Patents by Inventor Yu Zou

Yu Zou 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: 11948595
    Abstract: Provided is a method for detecting audio, which includes acquiring audio file data; determining attribute detection data corresponding to the audio file data; and generating a voice detection result corresponding to the audio file data by voice violation detection on the attribute detection data by a fully connected network model. A device for detecting audio and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: BIGO TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Zhen Li, Zhenchuan Huang, Yu Zou
  • Patent number: 11907554
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling startup of a hard disk drive system, and a storage device. The hard disk drive system includes two or more hard disk drives. The method for controlling startup of a hard disk drive system includes: latching the initialization states of all the hard disk drives after all hard disk drives are powered on; dividing all hard disk drives into two or more hard drive groups, each hard drive group includes more than one hard disk drive; sequentially perform link initialization negotiation on each hard drive group by using a port protocol; and in an OOB negotiation process of the link initialization negotiation, by setting the state of an SCSI application layer power state machine, control a motor of each hard disk drive in the hard drive group to enter a spinning state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: INSPUR SUZHOU INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunwu Peng, Yu Zou, Xuezong Yang, Hui Tian
  • Publication number: 20230345150
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a delta image sensor comprising an arrangement of pixels and a plurality of acquisition circuits corresponding to at least one pixel and formed as part of an integrated circuit. Each acquisition circuit includes at least one sensor circuit comprising a photosensor configured to generate a sensor signal, VSIG, depending on a light signal illuminating the photosensor of the at least one pixel; at least one analogue to digital conversion, A/D, circuit configured to convert a current VSIG to a digital signal; at least one digital storage circuit configured to store a representation of at least one digital signal corresponding to a previous VSIG; at least one digital comparison circuit configured to compare the level of the stored representation with the current VSIG to detect whether a changed level is present; and at least one digital output circuit configured to generate an event output under the condition of the changed level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Yingyun ZHA, Roger Mark BOSTOCK, Jian DENG, Yu ZOU
  • Patent number: 11780383
    Abstract: A fastener includes a mounting base and an insert portion. The mounting base includes an accommodating cavity having an accommodating cavity opening and a mounting slot located above the accommodating cavity having a width that is smaller than a width of the accommodating cavity. The insert portion includes a retaining portion, a neck portion connected to the retaining portion, and a head portion disposed between the retaining portion and the head portion. The head portion is configured to be received within the accommodating cavity by the accommodating cavity opening. The neck portion is configured such that at least a portion of the neck portion is received by the mounting slot when the head portion is received by the accommodating cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Yu Zou
  • Publication number: 20230308784
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a delta image sensor comprising an arrangement of pixels and a plurality of acquisition circuits corresponding to at least one pixel and formed as part of an integrated circuit. Each acquisition circuit includes at least one sensor circuit comprising a photosensor configured to generate a sensor signal, VSIG, depending on a light signal illuminating the photosensor of the at least one pixel; at least one analogue to digital conversion, A/D, circuit configured to convert a current VSIG to a digital signal; at least one digital storage circuit configured to store a representation of at least one digital signal corresponding to a previous VSIG; at least one digital comparison circuit configured to compare the level of the stored representation with the current VSIG to detect whether a changed level is present; and at least one digital output circuit configured to generate an event output under the condition of the changed level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yingyun ZHA, Roger Mark BOSTOCK, Jian DENG, Yu ZOU
  • Publication number: 20230247326
    Abstract: A delta image sensor comprising an arrangement of pixels and acquisition circuits corresponding to at least one pixel. Each acquisition circuit includes a sensor circuit comprising a photosensor to generate a sensor signal, VSIG, depending on a light signal illuminating the photosensor; at least one analogue to digital conversion, A/D, circuit configured to convert a current VSIG to a digital signal; at least one digital storage circuit configured to store a representation of at least one digital signal corresponding to a previous VSIG; a digital comparison circuit configured to compare the level of the stored representation with the current VSIG to detect whether a changed level is present; and a digital output circuit configured to generate an event output when the level has changed. The repeat rate of the analogue to digital conversion is chosen from one or more repeat rates corresponding to modulation of the light signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Yingyun ZHA, Roger Mark BOSTOCK, Jian DENG, Yu ZOU
  • Publication number: 20230247327
    Abstract: A delta image sensor comprising a plurality of acquisition circuits corresponding to at least one pixel. Each acquisition circuit includes at least one sensor circuit comprising a photosensor to generate a sensor signal, VSIG, depending on a light signal illuminating the photosensor; at least one single slope analogue to digital conversion, A/D, circuit configured to convert a current VSIG to a digital signal, wherein the A/D circuit (12) is configured to use one of a plurality of ramps for the conversion; at least one digital storage circuit configured to store a representation of at least one digital signal corresponding to a previous VSIG; at least one digital comparison circuit configured to compare the level of the stored representation with the current VSIG to detect whether a changed level is present; and at least one digital output circuit configured to generate an event output, in response to the changed level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Yingyun ZHA, Roger Mark BOSTOCK, Jian DENG, Yu ZOU
  • Publication number: 20230214140
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling startup of a hard disk drive system, and a storage device. The hard disk drive system includes two or more hard disk drives. The method for controlling startup of a hard disk drive system includes: latching the initialization states of all the hard disk drives after all hard disk drives are powered on; dividing all hard disk drives into two or more hard drive groups, each hard drive group includes more than one hard disk drive; sequentially perform link initialization negotiation on each hard drive group by using a port protocol; and in an OOB negotiation process of the link initialization negotiation, by setting the state of an SCSI application layer power state machine, control a motor of each hard disk drive in the hard drive group to enter a spinning state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Yunwu PENG, Yu ZOU, Xuezong YANG, Hui TIAN
  • Publication number: 20230217134
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a delta image sensor comprising an arrangement of pixels and a plurality of acquisition circuits corresponding to at least one pixel and formed as part of an integrated circuit. Each acquisition circuit includes at least one sensor circuit comprising a photosensor configured to generate a sensor signal, VSIG, depending on a light signal illuminating the photosensor of the at least one pixel; at least one analogue to digital conversion, A/D, circuit configured to convert a current VSIG to a digital signal; at least one digital storage circuit configured to store a representation of at least one digital signal corresponding to a previous VSIG; at least one digital comparison circuit configured to compare the level of the stored representation with the current VSIG to detect whether a changed level is present; and at least one digital output circuit configured to generate an event output under the condition of the changed level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Yingyun ZHA, Roger Mark BOSTOCK, Jian DENG, Yu ZOU
  • Patent number: 11655595
    Abstract: An adjustable device for railway to cross active faults is provided to fix a rail and a sleeper, including: a fastener mounting base, disposed between the rail and sleeper; clamping pipes, disposed between the fastener mounting base and the sleeper, the sleeper is provided with a through groove, and the clamping pipes are detachably fixed inside the through groove; control parts, disposed on an inner wall of the clamping pipes, each of the control parts is configured to detect lateral pressures between the fastener mounting base and corresponding one of the clamping pipes, thereby to separate the corresponding one of the clamping pipes from the through groove, the device ensures that the rail will not produce bending deformations after the lateral dislocation of the bottom layer during earthquake events, and ensure that a train or rail repair vehicle can pass at a low speed after earthquake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Songfeng Guo, Shengwen Qi, Manchao He, Hui Zhou, Yu Zou, Zhiqing Li, Lihui Li, Bowen Zheng, Jinxuan Li, Guangming Luo, Fengjiao Tang, Weiluan Wen
  • Publication number: 20230151067
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a preparation method of a surimi low-molecular-weight antifreeze peptide, and relates to the technical field of processing of aquatic products. The preparation method includes the following steps: step 1, with Larimichthys crocea as a raw material, decapitating and gutting the L. crocea, crushing the L. crocea into a surimi, decalcifying the surimi, extracting water-soluble crude protein with water, and freeze-drying to obtain the water-extracted crude protein powder of L. crocea; step 2, redissolving the water-extracted crude protein powder of L. crocea obtained in step 1 with water, and enzymatically hydrolyzing it with protease to obtain an enzymatic hydrolysate; and step 3, sonicating and dialyzing the enzymatic hydrolysate obtained in step 2 to obtain a dialysate with a molecular weight no more than 3,500 D, and freeze-drying the dialysate to obtain the surimi low-molecular-weight antifreeze peptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Tingting LI, Zhe XU, Jianrong Li, Zhixuan Zhu, Lingyu Han, Yu Zou, Kun Ma
  • Publication number: 20230131485
    Abstract: A deorbit-sail deployment device for forming a deorbit sail that drives a satellite to deorbit is disclosed. The deorbit-sail deployment device comprises a non-folding sail and a folding sail that are rotatably connected to each other to form the deorbit sail The folding sail comprises at least one first skeleton that folds the sail body in the folded state and supports the sail body in the unfolded state. The folding sail can be folded to a compact size before launch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Xiaoming LI, Zhanhui WANG, Yu ZOU, Weijia REN
  • Patent number: 11631248
    Abstract: Disclosed are a video watermark identification method and apparatus, device, and a storage medium. The method includes: each video frame of multiple video frames of a video is divided into multiple image blocks to obtain an image sequence corresponding to the each video frame; multiple image sequences corresponding to the multiple video frames are input to a target detection model to obtain a classification result of each image block, and a feature vector of the video is obtained according to all classification results of the multiple image blocks; and the feature vector of the video is input to a watermark identification model to obtain a watermark identification probability output by the watermark identification model, and the video containing a watermark is determining in a case where the watermark identification probability is greater than or equal to a probability threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: BIGO TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Zou, Xuan Yang, Zhenqiang Liu, Yue Pan, Zhen Li
  • Publication number: 20230053509
    Abstract: A silicon carbide single crystal wafer and a preparation method therefor, a silicon carbide crystal and a preparation method therefor, and a semiconductor device. The surface of the silicon carbide single crystal wafer is such that an included angle between a normal direction and a c direction is 0-8 degrees, and aggregated dislocations on the silicon carbide single crystal wafer are less than 300/cm2; the aggregated dislocation is a dislocation aggregated condition in which the distance between the geometric centers of any two corrosion pits in the corrosion pits obtained after corrosion of melted KOH is less than 80 microns. Even if the dislocation density is relatively high, the aggregated dislocation density is relatively small, thereby increasing the yield of a silicon carbide-based devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicants: TANKEBLUE SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD., XINJIANG TANKEBLUE SEMICONDUCTOR CO. LTD, JIANGSU TANKEBLUE SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chunjun LIU, Yanfang LOU, Tonghua PENG, Bo WANG, Ning ZHAO, Yu GUO, Jian YANG, Ping ZHANG, Yu ZOU, Fan YANG
  • Patent number: 11536864
    Abstract: A method for establishing a geostress field distribution of slopes in canyon areas includes: obtaining a persistence ratio of a fracture surface based on a structural plane trace length and a rock bridge length of the fracture surface, and then obtaining a fracture stage of a crack according to progressive failure characteristics of rock mass, combining a character of the fracture surface to obtain magnitude and direction of a maximum principal stress, and establishing the geostress field distribution. The method is simple to operate, does not need to carry out geostress testing, does not need a large amount of manpower and material resources, does not need redundant fund investment, and can simply and effectively obtain geostress field data. Moreover, combining with the geostress field inversion technology, a large-scale geostress field distribution condition can be obtained, which can provide a basis for engineering site selection and engineering rock mass stability determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Yu Zou, Songfeng Guo, Shengwen Qi, Xiaolin Huang, Bowen Zheng
  • Publication number: 20220332261
    Abstract: A fastener includes a mounting base and an insert portion. The mounting base includes an accommodating cavity having an accommodating cavity opening and a mounting slot located above the accommodating cavity, having a width that is smaller than a width of the accommodating cavity; The insert portion includes a retaining portion, a neck portion connected to the retaining portion, and a head portion disposed between the retaining portion and the head portion. The head portion is configured to be received within the accommodating cavity by the accommodating cavity opening. The neck portion is configured such that at least a portion of the neck portion is received by the mounting slot when the head portion is received by the accommodating cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventor: Yu ZOU
  • Patent number: 11371921
    Abstract: A clamp and a shear test device are provided, and relate to the technical field of rock mass mechanics tests. The clamp comprises a box body, wherein an opening is formed in one side of the box body, two clamping structures are oppositely arranged in the box body, a sample is arranged between the two clamping structures, each clamping structure comprises an adjusting mechanism, and a distance between the two clamping structures is adjusted through adjusting mechanisms of the two clamping structures. According to the clamp, real-time dynamic adjustment is conveniently and rapidly achieved, the stability of sample clamping is ensured, and therefore the requirement that the shear load can be truly and effectively transmitted to the sample through the box body is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Bowen Zheng, Shengwen Qi, Songfeng Guo, Xiaolin Huang, Ning Liang, Guangming Luo, Yu Zou, Shuaihua Song, Zhendong Cui, Lei Xue, Guoliang Li, Tianming Huang, Yiman Li, Yanhui Dong, Liheng Wang, Guiyang Ren, Qingze Hao, Libo Jiang, Xin Wang, Wenjiao Xiao
  • Patent number: 11333590
    Abstract: An experimental system for simulating creep and stick-slip dislocations of a fault in a tunnel structure includes a box structure, a supporting device and a fault dislocation loading system. A friction effect layer, a first surrounding rock layer, a tunnel structure model, a second surrounding rock layer and an overburden pressure layer are sequentially arranged in the box structure from bottom to top. The bottom of the box structure is provided with a through hole. A plate assembly is provided on the through hole, and includes a first guide plate, a second guide plate and a loading plate. Inner sides of the first guide plate and the second guide plate are respectively provided with a first slide rail and a second slide rail. The loading plate moves along the first slide rail and the second slide rail under the action of the fault dislocation loading system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Guangming Luo, Shengwen Qi, Bowen Zheng, Yu Zou, Manchao He, Hui Zhou, Xiaolin Huang, Songfeng Guo, Ning Liang
  • Publication number: 20220123376
    Abstract: A battery module and a vehicle are provided. The battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells, where each battery cell includes a battery top cover; a thermally conductive sampling piece, where one end of the thermally conductive sampling piece fits snugly with and is fixedly connected to the battery top cover; a circuit board, disposed above the battery top cover, where another end of the thermally conductive sampling piece is connected to the circuit board; and a thermometric element, electrically connected to the circuit board, where the thermometric element is configured to collect a temperature signal of the thermally conductive sampling piece and transmit the temperature signal to the circuit board. The vehicle includes the battery module. The battery module provided in this application facilitates real-time and accurate collection of a battery temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Wenwen Liu, Weihua Mo, Yu Zou
  • Patent number: 11287356
    Abstract: A variable angle loading testing machine is provided, which may include a bottom plate and a base fixedly connected to the bottom plate. A rock-sample accommodating cavity is formed in the base, and a rectangle-shaped sample is suitable for being placed into the rock-sample accommodating cavity. A side of the base is fixedly connected to two arc-shaped tension beams arranged in parallel, and a variable angle loading mechanism is slidably connected between the two arc-shaped tension beams. Through-holes are formed on the base, and an output end of the variable angle loading mechanism abuts against the rectangle-shaped sample through one of the through-holes. Loading and unloading of a stress with variable direction and magnitude under excavation disturbance can be simulated, which is of great significance for understanding mechanical behaviors of rock-soil mass under excavation disturbance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
    Inventors: Songfeng Guo, Shengwen Qi, Ming Cai, Yanjun Shang, Qingze Hao, Haijun Zhao, Zhendong Cui, Lei Xue, Xueliang Wang, Zhaobin Zhang, Xiaolin Huang, Ning Liang, Bowen Zheng, Yu Zou, Xin Wang, Xiaokun Hou, Shuaihua Song, Feng Xiong, Yongchao Li, Lina Ma, Fengjiao Tang, Xin Wang, Libo Jiang, Jinxuan Li, Yidong Xiao