Patents by Inventor Tao Tao

Tao Tao 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).

  • ACCUMULATOR OVER HYDRAULIC PUMP DOUBLE-ACTING CYLINDER FOR ARTIFICIAL LIFT OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20160258426
    Abstract: An artificial lift system for use with a subterranean well can include a cylinder having a piston reciprocably disposed therein, the piston having opposing sides, one side being selectively communicable with a hydraulic pressure source and a hydraulic reservoir, and the other side being selectively communicable with the hydraulic pressure source and at least one accumulator, and the accumulator being selectively communicable with an input side of a pump of the hydraulic pressure source. A method of controlling an artificial lift system can include connecting a cylinder to a hydraulic pressure source including a hydraulic pump, the pump being connected between the cylinder and at least one accumulator, the accumulator being connected to a gas pressure source, and operating a gas compressor of the gas pressure source, thereby increasing hydraulic pressure applied to the pump from the accumulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Tao TAO, Mathew J. MCEACHERN, Huajun CHEN, Yanmei LI
  • Procatalyst composition with substituted 1,2-phenylene aromatic diester internal donor and method
    Patent number: 9434799
    Abstract: Disclosed are procatalyst compositions having an internal electron donor which include a substituted phenylene aromatic diester and optionally an electron donor component. Ziegler-Natta catalyst compositions containing the present procatalyst compositions exhibit high activity and produce propylene-based olefins with broad molecular weight distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn.
    Inventors: Linfeng Chen, Tak W. Leung, Tao Tao
  • Refining composition instrumentation for services
    Patent number: 9436461
    Abstract: In an approach for creating a service composition, a processor receives a plurality of software modules, wherein each software module performs part of a service requested by one or more users on a network. A processor collects one or more attributes and one or more dependencies for each of the plurality of software modules. A processor appends information about the attributes and the dependencies to each respective software module. A processor stores each of the plurality of software modules with the respective appended information in a database. A processor creates a service composition comprised of a combination of the plurality of software modules, based on the appended information and the service requested by the one or more users on the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Chefalas, Chang-Shing Perng, Anca Sailer, Frank A. Schaffa, Alla Segal, Ignacio Silva-Lepe, Tao Tao, Liangzhao Zeng
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING FUSED IMAGES TO REMOTE RECIPIENTS FOR DESCRAMBLING AND INTERPRETATION
    Publication number: 20160196680
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for using a hands free computing device. The device includes a processor, a head movement measuring component, screen, camera, microphone, and memory. Responsive to sensing an instruction by a user, an image is captured by the camera and displayed on the screen. There is recorded, using the microphone, an audible catch phrase provided by the user for the image. The audible catch phrase is converted to text that is superimposed on the image thereby making a fused image. The user identifies one or more remote recipients of the fused image. The fused image is communicated, with the text phrase formatted for scrambled display, to the one or more remote recipients. The fused image is displayed on remote devices associated with such recipients with the text phrase scrambled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Sourabh Ahuja, Lian Amaris, Liang Wu, Tao Tao
  • Procatalyst composition with alkoxyalkyl 2-propenoate internal electron donor and polymer from same
    Patent number: 9382342
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are catalyst compositions and polymers, i.e., propylene-based polymers, produced therefrom. The present catalyst compositions contain an internal electron donor of an alkoxyalkyl 2-propenoate and optionally a mixed external electron donor. The present catalyst compositions improve catalyst selectivity and polymer stiffness. Polypropylene homopolymer produced from the present catalyst composition has a xylene solubles content less than 4 wt % and a TMF greater than 172.0° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn.
    Inventors: Linfeng Chen, Tak W. Leung, Tao Tao
  • Procatalyst composition with alkoxypropyl ester internal electron donor and polymer from same
    Patent number: 9382343
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are catalyst compositions and polymers, i.e., propylene-based polymers, produced therefrom. The present catalyst compositions include an internal electron donor with an alkoxypropyl ester. The present catalyst compositions improve catalyst selectivity. Propylene-based polymer produced from the present catalyst composition has a melt flow rate greater than 4 g/10 min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn.
    Inventors: Linfeng Chen, Tak W. Leung, Tao Tao
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING POINT CLOUD
    Publication number: 20160171760
    Abstract: A method for processing a point cloud includes steps of obtaining the point cloud uploaded to an electronic device, creating a mesh point cloud made of a number of triangles from the point cloud, determining a primary reference triangle from the mesh point cloud, calculating a normal vector of the primary reference triangle, calculating a normal vector of the rest of the triangles, and adjusting a direction of the normal vector of corresponding one or more of the rest of the triangles that meet an adjusting condition. The adjusting condition is an included angle between a normal vector of an adjacent triangle and the normal vector of the primary reference triangle being greater than ninety degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: TAO TAO, XIN-YUAN WU, HENG ZHANG, ZONG-TAO YANG
  • Driving apparatus for a light emitting device and method for the same
    Patent number: 9370059
    Abstract: A driving apparatus configured to drive a light emitting device includes a driving current source module operable to supply current to the light emitting device via a node during operation. A protection module coupled to the node and the driving current source module selectively injects current to the node during operation. The driving current source module is controlled based on a detection result of a voltage on the node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (SHENZHEN) R&D CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Jun Duan, Tao Tao Huang
  • AUTOMATIC MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS BASED ON CONSUMPTION AND MARKET CHANGES
    Publication number: 20160162909
    Abstract: A computer processor monitors a service marketplace and a deployed service application that includes one or more services based on a set of service requirements. The computer processor collects consumption data of the deployed service application and service marketplace information including change and trend information associated with the service marketplace. The computer processor analyzes the consumption data and the service marketplace information with respect to the set of service requirements, and the computer processor determines a gap between at least a requirement of the set of requirements and the consumption data, and a gap between at least a requirement of the set of requirements and the service marketplace information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Rahul P. Akolkar, Thomas E. Chefalas, Jim A. Laredo, Chang-Shing Perng, Anca Sailer, Frank A. Schaffa, Alla Segal, Ignacio Silva-Lepe, Tao Tao
  • Systems and methods for providing fused images to remote recipients for descrambling and interpretation
    Patent number: 9336189
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for using a hands free computing device. The device includes a processor, a head movement measuring component, screen, camera, microphone, and memory. Responsive to sensing an instruction by a user, an image is captured by the camera and displayed on the screen. There is recorded, using the microphone, an audible catch phrase provided by the user for the image. The audible catch phrase is converted to text that is superimposed on the image thereby making a fused image. The user identifies one or more remote recipients of the fused image by making one or more predetermined head movements to select from among recipient candidates. The fused image is communicated, with the text phrase formatted for scrambled display, to the one or more remote recipients. The fused image is displayed on remote devices associated with such recipients with the text phrase scrambled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Glu Mobile Inc.
    Inventors: Sourabh Ahuja, Lian Amaris, Liang Wu, Tao Tao
  • REFINING COMPOSITION INSTRUMENTATION FOR SERVICES
    Publication number: 20160124745
    Abstract: In an approach for creating a service composition, a processor receives a plurality of software modules, wherein each software module performs part of a service requested by one or more users on a network. A processor collects one or more attributes and one or more dependencies for each of the plurality of software modules. A processor appends information about the attributes and the dependencies to each respective software module. A processor stores each of the plurality of software modules with the respective appended information in a database. A processor creates a service composition comprised of a combination of the plurality of software modules, based on the appended information and the service requested by the one or more users on the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas E. Chefalas, Chang-Shing Perng, Anca Sailer, Frank A. Schaffa, Alla Segal, Ignacio Silva-Lepe, Tao Tao, Liangzhao Zeng
  • DRIVING APPARATUS FOR A LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160119999
    Abstract: A driving apparatus configured to drive a light emitting device includes a driving current source module operable to supply current to the light emitting device via a node during operation. A protection module coupled to the node and the driving current source module selectively injects current to the node during operation. The driving current source module is controlled based on a detection result of a voltage on the node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Shenzhen) R&D Co. Ltd
    Inventors: Tao Tao Huang, Yi Jun Duan
  • Process for producing procatalyst composition with alkoxyalkyl ester internal electron donor and product
    Patent number: 9315592
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are processes for preparing procatalyst compositions with an internal electron donor containing greater than 4.5 wt % of a compounded alkoxyalkyl ester. Also disclosed are catalyst compositions containing the procatalyst composition and polymers, i.e., propylene-based polymers, produced therefrom. The present procatalyst compositions improve catalyst selectivity, catalyst activity, procatalyst morphology and polymer particle morphology, and improve hydrogen response during olefin polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn.
    Inventors: Linfeng Chen, Tak W. Leung, Kelly Gonzalez, Tao Tao
  • COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING AREA OF OUTLINE OF OBJECT
    Publication number: 20160078639
    Abstract: A method calculates an area of an outline of an object using a computing device. The object is placed on a platform of the measurement machine connected to the computing device. The computing device obtains outline points of the object from an image of the object captured by the measurement machine. The computing device triangulates the outline points of the object using multiple triangles and generates an outline of the object. The computing device calculates the area of the outline of the object according to an area of each triangle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: CHIH-KUANG CHANG, XIN-YUAN WU, TAO TAO, ZONG-TAO YANG
  • Method for removing burrs of battery electrode plates by inductively coupled plasma dry etching
    Patent number: 9276254
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for removing burrs of battery electrode plates using inductively coupled plasma (ICP) dry etching, in which an induction coil is used for ionizing reaction gas. A DC bias is applied to accelerate the ionized reaction gas to bombard the burrs of electrode plate, removing burrs that formed in machining processes using physical bombardment. The equipment used in the present invention is an ICP etch system. The method according to the present invention can completely remove the burrs of electrode plate, thereby effectively preventing short circuits caused by burrs penetrating the membrane separator in the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Rong Zhang, Ting Zhi, Tao Tao, Zhili Xie, Zhiguo Yu, Bing Liu, Peng Chen, Xiangqian Xiu, Yi Li, Ping Han, Yi Shi, Youdou Zheng
  • PNEUMATIC-ON-TOP COUNTERBALANCED THREE-CHAMBER CYLINDER FOR ARTIFICIAL LIFT OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20160010438
    Abstract: An artificial lift system for use with a subterranean well can include a cylinder having a piston reciprocably disposed therein, the piston having opposing sides, each of the opposing sides being selectively communicable with a hydraulic pressure source and a hydraulic reservoir, and the piston having another side in communication with a gas pressure source, and the gas pressure source including a gas compressor connected between gas containers. A method of controlling an artificial lift system can include connecting a cylinder to a hydraulic pressure source and to a gas pressure source, operating a gas compressor of the gas pressure source, thereby increasing gas pressure applied to the cylinder from the gas pressure source, and displacing a piston, thereby operating a downhole pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Tao TAO, Mathew J. MCEACHERN, Huajun CHEN, Yanmei LI
  • ACCUMULATOR COUNTERBALANCED THREE-CHAMBER CYLINDER FOR ARTIFICIAL LIFT OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20160010437
    Abstract: An artificial lift system for use with a subterranean well can include a cylinder having a piston reciprocably disposed therein, the piston having opposing sides, one side being selectively communicable with at least one accumulator, and the other side having two areas, each of the areas being selectively communicable with a hydraulic pressure source and a hydraulic reservoir, and a gas pressure source connected to the accumulator, the gas pressure source including a gas compressor connected between at least one gas container and the accumulator. A method of controlling an artificial lift system can include connecting a cylinder to a hydraulic pressure source and to at least one accumulator, the accumulator being connected to a gas pressure source, and operating a gas compressor of the gas pressure source, thereby increasing hydraulic pressure applied to the cylinder from the accumulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Tao TAO, Mathew J. MCEACHERN, Huajun CHEN, Yanmei LI
  • Voltage slope control method and apparatus for power driver circuit application
    Patent number: 9236854
    Abstract: A drive circuit includes a first transistor coupled in series with a second transistor at a first intermediate node coupled to a load. An amplifier has an output driving a control terminal of the second transistor. The amplifier includes a first input coupled to a second intermediate node and a second input coupled to a reference voltage. A feedback circuit is coupled between the first intermediate node and the second intermediate node. A slope control circuit is coupled the second intermediate node. The slope control circuit injects a selected value of current into the second intermediate node, that current operating to control the output of the amplifier in setting a slope for change in voltage at the first intermediate node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Shenzhen) R&D Co. Ltd
    Inventors: Meng Wang, Tao Tao Huang
  • COMPLEX SERVICE NETWORK RANKING AND CLUSTERING
    Publication number: 20150379121
    Abstract: Offline functionality-based co-ranking and clustering is carried out on a knowledge base that characterizes a heterogeneous information technology services network including a plurality of services, a plurality of providers, and a plurality of attributes. Results of the functionality-based co-ranking and clustering are stored as annotations of the services and the providers in the knowledge base, to obtain an annotated knowledge base. A service requirement is obtained from a customer requiring information technology services. The annotated knowledge base is queried, based on the service requirement; and an ordered list of at least given ones of the services, based on the querying, is returned to the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Rahul P. Akolkar, Thomas E. Chefalas, Yexi Jiang, Jim A. Laredo, Chang-Shing Perng, Anca Sailer, Frank A. Schaffa, Alla Segal, Ignacio Silva-Lepe, Tao Tao, Yang Zhou
  • A DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING EXTRUDABLE FOOD PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20150366220
    Abstract: A device (1) for preparing extrudable food products, comprising a working chamber (31) capable of housing ingredients in operation of the device (1); an extrusion die (120); a rotation shaft (32) configured for stirring the ingredients and extruding the food products through the extrusion die (120); and a driving system (64) by which the rotation shaft (32) is driven; wherein the driving system (64) is configured to separate the extrusion by at least one time period during which the rotation shaft rotates in a first direction which is opposite to a second direction in which the rotation shaft (32) rotates to extrude the food products. Therefore build-ups inside the working chamber (31) can be possibly removed by the sticky dough hit/lifted by the stirring bars (321) on the rotation shaft (32) when the rotation shaft (32) rotates reversely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: JIAN ZHANG, TAO TAO SONG