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).

  • Publication number: 20220018484
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining positioning of a scanner moving along a section of a pipe, may include: an encoder and a counter measuring distance traveled by the scanner along a plurality of scan lines along a length of the section of the pipe; measuring acceleration and angular velocity of the scanner around a portion of the circumference of the pipe between successive scan lines; computing an angle of rotation of the scanner around the portion of the circumference of the pipe between successive scan lines, and determining a distance traveled around the portion of the circumference of the pipe between first and second scan lines using the computed angle of rotation. The process may further include determining a position of the device using the distance traveled measurements from the counter and the fusion circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Tao Zhang, Lichung Chu, Shinhaeng Lee, Hiroyuki Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20220008632
    Abstract: A cupping auxiliary consumable used in conjunction with one of the Chinese Medicine techniques, cupping. The characteristics include: a sanitary blood-absorbent pad suitable to insert into a cup during cupping treatment, and when applied, the layer against the human skin is made of a material that is permeable to blood. A cup kit for cupping is also provided, including: a cup and a sanitary blood-absorbent pad inserted into the cup. The cup can also include an adhesive surface connecting the cup and the skin; a releasing layer to protect the adhesive surface. The cupping operation can be carried out easily, the blood is absorbed into the blood-absorbent pad, thus will not soil the cup, keeping the entire cupping process hygienic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Weihui Li, Tao ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11223909
    Abstract: Disclosed herein, among other things, are apparatus and methods for neural network-driven frequency translation for hearing assistance devices. Various embodiments include a method of signal processing an input signal in a hearing assistance device, the hearing assistance device including a receiver and a microphone. The method includes performing neural network processing to train a processor to identify acoustic features in a plurality of audio signals and predict target outputs for the plurality of audio signals, and using the trained processor to control frequency translation of the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly Fitz, Tao Zhang, Buye Xu, Mohammad Abdollahi
  • Publication number: 20220000713
    Abstract: A needle warming system includes: a heating tube for heating acupuncture needles; a ring-shaped rechargeable battery for supplying power to the heating tube, and a empty space for fixing the heating tube for charging The battery accepts the charging of the wireless charging unit in a wireless charging mode; a display unit is used to display the working status and charging status of the needle warming system; the control unit is used to control the temperature of the heating tube, and the charging of the rechargeable battery, and display unit. The wireless rechargeable battery avoids the external power supply and the traditional power wiring obstacles; the creation of empty space in the center with ring-shaped rechargeable batteries and heating pads, medicine pads, etc., allows acupuncture needles to enter the heating tube, which is convenient for the implementation of acupuncture warming needles technique. Moreover, the whole needle warming system is compact, small and portable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Weihui Li, Tao ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220007265
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a radio access control method. The method includes that a terminal device receives access control information sent by an access network device, wherein the access control information indicates a barred service type and a barred data transmission attribute to the terminal device; and the terminal device determines whether to send a radio resource control (RRC) connection request to the access network device based on the barred service type and the barred data transmission attribute; wherein the data transmission attribute comprises a transmission scheme type, the transmission scheme type is used to indicate a transmission scheme used by the terminal device for transmitting service data used by the terminal device. Thereby improving network resource utilization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao Zhang, Yan Wang, Yinghui Yu
  • Publication number: 20220002689
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a feruloyl esterase and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of microorganisms. The disclosure provides a feruloyl esterase with an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 and specific enzyme activity as high as 519 U/g. The disclosure provides a recombinant Bacillus subtilis which uses Bacillus subtilis as a host, expresses a gene encoding the feruloyl esterase with an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, and can be used for producing the feruloyl esterase with a high yield. The process specifically includes inoculating a fermentation culture medium with the recombinant Bacillus subtilis for fermentation for 14 hours, and the enzyme activity of the feruloyl esterase in a cell disruption supernatant can be as high as 82.53 U/mL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Tao Zhang, Bo Jiang, Xiaoli Duan, Ming Miao
  • Publication number: 20210403894
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an alginate lyase and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of biology. The alginate lyase provided by the disclosure has high degradation activity, and the enzyme activity reaches 65 U/mg; the alginate lyase is stable in nature, and the enzyme activity remains 98% or higher of the initial enzyme activity after storage at 4° C. for 18 months; and the alginate lyase has high product specificity. The disclosure uses E. coli as a host to express the alginate lyase derived from V. natriegens, the obtained recombinant E. coli can produce the alginate lyase secreted extracellularly in a conventional LB medium without adding an induction substrate sodium alginate, so the downstream processing technology of protein is simplified, and the disclosure has great industrial application potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Bo JIANG, Tao ZHANG, Qing MENG, Jingjing CHEN
  • Publication number: 20210407294
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a driving assistance system, includes: a light detection and ranging module configured to detect position parameters of objects around the light detection and ranging module; a LiFi driving module connected to the light detection and ranging module and being capable of receiving the position parameters and modulating the position parameters to generate a LiFi signal; and a lighting module connected to the LiFi driving module, and configured to provide lighting and transmit the LiFi signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: HASCO VISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin GE, Tao ZHANG, Minghua ZHU, Tianzhong GUO
  • Publication number: 20210387487
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a left and right wheel determination method, a wheel pressure monitoring chip and system, and related apparatuses. The left and right wheel determination method includes: obtaining a time duration for a wheel to rotate for a predetermined number of revolutions after the wheel being detected as rotating; sampling centrifugal acceleration and tangential acceleration of the wheel within the time duration; determining an overrun-lag relationship between the centrifugal acceleration and the tangential acceleration of the wheel based on a serial number of a sampling time-point corresponding to the centrifugal acceleration and a serial number of a sampling time-point corresponding to the tangential acceleration; and determining the wheel to be of a left wheel or a right wheel based on the overrun-lag relationship between the centrifugal acceleration and the tangential acceleration of the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventor: Tao ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11197829
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a technical field of pharmaceutical preparation, in particular to a preparation method of naltrexone implants, including the following steps: (1) dissolving naltrexone and polylactic acid in an organic solvent to form naltrexone microspheres, and drying; (2) placing the naltrexone microspheres in a heated tableting mold for tableting, and obtaining naltrexone implant tablets; (3) dissolving the polylactic acid in the organic solvent to obtain a coating solution, and placing the coating solution in a coating pool, and then immersing the naltrexone implant tablets in the coating solution, and drying in a suspended state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Shenzhen ScienCare Medical Industries Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Shugui Yin, Shiqiang Wang, Shaowei Jia, Tao Zhang, Qingzhe Liu
  • Publication number: 20210369134
    Abstract: A meridian impedance measurement device and method are provided, including: at least one set of measurement electrodes placed on the wrists or ankles, each set including six measurement electrodes in contact with six corresponding meridians; at least one reference electrode placed on the wrists or ankles, simultaneously being in contact with all the six corresponding meridians; at least one impedance measurement unit; a microprocessor; an impedance display unit; and a storage unit. During measurement, the adjustable voltage output unit delivers voltage to each pair of measurement electrode and reference electrode, the impedance measurement unit collects signals and pass the signals to the microprocessor for calculation. The whole procedure is done automatically and can be built into a wearable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Weihui Li, Tao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210368809
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a nutritional cereal-based food with low glycemic load and processing method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of processing of healthy foods. According to the disclosure, bulk grain crops are used as raw materials and mixed with a natural plant extract with the content of 3-deoxyanthocyanidin more than 3 mg/100 g and a sulfur-rich plant or animal protein, so that in-situ encapsulation of starch granules is achieved through an interaction of a sulfur-containing protein and 3-deoxyanthocyanidin, and a grain-source nutritional food for special dietary uses with low GI. According to the method of the disclosure, not only is the process environmentally friendly, operation procedures are simple, but also slow release of blood glucose after a meal is achieved by using the product, and the product can be used as a meal replacement food for people with abnormal glucose metabolism and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Ming MIAO, Xiao ZHOU, Yungao LI, Yuqi YANG, Tao ZHANG, Zhengyu JIN, Zhiyuan LIU
  • Publication number: 20210376704
    Abstract: An external winding controlled two-degree-of-freedom bearing-free switched reluctance motor includes a stator and a rotor. An edge portion of the rotor includes rotor teeth. The stator includes an external winding and a stator core. The stator core includes four suspension teeth distributed in x and y directions on the same circumference of the radial outer side of the rotor and magnetism isolating bodies connected to two adjacent suspension teeth, each suspension tooth includes, along the axial direction of the rotor, a permanent magnet sheet and magnetically conductive sheets symmetrically connected to two sides of the permanent magnet sheet, torque teeth are connected to the inner walls of the magnetism isolating bodies, and torque windings are wound around the torque teeth. The external winding includes x-direction control cores connecting two suspension teeth in the x direction to form two x-direction symmetrical closed paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Tao ZHANG, Lihong MO, Qing LU, Weihong DING, Zhongyi TANG, Yeqing WANG, Xing XIA
  • Patent number: 11182878
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SUBTLE MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Tao Zhang, Enhao Gong
  • Patent number: 11180431
    Abstract: A turbulent fluidized bed reactor, device and method for preparing para-xylene and co-producing light olefins from methanol and/or dimethyl ether and toluene, resolving or improving the competition problem between an MTO reaction and an alkylation reaction during the process of producing para-xylene and co-producing light olefins from methanol and/or dimethyl ether and toluene, and achieving a synergistic effect between the MTO reaction and the alkylation reaction. By controlling the mass transfer and reaction, competition between the MTO reaction and the alkylation reaction is coordinated and optimized to facilitate a synergistic effect of the two reactions, so that the conversion rate of toluene, the yield of para-xylene, and the selectivity of light olefins are increased. The turbulent fluidized bed reactor includes a first reactor feed distributor and a number of second reactor feed distributors and are arranged sequentially along the gas flow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Mao Ye, Tao Zhang, Zhongmin Liu, Jinling Zhang, Hailong Tang, Jinming Jia, Changqing He, Xiangao Wang, Cheng Zhang, Hua Li, Yinfeng Zhao, Chenggong Li
  • Publication number: 20210356603
    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: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Jianying JIAO, Tao ZHANG, Yanshuang LI, Shaoping HE, Xiaolin QI
  • Publication number: 20210345901
    Abstract: A skin impedance measuring device and method includes: an electrode system having at least two electrodes placed on the skin; an adjustable voltage output unit to generate forward and reverse voltages on the electrodes; a skin impedance measurement unit to measure electrical signals from the electrodes; a central processing unit and a computing memory for calculating forward and reverse skin impedances, determining whether the measurement results are abnormal, and correcting abnormal results by delivering additional DC or AC voltages of adjustable magnitudes and frequencies based on impedances; and a display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Weihui Li, Tao ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20210343793
    Abstract: A quantum dot display panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The quantum dot display panel includes an array substrate; a luminescent layer disposed on the array substrate; an encapsulation layer disposed on the luminescent layer; and a color filter layer disposed on the encapsulation layer. The color filter layer includes a plurality of pixel areas. Each of the plurality of pixel areas includes a plurality of sub-pixel filter layers. Each of the sub-pixel filter layers is made of a quantum dot material. A color of a light excited by the quantum dot material is the same as a color of the sub-pixel filter layer. An upper surface of at least one of the sub-pixel filter layers forms a concave structure. The quantum dot display panel provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure enhances the light extraction rate and the display effect of the quantum dot display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dezhi Weng, Gaozhen Wang, Tao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11163959
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for word meaning generation is provided. In this method, a vocabulary notebook is obtained, wherein the vocabulary notebook stores at least one existing word that has been looked up. A concerned category is then identified based on the vocabulary notebook. It will be further determined whether a new page to be displayed contains at least one new word belonging to the concerned category. And responsive to determining that the new page contains the at least one new word, a respective meaning of the at least one new word is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gong Zhang, Tao Zhang, Yang Qi, Li Peng, Xiao Guang Luo
  • Patent number: 11162915
    Abstract: A built-in electrode electrical capacitance tomography sensor, characterized in that the electrical capacitance tomography sensor is a barrel sensor, and sequentially comprises, from inside to outside, an array distribution electrode (1), an electrode insulating sleeve (2), a flange outer tube (3), an insulating tube (4) and a signal transmission line. The array distribution electrode (1) includes N electrode sheets of the same size and consists of measurement ends and fixed ends, N being an integer of 8-16. The electrode is connected to an electrical capacitance tomography signal acquisition system (13) by means of a transmission line, and the acquired electrical capacitance data is sent to the electrical capacitance tomography signal acquisition system (13) by means of a signal transmission line, and is then sent to an imaging computer by means of the electrical capacitance tomography signal acquisition system (13) so as to complete image reconstruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Shuanghe Meng, Mao Ye, Kai Huang, Qiang Guo, Jingjing Shen, Tao Zhang, Zhongmin Liu