Patents by Inventor Yinong Liu
Yinong 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).
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Publication number: 20170016856Abstract: A detection apparatus and a detection method are disclosed. In one aspect, the detection apparatus includes a sampling device for collecting samples to be checked. It further includes a sample pre-processing device configured to pre-process the sample from the sampling device. It further includes a sample analyzing device for separating samples from the pre-processing device and for analyzing the separated samples. The detection apparatus is miniaturized and highly precise, and is capable of quickly and accurately detecting gaseous phase or particulate substances, and it has applications for safety inspections at airports, ports, and subway stations.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Qingjun Zhang, Yuanjing Li, Zhiqiang Chen, Ziran Zhao, Yinong Liu, Yaohong Liu, Huishao He, Qiufeng Ma, Weiping Zhu, Xiang Zou, Jianping Chang, Song Liang
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Publication number: 20160356679Abstract: A sampling device and a gas curtain guide are disclosed. In one aspect, the sampling device includes a chamber body. The chamber body includes a sample inlet, located at a first end of the chamber body, configured for suction of a sample. The chamber body further includes a sample outlet, located adjacent to a second end opposite to the first end of the chamber body, configured to discharge the sample. The chamber body further includes a gas inflation inlet, in a wall of the chamber body, configured to introduce a swirl gas flow into the chamber body. The chamber body further includes a gas exhaust opening configured to discharge gas so as to, together with the gas inflation inlet, generate a tornado type gas flow in the chamber body, which moves spirally from the first end to the second end of the chamber body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Qingjun Zhang, Yuanjing Li, Zhiqiang Chen, Huishao He, Qiufeng Ma, Ziran Zhao, Yinong Liu, Yaohong Liu, Weiping Zhu, Xiang Zou, Jianping Chang
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Patent number: 9513266Abstract: A GC-IMS system is disclosed. The system includes a sample transfer device. The sample transfer device connects the gas chromatograph to the reaction region and, the sample from the gas chromatograph is transferred to the reaction region by the sample transfer device. With the GC-IMS system, generation of sample molecular ion fragments can be avoided so that the spectrum is easily identified; moreover, the application field of the GC-IMS system is extended to a range of analysis of organic macromolecule samples which have a high polarity, are difficult to volatilize, and are thermally instable. On the other hand, the GC-IMS system overcomes the defect of ion destruction due to neutralization reaction among positive and negative ions so as to evade the detection.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Qingjun Zhang, Yuanjing Li, Zhiqiang Chen, Qiufeng Ma, Ziran Zhao, Yinong Liu, Yaohong Liu, Xiang Zou, Yanchun Wang, Junxiao Wang, Jianping Chang
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Patent number: 9509103Abstract: An apparatus comprising: a connector for providing an electrical interface, the connector comprising an opening configured to receive a suitable member; at least one conductive contact located at least partially within the connector and configured to operate as a switch such that when the connector is in an unplugged to partially plugged state the at least one conductive contact is grounded and when the connector is in a partially plugged to a fully plugged state the at least one conductive contact is coupled to an electrical terminal channel interfacing an electrical signal between the connector and the member.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Yinong Liu, Pi Lin
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Publication number: 20160341695Abstract: The present invention discloses a gas analyzing apparatus and a sampling device. The gas analyzing apparatus includes a sampling device and an ion mobility spectrum analysis device. The sampling device includes a multi-capillary column and a temperature control system. The ion mobility spectrum analysis device is adapted for analyzing a gas leaded-in by the sampling device and includes a reaction cavity for reaction between sample molecules and reaction ions, the cavity having a sampling opening for leading-in of the gas. An outlet end of the multi-capillary column is inserted directly into the cavity of the ion mobility spectrum analysis device through the sampling opening of the ion mobility spectrum analysis device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2015Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Qingjun Zhang, Yuanjing Li, Zhiqiang Chen, Ziran Zhao, Yinong Liu, Yaohong Liu, Qiufeng Ma, Huishao He, Weiping Zhu, Xiang Zou, Jianping Chang, Song Liang
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Patent number: 9470804Abstract: A boron-coated neutron detector, comprising a cathode tube with a plurality of passages formed therein along its longitudinal direction, the inner wall of each passage being coated with boron material; an electrode wire serving as an anode and arranged longitudinally in each of the passages, the electrode wire adapted to be applied with high voltage; and an insulating end plate to which each end of the cathode tube is fixed, the electrode wire being fixed to the cathode tube via the insulating end plate. Preferably, the cathode tube is formed by jointing a plurality of boron-coated substrates. The boron-coated neutron detector increases the detection efficiency of the neutron detector, which may reach or even exceed the detection efficiency of the 3He neutron detector of the same size, and the cost thereof is much cheaper than the 3He neutron detector.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2012Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignees: Tsinghua University, Nuctech Company LimitedInventors: Ziran Zhao, Yongqiang Wang, Zhiqiang Chen, Qingjun Zhang, Yuanjing Li, Yinong Liu, Shaoji Mao, Nan Yao, Shuqiang Dong
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Patent number: 9464997Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for measuring an effective atomic number of an object are disclosed. The apparatus includes: a ray source configured to product a first X-ray beam having a first energy and a second X-ray beam having a second energy; a Cherenkov detector configured to receive the first X-ray beam and the second X-ray beam that pass through an object under detection, and to generate a first detection value and a second detection value; and a data processing device configured to obtain an effective atomic number of the object based on the first detection value and the second detection value. The Cherenkov detector can eliminate disturbance of X-rays below certain energy threshold with respect to the object identification, and thus accuracy can be improved for object identification.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignees: Nuctech Company Limited, Tsinghua UniversityInventors: Shuwei Li, Zhiqiang Chen, Yuanjing Li, Ziran Zhao, Yinong Liu, Qingjun Zhang, Weibin Zhu, Yi Wang, Shuqing Zhao, Wenjian Zhang
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Publication number: 20160294070Abstract: There is provided a wideband patch antenna and an antenna array. The antenna includes a dielectric substrate of a rectangle shape, a radiation patch formed on a top surface of the dielectric substrate, a coupling patch formed on the top surface of the dielectric substrate and extending from a side of the dielectric substrate to a position from the radiation patch by a distance, a metal support arranged on the lower surface of the dielectric substrate and extending from the edge of the lower surface of the dielectric substrate downward to the ground, a layer of air having a predetermined thickness being formed between the lower surface of the dielectric substrate and the ground. According to the embodiments, it is possible to improve the directivity of the wideband microstrip antenna while maintaining its small size.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2014Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Ziran ZHAO, Zhiqiang CHEN, Yuanjing LI, Wanlong WU, Yinong LIU, Jieqing YANG, Wenguo LIU, Bin SANG, Lei ZHENG
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Patent number: 9448188Abstract: The present invention discloses a vehicular radiation inspection system comprising a mobile vehicle body, a detection arm, a radiation source and a detector. The vehicular radiation inspection system further comprises a following mechanism separated from the detection arm. The following mechanism contains radiation protection material, and the following mechanism follows the detection arm to move in a non-contact manner during inspection of the inspected object, so as to prevent radiation leakage. In the present invention, it does not need to infuse radiation protection material having a high density, such as lead, into the detection arm. Therefore, it can effectively decrease the weight of the detection arm, and it does not need to provide a balance counterweight on the mobile vehicle body on which the detection arm is carried, thereby effectively solving the problem that the vehicular radiation inspection system has an excessively large mass.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2013Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignees: Nuctech Company Limited, Tsinghua UniversityInventors: Jianmin Li, Yinong Liu, Yulan Li, Chunguang Zong, Hui Gong, Qingping Huang, Weifeng Yu
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Patent number: 9429542Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to substance detection technology, and to signal extraction circuits and methods for ion mobility tubes, and ion mobility detectors, which can solve the problem with the conventional technologies that it is difficult to design and manufacture the leadout circuit for the pulsed voltage on the Faraday plates. A signal extraction circuit for an ion mobility tube includes an DC-blocking module configured to remove a DC voltage contained in a voltage extracted, by a signal leadin terminal, from the Faraday plate, and to output, by a signal leadout terminal, a pulsed voltage contained in the voltage extracted from the Faraday plate. An ion mobility detector includes the signal extraction circuit for an ion mobility tube according to the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignees: Nuctech Company Limited, Tsinghua UniversityInventors: Qingjun Zhang, Zhiqiang Chen, Yuanjing Li, Ziran Zhao, Yinong Liu, Shiping Cao, Xiang Zou, Xianghua Li, Jianping Chang, Shuqiang Dong, Yan Zheng
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Patent number: 9417356Abstract: The present invention discloses a millimeter wave holographic scan imaging apparatus for inspecting a human body. The apparatus includes a first millimeter wave transceiver device (40) comprising a first millimeter wave transceiver antenna array (41) for transmitting and receiving a first millimeter wave signal; a second millimeter wave transceiver device (40?), which comprises a second millimeter wave transceiver antenna array (41?) for transmitting and receiving a second millimeter wave signal, and is configured in opposite direction with relation to the first millimeter wave transceiver device; a connection member (26, 27) for connecting the first millimeter wave transceiver device (40) to the second millimeter wave transceiver device (40?); and a drive device (50), which drives one of the first and the second millimeter wave transceiver devices such that the first millimeter wave transceiver device (40) and the second millimeter wave transceiver device (40?) move in opposite directions.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2014Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: Nuctech Company LimitedInventors: Zhiqiang Chen, Yuanjing Li, Ziran Zhao, Wanlong Wu, Xilei Luo, Yinong Liu, Li Zhang, Bin Sang, Zongjun Shen, Yingkang Jin, Zhimin Zheng
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Patent number: 9380984Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for performing CT imaging on a region of interest of an object under examination, comprising: acquiring the CT projection data of the region of interest; acquiring the CT projection data of region B; selecting a group of PI line segments covering the region of interest, and calculating the reconstruction image value for each PI line segment in the group; and combining the reconstruction image values in all the PI line segments to obtain the image of the region of interest. The present invention further discloses a CT imaging device using this method and a data processor therein. Since the 2D/3D slice image of the region of interest can be exactly reconstructed and obtained as long as the X-ray beam covers the region of interest and the region B, it is possible to use a small-sized detector to perform CT imaging on the region of interest at any position of a large-sized object, which reduces to a great extent the radiation dose of the X-ray during the CT scanning.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2009Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignees: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Liang Li, Zhiqiang Chen, Li Zhang, Kejun Kang, Yuanjing Li, Yinong Liu, Yuxiang Xing, Ziran Zhao
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Publication number: 20160187500Abstract: A method for processing a ceramic scintillator array, characterized in that, comprising the following steps: (a) forming, in a first direction, a predetermined number of straight first-direction through-cuts which are parallel to each other and spaced from each other on a scintillator substrate by using laser; (b) adequately filling the first-direction through-cuts with an adhesive and solidifying the adhesive; (c) forming, in a second direction. a predetermined number of second direction through-cuts which are parallel to each other at a predetermined interval on the scintillator substrate by using laser, wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction; and (d) adequately filling the second direction through-cuts with the adhesive and solidifying the adhesive bond.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Yanchun WANG, Qingjun ZHANG, Yuanjing LI, Zhiqiang CHEN, Ziran ZHAO, Yinong LIU, Yaohong LIU, Jianping CHANG, Wenjian ZHANG, Shuqing ZHAO, Xiang ZOU, Yongqiang WANG
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Publication number: 20160187502Abstract: The present invention discloses an X-ray beam intensity monitoring device and an X-ray inspection system. The X-ray beam intensity monitoring device comprises an intensity detecting module and a data processing module, wherein the intensity detecting module is adopted to be irradiated by the X-ray beam and send a detecting signal, the data processing module is coupled with the intensity detecting module to receive the detecting signal and output an X-ray beam intensity monitoring signal, wherein the X-ray beam intensity monitoring signal includes a dose monitoring signal of the X-ray beam and a brightness correction signal of the X-ray beam. The X-ray beam intensity monitoring device can simultaneously perform dose monitoring and brightness monitoring, thereby improving the service efficiency of the X-ray beam intensity monitoring device. Moreover, the monitoring result of the X-ray beam intensity can be more accurate and reliable.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2015Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Kejun KANG, Shuwei LI, Qingjun ZHANG, Yuanjing LI, Yulan LI, Ziran ZHAO, Yinong LIU, Yaohong LIU, Weibin ZHU, Xiaolin ZHAO, Huishao HE
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Publication number: 20160170074Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an alignment system and an alignment method for a container or vehicle inspection system, and an inspection system. The inspection system comprises comprising an ray source, a collimator, a detector arm and a detector module mounted on a detector arm, the ray source, the collimator and the detector module are arranged to form an inspection passage, a ray beam emitted from the ray source passes through collimator and irradiates onto an inspected object, and an attenuated ray beam is collected by the detector module so as to complete inspection. The alignment system comprises a measuring module arranged to receive the ray beam emitted from the collimator and to measure the ray beam so as to determine positions and orientations of the ray source and the collimator. With the alignment method, alignment between a center point of the ray source, a central line of a detector tip and a central line of the collimator may be more accurately measured.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Jianmin LI, Yulan LI, Yuanjing LI, Hao YU, Chunguang ZONG, Jingyu GU, Weifeng YU, Quanwei SONG, Weizhen WANG, Shangmin SUN, Yinong LIU, Junli LI, Chuanxiang TANG
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Publication number: 20160170073Abstract: A vehicle mounted mobile container or vehicle inspection system, including: a radiation source, a movable vehicle for carrying the inspection system, and a detector arm rack which has a horizontal arm and a vertical arm, a first end of the horizontal arm is connected to the vehicle and a second end thereof is connected to an end of the vertical arm. The horizontal arm and the vertical arm are connected by a pivotal connecting device such that the vertical arm may pivot in a vertical plane, and the horizontal arm and the vertical arm may be retracted in a same horizontal plane. The novel arm rack construction may reduce the space occupied by it on top of the scanning vehicle after the arm rack is stowed so as to reduce the eight of the scanning vehicle under running condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Jianmin LI, Yulan LI, Jingyu GU, Yuanjing LI, Quanwei SONG, Weizhen WANG, Dongyu WANG, Zhiqiang CHEN, Chaunxiang TANG, Yinong LIU, Junli LI, Tao XUE, Hui Gong, Xuewu WANG
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Patent number: 9366642Abstract: A human body back-scattering inspection system is disclosed. The system comprises a flying-spot forming unit configured to output beams of X-rays, a plurality of discrete detectors which are arranged vertically along a human body to be inspected, and a controlling unit coupled to the flying-spot forming unit and the plurality of detectors, and configured to generate a control signal to control the flying-spot forming unit and the plurality of detectors to perform a partition synchronous scan on the human body to be inspected vertically. The present disclosure utilizes the geometry property of the human body back-scattering inspection system, and proposes a multiple-point synchronous scan mechanism which largely accelerates the inspection of human body.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignees: Nuctech Company Limited, Tsinghua UniversityInventors: Ziran Zhao, Zhiqiang Chen, Yuanjing Li, Wanlong Wu, Ming Ruan, Yinong Liu, Yingkang Jin, Le Tang, Yanjie Wen, Xiuwei Chen, Fuhua Ding, Bin Sang, Zongjun Shen
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Patent number: 9337626Abstract: The present invention discloses a corona discharge assembly, an ion mobility spectrometer, an computer program and an computer readable storage medium. The corona discharge assembly includes: an ionization discharge chamber, wherein the ionization discharge chamber includes a metal corona cylinder, and the metal corona cylinder is provided with an inlet of a gas to be analyzed and a trumpet-shaped front port which is conductive to forming a gathered electric field; multiple corona pins, in which on-off of a high voltage can be independently controlled, are installed at the center of the metal corona cylinder in an insulating manner. The present invention further discloses an ion mobility spectrometer using the above-mentioned corona discharge assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Qingjun Zhang, Yuanjing Li, Zhiqiang Chen, Yanchun Wang, Ziran Zhao, Yinong Liu, Yaohong Liu, Xiang Zou, Qiufeng Ma, Junxiao Wang, Xianghua Li, Jianping Chang
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Patent number: 9322933Abstract: The invention presents a backscattering scintillation detector. The scintillation detector includes a scintillation crystal detector; a X-ray sensitizing screen, which is disposed forward the scintillation crystal detector and where a backscattered X-ray from an object to be detected is processed and then at least part of the processed X-ray is incident to scintillation crystal detector; and photoelectric multiplier, which is disposed backward the scintillation crystal detector and is configured to collect a light signal from scintillation crystal detector and convert it to an electrical signal. Through the above preferable embodiment, a X-ray sensitizing screen, a scintillation crystal detector, and light guiding and wave-drifting technologies are combined together to obtain a novel scintillation detector, which can improve detection of X-ray, transmission of light signal and conversion of light signal to electrical signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2014Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignees: NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITYInventors: Ziran Zhao, Zhiqiang Chen, Yuanjing Li, Wanlong Wu, Yinong Liu, Ming Ruan, Yingkang Jin, Le Tang
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Patent number: 9285342Abstract: An ion mobility spectrometer system is disclosed. In one aspect, the system includes a gas chromatograph, first and second ion mobility spectrometers, and a sample feed device that feeds a sample from the gas chromatograph to the first and second ion mobility spectrometers. The sample feed device includes an inner chamber, first and second sample outlets for outputting the sample from the gas chromatograph to the first and second ion mobility spectrometers, respectively, and a gas inlet for inputting a gas into the sample feed device. The system detects and identifies molecules at improved resolution and enhanced molecule information. The system detects positive and negative ions, interrelates positive-mode and negative-mode spectrums, and separates substances.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2014Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: Nuctech Company LimitedInventors: Qingjun Zhang, Shiping Cao, Yuanjing Li, Zhiqiang Chen, Ziran Zhao, Yinong Liu, Jianping Chang, Yan Zheng, Yanchun Wang, Shaoji Mao