Patents by Inventor Yimin Liu

Yimin Liu 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: 12287449
    Abstract: A three-dimensional imaging method and system for surface comprehensive geophysical prospecting, the method includes: acquiring detection data of a plurality of two-dimensional profiles of a surface detection site; forming two-dimensional profile resistivity data by geophysical inversion of the detection data; performing three-dimensional coordinate conversion on the two-dimensional profile resistivity data to obtain resistivity data of a three-dimensional coordinate system; and converting the resistivity data of the three-dimensional coordinate system into a three-dimensional model by using a Kriging interpolation method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shucai Li, Yiguo Xue, Maoxin Su, Chunjin Lin, Li Guan, Daohong Qiu, Zhiqiang Li, Yimin Liu, Peng Wang, Huimin Gong
  • Publication number: 20250084500
    Abstract: A low-carbon, low-alloy and high-formability dual-phase steel having a tensile strength of greater than or equal to 590 MPa, a hot-dip galvanized dual-phase steel, and a manufacturing method therefor by means of rapid heat treatment. The steel comprises the following components, in percentage by mass: 0.04-0.12% of C, 0.1-0.5% of Si, 1.0-2.0% of Mn, P?0.02%, S?0.015%, 0.02-0.06% of Al, and can further comprise one or two of Cr, Mo, Ti, Nb and V, wherein Cr+Mo+Ti+Nb+V?0.5%, and the balance is Fe and other unavoidable impurities. The manufacturing method therefor includes smelting, casting, hot rolling, cold rolling, and rapid heat treatment processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun LI, Jian WANG, Junfei WANG, Chao WANG, Baoping ZHANG, Huafei LIU, Jingge DAI, Yimin LIU, Fengzhi LU, Honglin YANG
  • Patent number: 12247838
    Abstract: A system and method for vehicle sharing include a vehicle having sensors, a vehicle computing system (VCS) including a processor and a memory communicating with the sensor and programmed to store sensor data associated with a vehicle sharing trip, and a human-machine interface (HMI) communicating with the VCS and displaying a vehicle sharing trip cost using the sensor data associated with vehicle and/or vehicle component wear and tear incurred during the trip, trip cost savings based on the pricing method, and presenting related coupons. Vehicle sharing cost may be determined for a vehicle use, driver, route, road conditions, parking behavior, weather, etc. based on data from vehicle sensors and external sensors to detect ambient and operating conditions. Sensor data may be communicated to cloud-based networks for processing, analysis, and cost determination using models associating sensor data with component wear, driver's characteristics, historical behavior, and related maintenance and repair cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yimin Liu, Perry Robinson MacNeille, Erica Klampfl, Kevin Cooper
  • Patent number: 12218897
    Abstract: A system and method for dynamically transforming email signatures. A method includes: receiving an email from an email client prior to delivery to an intended recipient, the email including an original signature; analyzing the email to obtain information associated with the intended recipient of the email; predicting a preferred language of the intended recipient based on the information; converting the original signature to a revised signature, wherein the revised signature utilizes the preferred language; and forwarding the email with the revised signature to the intended recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Sai Xu, Xin Liu, Yimin Liu
  • Publication number: 20250003977
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to method of detecting proteins proximal to a target protein using fusion proteins which include: a glycan binding component linked to a mutant E. coli biotin ligase BirA, the glycan binding component capable of specific binding to a glycosylation post-translational modification of a target protein and the mutant E. coli biotin ligase BirA having enzymatic activity to ligate biotin to proteins proximal to the target protein. Such methods include contacting a living cell with the fusion protein under compatible biological conditions, whereby the fusion protein specifically binds to a glycosylation post-translational modification of a target protein of the cell; providing biotin to the living cell, whereby the mutant E. coli biotin ligase BirA ligates biotin to proteins proximal to the target protein; and detecting the biotinylated proteins, thereby detecting proteins proximal to the target protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Charlie Fehl, Yimin Liu, Zachary M. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20250005623
    Abstract: An advertising method for a shuttle comprises by a controller, responsive to identifying a drop-off location and a business paying to influence a route travelled by the shuttle, selecting one of a plurality of routes to the drop-off location according to a priming estimate indicating that points of interest along the one share more characteristics with the business relative to others of the plurality; and commanding the shuttle to travel the one.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Perry Robinson MACNEILLE, Yimin LIU
  • Patent number: 12118588
    Abstract: An advertising method for a shuttle comprises by a controller, responsive to identifying a drop-off location and a business paying to influence a route traveled by the shuttle, selecting one of a plurality of routes to the drop-off location according to a priming estimate indicating that points of interest along the one share more characteristics with the business relative to others of the plurality; and commanding the shuttle to travel the one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Perry Robinson MacNeille, Yimin Liu
  • Patent number: 12008334
    Abstract: Methods and systems for secure translation of sensitive content are described herein. In the method, content of a file may be segmented into a plurality of sections of text. At least one section of text includes an item of sensitive content and items of nonsensitive content. The item of sensitive content may be replaced with replacement content, which enables translation of the at least one section of text without use of the sensitive content. The plurality of sections of text may be sent to remote computing devices for translation. After translation, the translation of the at least one section of text received from the remote computing device may be modified to include the item of sensitive content instead of the replacement content. A translation of the content of the file may be generated based on translations of the plurality of sections of text received from the remote computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yimin Liu, Sai Xu
  • Patent number: 11983547
    Abstract: System and methods discussed for automatically optimizing application and notification delivery based on user preferences and historical application usage. Applications that a user is likely to want to use at the present time or in the near future are displayed in an organizationally distinct way in an application catalog so they are easy to find and are pre-loaded on an application delivery server so they are available with minimal system lag caused by application loading processes. Application notifications are also optimized such that notifications that are likely to be relevant to users at the current time are identified and presented to them in an organizationally distinct way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Liu, Yimin Liu
  • Patent number: 11960048
    Abstract: A three-dimensional electrical resistivity tomography method and system belonging to the field of geological geophysical prospecting, the method including the steps of prospecting a region containing a geological anomaly with at least two prospecting modes respectively to acquire two-dimensional resistivity data of a corresponding detection plane; unifying coordinate systems of resistivity data points acquired in all prospecting modes, and extracting data points with the same coordinates; carrying out data fusion on extracted resistivity data at the same position by utilizing a principal component analysis method; and carrying out three-dimensional coordinate conversion on resistivity data acquired after fusion to form a three-dimensional model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Maoxin Su, Shucai Li, Yimin Liu, Yiguo Xue, Li Guan, Peng Wang
  • Patent number: 11899145
    Abstract: A wave detector integrated device includes a support, protective shell and mode converter. The protective shell is installed on the support and rotates by the mode converter, and has a hollow cylindrical structure. A seismic source hammer is suspended at a protective shell central axis position. Electromagnetic accelerators are installed in a bus direction of the protective shell, and the seismic source hammer is connected with the electromagnetic accelerators. A drill bit type wireless transmission wave detector or standby flat bottom type wave detector is connected above the protective shell through a second telescopic rod having a driving device therein and driving the drill bit type wave detector to rotate. A power supply is installed inside the protective shell, and is connected with a current controller and circuit protection device. The current controller is respectively connected with the electromagnetic accelerators, drill bit type wave detector, driving device and mode converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shucai Li, Maoxin Su, Yiguo Xue, Peng Wang, Daohong Qiu, Yimin Liu
  • Publication number: 20230412542
    Abstract: A system and method for dynamically transforming email signatures. A method includes: receiving an email from an email client prior to delivery to an intended recipient, the email including an original signature; analyzing the email to obtain information associated with the intended recipient of the email; predicting a preferred language of the intended recipient based on the information; converting the original signature to a revised signature, wherein the revised signature utilizes the preferred language; and forwarding the email with the revised signature to the intended recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Sai Xu, Xin Liu, Yimin Liu
  • Publication number: 20230307358
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first conductive layers, a width in a first direction thereof being a first width, a second conductive layer arranged with first conductive layers, a smaller one of a width in the first direction thereof and a width in a second direction thereof being a second width that is larger than the first width, a third conductive layer in contact with one end portion of at least one of first conductive layers, and a fourth conductive layer in contact with one end portion of the second conductive layer. The at least one of first conductive layers and the second conductive layer contain a first metal, a second metal, and oxygen (O). A concentration of the first metal of the at least one of first conductive layers is higher than a concentration of the first metal of the second conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Akifumi GAWASE, Yimin LIU
  • Publication number: 20230297089
    Abstract: A method includes using templates to identify constraints and terms of at least one objective function associated with at least a portion of one or more processing targets At least one of the templates is based on a resource-task network (RTN) representation of resource nodes and task nodes associated with at least the portion of the one or more processing targets. The method also includes generating one or more optimization problems, where the constraints and the at least one objective function represent at least part of the one or more optimization problems. The method further includes generating at least one candidate production schedule for at least the portion of the one or more processing targets using the one or more optimization problems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Zhaoyang Jin, Robert S. Young, Gabriele Boncoraglio, Yimin Liu, Bhavya Kaushik, Akshay Punhani, Alex Amato, Pauline M. Brunet, Zhaoxi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230200050
    Abstract: A semiconductor device of embodiments includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; an oxide semiconductor layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; a gate electrode surrounding the oxide semiconductor layer; a gate insulating layer between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer; a first insulating layer provided between the first electrode and the gate electrode; and a second insulating layer provided between the second electrode and the gate electrode. In a cross section parallel to a first direction from the first electrode to the second electrode, a first portion of the oxide semiconductor layer is provided between the gate insulating layer and the first electrode. In the cross section, a second portion of the oxide semiconductor layer is provided between the gate insulating layer and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Akifumi GAWASE, Ha HOANG, Atsuko SAKATA, Yuta KAMIYA, Kazuhiro MATSUO, Keiichi SAWA, Kota TAKAHASHI, Kenichiro TORATANI, Yimin LIU
  • Patent number: 11634006
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for vehicle climate control using distributed sensors are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving data from sensors distributed within a vehicle at a first controller, processing the data at the first controller to identify an event associated with the interior of the vehicle and sending an instruction based on the event from the first controller to a second controller of the vehicle to affect an operation of a climate control system of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Perry Robinson MacNeille, Omar Makke, Yimin Liu, Jeffrey Yeung, Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin
  • Patent number: 11587193
    Abstract: Smart vehicle parking apparatus and related methods are disclosed herein. An example system includes a processor to reserve a personal vehicle for a time interval. The personal vehicle is to park at a location during the time interval. The processor is also to match a vehicle use option to the personal vehicle based on the time interval and the location. The vehicle use option is associated with a person to use the personal vehicle during the time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: FORD MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Yimin Liu, Erin Marie Clausing, Jiaqi Ma, Liang Zhang, Ping Hui Li
  • Publication number: 20230003917
    Abstract: A three-dimensional imaging method and system for surface comprehensive geophysical prospecting, the method includes: acquiring detection data of a plurality of two-dimensional profiles of a surface detection site; forming two-dimensional profile resistivity data by geophysical inversion of the detection data; performing three-dimensional coordinate conversion on the two-dimensional profile resistivity data to obtain resistivity data of a three-dimensional coordinate system; and converting the resistivity data of the three-dimensional coordinate system into a three-dimensional model by using a Kriging interpolation method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shucai LI, Yiguo XUE, Maoxin SU, Chunjin LIN, Li GUAN, Daohong QIU, Zhiqiang LI, Yimin LIU, Peng WANG, Huimin GONG
  • Publication number: 20220326966
    Abstract: System and methods discussed for automatically optimizing application and notification delivery based on user preferences and historical application usage. Applications that a user is likely to want to use at the present time or in the near future are displayed in an organizationally distinct way in an application catalog so they are easy to find and are pre-loaded on an application delivery server so they are available with minimal system lag caused by application loading processes. Application notifications are also optimized such that notifications that are likely to be relevant to users at the current time are identified and presented to them in an organizationally distinct way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Liu, Yimin Liu
  • Publication number: 20220308251
    Abstract: A three-dimensional electrical resistivity tomography method and system belonging to the field of geological geophysical prospecting, the method including the steps of prospecting a region containing a geological anomaly with at least two prospecting modes respectively to acquire two-dimensional resistivity data of a corresponding detection plane; unifying coordinate systems of resistivity data points acquired in all prospecting modes, and extracting data points with the same coordinates; carrying out data fusion on extracted resistivity data at the same position by utilizing a principal component analysis method; and carrying out three-dimensional coordinate conversion on resistivity data acquired after fusion to form a three-dimensional model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Maoxin SU, Shucai LI, Yimin LIU, Yiguo XUE, Li GUAN, Peng WANG