Patents by Inventor Tao Zhang

Tao 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).

  • Patent number: 11366234
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and a system for preventing leakage of Beidou differential positioning data. The method includes the following steps: step 1, determining the number of positioning terminals; step 2, making identification cards, wherein one identification card corresponds to one positioning terminal, and writing data into each identification card; step 3, putting the identification cards into the card slots of the positioning terminals corresponding to the identification cards; step 4, verifying whether the read data is accurate; step 5, generating the Beidou differential positioning data by the positioning base station, a positioning satellite and the positioning terminals operating normally. The system includes a positioning base station, a positioning satellite, a service terminal, a card issuing device, a plurality of identification cards and a plurality of positioning terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Inventors: Jianying Jiao, Tao Zhang, Yanshuang Li, Shaoping He, Xiaolin Qi
  • Patent number: 11365653
    Abstract: A power generation device and method using organic working fluid for circulation without pump and valve are invented, the principle is able to be called flash jet natural cycle. The flash injection tube, the magnetic sphere motion tube and the storage tank are connected to form the main loop. The finned tube and the storage tank are connected to form the cooling loop. The working fluid is heated in the flash injection tube by low-temperature heat source, and is cooled in the finned tube by air or water. The gravity and flash force jointly drive the flash jet natural cycle. The lower magnetic ball acts as a one-way valve for supplying liquid to the flash injection tube. The upper magnetic ball acts as a valve and a rotor driven by the flash force and gravity to move linearly and produce electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: XI' AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Qincheng Bi, Jinle Zhao, Fuqiang Huo, Tao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11365499
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for storing a washing machine identification code in a tag memory, the washing machine identification code being for indicating fabric information, the tag memory including an EPC memory for storing an electronic product code for identifying a tag object and a USER memory for storing user-defined data. The method includes: detecting a storage space remained of the EPC memory of the tag memory; storing the washing machine identification code into the EPC memory if the storage space is enough to store the washing machine identification code; otherwise, storing the washing machine identification code into the USER memory. Meanwhile, different writing priorities are used for different types of fabric attribute information in the storage process, thus ensuring that the electronic tag memory can completely and effectively store the key information of fabric attributes and meeting the requirement of smart washing of the washing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng Xu, Hai Shu, Yang Li, Junming Yin, Zhenxing Huang, Tao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11367019
    Abstract: A data processing method includes: obtaining first sample data, and determining a target model and a feature set corresponding to the target model; obtaining second sample data, and dividing the second sample data into a development data set and a validation data set based on a predetermined proportion or a predetermined chronological order; respectively determining final sample data of the first sample data and retained sample data of the development data set based on the target model, the feature set corresponding to the target model, the first sample data, the development data set and the validation data set; and merging the final sample data and the retained sample data to obtain a modeling data set corresponding to a first business project. A data processing apparatus, and a computer device for implementing the data processing method are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Shanghai IceKredit, Inc.
    Inventors: Lingyun Gu, Minqi Xie, Wan Duan, Yizeng Huang, Tao Zhang, Kai Zhang
  • Patent number: 11359073
    Abstract: Disclosed is a processing method of a self-reinforced starch-based multifunctional material, and belongs to the technical field of starch deep processing. The processing method takes bulk starch as a base material, including the following steps: firstly reacting starch nanoparticles with an organic acid anhydride reagent and adding a bacteriostatic agent to prepare composite nanoparticles, then mixing the composite nanoparticles with the bulk starch, an etherifying agent, a crosslinking agent, a plasticizer and the like, and finally preparing a starch-based multifunctional material by dry extrusion modification combined with a starch-based nanoparticle assembly and reinforcement technology. The method of the disclosure is simple and convenient in step, mild and controllable in reaction, and continuous and green in production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Jiangnan University
    Inventors: Ming Miao, Xue Jia, Osvaldo H. Campanella, Zhengyu Jin, Tao Zhang, Lei Ye
  • Patent number: 11363390
    Abstract: A method, comprising receiving at least one sound at an electronic device. The at least one sound is enhanced for the at least one user based on a compound metric. The compound metric is calculated using at least two sound metrics selected from an engineering metric, a perceptual metric, and a physiological metric. The engineering metric comprises a difference between an output signal and a desired signal. At least one of the perceptual metric and the physiological metric is based at least in part on input sensed from the at least one user in response to the received at least one sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Joao Felipe Santos, Tao Zhang, Yan Zhao, Buye Xu, Ritwik Giri
  • Patent number: 11359265
    Abstract: A 1 GPa high-strength high-modulus aluminum-based light medium-entropy alloy and a preparation method thereof. An atomic expression of the designed medium-entropy alloy is AlxLiyMgzZnuCuv, subscripts representing the molar percentage of each corresponding alloy element, where x+y+z+u+v=100, x is 79.5-80.5, y is 1.5-2.5, z is 1.5-2.5, u is 13.5-14.5, and v is 1.5-2.5. The phase structure of the involved alloy is mainly based on a face-centered cubic (FCC) solid solution. The present invention obtains high performance aluminum alloy ingots through vacuum induction smelting and direct casting, and features low energy consumption, decreased cost, and simple operation in the preparation process, which cater to the high requirements on cost, strength and plasticity of light alloys applied in the high-end manufacturing industries such as aerospace and automobile electronics nowadays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: University of Science & Technology Beijing
    Inventors: Yong Zhang, Ruixuan Li, Tao Zhang, Yangde Li
  • Publication number: 20220168705
    Abstract: The present invention provides a formulation and method for preparing a fibrous material comprising nanofibers. The formulation comprises (a) at least one polymer, (b) at least one solvent in which the at least one polymer is dissolved to provide a polymer solution, and (c) at least one functional additive that imparts functionality to the fibrous material. The at least one functional additive is dissolvable or suspensible in the polymer solution. The formulation is able to remove or reduce the concentration of bacteria, viruses and heavy metals while maintaining high filtration efficiency. The invention also relates to a fibrous material prepared by the formulation and applications of the fibrous material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Siu Wah WONG, Hoi Tung Danny CHAN, Muk Fung YUEN, Lok Hey WONG, Wai Tat NG, Kwun Wing HO, Yu Tao ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220172112
    Abstract: A data processing method includes: obtaining first sample data, and determining a target model and a feature set corresponding to the target model; obtaining second sample data, and dividing the second sample data into a development data set and a validation data set based on a predetermined proportion or a predetermined chronological order; respectively determining final sample data of the first sample data and retained sample data of the development data set based on the target model, the feature set corresponding to the target model, the first sample data, the development data set and the validation data set; and merging the final sample data and the retained sample data to obtain a modeling data set corresponding to a first business project. A data processing apparatus, and a computer device for implementing the data processing method are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Shanghai IceKredit, Inc.
    Inventors: Lingyun GU, Minqi XIE, Wan DUAN, Yizeng HUANG, Tao ZHANG, Kai ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11345785
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a processing method for intelligent hydrogel from nano-scale starch particles, and belongs to the technical field of nutritional health food. The present disclosure uses dendritic water-soluble starch particles as a skeleton and utilizes a transglycosidation and chain extension-glycan entanglement reaction of glycosyltransferase to obtain an intelligent hydrogel having a spatial reticular structure. The product provided by the present disclosure is an intelligent starch-based hydrogel which has good rehydration capability, biocompatibility, strong gel strength, enzymatic response irreversibility, pH response reversibility, can carry multiple nutritional factors. The hydrogel provided by the present disclosure can protect and control the release of food functional factors, and can be applied to food, biological drug loading, functional materials and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ming Miao, Bo Jiang, Yang Qi, Yao Liu, Tao Zhang, Zhengyu Jin
  • Publication number: 20220166904
    Abstract: A photographing module is provided, including a module housing, and a light sensing chip and a light capturing apparatus that are disposed in a cavity of the module housing, where a first light capturing hole and a second light capturing hole are provided on two opposite sides of the module housing, the light capturing apparatus is disposed opposite to each of the first light capturing hole and the second light capturing hole, in a first photographing state, ambient light passing through the second light capturing hole is projected onto the light sensing chip through the light capturing apparatus, and in a second photographing state, ambient light passing through the first light capturing hole is projected onto the light sensing chip through the light capturing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao Zhang, Congjun Xie
  • Patent number: 11343317
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: after obtaining information of a target input port of a data receiving device and information of a target protocol used by a target Internet of Things device connected to the target input port, the data receiving device determines the target input port and the target protocol, and decapsulates, according to the target protocol, a first data packet transmitted by the target Internet of Things device via means of the target input port to obtain data. The data receiving device can adaptively determine a target protocol according to the information of the target protocol used by the target Internet of Things device, without configuring the target protocol for the target Internet of Things device in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: He Yu, Yong Yuan, Hai Tao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11333591
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tri-axial mechanical test apparatus and method for simulating the process of freezing the high-pressure water into ice. The tri-axial mechanical test apparatus comprises a main body loading system, a freezing system, and a sample test system; in the main body loading system, a flange, an axial pressure piston and a pressure-bearing shell are constituted to a loading main body, and the axial pressure and confining pressure are controlled directly by a tri-axial servo tester and indirectly by an oil-water separator respectively; in the freezing system, a circumferential freezing liquid circulation channel and a base freezing liquid circulation channel are connected to an external cold source for cooling and freezing, and a dissoluble shell is provided on the periphery of the sample to ensure the shape of ice; in the sample test system, a serial of optical fiber sensors in the sample is connected to an optical fiber data collector, to measure temperature and strain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Baosheng Wang, Weihao Yang, Jiahui Huang, Tao Han, Chi Zhang, Zhijiang Yang, Tao Zhang, Yansen Wang, Yanlong Ren
  • Publication number: 20220138525
    Abstract: A memory network method based on automatic addressing and recursive information integration. The method is based on a memory neural network framework integrating automatic addressing and recursive information, and is an efficient and lightweight memory network method. A memory is read and written by means of an automatic addressing operation having low time and space complexity, and memory information is effectively utilized by a novel computing unit. The whole framework has the characteristics of high efficiency, high speed and high universality. The method is suitable for various time sequence processing tasks, and shows the performance superior to that of the conventional LSTM and the previous memory network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Ge LI, Zhangheng LI, Jiaxing ZHONG, Jingjia HUANG, Tao ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11321801
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a GPU-based third-order low-rank tensor completion method. Operation steps of the method includes: (1) transmitting, by a CPU, input data DATA1 to a GPU, and initializing the loop count t=1; (2) obtaining, by the GPU, a third-order tensor Yt of a current loop t based on the least squares method; (3) obtaining, by the GPU, a third-order tensor Xt of the current loop t based on the least squares method; (4) checking, by the CPU, whether an end condition is met; and if the end condition is met, turning to (5); otherwise, increasing the loop count t by 1 and turning to (2) to continue the loop; and (5) outputting, by the GPU, output data DATA2 to the CPU. In the present disclosure, in the third-order low-rank tensor completion, a computational task with high concurrent processes is accelerated by using the GPU to improve computational efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Tensor & Deep Learning Lab L.L.C.
    Inventors: Tao Zhang, Da Xu, Xiaoyang Liu
  • Patent number: 11323289
    Abstract: A tunnel establishment method and apparatus are provided. A type of a tunnel established for each service of a terminal may be the same or different, given an entity for executing a solution remains the same. A first tunnel and a second tunnel is established for a current service of the terminal, or a third tunnel is established for a next service of the terminal. According to the application, the congestion is eased in a backbone network between a secondary access network node and a primary access network node. Alternatively, the provided method and apparatus avoid using a directly connected tunnel as a tunnel established between the secondary access network node and a core network user plane node when a core network control plane node needs to receive and send too much path switching signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tao Zhang, Bo Lin, Hao Bi
  • Patent number: 11321777
    Abstract: A business data processing method includes: step S1: extracting domestic business sample data; step S2: selecting a sample data set S by training a model; step S3: extracting overseas business sample data; step S4: merging the data set S and a data set T to obtain a data set A; step S5: setting an initial sample weight; step S6: setting a variable for a quantity of iterations; step S7: training the model based on a current weight to obtain a model At; step S8: calculating a loss et of the model At in the data set T; step S9: caching the model At and the loss et; step S10: updating a sample weight; step S11: updating the quantity of iterations t=t+1; step S12: determining whether a termination condition is met; and step S13: when the termination condition is met, determining a final model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Shanghai IceKredit, Inc.
    Inventors: Lingyun Gu, Minqi Xie, Wan Duan, Tao Zhang, Yizeng Huang
  • Publication number: 20220130017
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for improving image quality with shortened acquisition time. The method comprises: determining an accelerated image acquisition scheme for imaging a subject using a medical imaging apparatus; acquiring a medical image of the subject according to the accelerated image acquisition scheme using the medical imaging apparatus; applying a deep network model to the medical image to improve the quality of the medical image; and outputting an improved quality image of the subject, for analysis by a physician.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Tao Zhang, Enhao Gong
  • Publication number: 20220127276
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pyrazine derivative, an application thereof in inhibiting SHP2, and a compound of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, isomers, solvates, prodrugs or isotope labels thereof. The structure of the compound of formula (I) is as follows. The novel pyrazine derivative provided by the present invention has excellent inhibition of SHP2 activity and can be used to prevent and/or treat non-receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase-mediated or dependent diseases or disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Haifeng SUN, Kuifeng WANG, Tao ZHANG, Mengnan MA, Jinchang LU
  • Patent number: 11311043
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a glucan-based shell-core structure carrier material and preparation and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of modern food processing. Spherical hyperbranched water-soluble amylum grains are used as the raw material, and an enzymatic grafting and chain extending process is adopted for treatment to modify the surfaces of water-soluble glucan molecules into a firm shell structure with densely cumulated crystal structures, and form the glucan-based carrying material with the shell-core structure of which an inner core cavity has an amorphous state and an outer shell layer has a crystalline state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ming Miao, Bo Jiang, Yang Qi, Zhengyu Jin, Chen Chen, Tao Zhang