Patents by Inventor Xia ZHENG
Xia ZHENG 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: 20240135570Abstract: A method for improving estimation of leaf area index in an early growth stage of wheat based on red-edge bands of Sentinel-2 satellite images includes the following steps: acquiring field background spectrum and wheat canopy spectrum information by means of Sentinel-2; respectively acquiring a “straw-soil” spectrum and a “wheat-straw-soil” spectrum, and calculating slopes of red-edge areas of the “straw-soil” spectrum and the “wheat-straw-soil” spectrum; calculating a tangent function SATF corrected by a background adjustment coefficient ?; constructing a wheat LAI estimation model based on a spectral variable SATFNIR-RE2; performing preliminary screening on the LAI estimation model using cross validation; and then testing the screened model with independent data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Xia YAO, Wei LI, Tao CHENG, Yan ZHU, Yongchao TIAN, Weixing CAO, Dong LI, Hengbiao ZHENG, Yu ZHANG, Jifeng MA, Xue WANG, Caili GUO
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Publication number: 20240119862Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for syllable-based pronunciation help are provided. An input text in a first language may be received. A selection of a target language that is different from the first language may be received. From the target language, syllables with a pronunciation most closely matching a pronunciation of the input text in the first language are obtained. The obtaining is based on a comparison of one or more spectrograms for the input text with one or more spectrograms for text of the target language. The obtained syllables in the target language are presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Wei Jun Zheng, Xiao Xia Mao, QING LU, Yuan Jin, Xiao Feng Ji
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Publication number: 20240059332Abstract: A pushcart consisting of a folded and unfolded body frame and a storage bag enveloped on the body frame, whereas the body frame, including rigid left frame and right frame, and hinges that link left and right frames, front and rear ends, which form the whole body with left and right frames that can collide and be folded and unfolded, and the upper mouth and bottom of the bag can be opened by unfolded left and right frames.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2022Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Andrew David Frankel, Shi-Ping Zheng, Tian-Xia Zheng
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Publication number: 20230232984Abstract: A backrest armrest linkage assembly and folding chair frame; the backrest armrest linkage assembly includes a backrest bar and a armrest bar, wherein the middle section of the backrest bar is hinged on the rear support shaft behind the chair, and the lower end is constrained in the guide sleeve. The front section of the armrest bar is positioned on the front support shaft in front of the chair through the chute seat, and the rear end section is hinged to the lower section of the backrest bar, which can draw and restrain the swing angle of the backrest bar, and thus constitute a folding chair frame with adjustable backrest.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2022Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Andrew David Frankel, Shi-Ping Zheng, Tian-Xia Zheng
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Patent number: 11702362Abstract: Technical fields of building external wall decoration and material manufacturing, providing a mildewproof and antirot high-strength cement particle board and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method includes: (1) sequentially carbonizing and water-washing a shaving, and mixing the obtained carbonized shaving with a cement gelling agent, a curing agent aqueous solution and water to obtain a mixture; (2) molding the mixture to obtain a pre-molded material; and (3) sequentially curing and drying the pre-molded material to obtain the mildewproof and antirot high-strength cement particle board. Compared to ordinary cement particle board, which is not subjected to carbonization treatment and water-washing, the cement particle board of the present invention can effectively avoid mildew and rot, and can significantly improve the mechanical strength and durability thereof, helping to extend the service life of the cement particle board.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Yiqiang Wu, Xingong Li, Xia Zheng, Yan Qing, Xianjun Li, Yingfeng Zuo, Ming Liu
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Publication number: 20230184001Abstract: A damping positioning device and a sunshade awning is provided. The damping positioning device comprises a fixing member and a damping member rotatably hinged on the fixing member. The damping member is provided with a curved slot or curved hole which allows for a rod to pass through and has the function of damping positioning. The damping positioning device is adopted to position the oblique rods in the sunshade awning which plays an adjustment role, in order to make sliding-based adjustment and self-positioning, and realize the purposes of adjusting the sunshade angle and folding the sunshade awning.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Andrew David Frankel, Shi-Ping Zheng, Tian-Xia Zheng
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Patent number: 11659932Abstract: A folding swing chair support, which comprises: two long rod sets formed by cross-hinging two long rods and two short rod sets formed by cross-hinging two short rods. The two long rod sets stand on the front and rear facades, respectively, and the two sides are hinged by short rod sets to form an associated support as a whole; the upper ends of the two long rods in the long rod sets form suspension points, and the lower ends thereof function to support on the ground. The utility model is characterized by ingenious conception, stable structure, folding and unfolding linkage, and smooth operation.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Zenithen USA, LLCInventors: Andrew David Frankel, Shi-Ping Zheng, Tian-Xia Zheng
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Publication number: 20230092646Abstract: A folding swing chair support, which comprises: two long rod sets formed by cross-hinging two long rods and two short rod sets formed by cross-hinging two short rods. The two long rod sets stand on the front and rear facades, respectively, and the two sides are hinged by short rod sets to form an associated support as a whole; the upper ends of the two long rods in the long rod sets form suspension points, and the lower ends thereof function to support on the ground. The utility model is characterized by ingenious conception, stable structure, folding and unfolding linkage, and smooth operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2021Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Andrew David Frankel, Shi-Ping Zheng, Tian-Xia Zheng
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Publication number: 20230001973Abstract: A folding push cart that includes a cart body frame and a storage bag. The front, rear, left, and right vertical surfaces of the cart body frame each includes more than one set of cross-hinged diagonal rods. The bottom of the cart body frame is hinged on the hinge base. The bottom plane of the cart body frame is supported by two left and right folding rod groups, which are hinged on the horizontal slot of the hinge seat on the front and rear vertical surfaces. When opened in place, it can be supported, and it also has a correcting effect on the hinge seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2021Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Andrew David Frankel, Shi-Ping Zheng, Tian-Xia Zheng
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Patent number: 11457741Abstract: A folding swivel chair support frame, which includes a seat frame and a chair leg frame; and the seat frame includes a U-shaped first support rod, a second support rod, and a cushion rod that are hinged to each other, and a foldable connection is formed by a turntable and a shaft rod that is locked on the first support rod. The seat frame is inserted into the guide tube of the chair leg frame by means of the shaft rod to form a docking position with the chair leg frame, and the turntable on the seat frame abuts against the support plate of the chair leg frame to from a rotatable load-bearing support.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Zenithen USA, LLCInventors: Andrew David Frankel, Shi-Ping Zheng, Tian-Xia Zheng
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Patent number: 11452367Abstract: A folding table, the supporting part of which includes an upper connecting plate, a lower connecting plate, a tabletop support rod, a connecting rod and a ground support rod. One end of the tabletop support rod used to support the tabletop fabric and is hinged on the lower connecting plate, and the connecting rod is associated with the tabletop support rod and the upper connecting plate, and a shaft rod is arranged between the upper and lower connecting plates. The ground support rod passes through a slide bushing positioned on the tabletop support rod, and the upper end is hinged on the upper connecting plate or the connecting rod. The support rod of the tabletop opens to support the whole structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Zenithen USA, LLCInventors: Andrew David Frankel, Shi-Ping Zheng, Tian-Xia Zheng
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Publication number: 20220265541Abstract: A hair care composition is disclosed comprising an anti-dandruff agent selected from piroctone olamine, selenium sulfide and mixtures thereof and a copolymer comprising acrylamidopropyltrimonium chloride, wherein the weight ratio of the amount of the copolymer to the amount of the anti-dandruff agent is in the range of from 1:5 to 1:1.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Jingjing LIU, Yingying PI, Xia ZHENG
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Publication number: 20220265048Abstract: A folding swivel chair support frame, which includes a seat frame and a chair leg frame; and the seat frame includes a U-shaped first support rod, a second support rod, and a cushion rod that are hinged to each other, and a foldable connection is formed by a turntable and a shaft rod that is locked on the first support rod. The seat frame is inserted into the guide tube of the chair leg frame by means of the shaft rod to form a docking position with the chair leg frame, and the turntable on the seat frame abuts against the support plate of the chair leg frame to from a rotatable load-bearing support.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2021Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Andrew David Frankel, Shi-Ping Zheng, Tian-Xia Zheng
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Publication number: 20220240684Abstract: A folding bed frame includes four vertical faces: two ends and two sides. Each face is formed by two slanting bars that are cross hinged together. The upper and lower ends of adjacent slanting bar sets are hinged together to form the whole frame structure. The two vertical faces are corresponding or symmetric, and each includes two sets of slanting bar sets that are hinged through to middle sections of the upper and lower angle plates. There is a vertical rod part on the cross-hinging point of each set of slanting bar set, and its movable position is set by a slide bushing. There is a barrier that is on the cross-hinging point of one of the slanting bars. The barrier can contact the upper part vertical bar, and form two support points with the slide bushing for the vertical bar part.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Andrew David Frankel, Shi-Ping Zheng, Tian-Xia Zheng
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Publication number: 20220040076Abstract: A hair care composition is disclosed comprising from 0.5 to 45% by weight of a salt of acyl glutamate and an anti-dandruff agent of piroctone olamine, wherein the salt of acyl glutamate and the anti-dandruff agent are present in a weight ratio of from 5:1 to 50:1, and wherein the composition does not comprise other anionic surfactants in addition to the salt of acyl glutamate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2020Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Shaokun CHANG, Jian LIU, Yingying PI, Xia ZHENG
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Patent number: 11179685Abstract: A solenoid valve includes a main valve, a first auxiliary valve, a second auxiliary valve, a main valve body, and an auxiliary valve body. The main and auxiliary valve bodies are axially parallel and detachably connected. The main valve is mounted on the main valve body, the first and second auxiliary valves are mounted on the auxiliary valve body, which is provided with an air inlet, a cylinder port and an air discharging port. The air inlet communicates with the main valve through a first air passage. The cylinder port is sequentially in communication with the first and second auxiliary valves and the main valve through a second air passage. The air discharging port sequentially communicates with the first and second auxiliary valves and the main valve through a third air passage. The main and second auxiliary valves are solenoid valves. The first auxiliary valve is a hand-operated valve.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Central South University of Forestry and TechnologyInventors: Xingong Li, Yixu Yang, Yiqiang Wu, Xia Zheng, Yan Qing, Yingfeng Zuo, Ming Liu
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Patent number: 11131112Abstract: An expandable canopy tent frame includes two sets of four-bar linkage with overlapping and staggered central axial lines. The central axial hinge point and the side edge hinge point of the two linkage sets are aligned. The central axial hinge points have a lateral bar. The two ends of the lateral bar pass through the slide bushings on the side edge hinge points, and the slide bushings form the support with both sides of the lateral bar. The main structure has at least one fixed end and can be fixed on objects by utilizing that fixed end.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Zenithen USA, LLCInventors: Andrew David Frankel, Shi-Ping Zheng, Tian-Xia Zheng
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Patent number: 11123894Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for quick hot-press forming of laminated wood. The method includes: drying a machined small wood material to a moisture content of 5-8 wt %; gluing the dried small wood material, and assembling and laying the dried small wood material to be a square material or a sheet material, where an adhesive for the gluing is a water-soluble adhesive having a solid content of 45-60 wt %; clamping the square material or the sheet material through a three-dimensional metal clamp; sending the clamped square material or sheet material together with the clamp into a microwave heating machine for microwave heating to obtain a formed laminated wood, where the time from the gluing to the entry into the microwave heating machine is controlled to not exceed 15 min.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Central South University of Forestry and TechnologyInventors: Yiqiang Wu, Xia Zheng, Xingong Li, Xianjun Li, Yan Qing, Yingfeng Zuo, Ming Liu
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Publication number: 20210260920Abstract: A braking caster is provided that includes casters, a frame, braking plates, and springs. One end of a spring is hung on to the spring hook of the brake plate, and the other end is hung on to the frame. As the unstable status is caused by the spring swinging with the brake plate to the position of the rivet, the manually driven brake handle bypasses the unstable status, and can achieve stable braking and released statuses.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2020Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Andrew David Frankel, Shi-Ping Zheng, Tian-Xia Zheng
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Publication number: 20210259430Abstract: A folding bed frame that includes four vertical faces: two ends and two sides. Each face is formed by two slanting bars that are cross hinged together. The upper and lower ends of adjacent slanting bar sets are hinged together to form the whole frame structure. The two vertical faces are corresponding or symmetric, and each includes two sets of slanting bar sets that are hinged through to middle sections of the upper and lower angle plates. There is a vertical rod part on the cross-hinging point of each set of slanting bar set, and its movable position is set by a slide bushing. There is a barrier that is on the cross-hinging point of one of the slanting bars. The barrier can contact the upper part vertical bar, and form two support points with the slide bushing for the vertical bar part.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2020Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Andrew David Frankel, Shi-Ping Zheng, Tian-Xia Zheng