Patents by Inventor Tao Zhao

Tao Zhao 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: 20250145635
    Abstract: A compound containing a bis(azanylylidene) sulfonyl structure of formula (I) as a PKR agonist and/or USP9X inhibitor, which can be used for treating related diseases mediated and regulated by PKR and USP9X, wherein the related diseases comprise, but are not limited to: sickle-cell anemia, ?-thalassemia, hereditary non-spherocytic hemolytic anemia, hemolytic anemia, hereditary spherocytosis, hereditary elliptocytosis, abetalipoproteinemia, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, acquired hemolytic anemia, congenital anemia, anemia of chronic diseases, colorectal cancer, kidney cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, melanoma, lymphoma, glioblastoma, or multiple myeloma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Jianzong LI, Zao WANG, Shunchun ZHAO, TAO SHAO, Ruijie ZHOU, Jing WANG, Xiao HU, Yeye WANG, Xiaodong ZHANG, Jun TANG, Yuanqing TANG
  • Patent number: 12285223
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving a set of model points of a model of one or more passageways of a patient. The method further comprises receiving a set of measured points collected from within the one or more passageways of the patient. Each point comprises coordinates within a medical environment occupied by the patient. The method further comprises matching each measured point to a model point to generate a set of matches. The method further comprises assigning a weight to each of the measured points based on the set of matches to generate a weighted set of matches. The method further comprises moving the set of measured points relative to the set of model points based on the weighted set of matches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Caitlin Q. Donhowe, Vincent Duindam, Timothy D. Soper, Tao Zhao
  • Publication number: 20250133069
    Abstract: A device access method applied to a host and includes: acquiring a connection request provided by a terminal, where the connection request comprises an identifier of the terminal and a password corresponding to the identifier, and the password is generated based on a private key in a key pair and the identifier; acquiring a verification result of the password, where the password is configured to be verified by a public key in the key pair; establishing a connection with the terminal in response to a successful verification; and rejecting the connection request of the terminal in response to a failed verification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Hongjun DU, Tao LI, Xingxing ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20250131251
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for performing a machine learning task on a network input to generate a network output. In one aspect, one of the systems includes a neural network configured to perform the machine learning task, the neural network including one or more expert neural network blocks that each include router that performs expert-choice routing between multiple expert neural networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Hanxiao Liu, Quoc V. Le, Yanqi Zhou, Tao Lei, Yuzhe Zhao, Yanping Huang, Nan Du, Zhifeng Chen, Andrew M. Dai, James Laudon
  • Publication number: 20250121501
    Abstract: An in-situ robot programming method for a hydraulic turbine top cover based on binocular structured light vision is provided, which relates to the field of robot vision-guided intelligent processing technologies. The method performs hand-eye calibration on a binocular structured light camera and a robot to construct a coordinate conversion relationship thereof, collects an annular to-be-processed area of the hydraulic turbine top cover by the binocular structured light camera for joining, and obtains a trajectory and a trajectory plan through point cloud processing algorithms, to thereby achieve a rapid programming for the hydraulic turbine top cover based on guidance of binocular structured light vision. The method adapts to changes in sizes of the hydraulic turbine top cover and take into account real-time performance and robustness, so that impacts of uncertainty factors on the system are greatly weakened, and the method has characteristics of intelligence and high degree of systematization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Tao Wu, Yichuan Ran, Ming Ma, Zaiming Geng, Jingnan Yan, Jian Deng, Hui Liu, Cencen Yang, Kui Huang, Donglei Ji, Xiaoping Zhang, Gaipeng Zhao
  • Patent number: 12274304
    Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating device, comprising: a holder (31), wherein at least a portion of the tubular hollow of the holder forms a chamber (310) to receive a smokable material A; an induction coil (32) arranged on the holder; a susceptor (33) electromagnetically coupled with the induction coil to heat the smokable material A received in the chamber, wherein the susceptor comprises a heating portion (331) and a base portion (332); and a ceramic fixing seat (34) arranged in the holder, wherein the heating portion of the susceptor penetrates the ceramic fixing seat to reach the interior of the chamber, and the base portion abuts against the ceramic fixing seat to fix and maintain the susceptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao Wu, Huanjie He, Hengkun Zhao, Junhui Li, Zhongli Xu, Yonghai Li
  • Publication number: 20250119621
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for generating comment information based on a large model, an electronic device and a storage medium, relates to a technical field of artificial intelligence, and in particular to the technical fields of deep learning, large model, and natural language processing, and the like. The specific technical solution includes: obtaining description information of a resource to be commented on by understanding, based on the large model, the resource to be commented on; obtaining, based on the description information, comment information of the resource to be commented on, in which the comment information includes at least a comment video of the resource to be commented on; and displaying the comment video in a comment section. The intelligent generation of comment videos and texts is realized, improving the accuracy of the comment information, simplifying the comment generation process, and improving the speed of generating comments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Li, Li Ma, Lunan Zhao, Jie Liu, Tianzhong Hu, Huilin Li, Yu Chen, Yongjuan Che, Aowei Li, Tao Li, Hanmeng Liu, Shouke Qin
  • Publication number: 20250117383
    Abstract: Embodiments analyze an incoming query for a database, train a query model using machine learning based on the analyzing of the incoming query, determine a model result based on the trained query model; extract a similar information query based on the model result, generate a recommendation for query tuning and a visual impact of the recommendation for the query tuning based on the extracting of the similar information query, and output the recommendation for the query turning and the visual impact of the recommendation for the query tuning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Sheng Yan Sun, Peng Hui Jiang, Xiao Feng Meng, Xu Qin Zhao, Ye Tao
  • Publication number: 20250119084
    Abstract: An electric valve/door, and a control apparatus and method thereof are provided. The electric valve/door includes a control apparatus. The control apparatus includes an alternating current (AC) asynchronous motor, a transmission device, and a valve driver. The valve driver is connected to the AC asynchronous motor. The AC asynchronous motor is connected to the valve/door through the transmission device. The valve driver is configured to collect information of a real-time torque of the AC asynchronous motor or the valve/door during operation, and take a set torque of the valve driver as an input and the real-time torque as a feedback to immediately correct an output torque of the valve driver or a limit value of the output torque by using a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control algorithm, to meet requirements for response speed and control precision of each stage in opening and closing processes of the valve/door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: BEIJING RAYMOND-CBE NUCLEAR EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE CO , LTD.
    Inventors: Wen ZHOU, Zhanguo ZHAO, Dapeng ZHANG, Gang ZHAO, Tao ZHU, Zeping WANG
  • Publication number: 20250117601
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for information processing includes: obtaining text information, in which the text information includes first text information of a resource to be commented on and second text information of a candidate prompt; selecting a target prompt from the candidate prompts based on the text information; and generating comment information of the resource to be commented on, based on the resource to be commented on and the target prompt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huilin Li, Yi Li, Lunan Zhao, Jie Liu, Li Ma, Tao Li, Tianzhong Hu, Yu Chen, Yongjuan Che, Aowei Li, Hanmeng Liu, Shouke Qin
  • Patent number: 12272645
    Abstract: Embodiments of three-dimensional memory devices and fabricating methods thereof are disclosed. One disclosed method for forming a memory structure comprises: forming a bottom conductive layer on a substrate; forming a dielectric stack on the bottom conductive layer, the dielectric stack comprising a plurality of alternatively arranged first dielectric layers and second dielectric layers; forming an opening penetrating the dielectric stack and exposing the bottom conductive layer; forming a cap layer on a bottom of the opening; forming a cylindrical body and a top contact on the cap layer and in the opening; and replacing the plurality of second dielectric layers with conductive layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Liu, Yuancheng Yang, Wenxi Zhou, Kun Zhang, Di Wang, Tao Yang, Dongxue Zhao, Zhiliang Xia, Zongliang Huo
  • Patent number: 12273416
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a sensing function control node for an Internet of Things (IoT), and relates to technical field of electrical communication. The node includes an accessing module for sensors and actuators, a data format analyzing and integrating module and a transmission accessing and connecting module. Software-defined optical access technologies are utilized to control original sensing data in the IoT to access the accessing module for the sensors and the actuators. Status information of modules in the node is sensed in real time through a software-defined unified control plane, to adjust upload rates of modules and control the connections between sensing function control node and EAN. The original sensing data in IoT are transmitted to the transmission accessing and connecting module after being pre-processed. The pre-processed data are transmitted to EAN through upload channels between the sensing function control node and EAN established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: NANJING XIGUANG RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xiaohan Sun, Xiaokai Ye, Kun Huang, Tao Lyu, Jun Zhao, Qiugun Miao, Jinhui Li, Xuekang Shan
  • Patent number: 12274049
    Abstract: In certain aspects, a memory device includes a vertical transistor including a semiconductor body extending in a first direction, a stack structure including interleaved dielectric layers and conductive layers each extending perpendicularly to the first direction, an electrode layer including a conductive material and coupled to a first end of the semiconductor body, and a storage layer over the electrode layer. The electrode layer and the storage layer extend in the first direction through the stack structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongxue Zhao, Tao Yang, Zhiliang Xia, Zongliang Huo
  • Patent number: 12273054
    Abstract: An electric valve/door, and a control apparatus and method thereof are provided. The electric valve/door includes a control apparatus. The control apparatus includes an alternating current (AC) asynchronous motor, a transmission device, and a valve driver. The valve driver is connected to the AC asynchronous motor. The AC asynchronous motor is connected to the valve/door through the transmission device. The valve driver is configured to collect information of a real-time torque of the AC asynchronous motor or the valve/door during operation, and take a set torque of the valve driver as an input and the real-time torque as a feedback to immediately correct an output torque of the valve driver or a limit value of the output torque by using a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control algorithm, to meet requirements for response speed and control precision of each stage in opening and closing processes of the valve/door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: BEIJING RAYMOND-CBE NUCLEAR EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE CO , LTD.
    Inventors: Wen Zhou, Zhanguo Zhao, Dapeng Zhang, Gang Zhao, Tao Zhu, Zeping Wang
  • Patent number: 12272659
    Abstract: Methods for reducing resistivity of metal gapfill include depositing a conformal layer in an opening of a feature and on a field of a substrate with a first thickness of the conformal layer of approximately 10 microns or less, depositing a non-conformal metal layer directly on the conformal layer at a bottom of the opening and directly on the field using an anisotropic deposition process. A second thickness of the non-conformal metal layer on the field and on the bottom of the feature is approximately 30 microns or greater. And depositing a metal gapfill material in the opening of the feature and on the field where the metal gapfill material completely fills the opening without any voids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yi Xu, Yu Lei, Zhimin Qi, Aixi Zhang, Xianyuan Zhao, Wei Lei, Xingyao Gao, Shirish A. Pethe, Tao Huang, Xiang Chang, Patrick Po-Chun Li, Geraldine Vasquez, Dien-yeh Wu, Rongjun Wang
  • Patent number: 12268467
    Abstract: Provided herein is a delivery system, including: (a) an optical sensor configured to detect data useful to create a map of a bodily surface; and (b) a printer operatively associated with the optical sensor and configured to deliver compositions (optionally including cells) to the bodily surface based upon the data or map. Methods of forming a tissue on a bodily surface of a patient in need thereof are also provided, as are methods, systems and computer program products useful for processing bodily surface data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
    Inventors: James J. Yoo, Anthony Atala, Kyle W. Binder, Weixin Zhao, Dennis Dice, Tao Xu
  • Publication number: 20250112575
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a motor controller for controlling a motor includes a position interface configured to receive a motor position signal indicative of a position of the motor, and a pulse width modulation (PWM) unit configured to generate a PWM signal for driving the motor. An angle and speed unit is configured to determine a speed and a position of the motor based on transitions in the motor position signal, wherein transition intervals are defined between the transitions, determine a PWM count of cycles in the PWM signal during a first transition interval of the transition intervals, and update the position of the motor during a second transition interval of the transition intervals based on the PWM count to generate an updated position. A controller is configured to send a control signal for controlling the motor to the PWM unit based on the speed and the updated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Nitin AGARWAL, Tao ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20250111880
    Abstract: A method for data erasing of a non-volatile memory device is disclosed. The memory includes multiple memory cell strings each including a select gate transistor and multiple memory cells that are connected in series. The method comprises applying a step erase voltage to one memory cell string for an erase operation, the step erase voltage having a step-rising shaped voltage waveform. The method further comprises, during a period when the step erase voltage rises from an intermediate level to a peak level, raising a voltage of the select gate transistor from a starting level to a peak level, and raising a voltage of a predetermined region from a starting level to a peak level, such that a gate-induced drain leakage current is generated in the one memory cell string. The predetermined region is adjacent to the at least one select gate transistor and includes at least one memory cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Tao YANG, Dongxue ZHAO, Lei LIU, Kun ZHANG, Wenxi ZHOU, Zhiliang XIA, Zongliang HUO
  • Patent number: 12266040
    Abstract: A system comprises: a robotic arm operatively coupleable to a tool comprising a working end; and an input device communicatively coupled to the robotic arm. The input device is manipulatable by an operator. The system further comprises a processor configured to cause an image of a work site, captured by an image capture device from a perspective of an image reference frame, to be displayed on a display. The image of the work site includes an image of the working end of the tool. The processor is further configured to determine a position of the working end of the tool in the image of the work site and render a tool information overlay at the position of the working end of the tool in the image of the work site. The tool information overlay visually indicates an identity of the input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Brandon D. Itkowitz, Simon P. DiMaio, Daniel J. Halabe, Christopher J. Hasser, Brian David Hoffman, David Q. Larkin, Catherine J. Mohr, Paul W. Mohr, Tao Zhao, Wenyi Zhao
  • Patent number: 12265455
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, system and computer program product for task failover in an unstable environment, wherein the unstable environment includes a plurality of reclaimable nodes. According to the method, it is monitored if any node of the plurality of reclaimable nodes is to be reclaimed. Whether a task on any node of the plurality of reclaimable nodes is recoverable is determined. Responsive to the task being recoverable, data of the recoverable task is stored. Responsive to a node being reclaimed and the task on the reclaimed node being recoverable, at least one associated task of at least one associated node of the reclaimed node is notified to wait.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Guang Han Sui, Wei Ge, Lan Zhe Liu, Zhang Li Ping, Er Tao Zhao