Yang Zhang

US Patent:

7389744, Jun 24, 2008

Filed:

Mar 29, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/308488

Inventors:

Jingxi Zhang - Foster City CA, US
Yang Zhang - Foster City CA, US
Huifang Ni - Foster City CA, US

International Classification:

A01K 1/03

US Classification:

119421

Abstract:

A system for tracking the laboratory animal position and movement in a walled enclosure or cage for observation and evaluation is disclosed. The system consists of a plate placed on the bottom of the cage whereon multiple electrodes are configured as column-row two-dimensional electrode array, an electronic circuit detecting and measuring the capacitance between said electrodes, and a microprocessor determining the animal's location. The electronic circuit repeatedly measures the capacitance between the electrodes in a sequential manner. The animal's location and movement is determined by detecting the changes in capacitance on said plate.

US Patent:

8489674, Jul 16, 2013

Filed:

Mar 11, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/722411

Inventors:

Utkarsh Hriday Srivastava - Emeryville CA, US
Benjamin Clay Reed - Morgan Hill CA, US
Yang Zhang - Foster City CA, US
Erwin Sing Tam - San Jose CA, US
Brian Frank Cooper - San Jose CA, US

Assignee:

Yahoo! Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709203, 709206, 709238, 709225, 709217, 707 2, 707 11

Abstract:

In one embodiment, a first one of a plurality of message processors receives a request with respect to a topic, and determines whether the first message processor itself is currently responsible for the topic. If so, then the first message processor services the request. If not, then the first message processor determines whether any of the other ones of the message processors is currently responsible for the topic. If so, then the request is redirected to another message processor to be serviced. If not, then the first message processor selects one of the message processors to be responsible for the topic and to service the request.

US Patent:

20030190870, Oct 9, 2003

Filed:

Apr 3, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/115682

Inventors:

Hong Shih - Walnut Creek CA, US
Danny Lu - Milpitas CA, US
Nianci Han - San Jose CA, US
Xikun Wang - Sunyvale CA, US
Hui Chen - San Jose CA, US
Hui Tang - San Jose CA, US
Li Xu - San Jose CA, US
Yang Zhang - Albany CA, US
Dan Wang - San Jose CA, US

Assignee:

Applied Materials, Inc.

International Classification:

B24C001/00

US Classification:

451/039000

Abstract:

Method and apparatus for cleaning ceramic surfaces of parts used, for example, and without limitation, in semiconductor processing equipment. In particular, one embodiment of the present invention is a method for cleaning a ceramic part that includes steps of: (a) treating the surface using one or more first mechanical processes; (b) treating the surface using one or more chemical processes; (c) plasma conditioning the surface; and (d) treating the surface using one or more second mechanical processes.

US Patent:

20040095317, May 20, 2004

Filed:

Nov 20, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/065798

Inventors:

Jingxi Zhang - Foster City CA, US
Yang Zhang - Foster City CA, US
Huifang Ni - Foster City CA, US

International Classification:

G09G005/08

US Classification:

345/158000

Abstract:

A universal television and computer pointing control system is disclosed. The system is comprised of a handheld pointing device, a display control unit, and a command delivery unit. The system allows the user to simply point and click to control a computer or various home entertainment component devices remotely. Inside the handheld device, orientation sensors detect pointing direction. The pointing direction signals are transmitted to the display control unit, and a cursor (pointer) is drawn onto the screen indicating the pointer's location. By interpreting the pointing direction signals and the button activities, the display control unit issues a control signal to the command delivery unit. The command delivery unit then forwards the commands to the target device to execute the desired control function.

US Patent:

56291728, May 13, 1997

Filed:

Aug 2, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/284784

Inventors:

Desmond Mascarenhas - Sunnyvale CA
Yang Zhang - Sunnyvale CA
Pamela S. Olson - Cupertino CA
David R. Olsen - Menlo Park CA
Pedro A. Cohen - San Francisco CA

Assignee:

Celtrix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

C12N 119
C12N 1562
C07K 1400

US Classification:

435 647

Abstract:

The invention is directed to the use of a fusion partner that does not contain a leader sequence, as a means to increase the solubility and activity of recombinant polypeptides by facilitating the expression of fusion proteins, which are then transported out of the cytoplasm. The invention includes a nucleic acid encoding a fusion polypeptide comprising a mature interleukin-1-like polypeptide or a leader-deleted-translocating polypeptide, and a polypeptide of interest; as well as host cells comprising such nucleic acids, and fusion proteins so encoded. The invention also encompasses methods of using such nucleic acids to produce recombinant fusion polypeptides, mature polypeptides of interest, and purified compositions thereof.

US Patent:

59142545, Jun 22, 1999

Filed:

May 12, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/854811

Inventors:

Desmond Mascarenhas - Los Altos Hills CA
Yang Zhang - Sunnyvale CA
Pamela S. Olson - Cupertino CA
David R. Olsen - Menlo Park CA
Pedro A. Cohen - San Francisco CA
Kimyen B. Nguyen - Union City CA

Assignee:

Celtrix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

C07K 1900
C12N 1562

US Classification:

435 697

Abstract:

The invention is directed to the use of a fusion partner that does not contain a leader sequence, as a means to increase the solubility and activity of recombinant polypeptides by facilitating the expression of fusion proteins, which are then transported out of the cytoplasm. The invention includes a nucleic acid encoding a fusion polypeptide comprising a mature interleukin-1-like polypeptide or a leader-deleted-translocating polypeptide, and a polypeptide of interest; as well as host cells comprising such nucleic acids, and fusion proteins so encoded. The invention also encompasses methods of using such nucleic acids to produce recombinant fusion polypeptides, mature polypeptides of interest, and purified compositions thereof.

US Patent:

48176354, Apr 4, 1989

Filed:

Mar 23, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/029119

Inventors:

William T. Joines - Durham NC
Yang Zhang - Durham NC
James R. Oleson - Chapel Hill NC

Assignee:

Duke University - Durham NC

International Classification:

A61N 502

US Classification:

128804

Abstract:

An interstitial applicator is provided in order to heat a localized region of living tissue by simultaneously enhancing energy passed at the end of a central conductor while cancelling signals traveling along the outside of the application by forming a gap in the outer conductor of a coaxial cable with the gap being located 1/4 wavelength from the end of the outer conductor. The width of the gap corresponds to 1/3 of the diameter of the coaxial cable which forms the applicator. This system provides for an enhancement of the heating at the particular area around the tip of the central conductor while at the same time forms a block to stop surface wave heat from travelling back to the skin/tissue surface.

US Patent:

20220392429, Dec 8, 2022

Filed:

Jun 3, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/337518

Inventors:

- Armonk NY, US
Yang Zhang - Cambridge MA, US
Shiyu Chang - Elmsford NY, US
Jinjun Xiong - Goldens Bridge NY, US
Chuang Gan - Cambridge MA, US
David Cox - Somerville MA, US

International Classification:

G10L 13/10
G06N 20/00
G10L 21/013
G10L 17/04
G10L 25/63

Abstract:

A computer-implemented method is provided of using a machine learning model for disentanglement of prosody in spoken natural language. The method includes encoding, by a computing device, the spoken natural language to produce content code. The method further includes resampling, by the computing device without text transcriptions, the content code to obscure the prosody by applying an unsupervised technique to the machine learning model to generate prosody-obscured content code. The method additionally includes decoding, by the computing device, the prosody-obscured content code to synthesize speech indirectly based upon the content code.