Patents by Inventor Ziming Zhang

Ziming 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).

  • Publication number: 20250087336
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multi-modal multi-view classification method for echocardiograms based on a deep learning algorithm, including: collecting videos and images of multi-modal multi-view adult echocardiograms, and preprocessing the videos and images; annotating the preprocessed videos and images of adult echocardiograms to generate an adult echocardiogram dataset; dividing the adult echocardiogram dataset into a training set, a validation set, and a test set; constructing an adult echocardiogram view classification model based on a ResNet network, training the model using the training set, and selecting an optimal classification model using the validation set; evaluating performance of the optimal adult echocardiogram view classification model based on the test set; and inputting a to-be-tested image or video into the adult echocardiogram view classification model to obtain a classification result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Li ZHANG, Ye ZHU, Mingxing XIE, Zisang ZHANG, Yiwei ZHANG, Chun WU, Manwei LIU, Ziming ZHANG, Shuangshuang ZHU, Sushan XIAO, Chunyan XU, Junmin ZHANG, Wenwen CHEN, Zubaire YASHENG
  • Patent number: 12228476
    Abstract: Provided is a fault signal locating and identifying method of industrial equipment based on a microphone array. The method includes the steps of: acquiring sound signals and dividing the acquired signals into a training set, a verifying set and a test set; performing feature extraction on the sound signals in the training set, and extracting a phase spectrogram and an amplitude spectrogram of a spectrogram; sending an output of a feature extraction module, as an input, to a CNN, and in each layer of the CNN, learning a translation invariance in the spectrogram by using a 2D CNN; in between the layers of the CNN, normalizing the output by using a batch normalization, and reducing a dimension by using a maximum pooling layer along a frequency axis; sending an output from the layers of the CNN to layers of RNN; using a linear activation function; and inputting an output of a full connection layer to two parallel full connection layer branches for fault identification and fault location, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Feng Luan, Xu Li, Ziming Zhang, Yan Wu, Yuejiao Han, Dianhua Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230152187
    Abstract: Provided is a fault signal locating and identifying method of industrial equipment based on a microphone array. The method includes the steps of: acquiring sound signals and dividing the acquired signals into a training set, a verifying set and a test set; performing feature extraction on the sound signals in the training set, and extracting a phase spectrogram and an amplitude spectrogram of a spectrogram; sending an output of a feature extraction module, as an input, to a CNN, and in each layer of the CNN, learning a translation invariance in the spectrogram by using a 2D CNN; in between the layers of the CNN, normalizing the output by using a batch normalization, and reducing a dimension by using a maximum pooling layer along a frequency axis; sending an output from the layers of the CNN to layers of RNN; using a linear activation function; and inputting an output of a full connection layer to two parallel full connection layer branches for fault identification and fault location, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Feng LUAN, Xu LI, Ziming ZHANG, Yan WU, Yuejiao HAN, Dianhua ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11608018
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an active extension type car front bumper. Three fixed sleeves are rigidly connected to a cross beam of a U-shaped fixed frame, an impact rod is fitted in each fixed sleeve, a front end of each impact rod passes through the cross beam and is fixedly connected to the bumper, and a rear end of each impact rod is fixedly connected to a movable cross beam arranged horizontally left and right. Left and right longitudinal beams of the U-shaped fixed frame are each provided with a movable longitudinal beam that is movable forward and backward. Left and right ends of the movable cross beam respectively extend into the left and right longitudinal beams. A rear end of each movable longitudinal beam is fixedly connected to a hydraulic mechanism. An energy absorption mechanism is provided between every two adjacent fixed sleeves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Jiangsu University
    Inventors: Hongtao Xue, Dianyong Ding, Meng Wu, Ziming Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220281397
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an active extension type car front bumper. Three fixed sleeves are rigidly connected to a cross beam of a U-shaped fixed frame, an impact rod is fitted each fixed sleeve, a front end of each impact rod passes through the cross beam and is fixedly connected to the bumper, and a rear end of each impact rod is fixedly connected to a movable cross beam arranged horizontally left and right. Left and right longitudinal beams of the U-shaped fixed frame are each provided with a movable longitudinal beam that is movable forward and backward. Left and right ends of the movable cross beam respectively extend into the left and right longitudinal beams. A rear end of each movable longitudinal beam is fixedly connected to a hydraulic mechanism. An energy absorption mechanism is provided between every two adjacent fixed sleeves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Jiangsu University
    Inventors: Hongtao XUE, Dianyong DING, Meng WU, Ziming ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11353845
    Abstract: A model-adaptive multi-source large-scale mask projection 3D printing system configured to conduct the following steps: projecting pure-color images of first and second colors having identical attributes, capturing an image of an overlapping portion and calculating height and width information of the overlapping portion; splitting a pre-processed slice and respectively recording width and height information of two slices resulting from the splitting and generating two gray scale images having identical attributes thereto; counting power values of identical positions of slices in different gray scale values, performing a further calculation to obtain a projection mapping function, using the projection mapping function as a basis for performing optimization on gray scale interpolation of the generated images; and fusing the processed gray scale images and the originally split two slices to obtain a mask projection 3D printing slice having a uniform shaping brightness, and forming a final product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing University of Technology
    Inventors: Lifang Wu, Lidong Zhao, Zechao Liu, Jiankang Qiu, Xiaohua Guo, Meng Jian, Ziming Zhang
  • Patent number: 11225018
    Abstract: A multi-degree-of-freedom (Multi-DOF) 3D printing device includes a printer mechanism, a rotatable platform, a visual inspection system, and a control system. The printing mechanism includes a print head. The printing mechanism and the rotatable platform are combined to have three degrees of freedom of translation, and the rotatable platform has two degrees of freedom of rotation. The visual inspection system includes a camera mounted to nearby the print head and the relative position of camera and print head remains constant. The control system is configured to implement the printing process. The model is decomposed into several components, each of which could be printed in a single direction. After one component is printed out, the platform is then rotated so that the cutting plane for the component will be printed is horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: Beijing University of Technology, Beijing Cloud Profound Technologies Company Limited
    Inventors: Lifang Wu, Miao Yu, Yisong Gao, Lidong Zhao, Yuan Gao, Xiaohua Guo, Meng Jian, Changling Wang, Ziming Zhang, Yuanzheng Shi
  • Patent number: 11170301
    Abstract: A computer-based system trains a neural network by solving a double layer optimization problem. The system includes an input interface to receive an input to the neural network and labels of the input to the neural network; a processor to solve a double layer optimization to produce parameters of the neural network, and an output interface to output the parameters of the neural network. The double layer optimization includes an optimization of a first layer subject to an optimization of a second layer. The optimization of the first layer minimizes a difference between an output of the neural network processing the input and the labels of the input to the neural network, the optimization of the second layer minimizes a distance between a non-negative output vector of each layer and a corresponding input vector to each layer. The input vector of a current layer is a linear transformation of the non-negative output vector of the previous layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Ziming Zhang, Matthew Brand
  • Publication number: 20210018897
    Abstract: A model-adaptive multi-source large-scale mask projection 3D printing system configured to conduct the following steps: projecting pure-color images of first and second colors having identical attributes, capturing an image of an overlapping portion and calculating height and width information of the overlapping portion; splitting a pre-processed slice and respectively recording width and height information of two slices resulting from the splitting and generating two gray scale images having identical attributes thereto; counting power values of identical positions of slices in different gray scale values, performing a further calculation to obtain a projection mapping function, using the projection mapping function as a basis for performing optimization on gray scale interpolation of the generated images; and fusing the processed gray scale images and the originally split two slices to obtain a mask projection 3D printing slice having a uniform shaping brightness, and forming a final product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Lifang Wu, Lidong Zhao, Zechao Liu, Jiankang Qiu, Xiaohua Guo, Meng Jian, Ziming Zhang
  • Patent number: 10759110
    Abstract: A light homogenization method for multi-source large-scale surface exposure 3D printing, comprising the following steps: projecting pure-color images of a first color and a second color having identical attributes capturing an image of an overlapping portion and calculating height and width information of the overlapping portion; splitting a pre-processed slice and respectively recording width and height information of two slices resulting from the splitting and generating two grayscale images having identical attributes thereto; counting power values of identical positions of slices in different grayscale values, performing a further calculation to obtain a projection mapping function, using the projection mapping function as a basis for performing optimization on grayscale interpolation of the generated images; and fusing the processed grayscale images and the originally split two slices to obtain a surface exposure 3D printing slice having a uniform brightness in final shaping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Beijing University of Technology
    Inventors: Lifang Wu, Lidong Zhao, Jiankang Qiu, Xiaohua Guo, Meng Jian, Ziming Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190299523
    Abstract: A multi-degree-of-freedom (Multi-DOF) 3D printing device includes a printer mechanism, a rotatable platform, a visual inspection system, and a control system. The printing mechanism includes a print head. The printing mechanism and the rotatable platform are combined to have three degrees of freedom of translation, and the rotatable platform has two degrees of freedom of rotation. The visual inspection system includes a camera mounted to nearby the print head and the relative position of camera and print head remains constant. The control system is configured to implement the printing process. The model is decomposed into several components, each of which could be printed in a single direction. After one component is printed out, the platform is then rotated so that the cutting plane for the component will be printed is horizontal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicants: Beijing University of Technology, Beijing Cloud Profound Technologies Company Limited
    Inventors: Lifang Wu, Miao Yu, Yisong Gao, Lidong Zhao, Yuan Gao, Xiaohua Guo, Meng Jian, Changling Wang, Ziming Zhang, Yuanzheng Shi
  • Publication number: 20190291341
    Abstract: A light homogenization method for multi-source large-scale surface exposure 3D printing, comprising the following steps: projecting pure-color images of a first color and a second color having identical attributes, capturing an image of an overlapping portion and calculating height and width information of the overlapping portion; splitting a pre-processed slice and respectively recording width and height information of two slices resulting from the splitting and generating two grayscale images having identical attributes thereto; counting power values of identical positions of slices in different grayscale values, performing a further calculation to obtain a projection mapping function, using the projection mapping function as a basis for performing optimization on grayscale interpolation of the generated images; and fusing the processed grayscale images and the originally split two slices to obtain a surface exposure 3D printing slice having a uniform brightness in final shaping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Lifang Wu, Lidong Zhao, Jiankang Qiu, Xiaohua Guo, Meng Jian, Ziming Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190147340
    Abstract: A computer-based system trains a neural network by solving a double layer optimization problem. The system includes an input interface to receive an input to the neural network and labels of the input to the neural network; a processor to solve a double layer optimization to produce parameters of the neural network, and an output interface to output the parameters of the neural network. The double layer optimization includes an optimization of a first layer subject to an optimization of a second layer. The optimization of the first layer minimizes a difference between an output of the neural network processing the input and the labels of the input to the neural network, the optimization of the second layer minimizes a distance between a non-negative output vector of each layer and a corresponding input vector to each layer. The input vector of a current layer is a linear transformation of the non-negative output vector of the previous layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Ziming Zhang, Matthew Brand
  • Patent number: 10275656
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present solution is a relationship-based video server system. The server system is programmed to provide a platform for large scale video search based on relationships between objects in video segments, and the platform executes search based on probabilistically discriminative objects and relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Gregory D. Castanon, Venkatesh Saligrama, Ziming Zhang, Yuting Chen
  • Publication number: 20170357853
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present solution is a relationship-based video server system. The server system is programmed to provide a platform for large scale video search based on relationships between objects in video segments, and the platform executes search based on probabilistically discriminative objects and relationships.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory D. Castanon, Venkatesh Saligrama, Ziming Zhang, Yuting Chen
  • Publication number: 20080293721
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds having the general structure I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein Z is selected from a group consisting of O, C, N, and S; each of Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3 is a moiety selected from a group consisting of an aryl and a substituted aryl; Y is selected from a group consisting of S, O, CH2 and SO2; K is selected from a group consisting CH2, CF2, O, NH, and SO2; each of n1 and n2 is an integer selected from a group consisting of 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4; and each of x, y, m1 and m2 is an integer selected from a group consisting of 0 and 1. Pharmaceutical compositions based on compounds I are also provided for treatment of a neurological disorders, diseases, or pathologies, and for treatment of infectious diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: Burnham Institute for Medical Research
    Inventors: Maurizio Pellecchia, Jinhua Chen, Ziming Zhang