Patents by Inventor Xiang Zhou

Xiang 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: 11391128
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for producing heavy oil by generating solvents in situ in the reservoir, an electric heating device is used to heat up the crude oil in the reservoir near the wellbore to the target temperature. Chemical reaction additives are injected into the heating section to meet the preset reaction conditions for the high temperature thermal cracking and aquathermolysis of crude oil, so as to generate light hydrocarbon components and gases. Under the effect of heat and gravity, the light hydrocarbon components and gases rise to the steam chamber. The light hydrocarbons and some gases that move to the vapor-liquid interface of the steam chamber are dissolved in the crude oil to reduce the viscosity of crude oil and increase the production rate of crude oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Southwest Petroleum University
    Inventors: Qi Jiang, Jiali Liu, Fangjie Wu, Siyuan Huang, Chunsheng Yu, Xiang Zhou, Zhibin Wang, Yang Zhang, Ke Huang, Jie He
  • Patent number: 11380744
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provided a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel defining units, each of the plurality of pixel defining units has a pixel hole for arranging a sub-pixel, and a first guide groove section connecting to the pixel hole, and the first guide groove sections corresponding to two adjacent pixel defining units are connected to each other to form a first guide groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jingkai Ni, Xiaofen Wang, Xiang Zhou, Huili Wu
  • Patent number: 11380865
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display substrate and a fabrication method thereof, which relate to the field of display technology, and can effectively prevent moisture and oxygen from infiltrating into an electroluminescent device. The electroluminescent display substrate includes a first package layer and a second package layer stacked on a basal substrate. A planarization layer and a wall are sandwiched between the first package layer and the second package layer. The first package layer and the second package layer seal the wall and the planarization layer. An orthographic projection of the wall on the basal substrate surrounds an orthographic projection of the planarization layer on the basal substrate, thereby restricting the planarization layer within an area enclosed by the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhongyuan Sun, Xiang Zhou
  • Publication number: 20220205345
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for producing heavy oil by generating solvents in situ in the reservoir, an electric heating device is used to heat up the crude oil in the reservoir near the wellbore to the target temperature. Chemical reaction additives are injected into the heating section to meet the preset reaction conditions for the high temperature thermal cracking and aquathermolysis of crude oil, so as to generate light hydrocarbon components and gases. Under the effect of heat and gravity, the light hydrocarbon components and gases rise to the steam chamber. The light hydrocarbons and some gases that move to the vapor-liquid interface of the steam chamber are dissolved in the crude oil to reduce the viscosity of crude oil and increase the production rate of crude oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Southwest Petroleum University
    Inventors: Qi JIANG, Jiali LIU, Fangjie WU, Siyuan HUANG, Chunsheng YU, Xiang ZHOU, Zhibin WANG, Yang ZHANG, Ke HUANG, Jie HE
  • Publication number: 20220205017
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions for preparing sequencing templates that provide uniform genome coverage and preserve spatial-proximal contiguity information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Anthony SCHMITT, Siddarth SELVARAJ, Bret REID, Stephen MAC, Xiang ZHOU
  • Patent number: 11371328
    Abstract: The invention discloses an integrated method for nitrogen-assisted carbon dioxide fracturing and development of shale oil reservoirs, comprising the following steps: fracture the target shale reservoir with nitrogen-assisted carbon dioxide; after fracturing, firstly inject carbon dioxide gas into the target shale oil reservoir, and then inject nitrogen gas to push the carbon dioxide gas into the further location of the oil reservoir; shut in the well in the target shale oil reservoir; after shut-in, open the well to implement depletion production; after the first cycle of production, the slug volume of the injected gas and the shut-in time are 1.5 times of those in the previous cycle in the subsequent production, and Steps 5 to 7 are repeated for each cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Southwest Petroleum University
    Inventors: Xiang Zhou, Qi Jiang, Yongchao Wang, Jie He, Chunsheng Yu, Siyuan Huang, Yang Zhang, Jiali Liu, Fangjie Wu, Guoqiang Tian
  • Publication number: 20220199814
    Abstract: The present application discloses a planar High-Electron-Mobility Transistor (HEMT), which includes a hetero-junction consisting of a first semiconductor epitaxial layer and a second semiconductor epitaxial layer, and two-dimensional electron gas located at an interface of the hetero-junction; a bottom surface of a gate trench of a trench gate is located at a bottom of the two-dimensional electron gas to cut off the two-dimensional electron gas; when gate-source voltage is higher than or equal to threshold voltage, an inversion layer is formed on a surface of the first semiconductor epitaxial layer covered by side surfaces and a bottom surface of a gate conductive material layer, and the source-end and drain-end two-dimensional electron gas is conducted to enable the device to be on; when the gate-source voltage is lower than the threshold voltage, the source-end and drain-end two-dimensional electron gas is cut off to enable the device to be off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Nantong Sanrise Integrated Circuit Co., LTD
    Inventor: Xiang Zhou
  • Patent number: 11366842
    Abstract: A service monitoring system (SMS) transforms machine data from a monitored information technology (IT) environment into meaningful key performance indicators (KPIs) that each represents some measure of a service implemented by the environment on an ongoing basis. An overall health score for the service is determined from the KPIs and a prediction is made for a future health score. Data regarding a particular KPI and other KPIs is transformed to predicted future values for the particular KPI over a prediction window. Additionally, predicted future KPI scores may be used to determine a KPI impact score reflecting some measure of the degree to which the KPI, its related components, or processing related thereto, can influence the actual future health score. The KPI impact scores condition or direct the future operation of one or more SMS processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Arvind Swaminathan, Xiang Zhou
  • Publication number: 20220186595
    Abstract: The invention discloses an integrated method for nitrogen-assisted carbon dioxide fracturing and development of shale oil reservoirs, comprising the following steps: fracture the target shale reservoir with nitrogen-assisted carbon dioxide; after fracturing, firstly inject carbon dioxide gas into the target shale oil reservoir, and then inject nitrogen gas to push the carbon dioxide gas into the further location of the oil reservoir; shut in the well in the target shale oil reservoir; after shut-in, open the well to implement depletion production; after the first cycle of production, the slug volume of the injected gas and the shut-in time are 1.5 times of those in the previous cycle in the subsequent production, and Steps 5 to 7 are repeated for each cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Southwest Petroleum University
    Inventors: Xiang ZHOU, Qi JIANG, Yongchao WANG, Jie HE, Chunsheng YU, Siyuan HUANG, Yang ZHANG, Jiali LIU, Fangjie WU, Guoqiang TIAN
  • Patent number: 11354540
    Abstract: In an approach, a processor detects at least one training message delivered by a user on a social media application, the training message being accessible by an operator. A processor records training feedback performed by the operator on the social media application regarding to the at least one training message. A processor trains an analysis engine module using (i) the at least one training message as input and (ii) the training feedback as output. A processor generates a predicted feedback for a subsequent message based on the trained analysis engine module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Qin Li, Jonathan D. Dunne, Guang Han Sui, Ping Xiao, Peng Hui Jiang, Niao Qing Liu, Xiang Zhou
  • Publication number: 20220169032
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a carrying platform on which a substrate is placed, a cartridge configured to store and supply ink, and a print head configured to atomize the ink into ink droplets and deposit the ink droplets on a printing region of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinxiang XUE, Zhongyuan SUN, Xiang ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20220166518
    Abstract: A receiver system is provided for receiving a coherent Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM) encoded signal. The receiver system may include an optical polarization component configured to modulate a polarization of the received coherent PAM encoded signal. The receiver system may further include a digital signal processor (DSP) configured to perform polarization recovery between the received coherent PAM encoded signal and the LO signal using a first control loop, and to perform phase recovery between the received coherent PAM encoded signal and the LO signal using a second control loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Xiang Zhou, Hong Liu
  • Publication number: 20220157617
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and systems for reducing roughness of EUV resists and improving etched features. The methods may involve depositing a thin film on a patterned EUV resist having a stress level that is less compressive than a stress level of the patterned EUV resist. The resulting composite stress may reduce buckling and/or bulging of the patterned EUV resist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Xiang Zhou, Teng Hooi Goh, Yoshie Kimura
  • Publication number: 20220150606
    Abstract: An optical links diagnostic system (LDS) and its operation within an optical circuit switch (OCS) for measurement and diagnosis of fiber-optic network fiber performance and quality is disclosed. The LDS can contain two photodetectors, a laser source, and be coupled to an OCS. Optical circulators can further be linked to the OCS. The LDS can be used both as an optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) or as an optical return loss (ORL) meter and can automate the diagnosis of the fiber optical network fiber insertion loss and return loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Jill Berger, Kevin Yasumura, Xiang Zhou, Pedram Z. Dashti, Ryohei Urata
  • Patent number: 11327297
    Abstract: Provided is a generation method for a programmable analog fringe pattern with an extended depth of field. A laser emits a laser beam. After focusing and collimation thereof with a collimating lens, a collimated Gaussian laser beam meeting requirements is obtained. The laser beam is reflected by a mirror once, passes through a round diaphragm and is incident on a MEMS scanning mirror. The beam is reflected by the MEMS scanning mirror to the surface of a tested object. The laser is controlled by a sinusoidal current signal generated by a drive board so as to sinusoidally modulate the brightness of the laser beam. The MEMS scanning mirror is stimulated by a drive signal generated by the drive board to turn two-dimensionally, so as to drive the laser beam to perform scanning, thus generating a fringe pattern image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Xi 'an Chishine Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiang Zhou, Tao Yang, Rui Jin, Quan Li, Tao Liu, Li Ma, Junqi Huang, Huanhuan Li
  • Patent number: 11320884
    Abstract: In some examples, a control unit is configured to control a computer server rack having a first grid power source, a second grid power source, and a battery backup system. The control unit is adapted to monitor a failed status of one or more power supply units in the computer server rack, to determine location information relating to the one or more power supply units having the failed status, to determine input power of the one or more power supply units having the failed status, to adjust an input power of the first grid power source based on the determined input power, and to adjust an input power of the second grid power source based on the determined input power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaoguo Liang, Haifeng Gong, Wenhui Shu, Chuan Song, Xiang Zhou
  • Patent number: 11320208
    Abstract: A height-adjustable heat dissipation unit includes a main body, which has a top plate member, a bottom plate member, an extendable structure and a chamber. The extendable structure is a tapered structure located between and connected to the top and the bottom plate member, and consists of one or more folding sections. The chamber is provided on inner wall surfaces with a main body wick structure and is filled with a working fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS (CHINA) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiao-Xiang Zhou, Han-Min Liu
  • Patent number: 11306975
    Abstract: A vapor chamber water-filling section sealing structure. The vapor chamber water-filling section sealing structure includes a main body and a capillary structure. The main body has a first plate body and a second plate body, which are correspondingly mated with each other to together define an airtight chamber and a water-filling section. A flange is disposed along an outer periphery of the main body. The water-filling section has a water-filling notch and a water-filling passage. Two ends of the water-filling passage are respectively connected with the flange and the water-filling notch to communicate with the airtight chamber. A portion of the water-filling passage that is connected with the flange is pressed to have a height equal to the height of the flange or lower than the height of the flange. The capillary structure is disposed in the airtight chamber of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiao-Xiang Zhou, Jian Zhang, Han-Min Liu
  • Publication number: 20220103081
    Abstract: A multi-phase LLC power converter comprises a plurality of LLC phases each including a resonant tank and a switching stage. The resonant tank includes a resonant inductor, a resonant capacitor, and a parallel inductance. The switching stage switches an input power at an operating frequency to apply a switched power to the resonant tank, with the switched power approximating an alternating current (AC) waveform having a switching frequency. A secondary-side controller varies the switching frequency to control an output voltage of the multi-phase LLC power converter. A primary-side controller measures primary-side currents, calculates an initial switch-controlled capacitor (SCC) conduction phase angle for each of the LLC phases, and operates an SCC switch in accordance with an SCC conduction phase angle to adjust the capacitance of the resonant capacitor of an LLC phase to cause each of the LLC phases to have equal resonant frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Bo SHENG, Xiang ZHOU, Wenbo LIU, Yang CHEN, Yan-Fei LIU, Andrew YUREK, Lakshmi Varaha IYER, Gerd SCHLAGER, Michael NEUDORFHOFER, Wolfgang BAECK
  • Publication number: 20220103083
    Abstract: An LLC power converter comprises a switching stage and a resonant tank, the switching stage configured to switch an input power at a switching frequency to apply a switched power to the resonant tank, and the resonant tank includes a resonant inductor, a resonant capacitor, and a parallel inductance. A transformer has a primary winding connected to the resonant tank and a secondary winding. A synchronous rectifier (SR) switch is configured to selectively switch current from the secondary winding to supply a rectified current to a load. An RC filter includes a filter capacitor and a filter resistor connected across the SR switch, with the filter capacitor defining a filter capacitor voltage thereacross. A rectifier driver is configured to drive the SR switch to a conductive state in response to the filter capacitor voltage being less than a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Xiang ZHOU, Wenbo LIU, Bo SHENG, Yang CHEN, Andrew YUREK, Yan-Fei LIU, Lakshmi Varaha IYER, Gerd SCHLAGER, Michael NEUDORFHOFER, Wolfgang BAECK