Patents by Inventor Yang Zou

Yang Zou 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: 20220081722
    Abstract: We describe a method of diagnosing a gastric cancer. The method may include detecting the expression level of an miRNA in a sample of or from an individual. The expression level of the miRNA may be detected in an extracellular vesicle (EV) from the sample. The miRNA may be selected from the group consisting of: hsa-miR-484, hsa-miR-186-5p, hsa-miR-142-5p, hsa-miR-320d, hsa-miR-320a, hsa-miR-320b and hsa-miR-17-5p. The method may be such that an altered expression level of the miRNA as compared to the expression level of the miRNA in an EV in or of an individual known not to be suffering from gastric cancer indicates that the individual is suffering, or is likely to be suffering, from gastric cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Heng Phon Too, Ka Yan Chung, Jia Min Quek Yang Zou, Rui Yang Zou
  • Publication number: 20220065504
    Abstract: Heat pump systems with a gas bypass tank and that operate in both heating and cooling modes are disclosed. The systems include a first splitting valve that can route liquid refrigerant to either the indoor coil or the outdoor coil, depending on whether the heat pump system is in heating or cooling mode. An expansion valve in the system can lower the pressure of liquid refrigerant leaving a condenser, thereby creating a two-phase fluid comprising liquid refrigerant and vaporized refrigerant. The gas bypass tank can separate liquid refrigerant from vaporized refrigerant. The liquid refrigerant can be supplied to the evaporator of the system, while the vaporized refrigerant can be bypassed to a compressor. The first splitting valve can include a first plurality of switching paths that route the separated liquid refrigerant to either the outdoor coil or the indoor coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventor: Yang Zou
  • Patent number: 11261360
    Abstract: The present invention relates to heat transfer compositions comprising refrigerant, lubricant and stabilizer, wherein the refrigerant comprises about 49% by weight difluoromethane (HFC-32), about 11.5% by weight pentafluoroethane (HFC-125), and about 39.5% by weight trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I), and wherein said lubricant comprises polyol ester (POE) lubricant and/or polyvinyl ether (PVE) lubricant, and wherein said stabilizer comprises an alkylated naphthalene and optionally but preferably an acid depleting moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Laurence Smith, Ankit Sethi, Yang Zou, Samuel F Yana Motta
  • Publication number: 20220048093
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pressure expanding a tube to fit a heat exchanger fin are disclosed. The systems can include one or more pressure relief devices, and each pressure relief device can be configured to release at least some pressurized fluid via a respective auxiliary flow path in response to a pressure of the pressurized fluid being greater than a predetermined pressure relief threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yang Zou, Sivakumar Gopalnarayanan, Swapnil Khaire
  • Publication number: 20220034593
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improved heat exchange performance are disclosed. The system can include a first slab of refrigerant tubes having an upstream side and a downstream side. The system can further include a second slab of refrigerant tubes having an upstream side and a downstream side. The system can additionally include an airflow distribution device configured to distribute air along the first and second slabs. Further, the downstream side of first slab can be set apart a first distance from the downstream side of the second slab and the upstream side of the first slab can be attached to the upstream side of the second slab. The airflow distribution device can include a perforated plate having perforations of various dimensions or various sized vanes positioned in the path of airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Yang Zou, Sivakumar Gopalnarayanan, Ammar K. Sakarwala, Chitra Sadanandan
  • Publication number: 20220011024
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improved heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems incorporating a plurality of refrigerant circuits. The system can include a compressor having a first compression chamber, a second compression chamber, and a motor. The system can further include a heat exchanger having a first set of microchannel coils and a second set of microchannel coils. The system can have a first circuit fluidly coupled between the first compression chamber and the first set of microchannel coils and a second circuit fluidly coupled between the second compression chamber and the second set of microchannel coils. Further, the first circuit comprises a first refrigerant and the second circuit comprises a second refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Yang Zou, Sivakumar Gopalnarayanan
  • Publication number: 20210355358
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for providing heating and/or cooling of the type comprising evaporating refrigerant liquid and condensing refrigerant vapor in a plurality of repeating cycles, where the method comprises (a) providing the refrigerant comprising at least about 5% by weight of a lower alkyl iodofluorocarbon; and (b) exposing at least a portion of said refrigerant in at least a portion of said plurality of said cycles to a sequestration material comprising: i) copper or a copper alloy; ii) a molecular sieve (preferably a zeolite), comprising copper, silver, lead or a combination thereof; iii) an anion exchange resin, and iv) a combination of two or more of these, wherein said exposing temperature is preferably above about 20 C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Ankit SETHI, Samuel F. Yana Motta, Elizabet del Carmen Vera Becerra, Yang Zou, Henna Tangri, Gregory L. Smith
  • Publication number: 20210279630
    Abstract: A quantum bit control apparatus, including a control signal generator, optoelectronic detectors, a quantum chip, and a shielding apparatus, the optoelectronic detectors are disposed in the shielding apparatus, and an inner part of the shielding apparatus is in a vacuum state. The control signal generator is disposed in a first temperature area, and is configured to generate optical control signals and send the N optical control signals to the optoelectronic detectors. The optoelectronic detectors are disposed in a second temperature area having a temperature lower than of the first temperature area. The N optoelectronic detectors are configured to convert the received optical control signals into electronically controlled signals and send the electronically controlled signals to the quantum chip. The quantum chip is disposed in the second temperature area, and controls a quantum bit in the quantum chip based on the electronically controlled signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Zhengyu Li, Changzheng Su, Yang Zou, Yongjing Cai
  • Patent number: 11111424
    Abstract: A refrigerant composition, including trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I); 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf); difluoromethane (HFC-32); and carbon dioxide (CO2), for use in a heat exchange system, including refrigeration applications and in particular aspects to the use of such compositions as a replacement of the refrigerant R-404A for heating and cooling applications and to retrofitting heat exchange systems, including systems designed for use with R-404A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Samuel F. Yana Motta, Michael Petersen, Ankit Sethi, Elizabet del Carmen Vera Becerra, Yang Zou, Gregory Smith
  • Patent number: 11113829
    Abstract: A system for analyzing images includes a processing device including a receiving module configured to receive an image associated with a target domain, and a domain adaptation module configured to characterize one or more features represented in the received image based on a domain adaptation model. The domain adaptation model is generated using a machine learning algorithm to train the domain adaptation model, and the machine learning algorithm is configured to train the domain adaptation model based on one or more source domain images associated with a source domain, one or more previously acquired images associated with the target domain, and acquired characterization data associated with the target domain. The system also includes an output module configured to output the received image with characterization data identifying one or more features characterized by the domain adaptation module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jinsong Wang, Yang Zou, Guangyu J. Zou, Vijayakumar Bhagavatula
  • Publication number: 20210223297
    Abstract: Provided are a live detection method and apparatus for a high-voltage switch cabinet. The live detection apparatus for a high-voltage switch cabinet includes a robot body and a back-end server. The robot body includes a host module, a power module, a detection module and a motion module. The power module is electrically connected to the host module and the motion module. The host module is communicably connected to the motion module and the detection module. The detection module includes a visible light camera, an infrared thermal imager, an non-contacting ultrasonic sensor and an ultrahigh-frequency sensor. The motion module includes a horizontal motion module, a vertical motion module and a rotating motion module. The horizontal motion module includes a motor-driven carrier and a laser navigation system. The vertical motion module is secured to the motor-driven carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Yuting LIU, Peng WANG, Qiukuan ZHOU, Mingjun LIU, Tangbing LI, Chao TONG, Yu ZHANG, Junxin TONG, Yan LIU, Tian CHEN, Yang ZOU
  • Publication number: 20210206720
    Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing an alkynyl pyridine prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor. In particular, the method involved uses 3-substituted-5-bromopyridine-2-carboxylic acid protected by different protection groups as raw materials, and by means of condensation, Sonogashira coupling and deprotection, the target compound is obtained. The process reaction conditions are simple, and have no harsh reaction conditions, strong operability, and stable amplification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Gang Lu, Jian Huang, Yimin Hu, Lingjian Zhu, Yang Zou, Hua Cui, Qidong You, Xiaojin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11008494
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for providing heating and/or cooling of the type comprising evaporating refrigerant liquid and condensing refrigerant vapor in a plurality of repeating cycles, where the method comprises (a) providing the refrigerant comprising at least about 5% by weight of a lower alkyl iodofluorocarbon; and (b) exposing at least a portion of said refrigerant in at least a portion of said plurality of said cycles to a sequestration material comprising: i) copper or a copper alloy; ii) a molecular sieve (preferably a zeolite), comprising copper, silver, lead or a combination thereof; iii) an anion exchange resin, and iv) a combination of two or more of these, wherein said exposing temperature is preferably above about 20 C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Ankit Sethi, Samuel F. Yana Motta, Elizabet del Carmen Vera Becerra, Yang Zou, Henna Tangri, Gregory L. Smith
  • Publication number: 20210064907
    Abstract: Object re-identification refers to a process by which images that contain an object of interest are retrieved from a set of images captured using disparate cameras or in disparate environments. Object re-identification has many useful applications, particularly as it is applied to people (e.g. person tracking). Current re-identification processes rely on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) that learn re-identification for a particular object class from labeled training data specific to a certain domain (e.g. environment), but that do not apply well in other domains. The present disclosure provides cross-domain disentanglement of id-related and id-unrelated factors. In particular, the disentanglement is performed using a labeled image set and an unlabeled image set, respectively captured from different domains but for a same object class.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaodong Yang, Yang Zou, Zhiding Yu, Jan Kautz
  • Publication number: 20210056718
    Abstract: A system for analyzing images includes a processing device including a receiving module configured to receive an image associated with a target domain, and a domain adaptation module configured to characterize one or more features represented in the received image based on a domain adaptation model. The domain adaptation model is generated using a machine learning algorithm to train the domain adaptation model, and the machine learning algorithm is configured to train the domain adaptation model based on one or more source domain images associated with a source domain, one or more previously acquired images associated with the target domain, and acquired characterization data associated with the target domain. The system also includes an output module configured to output the received image with characterization data identifying one or more features characterized by the domain adaptation module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jinsong Wang, Yang Zou, Guangyu J. Zou, Vijayakumar Bhagavatula
  • Publication number: 20210044432
    Abstract: This application provide quantum key distribution methods, devices, and storage media. In an implementation, a method comprises: determining, based on a first mapping, a first quantum key of N first quantum keys corresponding to an ith node on a target routing path; determining, based on a second mapping, a second quantum key of N second quantum keys corresponding to the ith node; and generating, by the ith node based on the first quantum key corresponding to the ith node and the second quantum key corresponding to the ith node, a third quantum key corresponding to the ith node on the target routing path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Zhengyu LI, Changzheng SU, Su HU, Yang ZOU
  • Patent number: 10815409
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerant composition, including difluoromethane (HFC-32), pentafluoroethane (HFC-125), and trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I) for use in a heat exchange system, including air conditioning and refrigeration applications and in particular aspects to the use of such compositions as a replacement of the refrigerant R-410A for heating and cooling applications and to retrofitting heat exchange systems, including systems designed for use with R-410A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Ankit Sethi, Samuel F. Yana Motta, Ryan Hulse, Robert Gerard Richard, Gregory Laurence Smith, Henna Tangri, Elizabet del Carmen Vera Becerra, Yang Zou
  • Patent number: 10817097
    Abstract: A terminal includes a cover, a display module, and a metal middle frame. The display module is located between the cover and the metal middle frame, and the metal middle frame is grounded. The terminal further includes a conducting layer, where the conducting layer is attached to a lower surface of the display module, and at least one gap exists between the conducting layer and the metal middle frame. The conducting layer, the metal middle frame, and the at least one gap form at least one capacitor, where a capacitance change of the at least one capacitor reflects a magnitude of at least one pressure acted on the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chingyi Wang, Xiaoyan Yu, Junyong Zhang, Yang Zou, Ren Lv, Jianpeng Li, Hang Li
  • Patent number: 10767091
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerant composition, including trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I); 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234ze); difluoromethane (HFC-32), and pentafluoroethane (HFC-125) for use in a heat exchange system, including refrigeration applications and in particular aspects to the use of such compositions as a replacement of the refrigerant R-22 or R-404A for heating and cooling applications and to retrofitting heat exchange systems, including systems designed for use with R-22 or R-404A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Ankit Sethi, Samuel F. Yana Motta, Gustavo Pottker, Yang Zou, Elizabet del Carmen Vera Becerra, Gregory L. Smith
  • Publication number: 20200266978
    Abstract: A key generation method includes modulating a first key to a first light source signal, to obtain a modulated optical signal, splitting the modulated optical signal, to obtain a first sub modulated optical signal and a second sub modulated optical signal, attenuating the first sub modulated optical signal such that a quantity of photons included in each period of the first sub modulated optical signal is less than a preset value, and sending an attenuated first sub modulated optical signal to a receive-end device, and obtaining a second key carried in the second sub modulated optical signal, and storing the second key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Zhengyu Li, Changzheng Su, Yang Zou, Yongjing Cai