Patents by Inventor Tom Zhang

Tom 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: 11119492
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle that automatically responds to an emergency service vehicle. Perception data is captured or received by the autonomous vehicle (AV) cameras, sensors, and microphones. The perception data is used to detect lanes in a road, generate a list of objects, classify one or more of the objects, and determine a state for the classified objects. In response to detecting an emergency service vehicle such as a law enforcement vehicle, a responsive action may be planned by the AV. The responsive action may include sending an acknowledgement signal, notifying passengers of the AV, generating a planned trajectory based on the emergency service vehicle location, an emergency service vehicle detected intention, and other information. A safety check may be performed, and commands may be generated by a control module to navigate the AV along the planned trajectory. The commands may then be executed by a DBW module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SF Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Fan Wang, Yifan Tang, Tom Zhang, Ke Huang
  • Publication number: 20200257299
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle that automatically responds to an emergency service vehicle. Perception data is captured or received by the autonomous vehicle (AV) cameras, sensors, and microphones. The perception data is used to detect lanes in a road, generate a list of objects, classify one or more of the objects, and determine a state for the classified objects. In response to detecting an emergency service vehicle such as a law enforcement vehicle, a responsive action may be planned by the AV. The responsive action may include sending an acknowledgement signal, notifying passengers of the AV, generating a planned trajectory based on the emergency service vehicle location, an emergency service vehicle detected intention, and other information. A safety check may be performed, and commands may be generated by a control module to navigate the AV along the planned trajectory. The commands may then be executed by a DBW module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicants: Chongqing Jinkang New Energy Vehicle, Ltd., SF Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Fan Wang, Yifan Tang, Tom Zhang, Ke Huang
  • Publication number: 20130210630
    Abstract: A concentrate suitable for forming a stable aqueous composition upon dilution with water includes in one aspect a self-emulsifying oil comprising a modified vegetable oil which is modified with a moiety more polar than the vegetable oil and the polar moiety is attached by a covalent bond to the vegetable oil and an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: ISP Investments Inc.
    Inventors: Osma M. Musa, Kolazl S. Narayanan, Jenn S. Shih, Xin Qu, Tom Zhang, Giovanni Nicole Onnembo
  • Patent number: 7696551
    Abstract: A composite hard mask is disclosed that enables sub-100 nm sized MTJ cells to be formed for advanced devices such as spin torque MRAMs. The hard mask has a lower non-magnetic metallic layer such as Ru to magnetically isolate an overlying middle metallic spacer such as MnPt from an underlying free layer. The middle metallic spacer provides a height margin during subsequent processing to avoid shorting between a bit line and the MTJ cell in the final device. An upper conductive layer may be made of Ta and is thin enough to allow a MTJ pattern in a thin overlying photoresist layer to be transferred through the Ta during a fluorocarbon etch without consuming all of the photoresist. The MTJ pattern is transferred through the remaining hard mask layers and underlying MTJ stack of layers with a second etch step using a C, H, and O etch gas composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: MagIC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rongfu Xiao, Chyu-Jiuh Torng, Tom Zhang, Witold Kula, Adam Zhang