Patents by Inventor Xiaofei Huang

Xiaofei Huang 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: 12288360
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing a dataset of human in-bed poses include simultaneously gathered images of in-bed poses of humans from imaging modalities including red-green-blue (RGB) and one or more of long wavelength infrared (LWIR), depth imaging, and pressure mapping. The images are obtained under a lighting condition and a cover condition. The dataset can be used to train a model of estimating human in-bed poses and for methods of estimating human in-bed poses. Methods and systems of estimating three-dimensional human poses from two-dimensional input images are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Northeastern University
    Inventors: Sarah Ostadabbas, Shuangjun Liu, Xiaofei Huang, Nihang Fu
  • Publication number: 20250032044
    Abstract: A method of determining an extent of visual spatial neglect of a patient includes providing a software-based test to the patient via a presentation apparatus positioned on the head of the patient and having a display device positioned close and in front of the eyes of the patient. EEG information is collected from the patient during the test via an EEG apparatus positioned on the head of the patient. Portions of the EEG information collected during the test are used to determine the extent of the visual spatial neglect of the patient. An indication of the extent of the visual spatial neglect of the patient is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
    Inventors: Murat Akcakaya, Deniz Kocanaogullari, Emily Grattan, George F. Wittenberg, Jennifer Mak, Sarah Ostadabbas, Xiaofei Huang
  • Publication number: 20240193809
    Abstract: Methods are provided for estimating a pose of an infant using image analysis and artificial intelligence. A classifier is trained using a dataset containing hybrid synthetic and real infant pose data. Multi-stage invariant representation machine learning strategies are employed that transfer knowledge from adjacent domains of adult poses and synthetic infant images into a fine-tuned domain-adapted infant pose estimation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Sarah OSTADABBAS, Xiaofei HUANG, Nihang FU, Shuangjun LIU
  • Publication number: 20240175951
    Abstract: The present disclosure may provide a system. The system may include a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device configured to perform an imaging of a subject. The MRI device may includes a cryostat. The cryostat may include a first cooling chamber and a second cooling chamber that are in fluid communication through a connection conduit. The connection conduit may be located on a side of a central axis of the first cooling chamber or a central axis of the second cooling chamber. The system may include a radiation source configured to emit a radiation beam toward the subject. The radiation source may be positioned between the first cooling chamber and the second cooling chamber such that the first cooling chamber and the second cooling chamber are outside of a radiation range of the radiation beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianfeng LIU, Xing'en YU, Xiaofei HUANG, Jian GU, Cheng NI
  • Publication number: 20240090810
    Abstract: A neurofeedback system includes an EEG apparatus, a presentation apparatus and a controller. The controller is configured to: (i) cause the presentation apparatus to display an overlaid image to the user that comprises a first image flickering at a first frequency and a second image flickering at a second frequency different than the first frequency, the first image being an affective distractor stimulus image and the second image being a task-relevant stimulus image, (ii) receive from the EEG apparatus a number of first steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) signals generated in response the first image of the overlaid image and a number of second SSVEP signals generated in response the second image of the overlaid image, and (iii) calculate feedback indicative of how much attention of the was user allocated to the task-relevant stimulus image versus how much attention of the user was allocated to the affective distractor stimulus image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, UPMC, NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mary L. Woody, Murat Akcakaya, Sarah Ostadabbas, Rebecca Price, Xiaofei Huang, Richard T. Gall, Anna Wears, Nastasia O. McDonald, Jennifer Mak
  • Publication number: 20240054649
    Abstract: Provided is a noninvasive hemoglobin detector, including an image acquisition system, an image processing and analysis system and a printing device. The image acquisition system is connected with the image processing and analysis system, and the image acquisition system is used for acquiring, transmitting and storing an image to be tested. The image processing and analysis system is further connected with the printing device, and the image processing and analysis system is used for processing and analyzing the image to be tested to obtain an analysis result. The printing device is used for printing the image to be tested and the analysis result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Xuheng JIANG, Jian YANG, Yu NI, Anyong YU, Mo LI, Ji ZHANG, Xiaofei HUANG, Quan HU, Shuhong WANG, Jianghua CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230394877
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and systems for identifying a face of an infant in an image including providing a computer comprising a processor and a memory trained with a set of training images and programmed with a convolutional neural network (CNN) model for identifying a face of an infant in a test image suspected of comprising an infant's face, wherein each image of the set of training images includes a plurality of facial landmark annotations and at least one pose attribute annotation, providing a test image suspected of comprising an image of an infant's face, and processing the test image using the computer, whereby the infant's face is identified in the test image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Sarah OSTADABBAS, Emily ZIMMERMAN, Xiaofei HUANG, Michael WAN
  • Patent number: 11498984
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing a vinyl ether polymer by photo-initiated polymerization, which comprises the step of: under a protective atmosphere, performing photo-initiated polymerization on a vinyl ether monomer in the presence of an organic halogenated hydrocarbon and manganese carbonyl under irradiation of light having a wavelength of 365-550 nm at ?25° C. to 25° C., to obtain a vinyl ether polymer after the reaction is completed. In the method, a vinyl ether monomer is subjected to cationic polymerization in the presence of manganese carbonyl and an organic halogenated hydrocarbon under visible light, to prepare a vinyl ether polymer with controlled molecular weight and narrow molecular weight distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jian Zhu, Xiaofei Huang, Jiajia Li, Na Li, Xiangqiang Pan, Xiulin Zhu
  • Publication number: 20220051437
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing a dataset of human in-bed poses include simultaneously gathered images of in-bed poses of humans from imaging modalities including red-green-blue (RGB) and one or more of long wavelength infrared (LWIR), depth imaging, and pressure mapping. The images are obtained under a lighting condition and a cover condition. The dataset can be used to train a model of estimating human in-bed poses and for methods of estimating human in-bed poses. Methods and systems of estimating three-dimensional human poses from two-dimensional input images are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Sarah OSTADABBAS, Shuangjun LIU, Xiaofei HUANG, Nihang FU
  • Patent number: 11226969
    Abstract: Techniques for dynamically generating deeplink search results in response to navigational search queries. In an aspect, to address user search queries, a general-purpose search engine is provided in parallel with a dedicated engine for specifically ranking deeplinks. Upon identifying a received query as a navigational query, a parallel query is generated from a common domain and user query, and provided to the dedicated engine. The engine accesses relevant deeplink URL's from a search index, which may be frequently refreshed and updated with the most recent Web contents. Ranking of deeplink URL's may be performed according to an algorithm that processes query-level features and document-level features of URL's to be ranked. In an aspect, the algorithm may be trained from search engine logs and/or Web browser logs, by calculating a Log-based Normalized Discounted Cumulative Gain (LNDCG) designed to quantify relevance of search results to queries based on user click behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dong Han Wang, Xiaofei Huang, Jinghua Chen, Nanshan Zeng
  • Publication number: 20210371556
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing a vinyl ether polymer by photo-initiated polymerization, which comprises the step of: under a protective atmosphere, performing photo-initiated polymerization on a vinyl ether monomer in the presence of an organic halogenated hydrocarbon and manganese carbonyl under irradiation of light having a wavelength of 365-550 nm at ?25° C. to 25° C., to obtain a vinyl ether polymer after the reaction is completed. In the method, a vinyl ether monomer is subjected to cationic polymerization in the presence of manganese carbonyl and an organic halogenated hydrocarbon under visible light, to prepare a vinyl ether polymer with controlled molecular weight and narrow molecular weight distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jian ZHU, Xiaofei HUANG, Jiajia LI, Na LI, Xiangqiang PAN, Xiulin ZHU
  • Patent number: 10520380
    Abstract: A small six-dimensional force and torque sensor, includes a cylindrical housing, a base disposed on the inner wall of the cylindrical housing, eight first elastic beams of the same size and structure for connecting the base, a central boss disposed at the center of the cylindrical housing, four second elastic beams of the same size and structure for connecting the central boss with the first elastic beams. The four second elastic beams are arranged in a cross shape. The eight first elastic beams and the four second elastic beams are respectively attached with a plurality of strain gauges, thus forming full bridge circuits. The sensor is simple in structure, small in size, can realize self-decoupling of the structure in six directions, and is suitable to be used in combination with current industrial systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignees: NANJING BIO-INSPIRED INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., NANJING LI-HANG INDUSTRY INSTITUTE OF BIQNIC TECHNOLOGY LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Chen Li, Julu Yao, Zhendong Dai, Xiaofei Huang
  • Patent number: 10518226
    Abstract: A membrane with rejection properties for mono and divalent-salts, BOD and COD good resistance to cleaning chemicals and maintaining high permeability for water. A polymeric coating prepared from polydopamine or hydroquinone or catechol or mixtures thereof, is deposited. In another embodiment, coating process steps and conditions are taught to achieve thickness control to tune the rejection properties of the membranes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Inventors: Dileep Agnihotri, Xiaofei Huang, Hua Li
  • Patent number: 10401245
    Abstract: A novel six-dimensional force and torque sensor includes a central boss, a cylindrical housing arranged outside the central boss, and twelve elastic beams for connecting the central boss with the cylindrical housing. The twelve elastic beams are respectively provided with strain gauges as needed, and a bottom of the central boss is provided with a mounting hole for mounting a signal processing module. The present invention has the characteristics of self-decoupling, high rigidity, high natural frequency, desirable linearity, ideal repeatability and perfect hysteresis, and ability to measure a large torque (50 N·m). In addition, the sensor can be designed to have different measuring ranges and sensitivities by changing the dimensions of each of the elastic beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: NANJING BIO-INSPIRED INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., NANJING LI-HANG INDUSTRY INSTITUTE OF BIONIC TECHNOLOGY LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Chen Li, Julu Yao, Zhendong Dai, Xiaofei Huang
  • Publication number: 20170249312
    Abstract: Techniques for dynamically generating deeplink search results in response to navigational search queries. In an aspect, to address user search queries, a general-purpose search engine is provided in parallel with a dedicated engine for specifically ranking deeplinks. Upon identifying a received query as a navigational query, a parallel query is generated from a common domain and user query, and provided to the dedicated engine. The engine accesses relevant deeplink URL's from a search index, which may be frequently refreshed and updated with the most recent Web contents. Ranking of deeplink URL's may be performed according to an algorithm that processes query-level features and document-level features of URL's to be ranked. In an aspect, the algorithm may be trained from search engine logs and/or Web browser logs, by calculating a Log-based Normalized Discounted Cumulative Gain (LNDCG) designed to quantify relevance of search results to queries based on user click behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Dong Han Wang, Xiaofei Huang, Jinghua Chen, Nanshan Zeng
  • Publication number: 20140054221
    Abstract: A membrane with rejection properties for mono and divalent-salts, BOD and COD good resistance to cleaning chemicals and maintaining high permeability for water. A polymeric coating prepared from polydopamine or hydroquinone or catechol or mixtures thereof, is deposited. In another embodiment, coating process steps and conditions are taught to achieve thickness control to tune the rejection properties of the membranes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANCED HYDRO INC
    Inventors: Dileep Agnihotri, Xiaofei Huang, Hua Li
  • Patent number: 7464186
    Abstract: The A method and system for server synchronization with a computing device via a companion device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises synchronizing a device and an enterprise server via a companion device, which comprises retrieving a record extraction sequence from the server; providing the record extraction sequence to the handheld device from the companion device; and extracting records stored on a database according to the record extraction sequence, wherein the extracted records are not already stored on the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Siebel Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaofei Huang, Magnus Vejlstrup, Anupam Singhal, Pi-Yu Chung, David L. Rabbers, Martin Susser
  • Patent number: 7363388
    Abstract: A method and system for direct server synchronization with a computing device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises synchronizing directly a handheld device and an enterprise server, which comprises retrieving a record extraction sequence from the server; and extracting records stored on a database according to the record extraction sequence, wherein the extracted records are not already stored on the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Siebel Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaofei Huang, Magnus Vejlstrup, Anupam Singhal, Pi-Yu Chung, David L. Rabbers, Martin Susser
  • Publication number: 20070198743
    Abstract: The A method and system for server synchronization with a computing device via a companion device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises synchronizing a device and an enterprise server via a companion device, which comprises retrieving a record extraction sequence from the server; providing the record extraction sequence to the handheld device from the companion device; and extracting records stored on a database according to the record extraction sequence, wherein the extracted records are not already stored on the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Xiaofei Huang, Magnus Vejlstrup, Anupam Singhal, Pi-Yu Chung, David Rabbers, Martin Susser
  • Patent number: 6829655
    Abstract: The A method and system for server synchronization with a computing device via a companion device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises synchronizing a device and an enterprise server via a companion device, which comprises retrieving a record extraction sequence from the server; providing the record extraction sequence to the handheld device from the companion device; and extracting records stored on a database according to the record extraction sequence, wherein the extracted records are not already stored on the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Siebel Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaofei Huang, Magnus Vejlstrup, Anupam Singhal, Pi-Yu Chung, David L. Rabbers, Martin Susser