Patents by Inventor Zhen Zhang

Zhen 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).

  • Patent number: 10692365
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for an Intelligent Road Infrastructure System (IRIS), which facilitates vehicle operations and control for connected automated vehicle highway (CAVH) systems. IRIS systems and methods provide vehicles with individually customized information and real-time control instructions for vehicle driving tasks such as car following, lane changing, and route guidance. IRIS systems and methods also manage transportation operations and management services for both freeways and urban arterials. The IRIS manages one or more of the following function categories: sensing, transportation behavior prediction and management, planning and decision making, and vehicle control. IRIS is supported by real-time wired and/or wireless communication, power supply networks, and cyber safety and security services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: CAVH LLC
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Yang Cheng, Shen Li, Zhen Zhang, Fan Ding, Huachun Tan, Yuankai Wu, Shuoxuan Dong, Linhui Ye, Xiaotian Li, Tianyi Chen, Kunsong Shi, Jing Jin, Xiaoxuan Chen
  • Patent number: 10671247
    Abstract: A display method and display apparatus are provided. The display method includes: an image to be viewed is activated; an instructing operation from a user is monitored; a Tools menu associated with the activated image is displayed according to a first instructing operation; options in the Tools menu are toggled according to a second instructing operation for the Tools menu; an option from the toggled options is selected according to a user operation; and the activated image is displayed according to the selected option.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Beijing Neusoft Medical Equipment Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200168081
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for an Intelligent Road Infrastructure System (IRIS), which facilitates vehicle operations and control for connected automated vehicle highway (CAVH) systems. IRIS systems and methods provide vehicles with individually customized information and real-time control instructions for vehicle to fulfill the driving tasks such as car following, lane changing, and route guidance. IRIS systems and methods also manage transportation operations and management services for both freeways and urban arterials. In some embodiments, the IRIS comprises or consists of one of more of the following physical subsystems: (1) Roadside unit (RSU) network, (2) Traffic Control Unit (TCU) and Traffic Control Center (TCC) network, (3) vehicle onboard unit (OBU), (4) traffic operations centers (TOCs), and (5) cloud information and computing services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Yang Cheng, Shen Li, Zhen Zhang, Fan Ding, Huachun Tan, Yuankai Wu, Shuoxuan Dong, Linhui Ye, Xiaotian Li, Tianyi Chen, Kunsong Shi, Jing Jin, Xiaoxuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20200144313
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a substrate is provided. The method of fabricating the substrate includes forming a first conductive pattern; forming a first insulating layer, and forming a first blind hole in the first insulating layer; forming a conductive film layer, and removing at least a portion of the conductive film layer in the first blind hole; thinning a portion of the first insulating layer at a bottom of the first blind hole to form a second blind hole; forming an intermediate insulating layer, and forming a second via hole in the intermediate insulating layer; removing the portion of the first insulating layer and forming a first via hole in the first insulating pattern layer; and forming a second conductive pattern. The second conductive pattern directly contacts the first conductive pattern through the first via hole and the second via hole and insulates from the intermediate conductive pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicants: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhen Zhang, Xudong An, Junjie Zhao, Guangzhou Zhao
  • Patent number: 10643511
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a flexible display such as an organic light-emitting diode display. A strain sensing resistor may be formed on a bent tail portion of the flexible display to gather strain measurements. Resistance measurement circuitry in a display driver integrated circuit may make resistance measurements on the strain sensing resistor and a temperature compensation resistor to measure strain. A crack detection line may be formed from an elongated pair of traces that are coupled at their ends to form a loop. The crack detection line may run along a peripheral edge of the flexible display. Crack detection circuitry may monitor the resistance of the crack detection line to detect cracks. The crack detection circuitry may include switches that adjust the length of the crack detection line and thereby allow resistances to be measured for different segments of the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Rui Zhang, Mohammad Hajirostam, Hung Sheng Lin, Mohammad B. Vahid Far, Sang Y. Youn, Zhen Zhang, Prashant Mandlik, Sun-Il Chang, Jie Won Ryu, Shengkui Gao, Hyunwoo Nho, Wei H. Yao, Yafei Bi, Yun Wang
  • Publication number: 20200132706
    Abstract: Disclosed is an automatic cleaning and separating device for removing uncombined components in reactants in a reaction container. The automatic cleaning and separating device includes: a liquid injection and uniform mixing mechanism, a removal assembly and a liquid suction mechanism; wherein a liquid injection driver is mounted on the liquid injection and uniform mixing mechanism, a liquid suction driver is mounted on the liquid suction mechanism, the liquid injection driver drives the liquid injection and uniform mixing mechanism to move up and down so as to complete liquid injection, the liquid suction driver drives the liquid suction mechanism to move up and down to complete liquid suction, and the removal assembly removes the reaction container from the liquid injection and uniform mixing mechanism under the relative motion of the liquid suction mechanism and the liquid injection and uniform mixing mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Zhen ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20200133052
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel has a display region and a peripheral region, a black matrix layer including a portion in the peripheral region; a first annular opening surrounding the display region and a second annular opening surrounding the first annular opening and on a side, away from the display region, of the first annular opening are provided in the portion of the black matrix layer; the first annular opening divides the portion of the black matrix layer into an inner part close to the display region and an outer part away from the display region; the second annular opening divides the outer part into a first part close to the display region and a second part away from the display region; both the first annular opening and the second annular opening are closed annular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicants: Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Honggang Gu, Xianjie Shao, Jie Song, Zhen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200129025
    Abstract: A dust bin and a vacuum cleaner combination provided with the dust bin are provided. The dust bin includes a dust chamber, a dust inlet detachably connected to a dust suction apparatus, and a sealing structure for implementing the sealing between the dust suction apparatus and the dust bin. The dust suction apparatus has a dust outlet joined to the dust inlet. The vacuum cleaner combination includes a dust suction apparatus and a dust bin detachably connected to the dust suction apparatus. The dust suction apparatus has a housing and a dust cup assembly connected to the housing. The dust cup assembly includes a cup body and a filter apparatus disposed in the cup body. Compared with the prior art, in the present invention, a detachable multi-purpose dust bin with a simple structure is disposed, so that the dust collection chamber of the vacuum cleaner is flexibly increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Hongfeng Zhong, Jingtao Xu, Shisong Zhang, Binbin Xu, Xiaoli Pang, Hongbing Wu, Guojun Chen, Xianghua Meng, Zhen Zhang
  • Patent number: 10620158
    Abstract: A sensor includes a semiconductor substrate having first pointed nodes extending into a channel from a first side of the channel. Second pointed nodes extend into the channel from a second side of the channel, which is opposite the first side. The second pointed nodes being self-aligned to the first pointed nodes on the opposite side of the channel. The first pointed nodes and the second pointed nodes are connected to a circuit to detect particles in the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qing Cao, Kangguo Cheng, Zhengwen Li, Fei Liu, Zhen Zhang
  • Patent number: 10608069
    Abstract: A display may have an array of organic light-emitting diodes that form an active area on a flexible substrate. Display driver circuitry such as a display driver integrated circuit may be coupled to an inactive area of the flexible substrate. Metal traces may extend across a bent region of the flexible substrate between the active area and inactive area. Metal traces may have zigzag shapes to reduce stress when bending. Adjacent pairs of parallel segments in the metal traces may be shorted together by a bridging segment that extends perpendicular to the two parallel segments. The bridging segment may be offset from corners to avoid clusters of stress zones in the metal trace. Neutral plane adjustment layers in the bent region may include a metal layer to help counteract the bending force of the flexible substrate and the relaxation of an upper polymer coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zhen Zhang, Terry C. Lam, Paul S. Drzaic, Izhar Z. Ahmed
  • Publication number: 20200087589
    Abstract: A pulverized coal gasification device and process for producing high heating value coal gas with low carbon residue content includes a U-shaped coal gas generation furnace and a coal gas-semicoke separating device, and the U-shaped coal gas generation furnace consists of two section structures including high-temperature and low-temperature sections which are arranged in a U-shaped manner; the high-temperature section and the low-temperature section share an ash hopper; the high-temperature section is a downward entrained-flow bed, and the low-temperature section is an upward entrained-flow bed; and an inlet of the coal gas separating device is connected to the outlet of the low-temperature section, a solid outlet of the coal gas separating device is connected to an inlet of the high-temperature section, and a gas outlet of the coal gas separating device is connected to a coal gas waste heat utilizing and purifying system. The coal utilization rate can be greatly increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chunyuan MA, Tao WANG, Binxuan ZHOU, Zhen ZHANG, Jiapeng FU, Liqiang ZHANG, Xiqiang ZHAO, Xingxing CHENG
  • Patent number: 10593291
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a color sensing ambient light sensor. The color sensing ambient light sensor may measure the color of ambient light. Control circuitry in the electronic device may use information from the color sensing ambient light sensor in adjusting a display in the electronic device or taking other action. The color sensing ambient light sensor may have light detectors with different spectral responses. A test system may be used to calibrate the color sensing light sensor. The test system may have a tunable light source with light-emitting diodes that are turned on in sequence while gathering measured responses from the detectors. Numerical optimization techniques may be used to produce final versions of the spectral responses for the light detectors from the measured responses and corresponding calibration data that is stored in the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zhang Jia, Amy M. Winkler, Christopher S. Erickson, Zhen Zhang, David W. Ritter
  • Publication number: 20200076441
    Abstract: A microwave resonant cavity for laser cooling, microwave interrogation, and atomic state detection, comprising a microwave resonant cavity body, two cutoff waveguide end covers, and four waveguides for laser beams and microwave coupling. The cavity feeds not only microwave but also laser beams into the center of the cavity. In a vacuum chamber with target atoms, the target atoms may be trapped and cooled in the center of the cavity. By sequential operation of the resonant microwave and lasers, the microwave resonant cavity of the present invention may manipulate and detect the atomic state population and interrogate the energy level of the cold atoms in situ. The invention may be applied to the fields of atomic frequency standard, interferometer and atomic gyro for developing the miniaturized cold atoms related precision measurement equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Desheng LV, Zhen Zhang, Xinwen Wang, Wei Ren, Xiangkai Peng, Kangkang Liu, Jingfeng Xiang, Liang Liu
  • Patent number: 10572049
    Abstract: A display substrate, a display panel, a substrate, a touch substrate and a cutting method of the substrate are disclosed. The display substrate includes a plurality of imagined touch electrodes, a plurality of connection wires, a grounding electrode and a first cutting alignment mark. The plurality of imagined touch electrodes are located at an imagined touch zone of the display substrate; the plurality of connection wires are located at a bonding zone of the display substrate and are connected with the imagined touch electrodes; the grounding electrode is arranged at the bonding zone and is electrically connected with the a plurality of connection wires; the first cutting alignment mark is arranged at a side of the grounding electrode adjacent to the connection wires, and configured that the grounding electrode being able to be cut away from the display substrate by cutting the display substrate through the first cutting alignment mark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhen Zhang, Sheng Wang, Lisen Wang, Peng Li
  • Publication number: 20200056034
    Abstract: A non-silicon defoaming agent, includes an acrylate polymer, an organic solvent carrier, hydrophobic particles and defoaming auxiliaries; and the acrylate polymer is prepared from following raw material components: monomer-1, monomer-2, unsaturated terminated polyether, alkene, diluent and initiator. The present invention further includes a preparing method for the non-silicon defoaming agent and the application of the non-silicon defoaming agent to the defoaming and foam inhibiting in systems rich in anionic surfactants. The defoaming agent takes the acrylate polymer as the main active substance and has excellent defoaming and foam inhibiting performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: JIANGSU SIXIN SCIENTIFIC-TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhen ZHANG, Yang LIU, Tian CAO
  • Publication number: 20200050446
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer-implemented method for generating an API difference description file that describes the differences between multiple API versions to assist in migrating an application program from a first version to a second version. The method includes receiving a first API description file of a first version of a web API, receiving a second API description file of a second version of the web API, generating an API difference description file that describes differences between the first and second API description files, and then updating an application program using the API difference description file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Guo Qiang Li, Cheng Fang Wang, Ping Ping Cheng, Zhen Zhang, Chang Ning Song
  • Patent number: 10560523
    Abstract: Described are techniques for synchronizing system times. A request is sent from a first system to a second system to obtain a current remote system time. A first time value denotes a time when the request is sent. A response, including the current remote system time, is received from the second system. A second time value denotes a time when the response is received by the first system. An average of the first time value and the second time value is determined A difference between the current remote system time and the average is determined. It is determined whether the difference is more than an endurance value. Responsive to determining the difference is more than the endurance value, the difference is used to convert a remote system time of the second system to an equivalent local system time of the first system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Minjie Zhang, Joshua D. Hutt, Yiming Bao, Zhen Zhang, Fei Dong, Peiyu Zhuang
  • Publication number: 20200040988
    Abstract: A method of, and a system for, controlling and predicting the health of a torque converter clutch control system is provided. The method includes determining, via a controller, rotational input and output speeds of the torque converter and a torque converter clutch slip. The method also includes determining, via the controller, whether a set of predetermined conditions are met for predicting the health of the torque converter clutch control system. The method includes gathering a plurality of initial features of the vehicle propulsion system, determining statistical information about the plurality of initial features, and selecting at least one feature of the vehicle propulsion system based on the statistical information. Furthermore, the method includes classifying the health of the torque converter clutch control system based on the selected feature or features. In some forms, principal component analysis is used to select the feature or features used for classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Shiming Duan, Chunhao J. Lee, Zhen Zhang, Peter P. Radecki, Xiaodong Jia
  • Publication number: 20200040625
    Abstract: The invention discloses a locking device and a refrigerator, wherein the locking device comprises a first lock block and a second lock block; the first lock block comprises a base and a tongue; the second lock block comprises an accommodating cavity, a clamping block, a return spring and a pushing block; the pushing block pushes the clamping block to slide in the sliding groove; and the tongue enters the tongue channel to be engaged with the clamping block so that the two lock blocks are engaged with each other. The locking device has the function of automatically adjusting the height difference between different cabinet doors and cabinet bodies, and is therefore more flexibly suitable for locking various cabinets or refrigerators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventor: Zhen ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10551663
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel has a display region and a peripheral region on a periphery of the display region and includes: an array substrate; an opposed substrate, opposite to the array substrate; a sealant, in the peripheral region so that the array substrate and the opposed substrate are bonded to form a cell; and a black matrix layer, between the array substrate and the opposed substrate. At least one opening in the peripheral region is provided in the black matrix layer, the at least one opening includes a first annular opening which is between the sealant and the display region and surrounds the display region, and the black matrix layer is disconnected at a position of the at least one opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Honggang Gu, Xianjie Shao, Jie Song, Zhen Zhang