Patents by Inventor Xiaoli Zhang

Xiaoli 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).

  • Patent number: 10755096
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices, methods, and systems for controlling a robot or assistive device that allows the robot or device to find and manipulate objects in a real world environment. The disclosed devices, methods, and systems may, in many cases, receive control input through monitoring, tracking, and analyzing the 3D gaze of a user/controller. Using the described 3D eye tracking, a user can directly and naturally look at an object of interest in the real world, while the system monitors, tracks, and records the user's 3D gaze position. This information, in many cases, is then translated into input commands for the robot or assistive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Inventors: Xiaoli Zhang, Songpo Li
  • Publication number: 20200255286
    Abstract: Disclosed a MEMS assembly and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method comprises: forming a groove on a sensor chip; forming a bonding pad on a circuit chip; bonding the sensor chip and the circuit chip together to form a bonding assembly; performing a first dicing process at a first position of the sensor chip to penetrate through the sensor chip to the groove; performing a second dicing process at a second position of the sensor chip to penetrate through the sensor chip and the circuit chip, for obtaining an individual MEMS assembly by singulating the bonding assembly, wherein location of the groove corresponds to a position of the bonding pad, and an opening is formed in the sensor chip to expose the bonding pad when the second dicing process is performed. The method uses two dicing process respectively achieving different depths to expose the bonding pad of the sensor chip and singulate the MEMS assembly, respectively, to improve yield and reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Yongxiang Wen, Chen Liu, Feng Ji, XiaoLi Zhang
  • Patent number: 10682038
    Abstract: The presently disclosed devices, methods, and systems involve direct and intuitive visualization using gaze-control in robotic laparoscopy. For example, when the system detects a new visual interest, the robot may guide the scope to approach or move toward the target view. In order to achieve the disclosed control, a system coordinate transformation is developed. The disclosed devices, methods, and systems may translates gaze positions on image (in pixels) to relative rotation angles and/or translation distances of the laparoscope. In most cases, this relationship, which may be built, in part, on the parameters of the laparoscope and the inserted laparoscope length in the patient's body, may allow the robot to directly follow the surgeon's gaze position on the monitor. The disclosed devices, methods, and systems may help to reduce cognitive and physical burdens on a laparoscopic surgeon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Inventors: Xiaoli Zhang, Songpo Li
  • Publication number: 20200020227
    Abstract: The technology provides designs and methods for the transit management system, which facilitates transit vehicle operations and control for connected automated transit vehicles (CATVs) systems. The transit management system provides transit vehicles with customized/non-customized information and time-sensitive control instructions for transit vehicle to fulfill the driving tasks such as vehicle routing, lane changing, turning. The transit management system also realizes transit vehicle lane design, transportation operations and management services for transit vehicle. The transit management system consists of one of more of the following physical subsystems: (1) Roadside Unit (RSU) network, (2) Traffic Control Unit (TCU) and Traffic Control Center (TCC) network, (3) Vehicle Onboard Unit (OBU), (4) Traffic Operations Centers (TOCs), (5) Cloud platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Yang Cheng, Xiaoli Zhang, Haiyan Yu, Yi Shen, Shaohua Wang, Yanyan Qin, Liling Zhu, Hongliang Wan, Yangxin Lin, Shiyan Xu, Hainan Huang, Kun Luan, Hongli Gao, Linfeng Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yihui Yang
  • Publication number: 20190392712
    Abstract: The invention provides designs and methods for a heavy vehicle operations and control system for heavy automated vehicles, which facilitates heavy vehicle operation and control for connected automated vehicle highway (CAVH) systems. The heavy vehicle management system provides heavy vehicles with individually customized information and real-time vehicle control instructions to fulfill the driving tasks such as car following, lane changing, route guidance. The heavy vehicle management system also realizes heavy vehicle related lane design, transportation operations, and management services for both dedicated and non-dedicated lanes. The heavy vehicle management system consists of one or more of the following physical subsystems: (1) Roadside unit (RSU) network, (2) Traffic Control Unit (TCU) and Traffic Control Center (TCC) network, (3) vehicles and onboard units (OBU), (4) traffic operations centers (TOCs), and (5) cloud platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Yang Cheng, Kun Luan, Haiyan Yu, Yi Shen, Shiyan Xu, Xiaoli Zhang, Hongli Gao, Shaohua Wang, Hongliang Wan, Linchao Li, Linghui Xu, Liling Zhu, Linfeng Zhang, Yifei Wang, Qin Li, Yanyan Qin, Hainan Huang, Dongye Sun, Liping Zhao
  • Publication number: 20190213382
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices, methods, and systems for controlling a robot or assistive device that allows the robot or device to find and manipulate objects in a real world environment. The disclosed devices, methods, and systems may, in many cases, receive control input through monitoring, tracking, and analyzing the 3D gaze of a user/controller. Using the described 3D eye tracking, a user can directly and naturally look at an object of interest in the real world, while the system monitors, tracks, and records the user's 3D gaze position. This information, in many cases, is then translated into input commands for the robot or assistive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Xiaoli Zhang, Songpo Li
  • Patent number: 10157313
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices, methods, and systems for controlling a robot or assistive device that allows the robot or device to find and manipulate objects in a real world environment. The disclosed devices, methods, and systems may, in many cases, receive control input through monitoring, tracking, and analyzing the 3D gaze of a user/controller. Using the described 3D eye tracking, a user can directly and naturally look at an object of interest in the real world, while the system monitors, tracks, and records the user's 3D gaze position. This information, in many cases, is then translated into input commands for the robot or assistive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Inventors: Xiaoli Zhang, Songpo Li
  • Publication number: 20180288988
    Abstract: Transgenic silkworms stably expressing synthetic spider silk genes or composite silkworm/spider silk genes are disclosed. The exogenous spider silk genes are stably intergrated into a defined site of the fibroin heavy chain intron or a fibroin light chain intron of silkworms. Synthetic spider silk proteins and composite spider silk-silkworm genes and proteins are provided. The expression of exogenous spider silk genes is driven by the endogenous fibroin heavy chain promoter, improving the genetic stability of transgenic silkworms. The composite silkworm/spider silk fibers exhibit exceptional mechanical performance, compared to normal silkworm silk fibers and other transgenic silkworm fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Utah State University
    Inventors: Randolph V. Lewis, Lijin Xia, Xiaoli Zhang, Justin A. Jones
  • Publication number: 20180160997
    Abstract: There are disclosed a collimator, a radiation emitting assembly and an inspection apparatus. The collimator is configured to collimate radiation from a radiation emitter. One of the collimator and the radiation emitter is provided with a protrusion portion and the other is provided with a recess portion such that the protrusion portion is capable of being placed within the recess portion and the radiation emitter and the collimator are allowed to be arranged close to and connected with each other, and that the radiation passes through passages in the protrusion portion and the recess portion from the radiation emitter to the collimator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Guoping Zhu, Qitian Miao, Junli Li, Xiaoli Zhang
  • Patent number: 8304399
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a component in the hedgehog signaling pathway that can be useful in the treatment and diagnosis of hedgehog signaling pathway associated disorders. In this regard, the present invention discloses that RanBPM regulated the stability of hedgehog signaling molecule, smoothened (SMO) and that inactivation of RanBPM by siRNA prevented growth and metastasis of cancer cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
    Inventors: Jingwu Xie, Tao Sheng, Xiaoli Zhang
  • Patent number: 8282653
    Abstract: A light-weight, compact, highly dexterous surgical robot system for performing in vivo minimally invasive surgeries that allows precise control of position and orientation of surgical tools. The surgical robot system has three rotational degrees of freedom and one translational degree of freedom and is composed of seven links joined by three gear pairs and six turning pairs. The surgical robot system maintains an open space where a surgical tool element enters the patient to avoid self-collisions within the robot system during surgeries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
    Inventors: Carl Nelson, Xiaoli Zhang
  • Patent number: 8213433
    Abstract: A method and system for ensuring QoS in a communication network and a SLA server. The system for ensuring QoS includes a service-specific server and a SLA server. The method for ensuring QoS includes: querying the SLA information according to a user identity, where the SLA information includes different service levels signed by the same user identity; obtaining different service levels signed by the same user identity; and providing the user with the service at a corresponding service level. Through the technical solution of the present invention, a user can subscribe to more than one service level and the SP can ensure the QoS at different service levels for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiaoli Zhang
  • Publication number: 20100285313
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a microencapsulated fire retardant and the uses thereof. The inventive micro-encapsulated fire retardant comprises a core containing a fire retardant and a shell of a natural microtubule, wherein the core is encapsulated by the shell. The microencapsulated fire retardant of the present invention can be composited into a certain polymeric substrate by a mixing method so as to form into a corresponding, fire-retardant polymeric composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: ETERNAL CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoyan Zhang, Ning Zhao, Xiaoli Zhang, Jian Xu
  • Publication number: 20100111955
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a component in the hedgehog signaling pathway that can be useful in the treatment and diagnosis of hedgehog signaling pathway associated disorders. In this regard, the present invention discloses that RanBPM regulated the stability of hedgehog signaling molecule, smoothened (SMO) and that inactivation of RanBPM by siRNA prevented growth and metastasis of cancer cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Jingwu Xie, Tao Sheng, Xiaoli Zhang
  • Publication number: 20100071882
    Abstract: Microtubule encapsulated microcapsules of a phase-change material and preparation thereof are provided. The microcapsules of a phase-change material consist of a phase-change material, truncated microtubules, and a polymer. The truncated microtubules are formed by truncating hollow tubular natural fibers into fiber segments with a length of 0.1 mm-5 cm. The diameter of the hollow tubular natural fiber is 0.1-1000 ?m. The phase-change material is encapsulated in the truncated microtubules and the truncated microtubules are covered with the polymer. The microtubules have high energy storage density due to high hollowness, and can transfer energy stably due to the closed structure, transfer heat rapidly due to the very fine micro-tubular structures, and may be used for a long term in view of the heat and chemical stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: ETERNAL CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: XIAOYAN ZHANG, NING CHAO, XIAOLI ZHANG, JIAN XU
  • Publication number: 20100005017
    Abstract: A billing method, and a billing system and a bill cycle cut off module which may be used in implementing the method, are provided. The method includes receiving an online billing message and carrying out preprocessing for the message, wherein the online billing message includes user identification information and billing information. The message further includes executing an online bill cycle cut off operation after determining that the bill cycle cut off operation is required to be triggered for an account related to the user identification information, obtaining a result of the bill cycle cut off, and carrying out a rating and billing operation according to the billing information so as to complete billing. The provided method can be applied to implement a real-time online bill cycle cut off and avoid loss resulted from out-of-time bill cycle cut off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: Bin WANG, Zhixian Xu, Xiaoli Zhang, Qiuhua Xie, Tingrong Chen
  • Publication number: 20090240259
    Abstract: A light-weight, compact, highly dexterous surgical robot system for performing in vivo minimally invasive surgeries that allows precise control of position and orientation of surgical tools. The surgical robot system has three rotational degrees of freedom and one translational degree of freedom and is composed of seven links joined by three gear pairs and six turning pairs. The surgical robot system maintains an open space where a surgical tool element enters the patient to avoid self-collisions within the robot system during surgeries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Carl Nelson, Xiaoli Zhang
  • Publication number: 20090010264
    Abstract: A method and system for ensuring QoS in a communication network and a SLA server. The system for ensuring QoS includes a service-specific server and a SLA server. The method for ensuring QoS includes: querying the SLA information according to a user identity, where the SLA information includes different service levels signed by the same user identity; obtaining different service levels signed by the same user identity; and providing the user with the service at a corresponding service level. Through the technical solution of the present invention, a user can subscribe to more than one service level and the SP can ensure the QoS at different service levels for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaoli ZHANG