Patents by Inventor Wei Zhang

Wei 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).

  • Heating module, heating method for battery module, and heating system
    Patent number: 10957950
    Abstract: The present application discloses a heating module, a heating method for a battery module, and a heating system. The heating module includes: an energy storage unit, a first switch unit, a second switch unit and a control unit. The energy storage unit, a first battery unit in a battery module and the first switch unit may form a first heating loop; the energy storage unit, a second battery unit in the battery module, and the second switch unit may form a second heating loop. The control unit may control the first switch unit or the second switch unit, so as to sequentially switch on, between the first heating loop and the second heating loop, a heating loop where a battery unit with a higher state of charge is located and a heating loop where a battery unit with a lower state of charge is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yizhen Hou, Xiyang Zuo, Zhimin Dan, Wei Zhang, Xingyuan Wu, Taosheng Zhu
  • Fixed-wavelength fiber optic telemetry for casing collar locator signals
    Patent number: 10954777
    Abstract: A downhole tool, in some embodiments, comprises a casing collar locator (CCL) to generate a signal that indicates the presence of a casing discontinuity; and a modulator, coupled to the CCL, to modulate fixed-wavelength light in a fiber optic cable based on said signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Boguslaw Wiecek, Thanh T. Tran, William J. Schaecher, Wei Zhang
  • Interconnect bump structures for photo detectors
    Patent number: 10957733
    Abstract: A method of assembling a photodetector assembly includes depositing bumps on a read out integrated circuit (ROIC) without depositing bumps on a photodiode array (PDA). The method includes assembling the PDA and ROIC together wherein each bump electrically interconnects the ROIC with a respective contact of the PDA. A photodetector assembly includes a PDA. A ROIC is assembled to the PDA, wherein the ROIC is electrically interconnected with the PDA through a plurality of electrically conductive bumps. Each bump is confined within a respective pocket between the ROIC and a respective contact of the PDA. The disclosed methods can enable focal plane array manufacturers to achieve low-cost production of ultra-fine pitch, large format imaging arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Sensors Unlimited, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Douglas Stewart Malchow, Michael J. Evans, Wei Huang, Paul L. Bereznycky, Namwoong Paik
  • Databases and file management systems and methods for performing a live update of a graphical user interface to boost one or more items
    Patent number: 10956428
    Abstract: Databases and file management systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media computing instructions are configured to run on the one or more processors and perform acts of receiving a search query from a user electronic device, facilitating a search of a database comprising item records for multiple items of an online retailer related to the search query, receiving search results from the search of the database, facilitating inserting, according to a set of rules, the first item into the predetermined range of the ranked order of the set of items of the search results, and coordinating displaying the search results on a graphical user interface of the user electronic device with the first item listed in the predetermined range of the ranked order of the set of items of the search results. Additional embodiments are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO LLC
    Inventors: Ning Cao, Wei Zhang, Jufang Wang
  • METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUM FOR EQUALIZATION CONTROL OF BATTERY PACKS
    Publication number: 20210083484
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method, apparatus, device and medium for equalization control of battery packs. The method may include: acquiring a voltage of each of a plurality of cells of the battery pack; on the condition that one or more voltages of the voltages of the plurality of cells are within a preset voltage interval, selecting a target State of Charge (SOC)-Open Circuit Voltage (OCV) curve from a charging SOC-OCV curve and a discharging SOC-OCV curve stored for the battery pack based on the voltages within the preset voltage interval; acquiring a target SOC of each cell based on the target SOC-OCV curve and the voltage of each cell; calculating, for each cell, a SOC difference between the target SOC of the cell and a reference SOC; calculating an equalizing time for each cell based on the SOC difference of each cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Shichao LI, Mingshu DU, Shenzhi TANG, Jian RUAN, Yanhua LU, Wei ZHANG
  • Steering Assembly Control Valve
    Publication number: 20210079729
    Abstract: Control valves can allow for a steering assembly of a drill string. An exemplary control valve can include a first valve element including a first orifice, the first valve element being movable by actuation by a motor, and a second valve element including an orifice, wherein flow passing through the first valve element orifice passes through the second orifice and into a flow channel to be in fluid communication with a piston bore to exert pressure against a piston movable within the piston bore, the piston being coupled to a steering pad for applying force against the wellbore wall to steer a direction of the drill string. The first valve element is movable with respect to the second valve element to change flow through the first valve element orifice and the second valve element orifice to modify fluid pressure within the flow channel that is exerted against the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Fraser Wheeler, Wei Zhang, Richard T. Hay
  • Sensor integrated circuit load current monitoring circuitry and associated methods
    Patent number: 10948537
    Abstract: A sensor integrated circuit including a regulator for generating a regulated voltage includes a digital load configured to draw a load current from the regulator in response to a clock signal during in situ operation and a comparator configured to determine the absence or presence of a fault during in situ operation. The load current is less than or equal to a predetermined level in the absence of a fault and is greater than the predetermined level in the presence of a fault. The comparator is responsive to the load current and to a threshold level and is configured to generate a comparator output signal having a level indicative of whether the load current is less than or greater than the threshold level in order to thereby determine the absence or presence of a fault during in situ operation, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
    Inventors: Glenn A. Forrest, Thomas J. Kovalcik, Wei Zhang
  • Averaging overcurrent protection
    Patent number: 10951178
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a power amplification system can comprise a current source configured to provide a bias current, a current mirror configured to mirror the bias current, a comparator configured to compare the mirrored bias current to a threshold current, and a transistor at an output of the comparator. The transistor can be configured to be activated in response to the mirrored bias current exceeding the threshold current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: David Steven Ripley, Joshua James Caron, Vinay Kundur, Wei Zhang
  • Opportunistic RX chain depowering based on allocated rank and MCS
    Patent number: 10952147
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for opportunistically depowering receiver chains of a wireless device. Based on control information, a device may determine whether the current number of active receiver chains can be reduced while maintaining a target achievable code rate for a period of data reception associated with the control information. Additionally, the device may generate and use a lookup table to determine whether to depower receiver chains, and which receiver chains to depower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tianyan Pu, Sai Sravan Bharadwaj Karri, Wei Zhang, Swaminathan Balakrishnan, Xiantao Sun, Beibei Wang, Manish G. Vemulapalli, Jia Tang, Sami M. Almalfouh, Zhu Ji, Sachin J. Sane
  • FLEXIBLE DISPLAY PANEL FOR DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210074188
    Abstract: A flexible display panel for a display device and a display device are provided. The flexible display panel includes: a first display portion and a second display portion connected with the first display portion. A color temperature of a first white image displayed by the first display portion in a flat state is different from a color temperature of a second white image displayed by the second display portion in the flat state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Sen DU, Jianpeng WU, Fengli JI, Wei ZHANG
  • MEASUREMENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210072336
    Abstract: A measurement device includes: a host computer and a current source, wherein the host computer is configured to: control, when ambient temperature of a current detection device is at a preset temperature within an operation temperature range of a shunt of the current detection device, the current source to output a current with a preset current value to the current detection device; receive a calibrated current value sent by the current detection device; calculate a measurement error of the current detection device according to the preset current value and the calibrated current value; and instruct, when the measurement error is less than a preset current error, the current detection device to use the predetermined current calibration coefficient as a current calibration coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yizhen Hou, Zhimin Dan, Wei Zhang, Jia Xu
  • BATTERY PACK SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND MANAGEMENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210075069
    Abstract: A battery pack system, a control method thereof and a management device are provided. A battery pack is connected in series with a discharge circuit unit and a charge circuit unit; a battery management unit is to monitor a temperature of the battery pack, to periodically send, when the temperature of the battery pack is lower than a threshold, a turn-on-instruction to the discharge circuit unit and the charge circuit unit alternately to control the discharge circuit unit and the charge circuit unit to be alternately turned on in heating cycles; the discharge circuit unit is to be turned on according to the turn-on-instruction to enable electricity of the battery pack to flow into the energy storage unit in discharging-phase; and the charge circuit unit is to be turned on according to the turn-on-instruction to enable electricity of the energy storage unit to flow into the battery pack in charging-phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Xiyang ZUO, Zhimin DAN, Wei ZHANG, Yizhen HOU, Teng YU, Wenbin LU, Xingyuan WU, Taosheng ZHU
  • HEATING MODULE, HEATING METHOD FOR BATTERY MODULE, AND HEATING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210075073
    Abstract: The present application discloses a heating module, a heating method for a battery module, and a heating system. The heating module includes: an energy storage unit, a first switch unit, a second switch unit and a control unit. The energy storage unit, a first battery unit in a battery module and the first switch unit may form a first heating loop; the energy storage unit, a second battery unit in the battery module, and the second switch unit may form a second heating loop. The control unit may control the first switch unit or the second switch unit, so as to sequentially switch on, between the first heating loop and the second heating loop, a heating loop where a battery unit with a higher state of charge is located and a heating loop where a battery unit with a lower state of charge is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yizhen Hou, Xiyang Zuo, Zhimin Dan, Wei Zhang, Xingyuan Wu, Taosheng Zhu
  • HIGH CAPACITY MOLECULE DETECTION
    Publication number: 20210072143
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to compositions and methods for high capacity detection of biological samples. Multiple optical labels as well as their combinations, which may include different ratios of the optical labels, can be used to allow detection of a large number of target molecules, cells, or tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Tao Hong, Zhisong Tong
  • UE initiated beam management procedure
    Patent number: 10945268
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform user equipment (UE) initiated beam management procedures with a base station or gNB. A wireless device in communication with a 5G base station may detect degradation in the pair of transmit and receive beams between the gNB and the device. The device may select a preferred beam management procedure and indicate the preference to the gNB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yang Li, Haitong Sun, Zhu Ji, Yuchul Kim, Beibei Wang, Wei Zhang, Wei Zeng, Jia Tang, Tianyan Pu, Sami M. Almalfouh, Johnson O. Sebeni, Dawei Zhang
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PUSHING INFORMATION BASED ON USER EMOTION
    Publication number: 20210064855
    Abstract: A method for pushing information based on a user emotion including recordings of behavior habits of the user based on a number of predefined emotions within a predefined time period can be implemented in the disclosed electronic device. Based on each predefined emotion, a proportion of each behavior habit of the user is determined at the predetermined time intervals. The device determines information to be pushed according to a current user emotion and the proportions of the behavior habits of the user corresponding to the current user emotion, and the electronic device is controlled to push the determined information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: LIN-HAO WANG, JUN-WEI ZHANG, JUN ZHANG, YI-TAO KAO
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGE
    Publication number: 20210064919
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and apparatus for processing an image. A specific embodiment of the method includes: acquiring a feature map of a target image, where the target image contains a target object; determining a local feature map of a target size in the feature map; combining features of different channels in the local feature map to obtain a local texture feature map; and obtaining location information of the target object based on the local texture feature map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Xiao Tan, Hao Sun, Shilei Wen, Errui Ding
  • UNSUPERVISED EMBEDDINGS DISENTANGLEMENT USING A GAN FOR MERCHANT RECOMMENDATIONS
    Publication number: 20210065260
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing merchant recommendations comprises receiving, by a processor, raw merchant embeddings and raw user embeddings generated from payment transaction records, wherein the raw merchant embeddings include a plurality of embedded features. A generative adversarial network (GAN) performs a disentanglement process on the raw merchant embeddings to remove an effect of an identified feature by generating modified merchant embeddings that are free of the identified feature and are aligned with other ones of the plurality of features. A list of merchant rankings is automatically generates based on the modified merchant embeddings, past preferences of a target user using the raw merchant embeddings, and a current location in which the merchant recommendations should be made. A list of merchant rankings is then provided to the target user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Yan ZHENG, Yuwei WANG, Wei ZHANG, Michael YEH, Liang WANG
  • TOUCH PANEL, TOUCH DISPLAY SCREEN AND DISPLAY APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20210064210
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch panel, a touch display screen, and a display apparatus. The touch panel includes a base substrate, a touch structure disposed on the base substrate, at least one shielding conductive plate, and a shielding trace connected to the at least one shielding conductive plate. An orthographic projection of an electrode control line in the touch structure on the base substrate overlaps an orthographic projection of the shielding conductive plate on the base substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Qin Zeng, Taofeng Xie, Wei Zhang, Zhao Dong
  • DETECTING GESTURE STRUGGLE
    Publication number: 20210064228
    Abstract: A computer implemented method is disclosed. The method includes obtaining, by at least one processor, data of user interaction with an application in a user session in a given computing environment. The method further includes identifying a user gesture interacting with a user interface of the application on a screen of a computing device based on the data. The method further includes calculating a struggle factor score for the user gesture based on the data. The method further includes comparing the struggle factor score with a baseline value, wherein the baseline value is derived from historical information of past user sessions in a computer environment like the given computing environment. The method further includes determining that the user gesture indicates a user struggle in response to a determination that the struggle factor score is above the baseline value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jun Wei Zhang, Lin Ni, Jun Liao, Yue Cui Li