Patents by Inventor Xiao-An Zhang

Xiao-An Zhang 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).

  • Appartus and methods for submatrix operations
    Publication number: 20190057063
    Abstract: Aspects for submatrix operations in neural network are described herein. The aspects may include a controller unit configured to receive a submatrix instruction. The submatrix instruction may include a starting address of a submatrix of a matrix, a width of the submatrix, a height of the submatrix, and a stride that indicates a position of the submatrix relative to the matrix. The aspects may further include a computation module configured to select one or more values from the matrix as elements of the submatrix in accordance with the starting address of the matrix, the starting address of the submatrix, the width of the submatrix, the height of the submatrix, and the stride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Shaoli Liu, Xiao Zhang, Yunji Chen, Tianshi Chen
  • SMART CLOTHESHORSE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HANGER IN SMART CLOTHESHORSE
    Publication number: 20190055691
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a smart clotheshorse and a method for controlling a hanger in a smart clotheshorse. The smart clotheshorse includes first supporting poles parallel to each other, a hanger connected between the first supporting poles and configured to be slidable along the first supporting poles, the hanger having a driving device and a control device; and a sensing device. The sensing device is configured to sense environmental information of the hanger. The environmental information includes at least one of humidity information and light intensity information. The control device is configured to control the driving device based on the environmental information. The driving device is configured to drive the hanger to slide along the first supporting poles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Lu TONG, Tianyue ZHAO, Xiao ZHANG
  • Release Aid
    Publication number: 20190055695
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a release aid that includes at least one succinic anhydride derivative for use in a papermaking process. For example, the release aid of the present invention is particularly useful for use in a paperweb creping process. The present invention also relates to a paperweb creping method that includes a release aid comprising at least one succinic anhydride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Jia Wu, Yulin Zhao, Xiao Zhang
  • Smart toilet, operation control method and operation control device of smart toilet
    Patent number: 10209238
    Abstract: A smart toilet includes: a toilet body; a urine cup disposed outside the toilet body; a urine collection device disposed in the toilet body, including a rotation shaft and a front urine storage cup, a middle urine storage cup and a rear urine storage cup distributed around the rotation shaft, the front urine storage cup is provided with a first urine detection sensor and a first valve, the middle urine storage cup is provided with a second urine detection sensor and a second valve; a drive motor, connected with the rotation shaft; a controller, configured to control the drive motor to drive the rear urine storage cup to rotate to the urine collection position and control the second valve to be turned on upon urine volume in the middle storage cup reaching a volume threshold. An operation control method and device of a smart toilet are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yan Ren, Xiao Zhang
  • PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20190038614
    Abstract: The present invention provides an oral pharmaceutical composition and a usage thereof, comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable acidic medicinal auxiliary material whose surface is modified and dabigatran etexilate or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or aquo-complexes thereof. The present invention further provides a surface modification method for a medicinal auxiliary material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Zeren WANG, Yulan ZHAO, Lijiang WANG, Xiao ZHANG, Jun XU, Shunqin CHEN, Meili SUN, Guisheng JIANG
  • FOUR-LAYER CRIMPING STRUCTURE OF SMALL THREE-PIECE IRREGULAR CAN AND SEAMING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190039114
    Abstract: A crimping structure of a small irregular can and a manufacturing method thereof, in particular to a seam method for buckling a bottom by stamping. The crimping structure includes a can body crimping edge and a can bottom crimping edge made of a plate material of a same type, wherein the can body crimping edge covers the can body crimping edge to crimp 90 degrees inward. A four-layer structure with a first can body crimping edge layer, a can bottom crimping edge layer, a second can body crimping edge layer and a can bottom layer, arranged in a sequence, is formed. By adopting the above-mentioned four-layer crimping structure of the small three-piece irregular can, the sealing performance of the can body is greatly enhanced, effectively improving the moisture-proof performance, thereby protecting the safety of food in the can.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: DONGGUAN CITY HUIMEI CAN CO., LTD
    Inventor: Xiao ZHANG
  • ANTI-COLLAPSE JET GROUTING DRILL BIT WITH BI-DIRECTIONAL RIB WINGS, GROUTING CONSOLIDATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20190024460
    Abstract: An anti-collapse jet grouting drill bit with bi-directional rib wings, and a grouting consolidation including: a grouting pump connected to a high-pressure pipeline, which connects to an underground drill rig; an outer flat drill rod, connected with the underground drill rig; a sealing device, sheathed on the outer flat drill rod at the orifice of a drill hole, ensuring the outer flat drill rod is sealed with the orifice of the drill hole which connects to a jet grouting drill bit with bi-directional rib wings. The grouting pump jets slurry into the drill hole in a static osmotic manner through the jet rib wing drill bit, while the underground jet drill rig is rotated by the force of outer flat drill rod. The rotation of the jet slurry and the rib wings, repairs the hole wall by cutting chippings or squeezing the chippings back into the hole wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shucai LI, Qingsong ZHANG, Guangming PAN, Rentai LIU, Xiao ZHANG, Lei YANG, Kai WANG, Zhaofeng LI, Haitong SUI, Teng YANG, Chunguo LIU
  • ANALYTICAL METHOD FOR PRECIPITATED PARTICLES DURING CO-PRECIPITATION REACTION
    Publication number: 20190017979
    Abstract: The present invention provides an analytical method for precipitated particles during co-precipitation reaction, comprising: running a co-precipitation reaction in a reaction vessel to form a precipitated product; injecting a tracking metal to the reaction vessel for a given time duration; collecting the precipitated product containing the tracking metal from the reaction vessel in increments of time to obtain multiple product samples; filtering each collected product sample to separate precipitated particles from filtrate; performing elemental analysis for the tracking metal in the precipitated particles of each collected product sample, to obtain the residence time distribution of the precipitated particles in the reaction vessel according to the concentration of the tracking metal in the precipitated particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: BRYAN YONEMOTO, XIAO ZHANG, WENJUAN LIU MATTIS, ZHIFENG ZHANG
  • Smart Toilet, Operation Control Method and Operation Control Device of Smart Toilet
    Publication number: 20190011425
    Abstract: A smart toilet includes: a toilet body; a urine cup disposed outside the toilet body; a urine collection device disposed in the toilet body, including a rotation shaft and a front urine storage cup, a middle urine storage cup and a rear urine storage cup distributed around the rotation shaft, the front urine storage cup is provided with a first urine detection sensor and a first valve, the middle urine storage cup is provided with a second urine detection sensor and a second valve; a drive motor, connected with the rotation shaft; a controller, configured to control the drive motor to drive the rear urine storage cup to rotate to the urine collection position and control the second valve to be turned on upon urine volume in the middle storage cup reaching a volume threshold. An operation control method and device of a smart toilet are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yan Ren, Xiao Zhang
  • Light emitting hybrid semiconductors based on IB-VII binary compounds
    Patent number: 10177325
    Abstract: Inorganic-organic hybrid IB-VII semiconductor compounds, in which a Group IB transition metal halide salt is coordinated with an organic heteroaromatic ligand, wherein at least one ring atom of said heteroaromatic ligand is a heteroatom independently selected from N, O and S and the Group IB metal of the halide salt is coordinated to a ring heteroatom. Also disclosed are semiconductor and light emitting devices comprising these materials, including light emitting diodes, and methods of preparing these materials and devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
    Inventors: Jing Li, Xiao Zhang, George Z. Wei, Wei Liu
  • MATCHING A REQUEST FROM A USER TO A SET OF DIFFERENT USERS FOR RESPONDING TO THE REQUEST
    Publication number: 20190005562
    Abstract: A server receives a request for a service from a first user that defines a location for the service and a category of the service. A first stage of matching is performed that includes determining second users that match the location and category. A second stage of matching is performed that includes performing for each second user: computing a first value that quantifies an attractiveness of the request to that second user, computing a second value that quantifies a likelihood of the first user selecting that second user to fulfill the request, and computing a third value based at least in part on the computed first and second values. A request for the service is transmitted to at least some of the second users whose computed third value exceeds a first threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Muxing Chen, Jeffrey Lock, Xin Liu, Benjamin Robert Anderson, Zhenyu Liu, Guqian Du, Chris Pak, Harsh Pankaj Panchal, Nick Jones, Shuai Ding, Xiao Zhang, Yeming Fang
  • Pharmaceutical composition and preparation method therefor
    Patent number: 10159664
    Abstract: The present invention provides an oral pharmaceutical composition and a usage thereof, comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable acidic medicinal auxiliary material whose surface is modified and dabigatran etexilate or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or aquo-complexes thereof. The present invention further provides a surface modification method for a medicinal auxiliary material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen Pharmacin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zeren Wang, Yulan Zhao, Lijiang Wang, Xiao Zhang, Jun Xu, Shunqin Chen, Meili Sun, Guisheng Jiang
  • Reusable water writing paper, preparation method thereof, and inkless printing device used for same
    Patent number: 10156043
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reusable water writing paper, as well as to its production process and an inkless printing device thereof. The reusable water writing paper is consisted of a substrate as structure-support material, a color-displaying component supported on the substrate, and an optional performance-enhancing additive, wherein the color-displaying component is an oxazoline-based hydrochromic dye, which can change color obviously to display characters and/or patterns after contacting with water, and revert to the initial color to disappear the displayed characters and/or patterns after the water is removed, thereby the water writing paper is reusable. The paper is not only suitable for the exercise of writing or drawing with a brush pen, but also can be used for daily writing with a pen. Furthermore, inkless printing also can be achieved by spraying water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Jilin University
    Inventors: Sean Xiao-An Zhang, Lan Sheng, Minjie Li
  • Method and device of establishing navigation route
    Patent number: 10156451
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides method and device of establishing a navigation route. The method includes: acquiring a user's current position and a destination for the user; and establishing a navigation route between the current position and the destination according to user information and destination information, the user information including the type and/or a current speed of the user, the destination information including the number of people and/or an estimated visit duration at the destination, the destination including ones, at which the user has not yet arrived, of recommended sightseeing spots and/or user-interested sightseeing spots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiao Zhang, Ran Duan, Fan Yang
  • System and method for a generic single sign-on function
    Patent number: 10158622
    Abstract: A system and method are presented for providing generic single sign-on in an electronic device. Information is received that identifies one or more applications and associated identity authenticators and a whitelist of the identified applications and authenticators is created. A request for an access token is received from a requesting application. If the requesting application is listed in the whitelist, an authenticator associated with the requesting application is determined and a request for an access token is sent to the associated authenticator. In response to the request, an access token is received from the authenticator and the access token is sent to the requesting application. If the requesting application is not listed in the whitelist, a predefined response message is sent to the requesting application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haiqing Jiang, Varun Shimoga Prakash, Xiao Liu, Pavan Kumar Emani, Xiao Zhang, Xinwen Zhang
  • Electrophoretic display and driving method thereof
    Patent number: 10139698
    Abstract: An electrophoretic display (EPD) and a driving method thereof. The electrophoretic display (EPD) includes: an upper substrate and a lower substrate arranged opposite to each other, and an electrophoretic medium disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate; the EPD is provided with a plurality of pixels; each pixel includes at least two sub-pixels; colored charged particles of different colors are disposed in different sub-pixels of each pixel; and a first wall electrode and a second wall electrode are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of each sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiao Zhang
  • Method and reactor for cracking hydrocarbon
    Patent number: 10138431
    Abstract: A method for cracking hydrocarbon, comprises: providing steam and hydrocarbon; and feeding steam and hydrocarbon into a reactor accessible to hydrocarbon and comprising a perovskite material of formula AaBbCcDdO3??, wherein 0<a<1.2, 0?b?1.2, 0.9<a+b?1.2, 0<c<1.2, 0?d?1.2, 0.9<c+d?1.2, ?0.5<?<0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Shizhong Wang, Wenqing Peng, Qijia Fu, Zhigang Deng, Zhaoping Wu, Chuan Lin, Yanfei Gu, Xiao Zhang, Lawrence Bernard Kool
  • Vector and Matrix Computing Device
    Publication number: 20180329868
    Abstract: A computing device and related products are provided. The computing device is configured to perform machine learning calculations. The computing device includes an operation unit, a controller unit, and a storage unit. The storage unit includes a data input/output (I/O) unit, a register, and a cache. Technical solution provided by the present disclosure has advantages of fast calculation speed and energy saving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Tianshi Chen, Xiao Zhang, Shaoli Liu, Yunji Chen
  • Remote controller and remote control display system
    Patent number: 10113731
    Abstract: The present invention provides a remote controller and a remote control display system, which can solve the problem that desired buttons cannot be quickly found when the existing remote controller is used in a dark environment. The remote controller of the present invention comprises: an image signal acquisition unit, used for acquiring an image of an operating surface of the remote controller; a control unit, used for determining the position of a user's finger on the operating surface of the remote controller according to the image acquired by the image signal acquisition unit, to obtain finger position information; and a first sending unit, used for sending the finger position information output by the control unit to a display terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiao Zhang
  • METHOD AND DEVICE OF ESTABLISHING NAVIGATION ROUTE
    Publication number: 20180306592
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides method and device of establishing a navigation route. The method includes: acquiring a user's current position and a destination for the user; and establishing a navigation route between the current position and the destination according to user information and destination information, the user information including the type and/or a current speed of the user, the destination information including the number of people and/or an estimated visit duration at the destination, the destination including ones, at which the user has not yet arrived, of recommended sightseeing spots and/or user-interested sightseeing spots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Xiao Zhang, Ran Duan, Fan Yang