Patents by Inventor Xiaohui Sun

Xiaohui Sun 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: 12110449
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bio-enzyme degradable temporary plugging material and a preparation method and application thereof in the technical field of natural gas hydrate drilling and production; the preparation method of the bio-enzyme degradable temporary plugging material includes the following steps: mixing the ceramsite with an aqueous solution of 3-aminopropyl trimethoxysilane before a stirring reaction and drying to obtain modified ceramsite; and fully dispersing the modified ceramsite, ethyl cellulose, and epoxy resin in dichloromethane to obtain an oil phase; adding the oil phase into a gelatin aqueous solution and mixing uniformly; after a stirring reaction, evaporating an organic solvent, filtering, washing, and drying, to obtain the bio-enzyme degradable temporary plugging material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM (EAST CHINA)
    Inventors: Jintang Wang, Bo Liao, Xiaohui Sun, Jiaqi Xu, Yingrui Bai, Jian Li, Xianbin Huang, Jiafeng Jin, Meichun Li, Shenglong Shi, Kaihe Lv, Jingping Liu, Jinsheng Sun
  • Patent number: 12078054
    Abstract: An experimental device and method for co-existence of overflow and lost circulation in a fractured formation during drilling of a deviated well are provided. An inner cavity of an outer pipe is provided with an inner pipe to form a deviated casing. An upper side of the outer pipe is provided with a mixture outlet. A middle-lower side of the outer pipe is provided with a leakage port and two overflow ports. The gap width can be changed by adjusting a bolt and a support block to be compatible with different types of fracture models. A gas injection system includes an air compressor and a gas flowmeter. An upper port of a liquid injection system is connected to a joint arranged at upper ends of the inner pipe and outer pipe through a water pump, a liquid flowmeter and a liquid regulating valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM (EAST CHINA)
    Inventors: Bangtang Yin, Chi Zhang, Baojiang Sun, Zhiyuan Wang, Xuliang Zhang, Yonghai Gao, Xiaohui Sun, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 12071849
    Abstract: A device for simulating gas intrusion and bullheading in a wellbore under different inclinations is provided, which includes a wellbore outer pipe with an inner pipe and an LED light source therein. An outer wall of the wellbore outer pipe is provided with one or more inlets. A bubble generator is arranged outside a lower plug, and extends through the lower plug via an air inlet needle into the inner cavity of the wellbore outer pipe. An input end of the bubble generator is connected to an air compressor. A lower outlet of the wellbore outer pipe is connected to an inlet of a formation unit through a pipeline and a back pressure valve. A simulating method using such device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM (EAST CHINA)
    Inventors: Bangtang Yin, Tianbao Ding, Baojiang Sun, Zhiyuan Wang, Yonghai Gao, Hao Li, Xiaohui Sun, Xuerui Wang
  • Publication number: 20240249712
    Abstract: A method for training a voice conversion model includes acquiring a voice sample set that includes training voice samples corresponding to training object identifiers, a training voice sample corresponding to a piece of voice content, and at least one training voice sample being a synthesized voice sample; extracting voice features of the training voice samples to obtain initial voice features; fusing initial voice features that belong to different training object identifiers and have corresponding voice content matching each other to obtain target voice features; obtaining a voice feature set; and inputting a voice feature in the voice feature set into an initial voice conversion model to obtain predicted voice data, and adjusting a model parameter of the initial voice conversion model based on a difference between the predicted voice data and target voice data until a first convergence condition is met, to obtain a target voice conversion model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Tianchu YAO, Xiaohui SUN, Baoxun WANG, Haolong LIANG
  • Publication number: 20240240557
    Abstract: A device for simulating gas intrusion and bullheading in a wellbore under different inclinations is provided, which includes a wellbore outer pipe with an inner pipe and an LED light source therein. An outer wall of the wellbore outer pipe is provided with one or more inlets. A bubble generator is arranged outside a lower plug, and extends through the lower plug via an air inlet needle into the inner cavity of the wellbore outer pipe. An input end of the bubble generator is connected to an air compressor. A lower outlet of the wellbore outer pipe is connected to an inlet of a formation unit through a pipeline and a back pressure valve. A simulating method using such device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Bangtang YIN, Tianbao DING, Baojiang SUN, Zhiyuan WANG, Yonghai GAO, Hao LI, Xiaohui SUN, Xuerui WANG
  • Publication number: 20240209727
    Abstract: An experimental device and method for co-existence of overflow and lost circulation in a fractured formation during drilling of a deviated well are provided. An inner cavity of an outer pipe is provided with an inner pipe to form a deviated casing. An upper side of the outer pipe is provided with a mixture outlet. A middle-lower side of the outer pipe is provided with a leakage port and two overflow ports. The gap width can be changed by adjusting a bolt and a support block to be compatible with different types of fracture models. A gas injection system includes an air compressor and a gas flowmeter. An upper port of a liquid injection system is connected to a joint arranged at upper ends of the inner pipe and outer pipe through a water pump, a liquid flowmeter and a liquid regulating valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Bangtang YIN, Chi ZHANG, Baojiang SUN, Zhiyuan WANG, Xuliang ZHANG, Yonghai GAO, Xiaohui SUN, Wei ZHANG
  • Patent number: 12000245
    Abstract: An apparatus for preventing and controlling secondary generation of hydrates in a wellbore during depressurization exploitation of offshore natural gas hydrates includes a gas recovery pipe column, a water recovery pipe column, a gas-liquid mixed transportation pipe section, a data collecting and processing unit, and a reaction control apparatus; according to characteristics of different exploitation pipe columns, three injection pipelines and three monitoring points are arranged to predict dynamic changes in a secondary generation risk of the hydrates throughout the wellbore; measures for preventing and controlling the secondary generation of the hydrates are taken at different pipe column positions by the integrated utilization of inhibitor injection, heating for pipe columns, the additional arrangement of electric submersible pumps, and other methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM (EAST CHINA)
    Inventors: Jianbo Zhang, Zhiyuan Wang, Xiaohui Sun, Baojiang Sun, Hui Liu, Shikun Tong, Qingwen Kong, Peng Liu
  • Publication number: 20240084675
    Abstract: An apparatus for preventing and controlling secondary generation of hydrates in a wellbore during depressurization exploitation of offshore natural gas hydrates includes a gas recovery pipe column, a water recovery pipe column, a gas-liquid mixed transportation pipe section, a data collecting and processing unit, and a reaction control apparatus; according to characteristics of different exploitation pipe columns, three injection pipelines and three monitoring points are arranged to predict dynamic changes in a secondary generation risk of the hydrates throughout the wellbore; measures for preventing and controlling the secondary generation of the hydrates are taken at different pipe column positions by the integrated utilization of inhibitor injection, heating for pipe columns, the additional arrangement of electric submersible pumps, and other methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Jianbo Zhang, Zhiyuan Wang, Xiaohui Sun, Baojiang Sun, Hui Liu, Shikun Tong, Qingwen Kong, Peng Liu
  • Patent number: 11773709
    Abstract: A drilling well underground kick processing method and device are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM (EAST CHINA)
    Inventors: Yonghai Gao, Baojiang Sun, Zhiyuan Wang, Hao Li, Yufa Su, Bangtang Yin, Xinxin Zhao, Xuerui Wang, Xiaohui Sun
  • Publication number: 20230287781
    Abstract: A drilling well underground kick processing method and device are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: China University of Petroleum (East China)
    Inventors: Yonghai Gao, Baojiang Sun, Zhiyuan Wang, Hao Li, Yufa Su, Bangtang Yin, Xinxin Zhao, Xuerui Wang, Xiaohui Sun
  • Patent number: 11514680
    Abstract: A system and method for determining a dimension of a target. The method includes: determining a camera parameter, the camera parameter including at least one of a focal length, a yaw angle, a roll angle, a pitch angle, or a height of one or more cameras; acquiring a first image and a second image of an target captured by the one or more cameras; generating a first corrected image and a second corrected image by correcting the first image and the second image; determining a parallax between a pixel in the first corrected image and a corresponding pixel in the second corrected image; determining an outline of the target; and determining a dimension of the target based at least in part on the camera parameter, the parallax, and the outline of the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG DAHUA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Lu, Qiankun Li, Shizhu Pan, Jichao Geng, Xiaohui Sun, Haijiang Pan, Jinting Wang
  • Patent number: 11203922
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and equipment for optimizing hydraulic parameters of deepwater managed pressure drilling in real time. The method comprises: acquiring overflow parameters in the current drilling process, performing preprocessing and feature extraction on the overflow parameters, and inputting the overflow parameters into trained support vector machine identification models for overflow judgment. If overflow occurs at the current drilling depth, reducing an opening of a throttle valve and increasing a displacement of a submarine pump, measuring a wellhead back pressure and calculating a bottom hole pressure, and judging whether overflow continues is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignees: China University of Petroleum (East China), Zhanjiang Branch of CNOOC (China) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Baojiang Sun, Zhiyuan Wang, Shujie Liu, Yonghai Gao, Baitao Fan, Hao Li, Shen Guan, Haikang He, Bangtang Yin, Xiaohui Sun, Xuerui Wang
  • Patent number: 11002126
    Abstract: An active control method and system for wellbore pressure in open-cycle drilling in marine natural gas hydrates. The system comprises a drilling system, a drilling fluid injection system, and a data processing system for conducting the drilling operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM (EAST CHINA)
    Inventors: Zhiyuan Wang, Jianbo Zhang, Baojiang Sun, Wenqiang Lou, Xiaohui Sun, Zheng Liu, Shikun Tong
  • Publication number: 20210087918
    Abstract: An active control method and control device for wellbore pressure in the open-cycle drilling of marine natural gas hydrates comprises following steps: (1) optimized design of drilling parameter; (2) carry out open-cycle drilling according to the designed drilling parameters; (3) utilize the APWD to monitor the bottom-hole temperature and the bottom-hole pressure in real time for real-time correction of the wellbore annulus temperature and pressure calculation models; determine whether a hydrate decomposition has occurred in the annulus and then infer whether a shallow gas intrusion has occurred in the bottom hole; (4) Intelligent active control: control and adjust the mixed density of drilling fluid, the injection displacement of drilling fluid as well as the injection temperature of drilling fluid and the pump pressure in wellhead automatically during the well killing based on the real-time treatment results of the computer terminal for the signal fluctuations detected by the APWD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Zhiyuan Wang, Jianbo Zhang, Baojiang Sun, Wenqiang Lou, Xiaohui Sun, Zheng Liu, Shikun Tong
  • Publication number: 20200358939
    Abstract: A system and method for determining a dimension of a target. The method includes: determining a camera parameter, the camera parameter including at least one of a focal length, a yaw angle, a roll angle, a pitch angle, or a height of one or more cameras; acquiring a first image and a second image of an target captured by the one or more cameras; generating a first corrected image and a second corrected image by correcting the first image and the second image; determining a parallax between a pixel in the first corrected image and a corresponding pixel in the second corrected image; determining an outline of the target; and determining a dimension of the target based at least in part on the camera parameter, the parallax, and the outline of the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: ZHEJIANG DAHUA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei LU, Qiankun LI, Shizhu PAN, Jichao GENG, Xiaohui SUN, Haijiang PAN, Jinting WANG
  • Patent number: 10825444
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a speech synthesis method and apparatus, a computer device and a readable medium. The method comprises: when problematic speech appears in speech splicing and synthesis, predicting a time length of a state of each phoneme corresponding to a target text corresponding to the problematic speech and a base frequency of each frame, according to pre-trained time length predicting model and base frequency predicting model; according to the time length of the state of each phoneme corresponding to the target text and the base frequency of each frame, using a pre-trained speech synthesis model to synthesize speech corresponding to the target text; wherein the time length predicting model, the base frequency predicting model and the speech synthesis model are all obtained by training based on a speech library resulting from speech splicing and synthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Gu, Xiaohui Sun
  • Patent number: 10803851
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for processing speech splicing and synthesis and apparatus, a computer device and a readable medium. The method comprises: expanding a speech library according to a pre-trained speech synthesis model and an obtained synthesized text; the speech library before the expansion comprises manually-collected original language materials; using the expanded speech library to perform speech splicing and synthesis processing. According to the technical solution of the present embodiment, the speech library is expanded so that the speech library includes sufficient language materials. As such, when speech splicing processing is performed according to the expanded speech library, it is possible to select more speech segments, and thereby improve coherence and naturalness of the effect of speech synthesis so that the speech synthesis effect is very coherent with very good naturalness and can sufficiently satisfy the user's normal use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaohui Sun, Yu Gu
  • Publication number: 20200281433
    Abstract: The present invention provides a drainage control device and a cleaning robot, the drainage control device includes a water tank body and a middle cover sealingly disposed on an upper portion of the water tank body; wherein the middle cover is provided with a water inlet, an air inlet, and a steering engine assembly engaged with the air inlet and configured to adjust an opening size of the air inlet to control an air intake amount, the water inlet is mounted with a sealing cover, and a lower portion of the water tank body is provided with at least one water outlet. The present invention precisely controls the air intake amount through the steering gear assembly and the air inlet, and can accurately control the water output under the action of the atmospheric pressure, which is very suitable for the occasion where the displacement needs precise control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventor: XIAOHUI SUN
  • Patent number: 10681257
    Abstract: A system and method for determining a dimension of a target. The method includes: determining a camera parameter, the camera parameter including at least one of a focal length, a yaw angle, a roll angle, a pitch angle, or a height of one or more cameras; acquiring a first image and a second image of an target captured by the one or more cameras; generating a first corrected image and a second corrected image by correcting the first image and the second image; determining a parallax between a pixel in the first corrected image and a corresponding pixel in the second corrected image; determining an outline of the target; and determining a dimension of the target based at least in part on the camera parameter, the parallax, and the outline of the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG DAHUA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Lu, Qiankun Li, Shizhu Pan, Jichao Geng, Xiaohui Sun, Haijiang Pan, Jinting Wang
  • Patent number: D1052063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Inventor: Xiaohui Sun