Patents by Inventor Tong Zhang

Tong 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).

  • MULTI-CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE
    Publication number: 20180341278
    Abstract: A method for operating a system including a plurality of cameras, the method including: selecting a subset of the cameras, determining a subset of pixels captured by the camera subset, determining a pixel depth associated with each pixel of the pixel subset, and controlling system operation based on the pixel depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Tong Zhang, Wei Li, Xiang Li, Jia Lu
  • Unmanned aerial vehicle system and method with environmental sensing
    Patent number: 10139837
    Abstract: An aerial system and method of operating an aerial system is provided. The aerial system includes a body, a lift mechanism, a processing system, a camera, and a sensor module. The lift mechanism is coupled to the body and configured to controllably provide lift and/or thrust. The processing system is configured to control the lift mechanism to provide flight to the aerial system. The camera is coupled to the body and is configured to obtain images of an environment proximate the aerial system. The sensor module is coupled to the body and includes an emitter and a receiver. The receiver is configured to sense data related to an ambient environment associated with the aerial system. The processing system controls a controllable parameter of the lift mechanism or the emitter as a function of the sensed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Hangzhou Zero Zero Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusen Qin, Tong Zhang, Menqiu Wang
  • System and method for automated aerial system operation
    Patent number: 10126745
    Abstract: An aerial system, preferably including one or more proximity sensors, such as sensors arranged in opposing directions. A method for aerial system operation, preferably including: determining a set of sensors; sampling measurements at the set of sensors; localizing the aerial system based on the measurements, such as to determine one or more obstacle clearances; and controlling system flight, such as based on the clearances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Hangzhou Zero Zero Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zheng Qu, Pengxiang Jin, Tong Zhang
  • AERIAL VEHICLE AND METHOD OF OPERATION
    Publication number: 20180319496
    Abstract: An aerial vehicle, preferably including: a rotary wing and a protection housing enclosing the rotary wing. An aerial vehicle, preferably including: a first rotary wing module including a first rotary wing and a second rotary wing module including a second rotary wing, wherein the first rotary wing module and the second rotary wing module are preferably operable between a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration. A method of aerial vehicle operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Tong Zhang, Mengqui Wang, Zhaozhe Wang, Xuyang Zhang, Guanqun Zhang, Shuang Gong, Yalin Zhang, Jinglong Wang, Lixin Liu
  • Automatic Batch Picking Robot
    Publication number: 20180305124
    Abstract: A robotic system has a vehicle, a robot, a first removable rack and a second removable rack. The robot, the first removable rack and the second removable rack are mounted on a platform of the vehicle. A plurality of latches are used to lock or unlock the first removable rack and the second removable rack. The robot comprises a rotatable base. A method uses the robotic system to move a plurality of items from a stationary rack to a designated location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Ching Qing Guo, ViVien Zhang Shao Guo, Tiffany Tong Zhang
  • Public Accessible Automated Robotic Warehouse for Mails, Parcels and Packages
    Publication number: 20180305125
    Abstract: A robotic warehouse includes a housing, a plurality of pallets, a plurality of bins, a rack assembly, a plurality of robots, a locker assembly and a centralized control system. A customer drops off a first package on a first pallet or in a first bin in a first locker of the locker assembly. A robot picks up the first package on the first pallet or in the first bin in the first locker of the locker assembly. The robot moves the first package on the first pallet or in the first bin to a first unit of the rack assembly. The robot moves a second package on a second pallet or in a second bin from a second unit of the rack assembly to a second locker of the locker assembly. Another customer picks up the second package from the second locker of the locker assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Ching Qing Guo, ViVien Z S Guo, Tiffany Tong Zhang
  • DOPING OF INORGANIC MINERALS TO HYDROPHOBIC MEMBRANE SURFACE
    Publication number: 20180280889
    Abstract: Disclosed is a membrane surface modification method. The method is applicable to a variety of hydrophobic membranes by doping selected inorganic particles. One act of the method involves the in-situ embedment of the inorganic particles onto the membrane surface by dispersing the particles in a non-solvent bath for polymer precipitation. Further membrane surface modification can be achieved by hydrothermally growing new inorganic phase on the embedded particles. The embedment of particles is for the subsequent phase growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Kaimin Shih, Xiao-Yan Li, Xiao-Mao Wang, Tong Zhang
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUTONOMOUS PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEOGRAPHY
    Publication number: 20180288303
    Abstract: An aerial system, including a processing system, an optical system, an actuation system and a lift mechanism, includes an autonomous photography and/or videography system 70, implemented, at least in part, by the processing system 22, the optical system 26, the actuation system 28 and the lift mechanism 32. The autonomous photograph and/or videography system performs the steps of establishing a desired flight trajectory, detecting a target, controlling the flight of the aerial system as a function of the desired flight trajectory relative to the target using the lift mechanism and controlling the camera to capture pictures and/or video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Mengqiu Wang, Lixin Liu, Tong Zhang, Jia Lu
  • Heavy Chain Constant Regions with Reduced Binding to Fc Gamma Receptors
    Publication number: 20180282411
    Abstract: The invention provides antibody heavy chain constant regions with a hinge region modified to reduce binding to Fc? receptors. The modification occurs within positions 233-236 by replacement of natural residues by glycine(s) and/or deletion(s). Such modifications can reduce binding of an antibody bearing such a constant region to Fc? receptors to background levels. The constant regions can be incorporated into any format of antibody or Fc fusion protein. Such antibodies or fusion proteins can be used in methods of treatment, particularly those in which the mechanisms of action of the antibody or Fc fusion protein is not primarily or at all dependent on effector functions, as is the case when an antibody inhibits a receptor-ligand interaction or agonizes a receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Davis, Eric Smith, Tong Zhang, Supriya Patel
  • BULB-SHAPED MEMORY STACK STRUCTURES FOR DIRECT SOURCE CONTACT IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180261671
    Abstract: A etch stop semiconductor rail is formed within a source semiconductor layer. A laterally alternating stack of dielectric rails and sacrificial semiconductor rails is formed over the source semiconductor layer and the etch stop semiconductor rail. After formation of a vertically alternating stack of insulating layers and spacer material layers, memory stack structures are formed through the vertically alternating stack and through interfaces between the sacrificial semiconductor rails and the dielectric rails. A backside trench is formed through the vertically alternating stack employing the etch stop semiconductor rail as an etch stop structure. Source strap rails providing lateral electrical contact to semiconductor channels of the memory stack structures are formed by replacement of sacrificial semiconductor rails with source strap rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuyo Matsumoto, Yasuo Kasagi, Satoshi Shimizu, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Yohei Masamori, Jixin Yu, Tong Zhang, James Kai
  • ANTI-PD1 ANTIBODIES AND THEIR USE AS THERAPEUTICS AND DIAGNOSTICS
    Publication number: 20180251551
    Abstract: Provided are antibodies that specifically bind to Programmed Death-1 (PD1, Pdcd-1, or CD279) and inhibit PD1-mediated cellular signaling and activities in immune cells, antibodies binding to a set of amino acid residues required for its ligand binding, and uses of these antibodies to treat or diagnose cancer, infectious diseases or other pathological disorders modulated by PD1-mediated functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Kang LI, Tong Zhang, Jing Song, Lanlan Xu, Qi Liu, Hao Peng
  • Multi-camera system and method of use
    Patent number: 10067513
    Abstract: A method for operating a system including a plurality of cameras, the method including: selecting a subset of the cameras, determining a subset of pixels captured by the camera subset, determining a pixel depth associated with each pixel of the pixel subset, and controlling system operation based on the pixel depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Hangzhou Zero Zero Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tong Zhang, Wei Li, Xiang Li, Jia Lu
  • Aerial device and method for controlling the aerial device
    Patent number: 10067504
    Abstract: An aerial device includes a body, an optical system having gimbal supporting a camera, a lift mechanism coupled to the body, a haptic sensor coupled to the body and configured to generate haptic data, and a processing system disposed in the body and in data communication with the haptic sensor. The processing system is configured to process the haptic data to understand an intended position of the aerial device and/or an intended orientation of the gimbal and convert the intended position to a target position of the aerial device and/or the intended orientation to a target orientation of the gimbal utilizing said processed data irrespective of an initial position of said aerial device and an initial orientation of said gimbal. Also disclosed is a method for controlling the aerial device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Hangzhou Zero Zero Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zheng Qu, Pengxiang Jin, Tong Zhang
  • Device in wireless communication system, wireless communication system and method
    Patent number: 10064198
    Abstract: A wireless communication system, wireless communication system and method, the device on the base station side in the wireless communication system including: an edge user equipment (UE) identification unit configured to identify the edge UE on the enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) according to the information about the UE received from the UE; and an interference coordination unit configured to apply an interference coordination plan to the EPDCCH of the edge UE. Applying the interference coordination plan to the EPDCCH of the edge UE improves service quality of the edge UE; and setting a proper degree of enhanced control channel element aggregation for the edge UE reduces the number of blind tests of the UE, thus increasing the system response speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Qimei Cui, Tong Zhang, Weijuan Gao, Hui Wang
  • AERIAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE AERIAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180231970
    Abstract: An aerial device includes a body, an optical system having gimbal supporting a camera, a lift mechanism coupled to the body, a haptic sensor coupled to the body and configured to generate haptic data, and a processing system disposed in the body and in data communication with the haptic sensor. The processing system is configured to process the haptic data to understand an intended position of the aerial device and/or an intended orientation of the gimbal and convert the intended position to a target position of the aerial device and/or the intended orientation to a target orientation of the gimbal utilizing said processed data irrespective of an initial position of said aerial device and an initial orientation of said gimbal. Also disclosed is a method for controlling the aerial device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Zheng Qu, Pengxiang Jin, Tong Zhang
  • BIOMETRIC DATA TO FACILITATE LEARNING
    Publication number: 20180218288
    Abstract: A system that uses biometric data to facilitate learning is provided herein. The system receives at least two data points via a biometric sensor. Information is extracted from the at least two data points and a set of features are identified. Data analysis is then performed on the set of features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Lei LIU, Tong ZHANG, Steven J SIMSKE
  • ANTI-PD-L1 ANTIBODIES AND THEIR USE AS THERAPEUTICS AND DIAGNOSTICS
    Publication number: 20180215825
    Abstract: Provided are antibodies that specifically bind to Programmed Death-1 (PD1, Pdcd-1, or CD279) ligand (PD-L1) and inhibit PD-L1-mediated cellular signaling and activities in immune cells, antibodies binding to a set of amino acid residues required for its ligand binding, and uses of these antibodies to treat or diagnose cancer, infectious diseases or other pathological disorders modulated by PD-L1-mediated functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Kang LI, Jing SONG, Tong ZHANG, Yucheng Li, Zhiying REN, Yanshen KANG
  • Foldable drone
    Patent number: 10035589
    Abstract: A foldable drone is provided to improve the portability of the drone, which includes a drone body and a rotary wing part connected to the drone body. The rotary wing part includes a first rotary wing module and a second rotary wing module with each having at least one rotary wing, and the first rotary wing module and the second rotary wing module are respectively articulated to two sides of the drone body, to allow the first rotary wing module and the second rotary wing module to rotate about their respective articulating shafts, so as to be folded or unfolded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Beijing Zero Zero Infinity Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tong Zhang, Mengqiu Wang, Zhaozhe Wang, Xuyang Zhang, Guanqun Zhang, Shuang Gong, Yalin Zhang, Jinglong Wang, Lixin Liu
  • MULTI-CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE
    Publication number: 20180210465
    Abstract: A method for operating a system including a plurality of cameras, the method including: selecting a subset of the cameras, determining a subset of pixels captured by the camera subset, determining a pixel depth associated with each pixel of the pixel subset, and controlling system operation based on the pixel depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Zheng Qu, Pengxiang Jin, Tong Zhang
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OMNI-DIRECTIONAL OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE IN AERIAL SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20180208311
    Abstract: An aerial system having an obstacle detection and avoidance system is described herein. The obstacle detection and avoidance system includes a pair of ultra-wide angle lens cameras orientated coaxially along an optical axis. Each ultra-wide angle lens camera includes a field-of-view lens having a vertical angle of view greater than 180 degrees. The pair of ultra-wide angle lens cameras is orientated such that a portion of each corresponding camera field-of-view overlaps to define a viewable region of interest including overlapping vertical field angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Tong Zhang, Mengwen Tan, Mengqiu Wang, Jia Lu, Hanqing Guo