Patents by Inventor Tony Zhang

Tony 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: 20170176259
    Abstract: A method and system for calculating a cold junction temperature comprises an offline phase comprising: determining an applicable algorithm for calculating a cold junction screw temperature, and deploying the applicable algorithm in firmware; and an online phase comprising: providing at least one measured temperature to the applicable algorithm deployed in firmware, calculating a temperature of a cold junction screw according to the applicable algorithm deployed in firmware, and assigning the calculated temperature of the cold junction screw as a cold junction temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Jun Shen, Qibin Liu, Guokun Song, Tony Zhang, Aaron Shen
  • Patent number: 9678002
    Abstract: A method of estimating the relative concentration of at least two components contained in a mixture of the components is disclosed. At least two mixtures are produced by combining the at least two components, each of the at least two mixtures having different concentrations of the at least two components. NIR mixture spectra are acquired from each of the at least two mixtures. The NIR component spectra and the NIR mixture spectra are input into a computer utilizing chemometrics software and the spectra are analyzed to produce a calibration model for each component and each of the mixture NIR spectra. NIR monitored spectra for a monitored mixture of the components having an unknown concentration of the components is acquired. The calibration models are applied to the NIR monitored spectra to thereby estimate the concentration of at least one of the components in the monitored mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Toni Zhang Miao, Ajit Ramachandra Pradhan, Michael Edward Moir, Eddy Lee, Ian Phillip Benson
  • Publication number: 20160313045
    Abstract: An ice level sensor in an appliance that includes an ice storage housing and an ice maker. The housing receives ice from the ice maker. The ice level sensor includes a control circuit and one or more electrode arrays capable of detecting ice in the housing. The electrode arrays each contain one or more sense electrodes, and the control circuit detects ice in the housing based on a measurement of capacitance of the sense electrode(s). When the sensor detects that ice in the housing has reached a threshold level, the sensor can stop the ice maker from depositing more ice into the housing, to prevent overflow. The ice level sensor detects that ice has reached a threshold level by detecting changes in capacitance of a sense electrode or by detecting that the capacitance of a sense electrode reached a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: David J. FASSETT, Tony ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20160267201
    Abstract: Methods for CAD modeling and corresponding systems (100) and computer-readable mediums (126). A method includes receiving (505) a solid model (200) including a plurality of parts and receiving (510) a selection of a first part (210) and a second part (220) of the solid model. The method includes identifying (515) an interference (230) between the first part and the second part and determining (520) a step feature modification (240) to the first part based on the identified interference. The method includes modifying (525) the first part to add the step feature modification to create a modified solid model (250) and storing (530) the modified solid model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Eric Mawby, Derek England, Dong Ping (Tony) Zhang, Xiaoqing Zhao
  • Publication number: 20160123872
    Abstract: A method of estimating the relative concentration of at least two components contained in a mixture of the components is disclosed. At least two mixtures are produced by combining the at least two components, each of the at least two mixtures having different concentrations of the at least two components. NIR mixture spectra are acquired from each of the at least two mixtures. The NIR component spectra and the NIR mixture spectra are input into a computer utilizing chemometrics software and the spectra are analyzed to produce a calibration model for each component and each of the mixture NIR spectra. NIR monitored spectra for a monitored mixture of the components having an unknown concentration of the components is acquired. The calibration models are applied to the NIR monitored spectra to thereby estimate the concentration of at least one of the components in the monitored mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Toni Zhang Miao, Ajit Ramachandra Pradhan, Michael Edward Moir, Eddy Lee, Ian Phillip Benson
  • Patent number: D773614
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron Potter, Tony Zhang
  • Patent number: D773615
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron Potter, Tony Zhang, David Downey
  • Patent number: D773616
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron Potter, Tony Zhang, David Downey
  • Patent number: D790669
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron Potter, Tony Zhang, David Downey
  • Patent number: D790671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Tony Zhang
  • Patent number: D791284
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Tony Zhang
  • Patent number: D791286
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: David Downey, Aaron Hanna, Tony Zhang
  • Patent number: D797238
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Tony Zhang
  • Patent number: D797243
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Tony Zhang
  • Patent number: D797247
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Tony Zhang, David Downey
  • Patent number: D797250
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Tony Zhang
  • Patent number: D797252
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Tony Zhang, David Downey
  • Patent number: D797254
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Tony Zhang
  • Patent number: D797259
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Tony Zhang
  • Patent number: D797260
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Tony Zhang, David Downey