Zhen T Li

US Patent:

7099954, Aug 29, 2006

Filed:

Jun 27, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/186230

Inventors:

Shipeng Li - Princeton NJ, US
Goubin Shen - Beijing, CN
Zhen Li - West Lafayette IN, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709233, 709217, 709238

Abstract:

Streaming media applications, e. g. , sent over the Internet with TCP, can suffer from various fluctuations and low utilization due to TCP's Additive Increase Multiplicative Decrease (AIMD) congestion control mechanism. Improved methods and apparatuses are provided in which Logarithm-based Rate Control algorithms are employed to better utilize available bandwidth and/or control and smooth the sending rate of the streaming media.

US Patent:

7879875, Feb 1, 2011

Filed:

Aug 8, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/990050

Inventors:

Meng-Hsin Chen - Westfield NJ, US
James B. Doherty - Montvale NJ, US
Robert Tynebor - Hatfield PA, US
Swaminathan R. Natarajan - Scotch Plains NJ, US
Zhen Li - Scotch Plains NJ, US
Soumya P. Sahoo - Old Bridge NJ, US

Assignee:

Merk Sharp & Dohme Corp. - Rahway NJ

International Classification:

A61K 31/4375
C07D 455/02

US Classification:

514306, 546138

Abstract:

Compounds described by the chemical formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: (I) are inhibitors of p38 and are useful in the treatment of inflammation such as in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid spondylitis, osteoarthritis, gouty arthritis and other arthritic conditions; inflamed joints, eczema, psoriasis or other inflammatory skin conditions such as sunburn; inflammatory eye conditions including conjunctivitis; pyresis, pain and other conditions associated with inflammation.

US Patent:

20100183070, Jul 22, 2010

Filed:

Aug 12, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/733149

Inventors:

Xiaoan Lu - Princeton NJ, US
Zhen Li - Burbank CA, US
Cristina Gomila - Princeton NJ, US

International Classification:

H04N 7/26

US Classification:

37524008, 375E07076

Abstract:

A method and apparatus are provided for improved video encoding using region of interest information. The apparatus includes an encoder for encoding a plurality of regions of a picture by determining, using region of interest detection, a respective probability that each of the plurality of regions belong to a region of interest, and adaptively controlling a respective quality of each of the plurality of regions based on a value of the respective probability.

US Patent:

20100322300, Dec 23, 2010

Filed:

Mar 18, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/735906

Inventors:

Zhen Li - Plainsboro NJ, US
Xiaoan Lu - Princeton NJ, US
Cristina Gomilla - Princeton NJ, US

International Classification:

H04N 11/04
G06K 9/00

US Classification:

37524001, 382162, 375E07026

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for adaptive feature of interest color model parameters estimation are provided. The apparatus includes a feature of interest color model parameters estimator and a feature of interest detector. The feature of interest color model parameters estimator is for extracting at least one set of pixels from at least one image. The at least one set of pixels corresponds to a feature of interest. For each of the at least one set of pixels, the feature of interest color model parameters estimator models color components of pixels in the at least one set with statistical models, and estimates feature of interest color model parameters based on the modeled color components to obtain at least one estimated feature of interest color model. The feature of interest detector is for detecting feature of interest pixels from the at least one set of pixels using the at least one estimated feature of interest color model.

US Patent:

20110183959, Jul 28, 2011

Filed:

Jan 25, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/013222

Inventors:

Meng-Hsin Chen - Westfield NJ, US
James B. Doherty - Montvale NJ, US
Robert Tynebor - Hatfield PA, US
Swaminathan R. Natarajan - Scotch Plains NJ, US
Zhen Li - Scotch Plains NJ, US
Soumya P. Sahoo - Old Bridge NJ, US

International Classification:

A61K 31/506
A61K 31/4375
C07D 455/02
A61P 25/04

US Classification:

51421018, 514306, 514256, 546138

Abstract:

Compounds described by the chemical formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof:are inhibitors of p38 and are useful in the treatment of inflammation such as in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid spondylitis, osteoarthritis, gouty arthritis and other arthritic conditions; inflamed joints, eczema, psoriasis or other inflammatory skin conditions such as sunburn; inflammatory eye conditions including conjunctivitis; pyresis, pain and other conditions associated with inflammation.

US Patent:

62011588, Mar 13, 2001

Filed:

May 27, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/321008

Inventors:

Zhen Li - Scotch Plains NJ
Ann Decamp - Scotch Plains NJ
Veena Upadhyay - Westfield NJ

Assignee:

Merck & Co., Inc. - Rahway NJ

International Classification:

C07C 3328

US Classification:

568813

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a process for making propargylic alcohols by zinc-mediated catalytic, asymmetric addition of acetylenes to aldehydes. The compounds are represented by formula I: ##STR1##.

US Patent:

20180163532, Jun 14, 2018

Filed:

Nov 8, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/806533

Inventors:

- Annandale NJ, US
Limin SONG - West Windsor NJ, US
Zhen LI - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

E21B 47/14
E21B 47/00

Abstract:

A system for monitoring a line comprising a line, such as a mooring line, umbilical, pipeline, or riser. connected to an offshore structure including a control processor located on the offshore structure, a wireless network comprising a plurality of communication nodes positioned along the line, and a plurality of measurement devices embedded within the communication nodes. When the line is being monitored, the output of each of the measurement devices is in continuous wireless communication with the wireless network via at least one of the communication nodes positioned along the line and the wireless network is in continuous communication with the control processor.

US Patent:

20140290357, Oct 2, 2014

Filed:

Mar 27, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/226913

Inventors:

Yibing Zhang - Annandale NJ, US
Limin Song - West Windsor NJ, US
Mohsen Shahmirzadi Yeganeh - Hillsborough NJ, US
Geoff Keiser - Morris Plains NJ, US
Zhen Li - Houston TX, US
Michael G. Starkey - Ashtead, GB

Assignee:

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company - Annandale NJ

International Classification:

G01F 23/24

US Classification:

73295

Abstract:

Systems and methods for identifying the level of media in a vessel with a sensing cable including an optical fiber sensor array aligned with a heating element disposed in the vessel. An excitation source is configured to propagate at least one heat pulse through the heating element along at least a portion of the sensing cable to affect an exchange of thermal energy between the heating element and the one or more media exposed to the sensing cable. An optical signal interrogator is adapted to receive a signal from each of a plurality of sensor locations and measure a temperature profile corresponding to the heat pulse at the sensor locations. A control unit is configured to identify a level of each of media by determining properties of the media exposed to the sensing cable at each of the sensor locations based on the temperature profile corresponding thereto.