Patents by Inventor Xiaojun Zhao

Xiaojun Zhao 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).

  • Publication number: 20250100863
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a beverage preparation module, the beverage preparation module includes a storage portion, an ice water portion, a carbonated water portion, and an output portion. The storage portion for placing ingredients to prepare beverages of different flavors; the ice water portion for providing ice water; the carbonated water portion for obtaining ice water from the ice water portion and preparing carbonated water based on the ice water; and the output portion connected to the ice water part and/or the carbonated water part, for controlling the flow of carbonated water or ice water through the storage portion to dispense beverages of different flavors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Yi WANG, Hao ZHANG, Peng LYU, Xiaojun ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20240390867
    Abstract: A sparkling water mixing assembly and a refrigerator having same. The sparkling water mixing assembly comprises a supply module, a mixing container, and a mixing connector. The supply module is configured to supply carbon dioxide. The mixing container is configured to contain a liquid to be mixed, and has an opening. The mixing connector is configured to enable the mixing container to be detachably disposed thereon. The mixing connector has a mixing chamber, a pressure channel, and an accessing channel. The mixing chamber allows the opening to extend into the mixing chamber. The pressure channel is communicated with the mixing chamber, and is configured to adjust the pressure in the mixing chamber. The accessing channel is communicated with the mixing chamber and the supply module, and is configured to enable the mixing container to obtain carbon dioxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Peng LYU, Hao ZHANG, Xiaojun ZHAO, Yi WANG, Xuan JI
  • Patent number: 12077776
    Abstract: A method of making a porous three-dimensional graphene mesh includes combining a graphene-containing material and a polymer having a plurality of hydroxyl groups in an alcohol solvent to form a mixture, adding a salt to the mixture, heating the mixture to form a gel, and washing the gel with water to remove the salt from the gel, leaving behind stable pores to form a scaffold. A three-dimensional porous graphene mesh includes a graphene-containing material and a polymer. The polymer is crosslinked with the graphene-containing material such that the Young's Modulus of the mesh is at least about 5 GPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
    Inventors: Ying Zhang, Julia Xiaojun Zhao, Diane Darland
  • Patent number: 11959869
    Abstract: A method for monitoring mechanochemical activation of metal powders in dynamic electrochemical environment and a device thereof are provided. The method includes constructing a dynamic testing environment in an electrochemical cell, using a three-electrode system, and collecting data from an external electrochemical workstation. The three-electrode system is composed of the working metal plate, the reference electrode, and the platinum electrode. The dynamic testing environment includes small load impacts and changes in pH and composition of the solution. Under the premise of simulating the production environment of the mechanical plating and the water-based metal coating material, the monitoring method described in the present disclosure cooperates with an electrochemical workstation for OCPT testing to achieve the monitoring of mechanochemical activation of metal powders in dynamic electrochemical environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Kunming University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Shengmin Wang, Chengyu Wang, Xiaojun Zhao, Peng Liu
  • Patent number: 11816443
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for generating a response, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a current user request in a current conversation and historical coreference information in the current conversation; extracting content matching the current user request from the historical coreference information; updating the current user request based on the content to obtain an updated current user request; and generating a response of the current user request based on the updated current user request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaojun Zhao, Meng Wang, Qingwei Huang
  • Patent number: 11718782
    Abstract: A compound for use in oil recovery includes a quantum dot and a zwitterionic surfactant. The quantum dot has a diameter no greater than 25 nm and the quantum dot is bonded to the zwitterionic surfactant. A nanofluid for use in oil recovery includes the compound described above and a fluid carrier. A method for recovering oil from a formation includes flooding the formation with a nanofluid. The nanofluid has a quantum dot diameter no greater than 25 nm bonded to a zwitterionic surfactant and a fluid carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: University of North Dakota
    Inventors: Yanxia Zhou, Xu Wu, Julia Xiaojun Zhao, Hui Pu
  • Patent number: 11355109
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for man-machine conversion, and an electronic device. The method includes: outputting question information to a user based on a first task of a first conversation scenario; judging, in response to receiving reply information returned by the user, whether to trigger a second conversation scenario based on the reply information; generating, in response to determining the second conversation scenario being triggered based on the reply information, response information corresponding to the reply information based on the second conversation scenario; and outputting the response information to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Baidu Netcom Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuefeng Lou, Qingwei Huang, Weiwei Wang, Cheng Peng, Xiaojun Zhao
  • Publication number: 20210350085
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for generating a response, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a current user request in a current conversation and historical coreference information in the current conversation; extracting content matching the current user request from the historical coreference information; updating the current user request based on the content to obtain an updated current user request; and generating a response of the current user request based on the updated current user request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaojun ZHAO, Meng Wang, Qingwei Huang
  • Publication number: 20210269702
    Abstract: A compound for use in oil recovery includes a quantum dot and a zwitterionic surfactant. The quantum dot has a diameter no greater than 25 nm and the quantum dot is bonded to the zwitterionic surfactant. A nanofluid for use in oil recovery includes the compound described above and a fluid carrier. A method for recovering oil from a formation includes flooding the formation with a nanofluid. The nanofluid has a quantum dot diameter no greater than 25 nm bonded to a zwitterionic surfactant and a fluid carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Yanxia Zhou, Xu Wu, Julia Xiaojun Zhao, Hui Pu
  • Publication number: 20210216713
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, a device and a storage medium for intelligent response are provided. The method may include: acquiring a current to-be-responded sentence, and determining a current to-be-collected entity corresponding to an intention of the current to-be-responded sentence; acquiring, if a pre-set entity clarification condition is met according to the current to-be-responded sentence, an entity clarification sentence corresponding to the current to-be-collected entity, where the entity clarification sentence is used to clarify an entity value of the current to-be-collected entity; and outputting the entity clarification sentence as a reply sentence of the current to-be-responded sentence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaojun ZHAO, Xie HE, Xuefeng LUO, Lianghuang FAN, Changfu BAI
  • Publication number: 20210214678
    Abstract: A method of making a porous three-dimensional graphene mesh includes combining a graphene-containing material and a polymer having a plurality of hydroxyl groups in an alcohol solvent to form a mixture, adding a salt to the mixture, heating the mixture to form a gel, and washing the gel with water to remove the salt from the gel, leaving behind stable pores to form a scaffold. A three-dimensional porous graphene mesh includes a graphene-containing material and a polymer. The polymer is crosslinked with the graphene-containing material such that the Young's Modulus of the mesh is at least about 5 GPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: University of North Dakota
    Inventors: Ying Zhang, Julia Xiaojun Zhao, Diane Darland
  • Publication number: 20210216594
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided. The method may include: determining a service scenario based on a query sentence; entering the service scenario, and entering a first dialog node tree corresponding to the service scenario; storing, in response to determining that a common scenario needs to be entered based on a verification of a related parameter by the each parameter verification dialog node, the each parameter verification dialog node and jumping to the common scenario, and entering a second dialog node tree; collecting user information using the second dialog node tree, and in response to determining that the user information is collected successfully, determining whether a processing result of the second dialog node tree meets a backtracking condition; and returning to the service scenario based on the stored parameter verification dialog node and continuing to execute other dialog logic processing of the service scenario.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Lianghuang FAN, Xuefeng LUO, Xiaojun Zhao, Xie HE, Changfu BAI
  • Patent number: 10988732
    Abstract: A method of making a porous three-dimensional graphene mesh includes combining a graphene-containing material and a polymer having a plurality of hydroxyl groups in an alcohol solvent to form a mixture, adding a salt to the mixture, heating the mixture to form a gel, and washing the gel with water to remove the salt from the gel, leaving behind stable pores to form a scaffold. A three-dimensional porous graphene mesh includes a graphene-containing material and a polymer. The polymer is crosslinked with the graphene-containing material such that the Young's Modulus of the mesh is at least about 5 GPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: University of North Dakota
    Inventors: Ying Zhang, Julia Xiaojun Zhao, Diane Darland
  • Publication number: 20200342868
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for man-machine conversion, and an electronic device. The method includes: outputting question information to a user based on a first task of a first conversation scenario; judging, in response to receiving reply information returned by the user, whether to trigger a second conversation scenario based on the reply information; generating, in response to determining the second conversation scenario being triggered based on the reply information, response information corresponding to the reply information based on the second conversation scenario; and outputting the response information to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Xuefeng Lou, Qingwei Huang, Weiwei Wang, Cheng Peng, Xiaojun Zhao
  • Patent number: 10808220
    Abstract: A method of making a porous three-dimensional graphene mesh includes combining a graphene-containing material and a polymer having a plurality of hydroxyl groups in an alcohol solvent to form a mixture, adding a salt to the mixture, heating the mixture to form a gel, and washing the gel with water to remove the salt from the gel, leaving behind stable pores to form a scaffold. A three-dimensional porous graphene mesh includes a graphene-containing material and a polymer. The polymer is crosslinked with the graphene-containing material such that the Young's Modulus of the mesh is at least about 5 GPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: University of North Dakota
    Inventors: Ying Zhang, Julia Xiaojun Zhao, Diane Darland
  • Publication number: 20200248135
    Abstract: A method of making a porous three-dimensional graphene mesh includes combining a graphene-containing material and a polymer having a plurality of hydroxyl groups in an alcohol solvent to form a mixture, adding a salt to the mixture, heating the mixture to form a gel, and washing the gel with water to remove the salt from the gel, leaving behind stable pores to form a scaffold. A three-dimensional porous graphene mesh includes a graphene-containing material and a polymer. The polymer is crosslinked with the graphene-containing material such that the Young's Modulus of the mesh is at least about 5 GPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: University of North Dakota
    Inventors: Ying Zhang, Julia Xiaojun Zhao, Diane Darland
  • Publication number: 20200140896
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of selectively treating a patient with a gene editing system on the basis of ascertaining the presence of a target sequence, at a target locus, that is fully complementary to a targeting domain of said gene editing system and/or on the basis of ascertaining the absence of a target sequence, at a locus other than the target locus, that is fully complementary to a targeting domain of said gene editing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Nicole RENAUD, Xiaojun ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20200048079
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a nanobeam structure by printing, namely coaxial focused electrohydrodynamic jet printing. In this method, under the combined action of electric field, thermal field and flow field, a stable coaxial jet is formed and used to print linear bilayer encapsulated structure on a substrate with a prefabricated support structure. Within the coaxial jet, the nanoscale inner liquid consisting of functional material is encapsulated by the microscale outer liquid consisting of high viscous material, which has the capability to directly print functional nanobeam structures. This high viscous material eliminates the disturbance of external micro-environment, and plays a role of supporting the printed inner structure before complete solidification of the inner material. A nanobeam structure only consisting of inner function material is formed on the substrate when the outer high viscous encapsulated material is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Dazhi WANG, Xiaojun ZHAO, Tongqun REN, Junsheng LIANG
  • Publication number: 20190156913
    Abstract: High-density arrays, representing approximately 115,000 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci, were used to measure genome-wide copy number changes in primary human lung carcinoma specimens and cell lines derived from human lung carcinomas. Changes in DNA copy number contribute to cancer pathogenesis. Recurrent high-level amplifications and homozygous deletions were identified. Systematic copy number analysis identified high-level amplification of numerous genetic loci.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew MEYERSON, Barbara WEIR, Xiaojun ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20180265840
    Abstract: A method of making a porous three-dimensional graphene mesh includes combining a graphene-containing material and a polymer having a plurality of hydroxyl groups in an alcohol solvent to form a mixture, adding a salt to the mixture, heating the mixture to form a gel, and washing the gel with water to remove the salt from the gel, leaving behind stable pores to form a scaffold. A three-dimensional porous graphene mesh includes a graphene-containing material and a polymer. The polymer is crosslinked with the graphene-containing material such that the Young's Modulus of the mesh is at least about 5 GPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Ying Zhang, Julia Xiaojun Zhao, Diane Darland