Patents by Inventor Xu Li

Xu Li 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: 20230120071
    Abstract: A sleep-aiding audio signal updating method and apparatus in the artificial intelligence (AI) field is provided. The method includes: obtaining a first biological signal collected when a first audio signal in a sleep-aiding audio library is played, where the first biological signal is a biological signal of a first user; determining a sleep quality of the first user based on the first biological signal; and updating the sleep-aiding audio library based on the sleep quality of the first user, so that a sleep-aiding audio signal can be updated, to provide a proper sleep-aiding audio signal for a user, and ensure a sleep-aiding effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Hui YANG, Chang LIU, Huimin ZHANG, Xu LI
  • Patent number: 11630953
    Abstract: Described herein are embodiments for end-to-end reinforcement learning based coreference resolution models to directly optimize coreference evaluation metrics. Embodiments of a reinforced policy gradient model are disclosed to incorporate reward associated with a sequence of coreference linking actions. Furthermore, maximum entropy regularization may be used for adequate exploration to prevent a model embodiment from prematurely converging to a bad local optimum. Experiments on datasets compared with state-of-the-art methods verified the effectiveness of embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: Baidu USA LLC, Baidu.com Times Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongliang Fei, Xu Li, Dingcheng Li, Ping Li
  • Publication number: 20230111683
    Abstract: A flexible display panel and a preparation method therefor, and a display device and a display module are provided. The flexible display panel includes a planar area, a first bending area, a second bending area and a corner bending area. The corner bending area is connected to a corner of the planar area and is connected between the first bending area and the second bending area, and is provided with a plurality of first hole groups, where the corner bending area is bent with a width of a first hole group in middle of the corner bending area increasing and a width of a first hole group in an edge area on a side of the corner bending area away from the planar area decreasing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicants: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaming WANG, Liqiang CHEN, Dongdong ZHAO, Zuojia WANG, Xueyan LIU, Xu LI
  • Patent number: 11623202
    Abstract: A method of forming one or more composite structures is provided wherein one or more carbon structures is formed from a carbon source via a hydrothermal process. Said carbon source is a biomass material including glucose and glucosamine hydrochloride. In particular, the method further comprises introducing a seeding additive of potassium or phosphate salt, preferably monopotassium phosphate to the carbon source. The method includes introducing iron onto the carbon structures to form the one or more composite structures including carbon and iron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Xu Li, Chin Chong Ray Yap, Jiating He, Siew Yee Wong
  • Publication number: 20230106325
    Abstract: A method of producing a porous carbon composite fibrous mats formed of a network of carbon fibers incorporated with porous carbon particles. The method includes electrospinning a polymer solution to form a porous layer of polymeric fibers and the polymeric fibers are doped with a precursor of conductive metal particles, where the polymer solution includes a polymer and the precursor of the conductive metal particles, electrospraying a metal organic framework suspension onto the porous layer of polymeric fibers, where the metal organic framework suspension includes metal organic framework particles, repeating the electrospinning and electrospraying in an alternating manner to form a porous network of polymeric fibers incorporated with the metal organic framework particles, and heating the porous network of polymeric fibers incorporated with the metal organic framework particles to form the porous carbon composite fibrous mats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Xu Li, Suxi Wang
  • Publication number: 20230108364
    Abstract: The present application describes a method and apparatus for managing a service in a service layer. In particular, a method describes a computer readable storage medium including instructions for managing a service in a service layer where the instructions are executed by a processor. The executed instructions cause the processor to receive a request to manage, via a service enabler function of the service layer, a change of state of the service including adding, removing, activating, or deactivating the service. The request may include a service description. The executed instructions also cause the processor to evaluate, via the service enabler function, the service description comprising identifiers of one or more services to manage. The executed instructions further cause the processor to identify one or more service capabilities in the service layer to assist in managing the one or more services identified in the service description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Hongkun Li, Guang Lu, Lijun Dong, Dale N. Seed, William Robert Flynn, IV, Catalina M. Mladin, Xu Li
  • Publication number: 20230103047
    Abstract: This invention relates to a a one-step process for making a polymer composite suspension for coating plastic films characterized in that a first polymer is synthesized in-situ optionally in the presence of other polymers and in the presence of clay. Preferably the polymer composite suspension comprises a) 1.0 to 11.0 wt % of clay or silane modified clay, b) 0.1 to 10.0 wt % of poly (acrylic acid), which is a copolymer of acrylic acid (AA) with at least one other monomer selected from 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (ERA), ?-carboxyethyl acrylate (?-CEA), methacrylamidoethyl ethylene urea (WAM II) and ethoxylated behenyl methacrylate (?-EHA), c) 1.0 to 15.0 wt % of other polymers, preferably poly (vinyl alcohol) and d) 70 to 97 wt % of water or mixture of water with 2-propanol. The coating films made from the suspensions show good barrier capabilities against water vapor and oxygen can be used to make barrier layers on or within plastic films for packaging applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Xu LI, Yu Yuan CHIENG, Siew Yee WONG, Xikui ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11616851
    Abstract: An M2M Service Layer is expanded to access the services of third parties and exchange data with these third parties. The M2M Service Layer is then able to act as a proxy between M2M Devices and the third party services. The M2M Service Layer is able to present a single/consistent interface, or API, to the M2M Device and hide the details of the third party service provider from the M2M Device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: William Robert Flynn, IV, Dale N. Seed, Xu Li, Guang Lu, Lijun Dong, Hongkun Li, Phillip Brown, Catalina M. Mladin
  • Publication number: 20230092694
    Abstract: A vulcanizing agent is added during the processing of a polymer, and can form a crosslinking structure network in the polymer, thereby improving the mechanical properties of the material. Furthermore, the crosslinking agent can also de-crosslink the polymer material at a high temperature, and after being cooled, same can be crosslinked again to produce a network structure, thus endowing the polymer material with thermoplasticity for repeated processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Hui NIU, Shiqi XIE, Shuhui LIU, Zongke HE, Zhuo BAO, Liying LIU, Zhe HUA, Aihui WANG, Wenjing YIN, Jing WANG, Xu LI, Shuang SUN
  • Publication number: 20230093270
    Abstract: A semiconductor storage device of an embodiment includes a plurality of blocks, a voltage supply circuit configured to generate read voltage Vr to be supplied to signal lines, a block decoder capable of setting, for each of the selected blocks, whether the read voltage Vr is applied to word lines, and a sequencer configured to perform operation that reads data. The voltage supply circuit generates power voltage VRD and power voltage VBB that is negative voltage and supplies these voltages to the block decoder. During the reading operation, a value of the power voltage VRD is changed between voltage Vhr and voltage Vlr and a value of the power voltage VBB is changed between voltage Vhb and voltage Vlb. The voltage Vhr is larger than zero volt, and the voltage Vlb is lower than zero volt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Xu LI
  • Publication number: 20230084731
    Abstract: This application provides a signal transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining, by a transmitter side, a first signal with N points; performing signal separation on the first signal with N points, to obtain two groups of signals (for example, a second signal with N points and a third signal with N points); combining the two groups of signals obtained through separation, to obtain a to-be-sent signal with 3N/2 points; and sending the signal with 3N/2 points to a receiver side, to enable the receiver to restore the first signal with N points from the received signal with 3N/2 points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Xu Li, Jingjing Huang, Junping Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230078953
    Abstract: This application provides a signal transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining, by a transmitter side, a first signal with N points; performing signal separation on the first signal with N points, to obtain two groups of signals (for example, a second signal with N points and a third signal with N points); determining four signals with N/2 points based on the two groups of signals obtained through separation, and combining the four signals with N/2 points, to obtain a to-be-sent signal with 3N/2 points; and sending the signal with 3N/2 points to a receiver side, to enable the receiver to restore the first signal with N points from the received signal with 3N/2 points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Xu Li, Jingjing Huang, Jiajin Luo
  • Patent number: 11603081
    Abstract: For a tank truck using an EBS, the present invention provides a tank truck rollover relieved control method based on electronic braking deceleration. Firstly, a tank truck rollover scene applicable to the relieved control method is defined; then, a least square method is adopted to establish a characterization function of tank truck braking deceleration; and finally, tank truck rollover relieved control is achieved on the basis of the characterization function of the braking deceleration and the EBS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xu Li, Kun Wei, Qimin Xu
  • Patent number: 11597852
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a clay-polyacrylate composite comprising layers of clay intercalated with polyacrylate, wherein the layers of clay comprises at least one organosilane coupling agent comprising an acrylate moiety; and wherein the polyacrylate comprises a first acrylate monomer and a second acrylate monomer having different solubility. A surfactant-free method of synthesizing the said clay-polyacrylate composite and a method for coating are also provided. In a preferred embodiment, the first acrylate monomer is a hydrophilic acrylate monomer, e.g. 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, and the second acrylate monomer is a hydrophobic acrylate monomer, e.g. 2-ethylhexyl acrylate. The clay-acrylate composite can be used for forming a barrier coating, which exhibits low water and low oxygen permeability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Xu Li, Yu Zhang, Ming Yan Tan, Siew Yee Wong, Xi Kui Zhang
  • Patent number: 11601555
    Abstract: The present application at least describes a computer-implemented method including a step of setting, via a service layer residing on a server outside of an underlying 3GPP network, a trigger in the underlying 3GPP network, where the trigger defines an QoS parameter change in the underlying 3GPP network. The underlying 3GPP network is configured with functionality to send a notification to the service layer upon detecting the QoS parameter change. The computer-implemented method also includes a step of receiving, from the underlying 3GPP network, the notification the detected QoS parameter change has occurred. The computer-implemented method further includes a step of performing, at the service layer residing on the server a service layer operation in response to the received notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Hongkun Li, Guang Lu, Qing Li, Dale N. Seed, Lijun Dong, Chonggang Wang, William Robert Flynn, IV, Xu Li, Phillip Brown, Catalina M. Mladin
  • Patent number: 11590476
    Abstract: A method of producing a porous carbon composite fibrous mats formed of a network of carbon fibers incorporated with porous carbon particles. The method includes electrospinning a polymer solution to form a porous layer of polymeric fibers and the polymeric fibers are doped with a precursor of conductive metal particles, wherein the polymer solution includes a polymer and the precursor of the conductive metal particles, electrospraying a metal organic framework suspension onto the porous layer of polymeric fibers, wherein the metal organic framework suspension includes metal organic framework particles, repeating the electrospinning and electrospraying in an alternating manner to form a porous network of polymeric fibers incorporated with the metal organic framework particles, and heating the porous network of polymeric fibers incorporated with the metal organic framework particles to form the porous carbon composite fibrous mats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Xu Li, Suxi Wang
  • Patent number: 11588907
    Abstract: There is provided a system including a platform controller for managing artificial intelligence services, wherein the system includes a processor coupled with a memory, having stored thereon instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, configure the platform controller to receive an artificial intelligence (AI) service registration request from an AI controller controlling the AI service, the AI service registration request including information indicative of locations of the AI service and transmit an AI service registration response to the AI controller, the AI service registration response including routing information at least in part specifying how to reach a coordinator associated with the AI service, the coordinator corresponding to a location of the AI service and transmit a notification indicative of availability of the AI service to a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xu Li, Hang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11578384
    Abstract: The invention provides a laser shock processing method for small-hole component with different thickness. In this method, different process parameters are adopted for laser shock processing of small hole members with different thicknesses, and the empirical formula was obtained by statistical analysis of the experimental results, and the empirical formula I 0 = A ? e t B ? ? s 2 Z is the relationship between power density and thickness of small hole members. According to this formula, the power density of laser shock strengthening of orifice member with different thickness is determined, and the selection and determination method of process parameters related to this is put forward. According to this method, reasonable residual compressive stress distribution can be obtained after laser shock strengthening with appropriate technology, and good strengthening effect can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yinfang Jiang, Fuwen Zhu, Wenfan Jiang, Sili Wang, Jian Zhao, Wei Jin, Cheng Hua, Xu Li
  • Patent number: 11582313
    Abstract: A method and system for protocol data unit (PDU) session release due to violation of time or location information element constraints is provided. Operations may be part of optimizing operation of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communications network. A policy control function (PCF) determines whether there is a violation of at least one of location information and time information associated with a background data transfer. Upon detecting such a violation, the PCF requests a session management function (SMF) to release a PDU session associated with the background data transfer. The SMF responds by releasing the PDU session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ngoc Dung Dao, Xu Li
  • Patent number: D982531
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Dongguan Good Luck Furniture Industrial Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Xingzhong Zheng, Xu Li, Jiayan Xiao