Patents by Inventor Xi Liang

Xi Liang 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: 9652841
    Abstract: A control system for a froth flotation system receives inputs from one or more sensors comprising images of a fluid having bubbles and particles therein; some of the bubbles are attached to some of the particles and suspended in the fluid. For at least some of the bubbles with attached particles, it is determined from the inputs at least two contact angles at different locations at which the respective bubble is attached to the particle. These contact angles are used to predict a process improvement by which bubbles would more efficiently float the particles out of the fluid, as compared to that represented by the input images. An output is then provided for driving a graphical display screen, the output comprising at least one of: a) a graphical representation of the determined at least two contact angles; and b) a graphical representation of the predicted process improvement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alexe Bojovschi, Xi Liang
  • Patent number: 9637895
    Abstract: An intelligent control faucet includes a faucet that includes a manual operation valve, an intelligent control module, a water egress tube, a cold water ingress tube, a hot water ingress tube, and a magnetic reed detection device. The water egress tube, the cold water ingress tube, and the hot water ingress tube are connected to the manual operation valve. The intelligent control module is connected, in a series manner, to the water egress tube. The magnetic reed detection device is mounted to the water egress tube and is connected through a feeding cable or directly to the intelligent control module. Water flow can be established or cut off through pulling the water egress tube so that the use is made easy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignees: XIAMEN FORBETTER SANITARY WARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zai Jun Song, Xi Liang Yan, Yi Hui Chen, Wen Bo Wu
  • Publication number: 20170096804
    Abstract: An intelligent control faucet includes a faucet that includes a manual operation valve, an intelligent control module, a water egress tube, a cold water ingress tube, a hot water ingress tube, and a magnetic reed detection device. The water egress tube, the cold water ingress tube, and the hot water ingress tube are connected to the manual operation valve. The intelligent control module is connected, in a series manner, to the water egress tube. The magnetic reed detection device is mounted to the water egress tube and is connected through a feeding cable or directly to the intelligent control module. Water flow can be established or cut off through pulling the water egress tube so that the use is made easy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Zai Jun Song, Xi Liang Yan, Yi Hui Chen, Wen Bo Wu
  • Patent number: 9583000
    Abstract: A travel reporter system is used to report abnormal travel events. In use, a sensor mounted on a vehicle obtains real-time data about an object near the vehicle. The object has an object type which is identified by processing the real-time data with an object recognition subsystem of the travel reporter system. An event evaluation subsystem of the travel reporter system processes the real-time data and the object type in order to determine that the object is associated with an abnormal travel event. The abnormal travel event has an event type which is processed by an event notification subsystem of the travel reporter system in order to select a first information consumer type. The event notification subsystem reports the abnormal travel event to information consumers having the first information consumer type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Longxiang Gao, Xi Liang, Xing Zhi Sun, Jianbin Tang, Yini Wang, Ziyuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20170044136
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof, where; R1 is C1-C6 alkyl, substituted C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C7 cycloalkyl, substituted C3-C7 cycloalkyl, C3-C7 cycloalkyl-C1-C3 alkyl, substituted C3-C7 cycloalkyl-C1-C3 alkyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, heterocycle, or substituted heterocycle; R2 is hydrogen, C1-C3 alkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl-C1-C3 alkyl, or a group of formula II R3 is hydrogen or C1-C3 alkyl; R4 is hydrogen, halo, or C1-C3 alkyl; R5 is hydrogen or C1-C3 alkyl; R6 is hydrogen or C1-C6 alkyl; and n is an integer from 1 to 6 inclusively. The compounds of the present invention are useful for activating 5-HT1F receptors, inhibiting neuronal protein extravasation, and for the treatment or prevention of migraine in a mammal. The present invention also relates to a process for the synthesis of intermediates in the synthesis of compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Philip Cohen, Daniel Timothy Kohlman, Sidney Xi Liang, Frantz Victor, Yao-Chang Xu, Bai-Ping Ying, DeAnna Piatt Zacherl, Deyi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170018089
    Abstract: A method for segmenting a target image includes receiving the target image of an anatomical structure, registering a plurality of atlases to the target image, each of the atlases including an image and a plurality of labels corresponding to portions of the image, selecting a plurality of registered atlases, transferring the labels of selected registered atlases to the target image, combining the labels that are transferred to the target image using a fusion of a discriminative model and a generative model, and outputting a segmentation of the target image isolating the anatomical structure, wherein a segmentation of the target image is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: RAHIL GARNAVI, XI LIANG, SUMAN SEDAI
  • Publication number: 20170011506
    Abstract: A control system for a froth flotation system receives inputs from one or more sensors comprising images of a fluid having bubbles and particles therein; some of the bubbles are attached to some of the particles and suspended in the fluid. For at least some of the bubbles with attached particles, it is determined from the inputs at least two contact angles at different locations at which the respective bubble is attached to the particle. These contact angles are used to predict a process improvement by which bubbles would more efficiently float the particles out of the fluid, as compared to that represented by the input images. An output is then provided for driving a graphical display screen, the output comprising at least one of: a) a graphical representation of the determined at least two contact angles; and b) a graphical representation of the predicted process improvement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Alexe Bojovschi, Xi Liang
  • Patent number: 9531458
    Abstract: A method, a device and a system for precoding based on CoMP are provided. The method includes: a serving base station receives an expected PMI of a terminal associated with the serving base station and a leakage PMI of a terminal associated with a cooperation base station, which is sent by the cooperation base station, wherein the expected PMI is corresponding to encoding codeword in an expected terminal direction, and the leakage PMI is corresponding to encoding codeword in an interference direction; the serving base station selects expected encoding codeword according to the expected PMI and selecting leakage precoding codeword according to the leakage PMI; and the serving base station convolve the expected encoding codeword and the leakage precoding codeword to obtain precoding codeword used for signal transmission by the serving base station. In the present invention, by use of the CoMP technology, the accuracy of reducing interference of edge user terminals is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yanwen Wang, Yongqiang Wang, Xi'an Liang, Tao Jin, Saijin Xie
  • Patent number: 9483831
    Abstract: A method for segmenting a target image includes receiving the target image of an anatomical structure, registering a plurality of atlases to the target image, each of the atlases including an image and a plurality of labels corresponding to portions of the image, selecting a plurality of registered atlases, transferring the labels of selected registered atlases to the target image, combining the labels that are transferred to the target image using a fusion of a discriminative model and a generative model, and outputting a segmentation of the target image isolating the anatomical structure, wherein a segmentation of the target image is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rahil Garnavi, Xi Liang, Suman Sedai
  • Patent number: 9472098
    Abstract: A travel reporter system is used to report abnormal travel events. In use, a sensor mounted on a vehicle obtains real-time data about an object near the vehicle. The object has an object type which is identified by processing the real-time data with an object recognition subsystem of the travel reporter system. An event evaluation subsystem of the travel reporter system processes the real-time data and the object type in order to determine that the object is associated with an abnormal travel event. The abnormal travel event has an event type which is processed by an event notification subsystem of the travel reporter system in order to select a first information consumer type. The event notification subsystem reports the abnormal travel event to information consumers having the first information consumer type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Longxiang Gao, Xi Liang, Xing Zhi Sun, Jianbin Tang, Yini Wang, Ziyuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20160283479
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for operating data, which can improve efficiency of a user operating data having a tree structure. The method comprising: locating a first cache server in a distributed cache system after receiving a data operation request from a user; the first cache server constructing a cache tree in its own memory in accordance with information of relation between a file or folder and its parent directory in a relational database, the cache tree saving data below a root node corresponding to data specified by the data operation request in a tree structure; and locating a node where the data specified by the data operation request saved in the cache tree is located, and then operating the data in the node and returning an operation result to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Yang XIAO, Xinrong LI, Liu LIU, Xi LIANG
  • Publication number: 20160284214
    Abstract: A travel reporter system is used to report abnormal travel events. In use, a sensor mounted on a vehicle obtains real-time data about an object near the vehicle. The object has an object type which is identified by processing the real-time data with an object recognition subsystem of the travel reporter system. An event evaluation subsystem of the travel reporter system processes the real-time data and the object type in order to determine that the object is associated with an abnormal travel event. The abnormal travel event has an event type which is processed by an event notification subsystem of the travel reporter system in order to select a first information consumer type. The event notification subsystem reports the abnormal travel event to information consumers having the first information consumer type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Longxiang Gao, Xi Liang, Xing Zhi Sun, Jianbin Tang, Yini Wang, Ziyuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20160210857
    Abstract: A travel reporter system is used to report abnormal travel events. In use, a sensor mounted on a vehicle obtains real-time data about an object near the vehicle. The object has an object type which is identified by processing the real-time data with an object recognition subsystem of the travel reporter system. An event evaluation subsystem of the travel reporter system processes the real-time data and the object type in order to determine that the object is associated with an abnormal travel event. The abnormal travel event has an event type which is processed by an event notification subsystem of the travel reporter system in order to select a first information consumer type. The event notification subsystem reports the abnormal travel event to information consumers having the first information consumer type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Longxiang Gao, Xi Liang, Xing Zhi Sun, Jianbin Tang, Yini Wang, Ziyuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20160113502
    Abstract: A method for automatically identifying and localizing anatomical regions of a left ventricle of a heart using a segment model, the method including receiving a volumetric MR image series of one or more time-points in a heart cycle with associated myocardial boundaries, representing the heart, performing a long-axis partitioning on each image of the volumetric image series, performing a short-axis partitioning volumetric image series, generating a polar map, wherein each image of the volumetric image series is mapped to a location on the polar map, wherein the location is characterized using the long-axis partitioning and the short-axis partitioning, and generating a mapping from the polar map to a voxel in an associated image of the volumetric image series representing an anatomical location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Rahil Garnavi, Xi Liang, Tanveer Fathima Syeda-Mahmood, Simon Frank Wail
  • Publication number: 20160110879
    Abstract: A method for automatically identifying and localizing anatomical regions of a left ventricle of a heart using a segment model, the method including receiving a volumetric MR image series of one or more time-points in a heart cycle with associated myocardial boundaries, representing the heart, performing a long-axis partitioning on each image of the volumetric image series, performing a short-axis partitioning volumetric image series, generating a polar map, wherein each image of the volumetric image series is mapped to a location on the polar map, wherein the location is characterized using the long-axis partitioning and the short-axis partitioning, and generating a mapping from the polar map to a voxel in an associated image of the volumetric image series representing an anatomical location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Rahil Garnavi, Xi Liang, Tanveer Fathima Syeda-Mahmood, Simon Frank Wail
  • Publication number: 20150376178
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof, where; R1 is C1-C6 alkyl, substituted C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C7 cycloalkyl, substituted C3-C7 cycloalkyl, C3-C7 cycloalkyl-C1-C3 alkyl, substituted C3-C7 cycloalkyl-C1-C3 alkyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, heterocycle, or substituted heterocycle; R2 is hydrogen, C1-C3 alkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl-C1-C3 alkyl, or a group of formula II R3 is hydrogen or C1-C3 alkyl; R4 is hydrogen, halo, or C1-C3 alkyl; R5 is hydrogen or C1-C3 alkyl; R6 is hydrogen or C1-C6 alkyl; and n is an integer from 1 to 6 inclusively. The compounds of the present invention are useful for activating 5-HT1F receptors, inhibiting neuronal protein extravasation, and for the treatment or prevention of migraine in a mammal. The present invention also relates to a process for the synthesis of intermediates in the synthesis of compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Philip Cohen, Daniel Timothy Kohlman, Sidney Xi Liang, Frantz Victor, Yao-Chang Xu, Bai-Ping Ying, DeAnna Piatt Zacherl, Deyi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150368888
    Abstract: An intelligent control faucet includes a faucet that includes a manual operation valve, an intelligent control module, a water egress tube, a cold water ingress tube, a hot water ingress tube, and a magnetic reed detection device. The water egress tube, the cold water ingress tube, and the hot water ingress tube are connected to the manual operation valve. The intelligent control module is connected, in a series manner, to the water egress tube. The magnetic reed detection device is mounted to the water egress tube and is connected through a feeding cable or directly to the intelligent control module. Water flow can be established or cut off through pulling the water egress tube so that the use is made easy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Zai Jun Song, Xi Liang Yan, Yi Hui Chen, Wen Bo Wu
  • Publication number: 20150248768
    Abstract: A method for segmenting a target image includes receiving the target image of an anatomical structure, registering a plurality of atlases to the target image, each of the atlases including an image and a plurality of labels corresponding to portions of the image, selecting a plurality of registered atlases, transferring the labels of selected registered atlases to the target image, combining the labels that are transferred to the target image using a fusion of a discriminative model and a generative model, and outputting a segmentation of the target image isolating the anatomical structure, wherein a segmentation of the target image is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: RAHIL GARNAVI, XI LIANG, SUMAN SEDAI
  • Publication number: 20150188614
    Abstract: A method, a device and a system for precoding based on CoMP are provided. The method includes: a serving base station receives an expected PMI of a terminal associated with the serving base station and a leakage PMI of a terminal associated with a cooperation base station, which is sent by the cooperation base station, wherein the expected PMI is corresponding to encoding codeword in an expected terminal direction, and the leakage PMI is corresponding to encoding codeword in an interference direction; the serving base station selects expected encoding codeword according to the expected PMI and selecting leakage precoding codeword according to the leakage PMI; and the serving base station convolve the expected encoding codeword and the leakage precoding codeword to obtain precoding codeword used for signal transmission by the serving base station. In the present invention, by use of the CoMP technology, the accuracy of reducing interference of edge user terminals is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Yanwen Wang, Yongqiang Wang, Xi'an Liang, Tao Jin, Saijin Xie
  • Patent number: 8748459
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof, where; R1 is C1-C6 alkyl, substituted C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C7 cycloalkyl, substituted C3-C7 cycloalkyl, C3-C7 cycloalkyl-C1-C3 alkyl, substituted C3-C7 cycloalkyl-C1-C3 alkyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, heterocycle, or substituted heterocycle; R2 is hydrogen, C1-C3 alkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl-C1-C3 alkyl, or a group of formula II R3 is hydrogen or C1-C3 alkyl; R4 is hydrogen, halo, or C1-C3 alkyl; R5 is hydrogen or C1-C3 alkyl; R6 is hydrogen or C1-C6 alkyl; and n is an integer from 1 to 6 inclusively. The compounds of the present invention are useful for activating 5-HTlF receptors, inhibiting neuronal protein extravasation, and for the treatment or prevention of migraine in a mammal. The present invention also relates to a process for the synthesis of intermediates in the synthesis of compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Michael Philip Cohen, Daniel Timothy Kohlman, Sidney Xi Liang, Frantz Victor, Yao-Chang Xu, Bai-Ping Ying, DeAnna Piatt Zacherl, Deyi Zhang