Patents by Inventor Guangming Xu

Guangming Xu 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: 11965620
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a pipeline patrol inspection robot having variable tracks and a control method therefor. The pipeline patrol inspection robot of the present invention includes a robot body, track assemblies symmetrically disposed on a left side and a right side of the robot body, and a movement driving mechanism. The robot body is connected to the track assemblies on the left side and the right side by track fixtures, and track angle adjusting mechanisms are respectively connected between the robot body and the track assemblies on the left side and the right side. By means of the present invention, a track camber angle can be adjusted. In addition, each track angle adjusting mechanism is independent, and has desirable flexibility to adapt to different pipeline environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Aiguo Song, Tianyuan Miao, Bincheng Shao, Baoguo Xu, Guangming Song, Bo Xu, Shuang Liu, Jihai Min
  • Publication number: 20240053504
    Abstract: An object detection device is provided, including: a support structure, a ray source assembly, and a detector assembly. The support structure is configured to form a passageway for a passage of a detected object; the ray source assembly is configured to emit a ray; and the detector assembly includes a detector mounting frame connected to the support structure and a plurality of detection units arranged on the detector mounting frame, the detection unit being configured to receive a transmission ray penetrating the detected object and obtain a detection information based on the transmission ray; the support structure includes a vertical support arm having an adjustable height, and a vertical distance from the ray source assembly to a bottom portion of the support structure varies with a height of the vertical support arm. Another object detection device is further provided, including a ray source assembly, a detector assembly and a controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Yuan MA, Lei LIU, Weizhen WANG, Quanwei SONG, Lingjun GONG, Xinbo ZHU, Long DU, Guangming XU, Xingliang ZHAI, Lina HOU, Shangmin SUN, Chunguang ZONG, Yu HU
  • Patent number: 11812002
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and device for correcting a scanned image, and an image scanning system, and relates to the field of image scanning. The method includes obtaining a scanned image of a scanned object, detecting one or more reference objects from the scanned image, determining a deformation parameter of each reference object of the one or more reference objects based on preset a standard parameter of the each reference object, and correcting the scanned image based on the deformation parameters of the one or more reference objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventors: Bicheng Liu, Hao Yu, Weizhen Wang, Guangming Xu, Haojie Chi, Shangmin Sun, Chunguang Zong, Yu Hu
  • Patent number: 11346975
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a spiral Computed Tomography (CT) device and a three-dimensional image reconstruction method. The spiral CT device includes: an inspection station operable to carry an object to be inspected and defining an inspection space; a rotational supporting apparatus disposed around the inspection space; a plurality of X-ray sources located on the rotational supporting apparatus; and a plurality of X-ray receiving apparatuses located on the rotational supporting apparatus and opposing to the plurality of X-ray sources respectively, wherein the plurality of X-ray sources and the plurality of X-ray receiving apparatuses are rotational synchronously with the rotational supporting apparatus, wherein the plurality of X-ray sources are closely disposed and fan-shaped X-ray beams provided by the plurality of X-ray sources cover the inspection space with a minimum degree of overlapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Nuctech Company Limited
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Chen, Ziran Zhao, Yaohong Liu, Jianping Gu, Qian Yi, Bicheng Liu, Guangming Xu
  • Publication number: 20220030132
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and device for correcting a scanned image, and an image scanning system, and relates to the field of image scanning. The method includes obtaining a scanned image of a scanned object, detecting one or more reference objects from the scanned image, determining a deformation parameter of each reference object of the one or more reference objects based on preset a standard parameter of the each reference object, and correcting the scanned image based on the deformation parameters of the one or more reference objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Bicheng LIU, Hao Yu, Weizhen Wang, Guangming Xu, Haojie Chi, Shangmin Sun, Chunguang Zong, Yu Hu
  • Patent number: 11112528
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method of substance identification of an item to be inspected using a multi-energy-spectrum X-ray imaging system, the method comprising: acquiring a transparency related vector consisting of transparency values of the item to be inspected in N energy regions, wherein N is greater than 2; calculating distances between the transparency related vector and transparency related vectors stored in the system consisting of N transparency mean values of multiple kinds of items with multiple thicknesses in the N energy regions; and identifying the item to be inspected as the item corresponding to the minimum distance. The present disclosure is based on a multi-energy-spectrum X-ray imaging system, and proposes a method of substance identification by analyzing the multi-energy-spectrum substance identification issue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Guangming Xu, Bicheng Liu, Ziran Zhao, Jianping Gu, Qiang Li, Lan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11055869
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method, apparatus and system for assisting security inspection, and relates to the field of security inspection. The method includes: acquiring registration information of an inspected object; acquiring a standard scanned image corresponding to the registration information; displaying the standard scanned image in an AR manner to determine whether the inspected object is a suspicious object through comparing the standard scanned image with an actual scanned image, the actual scanned image comprising an image of the inspected object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventors: Bicheng Liu, Haoran Zhang, Guangming Xu, Qi Wang, Qiangqiang Zhu, Yuan Wo
  • Patent number: 11035091
    Abstract: A transportation device for an offshore platform, including a vessel and a floating structure which are fixedly connected. The floating structure is placed on a sea surface and is configured to assist the vessel to sail. The floating structure is provided with an adjustment mechanism which is configured to adjust the floating structure to rise and fall relative to the sea surface. A rail is arranged on the vessel and is in sliding connection with the topside module, so that the topside module slides onto the vessel from land. During the transportation of the topside module, the buoyancy of the floating structure is adjusted through the adjustment mechanism, so that the floating structure provides sufficient anti-rolling moments beside the vessel, thereby reducing the vibration of the topside module caused by the winds and waves during the sailing and reducing the potential damage to the topside module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: PowerChina Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Haifeng Qi, Chunlin Huang, Huafeng Yu, Baofeng Zhang, Guoer Lv, Zhenzhou Sun, Xianlin Jia, Gen Xiong, Gangjie Yu, Shanshan Huang, Guangming Xu, Ning Liang, Tianhao Li, Jiefeng Chen
  • Patent number: 10884156
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image processing method, device, and computer readable storage medium, relating to the field of image processing technology, the method includes: acquiring a first undersampled image to be processed; and reconstructing, according to a mapping relationship between an undersampled image and a normally sampled original image, the first undersampled image to a corresponding first original image, wherein the mapping relationship is obtained by training a machine learning model with a second undersampled image and a normally sampled second original image corresponding to the second undersampled image as training samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Inventors: Qi Wang, Bicheng Liu, Guangming Xu
  • Publication number: 20200309987
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method of substance identification of an item to be inspected using a multi-energy-spectrum X-ray imaging system, the method comprising: acquiring a transparency related vector consisting of transparency values of the item to be inspected in N energy regions, wherein N is greater than 2; calculating distances between the transparency related vector and transparency related vectors stored in the system consisting of N transparency mean values of multiple kinds of items with multiple thicknesses in the N energy regions; and identifying the item to be inspected as the item corresponding to the minimum distance. The present disclosure is based on a multi-energy-spectrum X-ray imaging system, and proposes a method of substance identification by analyzing the multi-energy-spectrum substance identification issue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Guangming XU, Bicheng LIU, Ziran ZHAO, Jianping GU, Qiang LI, Lan ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10670743
    Abstract: A semiconductor detector and a packaging method thereof. The semiconductor detector includes: a cathode circuit board including a read out chip, a high voltage side top layer of the cathode circuit board, a bottom connection layer of the cathode circuit board and a dielectric filled between the high voltage side top layer and the bottom connection layer, wherein the high voltage side top layer is connected to the bottom connection layer through a via hole; and a detector crystal including a crystal body, an anode and a cathode, the anode is connected to the read out chip of the cathode circuit board, the high voltage side top layer is connected to an input terminal of the semiconductor detector and the bottom connection layer directly contacts the cathode of the detector crystal to connect the cathode to the cathode circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Lan Zhang, Yingshuai Du, Bo Li, Zonggui Wu, Jun Li, Xuepeng Cao, Haifan Hu, Jianping Gu, Guangming Xu, Bicheng Liu
  • Patent number: 10663607
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus for processing signals for a plurality of energy regions, and a system and method for detecting radiation of a plurality of energy regions. The apparatus for processing signals for a plurality of energy regions may comprise: a first processor, configured to receive a signal from a detector and process the received signal to generate a gated signal, wherein a turn-on period of the gated signal represents magnitude of the received signal; and a second processor, configured to receive the gated signal from the first processor, and determine one of the plurality of energy regions to which the received signal belongs according to the turn-on period of the gated signal, so as to count signals within the determined energy region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Nuctech Company Limited
    Inventors: Lan Zhang, Yingshuai Du, Bo Li, Zonggui Wu, Jun Li, Xuepeng Cao, Haifan Hu, Jianping Gu, Guangming Xu, Bicheng Liu
  • Patent number: 10646179
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for recognizing an article using a multi-energy spectrum X-ray imaging system and a multi-energy spectrum X-ray imaging system. The method comprises: recognizing an application scenario and/or priori information of the article; selecting a parameter mode suitable for the article from a plurality of parameter modes stored in the multi-energy spectrum X-ray imaging system based on the recognized application scenario and/or priori information; and recognizing the article using the selected parameter mode, wherein the plurality of parameter modes are obtained by optimizing system parameters of the multi-energy spectrum X-ray imaging system under a specific condition using a training sample library for various articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Guangming Xu, Bicheng Liu, Ziran Zhao, Lan Zhang, Jianping Gu
  • Patent number: 10620336
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method, a device and a system for inspecting a moving object based on cosmic rays, pertaining to the field of radiation imaging and safety inspection techniques. The method includes: detecting whether a speed of the inspected moving object is within a preset range; recording a motion trajectory of the moving object with a monitoring device; acquiring information about charged particles in the cosmic rays with a position sensitive detector, the information about charged particles including track information of the charged particles; determining the moving object by matching positions of the motion trajectory and the track information; reconstructing the track of the charged particles according to the information about the charged particles; and recognizing the material inside the moving object based on the track reconstruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kejun Kang, Jianping Cheng, Zhiqiang Chen, Ziran Zhao, Junli Li, Xuewu Wang, Zhi Zeng, Qingjun Zhang, Jianping Gu, Xi Yi, Bicheng Liu, Guangming Xu, Yongqiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10613247
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method, apparatus and system for inspecting an object based on a cosmic ray, pertaining to the technical field of radiometric imaging and safety inspection. The method includes: recording a movement trajectory of an inspected object by using a monitoring device; acquiring information of charged particles in the cosmic ray by using a position-sensitive detector, the information of charged particles comprising trajectory information of the charged particles; performing position coincidence for the movement trajectory and the trajectory information to determine the object; performing trajectory remodeling for the charged particles according to the information of charged particles; and identifying a material inside the moving object according to the trajectory remodeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignees: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kejun Kang, Zhiqiang Chen, Yuanjing Li, Ziran Zhao, Junli Li, Xuewu Wang, Yaohong Liu, Zhi Zeng, Jianping Gu, Song Liang, Bicheng Liu, Guangming Xu, Yongqiang Wang
  • Publication number: 20190317240
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a spiral Computed Tomography (CT) device and a three-dimensional image reconstruction method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Zhiqiang CHEN, Ziran ZHAO, Yaohong LIU, Jianping GU, Qian YI, Bicheng LIU, Guangming XU
  • Patent number: 10388818
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor detector. According to an embodiment, the semiconductor detector may include a semiconductor detection material including a first side and a second side opposite to each other. One of the first side and the second side is a ray incident side that receives incident rays. The detector may further include a plurality of pixel cathodes disposed on the first side and a plurality of pixel anodes disposed on the second side. The pixel anodes and the pixel cathodes correspond to each other one by one. The detector may further include a barrier electrode disposed on a periphery of respective one of the pixel cathodes or pixel anodes on the ray incident side. According to the embodiment of the present disclosure, it is possible to effectively suppress charge sharing between the pixels and thus to improve an imaging resolution of the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Lan Zhang, Yingshuai Du, Bo Li, Zonggui Wu, Jun Li, Xuepeng Cao, Haifan Hu, Jianping Gu, Guangming Xu, Bicheng Liu
  • Publication number: 20190196051
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image processing method, device, and computer readable storage medium, relating to the field of image processing technology, the method includes: acquiring a first undersampled image to be processed; and reconstructing, according to a mapping relationship between an undersampled image and a normally sampled original image, the first undersampled image to a corresponding first original image, wherein the mapping relationship is obtained by training a machine learning model with a second undersampled image and a normally sampled second original image corresponding to the second undersampled image as training samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Qi WANG, Bicheng LIU, Guangming XU
  • Publication number: 20190197721
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method, apparatus and system for assisting security inspection, and relates to the field of security inspection. The method includes: acquiring registration information of an inspected object; acquiring a standard scanned image corresponding to the registration information; displaying the standard scanned image in an AR manner to determine whether the inspected object is a suspicious object through comparing the standard scanned image with an actual scanned image, the actual scanned image comprising an image of the inspected object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Bicheng Liu, Haoran Zhang, Guangming Xu, Qi Wang, Qiangqiang Zhu, Yuan Wo
  • Patent number: 10295679
    Abstract: A semiconductor may include a semiconductor detection material including a first side and a second side opposite to each other, a cathode disposed on the first side, and an anode disposed on the second side. The anode includes an array of pixel anodes defining detection pixels of the semiconductor detector, and intermediate anodes disposed between adjacent ones of the pixel anodes. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, it is possible to achieve signal correction to improve the energy resolution and the signal-to-noise ratio of the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Lan Zhang, Yingshuai Du, Bo Li, Zonggui Wu, Jun Li, Xuepeng Cao, Haifan Hu, Jianping Gu, Guangming Xu, Bicheng Liu