Patents by Inventor Yong Ma

Yong Ma 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: 20170245950
    Abstract: A system and method for transferring power includes a power transmitting unit for transmitting power and a power receiving unit for receiving power from the power transmitting unit. The power transmitting unit may be positioned outside a human body and the power receiving unit is located on an intrabody instrument adapted to be movable from the outside of the human body to inside the human body. The intrabody instrument may be a medical instrument connected to or incorporated within a robotic arm. The power transmitting unit may wirelessly transfer power to the power receiving unit in a continuous, non-interrupted manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventor: Yong Ma
  • Publication number: 20170245809
    Abstract: A monitoring system is disclosed for in vivo monitoring of preselected physiological parameters associated with acute and/or chronic tissue compromise or failure in one or multiple tissue/organ sites in real time. In one method, a body portion of a surgical stapling device is positioned adjacent a first tissue section, an anvil assembly adapted to engage the body portion is positioned adjacent a second tissue section, and a monitoring device is positioned adjacent the first and/or second tissue sections. The monitoring device includes a sensor adapted to measure a preselected physiological parameter and a transmitter for transmitting signal to an extracorporeal receiving unit. The surgical stapling device is fired to mechanically secure the first and second tissue sections with at least one staple and the preselected physiological parameter is monitored via the information transmitted from the monitoring device to the receiving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Yong Ma, Nelson Scarborough, Marisha Godek, Rohan Shah, James Power, Nilay Mukherjee, Frank Viola, Edward Mckenna, Shannon Campbell
  • Publication number: 20170242471
    Abstract: A method for controlling standby state is disclosed. The method includes: at an electronic device with an acceleration sensor and a front-mounted camera, continuously collecting acceleration data generated by the acceleration sensor in a standby state; determining whether a pre-boot action takes place according to the acceleration data; activating the front-mounted camera if the pre-boot action takes place; determining whether a user is gazing at the screen according to an image captured by the front-mounted camera; and exiting the standby state to enter into a normal operation state if the user is gazing at the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventor: Yong MA
  • Patent number: 9710698
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for obtaining a human-face feature vector from a video image sequence, comprising: detecting a same human-face image in a plurality of image frames of the video sequence; dividing the detected human-face image into a plurality of local patches with a predetermined size, wherein each local patch is around or near a human-face feature point; determining a correspondence relationship between respective local patches of the same human-face image in the plurality of image frames of the video sequence; and using human-face local feature vector components extracted from respective local patches having a mutual correspondence relationship to form human-face local feature vectors representing facial points corresponding to the local patches. Besides, the present invention further provides an apparatus for obtaining a human-face feature vector from a video image sequence and a corresponding computer program product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Yong Ma, Yan Ming Zou, Kong Qiao Wang
  • Patent number: 9708676
    Abstract: A method for preparing low-cost clean steel includes steps of: preliminarily desulfurizing iron melt: preliminarily desulfurizing in an iron melt channel during blast furnace tapping and during iron folding in an iron folding room, adding a desulfurizing ball into the iron melt during the blast furnace tapping or the iron folding; dephosphorizing and controlling sulfur: dephosphorizing and controlling sulfur during converter steelmaking, in such a manner that P?0.014% and S?0.004% during tapping; rapidly dephosphorizing by slag-forming: rapidly dephosphorizing by slag-forming during converter tapping, at a converter end point, controlling a C content at 0.02˜0.10%, adding a dephosphorizing ball through an alloy chute during the converter tapping, blowing argon and stirring at the same time; purifying steel melt during RH refining: adding a purifying ball at a late stage of the RH refining when a vacuum degree is at 66.7˜500 Pa; and continuously casting with whole-process protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Inventors: Fuping Tang, Zhen Li, Xiaofeng Wang, Peng Fei, Jinsong Meng, Yue Zhang, Yong Ma, Wenzhong Wang, Zhiwen Zhang, Xiaoshan Wang, Meng Guo, Zhigang Zhao, Yang Lin, Guoqiang Xin, Weizhi Yao
  • Publication number: 20170166128
    Abstract: A holographic drive recording apparatus, is used to record images during a driving process of a vehicle, the apparatus includes: cameras, a processor connected to cameras, and a memory connected to the processor. The cameras are configured to simultaneously capture images in different directions of the vehicle, the memory is configured to separately store the images, and the processor is configured to retrieve the images and synthesize the images into a holographic three-dimensional image with the vehicle as a center when a user needs to watch an image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: Yong MA
  • Publication number: 20170164638
    Abstract: Disclosed are a fish protein oligopeptide with low allergenicity and slight fishiness, and industrial preparation method and application thereof The method comprises the following steps: 1) washing fresh fish flesh and/or fish wastes, crushing, and adding water to obtain a mixture; 2) performing thermal denaturation on the mixture to obtain a denaturized protein solution; 3) centrifuging the denaturized protein solution to obtain a precipitate, and adding water into the precipitate and grinding, to obtain a slurry; 4) adjusting the slurry to pH 6-9, and sequentially adding a neutral protease, a papain and an alkaline protease to conduct enzymolysis, and after enzyme inactivation, to obtain an enzymatic hydrolysate; 5) centrifuging the enzymatic hydrolysate, and performing membrane filtration on centrifuged supernatant, to obtain the fish protein oligopeptide with low allergenicity and slight fishiness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: MUYI CAI, RUIZENG GU, JUN LU, TAO MA, XINGCHANG PAN, ZHE DONG, YONG MA, YAGUANG XU, YONGQING MA, ZHENTAO JIN, LIANG CHEN, LU LU, WENYING LIU, YING WEI, HAIXIN ZHANG, YAN LIU, KELU CAO, JING WANG, GUOMING LI, MING ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20170161306
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for data quality management and control. The method includes: receiving application information transmitted by a service sub-system; resolving datasheet operation trigger information to obtain datasheet flow information; receiving user information transmitted by the service sub-system and a target datasheet transmitted by the service sub-system; if a name of the target datasheet is different from a plurality of datasheet names corresponding to the service sub-system identifier, then instructing the service sub-system to store the target datasheet into a data center; if the datasheet operation information is updating a datasheet, instructing the data center to replace datasheet contents corresponding to the datasheet name with contents of the target datasheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Pingping FU, Yong MA, Hanyong HAO, Yanqing CHEN, Xuelian CHEN
  • Publication number: 20170143001
    Abstract: The present invention provides a soybean oligopeptide with low allergenicity and little bitterness and its preparation method and application. The preparation method includes the following steps: 1) mixing a soybean protein powder with water to obtain a soybean protein solution, and then performing thermal denaturation on the soybean protein solution, to prepare a denatured protein solution; 2) adjusting pH value of the denatured protein solution to 6-9, and then adding a neutral protease and papain to conduct a first enzymolysis, to obtain a first enzymatic hydrolysate; 3) adding an alkaline protease and a flavor protease into the first enzymatic hydrolysate to conduct a second enzymolysis, and after performing enzyme inactivation, to obtain a second enzymatic hydrolysate; and 4) centrifuging the second enzymatic hydrolysate, and performing membrane filtration on centrifuged supernatant liquid, to obtain the soybean oligopeptide with low allergenicity and little bitterness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: MUYI CAI, RUIZENG GU, JUN LU, TAO MA, XINGCHANG PAN, ZHE DONG, YONG MA, YAGUANG XU, YONGQING MA, ZHENTAO JIN, LIANG CHEN, LU LU, WENYING LIU, YING WEI, HAIXIN ZHANG, YAN LIU, KELU CAO, JING WANG, GUOMING LI, MING ZHOU, HUI CHEN, JIAJI LI
  • Patent number: 9649113
    Abstract: A monitoring system is disclosed for in vivo monitoring of preselected physiological parameters associated with acute and/or chronic tissue compromise or failure in one or multiple tissue/organ sites in real time. In one method, a body portion of a surgical stapling device is positioned adjacent a first tissue section, an anvil assembly adapted to engage the body portion is positioned adjacent a second tissue section, and a monitoring device is positioned adjacent the first and/or second tissue sections. The monitoring device includes a sensor adapted to measure a preselected physiological parameter and a transmitter for transmitting signal to an extracorporeal receiving unit. The surgical stapling device is fired to mechanically secure the first and second tissue sections with at least one staple and the preselected physiological parameter is monitored via the information transmitted from the monitoring device to the receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Yong Ma, Nelson Scarborough, Marisha Godek, Rohan Shah, James Power, Nilay Mukherjee, Frank Viola, Edward McKenna, Shannon Campbell
  • Patent number: 9654183
    Abstract: A system and method for transferring power includes a power transmitting unit for transmitting power and a power receiving unit for receiving power from the power transmitting unit. The power transmitting unit may be positioned outside a human body and the power receiving unit is located on an intrabody instrument adapted to be movable from the outside of the human body to inside the human body. The intrabody instrument may be a medical instrument connected to or incorporated within a robotic arm. The power transmitting unit may wirelessly transfer power to the power receiving unit in a continuous, non-interrupted manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Yong Ma
  • Publication number: 20170117944
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting data in a received multiple-input-multiple-output signal are provided. N signals are received from N respective antennas, where the received signals are associated with (i) M sets of data values, (ii) a set of symbols, and (iii) a set of carrier frequencies. The N signals are formed into a received signal vector y, and one or more transformations are performed on the received signal vector y to obtain a transformed vector. A plurality of samples are formed from the transformed vector. For samples of the plurality of samples, a data detection technique of a plurality of data detection techniques is selected. The selecting is based on at least one of a spatial stream, a symbol, and a carrier frequency associated with the given sample. The selected data detection, technique is used to detect data of the given sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: B Hari Ram, Lokesh Sundaramurthy Satrasala, Sri Varsha Rottela, Sudhir Srinivasa, Hongyuan Zhang, Chusong Xiao, Mao Yu, Yanni Chen, Yong Ma
  • Patent number: 9609883
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for producing wheat glutamine peptide using wheat gluten powder as raw material, belonging to the fields of food and biotechnology. The method includes the steps of: performing enzymolysis in two steps using Alcalase and papain with the wheat gluten powder as raw material, to obtain the wheat glutamine peptide with components with molecular weight of less than 1000 Da being more than 90%, characteristic glutamine peptide segment glutamine-arginine-glutamine (Gln-Arg-Gln, QRQ) content being more than 2.0% and glutamine content being up to 23.54% by treating the enzymatic hydrolysate by centrifugation, ultrafiltration, concentration, spray drying, etc. The produced glutamine peptide can be used as functional nutrition composition ingredient in the development and production of ordinary foods, health foods and medicines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: CHINA NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND FERMENTATION INDUSTRIES
    Inventors: Muyi Cai, Ruizeng Gu, Jun Lu, Feng Lin, Yong Ma, Zhe Dong, Xingchang Pan, Yongqing Ma, Yaguang Xu, Zhentao Jin, Liang Chen, Wenying Liu, Ying Wei, Haixin Zhang, Lu Lu, Yan Liu, Tao Ma, Simeng Jiang, Kelu Cao, Jing Wang
  • Patent number: 9610133
    Abstract: A wireless laparoscopic camera system includes a housing having proximal and distal ends and a lens disposed at the distal end thereof. A chip package is disposed within the housing. The chip package is positioned proximally of the lens and includes an image sensor, a processing component, and a wireless transmitter. The image sensor, the processing component, and the wireless transmitter are configured as bare die and are stacked and coupled in sequence with respect to one another to form the chip package. The chip package is configured to convert an optical image produced by the lens into an electrical signal. The signal is transmitted wirelessly to a wireless receiver positioned remote of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Yong Ma, Eric Stanley, Ravi Durvasula, James Power
  • Publication number: 20170049864
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polyethylene glycol (PEG) modified protein drugs, and a PEGylated tissue kallikrein, a preparation method and use thereof are disclosed. The tissue kallikrein has a sequence as shown in SEQ ID No. 1 or SEQ ID No. 2, and the tissue kallikrein may be natural or recombinant. The PEG has a molecular weight of 20 to 40 kDa, and is conjugated to the N-terminal primary amino of the tissue kallikrein. In addition to the advantages of significantly extended half-life, significantly reduced immunogenicity and stable and uniform structure, the biological activity of the PEGylated KLK1 provided in the present invention is improved to a higher extent, which is more significant in the treatment of cerebral apoplexy and diabetic nephropathy in particular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicants: ZONHON BIOPHARMA INSTITUTE INC., GENSUN INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICINE CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Bruce Yong MA, Jun WANG, Jing QIU, Dinglong WU, Chunlin XU, Chen CHEN, Yaofang WANG
  • Publication number: 20170043028
    Abstract: Methods for use of a multi-arm polyethylene glycol (PEG) modifier in modification of asparaginase. The described multi-arm PEG modifier enhances the subunit interaction of a multimeric protein to maintain the multimeric protein in a polymerized form, thereby improving the stability of the multimeric protein, maintaining the bioactivity of the multimeric protein, and reducing the probability of exposure of the antigen binding site after depolymerization of the subunits, so as to reduce the immunogenicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicants: ZONHON BIOPHARMA INSTITUTE INC., GENSUN INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICINE CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Bruce Yong MA, Jun WANG, Dinglong WU, Chunlin XU, Yaofang WANG
  • Patent number: 9563238
    Abstract: A fixing member is used for fixing a plate to a frame. The fixing member includes a body and a fixing plate extending from the body. The body can lock with the frame along a first direction substantially parallel to the body. The fixing plate is configured to deform along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and lock with an aligning portion of the plate. An electronic device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignees: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (WuHan) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Yong Ma, Da-Long Sun
  • Publication number: 20160363259
    Abstract: A fixing member is used for fixing a plate to a frame. The fixing member includes a body and a fixing plate extending from the body. The body can lock with the frame along a first direction substantially parallel to the body. The fixing plate is configured to deform along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and lock with an aligning portion of the plate. An electronic device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: WEI-YONG MA, DA-LONG SUN
  • Publication number: 20160356813
    Abstract: A test device for an interface which can test the performance of an interface of an electronic product is provided. The test device includes a securing module configured to secure the electronic product and an adjustment module. The securing module includes a shell and a securing member configured to be secured in the shell. The adjustment module includes two adjustment members slidably installed in the shell and a test card mounted on the adjustment member. The adjustment members are slidable relative to the shell to align the test card with the interface, and the test card is configured to be inserted into and extracted from the interface for testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: XIAO-YONG MA, LI-FEN YANG
  • Patent number: D772450
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Foshan Tuff Plus Auto Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Ma