Patents by Inventor Xiaomin Zhao

Xiaomin 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).

  • Patent number: 12339512
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical fiber ribbon. The optical fiber ribbon includes a plurality of optical fibers arranged adjacently to each other and a plurality of bonding regions intermittently spaced along a length of the optical fiber ribbon. At each bonding region, at least one bond is formed between two optical fibers of the plurality of optical fibers. Further, the at least one bond comprises a first material applied to outer surfaces of the two optical fibers and a second material applied over the first material. The first material is different from the second material, and at least one of the first material or the second material includes a colorant configured to identify the optical fiber ribbon. Also disclosed are embodiments of making such an optical fiber ribbon as well as of optical fiber cables including such an optical fiber ribbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Julie Ann Chalk, David Wesley Chiasson, Gregory Alan Mills, Bin Yang, Xiaomin Zhao
  • Patent number: 12271663
    Abstract: A method for collaborative controlling networks resilience of an unmanned cluster system a computer terminal and a computer readable storage media thereof are invented. The method includes: collecting both targets for tracking and the spatial status information of each unmanned system in the unmanned cluster system; establishing a kinematic model of the unmanned cluster system and constructing a dynamic model of each unmanned system accordingly; constructing an uncertainty boundary function and a adaptive robust controller of each unmanned system accordingly. Then it can effectively deal with the uncertainty of system parameters and the influence of network attack input of the unmanned cluster system by the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xiaomin Zhao, Zhengrong Cui, Fangfang Dong, Chang Pan, Binhe Li
  • Patent number: 12122008
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of milling, specifically a point position layout optimization method and a follow-up support head in mirror milling. It features an annular and linear sliding module to design a support head with adjustable support points. A corresponding layout optimization method is developed, starting with a coupled vibration model of the machining process. A layout optimization model is then created, with the quantity of support points and the support radius as decision variables. The goal is to minimize vibration amplitude and root mean square, constrained by structural interference and boundary conditions. The solution is achieved using a particle swarm optimization algorithm, supplemented by parameter scanning and a penalty function strategy. This invention addresses the limitations of existing single support point layouts for the mirror milling of various large thin-walled workpieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Fangfang Dong, Zhao Liu, Xiaomin Zhao, Jiang Han, Xiaoyong Huang
  • Publication number: 20240330527
    Abstract: A method for collaborative controlling networks resilience of an unmanned cluster system a computer terminal and a computer readable storage media thereof are invented. The method includes: collecting both targets for tracking and the spatial status information of each unmanned system in the unmanned cluster system; establishing a kinematic model of the unmanned cluster system and constructing a dynamic model of each unmanned system accordingly; constructing an uncertainty boundary function and a adaptive robust controller of each unmanned system accordingly. Then it can effectively deal with the uncertainty of system parameters and the influence of network attack input of the unmanned cluster system by the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaomin Zhao, Zhengrong Cui, Fangfang Dong, Chang Pan, Binhe Li
  • Publication number: 20240280779
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical fiber ribbon. The optical fiber ribbon includes a plurality of subunits each including a subunit coating of a first material surrounding at least one optical fiber. The optical fiber ribbon also includes a ribbon matrix of a second material disposed around the plurality of subunits. A plurality of bonds are intermittently formed between adjacent subunits of the plurality of subunits. Each bond is formed by an interaction of the second material with the first material for the purpose of creating a first level of adhesion between the first and second materials at an outer surface of the subunit coating. The second material is inhibited from interacting with the first material in regions between the plurality of bonds along a length of the optical fiber ribbon to create a second level of adhesion that is less than the first level of adhesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Julie Ann Chalk, David Wesley Chiasson, Jeffrey Dean Danley, Gregory Alan Mills, Christopher Mark Quinn, Zhaoxu Tian, Bin Yang, Xiaomin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240168252
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical fiber ribbon. The optical fiber ribbon includes a plurality of optical fibers arranged adjacently to each other and a plurality of bonding regions intermittently spaced along a length of the optical fiber ribbon. At each bonding region, at least one bond is formed between two optical fibers of the plurality of optical fibers. Further, the at least one bond comprises a first material applied to outer surfaces of the two optical fibers and a second material applied over the first material. The first material is different from the second material, and at least one of the first material or the second material includes a colorant configured to identify the optical fiber ribbon. Also disclosed are embodiments of making such an optical fiber ribbon as well as of optical fiber cables including such an optical fiber ribbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Julie Ann Chalk, David Wesley Chiasson, Gregory Alan Mills, Bin Yang, Xiaomin Zhao
  • Patent number: 11914212
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical fiber ribbon. The optical fiber ribbon includes a plurality of optical fibers arranged adjacently to each other and a plurality of bonding regions intermittently spaced along a length of the optical fiber ribbon. At each bonding region, at least one bond is formed between two optical fibers of the plurality of optical fibers. Further, the at least one bond comprises a first material applied to outer surfaces of the two optical fibers and a second material applied over the first material. The first material is different from the second material, and at least one of the first material or the second material includes a colorant configured to identify the optical fiber ribbon. Also disclosed are embodiments of making such an optical fiber ribbon as well as of optical fiber cables including such an optical fiber ribbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Julie Ann Chalk, David Wesley Chiasson, Gregory Alan Mills, Bin Yang, Xiaomin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20230273390
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical fiber ribbon. The optical fiber ribbon includes a plurality of optical fibers arranged adjacently to each other. Each optical fiber has a circumferential outer surface. The optical fiber ribbon also includes a lengthwise continuous coating disposed on at least a portion of the circumferential outer surface of each optical fiber. The coating includes a colorant for identifying the optical fiber ribbon among a plurality of optical fiber ribbons. The coating has a first thickness. Further, the optical fiber ribbon includes plurality of bonds intermittently formed between adjacent optical fibers of the plurality of optical fibers. Each of the bonds has a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness. The plurality of bonds provide the only connection between the adjacent optical fibers of the plurality of optical fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Julie Ann Chalk, David Wesley Chiasson, Gregory Alan Mills, Bin Yang, Xiaomin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20230185047
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical fiber ribbon. The optical fiber ribbon includes a plurality of subunits each comprising a subunit coating surrounding at least two optical fibers arranged adjacently to each other. The subunit coating is made of a first material. A plurality of bonds are intermittently formed between adjacent subunits of the plurality of subunits. The plurality of bonds are made of a second material. The optical fiber ribbon includes a diffusion zone at an interface between each of the plurality of bonds and the subunit coating of each adjacent subunit. Each diffusion zone has a gradient of the second material in the first material. Further, the intermittent bonds may include one or more saddle surfaces formed by intersecting convex and concave curvatures. A method of forming such optical fiber ribbons is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Julie Ann Chalk, David Wesley Chiasson, Klaus Hartkorn, Gregory Alan Mills, Xiaomin Zhao
  • Patent number: 11656423
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical fiber ribbon. The optical fiber ribbon includes optical fibers arranged in a row having a first width. Indicator fibers are provided at the edges of the row. The indicator fibers have different color fiber jackets. The optical fiber ribbon also includes a primary matrix into which the plurality of optical fibers is embedded. The optical fiber ribbon also includes an opacifying layer having a second width and a color layer, distinct from the opacifying layer, having a third width. The optical fiber ribbon further includes a layer of printing disposed on an outer surface of the primary matrix. In the optical fiber ribbon, the first width is greater than at least one of the second width or the third width such that the indicator fibers extend past at least one of the opacifying layer or the color layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Olus Naili Boratav, Julie Ann Chalk, David Wesley Chiasson, Gregory Alan Mills, Girish Arun Saigaonkar, Randall Dwaine Tuttle, Xiaomin Zhao
  • Patent number: 11585212
    Abstract: A DAS VSP technique is used to determine the induced fracture height and fracture density of an induced fracture region. The DAS VSP technique obtains pre-hydraulic fracturing DAS VSP survey time-lapse data to establish a baseline reference for the direct acoustic wave travel time. The DAS VSP technique obtains one or more time-lapse data corresponding to the subsequent monitor surveys conducted after each hydraulic fracturing stage along the well. Forward modeling is used to determine a theoretical acoustic wave travel time difference. The forward modeling uses seismic anisotropy to describe the behavior of seismic waves traveling through the induced fracture regions. An inversion scheme is then used to invert for the induced fracture height and the fracture density using the forward modeling. The two extracted induced fracture characteristics may then be used to determine optimal hydraulic fracturing parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaomin Zhao, Mark Elliott Willis
  • Publication number: 20220317400
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical fiber ribbon. The optical fiber ribbon includes a plurality of optical fibers arranged adjacently to each other and a plurality of bonding regions intermittently spaced along a length of the optical fiber ribbon. At each bonding region, at least one bond is formed between two optical fibers of the plurality of optical fibers. Further, the at least one bond comprises a first material applied to outer surfaces of the two optical fibers and a second material applied over the first material. The first material is different from the second material, and at least one of the first material or the second material includes a colorant configured to identify the optical fiber ribbon. Also disclosed are embodiments of making such an optical fiber ribbon as well as of optical fiber cables including such an optical fiber ribbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Julie Ann Chalk, David Wesley Chiasson, Gregory Alan Mills, Bin Yang, Xiaomin Zhao
  • Patent number: 11460593
    Abstract: An apparatus obtains measurements from a seismic sensor, wherein the seismic measurements include a set of seismic waves having at least a subset of seismic multiples and a machine-readable medium having program code executable by a processor to cause the apparatus to determine seismic measurements of the seismic waves, fit reflectivity model based on a set of reflectivity models using a nonlinear scheme to the seismic measurements, and identify a subset of the seismic measurements corresponding to the subset of seismic multiples. The apparatus also includes program code to cause the apparatus to generate a set of reduced-noise seismic measurements based on attenuation of the subset of the seismic measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Amit Padhi, Mark Elliott Willis, Xiaomin Zhao
  • Patent number: 11340371
    Abstract: To mitigate zigzag noise and increase the quality of data provided from DAS VSP in wells with significant vertical sections, zigzag noise characteristics are identified and quantified. The zigzag noise properties can be extracted from an analysis of an autocorrelation of DAS VSP traces. The zigzag noise has a characteristic time period or repeat time delay that is the time period for the noise to propagate along the wireline through a zone of the wellbore with poor acoustic coupling between the fiber optic cable and formation. This period can be identified from analysis of the autocorrelation referred to herein as a crosswise lag summation function. The crosswise lag summation function identifies groups of DAS data traces containing zigzag noise and outputs zigzag noise periodicity for each group of traces. Once it has been identified, the zigzag noise can be removed from the VSP data and improve formation evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Elliott Willis, Pedro William Palacios, Andreas Ellmauthaler, Xiaomin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20220050256
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical fiber ribbon. The optical fiber ribbon includes optical fibers arranged in a row having a first width. Indicator fibers are provided at the edges of the row. The indicator fibers have different color fiber jackets. The optical fiber ribbon also includes a primary matrix into which the plurality of optical fibers is embedded. The optical fiber ribbon also includes an opacifying layer having a second width and a color layer, distinct from the opacifying layer, having a third width. The optical fiber ribbon further includes a layer of printing disposed on an outer surface of the primary matrix. In the optical fiber ribbon, the first width is greater than at least one of the second width or the third width such that the indicator fibers extend past at least one of the opacifying layer or the color layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Olus Naili Boratav, Julie Ann Chalk, David Wesley Chiasson, Gregory Alan Mills, Girish Arun Saigaonkar, Randall Dwaine Tuttle, Xiaomin Zhao
  • Patent number: 11169348
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical fiber ribbon. The optical fiber ribbon includes optical fibers arranged in a row having a first width. Indicator fibers are provided at the edges of the row. The indicator fibers have different color fiber jackets. The optical fiber ribbon also includes a primary matrix into which the plurality of optical fibers is embedded. The optical fiber ribbon also includes an opacifying layer having a second width and a color layer, distinct from the opacifying layer, having a third width. The optical fiber ribbon further includes a layer of printing disposed on an outer surface of the primary matrix. In the optical fiber ribbon, the first width is greater than at least one of the second width or the third width such that the indicator fibers extend past at least one of the opacifying layer or the color layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Olus Naili Boratav, Julie Ann Chalk, David Wesley Chiasson, Gregory Alan Mills, Girish Arun Saigaonkar, Randall Dwaine Tuttle, Xiaomin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20210206644
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a substituted graphane material with a three-dimensional structure. The substituted graphane material comprises a planar substrate with a plurality of six-membered carbon rings comprising continuous sp3 hybrids, wherein an organic molecular ring is connected to the planar substrate due to a Diels-Alder (D-A) reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Guohua CHEN, Songlin CHEN, Xiaomin ZHAO, Danqing CHEN, Lengshen HUANG, Yajing HUANG
  • Publication number: 20210103063
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a seismic sensor to detect seismic waves having at least a subset of seismic multiples and a machine-readable medium having program code executable by a processor to cause the apparatus to determine seismic measurements of the seismic waves, generate a fitted reflectivity model based on a set of reflectivity models using a nonlinear scheme, and identify a subset of the seismic measurements corresponding to the subset of seismic multiples. The apparatus also includes program code to cause the apparatus to generate a set of reduced-noise seismic measurements based on the subset of the seismic measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Amit Padhi, Mark Elliott Willis, Xiaomin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20210062645
    Abstract: A DAS VSP technique is used to determine the induced fracture height and fracture density of an induced fracture region. The DAS VSP technique obtains pre-hydraulic fracturing DAS VSP survey time-lapse data to establish a baseline reference for the direct acoustic wave travel time. The DAS VSP technique obtains one or more time-lapse data corresponding to the subsequent monitor surveys conducted after each hydraulic fracturing stage along the well. Forward modeling is used to determine a theoretical acoustic wave travel time difference. The forward modeling uses seismic anisotropy to describe the behavior of seismic waves traveling through the induced fracture regions. An inversion scheme is then used to invert for the induced fracture height and the fracture density using the forward modeling. The two extracted induced fracture characteristics may then be used to determine optimal hydraulic fracturing parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaomin Zhao, Mark Elliott Willis
  • Publication number: 20210011185
    Abstract: To mitigate zigzag noise and increase the quality of data provided from DAS VSP in wells with significant vertical sections, zigzag noise characteristics are identified and quantified. The zigzag noise properties can be extracted from an analysis of an autocorrelation of DAS VSP traces. The zigzag noise has a characteristic time period or repeat time delay that is the time period for the noise to propagate along the wireline through a zone of the wellbore with poor acoustic coupling between the fiber optic cable and formation. This period can be identified from analysis of the autocorrelation referred to herein as a crosswise lag summation function. The crosswise lag summation function identifies groups of DAS data traces containing zigzag noise and outputs zigzag noise periodicity for each group of traces. Once it has been identified, the zigzag noise can be removed from the VSP data and improve formation evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Mark Elliott Willis, Pedro William Palacios, Andreas Ellmauthaler, Xiaomin Zhao