Patents by Inventor Zhen Tong
Zhen Tong 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: 20240103328Abstract: A displaying base plate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a displaying device. The displaying base plate includes a substrate, and a first electrode layer disposed on one side of the substrate, wherein the first electrode layer includes a first electrode pattern; a first planarization layer disposed on one side of the first electrode layer that is away from the substrate, wherein the first planarization layer is provided with a through hole, and the through hole penetrates the first planarization layer, to expose the first electrode pattern; and a second electrode layer, a second planarization layer and a third electrode layer that are disposed in stack on one side of the first planarization layer that is away from the substrate, wherein the second electrode layer is disposed closer to the substrate, the second electrode layer is connected to the first electrode pattern and the third electrode layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhen Zhang, Fuqiang Li, Zhenyu Zhang, Yunping Di, Lizhong Wang, Zheng Fang, Jiahui Han, Yawei Wang, Chenyang Zhang, Chengfu Xu, Ce Ning, Pengxia Liang, Feihu Zhou, Xianqin Meng, Weiting Peng, Qiuli Wang, Binbin Tong, Rui Huang, Tianmin Zhou, Wei Yang
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Patent number: 11898779Abstract: A subway hybrid-energy multifunctional-end-integrated heat pump system includes energy and user ends and hot water tank. A first energy end includes a capillary-tube front-end heat exchanger and a subway capillary heat pump unit. A second energy end includes a solar panel. A third energy end includes an air-cooled heat pump unit. The user end includes air conditioner, hot water supply, underfloor heating, and radiator heating ends. The first, second and third energy ends connect to the hot water tank. A water outlet is connected to the air conditioner, hot water supply, underfloor heating, and radiator heating ends. Water outlets of the air conditioner, underfloor heating, and radiator heating ends are respectively connected to the first, second and third energy end through a return pipe.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Songtao Hu, Guodan Liu, Yongming Ji, Haiying Wang, Li Tong, Zhen Tong
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Patent number: 11727540Abstract: Various image sharpening techniques are disclosed. For example, a method for image sharpening includes obtaining, using at least one sensor of an electronic device, an image that includes visual content. The method also includes generating an edge map that indicates edges of the visual content within the image. The method further includes applying a high-pass signal and an adaptive gain based on the edge map to sharpen the image. The method also includes generating a bright halo mask and a dark halo mask based on the edge map, where the bright halo mask indicates an upper sharpening limit and the dark halo mask indicates a lower sharpening limit. In addition, the method includes modifying a level of sharpening at one or more of the edges within the sharpened image to provide halo artifact reduction based on the bright halo mask and the dark halo mask.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhen Tong, Yibo Xu, John W. Glotzbach, Hamid R. Sheikh, Ruiwen Zhen, Baekdu Choi
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Publication number: 20230237623Abstract: A system and method are provided for noise reduction improvement for blending blurred frames in a multi-frame system. The method includes retrieving a number of frames of an image. The method also includes identifying one or more edges within the frames and comparing an edge strength of a reference frame and an edge strength of a non-reference frame. The method further includes determining a weight reduction factor based on a result of the comparison and applying the weight reduction factor to a blending of multiple frames of the number of frames of the image. In addition, the method includes displaying the blended frames.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2022Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: John Glotzbach, Zhen Tong, Hamid R. Sheikh
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Publication number: 20230034109Abstract: A method includes obtaining a blended red-green-blue (RGB) image frame of a scene. The method also includes performing, using at least one processing device of an electronic device, an interband denoising operation to remove at least one of noise and one or more artifacts from the blended RGB image frame in order to produce a denoised RGB image frame. Performing the interband denoising operation includes performing filtering of red, green, and blue color channels of the blended RGB image frame to remove at least one of the noise and the one or more artifacts from the blended RGB image frame. The filtering of the red and blue color channels of the blended RGB image frame is based on image data of at least one of the green color channel and a white color channel of the blended RGB image frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Long N. Le, Yibo Xu, John W. Glotzbach, Zhen Tong, Hamid R. Sheikh
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Publication number: 20230035482Abstract: A method includes obtaining multiple input image frames and determining how to warp at least one of the input image frames. The method also includes performing an intraband demosaic-warp operation to reconstruct image data in different color channels of the input image frames and warp the at least one input image frame to produce RGB input image frames. The method further includes blending the RGB input image frames to produce a blended RGB image frame, performing an interband denoising operation to produce a denoised RGB image frame, and performing an interband sharpening operation to produce a sharpened RGB image frame. In addition, the method includes performing an interband demosaic operation to substantially equalize high-frequency content in different color channels of the sharpened RGB image frame to produce an equalized sharpened RGB image frame and generating a final image of the scene based on the equalized sharpened RGB image frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: John W. Glotzbach, Long N. Le, Zhen Tong, Hamid R. Sheikh, Yibo Xu
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Publication number: 20220207658Abstract: Various image sharpening techniques are disclosed. For example, a method for image sharpening includes obtaining, using at least one sensor of an electronic device, an image that includes visual content. The method also includes generating an edge map that indicates edges of the visual content within the image. The method further includes applying a high-pass signal and an adaptive gain based on the edge map to sharpen the image. The method also includes generating a bright halo mask and a dark halo mask based on the edge map, where the bright halo mask indicates an upper sharpening limit and the dark halo mask indicates a lower sharpening limit. In addition, the method includes modifying a level of sharpening at one or more of the edges within the sharpened image to provide halo artifact reduction based on the bright halo mask and the dark halo mask.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Zhen Tong, Yibo Xu, John W. Glotzbach, Hamid R. Sheikh, Ruiwen Zhen, Baekdu Choi
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Publication number: 20220034556Abstract: A subway hybrid-energy multifunctional-end-integrated heat pump system includes energy and user ends and hot water tank. A first energy end includes a capillary-tube front-end heat exchanger and a subway capillary heat pump unit. A second energy end includes a solar panel. A third energy end includes an air-cooled heat pump unit. The user end includes air conditioner, hot water supply, underfloor heating, and radiator heating ends. The first, second and third energy ends connect to the hot water tank. A water outlet is connected to the air conditioner, hot water supply, underfloor heating, and radiator heating ends. Water outlets of the air conditioner, underfloor heating, and radiator heating ends are respectively connected to the first, second and third energy end through a return pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2020Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Songtao HU, Guodan LIU, Yongming JI, Haiying WANG, Li TONG, Zhen TONG
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Patent number: 11200653Abstract: A method includes obtaining, using at least one sensor of an electronic device, multiple image frames of a scene. The multiple image frames include a first image frame and a second image frame captured using different exposures. The method also includes excluding, using at least one processor of the electronic device, pixels in the first and second image frames based on a coarse motion map. The method further includes generating, using the at least one processor, multiple local histogram match maps based on different portions of the first and second image frames. In addition, the method includes generating, using the at least one processor, an image of the scene using the local histogram match maps.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhen Tong, John W. Glotzbach, Ruiwen Zhen, Hamid R. Sheikh
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Patent number: 11110235Abstract: A medication dispenser includes a base seat, a circuitry unit and an outer casing. The base seat includes a mouthpiece. The circuitry unit includes a first circuit board, a battery, and first and second switches disposed on the first circuit board. The outer casing is movable relative to the base seat between a close position where the outer casing covers the mouthpiece and where the first switch is actuated such that electric power is prevented from being supplied from the battery to the first circuit board, and an open position where the outer casing uncovers the mouthpiece and where the second switch is actuated such that electric power is supplied from the battery to the first circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Jabil Circuit (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ying Li, Ying-Zhen Tong, Yi-Nong Zhao, Fang-Long Xu, Yong-Feng Song, Conor Mulcahy, Xiao Qiang Fei
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Patent number: 11095829Abstract: A method includes obtaining multiple image frames of a scene using at least one sensor of an electronic device. The multiple image frames include a first image frame and a second image frame having a longer exposure than the first image frame. The method also includes generating a label map that identifies pixels in the multiple image frames that are to be used in an image. The method further includes generating the image of the scene using the pixels extracted from the image frames based on the label map. The label map may include multiple labels, and each label may be associated with at least one corresponding pixel and may include a discrete value that identifies one of the multiple image frames from which the at least one corresponding pixel is extracted.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ruiwen Zhen, John W. Glotzbach, Hamid R. Sheikh, Ibrahim Pekkucuksen, Zhen Tong, Long N. Le
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Patent number: 11064133Abstract: A method includes obtaining multiple image frames of a scene using at least one sensor of an electronic device. The multiple image frames include a first image frame and a second image frame having a longer exposure than the first image frame. The method also includes generating a label map that identifies pixels in the multiple image frames that are to be used in an image. The method further includes generating the image of the scene using the pixels extracted from the image frames based on the label map. The label map may include multiple labels, and each label may be associated with at least one corresponding pixel and may include a discrete value that identifies one of the multiple image frames from which the at least one corresponding pixel is extracted.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ruiwen Zhen, John W. Glotzbach, Hamid R. Sheikh, Ibrahim Pekkucuksen, Zhen Tong, Long N. Le
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Patent number: 11033693Abstract: A medication dispenser includes a base seat, a circuitry unit and an outer casing. The base seat includes a mouthpiece. The circuitry unit includes a first circuit board, a battery, and first and second switches disposed on the first circuit board. The outer casing is movable relative to the base seat between a close position where the outer casing covers the mouthpiece and where the first switch is actuated such that electric power is prevented from being supplied from the battery to the first circuit board, and an open position where the outer casing uncovers the mouthpiece and where the second switch is actuated such that electric power is supplied from the battery to the first circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Jabil Circuit (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ying Li, Ying-Zhen Tong, Yi-Nong Zhao, Fang-Long Xu, Yong-Feng Song, Conor Mulcahy, Xiao Qiang Fei
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Publication number: 20210042897Abstract: A method includes obtaining, using at least one sensor of an electronic device, multiple image frames of a scene. The multiple image frames include a first image frame and a second image frame captured using different exposures. The method also includes excluding, using at least one processor of the electronic device, pixels in the first and second image frames based on a coarse motion map. The method further includes generating, using the at least one processor, multiple local histogram match maps based on different portions of the first and second image frames. In addition, the method includes generating, using the at least one processor, an image of the scene using the local histogram match maps.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Zhen Tong, John W. Glotzbach, Ruiwen Zhen, Hamid R. Sheikh
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Publication number: 20200396370Abstract: A method includes obtaining multiple image frames of a scene using at least one sensor of an electronic device. The multiple image frames include a first image frame and a second image frame having a longer exposure than the first image frame. The method also includes generating a label map that identifies pixels in the multiple image frames that are to be used in an image. The method further includes generating the image of the scene using the pixels extracted from the image frames based on the label map. The label map may include multiple labels, and each label may be associated with at least one corresponding pixel and may include a discrete value that identifies one of the multiple image frames from which the at least one corresponding pixel is extracted.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2019Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Ruiwen Zhen, John W. Glotzbach, Hamid R. Sheikh, Ibrahim Pekkucuksen, Zhen Tong, Long N. Le
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Publication number: 20190328986Abstract: A medication dispenser includes a base seat, a circuitry unit and an outer casing. The base seat includes a mouthpiece. The circuitry unit includes a first circuit board, a battery, and first and second switches disposed on the first circuit board. The outer casing is movable relative to the base seat between a close position where the outer casing covers the mouthpiece and where the first switch is actuated such that electric power is prevented from being supplied from the battery to the first circuit board, and an open position where the outer casing uncovers the mouthpiece and where the second switch is actuated such that electric power is supplied from the battery to the first circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: Jabil Circuit (Shanghai) Ltd.Inventors: Ying Li, Ying-Zhen Tong, Yi-Nong Zhao, Fang-Long Xu, Yong-Feng Song, Conor Mulcahy, Xiao Qiang Fei
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Publication number: 20190298946Abstract: A medication dispenser includes a base seat, a circuitry unit and an outer casing. The base seat includes a mouthpiece. The circuitry unit includes a first circuit board, a battery, and first and second switches disposed on the first circuit board. The outer casing is movable relative to the base seat between a close position where the outer casing covers the mouthpiece and where the first switch is actuated such that electric power is prevented from being supplied from the battery to the first circuit board, and an open position where the outer casing uncovers the mouthpiece and where the second switch is actuated such that electric power is supplied from the battery to the first circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: Jabil Circuit (Shanghai) Ltd.Inventors: Ying Li, Ying-Zhen Tong, Yi-Nong Zhao, Fang-Long Xu, Yong-Feng Song, Conor Mulcahy, Xiao Qiang Fei
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Patent number: 10369305Abstract: A medication dispenser includes a base seat, a circuitry unit and an outer casing. The base seat includes a mouthpiece. The circuitry unit includes a first circuit board, a battery, and first and second switches disposed on the first circuit board. The outer casing is movable relative to the base seat between a close position where the outer casing covers the mouthpiece and where the first switch is actuated such that electric power is prevented from being supplied from the battery to the first circuit board, and an open position where the outer casing uncovers the mouthpiece and where the second switch is actuated such that electric power is supplied from the battery to the first circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Jabil Circuit (Shanghai) Ltd.Inventors: Ying Li, Ying-Zhen Tong, Yi-Nong Zhao, Fang-Long Xu, Yong-Feng Song, Conor Mulcahy, Xiao Qiang Fei
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Publication number: 20180093052Abstract: A medication dispenser includes a base seat, a circuitry unit and an outer casing. The base seat includes a mouthpiece. The circuitry unit includes a first circuit board, a battery, and first and second switches disposed on the first circuit board. The outer casing is movable relative to the base seat between a close position where the outer casing covers the mouthpiece and where the first switch is actuated such that electric power is prevented from being supplied from the battery to the first circuit board, and an open position where the outer casing uncovers the mouthpiece and where the second switch is actuated such that electric power is supplied from the battery to the first circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Applicant: Jabil Circuit (Shanghai) Ltd.Inventors: Ying LI, Ying-Zhen TONG, Yi-Nong ZHAO, Fang-Long XU, Yong-Feng SONG, Conor MULCAHY
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Publication number: 20140142251Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a filled elastomer wherein a rubber composition is produced by mixing I) raw rubber, II) cross linking agent, III) filler, IV) isocyanate terminated polymer composition and optionally V) further additives and cross linking of the rubber composition. The present invention further relates to a filled elastomer obtainable according to said method and the use of filled elastomers according to the invention as shoe sole.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Dong Liang, Weihua Ye, Yong Lu, Zhen Tong, Zhaohui Chen