Patents by Inventor Ze Zhang

Ze 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: 20240136149
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manipulating a tiny object, including: providing a charged particle beam; forming a non-uniform charge distribution in a fluid medium; and applying, to a tiny object, a gradient force formed by the non-uniform charge distribution. The present invention extends manipulation to a nanoscale, and can be applied to various microscopic tiny objects such as conductors, non-conductors, and living or non-living biological cells or organelles, and therefore surely promote great progress in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology and medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: He TIAN, Tulai SUN, Tianxing REN, Wanru ZHANG, Xinkai CHEN, Ze ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11951540
    Abstract: Provided is a supergravity directional solidification melting furnace equipment, including a supergravity test chamber and, mounted in the supergravity test chamber, a high-temperature heating subsystem, a crucible, and an air-cooling system. The supergravity test chamber is mounted with a wiring electrode and a cooling air valve device. The high-temperature heating subsystem is fixed in the supergravity test chamber. The crucible and the air cooling system are provided in the high-temperature heating subsystem. The high-temperature heating subsystem includes upper, middle, and lower furnaces, a mullite insulating layer, upper and lower heating cavity outer bodies, upper and lower heating furnace pipes, and a crucible support base. A high-temperature heating cavity is divided into upper and lower parts, is provided therein with a spiral groove, and is fitted with a heating element. The crucible support base is provided therein with a vent pipe channel into which a cooling air is introduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hua Wei, Yadan Xie, Jianjiang Zhao, Weian Lin, Ze Zhang, Yunmin Chen
  • Publication number: 20240053477
    Abstract: A system and method for measuring an image distance of power transmission lines with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The system includes: a UAV, a master console, and a plurality of cameras. The cameras are configured to collect 2D image data of a power transmission line corridor. The UAV includes a vehicle body, a lidar device, a rotor assembly, a power unit, a flight control processor, a state detection device, and a wireless communication module. The lidar device is configured to collect 3D point cloud data of the power transmission lines. The master console is configured to receive the 2D image data and the 3D point cloud data, and establish a mapping relationship between the 2D image data and the 3D point cloud data; recognize a target object, determine 3D point coordinates of the target object, and calculate a distance from the target object to the power transmission lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Yongdong Dai, Jianguang Yao, Feng Mao, Maofei Wang, Wanjin Yu, Beibei Weng, Ling Ju, Zhongjun Jiang, Xinlian Bu, Weihao Fan, Ze Zhang, Xingchun Xu
  • Patent number: 11714449
    Abstract: Provided are embodiments for operating a high-speed deserializer. Embodiments can include receiving a clock slip signal to enable operation of the slip pulse generation circuit, and generating a slip pulse signal using the slip pulse-controlled clock generation circuit, wherein the slip pulse signal is programmable to slip one or more bits of a serial input data. Embodiments can also include generating a plurality of deserialization clocks for sampling the serial input data using the slip pulse-controlled clock generation circuit, wherein the plurality of deserialization clocks are generated simultaneously with each other, and providing the plurality of deserialization clocks to the deserializer to selectively sample the serial input data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ze Zhang, Dereje Yilma, Chad Andrew Marquart, Glen A. Wiedemeier
  • Patent number: 11650736
    Abstract: Disclosed are the SGL processing acceleration method and the storage device. The disclosed SGL processing acceleration method includes: obtaining the SGL associated with the IO command; generating the host space descriptor list and the DTU descriptor list according to the SGL; obtaining one or more host space descriptors of the host space descriptor list according to the DTU descriptor of the DTU descriptor list; and initiating the data transmission according to the obtained one or more host space descriptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI STARBLAZE INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ze Zhang, Hao Cheng Huang, Yi Lei Wang
  • Publication number: 20230099810
    Abstract: Provided are embodiments for operating a high-speed deserializer. Embodiments can include receiving a clock slip signal to enable operation of the slip pulse generation circuit, and generating a slip pulse signal using the slip pulse-controlled clock generation circuit, wherein the slip pulse signal is programmable to slip one or more bits of a serial input data. Embodiments can also include generating a plurality of deserialization clocks for sampling the serial input data using the slip pulse-controlled clock generation circuit, wherein the plurality of deserialization clocks are generated simultaneously with each other, and providing the plurality of deserialization clocks to the deserializer to selectively sample the serial input data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Ze Zhang, Dereje Yilma, Chad Andrew Marquart, Glen A. Wiedemeier
  • Patent number: 11609165
    Abstract: Provided is a material performance testing system under a fixed multi-field coupling effect in a hypergravity environment, including a hoisted sealed cabin, a bearing frame, a high-temperature furnace, a mechanical test device, and a buffer device. The bearing frame and the high-temperature furnace are fixedly mounted inside the hoisted sealed cabin. The bearing frame is covered on the high-temperature furnace. The buffer device is mounted at a bottom of the high-temperature furnace. Upper and lower ends of the mechanical test device are connected in a top of the bearing frame and the bottom of the high-temperature furnace. A sample is connected and mounted at an end of the mechanical test device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hua Wei, Jiangwei Wang, Weian Lin, Ze Zhang, Yunmin Chen
  • Publication number: 20230083701
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a computer-implemented method for allocating computing resources. The computer-implemented method includes generating, using a processor, tracing data that results from data traffic processed through multiple data paths by the processor. The processor is used to analyze the tracing data to identify a predicted bottleneck path among the multiple data paths, wherein the predicted bottleneck path include a data path on which a data bottleneck is predicted to occur. The computer resources are allocated to the predicted bottleneck path before the predicted data bottleneck occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yue Wang, Yun Chen, Xiao Hai Ma, Yuan Hu, Ze Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230027454
    Abstract: A tooth-meshing rolling toy set includes at least one curved carrier member and at least one rolling member. The at least one curved carrier member has a first surface and an opposite second surface; and the first and the second surface all are provided with a toothed structure having a plurality of teeth. The at least one rolling member includes a rolling body having a peripheral surface extending around the rolling body to define a closed geometric loop having a curved surface. The peripheral surface is also provided with a toothed structure having a plurality of teeth that mesh with the teeth of the toothed structure on the curved carrier member, such that the at least one rolling member can roll on the first surface or the second surface of the at least one curved carrier member through meshing with the at least one curved carrier member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventor: YU-ZE ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230028997
    Abstract: Disclosed are the SGL processing acceleration method and the storage device. The disclosed SGL processing acceleration method includes: obtaining the SGL associated with the IO command; generating the host space descriptor list and the DTU descriptor list according to the SGL; obtaining one or more host space descriptors of the host space descriptor list according to the DTU descriptor of the DTU descriptor list; and initiating the data transmission according to the obtained one or more host space descriptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Ze ZHANG, Hao Cheng Huang, Yi Lei WANG
  • Publication number: 20230020298
    Abstract: A construction method for a radiation-proof concrete hole reserved split bolt includes: 1) mounting a hole reserved sleeve; 2) mounting an inclined recoverable split bolt; 3) mounting an inclined split bolt; 4) fixing the inclined recoverable split bolt and an inclined split bolt main body; 5) pouring concrete, and dismantling related components; 6) plugging the inclined split bolt main body; and 7) plugging the hole reserved sleeve. According to the construction method, the hole reserved sleeve is obliquely arranged, the inner side of the hole reserved sleeve is sprayed with a radiation-proof coating with the functions of reducing radiation ray reflection and absorbing certain radiation rays, and in addition, after the construction of a pipeline or a line in the hole reserved sleeve is finished, the openings at both ends of the hole reserved sleeve are plugged with a radiation-proof mortar incorporated with a micro-expanding agent and a waterproof agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicants: China Railway The Third Engineering Group Construction and Installation Engineering Co., Ltd., The Third Engineering Group Co., Ltd. of China Railway
    Inventors: Zhiqiang WANG, Xiaofeng WANG, Huasong YIN, Wei WU, Junyi MENG, Liangliang LIAN, Xiuru CHENG, Zhipeng YAO, Wenkui GAO, Yuan ZHAO, Ze ZHANG, Le REN, Yingbo DONG, Lin LI, Yajuan ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220268676
    Abstract: Provided is a material performance testing system under a fixed multi-field coupling effect in a hypergravity environment, including a hoisted sealed cabin, a bearing frame, a high-temperature furnace, a mechanical test device, and a buffer device. The bearing frame and the high-temperature furnace are fixedly mounted inside the hoisted sealed cabin. The bearing frame is covered on the high-temperature furnace. The buffer device is mounted at a bottom of the high-temperature furnace. Upper and lower ends of the mechanical test device are connected in a top of the bearing frame and the bottom of the high-temperature furnace. A sample is connected and mounted at an end of the mechanical test device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hua WEI, Jiangwei WANG, Weian LIN, Ze ZHANG, Yunmin CHEN
  • Patent number: 11409618
    Abstract: Transaction recovery in a cloud computing environment. Transaction recovery includes determining whether a first container of a plurality of containers in the cloud computing environment is crashed. In response to the first container being crashed, the method may include determining at least one transaction log entry from a first log file corresponding to the first container. Transaction recovery includes retrieving at least one in-doubt transaction corresponding to the first container from a first database corresponding to the first container. Transaction recovery includes comparing the at least one transaction log entry with the at least one in-doubt transaction for transaction recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dian Guo Zou, Yan Zhou, Ze Zhang, Da Guang Sun, Shuo Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220193762
    Abstract: Provided is a supergravity directional solidification melting furnace equipment, including a supergravity test chamber and, mounted in the supergravity test chamber, a high-temperature heating subsystem, a crucible, and an air-cooling system. The supergravity test chamber is mounted with a wiring electrode and a cooling air valve device. The high-temperature heating subsystem is fixed in the supergravity test chamber. The crucible and the air cooling system are provided in the high-temperature heating subsystem. The high-temperature heating subsystem includes upper, middle, and lower furnaces, a mullite insulating layer, upper and lower heating cavity outer bodies, upper and lower heating furnace pipes, and a crucible support base. A high-temperature heating cavity is divided into upper and lower parts, is provided therein with a spiral groove, and is fitted with a heating element. The crucible support base is provided therein with a vent pipe channel into which a cooling air is introduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hua WEI, Yadan XIE, Jiangwei WANG, Weian LIN, Ze ZHANG, Yunmin CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220083437
    Abstract: Transaction recovery in a cloud computing environment. Transaction recovery includes determining whether a first container of a plurality of containers in the cloud computing environment is crashed. In response to the first container being crashed, the method may include determining at least one transaction log entry from a first log file corresponding to the first container. Transaction recovery includes retrieving at least one in-doubt transaction corresponding to the first container from a first database corresponding to the first container. Transaction recovery includes comparing the at least one transaction log entry with the at least one in-doubt transaction for transaction recovery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Dian Guo Zou, Yan Zhou, Ze Zhang, DA GUANG SUN, Shuo Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220067379
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a category labelling method and apparatus, an electronic device, a storage medium, and a computer program. The method includes: detecting a video stream acquired by an image acquisition device to determine a detection result of a target video frame in the video stream, wherein the detection result includes a detected category, and the detected category includes at least one of: an object category of an object in the target video frame, and a scene category corresponding to the target video frame; and determining a category labelling result corresponding to the image acquisition device according to detection results of a plurality of target video frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Yingzhen CHEN, Ze ZHANG, Qi FANG, Danting CHEN, Huan PEI
  • Patent number: 11097264
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for low temperature desulfating sulfur-poisoned SCR catalysts, and emission control systems adapted to apply such desulfating methods, in order to regenerate catalytic NOx conversion activity. The methods are adapted for treating an SCR catalyst to desorb sulfur from the surface of the SCR catalyst and increase NOx conversion activity of the SCR catalyst, the treating step including treating the SCR catalyst with a gaseous stream comprising a reductant for a first treatment time period and at a first treatment temperature, wherein the first treatment temperature is about 350° C. or less, followed by a second treatment time period and a second treatment temperature higher than the first treatment temperature, wherein the molar ratio of reductant to NOx during the treating step is about 1.05:1 or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaofan Yang, Weiyong Tang, Ze Zhang
  • Patent number: D993824
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventor: Ze Zhang
  • Patent number: D1008733
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Ze Zhang
  • Patent number: D1015037
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventor: Ze Zhang