Patents by Inventor Xinhui LU

Xinhui LU 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: 20240170963
    Abstract: A blockchain-based electricity trading method and system are disclosed. Based on the initial trading plan of the user in the virtual power plant, a non-cooperative game model among multiple users and the virtual power plant is constructed, a purchase price, a sale price and a demand response compensation price of a trading between the user and the virtual power plant during t period are determined; according to the above results, a final load demand of user i, a charging capacity or discharging capacity of the energy storage device of user i, as well as a purchase electricity quantity or sale electricity quantity of a trading with the virtual power plant during t period are determined, and a final trading scheme is formed; and based on the final trading scheme, both trading parties are matched, a trading contract is generated and a verification is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Kaile ZHOU, Hengheng XING, Xinhui LU
  • Patent number: 11991570
    Abstract: Disclosed are a signal transmission method and device, and a computer storage, including that: a base station sends or receives a signal within a sweep time interval, an access signal time interval, which is comprised of sweep time blocks sweep time blocks. The access signal time interval includes a downlink access signal time interval and an uplink access signal time interval. The base station sends the signal over the downlink access signal time interval, and receives the signal over the uplink access signal time interval. A terminal sends or receives a signal within the access signal time interval which is comprised of the sweep time blocks. The terminal sends the signal over the uplink access signal time interval, or receives the signal over the downlink access signal time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Peng Hao, Junfeng Zhang, Xing Liu, Zhaohua Lu, Xinhui Wang, Liujun Hu, Gang Bai
  • Patent number: 11962535
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for configuring channel characteristics of a reference signal, and a communication device are described. The method includes determining first type signaling, where the first type signaling carries a first type set and the first set includes a plurality of index elements; and sending the first type signaling to a second communication node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Bo Gao, Yu Ngok Li, Zhaohua Lu, Yijian Chen, Yifei Yuan, Xinhui Wang
  • Patent number: 11721994
    Abstract: Provided are a method and a system for optimizing charging and discharging behaviors of a BESS based on a SOH, relating to charging and discharging optimization. The number of cycles of the battery pack and corresponding DODs are obtained based on the curve of the SOC of the battery pack. Then, the SOH of the battery pack is obtained. A charging index sequence and a discharging index sequence of battery packs are obtained based on the SOH, the SOC and a charging and discharging state of the battery pack. The optimal number of the charging and discharging battery packs and optimal DODs are determined. Charging and discharging tasks are carried out according to the charging and discharging index sequences of the battery packs based on the optimal number of the charging and discharging battery packs and the optimal DODs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Hefei University of Technology
    Inventors: Kaile Zhou, Zenghui Zhang, Shanlin Yang, Jianling Jiao, Xinhui Lu
  • Patent number: 11409347
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method, a system and a storage medium for predicting power load probability density based on deep learning. The method comprises: S101, collecting power load data of a user, meteorological data and air quality data in a preset historical time period, and dividing the collected data into a training set and a test set; S102, determining a deep learning model for predicting power load; S103, inputting the test set into the deep learning model for predicting power load, and obtaining power load prediction data of the user at different quantile points in a third time interval; S104, performing kernel density estimation and obtaining a probability density curve of the power load of the user in the third time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Hefei University of Technology
    Inventors: Kaile Zhou, Zhifeng Guo, Shanlin Yang, Pengtao Li, Lulu Wen, Xinhui Lu
  • Publication number: 20220024338
    Abstract: The invention provided an electric vehicle charging scheduling method, apparatus and system based on cloud-edge collaboration, a storage medium and an electronic device. In the present invention, a charging request of an electric vehicle user is accepted and processed by an edge computing unit, and a target charging station for a to-be-charged electric vehicle is determined with a minimum traveling cost as a target, so that a data transmission distance is reduced, and the electric vehicle user is timely assisted in selecting the target charging station and completing a charging appointment. After the charging appointment is made, charging data is uploaded to a charging optimization scheduling model pre-trained by a cloud platform for obtaining an electric vehicle charging scheduling strategy, so that powerful cloud platform computing abilities and rapid response advantages of the edge computing unit are fully utilized, the problem of network congestion is avoided, and timeliness is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Kaile ZHOU, Dingding HU, Lanlan LI, Xinhui LU, Zhineng FEI
  • Publication number: 20210234387
    Abstract: Provided are a method and a system for optimizing charging and discharging behaviors of a BESS based on a SOH, relating to charging and discharging optimization. The number of cycles of the battery pack and corresponding DODs are obtained based on the curve of the SOC of the battery pack. Then, the SOH of the battery pack is obtained. A charging index sequence and a discharging index sequence of battery packs are obtained based on the SOH, the SOC and a charging and discharging state of the battery pack. The optimal number of the charging and discharging battery packs and optimal DODs are determined. Charging and discharging tasks are carried out according to the charging and discharging index sequences of the battery packs based on the optimal number of the charging and discharging battery packs and the optimal DODs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Kaile ZHOU, Zenghui ZHANG, Shanlin YANG, Jianling JIAO, Xinhui LU
  • Publication number: 20190265768
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method, a system and a storage medium for predicting power load probability density based on deep learning. The method comprises: S101, collecting power load data of a user, meteorological data and air quality data in a preset historical time period, and dividing the collected data into a training set and a test set; S102, determining a deep learning model for predicting power load; S103, inputting the test set into the deep learning model for predicting power load, and obtaining power load prediction data of the user at different quantile points in a third time interval; S104, performing kernel density estimation and obtaining a probability density curve of the power load of the user in the third time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Kaile ZHOU, Zhifeng GUO, Shanlin YANG, Pengtao LI, Lulu WEN, Xinhui LU
  • Patent number: 10211851
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a system for compressing data from a smart meter. The method comprises: LZ-encoding electricity load data collected by the smart meter whenever the smart meter collects the electricity load data; storing the LZ-encoded electricity load data in a temporary database through a smart grid communication channel; reading the electricity load data from the temporary database every preset second duration, wherein the read electricity load data is electricity load data stored in the temporary database within the second duration before a corresponding reading time point; and LZ-decoding the read electricity load data, SAX-compressing the LZ-decoded electricity load data, and storing the SAX-compressed electricity load data in a data center. The present invention has high compression rate, reduces the transmission burden for communication lines and storage burden for the data center, and improves the efficiency of smart electricity data analysis and mining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Hefei University of Technology
    Inventors: Kaile Zhou, Lulu Wen, Shanlin Yang, Xinhui Lu, Zhen Shao, Li Sun
  • Publication number: 20180294819
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a system for compressing data from a smart meter. The method comprises: LZ-encoding electricity load data collected by the smart meter whenever the smart meter collects the electricity load data; storing the LZ-encoded electricity load data in a temporary database through a smart grid communication channel; reading the electricity load data from the temporary database every preset second duration, wherein the read electricity load data is electricity load data stored in the temporary database within the second duration before a corresponding reading time point; and LZ-decoding the read electricity load data, SAX-compressing the LZ-decoded electricity load data, and storing the SAX-compressed electricity load data in a data center. The present invention has high compression rate, reduces the transmission burden for communication lines and storage burden for the data center, and improves the efficiency of smart electricity data analysis and mining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Kaile ZHOU, Lulu WEN, Shanlin YANG, Xinhui LU, Zhen SHAO, Li SUN
  • Patent number: 10026134
    Abstract: A charging and discharging scheduling method for electric vehicles in microgrid under time-of-use price includes: determining the system structure of the microgrid and the characters of each unit; establishing the optimal scheduling objective function of the microgrid considering the depreciation cost of the electric vehicle (EV) battery under time-of-use price; determining the constraints of each distributed generator and EV battery, and forming an optimal scheduling model of the microgrid together with the optimal scheduling objective function of the microgrid; determining the amount, starting and ending time, starting and ending charge state, and other basic calculating data of the EV accessing the microgrid under time-of-use price; determining the charge and discharge power of the EV when accessing the grid, by solving the optimal scheduling model of the microgrid with a particle swarm optimization algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Inventors: Kaile Zhou, Xinhui Lu, Shanlin Yang, Li Sun, Chi Zhang, Zhen Shao
  • Publication number: 20170337646
    Abstract: A charging and discharging scheduling method for electric vehicles in microgrid under time-of-use price includes: determining the system structure of the microgrid and the characters of each unit; establishing the optimal scheduling objective function of the microgrid considering the depreciation cost of the electric vehicle (EV) battery under time-of-use price; determining the constraints of each distributed generator and EV battery, and forming an optimal scheduling model of the microgrid together with the optimal scheduling objective function of the microgrid; determining the amount, starting and ending time, starting and ending charge state, and other basic calculating data of the EV accessing the microgrid under time-of-use price; determining the charge and discharge power of the EV when accessing the grid, by solving the optimal scheduling model of the microgrid with a particle swarm optimization algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Kaile ZHOU, Xinhui LU, Shanlin YANG, Li SUN, Chi ZHANG, Zhen SHAO