Patents by Inventor Wenchao Zhou
Wenchao Zhou 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).
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Publication number: 20250217345Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a transaction processing method, a device, and a storage medium. For a distributed transaction, it is proposed innovatively that exclusive locks are added to data records involved in a read set of the distributed transaction in a read phase; in a write phase, write operations for a write set can be directly executed based on these exclusive locks, and an exclusive lock on a related data record can be released immediately after a write operation is completed. In the write phase, the exclusive locks added to the data records can maintain the exclusivity of the distributed transaction over these data records, which can avoid the write operation abort problem in the write phase. That is, all write operations of the distributed transaction are bound to succeed, thereby ensuring the atomicity of distributed transaction processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2023Publication date: July 3, 2025Inventors: Ziliang LAI, Hua FAN, Wenchao ZHOU, Zhanfeng MA, Xiang PENG, Feifei LI
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Publication number: 20250083376Abstract: A 3D printer comprising a pump, stepper motor adapted to drive the pump and a printing arm connected to a curing source and nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASInventors: Wenchao Zhou, Casey Trent Lindbloom
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Patent number: 12208579Abstract: A system that uses autonomous robots for 3D manufacturing an object where the robots have different tool heads for performing different manufacturing operations.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Board Of Trustees of the University Of ArkansasInventors: Wenchao Zhou, Lucas Galvan Marques, Zachary Hyden
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Patent number: 11975486Abstract: The present invention provides a swarm manufacturing platform, based on a swarm 3D printing and assembly (SPA) platform as a model for future smart factories, consisting of thousands of IoT-based mobile robots performing different manufacturing operations with different end effectors (e.g., material deposition, energy deposition, pick and place, removal of materials, screw driving, etc.) and real-time monitoring. The swarm manufacturing platform transforms a 1-D factory into a 2-D factory with manufacturing robots that can move across the 2-D factory floor, work cooperatively with each other on the same production jobs, and re-configure in real-time (i.e., the manufacturing robots can be digitally controlled to move, re-group, calibrate, and work on a new job in real-time).Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Board Of Trustees Of The University Of ArkansasInventors: Wenchao Zhou, Lucas Galvan Marques, Zachary Hyden, Pablo Guerra
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Publication number: 20240109249Abstract: A 3D printer for printing continuous carbon fibers comprising a mechanical system and control system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASInventors: Wenchao Zhou, Yadong Chen
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Publication number: 20230410393Abstract: A method for graph drawing includes: performing graph drawing on a graphical user interface in response to a first touch operation on the graphical user interface, wherein the first touch operation comprises a sliding operation; obtaining a second touch operation on the graphical user interface in response to a dwelling action of the sliding operation; adjusting a drawing parameter and/or switching a drawing function in response to the second touch operation; and continuing to perform the graph drawing on the graphical user interface using the drawing parameter being adjusted and/or the drawing function being switched according to the first touch operation in response to ending of the second touch operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO., LTD.Inventor: Wenchao ZHOU
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Patent number: 11718041Abstract: A 3-D printing system comprising a plurality of printers. The printers are motorized to allow movement in X and Y directions or to rotate freely. Each printer may have one or more printheads. Also provided is a surface independent from said printers adapted to receive a printed object.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Board Of Trustees Of The University Of ArkansasInventors: Wenchao Zhou, Lucas Galvan Marques, Robert Austin Williams
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Patent number: 11717752Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a virtual camera in a game are disclosed. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a virtual camera is controlled to shift in response to a first touch operation for a visual field control area, the virtual camera is controlled, in response to the ending of the first touch operation, to return from a second position to a first position, a game operation instruction is received during the returning process, and a corresponding action is performed in response to the game operation instruction.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO., LTD.Inventors: Wenchao Zhou, Kun Shao
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Publication number: 20230120878Abstract: The present invention provides a swarm manufacturing platform, based on a swarm 3D printing and assembly (SPA) platform as a model for future smart factories, consisting of thousands of IoT-based mobile robots performing different manufacturing operations with different end effectors (e.g., material deposition, energy deposition, pick and place, removal of materials, screw driving, etc.) and real-time monitoring. The swarm manufacturing platform transforms a 1-D factory into a 2-D factory with manufacturing robots that can move across the 2-D factory floor, work cooperatively with each other on the same production jobs, and re-configure in real-time (i.e., the manufacturing robots can be digitally controlled to move, re-group, calibrate, and work on a new job in real-time).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2021Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASInventors: Wenchao Zhou, Marques Lucas, Zachary Hyden, Pablo Guerra
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Patent number: 11602690Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a virtual camera in a game are disclosed. In the present disclosure, it is detected whether a movement of a virtual character toward a first direction satisfies a preset condition, when the preset condition is satisfied, a shifting direction of the virtual camera is determined, and the virtual camera is controlled to shift toward the shifting direction while moving according to a change of position of the virtual character, thereby a game scene image captured by the shifted virtual camera is displayed on a Graphical User Interface (GUI).Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2019Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO., LTD.Inventors: Wenchao Zhou, Kun Shao
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Publication number: 20220250315Abstract: A system and method that enables 3D printing of ballistics gel and other low melting point materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASInventors: Wenchao Zhou, Edidiong Nseowo Udofia, Brian Luttrell, Robert Jacobson, Sameer Kulkarni, Salman Khalid, John Bardsley
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Publication number: 20220143910Abstract: A 3D printer comprising a pump, stepper motor adapted to drive the pump and a printing arm connected to a curing source and nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASInventors: Wenchao Zhou, Casey Trent Lindbloom
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Publication number: 20220143911Abstract: A system that uses autonomous robots for 3D manufacturing an object where the robots have different tool heads for performing different manufacturing operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASInventors: Wenchao Zhou, Lucas Galvan Marques, Zachary Hyden
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Patent number: 11318384Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a virtual camera in a game are disclosed. In the present application, a virtual camera is controlled to shift in response to a first touch operation for a visual field control region, and the virtual camera is controlled to enter a locked state according to a locking operation, thereby locking a game scene captured by the shifted virtual camera as a game scene rendered on a graphical user interface until restoring to control the movement of the virtual camera according to the position change of a virtual character when the locked state is unlocked.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO., LTD.Inventors: Wenchao Zhou, Kun Shao
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Publication number: 20220088926Abstract: A system and method for selective heating and/or sintering of a material including first and second substrates, an array of one or more resistive heating elements arranged on a planar surface of a substrate and material to be heated located on the other substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASInventors: Wenchao Zhou, Austin Van Horn, Nicholas Holt, Lucas Galvan Marques
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Publication number: 20220063203Abstract: A 3-D printing system comprising a plurality of printers. The printers are motorized to allow movement in X and Y directions or to rotate freely. Each printer may have one or more printheads. Also provided is a surface independent from said printers adapted to receive a printed object.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASInventors: Wenchao Zhou, Lucas Galvan Marques, Robert Austin Williams
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Publication number: 20220055298Abstract: A 3D printer for printing continuous carbon fibers comprising a mechanical system and control system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASInventors: Wenchao Zhou, Yadong Chen
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Patent number: 11256943Abstract: A method and an apparatus for verifying an identity document, an electronic device, and a storage medium include: collecting an identity document image of a current identity document by means of a first camera; recognizing characters in the identity document image to obtain first identity document data; obtaining second identity document data of the identity document by means of an identity document reader; and verifying authenticity of the identity document according to the first identity document data and the second identity document data.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2018Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: SHENZHEN SENSETIME TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Miaoran Xu, Zhongfu Zhang, Zhonghua She, Xubo Xiang, Kun Ma, Wenchao Zhou
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Patent number: 11247462Abstract: A system and method for selective heating and/or sintering of a material including first and second substrates, an array of one or more resistive heating elements arranged on a planar surface of a substrate and material to be heated located on the other substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of ArkansasInventors: Wenchao Zhou, Austin Van Horn, Nicholas Holt, Lucas Galvan Marques
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Patent number: 11235523Abstract: A 3D printer comprising a pump, stepper motor adapted to drive the pump and a printing arm connected to a curing source and nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of ArkansasInventors: Casey Trent Lindbloom, Wenchao Zhou