Patents by Inventor Ying Ci

Ying Ci 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: 20250052619
    Abstract: A method and a device for measuring a temperature of a wire rod, a storage medium, and a computer device are disclosed. The method includes: determining an effective temperature measurement area according to the infrared thermal image and feature information of the wire rod; projecting preset light onto the wire rod geometric model, tracing a light propagation path of the preset light, and calculating an effective emissivity based on a tracing result of the light propagation path; and correcting temperature measurements in the effective temperature measurement area based on the effective emissivity to obtain a corrected temperature measurement result. The infrared thermal image is acquired, and is analyzed by image processing, thereby dynamically capturing the effective temperature measurement area. The effective emissivity between wire rods is calculated, and then the measured temperature of the wire rod is corrected, thereby improving the accuracy and stability of temperature measurement on wire rods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Guohui MEI, Wu LV, Shumao ZHAO, Ying CI, Jiu ZHANG, Hong LIU
  • Patent number: 8661891
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring the liquid level of molten metal including an image measuring device (5), a measuring probe (6), a lifting mechanism (1), a displacement sensor (11), an data processing system (4) and a correction marker(7). The lifting mechanism (1) is fixed to the molten metal container (10) or is independent of the molten metal container, the image measuring device (5) and the measuring probe (6) are installed on the lifting mechanism (1) or are independent of the lifting mechanism, and the optical axis of the image measuring device (5) is set at an angle with the geometric axis of the measuring probe (6), the measuring probe (6) is located within the field of view of the image measuring device (5), the image measuring device (5), the lifting mechanism (1) and the displacement sensor (11) are connected to the data processing system (4) respectively. A method for measuring the level of molten metal is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignees: Northeastern University, Shenyang Taihe Metallurgy Measurement & Control Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhi Xie, Zhenwei Hu, Ying Ci, Da Zhang
  • Patent number: 8104954
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for measuring the temperature field on the surface of casting billet/slab, including: a thermal imager, an infrared radiation thermometer, a mechanical scanning unit, an image and data processing system; the thermal imager, the infrared radiation thermometer and the mechanical scanning unit are respectively connected to the image and data processing system; the infrared radiation thermometer is installed on the mechanical scanning unit and can measure the temperature of casting billet/slab surface by scanning; the thermal imager can measure the temperature of a certain area on the surface of casting billet/slab by thermal imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignees: Northeastern University, Shenyang Taihe Metallurgy Measurement & Control Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhi Xie, Zhenwei Hu, Ying Ci, Da Zhang
  • Publication number: 20110063628
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring the liquid level of molten metal comprises an image measuring device (5), a measuring probe (6), a lifting mechanism (1), a displacement sensor (11), an data processing system (4) and a correction marker(7). The lifting mechanism (1) is fixed to the molten metal container (10) or is independent of the molten metal container, the image measuring device (5) and the measuring probe (6) are installed on the lifting mechanism (1) or are independent of the lifting mechanism, and the optical axis of the image measuring device (5) is set at an angle with the geometric axis of the measuring probe (6), the measuring probe (6) is located within the field of view of the image measuring device (5), the image measuring device (5), the lifting mechanism (1) and the displacement sensor (11) are connected to the data processing system (4) respectively. A method for measuring the level of molten metal is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Zhi Xie, Zhenwei Hu, Ying Ci, Da Zhang
  • Publication number: 20100236743
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for measuring the temperature field on the surface of casting billet/slab, including: a thermal imager, an infrared radiation thermometer, a mechanical scanning unit, an image and data processing system; the thermal imager, the infrared radiation thermometer and the mechanical scanning unit are respectively connected to the image and data processing system; the infrared radiation thermometer is installed on the mechanical scanning unit and can measure the temperature of casting billet/slab surface by scanning; the thermal imager can measure the temperature of a certain area on the surface of casting billet/slab by thermal imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Zhi Xie, Zhenwei Hu, Ying Ci, Da Zhang
  • Patent number: D595621
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Inventor: Ying Ci Xiao