Patents by Inventor Xi Zhou

Xi 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).

  • Publication number: 20250147310
    Abstract: An apparatus an apparatus includes a light source and freeform optics optically coupled to the light source. The apparatus also includes a spatial light modulator (SLM) optically coupled to the freeform optics and a prism optically coupled between the freeform optics and the SLM. Additionally, the apparatus includes eyepiece optics optically coupled to the prism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Zhongyan Sheng, Xi Zhou
  • Publication number: 20250114695
    Abstract: A method including executing a video game to generate a video frame for presentation on a device of a first platform for a game play by a user. The method including determining a target device of a second platform. The method including mapping the video frame to the target device. The method including determining an area of focus in a scene in the video frame based on a game context. The method including classifying an asset in the area of focus using a computer vision model implementing artificial intelligence. The method including determining that the asset is important in the game play using the computer vision model. The method including determining that the asset in the video frame that is mapped does not meet a threshold of visibility. The method including modifying the video frame that is mapped so that the asset meets the threshold of visibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Elizabeth Osborne, Angela Sun Wu, Jin Zhang, Xi Zhou, Hsin-Yi Chien, Olga Rudi
  • Patent number: 12242056
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a light source configured to produce light and a prism. The apparatus also includes freeform optics optically coupled between the light source and the prism, the freeform optics configured to direct the light towards the prism and eyepiece optics optically coupled to the prism. Additionally, the apparatus includes a spatial light modulator (SLM) optically coupled to the prism, the prism configured to direct the light towards the SLM, the SLM configured to modulate the light to produce modulated light, and the prism configured to direct the modulated light towards the eyepiece optics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Zhongyan Sheng, Xi Zhou
  • Publication number: 20250067984
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first prism and a second prism coupled to the first prism, where the first prism faces a first side of the second prism. The apparatus also includes a spatial light modulator (SLM) facing a second side of the second prism and reflective focusing optics facing a third side of the second prism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Zhongyan SHENG, Xi ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20250041720
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamic content display generation for multiple device setups are provided. Supplemental content files associated with an interactive content title may be stored in memory in association with parameters specific to different types of user devices. A current interactive session associated with a first device may be monitored and determined to include a virtual environment presentation associated with the interactive content title. A type of a secondary device associated with the user may be identified. A supplemental content package may be generated for the secondary device based on a selected set of supplemental content and a set of the parameters associated with the type of the secondary device. The supplemental content package may be provided to the secondary device during the current interactive session, and the secondary device may generate a presentation of the selected set of supplemental content files in accordance with the set of parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Ellana Fortuna, Kristie Ramirez, Elizabeth Juenger, Victoria Dorn, Celeste Bean, Bethany Tinklenberg, Mahdi Azmandian, Sarah Karp, Ritagya Meharishi, Xi Zhou
  • Patent number: 12202097
    Abstract: A system includes a power tool and an automatic safety system communicatively coupled to the power tool. The automatic safety system includes one or more sensors disposed about the power tool, where the one or more sensors are configured to gather data about a safety parameter related to an operation of the power tool. The automatic safety system also includes a main detector configured to receive the data gathered by the one or more sensors. The main detector is configured to analyze the received data to determine whether to unlock the power tool for operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Xi Zhou, Christian Koschel, Markus Looser, Olaf Schadoffsky
  • Patent number: 12164110
    Abstract: An apparatus for a near eye display includes an optical waveguide coupler adapted to be optically coupled to one or more light sources, a first prism optically coupled to the optical waveguide coupler, a second prism coupled to the first prism where the first prism faces a first side of the second prism, a spatial light modulator (SLM) optically coupled to the second prism where the SLM faces a second side of the second prism, and focusing optics optically coupled to the second prism where the focusing optics face a third side of the second prism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Zhongyan Sheng, Xi Zhou
  • Patent number: 11999806
    Abstract: Provided are a series of polypeptides with antiviral activity. The present invention provides a new strategy for preventing and controlling Enterovirus such as EV71, CVA16, CVA6, CVB3, and CVB5 viruses and provides a new theoretical basis for accelerating the research and development of a polypeptide small molecule drug against Enterovirus such as EV71, CVA16, CVA6, CVB3, and CVB5 viruses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, FUDAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xi Zhou, Lu Lu, Yuan Fang, Shibo Jiang, Zezhong Liu, Chengfeng Qin, Yang Qiu, Jingfang Mu
  • Publication number: 20240094523
    Abstract: In one example, an eyepiece has a one-piece shape that is solid and rotationally asymmetric. The eyepiece includes first, second and third surfaces at least partially defining the one-piece shape. The first surface is configured to receive a spatially modulated light beam. The second surface is configured to internally reflect the spatially modulated light beam toward the third surface. The third surface is configured to reflect the spatially modulated light beam toward and through the second surface. Transmission of the spatially modulated light beam through the second surface concentrates the spatially modulated light beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Xi Zhou, Zhongyan Sheng
  • Publication number: 20240076712
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for simple, instrument-free and sensitive methods that enable rapid, point-of-care detection of nucleic acid molecules of interest. This is based on a surprising discovery that the relative efficiencies of amplification and CRISPR-based cleavage and detection can be tuned to favor amplification until sufficient amplified products are generated to enable detection. Example approaches include design of guide RNA and primers to target nonoptimal PAM sequences, or sequence-engineering Cas nucleases to reduce activities informing a ribonucleoprotein with the guide RNA or binding to or cleaving the substrate nucleic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Hao Yin, Shuhan Lu, Ying Zhang, Xiaohan Tong, Kun Zhang, Xi Zhou, Dingyu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240014274
    Abstract: A terminal structure of a bidirectional switching device, where the terminal structure can include: a field plate located on a top surface of a well region and between a first voltage-withstand region and a second voltage-withstand region, where the bidirectional switching device comprises the well region, and the first and second voltage-withstand regions located in the well region; and where a potential is connected to the field plate, in order to decrease an electrical leakage of a parasitic transistor, where the parasitic transistor is formed by the first voltage-withstand region, the well region, and the second voltage-withstand region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Nan Chen, Yicheng Du, Pengfei Yin, Meng Wang, Kai Zhang, Hao Zhu, Xi Zhou, Yunjiao He
  • Publication number: 20230388460
    Abstract: A system includes a color filter including a first segment configured to transmit first light having a first color and to reflect second light having a second color and a second segment configured to transmit the second light having the second color and to reflect the first light having the first color. The system also includes an integrator rod optically coupled to the color filter, a reflective surface having an aperture on an end of the integrator rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Kristofer Scott OBERASCHER, Gregory Scott PETTITT, Jeffrey Matthew KEMPF, Michael Terry DAVIS, Xi ZHOU
  • Patent number: 11765325
    Abstract: A system having a color filter having first and second segments. The first and second segments allow respective first and second wavelengths to pass through to a spatial light modulator. The first and second segments also reflect second and first wavelengths, respectively. The reflected first and second wavelengths are recycled and directed towards the color filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kristofer Scott Oberascher, Gregory Scott Pettitt, Jeffrey Matthew Kempf, Michael Terry Davis, Xi Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230236420
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a light source configured to produce light and a prism. The apparatus also includes freeform optics optically coupled between the light source and the prism, the freeform optics configured to direct the light towards the prism and eyepiece optics optically coupled to the prism. Additionally, the apparatus includes a spatial light modulator (SLM) optically coupled to the prism, the prism configured to direct the light towards the SLM, the SLM configured to modulate the light to produce modulated light, and the prism configured to direct the modulated light towards the eyepiece optics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Zhongyan Sheng, Xi Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230192769
    Abstract: Provided are a series of polypeptides with antiviral activity. The present invention provides a new strategy for preventing and controlling Enterovirus such as EV71, CVA16, CVA6, CVB3, and CVB5 viruses and provides a new theoretical basis for accelerating the research and development of a polypeptide small molecule drug against Enterovirus such as EV71, CVA16, CVA6, CVB3, and CVB5 viruses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Xi ZHOU, Lu LU, Yuan FANG, Shibo JIANG, Zezhong LIU, Chengfeng QIN, Yang QIU, Jingfang MU
  • Publication number: 20230059918
    Abstract: An apparatus for a near eye display includes an optical waveguide coupler adapted to be optically coupled to one or more light sources, a first prism optically coupled to the optical waveguide coupler, a second prism coupled to the first prism where the first prism faces a first side of the second prism, a spatial light modulator (SLM) optically coupled to the second prism where the SLM faces a second side of the second prism, and focusing optics optically coupled to the second prism where the focusing optics face a third side of the second prism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Zhongyan SHENG, Xi ZHOU
  • Patent number: 11495021
    Abstract: A picture annotation method, includes: converting, into a video image, multiple pictures in a set of pictures to be annotated; performing video annotation on the video image to obtain an annotation result; and using the obtained annotation result as an annotation result of each picture in the set of pictures to be annotated according to a correspondence between a video frame in the video image and a picture in the set of pictures to be annotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xi Zhou
  • Patent number: 11305413
    Abstract: A holding apparatus for being detachably attached to a machine tool housing of a machine tool and for receiving a hook for hanging the machine tool from the hook is provided. The holding apparatus has a fastening portion for fastening the holding apparatus to the machine tool housing, a securing device for securing the holding apparatus on the machine tool housing, and a receiving portion which has an opening and is intended for receiving and rotatably supporting an insertion portion of the hook, the receiving portion defining an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Xi Zhou, Günter Haas, Konstantin Baxivanelis
  • Publication number: 20220027627
    Abstract: A picture annotation method, includes: converting, into a video image, multiple pictures in a set of pictures to be annotated; performing video annotation on the video image to obtain an annotation result; and using the obtained annotation result as an annotation result of each picture in the set of pictures to be annotated according to a correspondence between a video frame in the video image and a picture in the set of pictures to be annotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventor: Xi ZHOU
  • Patent number: 11125589
    Abstract: A phase deviation compensation method and device are provided. The method may include: a first sine analog signal and a first cosine analog signal are acquired; the first sine analog signal is converted to a corresponding first sine digital signal, and the first cosine analog signal is converted to a corresponding first cosine digital signal; a sampler is controlled to sample the first sine analog signal and the first cosine analog signal according to variations of pulse edges of the first sine digital signal and the first cosine digital signal, to acquire at least one sine sampled signal and at least one cosine sampled signal; a phase deviation is determined; and phase compensation is performed on the at least one sine sampled signal and the at least one cosine sampled signal according to the phase deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Gree Green Refrigeration Technology Center Co., Ltd. of Zhuhai
    Inventors: Yuli Peng, Yusheng Hu, Shengyu Xiao, Chengbao Zhong, Xi Zhou, Yang Wang