Patents by Inventor Zhou Li

Zhou Li 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: 20240381849
    Abstract: A coop system, methods and services related thereto are provided. In particular, the coop system and features related thereto prevents predators from entering a coop, simplifies maintenance of the coop, and enables a poultry keeper to order services for overseeing chickens and cleaning coop environments. The coops described herein are automated, eliminate the use of wood in its construction, comprise pest-resistant materials and improve ventilation mechanisms. The coops further include cameras with smart predator detections and event recording capabilities. A mobile application is also provided which allows a poultry keeper to remotely access the coop's smart technology, thereby allowing the poultry keeper to better monitor, maintain, and safekeep coops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Adam Forsythe, Jordan Barnes, Paul Ilia, Ryan Romanchuk, Zhou Li, Oleksandr Davydenko
  • Patent number: 11992688
    Abstract: An intracardiac energy harvesting device includes a shell; a fixing mechanism arranged on the shell, and a fixing mechanism configured to fix the shell to an interior of a heart chamber to enable the shell to move along with beating of heart; wherein a nanogenerator module is packaged in the shell, which is configured to output electric energy in response to movement of the shell along with the heart beat; and a power management module is packaged in the shell for managing electric energy output by the nanogenerator module. According to the intracardiac energy collecting device disclosed by the present invention, the biological mechanical energy generated by heart beating can be collected in the heart through a minimally invasive interventional operation mode, surgical wounds are small, damage to the heart cannot be caused, and infection can be effectively avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Inventors: Wei Hua, Zhou Li
  • Publication number: 20240078775
    Abstract: A system and method for changing an overall style of a public area based on a virtual scene are provided. The system includes: an information storage module configured to store user profile information, user interaction and operation information, and interior style information on a computer host or a cloud server; a scene rendering module configured to obtain data in the information storage module and present panorama information of a public area to a user through a real-time rendering system; a style interaction module configured to change overall style information attached to a structure to implement ideas of different users for the public area in real time; and a control module configured to change and record style information in a virtual scene and provide roaming experience in the public area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shaoming LU, Zhou LI, Ziyu SONG
  • Patent number: 11685968
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nano dispersion copper alloy with high air-tightness and low free oxygen content and a brief manufacturing process thereof, wherein alloy comprises the following components: Al2O3, Ca and La. The manufacturing process comprises the following steps of: preparing Cu—Al2O3 alloy powder by an internal oxidation method; mixing the Cu—Al2O3 alloy powder with Cu—Ca—La alloy powder; sheathing the mixed powder under protection of argon; performing hot extrusion and then rotary forging; vacuumizing the sheath after the rotary forging; and sealing and placing the sheath in a nitrogen atmosphere with a temperature of 450° C. to 550° C. and a pressure intensity of 40 Mpa to 60 Mpa for 3 hours to 5 hours. The dispersion copper prepared by the present disclosure has the advantages of low free oxygen content (?15 ppm), high dimensional stability, good air-tightness and an air leakage rate?1.0×10?10 Pa m3/s after hydrogen annealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zhou Li, Wenting Qiu, Zhu Xiao, Shen Gong
  • Publication number: 20230149720
    Abstract: An intracardiac energy harvesting device includes a shell; a fixing mechanism arranged on the shell, and a fixing mechanism configured to fix the shell to an interior of a heart chamber to enable the shell to move along with beating of heart; wherein a nanogenerator module is packaged in the shell, which is configured to output electric energy in response to movement of the shell along with the heart beat; and a power management module is packaged in the shell for managing electric energy output by the nanogenerator module. According to the intracardiac energy collecting device disclosed by the present invention, the biological mechanical energy generated by heart beating can be collected in the heart through a minimally invasive interventional operation mode, surgical wounds are small, damage to the heart cannot be caused, and infection can be effectively avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Wei Hua, Zhou Li
  • Patent number: 11520983
    Abstract: This application relates to a systems and methods for trending issue identification in text streams. In one embodiment, a method for improving resolution of a trending issue identified in a set of text streams includes presenting a user interface of an application that is being executed by a computing device. The method also includes receiving a notification including the trending issue that has been identified in the set of text streams based at least in part on textual analysis performed on the set of text streams, and presenting the trending issue on the user interface of the application to enable an action to be performed to resolve the trending issue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jiachen Li, Zhou Li, Daniel J. Sherman
  • Publication number: 20220288386
    Abstract: A current stimulation device and an osteoblast differentiation treatment system through current stimulation are provided, which relate to the technical field of bioengineering. The current stimulation device includes a nanogenerator, which is electrically connected to a stimulation electrode. The stimulation electrode makes contact with an affected part. The stimulation of the present disclosure is applied to the affected part of a fracture patient, and realizes the current stimulation through the nanogenerator, promotes proliferation and activity of the osteoblast. The present disclosure provides a new idea for fracture healing, and promotes application progress of the nanogenerator in a wearable electronic medical instrument. The present disclosure has portability and an excellent clinical application prospect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Xiaozhong ZHOU, Yingzi ZHANG, Zhou LI, Lingling XU, Zhuo LIU
  • Patent number: 11355875
    Abstract: A dual-row cable structure is applied to a first circuit board and a second circuit board. A board-to-board connector is on the first circuit board, and the first circuit board includes a first group of contacts and a second group of contacts. An electrical connector is on the second circuit board. The second circuit board includes a third group of contacts and a fourth group of contacts. The dual-row cable structure includes a wire assembly including high-speed signal wires, low-speed signal wires, one or more power wires, and one or more ground wires. The high-speed signal wires are connected to the first group of contacts. The low-speed signal wires, the power wire, and the ground wire are respectively connected to the second group of contacts. The third group of contacts and the fourth group of contacts are respectively connected to the other end of the wire assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Wen-Yu Wang, Ji-Zhou Li, Ming-Yung Chang, Tzu-Hao Li
  • Patent number: 11301757
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to providing fault-tolerant power minimization in a multi-core neurosynaptic network. In one embodiment of the present invention, a method of and computer program product for fault-tolerant power-driven synthesis is provided. Power consumption of a neurosynaptic network is modeled as wire length. The neurosynaptic network comprises a plurality of neurosynaptic cores connected by a plurality of routers. At least one faulty core of the plurality of neurosynaptic cores is located. A placement blockage is modeled at the location of the at least one faulty core. A placement of the neurosynaptic cores is determined by minimizing the wire length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Charles J. Alpert, Pallab Datta, Myron D. Flickner, Zhou Li, Dharmendra S. Modha, Gi-Joon Nam
  • Patent number: 11233796
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for selecting attributes to cluster users for a user application entitlement evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Zhou Li, Alex Zaslavsky, Kevin Bowers
  • Publication number: 20210363610
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nano dispersion copper alloy with high air-tightness and low free oxygen content and a brief manufacturing process thereof, wherein alloy comprises the following components: Al2O3, Ca and La. The manufacturing process comprises the following steps of: preparing Cu—Al2O3 alloy powder by an internal oxidation method; mixing the Cu—Al2O3 alloy powder with Cu—Ca—La alloy powder; sheathing the mixed powder under protection of argon; performing hot extrusion and then rotary forging; vacuumizing the sheath after the rotary forging; and sealing and placing the sheath in a nitrogen atmosphere with a temperature of 450° C. to 550° C. and a pressure intensity of 40 Mpa to 60 Mpa for 3 hours to 5 hours. The dispersion copper prepared by the present disclosure has the advantages of low free oxygen content (?15 ppm), high dimensional stability, good air-tightness and an air leakage rate?1.0×10?10 Pa m3/s after hydrogen annealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zhou Li, Wenting Qiu, Zhu Xiao, Shen Gong
  • Patent number: 11127524
    Abstract: An assembly for power converting includes a circuit board, a power switching circuit mounted on the circuit board, an inductor coil that includes a winding and two ends, a magnetic core that is surrounded by the winding of the inductor coil, and a magnetic mixture that encapsulates the circuit board, the power switching circuit, the inductor coil and the magnetic core. The winding of the inductor coil is stacked above the power switching circuit and is sufficiently large to fill up a size of the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited
    Inventors: Xiaoyong Hu, Ziyang Gao, Zhou Li
  • Publication number: 20210260280
    Abstract: Provided herein are magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compatible, convection-enhanced delivery (CED) cranial implant devices and related methods for performing a wide array of therapeutic and/or monitoring applications. In one aspect, the cranial implant device includes a cranial implant housing configured for intercranial implantation in a cranial opening of a subject. The cranial implant housing comprises a substantially anatomically-compatible shape, at least first and second surfaces, and at least one fluidic circuit comprising at least one cavity and at least one port that fluidly communicates with the cavity through at least the second surface, in which the cavity comprises, or is capable of comprising, at least one fluidic therapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Chad R. Gordon, Jon D. Weingart, SeYeon Choi, Victor Dadfar, Victoria Fang, Daniel Huang, Zhou Li, Angela Lu, Hadley Van-Renterghem, Deborah Weidman
  • Patent number: 11036855
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining a given web page, parsing the given web page to identify one or more frame tags for one or more inline frames of the given web page, and extracting a set of features of a given inline frame from a given one of the identified frame tags in the given web page, the extracted set of features comprising one or more style features, one or more destination features and one or more context features of the given identified frame tag. The method also includes classifying the given inline frame as one of a malicious frame type and a benign frame type utilizing at least one model and at least a portion of the extracted set of features, and controlling access by one or more client devices associated with an enterprise to the given web page responsive to classifying the given inline frame as the malicious frame type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Zhou Li, Kevin Bowers, Martin Rosa, Raymond Carney, Ke Tian
  • Publication number: 20210091491
    Abstract: A dual-row cable structure is applied to a first circuit board and a second circuit board. A board-to-board connector is on the first circuit board, and the first circuit board includes a first group of contacts and a second group of contacts. An electrical connector is on the second circuit board. The second circuit board includes a third group of contacts and a fourth group of contacts. The dual-row cable structure includes a wire assembly including high-speed signal wires, low-speed signal wires, one or more power wires, and one or more ground wires. The high-speed signal wires are connected to the first group of contacts. The low-speed signal wires, the power wire, and the ground wire are respectively connected to the second group of contacts. The third group of contacts and the fourth group of contacts are respectively connected to the other end of the wire assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Wen-Yu WANG, Ji-Zhou LI, Ming-Yung CHANG, Tzu-Hao LI
  • Publication number: 20200380074
    Abstract: This application relates to a systems and methods for trending issue identification in text streams. In one embodiment, a method for improving resolution of a trending issue identified in a set of text streams includes presenting a user interface of an application that is being executed by a computing device. The method also includes receiving a notification including the trending issue that has been identified in the set of text streams based at least in part on textual analysis performed on the set of text streams, and presenting the trending issue on the user interface of the application to enable an action to be performed to resolve the trending issue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Jiachen LI, Zhou LI, Daniel J. SHERMAN
  • Patent number: 10696031
    Abstract: Resin compositions, layers, and interlayers comprising two or more thermoplastic polymers and at least one RI balancing agent for adjusting the refractive index of at least one of the resins or layers is provided. Such compositions, layers, and interlayers exhibit enhanced optical properties while retaining other properties, such as impact resistance and acoustic performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Solutia Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Lu, Zhou Li
  • Publication number: 20200194161
    Abstract: An assembly for power converting includes a circuit board, a power switching circuit mounted on the circuit board, an inductor coil that includes a winding and two ends, a magnetic core that is surrounded by the winding of the inductor coil, and a magnetic mixture that encapsulates the circuit board, the power switching circuit, the inductor coil and the magnetic core. The winding of the inductor coil is stacked above the power switching circuit and is sufficiently large to fill up a size of the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Xiaoyong HU, Ziyang GAO, Zhou LI
  • Publication number: 20200104488
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining a given web page, parsing the given web page to identify one or more frame tags for one or more inline frames of the given web page, and extracting a set of features of a given inline frame from a given one of the identified frame tags in the given web page, the extracted set of features comprising one or more style features, one or more destination features and one or more context features of the given identified frame tag. The method also includes classifying the given inline frame as one of a malicious frame type and a benign frame type utilizing at least one model and at least a portion of the extracted set of features, and controlling access by one or more client devices associated with an enterprise to the given web page responsive to classifying the given inline frame as the malicious frame type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Zhou Li, Kevin Bowers, Martin Rosa, Raymond Carney, Ke Tian
  • Publication number: 20200106781
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for selecting attributes to cluster users for a user application entitlement evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Zhou Li, Alex Zaslavsky, Kevin Bowers