Patents by Inventor Zhi Dong

Zhi Dong 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: 20250051241
    Abstract: The application provides a plasma-assisted ceramic sintering device and method. The plasma-assisted ceramic sintering device includes an enclosed container receiving ceramic green body and defining a gas outlet. A plasma jet device includes a working power supply and a plasma generation chamber. The plasma generation chamber defines a gas input port, and a gas output port located in the enclosed container. The plasma generation chamber includes a working electrode having a first end and a second end. The first end electrically connects the working power supply, and the second end is adjacent to the gas output port. A gas output device connects the gas input port for inputting working gas into the plasma generation chamber. A power supply device can electrically connect and apply voltage to the ceramic green body, obtaining the ceramic by sintering. The sintering device of the application provides plasma-assisted sintering and optimizes properties of ceramic materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Xi-Lin Wang, Zi-Yang Yan, Ruo-Bing Zhang, Hong-Yang Zhou, Zhi-Dong Jia, Li-Ming Wang
  • Patent number: 12223721
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for video frame processing are provided. The method includes: obtaining a convolutional neural network (CNN) feature and a local feature of a target video frame; performing dimension reduction on the CNN feature to obtain a CNN feature with a reduced dimension of the target video frame; obtaining a first video frame from multiple sample video frames, a distance between a CNN feature with a reduced dimension of the first video frame and the CNN feature with the reduced dimension of the target video frame meets a first preset condition; obtaining a local feature of the first video frame; calculating a matching degree between the local feature of the first video frame and the local feature of the target video frame; determining the first video frame as a duplicate video frame of the target video frame if the matching degree meets a second preset condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Tencent Music Entertainment Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mengye Lv, Zhi Dong, Shenyuan Li
  • Patent number: 12183076
    Abstract: Provided is a method for extracting a video segment, including: acquiring a boundary value of content of a video, wherein the boundary value includes an upper boundary, a lower boundary, a left boundary, and a right boundary; acquiring a plurality of first segments by performing key frame segmentation on the video; detecting an upper boundary of subtitles in each of the plurality of first segments; detecting a face position in each of the plurality of first segments; selecting, from the plurality of first segments, a second segment in which the face position satisfies a preset condition; and acquiring a third segment without subtitles by cropping the second segment based on an upper boundary of subtitles in the second segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yue Yang, Zhi Dong, Shenyuan Li
  • Publication number: 20240371409
    Abstract: A method for generating a subtitle, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes the following. A song audio signal is extracted from target video data. A target song corresponding to the song audio signal and a time position of the song audio signal in the target song are determined. Lyric information corresponding to the target song is obtained, where the lyric information includes one or more lyrics, and the lyric information further includes a starting time and duration of each lyric and/or a starting time and duration of each word in each lyric. A subtitle is rendered in the target video data based on the lyric information and time position to obtain target video data with a subtitle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: Tencent Music Entertainment Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yue ZHANG, Shiyue Lai, Junxin Huang, Zhi Dong, Tao Jiang
  • Publication number: 20240041363
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optoelectronic system. The optoelectronic system includes an optoelectronic probe operably attached to a target region of a subject; and an electronic module coupled with the optoelectronic probe for wireless, real-time, and continuous measurements of physiological information of the subj ect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: John A. Rogers, Wei Lu, Joseph M. Forbess, Zhi-Dong Ge
  • Publication number: 20230322119
    Abstract: A charging and patrol replacement system for air-land unmanned aerial vehicles and a method thereof. In the system, an unmanned aerial vehicle in flight continuously detects a remaining battery power thereof, and when the remaining battery power is lower than a threshold, the unmanned aerial vehicle generates and transmits a return-to-home signal to an unmanned ground vehicle, the unmanned ground vehicle continuously transmits a coordinate of a power supply vehicle to the unmanned aerial vehicle in flight, to guide the unmanned aerial vehicle in flight to return to the power supply vehicle for charging, and the unmanned ground vehicle then activates another unmanned aerial vehicle to synchronize patrol data with the unmanned aerial vehicle which is returned to charge, so as to replace the returned unmanned aerial vehicle to perform patrol, thereby achieving the technical effect of improving the sustainability and synergy of the air-land unmanned vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Chuan-Cheng Chiu, Miao-Miao Liu, Zhi-Dong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230272906
    Abstract: A two-channel burner includes a pulverized coal supply mechanism, a transition channel, an inner secondary air guide tube, an outer secondary air guide tube, a combustion stabilizing chamber, and a flow smoothing chamber. The outer secondary air guide tube, the combustion stabilizing chamber, and the flow smoothing chamber are sequentially connected to form a burner body. The pulverized coal supply mechanism passes through an interior of the burner body. The transition channel is fitted over the pulverized coal supply mechanism. The inner secondary air guide tube is disposed between the transition channel and the outer secondary air guide tube and forms an inner secondary air passage together with the transition channel, and forms an outer secondary air passage together with the outer secondary air guide tube. An outlet end of the inner secondary air guide tube is formed to have a flared opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Fang NIU, Wei LUO, Naiji WANG, Renshan JI, Liang SHI, Xing LIANG, Yanyan GONG, Yanrong WEI, Pengzhong LIU, Lu DUAN, Xiaojiong LI, Yuhong CUI, Xing QIU, Nan JIA, Zhixing WANG, Xiangyu ZHENG, Gang LIU, Lili YAN, Xiaolei CHENG, Zhenyu LIU, Peng MIAO, Shujuan YAN, Xufang ZHANG, Shijun WANG, Meijun LI, Boxi DU, Changfang MENG, Xuewen WANG, Mingshuang CUI, Jianpeng WANG, Yongying WANG, Long CHEN, Zhi DONG, Haipeng YU, Zhe CHEN, Song ZHANG, Huiyan MA
  • Publication number: 20230027881
    Abstract: A method for achieving sintering of ceramics at room temperature is disclosed. The method includes steps of: providing ceramic green body; placing the ceramic green body into a sealed container containing water vapor to cause the ceramic green body to soak up the water vapor to obtain an aqueous ceramic green body; removing the aqueous ceramic green body from the sealed container, and connecting a power supply to the aqueous ceramic green body; applying a voltage to the aqueous ceramic green body; and increasing the voltage to a predetermined voltage value to cause a surface discharge or an internal discharge to occur on the aqueous ceramic green body, and stopping the power supply after a predetermined time, thereby obtaining a ceramic. A ceramic formed by the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: XI-LIN WANG, JIE-MING LIU, GUANG-HUA LIU, ZHI-DONG JIA, RUO-BING ZHANG, LI-MING WANG
  • Patent number: 11563289
    Abstract: An electrical connection device includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes an insulative body and a plurality of first terminals provided to the insulative body, the insulative body has an insertion groove, a first insertion opening which is communicated with the insertion groove and toward a first direction, a second insertion opening which is communicated with the insertion groove and toward a second direction and a stopping block which is positioned between the first insertion opening and the second insertion opening, the stopping block has a first stopping face which faces the first direction and a second stopping face which faces the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Zhi-Dong Chen, You-Xiang Zheng
  • Publication number: 20220277566
    Abstract: Provided is a method for extracting a video segment, including: acquiring a boundary value of content of a video, wherein the boundary value includes an upper boundary, a lower boundary, a left boundary, and a right boundary; acquiring a plurality of first segments by performing key frame segmentation on the video; detecting an upper boundary of subtitles in each of the plurality of first segments; detecting a face position in each of the plurality of first segments; selecting, from the plurality of first segments, a second segment in which the face position satisfies a preset condition; and acquiring a third segment without subtitles by cropping the second segment based on an upper boundary of subtitles in the second segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Yue YANG, Zhi DONG, Shenyuan LI
  • Patent number: 11394153
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a connector and a terminal. The connector includes a terminal. The terminal includes an insert portion. The insert portion includes a front frame portion, a rear frame portion, a top plate portion, an arc discharge contact member and a primary contact member. The arc discharge contact member includes a bottom plate portion and a top elastic arm. The bottom plate portion connects the front frame portion and the rear frame portion and is spaced apart from the top plate portion in an up-down direction. The top elastic arm extends from the rear frame portion to the front frame portion and is positioned below the top plate portion. The arc discharge contact member is positioned in front of the primary contact member. The primary contact member includes a first elastic arm and a second elastic arm. The first elastic arm extends from the rear frame portion to the front frame portion and is adjacent between the bottom plate portion and the top elastic arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Zhi-Dong Chen, Hao Yin
  • Publication number: 20220154153
    Abstract: The present invention provides new inhibitors of LRRK2/PP1 interaction. The present invention relates to these inhibitors for use as medicament and more particularly to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, more particularly ?-synucleinopathies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Angelita REBOLLO, Pierre TUFFERY, Chang-Zhi DONG
  • Publication number: 20220139085
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for video frame processing are provided. The method includes: obtaining a convolutional neural network (CNN) feature and a local feature of a target video frame; performing dimension reduction on the CNN feature to obtain a CNN feature with a reduced dimension of the target video frame; obtaining a first video frame from multiple sample video frames, a distance between a CNN feature with a reduced dimension of the first video frame and the CNN feature with the reduced dimension of the target video frame meets a first preset condition; obtaining a local feature of the first video frame; calculating a matching degree between the local feature of the first video frame and the local feature of the target video frame; determining the first video frame as a duplicate video frame of the target video frame if the matching degree meets a second preset condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Tencent Music Entertainment Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mengye LV, Zhi DONG, Shenyuan LI
  • Patent number: 11205572
    Abstract: Fabrication method of a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming an etch layer on the substrate, forming a first transitional layer and a first barrier layer on the etch layer, forming first islands on the first transitional layer by patterning the first barrier layer, forming first trenches in the first transitional layer to expose the etch layer, transferring the pattern of the first trenches into the etch layer and removing the first island, forming a second transitional layer and a second barrier layer on the etch layer and the first trenches, forming second islands on the second transitional layer by patterning the second barrier layer, forming second trenches in the second transitional layer to expose the etch layer, and transferring the pattern of the second trenches into the etch layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignees: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation, Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) Corporation
    Inventors: Zhi Dong Wang, Yi Ying Zhang
  • Patent number: 11178450
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for video live streaming process are provided. The method may include obtaining a feature image preset for a service process, the feature image being an image block that identifies the service process, obtaining a video screenshot from a video live streaming data stream according to a screenshot interval, detecting whether the feature image exists in the video screenshot, and outputting the video screenshot based on the feature image being detected in the video screenshot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LTD
    Inventor: Zhi Dong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210305751
    Abstract: An electrical connection device includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes an insulative body and a plurality of first terminals provided to the insulative body, the insulative body has an insertion groove, a first insertion opening which is communicated with the insertion groove and toward a first direction, a second insertion opening which is communicated with the insertion groove and toward a second direction and a stopping block which is positioned between the first insertion opening and the second insertion opening, the stopping block has a first stopping face which faces the first direction and a second stopping face which faces the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Zhi-Dong CHEN, You-Xiang ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20210082405
    Abstract: A method for location reminder and an electronic device are disclosed. The method includes extracting a target voiceprint feature from a voice configured for searching for a terminal; determining whether the target voiceprint feature meets a preset condition in relation to a preset voiceprint feature, in response to the target voiceprint feature unmatching with the preset voiceprint feature; detecting whether the terminal is located at a preset location in response to the target voiceprint feature meeting the preset condition in relation to the preset voiceprint feature; and triggering a location reminder in a preset manner for reminding a user where the terminal is, in response to the terminal being located at the preset location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Jiafei Liu, Jian Da, Wanjiang Xiong, Haiquan Li, Wurun Zhou, Zhi Dong, Zhonglei Zhu, Zhaoyan Wen, Liang Gao, Guan Li
  • Publication number: 20210044055
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a connector and a terminal. The connector includes a terminal. The terminal includes an insert portion. The insert portion includes a front frame portion, a rear frame portion, a top plate portion, an arc discharge contact member and a primary contact member. The arc discharge contact member includes a bottom plate portion and a top elastic arm. The bottom plate portion connects the front frame portion and the rear frame portion and is spaced apart from the top plate portion in an up-down direction. The top elastic arm extends from the rear frame portion to the front frame portion and is positioned below the top plate portion. The arc discharge contact member is positioned in front of the primary contact member. The primary contact member includes a first elastic arm and a second elastic arm. The first elastic arm extends from the rear frame portion to the front frame portion and is adjacent between the bottom plate portion and the top elastic arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Zhi-Dong CHEN, Hao YIN
  • Patent number: 10886181
    Abstract: Semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a base substrate and a first dielectric layer on the base substrate. The first dielectric layer contains a first trench and a second trench passing therethrough, and a width of the second trench is larger than a width of the first trench. The semiconductor device further includes a first gate dielectric layer and a first gate electrode in the first trench. A first recess is on the first gate dielectric layer between the first gate electrode and the first dielectric layer. The semiconductor device further includes a second gate dielectric layer and a second gate electrode in the second trench. A second recess is on the second gate dielectric layer between the second gate electrode and the first dielectric layer. The semiconductor device further includes a first protection layer in the first recess and a second protection layer in the second recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation, SMIC New Technology Research and Development (Shanghai) Corporation
    Inventors: Zhi Dong Wang, Cheng Long Zhang, Wu Tao Tu
  • Patent number: 10828359
    Abstract: Provided in the present application are a recombinant sendai virus vector vaccine expressing immunodominant antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and can be used as therapeutic and preventive antituberculosis vaccine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignees: Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, ID Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiao-Yong Fan, Tsugumine Shu, Zhi-Dong Hu, Douglas B. Lowrie