Patents by Inventor Zhengyu Liu

Zhengyu Liu 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: 20240104125
    Abstract: There are provided solutions for multiagent debate. In a method, a first and a second response representation are determined by a first and a second agent in a plurality of agents based on a first query representation for a query in a natural language, respectively, and the first and second response representations are convertible to a first and a second answer to the query in the natural language, respectively. A second query representation is obtained based on the first query representation, and at least one of the first and second response representations. A response representation is determined based on the second query representation by at least one of the first and second agents, and the response representation is convertible to an answer to the query in the natural language. These agents communicate in an embedding space without a conversion between a natural language format and an embedding format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Minh Chau PHAM, Boyi Liu, Zhengyu Chen, Yingxiang Yang, Jianbo Yuan, Hongxia Yang, Tianyi Liu
  • Publication number: 20240086362
    Abstract: A key-value store and a file system are integrated together to provide improved operations. The key-value store can include a log engine, a hash engine, a sorting engine, and a garbage collection manager. The features of the key-value store can be configured to reduce the number of I/O operations involving the file system, thereby improving read efficiency, reducing write latency, and reducing write amplification issues inherent in the combined key-value store and file system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Hao Wang, Jiaxin Ou, Sheng Qiu, Yi Wang, Zhengyu Yang, Yizheng Jiao, Jingwei Zhang, Jianyang Hu, Yang Liu, Ming Zhao, Hui Zhang, Kuankuan Guo, Huan Sun, Yinlin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11865897
    Abstract: A vehicle climate system includes a blower and a controller. The controller is configured to, responsive to input of a particular user selected climate setting, operate the blower with an initial power having a predetermined value corresponding to the climate setting provided that cabin temperature is outside a predetermined range. The controller is also configured to operate the blower with an initial power having a value less than the predetermined value provided that the cabin temperature is within the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Curtis Mark Jones, Manfred Koberstein, Alan Douglas Wallington, Zhengyu Liu
  • Publication number: 20230421746
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction device and a method of flame spectra are provided. The device has a plurality of prism-mask shooting systems and a plurality of mirrors. The prism-type shooting systems are set up around a combustion area to be reconstructed and each is provided with two mirrors which are tilted on the left and right of an axis of the shooting system, so that data of a flame are reflected by the mirrors into the prism-mask shooting systems, thus realizing the real-time acquisition of hyperspectral data of the flame from multiple shooting angles. The reconstruction method includes following steps of acquiring, by a calibration cylinder, an area to be reconstructed, synchronously acquiring and preprocessing hyperspectral data of a flame, and finally reconstructing 3D spectral data of the flame by a 3D reconstruction algorithm of flame spectra.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Xun CAO, Lijing CAI, Yan ZHANG, Zhengyu LIU, Chen WANG
  • Publication number: 20230384473
    Abstract: A method and system for advanced detection and optimization of tunnel resistivity based on depth resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicants: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY, SHANDONG HI-SPEED GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lichao NIE, Lei CHEN, Yong ZHOU, Chuan WANG, Xinji XU, Jian LI, Zhengyu LIU, Ning ZHANG, Peng BAI, Yongheng ZHANG, Dongdong XIE
  • Publication number: 20230278590
    Abstract: A vehicle control technical solution is provided. The solution relates to the field of computer technologies, and particularly to the field of artificial intelligence technologies, such as autonomous driving technologies, intelligent transportation technologies. A vehicle control method includes: acquiring a state quantity error between a desired state quantity at a current moment and a real state quantity at a previous moment of a vehicle; determining a control quantity of the vehicle at the current moment based on the state quantity error and a mapping relationship between the control quantity of the vehicle and the state quantity error; and controlling a driving behavior of the vehicle based on the control quantity at the current moment to obtain a real state quantity at the current moment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: APOLLO INTELLIGENT DRIVING TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qi LIANG, Yinong TAN, Zhengyu LIU, Liutao LI
  • Publication number: 20230235792
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drive unit (10) for a vehicle, comprising an electric machine (12) having a rotor shaft (14) and a transmission (16) having a transmission shaft (18). According to the invention, the rotor shaft (14) and the transmission shaft (18) are interlocking and coupled by means of an interlocking toothing (44), wherein a lubricant channel (46) is formed in the transmission shaft (18), which feeds into an inner space (48) of the rotor shaft (14) at the end facing the rotor shaft (14) in order to provide lubricant for the interlocking toothing (44), wherein the rotor shaft (14) has an end side (50) at the axial end facing the transmission shaft (18), on which end side one or more openings (52) are formed, extending from an inner circumference (54) of the rotor shaft (14) bordering the inner space (48) to the outer circumference (56) thereof, such that the lubricant channel (46) is fluidically connected to the openings (52) via the inner space (48) and the interlocking toothing (44).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Janek Kraeuter, Timo Kiekbusch, Tobias Schlittenbauer, Witold Techman, Zhengyu Liu
  • Publication number: 20230204418
    Abstract: A high-speed and high-accuracy spectral video system has a filter module that filters optical signals in desired bands; a beam splitting module that splits the signal from the filter module into two identical beams entering an encoding aperture module and an RGB information acquisition module, respectively; a dispersion module disperses the optical signal and transmits the dispersed signal to a grayscale information acquisition module; a data reconstruction module aligns the signal from the grayscale information acquisition module to the signal from the RGB information acquisition module, denoises the signals, reconstructs a video by a bilateral filtering algorithm, and sends the reconstructed video to a display module for storage and display. A flame spectrum can be reconstructed using few sampling points to obtain broad-band spectral characteristics of the flame or using many sampling points to obtain high-accuracy spectral data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Xun CAO, Zhengyu LIU, Linsen CHEN, Lijing CAI, Yan ZHANG, Chen WANG
  • Patent number: 11555912
    Abstract: An automatic wall climbing type radar photoelectric robot system for damages of a bridge and tunnel structure, mainly including a control terminal, a wall climbing robot and a server. The wall climbing robot generates a reverse thrust by rotor systems, moves flexibly against the surface of a rough bridge and tunnel structure by adopting an omnidirectional wheel technology, and during inspection by the wall climbing robot, bridges and tunnels do not need to be closed, and the traffic is not affected. Bridges and tunnels can divide into different working regions only by arranging a plurality of UWB base stations, charging and data receiving devices on the bridge and tunnel structure by means of UWB localization, laser SLAM and IMU navigation technologies, a plurality of wall climbing robots supported to work at the same time, automatic path planning and automatic obstacle avoidance realized, and unattended regular automatic patrolling can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Bin Liu, Yao Li, Fengkai Zhang, Lichao Nie, Jing Wang, Zhengfang Wang, Zhengyu Liu, Xinji Xu
  • Patent number: 11105084
    Abstract: A dry connection prefabricated assembly steel-concrete composite beam, comprising a steel beam (400), a concrete slab (300) composed of steel bars (301) and concrete, a steel plate connector (100) composed of a steel plate (101), shear connection pieces (102) and connection rods (103), and a pair of inter-plate connection pieces respectively composed of an upper connection plate (501), a lower connection plate (502), a horizontal connection plate (503), a triangular reinforcing steel plate (504) and first and second shear connection pieces (505, 507).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventors: Bing Cui, Canhui Zhao, Zhengyu Liu
  • Publication number: 20200298658
    Abstract: A vehicle climate system includes a blower and a controller. The controller is configured to, responsive to input of a particular user selected climate setting, operate the blower with an initial power having a predetermined value corresponding to the climate setting provided that cabin temperature is outside a predetermined range. The controller is also configured to operate the blower with an initial power having a value less than the predetermined value provided that the cabin temperature is within the predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Curtis Mark JONES, Manfred KOBERSTEIN, Alan Douglas WALLINGTON, Zhengyu LIU
  • Patent number: 10717340
    Abstract: A vehicle climate system includes a blower and a controller. The controller is configured to, responsive to input of a particular user selected climate setting, operate the blower with an initial power having a predetermined value corresponding to the climate setting provided that cabin temperature is outside a predetermined range. The controller is also configured to operate the blower with an initial power having a value less than the predetermined value provided that the cabin temperature is within the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Curtis Mark Jones, Manfred Koberstein, Alan Douglas Wallington, Zhengyu Liu
  • Publication number: 20200142052
    Abstract: An automatic wall climbing type radar photoelectric robot system for damages of a bridge and tunnel structure, mainly including a control terminal, a wall climbing robot and a server. The wall climbing robot generates a reverse thrust by rotor systems, moves flexibly against the surface of a rough bridge and tunnel structure by adopting an omnidirectional wheel technology, and during inspection by the wall climbing robot, bridges and tunnels do not need to be closed, and the traffic is not affected. Bridges and tunnels can divide into different working regions only by arranging a plurality of UWB base stations, charging and data receiving devices on the bridge and tunnel structure by means of UWB localization, laser SLAM and IMU navigation technologies, a plurality of wall climbing robots supported to work at the same time, automatic path planning and automatic obstacle avoidance realized, and unattended regular automatic patrolling can be realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Bin LIU, Yao LI, Fengkai ZHANG, Lichao NIE, Jing WANG, Zhengfang WANG, Zhengyu LIU, Xinji XU
  • Patent number: 10493823
    Abstract: A vehicle cooling system may include a variable displacement compressor, and a controller configured to, in response to a determination that the compressor is operating within a gurgling zone that is defined by a predefined range of compressor speeds and currents, generate a current signal defining a displacement for the compressor based on a speed of the compressor and an ambient temperature to control the displacement to reduce refrigerant flow noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: James C. Rollinson, Suhas Venkatappa, Mark C. Evans, Zhengyu Liu, Thomas A. White
  • Patent number: 10315490
    Abstract: A vehicular air-handling system includes a blower assembly for a vehicle having a fan and a return-air baffle operable between a fresh-air position. The fan is in communication with a fresh-air duct and a recirculating position and the fan is at least partially in communication with a recirculating duct. A noise-attenuating end of the recirculating duct is positioned below an instrument panel of the vehicle and oriented substantially perpendicular to a portion of a floor below the instrument panel, wherein noise from the fan drawing air through the recirculating duct is directed into the floor below the instrument panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Manfred Koberstein, John Azar, Zhengyu Liu, Eric R. Yerke
  • Patent number: 10260345
    Abstract: A shield-carried noncontact frequency-domain electrical real-time advanced detection system and method are provided. Noncontact electrodes are installed on a cutter head of a shield tunneling machine, current is emitted and received using capacitance coupling, the electrodes are connected to a host via a multi-way swivel joint, measured data is inversed and interpreted in real time, and the prediction result is transmitted to a control system of the shield tunneling machine so as to provide a technical support for safety construction of the shield tunneling machine; the noncontact electrodes are installed on the shield cutter head. Real-time advanced detection of geology in front of a tunnel face can be realized in the tunneling process, so that the requirement for quick tunneling construction is met, and the efficiency of advanced geological detection of the shield tunneling machine is improved; and an electrode system is only installed on the cutter head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shucai Li, Lichao Nie, Bin Liu, Haidong Liu, Yuxiao Ren, Jie Song, Zhengyu Liu, Qian Guo, Chuanwu Wang
  • Patent number: 9989671
    Abstract: The present invention presents a tunnel construction large-scale integrated geophysical advanced detection model test device. The model test device includes a tunnel surrounding rock, a main tunnel model, a model test case, a water-containing geological structure device, a numerical control automated construction device and a main control chamber. The model test device is a large-scale integrated geophysical advanced detection model test device meeting the detection using a seismic wave method, an electromagnetic method and a direct-current electric method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shucai Li, Bin Liu, Lichao Nie, Lei Xu, Xiangxue Ma, Chuanwu Wang, Zhengyu Liu, Jie Song, Huaifeng Sun, Xinji Xu, Yao Li
  • Publication number: 20180105022
    Abstract: A vehicle climate system includes a blower and a controller. The controller is configured to, responsive to input of a particular user selected climate setting, operate the blower with an initial power having a predetermined value corresponding to the climate setting provided that cabin temperature is outside a predetermined range. The controller is also configured to operate the blower with an initial power having a value less than the predetermined value provided that the cabin temperature is within the predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Curtis Mark JONES, Manfred KOBERSTEIN, Alan Douglas WALLINGTON, Zhengyu LIU
  • Publication number: 20170349031
    Abstract: A vehicle cooling system may include a variable displacement compressor, and a controller configured to, in response to a determination that the compressor is operating within a gurgling zone that is defined by a predefined range of compressor speeds and currents, generate a current signal defining a displacement for the compressor based on a speed of the compressor and an ambient temperature to control the displacement to reduce refrigerant flow noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: James C. ROLLINSON, Suhas VENKATAPPA, Mark C. EVANS, Zhengyu LIU, Thomas A. WHITE
  • Publication number: 20170306757
    Abstract: A shield-carried noncontact frequency-domain electrical real-time advanced detection system and method. Noncontact electrodes are installed on a cutter head of a shield tunneling machine, current is emitted and received using capacitance coupling, the electrodes are connected to a host via a multi-way swivel joint, measured data is inversed and interpreted in real time, and the prediction result is transmitted to a control system of the shield tunneling machine so as to provide a technical support for safety construction of the shield tunneling machine; the noncontact electrodes are installed on the shield cutter head. Real-time advanced detection of geology in front of a tunnel face can be realized in the tunneling process, so that the requirement for quick tunneling construction is met, and the efficiency of advanced geological detection of the shield tunneling machine is improved; and an electrode system is only installed on the cutter head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shucai LI, Lichao NIE, Bin LIU, Haidong LIU, Yuxiao REN, Jie SONG, Zhengyu LIU, Qian GUO, Chuanwu WANG