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).

  • Publication number: 20250066745
    Abstract: A mutant and the uses thereof. Compared with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, the mutant has at least one of the following mutation sites: the 24th, 26th, 27th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 36th, 37th, 40th, 66th, 79th, 84th, 88th, 102nd, 103rd, 104th, 110th, 123rd, 124th, 138th, 152nd, 163rd, 167th, 170th, 174th, 175th, 178th, 182nd and 183rd sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Yuliang Dong, Jing Li, Yue Zheng, Wenwei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20250067590
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a flooding water level monitoring method and system for power facilities, including after receiving a flooding emergency response notification and a heavy rainfall defense alarm, starting facility flooding water level monitoring; and based on the individual area and total area of facilities affected by flooding and water level sensing monitoring information, establishing a neural network measuring an affected range, and outputting the monitoring result of a flooded surface height in a region, thereby achieving all-weather real-time monitoring, and accurately measuring and timely reporting a flooding height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Shan LI, Wei ZHANG, Yangjun ZHOU, Wei HUANG, Jianna OUYANG, Yu ZOU, Bin FENG, Yangsheng LIU, Liwen QIN
  • Publication number: 20250070594
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a disaster prevention, early warning and production decision support method and system for a power distribution network, and relates to the technical field of the power distribution network. Various data is fused, a maximum wind load, a lightning trip-out rate, a maximum carrying capacity at a highest operation temperature and an average failure frequency and time under an environmental factor are calculated, and a power outage risk is evaluated and classified; and after an emergency, a power grid topology is analyzed, and a device outage probability is calculated to obtain a load power outage probability and risk and provide disaster early warning, monitoring and rush repair decision support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Wei ZHANG, Shan LI, Yangsheng LIU, Weixiang HUANG, Zongtao QIN, Bo FENG, Jianna OUYANG, Rongrong WU
  • Patent number: 12234520
    Abstract: A molecular marker significantly associated with vitamin E content in soybeans, a Kompetitive Allele-Specific polymerase chain reaction (KASP) primers combination and an application thereof are provided in the present disclosure, belonging to the field of molecular genetics and breeding. A nucleotide sequence of the molecular marker is shown in SEQ ID NO. 1, and there is an A/T mutation at the 21st base. The KASP primer set for detecting the molecular marker includes an upstream primer F1 with a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO. 2, an upstream primer F2 with a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO. 3 and a downstream primer r with a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO. 4. The KASP primers combination developed by the present disclosure accurately distinguish soybeans with high and low vitamin E content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences
    Inventors: Hongmei Zhang, Wei Zhang, Huatao Chen, Qiong Wang, Xiaoqing Liu, Qianru Jia
  • Patent number: 12238716
    Abstract: Techniques for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) processing for multiple transmission and reception point (multi-TRP) are disclosed. In some embodiments, determining PDSCH hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) processing timing may include determining that a user equipment (UE) is configured for single downlink control information (single-DCI) multi-TRP PDSCH operation, determining a first PDSCH and a second PDSCH within a slot, wherein the first PDSCH and the second PDSCH are used in the single-DCI multi-TRP PDSCH operation, and determining a minimum HARQ-ACK processing timing for the first PDSCH and the second PDSCH using one or more symbols of the first PDSCH or one or more symbols of both the first PDSCH and the second PDSCH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Jia Tang, Jie Cui, Oghenekome Oteri, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Wei Zhang, Weidong Yang, Yang Tang
  • Patent number: 12238071
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for network dataset processing are provided. An initial user interface in a terminal is generated. The initial user interface is configured to access a network dataset. A network dataset selected from the at least one network dataset is used as a target network dataset in response to selecting the at least one network dataset. A target virtual private network (VPN) node corresponding to the target network dataset is determined in response to an access operation on the target network dataset. An accelerated access channel between the terminal and the target network dataset is established through the target VPN node. The initial user interface is switched to an accelerated user interface. The network data processing information is displayed on the accelerated user interface. The network data processing information indicates that the accelerated access channel is used for accessing the target network dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Yan Liu, Yu Liang, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 12238341
    Abstract: A point cloud encoding and decoding method, an encoder, and a decoder are provided. The encoder determines a processing order of point cloud data during point cloud encoding. The encoder determines a coordinate-axis-order index corresponding to the processing order. The encoder encodes the coordinate-axis-order index and signals encoded bits into a bitstream. The encoder processes the point cloud data according to the processing order, to obtain point cloud data to-be-encoded. The encoder encodes the point cloud data to-be-encoded and signals encoded bits into the bitstream. The decoder parses a bitstream to obtain a coordinate-axis-order index, determines a processing order of point cloud data during point cloud decoding according to the coordinate-axis-order index, parses the bitstream to obtain recovered data of the point cloud data, and determines a position of coordinate data of the point cloud data in a storage unit of the recovered data according to the processing order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Junyan Huo, Yanzhuo Ma
  • Patent number: 12237803
    Abstract: Disclosed are a power-generating building material and a preparation process thereof. The power-generating building material applies the artistic appreciation and protection performance of an optical adjustment layer to the field of solar cells, so that the architectural art and power-generating performance are integrated to meet the requirements for green buildings and environmentally friendly buildings. The outer surface formed by a surface layer after curing is beautiful in texture. The power-generating building material has the texture and quality of a building material, is rich and diverse in expression form, without changing the architectural style and urban landscape, and has a broad application prospect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Photon Technology (Kunshan) Co., LTD
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Yongwu Li
  • Patent number: 12234661
    Abstract: Disclosed is an automatic leveling CFRP plate pre-stressing and tensioning device for a curved surface structure, including a fixed end mechanism and a tension end mechanism, one end of the CFRP plate is connected to the fixed end mechanism and the other end is connected to the tension end mechanism, and the fixed end mechanism cooperating with the tension end mechanism to reinforce a curved surface. The fixed end mechanism includes a fixed end base plate, a fixture, a fixed end CFRP plate clamping plate, and a second high-strength bolt. The fixed end base plate is provided with a slide groove, the fixture is hinged within the slide groove by the second high-strength bolt; the fixture is provided with a fixture groove, and a size of the fixture groove decreases from one end of the fixture near the tension end mechanism to the other end of the fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Bofeng Liu, Yiqun Huang, Benqing Lin
  • Publication number: 20250059189
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to compounds of formula (I): wherein X, Y, R1, R2 and R3 are as described herein, as stereoisomers, enantiomers or tautomers thereof or mixtures thereof; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or prodrugs thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I), as described herein, which are useful as voltage-gated sodium channel modulators and are therefore are useful in treating seizure disorders such as epilepsy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Verner Alexander LOFSTRAND, Jung Yun KIM, Helen CLEMENT, Kristen Nicole BURFORD, Paul CHARIFSON, Shawn JOHNSTONE, Juliette SABBATANI, Jan Felix SCHOLTES, Wei ZHANG, Shaoyi SUN
  • Publication number: 20250061272
    Abstract: This application discloses a landing page processing method. The method may be, for example, performed by a client. In an example, a user may input a target URL on a certain page of the client, and trigger a landing page generation operation. A page corresponding to the target URL is a material for creating a landing page. After the user triggers the landing page generation operation, the client may obtain the target URL inputted by the user in response to the landing page generation operation. Further, the client may generate a target landing page that matches a page content of a page corresponding to the target URL, and output the target landing page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Donglin Li, Wei Zhang, Chong Xu, Lixin Wang
  • Publication number: 20250057094
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a modular green roof tray, house plant growth media and horticulture growth media, and a tree protection mat for weed and moisture control made from recycled disposable diapers. The growth medium and tree protection mat contain superabsorbent materials from diaper that can absorb waters and greatly reduce irrigation so to provide a drought resistant feature. One embodiment also provides a manufacturing process to perform 100% recycling of disposed diapers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: ZYNNOVATION LLC
    Inventors: Wei ZHANG, Hailing YANG
  • Publication number: 20250059853
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus, system, and method directed for an autonomous wellbore cleaner. In one embodiment, an apparatus for cleaning a wellbore, the apparatus comprising: an autonomous robot, wherein the robot is self-propelled; a power source for the robot; a motor for propelling the robot axially within the wellbore; at least one cleaning tool positioned on the robot; at least one sensor to detect an initiate-cleaning attribute downhole in the wellbore; and a processor to direct the robot to initiate a cleaning operation in response to the initiate-cleaning attribute exceeding a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Mark S. Holly, Wei Zhang, Aswin Balasubramanian
  • Patent number: 12230004
    Abstract: A method for encoding and decoding, an encoder and decoder for a point cloud. The method for encoding a point cloud to generate a bitstream of compressed point cloud data, in which the point cloud's geometry is represented by an octree-based structure with a plurality of nodes having parent-child relationships by recursively splitting a volumetric space containing the point cloud into sub-volumes each associated with a node of the octree-based structure, includes: determining an occupancy pattern for a parent node based on the occupancy of its child nodes; determining a planar context information for at least one of the child nodes; and entropy encoding/decoding the occupancy pattern parent node based on the determined planar context information to produce encoded/decoded data for the bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignees: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD., XIDIAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Mary-Luc Georges Henry Champel
  • Patent number: 12228490
    Abstract: Disclosed is a screening method for selecting an adsorbent for use in environment-friendly gas-insulated equipment which contains an environment-friendly gas functioning as an insulating medium inside the equipment, the adsorbent to adsorb unwanted decomposed gas that is produced from decomposition of the environmental-friendly gas, the method steps include: establishing screening sets, performing pre-experiment adsorption experiment screening, standard gas adsorption experiment screening, and mixed gas adsorption experiment screening, establishing mapping relationship between a decomposed gas type set and a third adsorbent type set under different working conditions, and selecting an adsorbent combination mode suitable for a working condition type and a mixed gas composition mode based on the mapping relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignees: HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, GUANGXI POWER GRID CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoxing Zhang, Shuangshuang Tian, Yuandong Jiang, Dajian Li, Wei Zhang, Xiajin Rao, Fangyuan Han
  • Patent number: 12229159
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of providing proof that a data item of a blockchain transaction exists on a blockchain, wherein the method comprises: obtaining, from a requesting party, target data item of a target blockchain transaction; obtaining the target blockchain transaction; obtaining a target Merkle proof for the target blockchain transaction, wherein a corresponding target Merkle root is contained within a block of the blockchain, and wherein obtaining the target Merkle proof comprises calculating an index of a target transaction identifier of the target blockchain transaction within a leaf layer of a corresponding target Merkle tree; and outputting at least the target Merkle proof for use by the requesting party as proof that the target data item exists as part of the target blockchain transaction on the blockchain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: nChain Licensing AG
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Bassem Ammar, Jack Owen Davies, Craig Steven Wright
  • Patent number: 12229779
    Abstract: Provided is a method for detecting group activities in a network. The method may include receiving interaction data associated with a plurality of interactions. For each account identifier associated with at least one interaction, a value may be determined for each of a first set of categories, and a vector may be generated based on the value for each category. The length of each vector may be determined. At least one relational graph may be generated based on the interaction data. Each relational graph may be associated with a respective category of a second set of categories. At least one cluster of nodes may be determined based on the relational graph(s). A score for each cluster may be determined based on the length of the vector associated with the account identifier of each node of the cluster of nodes. A system and computer program product are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Liang Wang, Junpeng Wang, Chiranjeet Chetia, Shi Cao, Harishkumar Sundarji Majithiya, Roshni Ann Samuel, Minghua Xu, Wei Zhang, Hao Yang
  • Publication number: 20250053043
    Abstract: A display panel has a plurality of sub-pixel regions arranged in an array of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and a light-shielding region that separates the sub-pixel regions and surrounds all the sub-pixel regions as a whole. The display panel includes: a first substrate; a light-shielding pattern layer located on the first substrate, the light-shielding pattern layer being located in the light-shielding region and covering part of the light-shielding region; a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate; and a light-shielding structure layer located on the second substrate, the light-shielding structure layer covering at least a region of the light-shielding region that is not covered by the light-shielding pattern layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Xipeng WANG, Wei ZHANG, Xin ZHOU, Chao LI, Jilei GAO, Benzhi XU, Yonggang ZHANG, Bin LI, Qi LIU
  • Publication number: 20250056331
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, integrated circuits and computer readable storage media for configuring time sensitive communications (TSC). The configuring of the TSC includes monitoring, by a user plane function (UPF), a source and destination of packets in a first protocol data unit (PDU) session of a first user equipment (UE) and in a second PDU session of a second UE, pairing a first device side TSN translator (DS-TT) port of the first UE with a second DS-TT port of the second UE when the first PDU session and the second PDU session are served by the same UPF, wherein the pairing is based on the monitoring of the first and second PDU sessions and when the first DS-TT and second DS-TT ports are paired, communicating the packets between the first UE and the second UE in a UE-UE communication without traversing the TSN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Alosious Pradeep PRABHAKAR, Han PU, Krisztian KISS, Mohammed SADIQUE, Rohit R. MATOLIA, Srinivasan NIMMALA, Sriram SUBRAMANIAN, Vijay VENKATARAMAN, Wei ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20250056449
    Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing downlink transmission and interlace uplink transmission. For example, some aspects of this disclosure relate to a base station including a transceiver configured to communicate over a wireless network with a user equipment (UE) and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor divides a plurality of candidate Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) positions in a time window into a plurality of groups and communicates, using the transceiver, information associated with the plurality of groups of candidate SSB positions to the UE. The processor further performs a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure. In response to the LBT procedure being successful, the processor determines a first group of the plurality of groups and transmits, using the transceiver, one or more SSBs on one or more candidate SSB positions of the first group to the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hong HE, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan YE, Dawei ZHANG, Haitong SUN, Jie CUI, Oghenekome OTERI, Pengkai ZHAO, Wei ZENG, Wei ZHANG, Weidong YANG, Yang TANG, Yuchul KIM, Yushu ZHANG, Zhibin WU