Patents by Inventor Zhi Zhang

Zhi 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: 11918657
    Abstract: Low-generation dendrimers containing a high density of surface hydroxyl groups, and methods of synthesis thereof are provided. In particular, oligo ethylene glycol (OEG)-like dendrimers with a high surface functional groups at relatively low generations (e.g. ˜120 hydroxyls in the third generation, with a size of just 1-2 nm) is described. Dendrimer formulations including one or more prophylactic, therapeutic, and/or diagnostic agents, and methods of use thereof are also described. The formulations are suitable for topical, enteral, and/or parenteral delivery for treating one or more diseases, conditions, and injuries in the eye, the brain and nervous system (CNS), particularly those associated with pathological activation of microglia and astrocytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kannan Rangaramanujam, Rishi Sharma, Anjali Sharma, Sujatha Kannan, Zhi Zhang, Siva Pramodh Kambhampati
  • Publication number: 20240071557
    Abstract: A failure analysis method includes: obtaining failure data of IO channels in a target chip particle, the target chip particle including a plurality of physical modules, a number of the plurality of physical modules is M, and each physical module including a plurality of IO channels, wherein M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; splitting the failure data to form M groups of module failure data corresponding to the physical modules; determining a partial failure type of each physical module according to each module failure data; and determining a storage failure type of the target chip particle according to the partial failure type of each physical module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Zhi YANG, Lixia ZHANG, Hao HE
  • Publication number: 20240072764
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic wave resonant structure includes a substrate, and a reflection structure, a first electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer and a second electrode layer, which are sequentially stacked on the substrate, wherein ring-shaped grooves are provided in the piezoelectric layer; and the grooves are located in an active area and are close to an edge of the active area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: WUHAN YANXI MICRO COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dapeng ZHANG, Zhiwei KOH, Re-ching LIN, Zhi DUAN
  • Patent number: 11917691
    Abstract: A wireless communication method includes: sending, by a terminal device, a random access request to a network device on a high frequency uplink carrier or a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier deployed at a frequency band lower than the high frequency uplink carrier; and acquiring, by the terminal device, a random access response (RAR) sent by the network device in response to the random access request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenhong Chen, Zhi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240064639
    Abstract: Zero-power-consumption communication methods and a device for cellular communication and sidelink communication are provided in the application. The zero-power-consumption communication method for cellular communication at least includes: a zero-power-consumption device. A zero-power-consumption communication method based on cellular communication by the zero-power consumption device includes receiving a power supply signer, wherein the power supply signal is used for supplying power to the zero-power-consumption device; receiving a trigger signal sent from a network device; and the zero-power-consumption device sending a signal through a back scattering way according to the trigger signal and the power supply signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Shengjiang CUI, Weijie XU, Zhisong ZUO, Chuanfeng HE, Zhi ZHANG, Rongyi HU, Shuai SHAO, Wenqiang TIAN, Jia SHEN, Ning YANG
  • Patent number: 11910220
    Abstract: The implementations of the present disclosure relate to a method and a device for measuring interference or signal received power, the method includes: a terminal device measures channel sounding reference signal SRS resources to obtain a reference signal received power RSRP value corresponding to at least one SRS resource; on the basis of the RSRP value corresponding to the at least one SRS resource, the terminal device determines a value to be reported; and the terminal device reports the value to be reported to a network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhihua Shi, Wenhong Chen, Zhi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240057131
    Abstract: A wireless communications method and device are provided. The method and device lower bit overheads and reduce the complexity of terminal processing in the sending of a synchronization signal (SS) block. The method includes determining that a first indication field in a physical broadcasting channel (PBCH) included in a first SS block is used to indicate a physical resource block (PRB) grid offset between channels or signals of an SS block and a non-SS block or indicate resource information of a second SS block. The method further includes sending the first SS block, wherein when it is determined that the first indication field is used to indicate the resource information of the second SS block, the first indication field in the first SS block indicates the resource information of the second SS block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: HAI TANG, ZHI ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240053257
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a stress and shock wave diagnosis fused LIBS optimization system and method, including: collecting a shock wave signal, a stress wave signal and a spectral signal of a detected object subjected to pulsed laser ablation under the current parameter; pre-processing the spectral signal to obtain a spectral intensity of the detected object under the current parameter; processing the shock wave signal and the stress wave signal to obtain a shock wave intensity and a stress wave intensity under the current parameter; adjusting optimization variables until optimization measurement and diagnosis of a spectral enhancement measure or system parameter are completed. Information on other two dimensions is added for an optimization process; and proportions of shock wave propagation in incident laser energy and mechanical stress propagation in a target can be intuitively recognized, so that the scientificity and persuasiveness of an optimization result are improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Jian WU, Ying ZHOU, Zhi ZHANG, Mingxin SHI, Yan QIU, Xingwen LI, Yuhua HANG, Cuixiang PEI
  • Patent number: 11902917
    Abstract: A method for wireless communication, a terminal device and a network device are provided. The method for wireless communication includes: a terminal device receives a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB), here, the SSB comprises Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), and Physical Broadcasting Channel (PBCH); here, the SSB comprises four consecutive symbols in time domain, which are symbol S0, symbol S1, symbol S2 and symbol S3 in sequence; and the PSS is transmitted on the symbol S0, the SSS is transmitted on the symbol S2, and the PBCH is transmitted on the symbol S1, the symbol S2 and the symbol S3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11895302
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for processing video data. For example, the systems and techniques can include obtaining a current picture of video data and obtaining reference pictures for the current picture from the video data. A merge mode candidate can be determined for the current picture. First and second motion vectors can be identified for the merge mode candidate. A motion vector search strategy can be selected for the merge mode candidate from a plurality of motion vector search strategies. The selected motion vector search strategy can be associated with one or more constraints corresponding to at least one of the first motion vector or the second motion vector. The selected motion vector search strategy can be used to determine refined motion vectors based on the first motion vector, the second motion vector, and the reference pictures. The merge mode candidate can be processed using the refined motion vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Han Huang, Vadim Seregin, Wei-Jung Chien, Zhi Zhang, Chun-Chi Chen, Marta Karczewicz
  • Patent number: 11895321
    Abstract: An example device includes memory configured to store the video data and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and communicatively coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to determine at least one of a temporal candidate or a history-based candidate and determine at least one non-adjacent candidate, wherein the at least one non-adjacent candidate is from a unit that is not adjacent to a current prediction unit (PU). The one or more processors are configured to determine an advanced motion vector predictor (AMVP) candidate list including the at least one of the temporal candidate or the history-based candidate and the at least one non-adjacent candidate. The at least one non-adjacent candidate is added to the AMVP candidate list after the temporal candidate or before the history-based candidate. The one or more processors are configured to code the current PU based on the AMVP candidate list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Zhang, Zhi Zhang, Vadim Seregin, Marta Karczewicz, Chun-Chi Chen
  • Publication number: 20240040581
    Abstract: Described are a method and device for determining resources and a storage medium. The method includes: transmitting, by a network device, a first message to a user equipment (UE) over a first cell, wherein the first message is used for the UE to determine a first bandwidth part (BWP) in a second cell; transmitting, by the network device, a third message over the first or second cell, wherein the third message indicates the one or more transmission resources for the UE within the first BWPs of the second cell; transmitting, by the network device, a second message to the UE over the first or second cell, wherein the second message indicates the first BWP among N second BWPs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Jia Shen, Zhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11879101
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of application of bioengineering technology in microbial oil recovery, and discloses a Brevibacillus agri strain and preparation thereof and a method for preparing surfactant, and use thereof. The Brevibacillus agri strain is deposited in the China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center under the accession number CGMCC No. 9983. The Brevibacillus agri and its preparation may effectively enhance the crude oil recovery; the method for preparing the surfactant allow the lipopeptide biosurfactant to have good physical properties, effectively reduce the surface tension, and have good emulsifying performance for petroleum, various hydrocarbons and lipids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Yangtze University
    Inventors: Yuehui She, Fan Zhang, Zhi Zhang, Puyong Yao, Fei Li, Hao Dong, Shanshan Sun, Gaoming Yu, Shaojin Yi, Wenda Zhang, Linqi Hu, Yangyang Feng, Anying Zheng, Yang Li
  • Patent number: 11882302
    Abstract: A process for selecting a transform set for a prediction block. The process can be used in both an encoder and a decoder. For example, the process can be used in both an encoder and a decoder for a prediction block that has been predicted from a reference block. In some embodiments, both the prediction block and the reference block are intra blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Ruoyang Yu, Rickard Sjöberg, Zhi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240022719
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for applying a deblocking to a coding unit in video pictures a provided. In one aspect, the deblocking is applied to sub-block boundaries in the coding unit and to implicit transform unit boundaries in the coding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Kenneth ANDERSSON, Rickard SJÖBERG, Jacob STRÖM, Zhi ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11870274
    Abstract: A wireless charging device is disclosed, which includes: a charging pad and a first controller. The charging pad includes a plurality of charging units, the plurality of charging units include a first charging unit and a second charging unit. When a first electromagnetic coupling strength between the first charging unit and the to-be-charged device is greater than or equal to a first threshold, the first controller is configured to control the first charging unit to separately charge the to-be-charged device. When both the second electromagnetic coupling strength between the second charging unit and the to-be-charged device and the first electromagnetic coupling strength are less than a first threshold, and are greater than or equal to a second threshold, the first controller is configured to control the first charging unit and the second charging unit to jointly charge the target to-be-charged device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongfa Zhu, Tao Ding, Heqian Yang, Changsheng Pei, Zhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11856535
    Abstract: A method for wireless communication, a terminal device and a network device are provided. The method for wireless communication includes: a terminal device receives a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB), here, the SSB comprises Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), and Physical Broadcasting Channel (PBCH); here, the SSB comprises four consecutive symbols in time domain, which are symbol S0, symbol S1, symbol S2 and symbol S3 in sequence; and the PSS is transmitted on the symbol S0, the SSS is transmitted on the symbol S2, and the PBCH is transmitted on the symbol S1, the symbol S2 and the symbol S3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11849502
    Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from inter-operator device-to-device operation. For example, communication systems of the third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) advanced (LTE-A) release12/13 (Rel-12/13) or future releases may use such operation with respect to D2D communications. A method can include preparing, at a network element operated by an operator, radio resource information related to one or more operators other than the operator. The method can also include broadcasting, by the network element, the radio resource information. The radio resource information can be configured to permit a user equipment served by the network element to perform device-to-device discovery and/or communication with another user equipment served by at least one of the one or more operators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Zhi Zhang, Kodo Shu, Zexian Li, Juha Korhonen, Yixue Lei
  • Publication number: 20230388551
    Abstract: A method for deriving a value for a first syntax element, Syntax_A. The method comprises determining whether Syntax_A is present in a bitstream. The method comprises, as a result of determining that Syntax_A is not present in the bitstream, deriving the value for Syntax_A to be equal to a first value, B, if a first condition is satisfied, or deriving the value for Syntax_A to be equal to a second value, C, if a second condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Rickard SJÖBERG, Martin PETTERSSON, Mitra DAMGHANIAN, Jacob STRÖM, Zhi ZHANG, Kenneth ANDERSSON, Jack ENHORN
  • Patent number: 11832281
    Abstract: A wireless communications method and device are provided. The method and device lower bit overheads and reduce the complexity of terminal processing in the sending of a synchronization signal (SS) block. The method includes determining that a first indication field in a physical broadcasting channel (PBCH) included in a first SS block is used to indicate a physical resource block (PRB) grid offset between channels or signals of an SS block and a non-SS block or indicate resource information of a second SS block. The method further includes sending the first SS block, wherein when it is determined that the first indication field is used to indicate the resource information of the second SS block, the first indication field in the first SS block indicates the resource information of the second SS block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Hai Tang, Zhi Zhang