Patents by Inventor Xin Ni
Xin Ni 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).
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Publication number: 20240135803Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, an infrared transmitter, a light guide member, and a decorative sheet. The infrared transmitter and the light guide member are both disposed in the housing. The housing is provided with a through hole, and at least a part of the light guide member is disposed in the through hole. The light guide member has a first end and a second end that are opposite to each other. The first end has a curved surface protruding opposite to the second end. The infrared transmitter is opposite to a light inlet surface, and the infrared transmitter emits infrared light toward the light inlet surface. The second end has a light outlet surface. At least a part of the infrared light incident in the light guide member through the light inlet surface emits on the light outlet surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.Inventors: Peng NI, Hongchao ZHAO, Hongye CI, Yang LIU, Xin SHAN, Chao SHEN
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Patent number: 11958681Abstract: The present invention relates to a ventilating and blanking device for a coal storage Eurosilo. The ventilating and blanking device includes a top blanking pipe, an axial flow fan and a baffle door, the top blanking pipe including a first pipeline and a second pipeline, an air supply pipe is connected to a side wall of the second pipeline, and the baffle door is connected to a driving mechanism; during blanking, the driving mechanism drives the baffle door so as to make the baffle door close the air supply pipe and the axial flow fan is shut off; and during ventilation, the driving mechanism drives the baffle door so as to make the baffle door close the first pipeline, and the axial flow fan is turned on. Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the advantages of ventilation efficiency, good ventilation effect, etc.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: HUANENG POWER INTERNATIONAL, INC., SHANGHAI SHIDONGKOU FIRST POWER PLANTInventors: Zhong Ni, Zhiwei Sang, Zhongming Huang, Xin Hu, Pengxia Ni, Ping Zhu, Qinghan Zheng, Runhan Liu, Xiao Zhang, Jinxin Yu, Haifeng Guan, Jialei Deng
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Publication number: 20240106060Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery pack box with an internal space including a first region to an n-th region, each provided with a battery cell. A positive electrode active substance in a positive electrode of each k-th battery cell includes lithium iron phosphate and/or lithium nickel cobalt manganate having a first discharge voltage plateau and one or more types of supplementary active substances having a second discharge voltage plateau. For the first battery cell to the n-th battery cell, in any case where a sum of a discharge capacity corresponding to the first discharge voltage plateau and a discharge capacity corresponding to the second discharge voltage plateau is 100%, a discharge capacity proportion corresponding to the second discharge voltage plateau of the k-th battery cell is greater than a discharge capacity proportion corresponding to the second discharge voltage plateau of the (k?1)-th battery cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Miaomiao DONG, Hongyu LIU, Changfeng BIE, Shaocong OUYANG, Huan NI, Chenghua FU, Xin SUN
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Publication number: 20240088460Abstract: A battery pack includes a first battery cell, a second battery cell, and a third battery cell. A positive electrode active substance of each battery cell is composed of lithium iron phosphate and a low-temperature additive. The low-temperature additive is selected from compounds containing at least two carbonyl groups, which are conjugated with an unsaturated structure or an atom having lone-pair electrons connected with the carbonyl groups, and a discharging cut-off voltage of the battery pack at a low temperature has the following rules: discharging cut-off voltages V1, V2, and V3 of the first battery cell, second battery cell, and third battery cell range from 1.95V to 2.1V, from 1.8 V to 2.0V, from 1.6V to 1.9V, respectively, and V1, V2, and V3 satisfy a relationship of V1>V2>V3.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Miaomiao DONG, Shaocong OUYANG, Huan NI, Hongyu LIU, Changfeng BIE, Xin SUN, Chenghua FU
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Patent number: 11913324Abstract: An apparatus for downhole multi-dimensional imaging includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a formation resistivity signal, an ultrasonic echo signal and an orientation signal regularly; a sector calculation unit configured to calculate, based on said orientation signal, a sector where a currently acquired signal is from; and a multi-dimensional imaging unit, configured to calculate, based on the signals acquired by the acquisition unit, data of resistivity, distance from a drilling tool to a borehole wall and ultrasonic echo amplitude, and distribute said data into all sectors for feature recognition and extraction, thus obtaining key features characterizing a current formation being drilled, said key features being transmitted to ground for guiding drilling process. The structural complexity and the length of the downhole imaging measurement instrument can be reduced, and feature recognition can be directly performed on the imaging data underground.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, SINOPEC RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERINGInventors: Yijin Zeng, Wei Zhang, Weining Ni, Xin Li, Lipeng Yan, Jinping Wu, Yuefa Hu, Lishuang Wang, Zuyang Zhu, Jintai Mi
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Patent number: 11853997Abstract: Mechanisms are provided to implement a recurring payment collection system for extending current quick response (QR) code payment methods to collect recurring payments from a customer. The recurring payment collection system sends a notification to the customer that a recurring payment is due in response to a recurring payment event occurring. The recurring payment collection system obtains a QR code for the recurring payment in response to the customer acknowledging the notification. The recurring payment collection system utilizes the QR code to request the recurring payment from a payment system. The recurring payment collection system acknowledges that the recurring payment has been made in responsive to the recurring payment being processed by the payment system.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ching-Yun Chao, John H. Teoh, Frankie Kong, Xin Ni, Randy A. Rendahl
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Patent number: 11423235Abstract: In embodiments, a reusable and adaptive multi-task orchestration dialogue system orchestrates a set of single-task dialogue systems to provide multi-scenario dialogue processing. In embodiments, for each question propounded by a user, using a deep learning predictive model, a best single-task dialogue system is chosen out of the set. In embodiments, multi-task orchestration is done without the need to change, or even understand, the inner workings or mechanisms of the individual single-task dialogue systems in the set. Moreover, the multi-task orchestration is also unconcerned with what rules are set in each individual single-task dialogue system. In embodiments, prior to selection of the best single-task dialogue system to return the best answer, new intents and entities are discovered and used to update an existing dialogue path. In embodiments, additional data is continually collected, and used to retrain model so as to further improve performance.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Zi Ming Huang, Jie Ma, Christopher Jonathan Davis, Rachel Mohammed, Zhuoxuan Jiang, Qi Cheng Li, Xin Ni
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Patent number: 11237748Abstract: Balancing resource usage for client applications workload and data merge optimization of the backend for both a local merge within one server and a merge across multiple servers is determined based on previous resource usage pattern in a distributed storage system.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Lei Chen, Xin Ni, Tao Xie, Jun Wei Zhang
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Patent number: 11070000Abstract: An electrical socket includes a magnet connected to a shield. The shield blocks access to receptacles of the socket when the magnet is at a rest position but moves away and allows access to the receptacles when the magnet is moved away from its rest position. The magnet is attached to a spring so that the spring pulls the magnet toward the rest position. A plug includes a plug magnet to attract the socket's magnet. When the plug is brought close to the socket, the socket magnet is pulled away from the rest position, moving the shield away and allowing the plug to be inserted.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Tao Song, XiYuan Yin, Qiuyi Yu, Hui Jin, Xin Ni Wang, Jun Hu
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Publication number: 20210201174Abstract: Techniques for generating a natural language question template for an artificial intelligence question and answer (QA) system are disclosed. A graph database query relating to a QA system is parsed using a predefined schema. The parsing includes extracting a first plurality of values from the graph database query relating to a where clause in the graph database query, extracting a second plurality of values from the graph database query relating to a return clause in the graph database query, identifying a QA template rule relating to the graph database query, based on a match clause in the graph database query. A natural language question template is generated based on the first plurality of values, the second plurality of values, and the identified QA template rule. The natural language question template is suitable for use by the QA system as part of generating a response to a natural language question.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2019Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Zi Ming HUANG, Jian WANG, Jing LI, Jian Min JIANG, Ke WANG, Xin NI
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Publication number: 20210159628Abstract: An electrical socket includes a magnet connected to a shield. The shield blocks access to receptacles of the socket when the magnet is at a rest position but moves away and allows access to the receptacles when the magnet is moved away from its rest position. The magnet is attached to a spring so that the spring pulls the magnet toward the rest position. A plug includes a plug magnet to attract the socket's magnet. When the plug is brought close to the socket, the socket magnet is pulled away from the rest position, moving the shield away and allowing the plug to be inserted.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2019Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Tao Song, XiYuan Yin, Qiuyi Yu, Hui Jin, Xin Ni Wang, Jun Hu
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Publication number: 20210141862Abstract: In embodiments, a reusable and adaptive multi-task orchestration dialogue system orchestrates a set of single-task dialogue systems to provide multi-scenario dialogue processing. In embodiments, for each question propounded by a user, using a deep learning predictive model, a best single-task dialogue system is chosen out of the set. In embodiments, multi-task orchestration is done without the need to change, or even understand, the inner workings or mechanisms of the individual single-task dialogue systems in the set. Moreover, the multi-task orchestration is also unconcerned with what rules are set in each individual single-task dialogue system. In embodiments, prior to selection of the best single-task dialogue system to return the best answer, new intents and entities are discovered and used to update an existing dialogue path. In embodiments, additional data is continually collected, and used to retrain model so as to further improve performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2019Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventors: Zi Ming HUANG, Jie MA, Christopher Jonathan DAVIS, Rachel MOHAMMED, Zhuoxuan JIANG, Qi Cheng LI, Xin NI
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Publication number: 20200273018Abstract: Mechanisms are provided to implement a recurring payment collection system for extending current quick response (QR) code payment methods to collect recurring payments from a customer. The recurring payment collection system sends a notification to the customer that a recurring payment is due in response to a recurring payment event occurring. The recurring payment collection system obtains a QR code for the recurring payment in response to the customer acknowledging the notification. The recurring payment collection system utilizes the QR code to request the recurring payment from a payment system. The recurring payment collection system acknowledges that the recurring payment has been made in responsive to the recurring payment being processed by the payment system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2019Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Ching-Yun Chao, John H. Teoh, Frankie Kong, Xin Ni, Randy A. Rendahl
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Patent number: 10552079Abstract: Balancing resource usage for client applications workload and data merge optimization of the backend for both a local merge within one server and a merge across multiple servers is determined based on previous resource usage pattern in a distributed storage system.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Lei Chen, Xin Ni, Tao Xie, Jun Wei Zhang
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Publication number: 20190369900Abstract: Balancing resource usage for client applications workload and data merge optimization of the backend for both a local merge within one server and a merge across multiple servers is determined based on previous resource usage pattern in a distributed storage system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Lei Chen, Xin Ni, Tao Xie, Jun Wei Zhang
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Publication number: 20180357684Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for identifying a preferred region for a product and an apparatus and a storage medium thereof. The method is executed by computer. The method includes: obtaining comment texts of users in different regions for a to-be-analyzed product, and extracting product features of the to-be-analyzed product from the comment texts; determining sentiment polarities of the users for the product features in the comment texts; calculating associations between sentiment orientations of the product features and the regions; extracting product features with regional preferences from the product features; and determining, for each product feature with a regional preference, a preferred region for the product feature in view of the sentiment polarities. The present invention can provide preferred regions for on-line product comments, enable enterprises to formulate more specific marketing strategies, and drive enterprises to implement regional product marketing strategies.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Qiang ZHANG, Shanlin YANG, Anning WANG, Zhanglin PENG, Xin Ni, Minglun REN, Xiaonong LU
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Publication number: 20180203640Abstract: Balancing resource usage for client applications workload and data merge optimization of the backend for both a local merge within one server and a merge across multiple servers is determined based on previous resource usage pattern in a distributed storage system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2017Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: Lei Chen, Xin Ni, Tao Xie, Jun Wei Zhang
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Publication number: 20180197192Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for identifying a preferential region for a product. The method includes: obtaining comment texts of users in different regions for a to-be-analyzed product, and extracting product features of the to-be-analyzed product from the obtained comment texts; determining sentiment polarities of the users for the product features in the comment texts; calculating associations between sentiment orientations of the product features and the regions; extracting product features with regional preferences from the product features; and determining, for each extracted product feature with a regional preference, a preferential region for the product feature in view of the sentiment polarities. For content of fragmental and random online comments on the product, the present invention can provide a preferential region, enable an enterprise to formulate a more specific marketing strategy, and drive the enterprise to implement the regional product marketing strategy.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: Qiang ZHANG, Shanlin YANG, Anning WANG, Zhanglin PENG, Xin Ni, Minglun REN, Xiaonong LU
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Patent number: 9184553Abstract: The invention relates to a novel type of gate-tunable photonics and plasmonics which utilizes doped large-scale graphene coupled with ferroelectric material. The graphene-ferroelectric hybrid structure paves the way for the realization of ultra-fast, low power consumption and multi-wavelength operation saturable absorbers for applications in ultra-fast laser systems and novel types of plasmonics for applications in infrared detection, single-photon quantum devices and ultrasensitive detectors.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2013Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: National University of SingaporeInventors: Barbaros Özyilmaz, Guang Xin Ni, Yi Zheng
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Patent number: 9082523Abstract: A transparent conductor comprising: a graphene layer and a permanent dipole layer on the graphene layer configured to electrostatically dope the graphene layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2011Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPOREInventors: Barbaros Özyilmaz, Guang Xin Ni, Yi Zheng