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: 20230091099
    Abstract: A medical system comprises a display system and a medical instrument. The system further comprises a control system communicatively coupled to the display system. The control is system configured to display image data of a patient anatomy via the display system. The control system is further configured to determine, while the medical instrument navigates the patient anatomy, that a distal portion of the medical instrument is within a threshold distance of a target location in the patient anatomy. The control system is further configured to display an anatomical boundary via the display system if the distal portion of the medical instrument is within the threshold distance of the target location, the anatomical boundary indicating a surface of an anatomical structure of the patient anatomy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Bai Wang, Energy Cruse, II, Joy Janku, Sida Li, Hui Zhang, Tao Zhao
  • Publication number: 20230088056
    Abstract: Medical imaging systems and methods are provided herein that provide for navigation and procedure planning without segmentation. A method comprises receiving, by a medical imaging system having at least: one processing device, three-dimensional image data of a patient anatomy. The method also comprises filtering the three-dimensional data to display a portion of the three-dimensional image data that is associated with the patient anatomy and receiving, at the processing device, input from an operator input device. The input comprises navigational directions for virtual movement within a space defined by the three-dimensional image data. The method also includes tracking the virtual movement and generating a first model of the patient anatomy based on the tracked virtual movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: BAI WANG, Tao Zhao
  • Patent number: 11607972
    Abstract: A system includes a terminal and a power supply assembly. The terminal includes a user interface configured to receive user input for generating a first input signal or a second input signal. The power supply assembly includes a communication interface configured to receive the first input signal or the second input signal from the terminal, a power supply configured to power an unmanned vehicle, and a power supply circuit in electrical communication with the power supply. The power supply circuit is configured to switch the power supply between a plurality of operational modes in response to the first input signal, or display a level of charge or remaining capacity of the power supply in response to the second input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tao Zhao
  • Publication number: 20230085453
    Abstract: A mobile power source that has a battery pack including at least two battery cell assemblies each having frame that has a first support member and a second support member, each of the first and second support members including a plurality of cylindrical recesses that receive the plurality of battery cells to support the battery cells. Bus bars are coupled to the first support member via injection molding and each is configured to electrically connect to at least two battery cells. The bus bars each include an elongated conductive body that has a base and fingers extending laterally away from the base. Each of the fingers extend within a first plane, and the base extends within a second plane that is parallel to the first plane and offset therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Kyle J. Radovich, Mark E. Brouwer, Michael A. Barrowclift, Max Karbin, Kyle R. Becker, Tao Zhao
  • Publication number: 20230071306
    Abstract: A computer-assisted medical device is configured and used to endoluminally navigate to a location in the gastrointestinal system and there treat certain body lumen wall areas while avoiding other body lumen wall areas. Embodiments ablate the inner mucosal layer and sub-mucosal nerve plexus of the stomach, duodenum and jejunum to effect treatment of insulin resistance and metabolic disorders, such as Type II diabetes (T2D), polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), congestive heart failure (CHF) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Various sensors are used to assist a clinical operator to navigate from the mouth through the pyloric sphincter and into and through the duodenum and/or jejunum. Various sensors are used to map and identify portions of the duodenum and/or jejunum. Various lumen wall ablation devices and methods are described. Various post-treatment assessments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: KYLE R. MILLER, Joseph D. Bogusky, Duane W. Marion, Ian E. McDowall, Tabish Mustufa, Dinesh Rabindran, Benjamin J. Schoettgen, Jignesh Shah, Tao Zhao
  • Publication number: 20230061771
    Abstract: Systems and methods for supporting image-guided procedures include an elongate device including a steerable distal end and a shape sensor located along a length of the elongate device and one or more processors coupled to the elongate device. While the elongate device is being traversed through one or more passageways of a patient, the one or more processors are configured to detect a data collection event, and capture, in response to detecting the data collection event, a plurality of points along the length of the elongate device using the shape sensor. In some embodiments, an insertion depth of the elongate device is monitored. In some embodiments, the data collection event is detected when the insertion depth is beyond a threshold insertion depth, no change of the insertion depth is detected for longer than a threshold period of time, or the insertion depth is beyond a threshold retraction distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: TAO ZHAO, Federico Barbagli, Timothy D. Soper
  • Patent number: 11576565
    Abstract: A method comprises, based on a position of a medical instrument within a patient anatomy, determining, by a control system, whether an obstruction is on a surface of a lens of the medical instrument. The method further comprises, based on a determination that the obstruction is on the surface of the lens, instructing, by the control system, a valve control mechanism to open a valve to release a flow of pressurized fluid through a nozzle of the medical instrument and over the surface of the lens. The valve is configured to control provision of the pressurized fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Blumenkranz, Federico Barbagli, Tao Zhao
  • Patent number: 11581832
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a controller. To control current through a motor winding, the controller monitors a magnitude of current supplied through the motor winding. The controller compares the magnitude of current to a threshold value. In response to detecting that the magnitude of current crosses the threshold value, the controller terminates a flow of the current through the motor winding. In one application, termination of the current through the motor winding supports more efficient use of energy to drive the motor winding. For example, via the controller, terminating the current through the motor winding to prevent the current from flowing in a reverse direction through the motor winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Pablo Yelamos Ruiz, Tao Zhao
  • Patent number: 11571262
    Abstract: A system and method of planning a procedure includes a planning workstation including: a display system; and a user input device. The planning workstation is configured to: display image data via the display system; receive a first user input via the user input device; display via the display system a target of a medical procedure within the displayed image data identified based at least on the first user input; display an interactive image via the display system, the interactive image including the image data, a plurality of connected anatomical passageways, and the identified target; receive a second user input via the user input device; display via the display system a trajectory between the target and an exit point along a nearest passageway of the plurality of connected anatomical passageways identified based at least on the second user input; receive a third user input via the user input device; and adjust the interactive image based at least on the defined trajectory and the third user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Bai Wang, Federico Barbagli, Energy Cruse, II, Scott S. Ichikawa, Pechin Chien Pau Lo, Oscar G. Salazar, Aaron B. Tinling, Oliver J. Wagner, Tao Zhao
  • Publication number: 20230034112
    Abstract: A medical system comprises a display system, a user input device, and a control system communicatively coupled to the display system and the user input device. The control system is configured to display image data of an anatomical region via the display system, determine a target location in the anatomical region, and determine an anatomical boundary based on the target location. The anatomical boundary indicates a surface of an anatomical structure in the anatomical region. The control system is further configured to determine a trajectory zone around a path between an exit point and the target location. The control system is further configured to determine a zone boundary based on an intersection of the trajectory zone with the anatomical boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Bai Wang, Energy Cruse, II, Joy Janku, Sida Li, Hui Zhang, Tao Zhao
  • Patent number: 11563715
    Abstract: A network device may receive data, may extract primary patterns from a plurality of domain names included in the data, may process the primary patterns, with a hash model, to generate hash keys for the primary patterns, wherein a hash key includes a hash value associated with a wildcard character, and may store the plurality of domain names in a hash table. The network device may extract a particular primary pattern from a particular domain name included in a search request, may determine potential matching patterns based on the particular primary pattern, and may process the potential matching patterns, with the hash model, to generate potential matching hash keys for the potential matching patterns, wherein a hash key includes a hash value associated with a wildcard character. The network device may search, based on the potential matching hash keys, the hash table to identify a matching domain name.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Fei Cheng, Tao Zhao
  • Patent number: 11547490
    Abstract: Medical imaging systems and methods are provided herein that provide for navigation and procedure planning without segmentation. A method comprises receiving, by a medical imaging system having at least one processing device, three-dimensional image data of a patient anatomy. The method also comprises filtering the three-dimensional data to display a portion of the three-dimensional image data that is associated with the patient anatomy and receiving, at the processing device, input from an operator input device. The input comprises navigational directions for virtual movement within a space defined by the three-dimensional image data. The method also includes tracking the virtual movement, defining a tracked pathway based on the tracked virtual movement, and generating a model of the patient anatomy based on the tracked pathway. The model of the patient anatomy is a line model including one or more lines based on the tracked pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Bai Wang, Tao Zhao
  • Publication number: 20230000568
    Abstract: A system may comprise a tool including at least one reference feature. a processor, and a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon. The computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, may cause the system to receive image data including an image of the tool and the at least one reference feature, determine a pose of the tool from the image data, and modify the image data to visually decrement a portion of the image data corresponding to the at least one reference feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Tao Zhao, Wenyi Zhao, William C. Nowlin
  • Publication number: 20220411667
    Abstract: The insulation adhesive film material is composed of a three-layer structure, its insulation polymer composite is supported by a thin film material, and a surface of the insulation polymer composite is covered with a layer of protective film. A release force of a support film is 25-60 ?N/mm, and a release force of the protective film is 2-60 ?N/mm. A thickness of the insulation polymer composite is 1-300 ?m. The insulation adhesive film material is prepared as follows: after a high molecular polymer, an inorganic filler, a high molecular polymer curing agent, a molding auxiliary agent, and a solvent are mixed, dispersion technologies such as ball milling, sand milling, ultrasound are conducted to prepare an electronic paste of the insulation polymer composite, and the electronic paste is then applied to a surface of a support film material, and bonded with the protective film to form the insulation adhesive film material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Suibin LUO, Pengpeng XU, Panpan RUAN, Shuhui YU, Tao ZHAO, Rong SUN
  • Publication number: 20220406038
    Abstract: Systems and methods for programmatic generation of training data, including: a training data generation engine configured to: identify an image asset corresponding to an entity; identify a training video; select a consecutive subset of frames of the training video based on a procedure for ranking frames on their candidacy for overlaying content; for at least one frame of the subset of frames: perform an augmentation technique on the identified logo image to generate an augmented image asset; overlay at least one variation of the image asset, including the augmented image asset, onto each of the subset of frames to generate a set of overlayed frames; and generate an augmented version of the training video including the overlayed frames; and a model training engine configured to: train an artificial intelligence model for entity detection using the augmented version of the training video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Khaldun Matter Ahmad AlDarabsah, Hailong Geng, Yu Tao Zhao, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Haofei Wang, Mark Alden Rotblat, Jaya Kawale, Chang She, Marios Assiotis, Joseph Gallagher, Chiyu Zhong, Amir Mazaheri
  • Publication number: 20220408129
    Abstract: Systems and methods for frequency management, including: an online media service configured to: receive a request for a media item, the request including a recipient identifier; identify a set of candidate media items ranked by a set of matching criteria; a frequency management service configured to: perform a query against a lookup service, where the query includes (i) an entity identifier of at least one candidate media item of the set of candidate media items, and (ii) the recipient identifier; receive a response from the lookup service including a quantity of impressions associated with the entity identifier and the recipient identifier; identify a predefined frequency threshold; determine that the frequency threshold is exceeded and exclude the at least one candidate media item from a result set based on the determination; and provide the result set including an identifier of at least one other candidate media item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Khaldun Matter Ahmad AlDarabsah, Hailong Geng, Yu Tao Zhao, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Haofei Wang, Mark Alden Rotblat, Jaya Kawale, Chang She, Marios Assiotis, Joseph Gallagher, Chiyu Zhong, Amir Mazaheri
  • Publication number: 20220402607
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle includes a central body, a plurality of arms extendable from the central body, and one or more joints. Each of the plurality of arms is configured to support one or more propulsion units, and is configured to transform between (1) a flight configuration in which the arm is extending away from the central body and (2) a compact configuration in which the arm is folded against the central body. Each joint is configured to couple one arm to the central body. At least one of the one or more joints includes an elastic element configured to cause at least one of the plurality of arms to automatically retract when the at least one of the plurality of arms is reversibly folded to a first predetermined state, and automatically extend when the at least one of the plurality of arms is reversibly extended to a second predetermined state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Yumian DENG, Rongming XIONG, Tao ZHAO, Yin TANG
  • Publication number: 20220405809
    Abstract: Systems and methods for entity detection using artificial intelligence, including: a deep learning model service configured to: select and analyze a set of frames from a media item to determine a set of candidate brand-probability pairs; a voting engine configured to: determining that a first brand-probability pair of a set of candidate brand-probability pairs based on at least one obtained hyperparameter value does not meet a threshold for determining whether candidate brand-probability pairs are to be included in a result set; excluding the first brand-probability pair from the result set based on the determination; sorting the result set; and selecting at least one final brand-probability pair from the result set; and an offline transcoding service configured to: store the final brand-probability pair in a repository with a relation to an identifier of the media item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Khaldun Matter Ahmad AlDarabsah, Hailong Geng, Yu Tao Zhao, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Haofei Wang, Mark Alden Rotblat, Jaya Kawale, Chang She, Marios Assiotis, Joseph Gallagher, Chiyu Zhong, Amir Mazaheri
  • Patent number: 11533034
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a controller that controls operation of an amplifier. The amplifier receives a sample voltage produced by a resistive path; the sample voltage from the resistive path is indicative of a magnitude of current through a motor winding. The controller selects a gain setting to apply to the amplifier based on one or more conditions. The selected gain setting is selected amongst multiple possible gain settings. Subsequent to selection, via application of the selected gain setting to the amplifier, and based on an output of the amplifier, the controller monitors a magnitude of the current through the motor winding. According to one configuration, the amplifier adjusts the magnitude of the selected gain setting depending on one or more parameters such as the magnitude of the current through the motor winding, a selected operational range of controlling current through the motor winding, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Tao Zhao, Pablo Yelamos Ruiz
  • Publication number: 20220397591
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes: a plurality of legs, each leg including a high-side switch connected between a voltage supply node and a phase node and a low-side switch connected between the phase node and a reference node; a phase current sensor for each leg and configured to sense current flowing through the high-side switch or the low-side switch of the corresponding leg; a single current sensor connected between the reference node and the low-side switches, or between the voltage supply node and the high-side switches; and a controller. During a subperiod of a switching period, the controller is configured to sample the current sensed by at least one of the phase current sensors and a current sensed by the single current sensor such that the current in one or more of the legs is sampled during the same subperiod as the current flowing through the single current sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Tao Zhao, Pablo Yelamos Ruiz