Patents by Inventor Yuzhen Zhang

Yuzhen Zhang 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: 20210372916
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a three-dimensional diffraction tomography microscopy imaging method based on LED array coded illumination. Firstly, acquiring the raw intensity images, three sets of intensity image stacks are acquired at different out-of-focus positions by moving the stage or using electrically tunable lens. And then, after acquiring the intensity image stacks of the object to be measured at different out-of-focus positions, the three-dimensional phase transfer function of the microscopy imaging system with arbitrary shape illumination is derived. Further, the three-dimensional phase transfer function of the microscopic system under circular and annular illumination with different coherence coefficients is obtained as well, and the three-dimensional quantitative refractive index is reconstructed by inverse Fourier transform of the three-dimensional scattering potential function. The scattering potential function is converted into the refractive index distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Nanjing University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Chao Zuo, Qian Chen, Jiaji Li, Jiasong Sun, Yao Fan, Shijie Feng, Yuzhen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210356258
    Abstract: The invention discloses a deep learning-based temporal phase unwrapping method for fringe projection profilometry. First, four sets of three-step phase-shifting fringe patterns with different frequencies (including 1, 8, 32, and 64) are projected to the tested objects. The three-step phase-shifting fringe images acquired by the camera are processed to obtain the wrapped phase map using a three-step phase-shifting algorithm. Then, a multi-frequency temporal phase unwrapping (MF-TPU) algorithm is used to unwrap the wrapped phase map to obtain a fringe order map of the high-frequency phase with 64 periods. A residual convolutional neural network is built, and its input data are set to be the wrapped phase maps with frequencies of 1 and 64, and the output data are set to be the fringe order map of the high-frequency phase with 64 periods. Finally, the training dataset and the validation dataset are built to train and validate the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Nanjing University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Qian CHEN, Chao ZUO, Shijie FENG, Yuzhen ZHANG, Guohua GU
  • Patent number: 11156821
    Abstract: A high-illumination numerical aperture-based large field-of-view high-resolution microimaging device, and a method for iterative reconstruction, the device comprising an LED array (1), a stage (2), a condenser (3), a microscopic objective (5), a tube lens (6), and a camera (7), the LED array (1) being arranged on the forward focal plane of the condenser (3). Light emitted by the i-th lit LED unit (8) of the LED array (1) passes through the condenser (3) and converges to become parallel light illuminating a specimen (4) to be examined, which is placed on the stage (2); part of the diffracted light passing through the specimen (4) is collected by the microscopic objective (5), converged by the tube lens (6), and reaches the imaging plane of the camera (7), forming an intensity image recorded by the camera (1). The present device and method ensure controllable programming of the illumination direction, while also ensuring an illumination-numerical-aperture up to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Qian Chen, Chao Zuo, Jiasong Sun, Shijie Feng, Yuzhen Zhang, Guohua Gu
  • Publication number: 20210325654
    Abstract: The patent discloses a differential phase contrast (DPC) quantitative phase microscopy method based on the optimal illumination pattern design. Firstly, the optimal illumination pattern corresponding to the isotropic phase transfer function of DPC quantitative phase imaging is derived, which is determined as a semi-annular illumination pattern with the illumination numerical aperture NAill equal to the numerical aperture NAobj of the objective lens. The illumination intensity distribution varies with the cosine of the illumination angle, and it can be expressed as S(?)=cos(?). This patent effectively compensates for the frequency loss of phase transfer, not only the high-frequency responses of PTF are enhanced, but also the transfer responses of low-frequency phase information is significantly improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Nanjing University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Qian CHEN, Chao ZUO, Yao FAN, Jiasong SUN, Jiaji LI, Shijie FENG, Yuzhen ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11106029
    Abstract: An annular-irradiation high-resolution quantitative phase microimaging based on light intensity transfer equation is proposed here includes designing an annular aperture for the imaging system illumination; invoking the weak object approximation by using the parameters of annular illumination aperture and bright field microscopy to calculate a weak object optical transfer function (WOTF) on the basis of a partially coherent imaging theory; and collecting three intensity images by a camera and obtaining the quantitative phase image of object by resolving the light intensity transfer equation with a deconvolution algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Qian Chen, Chao Zuo, Jiasong Sun, Shijie Feng, Yuzhen Zhang, Guohua Gu
  • Patent number: 11029144
    Abstract: A super-rapid three-dimensional measurement method and system based on an improved Fourier transform contour technique is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Qian Chen, Chao Zuo, Shijie Feng, Jiasong Sun, Yuzhen Zhang, Guohua Gu
  • Publication number: 20210112187
    Abstract: A high-illumination numerical aperture-based large field-of-view high-resolution microimaging device, and a method for iterative reconstruction, the device comprising an LED array (1), a stage (2), a condenser (3), a microscopic objective (5), a tube lens (6), and a camera (7), the LED array (1) being arranged on the forward focal plane of the condenser (3). Light emitted by the i-th lit LED unit (8) of the LED array (1) passes through the condenser (3) and converges to become parallel light illuminating a specimen (4) to be examined, which is placed on the stage (2); part of the diffracted light passing through the specimen (4) is collected by the microscopic objective (5), converged by the tube lens (6), and reaches the imaging plane of the camera (7), forming an intensity image recorded by the camera (1). The present device and method ensure controllable programming of the illumination direction, while also ensuring an illumination-numerical-aperture up to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Qian CHEN, Chao ZUO, Jiasong SUN, Shijie FENG, Yuzhen ZHANG, Guohua GU
  • Publication number: 20210103135
    Abstract: Annular-irradiation high-resolution quantitative phase microimaging based on light intensity transfer equation is proposed here. First, an annular aperture is designed for the imaging system illumination. And then, by invoking the weak object approximation, the parameters of annular illumination aperture and bright field microscopy are used to calculate a weak object optical transfer function (WOTF) on the basis of a partially coherent imaging theory. Finally, three intensity images are collected by a camera and the quantitative phase image of object is obtained by resolving the light intensity transfer equation with a deconvolution algorithm. The present method effectively resolves the tradeoff between the cloudy low-frequency noise and high-frequency fuzziness in the light intensity transfer equation, and the spatial imaging resolution of phase reconstruction is greatly increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Qian CHEN, Chao ZUO, Jiasong SUN, Shijie FENG, Yuzhen ZHANG, Guohua GU
  • Publication number: 20210102801
    Abstract: A super-rapid three-dimensional measurement method and system based on an improved Fourier transform contour technique is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Qian CHEN, Chao ZUO, Shijie FENG, Jiasong SUN, Yuzhen ZHANG, Guohua GU
  • Patent number: 10911672
    Abstract: A highly efficient three-dimensional image acquisition method based on multi-mode composite encoding and epipolar constraint, respectively using a fast imaging mode or a high-precision imaging mode, wherein in the fast imaging mode, two phase maps having different frequencies are obtained by four stripe gratings, and a high-frequency absolute phase is obtained by means of the epipolar constraint and a left-right consistency check, and the three-dimensional image is obtained by means of a mapping relationship between the phase and three-dimensional coordinates; and in the high precision imaging mode, two phases having different frequencies are obtained by means of N+2 stripe gratings, a low-frequency absolute phase is obtained by the epipolar constraint, and the unwrapping of a high-frequency phase is assisted by means of the low-frequency absolute phase, so as to obtain the high-frequency absolute phase, and finally, the three-dimensional image is obtained by the mapping relationship between the phase and the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Qian Chen, Chao Zuo, Shijie Feng, Jiasong Sun, Yuzhen Zhang, Guohua Gu
  • Publication number: 20200308052
    Abstract: A preparation method of a plant-mixed warm regenerated asphalt mixture, comprises the following steps: preparing a RAP material, a new aggregate, a mineral powder, a new asphalt and a regenerant with a total mass percentage of 100%; heating and stirring the RAP material, adding the regenerant, and continuing to heat and stir; placing the product in a development bin for development, wherein a development temperature is 40° C. to 150° C., and a development time is 0.5 h to 6 h; mixing, heating and stirring a product with the new aggregate; and after mixing and heating the product with the new asphalt, adding the mineral powder, and stirring to mold. Addition of the regenerated asphalt mixture in the development process improves the regeneration effect of the old asphalt, and pavement performances of the formed regenerated asphalt mixture can fully reach that of a hot-mixed asphalt mixture produced entirely with new materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: JIANGSU TIANNUO ROAD MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD
    Inventors: Zhaomin GUO, Yuzhen ZHANG, Hubing XIAO, Meng XU
  • Publication number: 20200209604
    Abstract: The invention discloses a programmable annular LED illumination-based high efficiency quantitative phase microscopy imaging method, the proposed method comprising the following steps: the derivation of system optical transfer function in a partially coherent illumination imaging system; the derivation of phase transfer function with the weak object approximation under the illumination of tilted axially symmetric coherent point illumination source; the extension of illumination from an axially symmetric coherence point source to a discrete annular point source, and the optical transfer function can be treated as an incoherent superposition of each pair of tilted axially symmetric coherent point sources. The acquisition of raw intensity dataset; the implementation of deconvolution for quantitative phase reconstruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Qian CHEN, Chao Zuo, Jiasong SUN, Shijie FENG, Yuzhen ZHANG, Guohua GU
  • Publication number: 20200128180
    Abstract: A highly efficient three-dimensional image acquisition method based on multi-mode composite encoding and epipolar constraint, respectively using a fast imaging mode or a high-precision imaging mode, wherein in the fast imaging mode, two phase maps having different frequencies are obtained by four stripe gratings, and a high-frequency absolute phase is obtained by means of the epipolar constraint and a left-right consistency check, and the three-dimensional image is obtained by means of a mapping relationship between the phase and three-dimensional coordinates; and in the high precision imaging mode, two phases having different frequencies are obtained by means of N+2 stripe gratings, a low-frequency absolute phase is obtained by the epipolar constraint, and the unwrapping of a high-frequency phase is assisted by means of the low-frequency absolute phase, so as to obtain the high-frequency absolute phase, and finally, the three-dimensional image is obtained by the mapping relationship between the phase and the
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Nanjing University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Qian Chen, Chao Zuo, Shijie Feng, Jiasong Sun, Yuzhen Zhang, Guohua Gu
  • Publication number: 20190319354
    Abstract: An antenna includes a director-reflector unit, which includes two radiation elements, and a switch, and a main element configured to transmit and receive a signal. Total electrical length of the two radiation elements is greater than one half of a wavelength corresponding to an operating frequency band of the antenna, and electrical length of either of the two radiation elements is less than one half of the wavelength corresponding to the operating frequency band of the antenna. The two radiation elements are coupled using the switch and the director-reflector unit is used as a reflector and configured to reflect the signal transmitted and received by the main element when the switch is switched on, and the two radiation elements are decoupled and the director-reflector unit is used as a director and configured to direct the signal transmitted and received by the main element when the switch is switched off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Yuzhen Zhang, Kemeng Wang, Yiwen Gong, Chaoxu Li, Fang Xia
  • Patent number: 10141652
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes: an antenna radiator, at least one antenna cable trough, a feedpoint, and at least one first protruding metal strip; where the at least one antenna cable trough is disposed on the antenna radiator; the at least one antenna cable trough extends along a top edge to a bottom edge of the antenna radiator; the feedpoint is further disposed on the antenna radiator, and the feedpoint is disposed at an end of the bottom edge of the antenna radiator and is near a side edge of the antenna radiator; and the at least one first protruding metal strip is inserted in the antenna cable trough and is separated from the antenna radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qing Liu, Yuzhen Zhang, Yao Lan, Dingjie Wang
  • Publication number: 20170288310
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes: an antenna radiator, at least one antenna cable trough, a feedpoint, and at least one first protruding metal strip; where the at least one antenna cable trough is disposed on the antenna radiator; the at least one antenna cable trough extends along a top edge to a bottom edge of the antenna radiator; the feedpoint is further disposed on the antenna radiator, and the feedpoint is disposed at an end of the bottom edge of the antenna radiator and is near a side edge of the antenna radiator; and the at least one first protruding metal strip is inserted in the antenna cable trough and is separated from the antenna radiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qing Liu, Yuzhen Zhang, Yao Lan, Dingjie Wang
  • Publication number: 20070125686
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method for processing oil sand bitumen including solvent deasphalting and visbreaking oil sand bitumen to yield de-oiled asphalt (DOA) and components capable of being transmitted in pipeline. The method for processing oil sand bitumen provided by this invention can effectively transmit oil sand bitumen in pipeline with the advantages of simple operation low equipment cost and significantly reduced operating cost. This method not only can solve the problems arising from enormous working capital required for purchasing diluting agent needed by the traditional unit for processing oil sand bitumen and complications in looking for users, but also can drastically reduce the high investment and high processing cost of such main upgrading avenues as coking and converting heavy oils to light distillates. This invention can enhance the effective products yield and increase the sales income.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Changbo Zheng, Yuzhen Zhang, Zhongwen He, Qiang Liu, Huize Huang