Li Ming Zhang

Address:

9528 Gold Bank Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89134

VIN:

1G2MB35B87Y138859

Make:

PONTIAC

Model:

SOLSTICE

Year:

2007

US Patent:

6780328, Aug 24, 2004

Filed:

Mar 24, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/446471

Inventors:

Li Zhang - Westborough MA 01581

International Classification:

B01D 1500

US Classification:

210663, 210758, 210759, 210760, 210763, 2101951, 2102571, 204259, 205746

Abstract:

The invention provides the continuous, integrated methods and devices for substantially removing ionized and ionizable carbon compounds from an aqueous stream by first deionization step to produce a first product stream, ionizing nonionized and nonionizable carbon compounds in such stream to form further ionized and ionizable compounds, and removing the latter by a second deionization step. The method can be performed for example in an apparatus including an EDI unit ( ), an ionizing unit ( ), and EDI unit ( ).

US Patent:

7306709, Dec 11, 2007

Filed:

Dec 1, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/292319

Inventors:

Vladimir Grebenyuk - Woburn MA, US
Oleg Grebenyuk - Ashland MA, US
Keith J. Sims - Wayland MA, US
William W. Carson - Hopkington MA, US
Russell J. MacDonald - Wilmington MA, US
Li Zhang - Belmont MA, US

Assignee:

GE Osmonics, Inc. - Minnetonka MN

International Classification:

B01D 61/48

US Classification:

204632

Abstract:

EDI apparatus for demineralizing a liquid flow is assembled in a housing having a cylindrical shape, and includes two metal electrodes, and one or more leafs, each leaf comprising a pair of selectively ion-permeable membranes arranged parallel to each other and spaced apart by spacing elements that allow liquid to flow in the interstitial space between membranes, thus forming an arrangement of dilute and concentrate cells in a desired flow configuration. Spacing elements between membranes, as well as between leaves, can be formed of inert polymer material, ion exchange beads, ion exchange fibers, a combination of two or more these elements, or a porous media incorporating one or more of such elements as an intrinsic part. An inner or central electrode and an outer or perimeter electrode establish a generally uniform and radially-oriented electrical or ionic current between the inner and the outer electrodes, across the helical flow spaces defined by the membrane/spacer windings. One or both electrodes may include a pocket, and the adjacent flow cells lie parallel to the electrode and free of shadowing and field inhomogeneity around a full circumference of the electrode.

US Patent:

7591933, Sep 22, 2009

Filed:

Dec 1, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/291526

Inventors:

Vladimir Grebenyuk - Woburn MA, US
Oleg Grebenyuk - Ashland MA, US
Keith J. Sims - Wayland MA, US
William W. Carson - Hopkington MA, US
Russell J. MacDonald - Wilmington MA, US
Li Zhang - Belmont MA, US

Assignee:

GE Ionics, Inc. - Watertown MA

International Classification:

C25B 9/00
C02F 1/00

US Classification:

204260, 204600

Abstract:

Some embodiments of the invention relate to an electrodeionization device that includes comprising a generally cylindrical housing. The cylindrical housing includes a cylindrical inner core and an inner electrode that extends around the inner core. The cylindrical housing includes a leaf arranged as a spiral winding about the inner electrode and an outer electrode that extends about the spiral winding. Active treatment cells are defined by spaces within the spiral winding and by interleaf spaces thereof. One or more sealing bands extend between membranes of the spiral winding to define fluid flow.

US Patent:

7720284, May 18, 2010

Filed:

Sep 8, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/517485

Inventors:

Li Zhang - Los Angeles CA, US
Haizhou Ai - Beijing, CN
Shuichiro Tsukiji - Kyoto, JP
Shihong Lao - Kyoto, JP

Assignee:

Omron Corporation - Kyoto
Tsinghua University - Beijing

International Classification:

G06K 9/34

US Classification:

382173

Abstract:

Method and apparatus for face alignment by building a hierarchical classifier network. The hierarchical classifier network connects the tasks of face detection and face alignment into a smooth coarse-to-fine procedure. Texture classifiers are trained to recognize feature texture at different scales for different resolution layers. A multi-layer structure is employed to organize the texture classifiers, which begins with one classifier at the first layer and gradually refines the localization of feature points using additional texture classifiers in subsequent layers.

US Patent:

7747052, Jun 29, 2010

Filed:

Nov 2, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/555817

Inventors:

Jing Huo - Los Angeles CA, US
Li Zhang - Skillman NJ, US
Carol L. Novak - Newtown PA, US

Assignee:

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. - Malvern PA

International Classification:

G06K 9/00
A61B 6/00

US Classification:

382128, 378 21

Abstract:

A method for detecting solid components in ground glass nodules (GGNs) in medical images, includes: performing an intensity-based segmentation on a segmented GGN to identify a high intensity region; and performing a shape analysis to determine whether the high intensity region is a solid component or a vessel, wherein the shape analysis comprises: computing a compactness of the high intensity region; and determining whether the high intensity region is a solid component or a vessel by using an area, a maximum distance on a distance transform map and the compactness of the region; or determining whether the high intensity region is a solid component or a vessel by scaling and normalizing the region and computing a compactness for the scaled and normalized region.

US Patent:

8396287, Mar 12, 2013

Filed:

May 15, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/466880

Inventors:

Hartwig Adam - Los Angeles CA, US
Li Zhang - Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06K 9/62
G06K 9/00
G06K 9/46
G06K 9/60
G06F 7/00

US Classification:

382160, 382103, 382203, 382305, 707711

Abstract:

Methods and systems for automatic detection of landmarks in digital images and annotation of those images are disclosed. A method for detecting and annotating landmarks in digital images includes the steps of automatically assigning a tag descriptive of a landmark to one or more images in a plurality of text-associated digital images to generate a set of landmark-tagged images, learning an appearance model for the landmark from the set of landmark-tagged images, and detecting the landmark in a new digital image using the appearance model. The method can also include a step of annotating the new image with the tag descriptive of the landmark.

US Patent:

8524062, Sep 3, 2013

Filed:

Dec 29, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/980506

Inventors:

Oleg Grebenyuk - Sherborn MA, US
Vladimir Grebenyuk - Woburn MA, US
Li Zhang - Belmont MA, US
Keith J. Sims - Wayland MA, US
John Barber - Fergus, CA

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

B01D 61/48

US Classification:

204632

Abstract:

An electrodeionization apparatus includes an anode compartment provided with an anode and a cathode compartment spaced from the anode compartment and provided with a cathode, wherein the anode and cathode are configured for coupling to a DC power source to effect an electric potential difference between the anode and the cathode and thereby influence transport of ionic material in liquid media and ion exchange media by the influence of the electric potential difference. The electrodeionization apparatus also includes a feed inlet receiving a feed solution, a product water outlet and a plurality of anion exchange membranes and a plurality of cation exchange membranes alternately arranged between the anode compartment and the cathode compartment. The electrodeionization apparatus also includes a plurality of spacers, wherein the spacers and the anion and cation exchange membranes are arranged to form a first diluting compartment receiving feed solution from the feed inlet, a second diluting compartment in series with the first diluting compartment and delivering product water to the product water outlet, a first concentrating compartment and a second concentrating compartment. The first and second diluting compartments are bounded by an anion exchange membrane on the side closest to the anode and by a cation exchange membrane on the side closest to the cathode.

US Patent:

20050169942, Aug 4, 2005

Filed:

Oct 7, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/961935

Inventors:

Shengwen Li - Irvine CA, US
Li Zhang - Thousand Oaks CA, US
Kei Aoki - Coto De Caza CA, US
Wei-Jen Lin - Cerritos CA, US

Assignee:

ALLERGAN, INC. - Irvine CA

International Classification:

A61K039/08
C07H021/04
C07K014/195
C12N001/21
C12N015/74

US Classification:

424239100, 435069300, 435252300, 435320100, 530350000, 536023700

Abstract:

This invention broadly relates to recombinant DNA technology, molecular biology, neuroscience, and medicine. Particularly, the present invention features novel sequences of the toxin and non-toxin components of the toxin type A-Hall (Allergan) strain complex as well as the expression vector system in a heterologous organism and methods to express such nucleic acid sequences.