Patents by Inventor Ziran Zhao

Ziran Zhao 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: 10371854
    Abstract: A safety inspection apparatus is disclosed in embodiments of the present invention. The safety inspection apparatus includes: an x-ray source including a ray emission focal spot; and a plurality of detector modules each of which has a ray receiving surface, and which are arranged along a plurality of straight line segments. The plurality of straight line segments include a first straight line segment and two second straight line segments, and, the two second straight line segments extend from the two ends of the first straight line segment towards the x-ray source side, respectively. In a plane where the sectorial ray beam is located, a normal to the ray receiving surface of each of the detector modules at a midpoint of the ray receiving surface of the each of the detector modules passes generally through the ray emission focal spot of the x-ray source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignees: NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED, NUCTECH JIANGSU COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ziran Zhao, Zhiqiang Chen, Wanlong Wu, Li Zhang, Yingkang Jin, Ming Ruan
  • Patent number: 10373701
    Abstract: Disclosed is method and apparatus for creating a statistical average model of an enamel-dentine junction. The method includes steps of acquiring CT image data of a tooth; segmenting the CT image data to obtain a surface of an enamel-dentine junction; segmenting the obtained surface using a curvature-based clustering algorithm to remove a bottom of the enamel-dentine junction; spherical-parameterizing, by means of spherical harmonic analysis, the surface of the enamel-dentine junction after removal of the bottom; and aligning different samples of the tooth to obtain a statistical average model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Nuctech Company Limited
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Chen, Yuanjing Li, Li Zhang, Ziran Zhao, Jianping Gu, Shuo Wang
  • Publication number: 20190234905
    Abstract: A detection apparatus and a detection method are disclosed. In one aspect, the detection apparatus includes a sampling device for collecting samples to be checked. It further includes a sample pre-processing device configured to pre-process the sample from the sampling device. It further includes a sample analyzing device for separating samples from the pre-processing device and for analyzing the separated samples. The detection apparatus is miniaturized and highly precise, and is capable of quickly and accurately detecting gaseous phase or particulate substances, and it has applications for safety inspections at airports, ports, and subway stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Qingjun Zhang, Yuanjing Li, Zhiqiang Chen, Ziran Zhao, Yinong Liu, Yaohong Liu, Huishao He, Qiufeng Ma, Weiping Zhu, Xiang Zou, Jianping Chang, Song Liang
  • Publication number: 20190234904
    Abstract: A detection apparatus and a detection method are disclosed. In one aspect, the detection apparatus includes a sampling device for collecting samples to be checked. It further includes a sample pre-processing device configured to pre-process the sample from the sampling device. It further includes a sample analyzing device for separating samples from the pre-processing device and for analyzing the separated samples. The detection apparatus is miniaturized and highly precise, and is capable of quickly and accurately detecting gaseous phase or particulate substances, and it has applications for safety inspections at airports, ports, and subway stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Qingjun Zhang, Yuanjing Li, Zhiqiang Chen, Ziran Zhao, Yinong Liu, Yaohong Liu, Huishao He, Qiufeng Ma, Weiping Zhu, Xiang Zou, Jianping Chang, Song Liang
  • Publication number: 20190234870
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a terahertz detector. The terahertz detector includes a planar array structure that is constituted by a plurality of pixel units, the plurality of pixel units each include N sub pixels and each of the sub pixels includes no more than one signal trigger configured to transform a terahertz signal to an electrical current pulsing signal, and each of the plurality of pixel units detects a signal that is a sum of the electrical current pulsing signals of the N sub pixels, where N is an integer greater than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ziran ZHAO, Haifan Hu, Xuming Ma, Yingxin Wang
  • Patent number: 10351967
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for forming a sensitive film for neutron detection, wherein the sensitive film is formed by electrophoresis coating, the liquid used for electrophoresis coating includes neutron sensitive material, electrophoresis paint and deionized water, and the neutron sensitive material is 10B single substance, 10B compound or mixture containing 10B. The sensitive film for neutron detection has the high detection efficiency because of the high content of 10B. The sensitive film for neutron detection has the uniform and stable film thickness, and excellent consistency. The production efficiency and the cost of the sensitive film are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yongqiang Wang, Qingjun Zhang, Yuanjing Li, Ziran Zhao, Jianping Chang, Yanchun Wang, Lifeng Sun, Nan Bai, Xingliang Zhai
  • Publication number: 20190204271
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device for collecting semi-volatile or non-volatile substance, including an air nozzle, a front cavity and a collecting body. The air nozzle is configured to eject air to a sample attachment surface. The front cavity has an upper port. The collecting body is sealingly connected to a lower end of the front cavity, inside of which is provided with a cylindrical cavity and a conical cavity arranged vertically coaxially, and bottom of which is provided with a sample outlet. The collecting body is provided with an air intake passage which is non-coplanar with respect to an axis of the cylindrical cavity and is disposed obliquely downward and inward. The collecting body is further provided with an air exhaust passage one end of which is a discharge port connected to the interior of the cylindrical cavity, the other end is connected to an air pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Qingjun ZHANG, Yuanjing LI, Zhiqiang CHEN, Ziran ZHAO, Yinong LIU, Yaohong LIU, Ge LI, Jingli XIE, Qiufeng MA, Biao CAO
  • Publication number: 20190204270
    Abstract: A gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry detector and a hyphenated apparatus, the gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry detector comprises a gas chromatography mechanism and an ion mobility spectrometry mechanism. The gas chromatography mechanism comprises a chromatographic column and a sample injection port. The ion mobility spectrometry mechanism comprises a mobility tube and a connecting body, while a metal connection plate of the connecting body comprises a chromatographic metal plate, an ion mobility metal plate and a semipermeable membrane; on the ion mobility metal plate there are provided an ion mobility sample and carrier gas inlet, an ion mobility sample chamber and a sample injection port; the chromatography sample chamber and the ion mobility sample chamber are separated by semipermeable membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Qingjun ZHANG, Weiping ZHU, Yuanjing LI, Zhiqiang CHEN, Ziran ZHAO, Yinong LIU, Yaohong LIU, Qiufeng MA, Ge LI, Biao CAO, Nan BAI
  • Publication number: 20190204188
    Abstract: A sampling adsorber, a heat desorption chamber device, a sampling apparatus and an analyzer apparatus. The sampling adsorber includes an outer barrel, which includes an outer barrel first end and an outer barrel second end, and a core located in the outer barrel, the core having a core first end and a core second end, and the outer barrel first end and the core first end are located at a same side of the sampling adsorber. The core includes an adsorbent portion configured to adsorb a sample and a core body portion, the adsorbent portion connected to the core body portion. Sizes of the outer barrel and the core are formed such that a gap is provided between them to allow external gas to enter the gap through the adsorbent portion and to subsequently be discharged from a downstream portion of the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicants: Tsinghua University, NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Qingjun ZHANG, Yuanjing LI, Zhiqiang CHEN, Ziran ZHAO, Yinong LIU, Yaohong LIU, Nan BAI, Ge LI, Qiufeng MA, Biao CAO, Weiping ZHU
  • Patent number: 10338236
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a radiation detection apparatus and a method, a data processing method and a processor, which relates to the field of radiation detection technology. Wherein, the radiation detection apparatus of this disclosure comprises: a radiation detector which generates an electrical signal by interacting with X-rays; an Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) which is coupled to the radiation detector and transmits the electrical signal to a waveform data; and a data processor which receives the waveform data from the ADC, determines the number of single photon signals according to the waveform data, and determines whether an integral signal and/or a count signal of the waveform data will be used for imaging according to the number of the single photon signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignees: NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yuanjing Li, Ziran Zhao, Jianmin Li, Yulan Li, Weibin Zhu, Xiang Zou, Qingjun Zhang, Chunguang Zong, Xiaolin Zhao, Shuwei Li, Junxiao Wang
  • Patent number: 10339673
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dual-energy ray imaging method and system. The method comprises: calculating the mass thicknesses of the materials in the overlapped area of two materials by using a calibrated surface fitting method, and then decomposing a pair of original high-energy and low-energy data for this pixel into two high-low-energy data sets corresponding to the two materials, and finally calculating and acquiring the composition result of different materials for each pixel. The disclosure is especially advantageous in that the problem of error recognition of materials due to the two overlapped materials can be eliminated and the stratified imaging of multiple materials can be achieved, thereby improving the accuracy of the substance recognition and reducing the rate of false positive and false negative which is very important to the applications in the field of security check and anti-smuggling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Nuctech Company Limited
    Inventors: Liang Li, Zhiqiang Chen, Kejun Kang, Li Zhang, Ziran Zhao, Yuxiang Xing, Yongshun Xiao, Jianping Gu, Juan Zheng
  • Publication number: 20190193017
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gas purification apparatus and a trace substance detection device. The gas purification apparatus includes a first purification component, a second purification component and a switching component, wherein the switching component can be switched between a first state and a second state, the first purification component and a component to be purified form a gas purification loop in the first state, and the second purification component can provide a regeneration gas for the first purification component in the second state, so that water vapor and impurities in the first purification component are discharged to outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Qingjun ZHANG, Yuanjing LI, Zhiqiang CHEN, Ziran ZHAO, Yinong LIU, Yaohong LIU, Lili YAN, Ge LI, Qiufeng MA, Nan BAI
  • Publication number: 20190195751
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of safety detection, and in particular to a sample collecting and introducing device and a detection system. The sample collecting and introducing device provided by the present disclosure includes a sampling device for collecting a sample, and a semipermeable membrane device for extracting the sample collected by the sampling device and conveying the extracted sample to detection equipment, wherein the sampling device is provided with an air guide cavity, the air guide cavity is configured to guide airflow carrying the sample to flow to the semipermeable membrane device, the semipermeable membrane device is provided with a semipermeable membrane which is arranged outside the sampling device. In the present disclosure, the size of the semipermeable membrane is no longer limited by the sampling device, and therefore the difficulty of increasing the area of the semipermeable membrane is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Qingjun ZHANG, Yuanjing LI, Zhiqiang CHEN, Ziran ZHAO, Yinong LIU, Yaohong LIU, Ge LI, Biao CAO, Jingli XIE, Xiaolin ZHAO, Qiufeng MA
  • Publication number: 20190192090
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a decomposition method based on basis material combination. In the present disclosure, a scanned object is divided into a plurality of regions, the basis material combinations used in each of the divided regions are different each other, and the scanned object is re-divided according to the re-determined equivalent atomic number of its each point until the change on decomposition coefficient meets certain conditions. Thereby, a decomposition method based on dynamic basis material combinations is realized, which reduces a decomposition error caused by improper selection of the basis material combination and improves the accuracy of the decomposition and substance identification of the multi-energy CT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Liang Li, Zhiqiang Chen, Kejun Kang, Ziran Zhao, Li Zhang, Yuxiang Xing, Tiao Zhao, Jianmin Li, Bicheng Liu, Qian Yi
  • Patent number: 10332244
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for estimating an image fuzziness are provided. The method may comprise: acquiring an image; obtaining a multi-scale representation of the image by performing a multi-scale transform on the image; calculating gradients of the image and a normalized histogram of the gradients at each scale based on the multi-scale representation; calculating error vectors between the normalized histogram of gradients at each scale and a normalized original histogram of gradients of the image; performing a weighted summing on the error vectors by using respective weights to obtain a summed result, wherein the weights are determined based on a reciprocal of the sums of squares of the gradients of the image at each scale; estimating the ambiguity of the image based on the summed result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Nuctech Company Limited
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Chen, Yuanjing Li, Ziran Zhao, Yaohong Liu, Jianping Gu, Zhiming Wang
  • Publication number: 20190180398
    Abstract: A security inspection system and a method of configuring a security inspection device are provided. In an embodiment, the security inspection system may include: an identity information entry device configured to enter an identification of an inspected person; a parameter determination device configured to determine a parameter for performing a security inspection on the inspected person based on a security factor of the inspected person determined according to user data corresponding to the identification of the inspected person; and a security inspection device configured to perform the security inspection on the inspected person based on the determined parameter. According to embodiments, it is possible to accurately predict the user's behavior and evaluate the risk or potential danger from the user by analyzing and mining the user's comprehensive data, and thus to provide a more accurate security inspection solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Chen, Ziran Zhao, Wanlong Wu, Yingkang Jin, Xianli Ding, Jiao Long, Zongjun Shen, Zheng Li
  • Publication number: 20190170894
    Abstract: This invention provides a scan method, scan system and radiation scan controller, and relates to the field of radiation. The scanning method includes obtaining detection data of an object to be inspected under radiation scanning using a detector, adjusting an accelerator output beam dose rate and/or an output electron beam energy level of a radiation emission device according to the detection data. With this method, working conditions of the accelerator of the radiation emission device may be adjusted according to the detection data detected by the detector, so that for a region having a larger mass thickness, a higher output beam dose rate or a higher electron beam output energy level is adopted to guarantee satisfied imaging technical indexes, for a region having a smaller mass thickness, a lower output beam dose rate or a lower electron beam output energy level is adopted to reduce the environmental dose level while guaranteeing satisfied imaging technical indexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Kejun KANG, Yaohong LIU, Ziran ZHAO, Wei JIA, Jianping GU, Chuanxiang TANG, Huaibi CHEN, Jianjun GAO, Wei YIN, Xiying LIU
  • Patent number: 10302578
    Abstract: Methods and system for decomposing a high-energy dual-energy X-ray CT material are disclosed. In the method, two types of effect such as Compton effect and electron pairing effect which dominates are reserved and the influence of the other effect such a photoelectric effect is removed so as to improve the accuracy of the material decomposition. The unique advantage of the present disclosure is to effectively remove the error of the calculated atomic number Z due to directly selecting two effects during processes of material decomposition in the conventional dual-energy CT method. This may greatly improve the accuracy of dual-energy CT identification of the material, and it is important to improve the conventional dual-use CT imaging system applications, such as clinical therapy, security inspection, industrial non-destructive testing, customs anti-smuggling and other fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Nuctech Company Limited
    Inventors: Liang Li, Zhiqiang Chen, Kejun Kang, Li Zhang, Ziran Zhao, Yuxiang Xing, Jianmin Li, Yulan Li, Tiao Zhao
  • Publication number: 20190156139
    Abstract: An inspection method and system for inspecting whether there is any liquor in goods is provided. The method includes: acquiring a radiation image of goods being inspected; processing on the radiation image to obtain an ROI; inspecting on the ROI using a liquor goods inspection model to determine if the ROI of the radiation image contains liquor goods. The above solution performs liquor inspection on scanned images of goods, especially containers, so as to intelligently assist the image inspectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Zhiqiang CHEN, Li ZHANG, Ziran ZHAO, Yaohong LIU, Duokun ZHANG, Jianping GU, Qiang LI, Jian ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10289699
    Abstract: A vehicle inspection method and system are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes acquiring a transmission image of an inspected vehicle. The method further includes acquiring a transmission image template of a vehicle model corresponding to the model of the inspected vehicle from a database. The method further includes performing registration on the transmission image of the inspected vehicle and the transmission image template. The method further includes determining a difference between a transmission image after the registration and a transmission image template after the registration, to obtain a difference area of the transmission image of the vehicle relative to the transmission image template. The method further includes processing the difference area to determine whether the vehicle carries a suspicious object or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Nuctech Company Limited
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Chen, Li Zhang, Ziran Zhao, Yaohong Liu, Jianping Gu, Zheng Hu, Qiang Li