Abstract: A method, for migrating newly allocated data into a second storage tier, includes receiving a request to store a data item. The method includes allocating an extent to a first storage tier to store the new data item. The method includes determining whether an extent is newly allocated on the first storage tier. The method includes migrating, by avoiding a learning phase, the newly allocated extent to the second storage tier from the first storage tier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Guo, Bruce McNutt, Tao Tang, Yan Xu
  • Publication number: 20170095832
    Abstract: A water valve and a drinking device are provided. The water valve includes an upper support, a lower support, a valve spool, a sealing member, a spring and a water outlet. The upper support is provided with a water inlet. The lower support is provided with a water outlet and a vent hole. The valve spool has a first end connected with the upper support and a second end fixedly connected with the lower support, and the valve spool is movable relative to the upper support, to switch on or off a communication between the water inlet and the water outlet. When the water valve is at a state of discharging water, an interior of the water outlet pipe is not communicated with atmosphere; when the water valve is at a state of not discharging water, the vent hole communicates the interior of the water outlet pipe with the atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Tao TANG, Shuisheng PENG, Jianhai ZHANG, Yanping LI
  • Publication number: 20170057378
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a train control method for maximizing utilization of regenerative energy. The method mainly comprises: working out a matching error ?T of a current matched pair of trains Mx (i, j) of a station in the current running situation; and comparing the matching error ?T with a preset maximum adjustable error ?Tx of the current matched pair of trains Mx (i, j) of the station and determining a strategy for adjusting train running of the current matched pair of trains Mx (i, j) according to comparison results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Jing XUN, Bin NING, Tao TANG, Tong LIU, Tianzhi WANG
  • Patent number: 9583301
    Abstract: A metamaterial high-power microwave source relates to the fields of vacuum electronic technology, particle physics, and accelerators, including: a cathode, a metamaterial slow-wave structure (SWS), a waveguide and coaxial line coupler located at one end of the metamaterial SWS and a collector component located at the other end of the metamaterial SWS. The metamaterial SWS provided by the present invention is greatly smaller than a rectangular waveguide having the same frequency, so as to realize a miniaturization of devices and facilitate integration with semiconductor devices. The waveguide and coaxial line coupler has a good transmission characteristic and a low reflection in a relatively wide frequency band, which guarantees a high-efficient coupling output of a signal. Moreover, the metamaterial high-power microwave source has a high-power output and a pulsed output power reaching a megawatt level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
    Inventors: Zhaoyun Duan, Xianfeng Tang, Xinwu Ma, Xiang Huang, Zhanliang Wang, Tao Tang, Yanshuai Wang, Yubin Gong
  • Patent number: 9497620
    Abstract: A method and system for implementing a smart card remote operation based on a smart card web server is provided. As a mobile phone is prompted to activate update by a short message transmitted thereto, the problem of addressing the mobile phone is effectively solved. A remote network is accessed by using a TCP/IP protocol stack to conveniently and reliably update bulk data. The mobile phone is used as a gateway to connect a smart card and a remote management server, thereby realizing security identity authentication, data integrality verification, implementation of data encryption and customizable access policies, and increasing demand of an operator for enhancing value-added services of the smart card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: HUIZHOU TCL MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhonghe Wu, Tingting Xie, Tao Tang
  • Patent number: 9471387
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, apparatus, and computer program product for scheduling in job execution. According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a method for scheduling a plurality of job slots shared by one or more pre-processors and one or more post-processors in job execution, wherein the data generated by the pre-processor(s) will be fed to the post-processor(s) for processing. The method comprises: determining an overall data generation speed of the pre-processor(s); determining an overall data consumption speed of the post-processor(s); and scheduling allocation of at least one of the job slots between the pre-processor(s) and the post-processor(s) based on the overall data generation speed and the overall data consumption speed. Corresponding apparatus is disclosed as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xiao M. Bao, Guan C. Chen, Qi Guo, Yan Li, Tao Liu, Wen tao Tang
  • Patent number: 9450912
    Abstract: Provided is a method for accessing an application server. The method includes: obtaining an IP address or server domain name for accessing an application server from an access point list; initiating an access to the application server using the IP address or server domain name; and after the access to the application server succeeds, updating the access point list by storing an IP address delivered by the application server according to a load balancing policy to a blank entry of the access point list. By performing load balancing at an application server side according to the characteristics of an application program, the method improves the success rate of access by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Jie Zhao, Feng Liu, Tao Tang, Jianbing Fu
  • Publication number: 20160253121
    Abstract: A method, for migrating newly allocated data into a second storage tier, includes receiving a request to store a data item. The method includes allocating an extent to a first storage tier to store the new data item. The method includes determining whether an extent is newly allocated on the first storage tier. The method includes migrating, by avoiding a learning phase, the newly allocated extent to the second storage tier from the first storage tier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Yong Guo, Bruce McNutt, Tao Tang, Yan Xu
  • Patent number: 9425020
    Abstract: A miniaturized all-metal slow-wave structure includes: a circular metal waveguide; and metal electric resonance units provided in the circular metal waveguide; wherein the metal electric resonance unit provided in the circular metal waveguide includes a ring-shaped electric resonance metal plate with an electron beam tunnel provided on a center thereof, and a ring plate body of the ring-shaped electric resonance metal plate has two auricle-shaped through-holes symmetrically aside an axial-section; a main body of the auricle-shaped through-hole is a ring-shaped hole, two column holes extending towards a center of a circle are provided at two ends of the ring-shaped hole; the ring-shaped electric resonance metal plates are perpendicular to an axis and are provided inside the circular metal waveguide with equal intervals therebetween, external surfaces of the ring-shaped electric resonance metal plates are mounted on an internal surface of the circular metal waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: niversity of Electronic Science and Technology of China
    Inventors: Zhaoyun Duan, Yanshuai Wang, Xiang Huang, Xinwu Ma, Tao Tang, Minzhi Huang, Zhanliang Wang, Yubin Gong
  • Patent number: 9417924
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, apparatus, and computer program product for scheduling in job execution. According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a method for scheduling a plurality of job slots shared by one or more pre-processors and one or more post-processors in job execution, wherein the data generated by the pre-processor(s) will be fed to the post-processor(s) for processing. The method comprises: determining an overall data generation speed of the pre-processor(s); determining an overall data consumption speed of the post-processor(s); and scheduling allocation of at least one of the job slots between the pre-processor(s) and the post-processor(s) based on the overall data generation speed and the overall data consumption speed. Corresponding apparatus is disclosed as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xiao M. Bao, Guan C. Chen, Qi Guo, Yan Li, Tao Liu, Wen tao Tang
  • Publication number: 20160209426
    Abstract: Methods of assessing or monitoring the effect, efficacy, responsiveness to treatment, and/or determining a dose or dosing regimen of therapeutic agents, such as integrin beta7 antagonists, for the treatment of gastrointestinal inflammatory disorders are provided. In certain aspects, methods of using integrin beta7 subunit-containing receptor occupancy by the integrin beta7 antagonist on colonic lymphocytes as an indicator (“biomarker”) of the effect, efficacy, or responsiveness to treatment, and/or as a means to determine dosing or dosing regimens of therapeutic agents such as beta7 integrin antagonists for the treatment of gastrointestinal inflammatory disorders are provided. In certain aspects, methods of assessing the effect, efficacy, or responsiveness to beta7 integrin antagonist treatment by measuring gene expression levels of one or more integrin receptor ligands, lymphocyte genes, cytokine genes, or the number of alphaE-positive cells in intestinal crypt epithelium are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Lauri Diehl, Mary Keir, Meina Tao Tang, Xiaohui Wei, Marna B. Williams
  • Publication number: 20160210171
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, apparatus, and computer program product for scheduling in job execution. According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a method for scheduling a plurality of job slots shared by one or more pre-processors and one or more post-processors in job execution, wherein the data generated by the pre-processor(s) will be fed to the post-processor(s) for processing. The method comprises: determining an overall data generation speed of the pre-processor(s); determining an overall data consumption speed of the post-processor(s); and scheduling allocation of at least one of the job slots between the pre-processor(s) and the post-processor(s) based on the overall data generation speed and the overall data consumption speed. Corresponding apparatus is disclosed as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Xiao M. Bao, Guan C. Chen, Qi Guo, Yan Li, Tao Liu, Wen tao Tang
  • Patent number: 9372630
    Abstract: A method, for migrating newly allocated data into a second storage tier, includes receiving a request to store a data item. The method includes allocating an extent to a first storage tier to store the new data item. The method includes determining whether an extent is newly allocated on the first storage tier. The method includes migrating, by avoiding a learning phase, the newly allocated extent to the second storage tier from the first storage tier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Guo, Bruce McNutt, Tao Tang, Yan Xu
  • Publication number: 20160134026
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an antenna radiating element and an antenna, where the antenna radiating element includes a pair of crosswise disposed dipoles and parasitic element assemblies; the parasitic element assembly is disposed in an included angle formed by two neighboring dipole arms of the crosswise disposed dipoles; the parasitic element assembly is fastened to the dipole; and a radiation signal transmitted by the dipole is reflected and converged by using the parasitic element assembly. In embodiments of the present invention, the antenna radiating element has a very simple structure, may be directly formed by sheet metal parts, and is convenient to process and manufacture. Also, the parasitic element assembly achieves an effect of reducing a volume of the entire antenna, and therefore both production costs and maintenance costs are reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Tao Tang, Guoqing Xie, Xiaoqiang Hou
  • Publication number: 20160126051
    Abstract: A metamaterial high-power microwave source relates to the fields of vacuum electronic technology, particle physics, and accelerators, including: a cathode, a metamaterial slow-wave structure (SWS), a waveguide and coaxial line coupler located at one end of the metamaterial SWS and a collector component located at the other end of the metamaterial SWS. The metamaterial SWS provided by the present invention is greatly smaller than a rectangular waveguide having the same frequency, so as to realize a miniaturization of devices and facilitate integration with semiconductor devices. The waveguide and coaxial line coupler has a good transmission characteristic and a low reflection in a relatively wide frequency band, which guarantees a high-efficient coupling output of a signal. Moreover, the metamaterial high-power microwave source has a high-power output and a pulsed output power reaching a megawatt level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Zhaoyun Duan, Xianfeng Tang, Xinwu Ma, Xiang Huang, Zhanliang Wang, Tao Tang, Yanshuai Wang, Yubin Gong
  • Publication number: 20160011803
    Abstract: A method, for migrating newly allocated data into a second storage tier, includes receiving a request to store a data item. The method includes allocating an extent to a first storage tier to store the new data item. The method includes determining whether an extent is newly allocated on the first storage tier. The method includes migrating, by avoiding a learning phase, the newly allocated extent to the second storage tier from the first storage tier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Yong Guo, Bruce McNutt, Tao Tang, Yan Xu
  • Publication number: 20150334086
    Abstract: Provided is a method for accessing an application server. The method includes: obtaining an IP address or server domain name for accessing an application server from an access point list; initiating an access to the application server using the IP address or server domain name; and after the access to the application server succeeds, updating the access point list by storing an IP address delivered by the application server according to a load balancing policy to a blank entry of the access point list. By performing load balancing at an application server side according to the characteristics of an application program, the method improves the success rate of access by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Jie Zhao, Feng Liu, Tao Tang, Jianbing Fu
  • Patent number: 9139210
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a calculation method of movement authority for communications-based train control system, comprising: handling a route information for a train, and determining a searching range of the train according to the route information; initializing the limit of movement authority with the end position of the searching range; searching for static obstacles within the searching range, and successively determining whether each static obstacle meets the safety requirements for train operating, if not, setting the position of the last static obstacle within the searching range as the limit of the movement authority; if so, modifying the limit of movement authority as the end of route having been matched; searching for dynamic obstacles within the searching range, and determining whether there is a train, if so, modifying the end of movement authority as the beginning point of the track section where the train is occupying; if there is no dynamic obstacle within the searching range, modifying
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Bin Ning, Haifeng Wang, Tao Tang, Chunhai Gao, Xuwen Yang, Shuo Liu