Patents by Inventor Yi Zhou
Yi Zhou 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: 20250107807Abstract: An occluder support and a preparation method thereof are disclosed. The occluder support includes a mesh body formed of multiple first struts and a trailing structure connected to a distal end of the mesh body. The trailing structure includes multiple circumferentially arranged second struts each inwardly folded into a blunt shape and brought into contact with a corresponding one of the first struts of the mesh body. Each pair of second and first struts in contact have one or more holes penetrated therethrough and are connected by a suture passing through the one or more holes. The occluder support has a closed proximal end and an open distal end.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2024Publication date: April 3, 2025Inventors: Yi ZHOU, Zexun ZHU, Ting ZHOU, Huimin CHU, Yao YAO, Zailai JIANG, Junfei LI
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Publication number: 20250112021Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cryo-electron microscopy image processing method and apparatus, a terminal, and a storage medium. The cryo-electron microscopy image processing method includes: obtaining a cryo-electron microscopy image; encoding the cryo-electron microscopy image into latent variables through an encoder; converting the latent variables into an atomic model structure through a decoder; correcting the atomic model structure using a loss function to obtain a corrected atomic model structure, where the loss function includes a bond length constraint loss function, a clash constraint loss function, and a spring constraint loss function; and converting, through a projector module, the corrected atomic model structure into a density map represented by Gaussian spheres, and projecting the density map to obtain a projection image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2024Publication date: April 3, 2025Inventors: Jing YUAN, Yi ZHOU, Yilai LI, Quanquan GU, Fei YE
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Publication number: 20250096775Abstract: The present disclosure provides a hybrid filter, a preparation method thereof, and a filtering apparatus. The hybrid filter includes a first substrate (100) and a second substrate (200) disposed oppositely, a first space (300) is disposed between the first substrate (100) and the second substrate (200), at least one of the first substrate (100) and the second substrate (200) is provided with a film bulk acoustic resonator (30), at least one of the first substrate (100) and the second substrate (200) is provided with at least one passive filter (40), the film bulk acoustic resonator (30) is disposed in the first space (300) and is connected with the passive filter (40), the passive filter (40) includes a filtering inductor and a filtering capacitor, and the filtering inductor has a three-dimensional spiral inductor structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2022Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Lihui WANG, Yue LI, Qiuxu WEI, Yanfei REN, Yuelei XIAO, Yulin FENG, Xue CAO, Kidong HAN, Wenbo CHANG, Yifan WU, Qichang AN, Huiying LI, Yi ZHOU, Feng QU
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Publication number: 20250094506Abstract: Techniques are provided for presenting a summary with search results. One method includes operations for receiving a search query, performing a search based on the search query, and determining, by a machine learning (ML) model, a user intent based on input comprising the search query, user profile information, and activity information of the user. A prompt is generated based on the search query, the user intent, and relationships between the user and entities. The prompt generation comprises selecting a prompt template comprising fields for the user intent, the search query, and the relationships, and filling in the fields. The method further includes operations for feeding as input the prompt to a generative artificial intelligence (GAI) model, receiving a summary from the GAI model, and causing presentation of the summary and one or more results returned by the search on a user interface (UI) of the device of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2023Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Santhosh Sachindran, Raghavan Muthuregunathan, Jagadeesan Sundaresan, Chetan Bhole, Yi Zhou, Dhruv Saksena
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Patent number: 12255055Abstract: A method for removing etchant byproduct from an etch reactor and discharging a substrate from an electrostatic chuck of the etch reactor is provided. One or more layers on a substrate electrostatically secured to an electrostatic chuck within a chamber of the etch reactor is etched using a first plasma, causing an etchant byproduct to be generated. A portion of the one or more layers are covered by a photoresist. After the etching is complete, a second plasma is provided into the chamber for a time period sufficient to trim the photoresist and remove a portion of the etchant byproduct. A second time period sufficient to electrostatically discharge the substrate using the second plasma is determined. Responsive to deactivating one or more chucking electrodes of the electrostatic chuck, the second plasma is provided into the chamber for the second time period and the substrate is removed from the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Yi Zhou, Seul Ki Ahn, Seung-Young Son, Li-Te Chang, Sunil Srinivasan, Rajinder Dhindsa
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Publication number: 20250086953Abstract: An image processing method is provided. The method includes obtaining a first bird's eye view (BEV) feature of first data, obtaining a second BEV feature of second data, inputting the first BEV feature and the second BEV feature to a self-attention network to obtain a third BEV feature of the first data and a fourth BEV feature of the second data, and obtaining a fusion feature in which the third BEV feature and the fourth BEV feature are fused, wherein the first data and the second data are collected by different sensors. Related operations of the examples provided by the present disclosure are implemented by an AI model. AI-related functions are performed by non-volatile memory, volatile memory, and a processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaoshuai HAO, Yi ZHOU, Byung In YOO, Hui ZHANG, Seungin PARK, Sangil JUNG
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Publication number: 20250085463Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with conductive structures such as conductive housing structures. A visible-light-reflecting coating may be formed on the conductive structures. The coating may have adhesion and transition layers, an opaque coloring layer on the adhesion and transition layers, and a two-layer thin-film interference filter on the opaque coloring layer. The two-layer thin-film interference filter may an uppermost diamond-like carbon (DLC) or CrSiCN layer and a lowermost SiCrCN layer. The coating may exhibit a dark blue or black color that has a relatively uniform visual response even when the underlying conductive structures have a three-dimensional shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2023Publication date: March 13, 2025Inventors: Brian S Tryon, Jozef M Matlak, Ziqing Duan, Yi Zhou, Di Fan, Donghai Yu
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Patent number: 12248617Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a computer system for defending against adversarial attacks in federated learning. In the federated learning comprising an aggregator and parties, the aggregator receives weights sent from the respective parties. The aggregator computes values of a performance metric for weight arrays obtained by the respective parties, using a validation dataset. The aggregator ranks the values of the performance metric in a list. The aggregator recursively splits the list in half until one or more adversary updates of the weights are isolated. The aggregator excludes one or more parties that send the one or more adversary updates from participating in a current round of training in the federated learning.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yi Zhou, Kamala Micaela Noelle Varma, Nathalie Baracaldo Angel
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Patent number: 12239651Abstract: Compositions for regeneration of inner cells and for treating hearing loss comprise at least one modulator of mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) sufficient to induce reprogramming proliferation and regeneration of inner ear cells. The composition include, in some instances, an effective amount of one or more phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) inhibitors, MYC/NOTCH modulators, Atonal Homolog 1 (Atoh1) modulators or combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2024Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Massachusetts Eye and Ear InfirmaryInventors: Zheng-Yi Chen, Wenyan Li, Yi-Zhou Quan
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Patent number: 12243240Abstract: A processor-implemented method with video processing includes: determining a first image feature of a first image of video data and a second image feature of a second image that is previous to the first image; determining a time-domain information fusion processing result by performing time-domain information fusion processing on the first image feature and the second image feature; and determining a panoptic segmentation result of the first image based on the time-domain information fusion processing result.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hui Zhang, Pingjun Li, Byung In Yoo, Hana Lee, Yi Zhou
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Patent number: 12240143Abstract: Provided herein are rapid, high quality film sintering processes that include high-throughput continuous sintering of lithium-lanthanum zirconium oxide (lithium-stuffed garnet). The instant disclosure sets forth equipment and processes for making high quality, rapidly-processed ceramic electrolyte films. These processes include high-throughput continuous sintering of lithium-lanthanum zirconium oxide for use as electrolyte films. In certain processes, the film is not in contact with any surface as it sinters (i.e., during the sintering phase).Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2023Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: QuantumScape Battery, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Holme, Martin M. Winterkorn, John Olenick, David Berkstresser, Matthew Sheffield, Yamini Mohan, Yi Zhou, Lucas Broganer
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Patent number: 12239324Abstract: A medical instrument (1000) includes a stent (100) and a constraining structure (300). The constraining structure (300) constrains, and thereby prevents tangling of, a trailing section of the stent (100), ensuring successful release of the stent (100). Specifically, the stent (100) has a first proximal end and an opposing first distal end. The first distal end is configured with an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration. The trailing section at the first distal end includes a number of protrusions (111). The constraining structure (300) includes a body (310) and a clamping mechanism (320). The clamping mechanism (320) is disposed at a distal end of the body (310), and the body (310) extends from the first proximal end to the first distal end. The clamping mechanism (320) limits relative movement and thus prevents tangling of the protrusions (111) by passing through all or some of the protrusions (111).Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: SHANGHAI MICROPORT CARDIOADVENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yi Zhou, Tianyu Liu, Zexun Zhu, Yao Yao, Junfei Li
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Publication number: 20250055111Abstract: An electrical system includes a first type power tool; a second type power tool; a first battery pack comprising a first mounting portion; and a second battery pack comprising a second mounting portion. The second mounting portion is different from the first mounting portion. The first type power tool comprises a battery pack mounting portion configured to detachably engage with the first mounting portion. The second type power tool comprises a battery pack mounting part configured to detachably engage with the second mounting portion and to be non-engaged with the first mounting portion. The weight of the first battery pack is greater than or equal to 3.6 kg. The weight of the first battery pack is greater than the weight of the second battery pack.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2024Publication date: February 13, 2025Inventors: Hongbing WU, Yi ZHOU, Jie WU, Mengxian CHEN
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Publication number: 20250055306Abstract: The disclosure relates to a charging apparatus and an energy storage charging apparatus. The charging apparatus includes a first charging module, a second charging module, and a charging interface module. The first charging module is configured to convert electrical energy stored in the first energy storage module and transmit the converted electrical energy to the second energy storage module. The charging interface module further includes an alternating current input interface, configured to connect to an alternating current power supply. The second charging module is configured to convert alternating current electrical energy into direct current electrical energy to charge the first energy storage module. The second charging module is further configured to convert the alternating current electrical energy into direct current electrical energy to charge the second energy storage module.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2024Publication date: February 13, 2025Inventors: Shaofeng Lv, Hongbing WU, Shiping Jiao, Yi ZHOU
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Publication number: 20250050536Abstract: Provided herein are rapid, high quality film sintering processes that include high-throughput continuous sintering of lithium-lanthanum zirconium oxide (lithium-stuffed garnet). The instant disclosure sets forth equipment and processes for making high quality, rapidly-processed ceramic electrolyte films. These processes include high-throughput continuous sintering of lithium-lanthanum zirconium oxide for use as electrolyte films. In certain processes, the film is not in contact with any surface as it sinters (i.e., during the sintering phase).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2024Publication date: February 13, 2025Inventors: Timothy HOLME, Martin M. WINTERKORN, John OLENICK, David BERKSTRESSER, Matthew SHEFFIELD, Yamini MOHAN, Yi ZHOU, Lucas BROGANER
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Patent number: 12224492Abstract: The present disclosure provides a wide beam radiation leakage coaxial cable, which includes an inner conductor, an insulating layer, an outer conductor and a sheath coaxially nested from inside to outside in sequence, at least two columns of slot groups are provided on the outer conductor, the columns of slot groups are distributed at different angles in the circumferential direction of the outer conductor, the included angle between two adjacent columns of slot groups is ?=?/n, where ? is the target radiation width, n is the number of columns of slot groups, each column of slot groups includes a plurality of slot arrays periodically arranged in the axial direction of the outer conductor, the pitch of each column of slot groups is the same, the pitch phase of each column of slot groups on the same leakage cable section is consistent, and each slot array includes a plurality of slots.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Jiangsu Hengxin Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Haiyan Song, Zhonghua Liu, Jianghua Shen, Huibing Wang, Chao Wu, Xuezi Xu, Yi Zhou, Cenjia Lv, Lingfeng Wang, Yuanjing Li
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Publication number: 20250040917Abstract: A multi-faceted soft tissue piercing element includes three distal planar cutting edges converging to form a sharp, distal point of the tissue piercing element. Each distal cutting edge forms a first angle with respect to a central longitudinal axis of the tissue piercing element. The tissue piercing element also includes three proximal planar cutting edges. Each proximal cutting edge extends proximally from a respective one of the three distal planar cutting edges. Each proximal cutting edge forms a second angle relative to the central longitudinal axis of the tissue piercing element. The second angle is larger than the first angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2022Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: HOLOGIC, INC.Inventors: Yi ZHOU, Peter BLOZNALIS
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Publication number: 20250047107Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of electric tool technologies, and specifically discloses a charging device, a battery pack, an external device, and a data transmission system. The charging device includes at least a first digital communication module, a second digital communication module, and a first digital signal terminal and a second digital signal terminal respectively connected to the first digital communication module and the second digital communication module. When the charging device is connected to the battery pack, the charging device can perform digital communication with the battery pack through at least one of the digital communication terminals.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2024Publication date: February 6, 2025Inventors: Shaofeng LV, Linjie BAO, Yi ZHOU, Jie WU
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Publication number: 20250046936Abstract: An electrical device including: a device housing; and a battery pack mounting portion arranged on the device housing and configured to detachably engage with a first battery pack or a second battery pack. The battery pack mounting portion includes a pair of first guiding portions and a pair of second guiding portions. The first guiding portions are configured to guide the first battery pack to engage with the electrical device in an engaging direction. The second guiding portions are configured to guide the second battery pack to engage with the electrical device in the engaging direction. The first guiding portions and the second guiding portions are independent of each other. In a width direction perpendicular to the engaging direction, the pair of first guiding portions are located on two sides of the pair of second guiding portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2024Publication date: February 6, 2025Inventors: Hongbing WU, Yi ZHOU, Jie WU, Mengxian CHEN
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Patent number: D1064381Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2024Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Inventor: Yi Zhou