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).

  • Patent number: 11235523
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas
    Inventors: Casey Trent Lindbloom, Wenchao Zhou
  • Publication number: 20210402298
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Wenchao ZHOU, Kun SHAO
  • Publication number: 20210362056
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Wenchao ZHOU, Kun SHAO
  • Patent number: 11151819
    Abstract: An access control method, an access control apparatus, a system, and a storage medium are disclosed. The method includes: acquiring a scene image, and recognizing one or more face images in the scene image; determining an attribute of the face image, the attribute including a registered user and an unregistered user; and if multiple face images are recognized, determining whether attributes corresponding to the multiple face images include the registered user, and responsive to determining that the attributes corresponding to the multiple face images comprise the registered user, controlling an access control device to be opened; responsive to determining that the attributes corresponding to the multiple face images does not comprise the registered user, in condition that an access control verification request instruction is received and verification for the access control verification request instruction succeeds, controlling the access control device to be opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SENSETIME TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiang Huang, Zhonghua She, Wenchao Zhou, Liping Xiao
  • Publication number: 20210299562
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Wenchao ZHOU, Kun SHAO
  • Publication number: 20210232843
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2018
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SENSETIME TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miaoran XU, Zhongfu ZHANG, Zhonghua SHE, Xubo XIANG, Kun MA, Wenchao ZHOU
  • Patent number: 10994534
    Abstract: A printing system and method for forming an ink droplet through the use of a multi-pulse driving signal to increase the printing frequency without reducing the droplet size by applying a multi-pulse driving signal to a small nozzle and to increase the inkjet printing speed by using a smaller nozzle to produce the same-size droplet using a multi-pulse driving signal, which allow for higher printing frequency due to the smaller nozzle size as dictated by the fundamental droplet formation dynamics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Arkansas
    Inventors: Wenchao Zhou, Chao Sui
  • Publication number: 20200105081
    Abstract: An access control method, an access control apparatus, a system, and a storage medium are disclosed. The method includes: acquiring a scene image, and recognizing one or more face images in the scene image; determining an attribute of the face image, the attribute including a registered user and an unregistered user; and if multiple face images are recognized, determining whether attributes corresponding to the multiple face images include the registered user, and responsive to determining that the attributes corresponding to the multiple face images comprise the registered user, controlling an access control device to be opened; responsive to determining that the attributes corresponding to the multiple face images does not comprise the registered user, in condition that an access control verification request instruction is received and verification for the access control verification request instruction succeeds, controlling the access control device to be opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SENSETIME TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiang HUANG, Zhonghua SHE, Wenchao ZHOU, Liping XIAO
  • Publication number: 20200094477
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
    Inventors: Casey Trent Lindbloom, Wenchao Zhou
  • Publication number: 20200047500
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
    Inventors: Wenchao Zhou, Austin Van Horn, Nicholas Holt, Lucas Galvan Marques
  • Publication number: 20190389209
    Abstract: A printing system and method for forming an ink droplet through the use of a multi-pulse driving signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
    Inventors: Wenchao Zhou, Chao Sui
  • Patent number: 10437993
    Abstract: A mechanism called time-deterministic replay (TOR) that can reproduce the execution of a program, including its precise timing. Without TOR, reproducing the timing of an execution is difficult because there are many sources of timing variability. TOR uses a combination of techniques to either mitigate or eliminate most of these sources of variability. Using a prototype implementation of TOR in a Java Virtual Machine, we show it is possible to reproduce the timing to within 1.85% of the original execution. A study of one of the applications of TOR is described: the detection of a covert timing channel. Timing channels can be used to exfiltrate information from a compromised machine by subtly varying timing of the machine's outputs, TOR can detect this variation. Unlike prior solutions, which generally look for a specific type of timing channel, our approach can detect a wide variety of channels with high accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignees: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ang Chen, Hanjun Xiao, William Bradley Moore, Andreas Haeberlen, Linh Thi Xuan Phan, Micah Sherr, Wenchao Zhou
  • Publication number: 20180370134
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
    Inventors: Wenchao Zhou, Lucas Galvan Marques, Robert Austin Williams
  • Patent number: 9876851
    Abstract: The description relates to cloud-edge topologies. Some aspects relate to cloud-edge applications and resource usage in various cloud-edge topologies. Another aspect of the present cloud-edge topologies can relate to the specification of cloud-edge applications using a temporal language. A further aspect can involve an architecture that runs data stream management systems (DSMSs) engines on the cloud and cloud-edge computers to run query parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Badrish Chandramouli, Suman K. Nath, Wenchao Zhou
  • Publication number: 20170213028
    Abstract: A mechanism called time-deterministic replay (TOR) that can reproduce the execution of a program, including its precise timing. Without TOR, reproducing the timing of an execution is difficult because there are many sources of timing variability. TOR uses a combination of techniques to either mitigate or eliminate most of these sources of variability. Using a prototype implementation of TOR in a Java Virtual Machine, we show it is possible to reproduce the timing to within 1.85% of the original execution. A study of one of the applications of TOR is described: the detection of a covert timing channel. Timing channels can be used to exfiltrate information from a compromised machine by subtly varying timing of the machine's outputs, TOR can detect this variation. Unlike prior solutions, which generally look for a specific type of timing channel, our approach can detect a wide variety of channels with high accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Ang Chen, Hanjun Xiao, William Bradley Moore, Andreas Haeberlen, Linh Thi Xuan Phan, Micah Sherr, Wenchao Zhou
  • Publication number: 20150303461
    Abstract: A negative electrode for a rechargeable battery comprises a zinc oxide member doped with one or more metals and thereafter coated with a conductive layer of carbon or carbon doped with an element selected from the group consisting of fluorine, nitrogen, boron, and a mixture of two or more thereof. The electrode material is prepared by admixing ZnO or doped ZnO with carbon or a carbon-based material and then heating the admixture to form ZnO with a conductive layer. The ZnO can be doped with a first metal and then a second metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: LIN-FENG LI, QUAN FAN, MIN CHEN, WENCHAO ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20150296000
    Abstract: The description relates to cloud-edge topologies. Some aspects relate to cloud-edge applications and resource usage in various cloud-edge topologies. Another aspect of the present cloud-edge topologies can relate to the specification of cloud-edge applications using a temporal language. A further aspect can involve an architecture that runs data stream management systems (DSMSs) engines on the cloud and cloud-edge computers to run query parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Badrish CHANDRAMOULI, Suman K. NATH, Wenchao ZHOU
  • Patent number: 9098344
    Abstract: The description relates to cloud-edge topologies. Some aspects relate to cloud-edge applications and resource usage in various cloud-edge topologies. Another aspect of the present cloud-edge topologies can relate to the specification of cloud-edge applications using a temporal language. A further aspect can involve an architecture that runs data stream management systems (DSMSs) engines on the cloud and cloud-edge computers to run query parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Badrish Chandramouli, Suman K. Nath, Wenchao Zhou
  • Publication number: 20130166712
    Abstract: The description relates to cloud-edge topologies. Some aspects relate to cloud-edge applications and resource usage in various cloud-edge topologies. Another aspect of the present cloud-edge topologies can relate to the specification of cloud-edge applications using a temporal language. A further aspect can involve an architecture that runs data stream management systems (DSMSs) engines on the cloud and cloud-edge computers to run query parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Badrish Chandramouli, Suman K. Nath, Wenchao Zhou