Patents by Inventor Zhi Sun

Zhi Sun 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: 20210046131
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Salmonella bacteriophage, in particular to a Siphoviridae bacteriophage with a wide host spectrum and a strong lytic activity against Salmonella pullorum. The above-mentioned Salmonella pullorum bacteriophage is named SP4, and is deposited at the China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center, the deposit date is Jul. 27, 2017 and the deposit number is CGMCC No, 14332, The bacteriophage has a strong lysis effect on Salmonella, and the bacteriophage can also reduce the mortality rate of chicks infected with Salmonella pullorum, The preparation can be used alone or as a cocktail, and provides a safe, non-toxic and side-effect-free and residual effect-free bacteriophage product for the treatment of the infections caused by Salmonella of chicken origin, Salmonella of duck origin, Salmonella of mink origin, Salmonella of food origin and Salmonella of pig origin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Qiang PAN, Hui Ying REN, Hu Zhi SUN, Guang Qin LIU, Cui WANG
  • Publication number: 20200407678
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for cultivating a Bordetella species, comprising: cultivating a Bordetella species under aerobic conditions in a liquid culture medium; and maintaining a pH of the liquid culture medium by using a strong acid, such as nitric acid, or using a first and second acid, wherein the first acid is an inorganic acid that dissociates essentially completely in water, such as nitric acid, hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid, and wherein the second acid is an inorganic acid having an acid dissociation constant (pKa) of greater than 1, such as phosphoric acid. Methods for increasing the yield of Bordetella finbria agglutinogen 2 and fimbrial agglutinogen 3 (FIM2/3) in a supernatant fraction from a Bordetella culture are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick FARRELL, Bo Zhi SUN, Fabien BARBIRATO, Javier de Jesus MENENDEZ DIAZ, Andrew CHIAPPETTA
  • Patent number: 10831767
    Abstract: Query requests for RDF triples are obtained, wherein the query request(s) contain(s) at least one triple pattern; for each triple pattern, the corresponding elementary pattern is determined, and each triple pattern is converted to a weighted elementary pattern. The occurrence frequency of each elementary pattern is computed based on the weighted elementary patterns; at least one elementary pattern is chosen at least according to the occurrence frequency; and the RDF triples corresponding to the chosen at least elementary pattern are prefetched into the buffer. The corresponding apparatus is also provided. With the above method and apparatus, the frequently accessed RDF triples can be determined and prefetched into the buffer, which improves the query efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yue Pan, Xing Zhi Sun, Qing Fa Wang, Shuo Wu, Lin Hao Xu
  • Publication number: 20190354572
    Abstract: Generating a data model may include receiving a raw data set and generating a first repository based on a first set of features of the raw data set, a second repository having a second set of features based on an aggregation of features of the first repository, and a third repository having a third set of features based on the first and second features sets. The data model may be generated based on a tradeoff between accuracy and provenance of the model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Christian Guttmann, Xing Zhi Sun
  • Patent number: 10425787
    Abstract: A mobile unit in a housing facility for mobile units may be tracked by activating a first reading device at a first location of the housing facility upon detecting a first mobile unit arriving at or departing from the first location, wherein the first mobile unit has a first tag having an identification code (ID) readable by the first reading device. A set of readings may be performed by the first reading device to read a set of tag IDs during a time interval. Upon an ending of the time interval, tag IDs, in the set of tag IDs, that correspond to the first tag ID are identified based on the set of readings. A record is updated to associate the first tag ID with the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: International Busines Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Rawlinson, Xing Zhi Sun, Ziyuan Wang
  • Patent number: 10394931
    Abstract: Generating a data model may include receiving a raw data set and generating a first repository based on a first set of features of the raw data set, a second repository having a second set of features based on an aggregation of features of the first repository, and a third repository having a third set of features based on the first and second features sets. The data model may be generated based on a tradeoff between accuracy and provenance of the model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christian Guttmann, Xing Zhi Sun
  • Publication number: 20180213374
    Abstract: A mobile unit in a housing facility for mobile units may be tracked by activating a first reading device at a first location of the housing facility upon detecting a first mobile unit arriving at or departing from the first location, wherein the first mobile unit has a first tag having an identification code (ID) readable by the first reading device. A set of readings may be performed by the first reading device to read a set of tag IDs during a time interval. Upon an ending of the time interval, tag IDs, in the set of tag IDs, that correspond to the first tag ID are identified based on the set of readings. A record is updated to associate the first tag ID with the first location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew Rawlinson, Xing Zhi Sun, Ziyuan Wang
  • Patent number: 9942722
    Abstract: A mobile unit in a housing facility for mobile units may be tracked by activating a first reading device at a first location of the housing facility upon detecting a first mobile unit arriving at or departing from the first location, wherein the first mobile unit has a first tag having an identification code (ID) readable by the first reading device. A set of readings may be performed by the first reading device to read a set of tag IDs during a time interval. Upon an ending of the time interval, tag IDs, in the set of tag IDs, that correspond to the first tag ID are identified based on the set of readings. A record is updated to associate the first tag ID with the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Rawlinson, Xing Zhi Sun, Ziyuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20180027251
    Abstract: The decode time of big frames may be reduced by starting big frame decoding much earlier than normal decoding order. In a multi-threaded decoder, decoding one frame can be divided into several stages and stages of different frames can run in parallel like a pipeline. The first stage may be the token parser which is the most time consuming among all the stages because it is sensitive to bitstream size. If one or more stages of big frame decoding can be done much earlier than normal decoding order, the decode time spent exclusively on the big frame (not including the time shared with other frame decoding) may be much less in some embodiments. In this way, big frame decoding time may be reduced and in addition, depending on how big the big frame is, the decoder control can control how early to start decoding, so that frame drops caused by big frames can be reduced or eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: MIN ZHI SUN, ZHAN LOU
  • Publication number: 20170134908
    Abstract: A mobile unit in a housing facility for mobile units may be tracked by activating a first reading device at a first location of the housing facility upon detecting a first mobile unit arriving at or departing from the first location, wherein the first mobile unit has a first tag having an identification code (ID) readable by the first reading device. A set of readings may be performed by the first reading device to read a set of tag IDs during a time interval. Upon an ending of the time interval, tag IDs, in the set of tag IDs, that correspond to the first tag ID are identified based on the set of readings. A record is updated to associate the first tag ID with the first location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew Rawlinson, Xing Zhi Sun, Ziyuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20170060876
    Abstract: Query requests for RDF triples are obtained, wherein the query request(s) contain(s) at least one triple pattern; for each triple pattern, the corresponding elementary pattern is determined, and each triple pattern is converted to a weighted elementary pattern. The occurrence frequency of each elementary pattern is computed based on the weighted elementary patterns; at least one elementary pattern is chosen at least according to the occurrence frequency; and the RDF triples corresponding to the chosen at least elementary pattern are prefetched into the buffer. The corresponding apparatus is also provided. With the above method and apparatus, the frequently accessed RDF triples can be determined and prefetched into the buffer, which improves the query efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Yue Pan, Xing Zhi Sun, Qing Fa Wang, Shuo Wu, Lin Hao Xu
  • Patent number: 9584983
    Abstract: A mobile unit in a housing facility for mobile units may be tracked by activating a first reading device at a first location of the housing facility upon detecting a first mobile unit arriving at or departing from the first location, wherein the first mobile unit has a first tag having an identification code (ID) readable by the first reading device. A set of readings may be performed by the first reading device to read a set of tag IDs during a time interval. Upon an ending of the time interval, tag IDs, in the set of tag IDs, that correspond to the first tag ID are identified based on the set of readings. A record is updated to associate the first tag ID with the first location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Rawlinson, Xing Zhi Sun, Ziyuan Wang
  • Patent number: 9583000
    Abstract: A travel reporter system is used to report abnormal travel events. In use, a sensor mounted on a vehicle obtains real-time data about an object near the vehicle. The object has an object type which is identified by processing the real-time data with an object recognition subsystem of the travel reporter system. An event evaluation subsystem of the travel reporter system processes the real-time data and the object type in order to determine that the object is associated with an abnormal travel event. The abnormal travel event has an event type which is processed by an event notification subsystem of the travel reporter system in order to select a first information consumer type. The event notification subsystem reports the abnormal travel event to information consumers having the first information consumer type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Longxiang Gao, Xi Liang, Xing Zhi Sun, Jianbin Tang, Yini Wang, Ziyuan Wang
  • Patent number: 9564983
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for enablement of a phone conversation. The method includes receiving a combined signal including an interference signal and a first voice signal from a first user having a communication with a second user. The interference signal can be used to prevent the first voice signal from being overheard by people near the first user. The first voice signal can be extracted from the combined signal based at least in part on the interference signal and transmitting the extracted first voice signal to the second user. The system and computer program product are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Feng Cao, Xing Zhi Sun, Jianbin Tang, Yini Wang
  • Patent number: 9495423
    Abstract: Query requests for RDF triples are obtained, wherein the query request(s) contain(s) at least one triple pattern; for each triple pattern, the corresponding elementary pattern is determined, and each triple pattern is converted to a weighted elementary pattern. The occurrence frequency of each elementary pattern is computed based on the weighted elementary patterns; at least one elementary pattern is chosen at least according to the occurrence frequency; and the RDF triples corresponding to the chosen at least elementary pattern are prefetched into the buffer. The corresponding apparatus is also provided. With the above method and apparatus, the frequently accessed RDF triples can be determined and prefetched into the buffer, which improves the query efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yue Pan, Xing Zhi Sun, Qing Fa Wang, Shuo Wu, Lin Hao Xu
  • Patent number: 9472098
    Abstract: A travel reporter system is used to report abnormal travel events. In use, a sensor mounted on a vehicle obtains real-time data about an object near the vehicle. The object has an object type which is identified by processing the real-time data with an object recognition subsystem of the travel reporter system. An event evaluation subsystem of the travel reporter system processes the real-time data and the object type in order to determine that the object is associated with an abnormal travel event. The abnormal travel event has an event type which is processed by an event notification subsystem of the travel reporter system in order to select a first information consumer type. The event notification subsystem reports the abnormal travel event to information consumers having the first information consumer type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Longxiang Gao, Xi Liang, Xing Zhi Sun, Jianbin Tang, Yini Wang, Ziyuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20160284214
    Abstract: A travel reporter system is used to report abnormal travel events. In use, a sensor mounted on a vehicle obtains real-time data about an object near the vehicle. The object has an object type which is identified by processing the real-time data with an object recognition subsystem of the travel reporter system. An event evaluation subsystem of the travel reporter system processes the real-time data and the object type in order to determine that the object is associated with an abnormal travel event. The abnormal travel event has an event type which is processed by an event notification subsystem of the travel reporter system in order to select a first information consumer type. The event notification subsystem reports the abnormal travel event to information consumers having the first information consumer type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Longxiang Gao, Xi Liang, Xing Zhi Sun, Jianbin Tang, Yini Wang, Ziyuan Wang
  • Patent number: 9403166
    Abstract: An oats processing equipment comprises at least two groups of awners and at least two groups of oat grinders, with awners within the same group being connected in parallel or in series, and oat grinders within the same group being connected in parallel or in series, preferably 3 to 4 groups of awners and oat grinders are included. An oat processing method comprises steps of: (S00) classifying oats subjected to surface processing according to grain sizes; (S10) feeding oats of a certain class into a plurality of groups of awners for more than two stages of awn removing; and (S20) feeding the oats subjected to the awn removing into a plurality of groups of oat grinders for more than three stages of grinding. The inputted load of a single awner and an oat grinder is limited, thus achieving the technical effect of grinding oats gently and separating the oats finely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Inner Mongolia Sanzhuliang Natural Oats Industry Corporation
    Inventors: Zuobang Sun, Zhi Sun, Wei Wang
  • Publication number: 20160210857
    Abstract: A travel reporter system is used to report abnormal travel events. In use, a sensor mounted on a vehicle obtains real-time data about an object near the vehicle. The object has an object type which is identified by processing the real-time data with an object recognition subsystem of the travel reporter system. An event evaluation subsystem of the travel reporter system processes the real-time data and the object type in order to determine that the object is associated with an abnormal travel event. The abnormal travel event has an event type which is processed by an event notification subsystem of the travel reporter system in order to select a first information consumer type. The event notification subsystem reports the abnormal travel event to information consumers having the first information consumer type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Longxiang Gao, Xi Liang, Xing Zhi Sun, Jianbin Tang, Yini Wang, Ziyuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20160124907
    Abstract: Generating a data model may include receiving a raw data set and generating a first repository based on a first set of features of the raw data set, a second repository having a second set of features based on an aggregation of features of the first repository, and a third repository having a third set of features based on the first and second features sets. The data model may be generated based on a tradeoff between accuracy and provenance of the model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Christian Guttmann, Xing Zhi Sun