Patents by Inventor Jiawen Hu

Jiawen Hu 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).

  • Publication number: 20240023523
    Abstract: A method for polyculture of Alosa sapidissima and Macrobrachium rosenbergii by a floating net fishing device and a greenhouse earthen pond includes: S1: providing a slope on an inner wall of a pond, and providing a feeding channel on the slope for survival and attachment of the Macrobrachium rosenbergii; S2: building a greenhouse on the pond, raising a water temperature to a set temperature, then putting Macrobrachium rosenbergii larvae, and putting Alosa sapidissima fry into the pond for polyculture in different periods; and S3: fishing in batches through a floating net: firstly, fishing the Alosa sapidissima fry in middle and upper layers, and then fishing the Macrobrachium rosenbergii in middle and lower layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Gangchun XU, Zhijuan NIE, Nailin SHAO, Yao ZHENG, Jiancao GAO, Yi SUN, Haojun ZHU, Jinliang DU, Liping CAO, Jun GAO, Quanjie LI, Jiawen HU
  • Patent number: 11441726
    Abstract: A connection assembly for holding a support member in position includes: a base defining a receiving hole to receive an end portion of the support member, and a guiding hole in a lateral surface thereof, which communicates with the receiving hole; a fixing block; a locking member slidably received in the guiding hole and slidable between a first position where the locking member is engaged with the support member so as to hold the support member in position, and a second position where the locking member is disengaged from the support member; and an actuating member connected to the fixing block and the locking member, the actuating member being configured to drive the locking member to move between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Kunlei Zhao, Youjun Xiong, Wenhua Yu, Jiawen Hu, Yangyu Pi
  • Patent number: 11072072
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a robot recharge docking method. The method includes: obtaining current radar data of a radar of a robot for a scanned obstacle; obtaining a position of a target object by analyzing the current radar data; controlling the robot to move to a predetermined position around the target object; determining whether infrared carrier data is received by the robot recharge docking apparatus from the target object; determining that the target object is a charging station upon receiving the infrared carrier data from the target object; and docking the robot at the target object to charge if the target object is the charging station. In the above-mentioned manner, the present disclosure can prevent the robot from taking an obstacle similar to a charging station in shape as the charging station to dock at, thereby ensuring the safety of the automatic recharging of the robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Jiawen Hu, Gaobo Huang, Musen Zhang
  • Patent number: 11034028
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pose determining method for a mobile robot as well as an apparatus and a mobile robot thereof. The method includes: obtaining a first position of a mobile robot in each local map after building an initial local map corresponding to a current environment and rotating; determining first environmental contour points of each of the local maps and corresponding first gradient directions, and obtaining a relative position of each of the first environmental contour points and the corresponding first position; building an angle histogram in each of the local maps; determining a second position of second environmental contour points of a global map and corresponding second gradient directions; and predicting a third position in the global map of the mobile robot, counting an appearance amount of the third positions, and determining a target pose of the mobile robot in the global map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Xu Hu, Peng Nie, Wei Fang, Jiawen Hu, Youjun Xiong
  • Patent number: 10913155
    Abstract: A robot joint controlling method includes: receiving a motion command; determining one or more joint servos that are needed to execute the motion command; and determining whether the one or more joint servos are in an occupied state, and if not, executing the motion command so as to control the one or more joint servos to operate accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Gaobo Huang, Jiawen Hu
  • Publication number: 20210008730
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pose determining method for a mobile robot as well as an apparatus and a mobile robot thereof. The method includes: obtaining a first position of a mobile robot in each local map after building an initial local map corresponding to a current environment and rotating; determining first environmental contour points of each of the local maps and corresponding first gradient directions, and obtaining a relative position of each of the first environmental contour points and the corresponding first position; building an angle histogram in each of the local maps; determining a second position of second environmental contour points of a global map and corresponding second gradient directions; and predicting a third position in the global map of the mobile robot, counting an appearance amount of the third positions, and determining a target pose of the mobile robot in the global map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: XU HU, Peng Nie, Wei Fang, Jiawen Hu, Youjun Xiong
  • Publication number: 20210008716
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a patrol method using a robot as well as an apparatus and a robot thereof. The method includes: obtaining a preset patrol configuration file and reading a patrol sequence, a coordinate, and a navigation method of each patrol point from the patrol configuration file, wherein the patrol configuration file comprises at least two navigation methods; obtaining a preset electronic map and obtaining a starting coordinate of the robot in the electronic map through a localization equipment; and controlling the robot to move from the starting coordinate to the coordinate of each patrol point according to the patrol sequence by navigating the robot using the navigation method corresponding to the n-th patrol point in the patrol configuration file during moving the robot to the coordinate of the n-th patrol point. In comparison with the prior art, which improves the patrol efficiency of the robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Gaobo Huang, Jiawen Hu, Youjun Xiong
  • Patent number: 10739781
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus, and terminal device for cliff detection. The method includes: obtaining a detection distance matrix of distances between a camera of a target robot and a ground within a preset detection angle range collected by the camera; obtaining a difference matrix obtained by subtracting a theoretical distance matrix from the detection distance matrix; counting an amount of elements in the difference matrix being greater than a preset first threshold; and determining a cliff is detected if the counted amount of the elements is greater than a preset second threshold. Through the overall consideration of the distance matrix of the distances within the detection angle range, even if a certain part of the ground changes its external conditions such as the color depth and the lightness, the influences on the overall detection result is extremely limited, which makes the detection result more accurate and reliable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Gaobo Huang, Jiawen Hu
  • Publication number: 20200200323
    Abstract: A connection assembly for holding a support member in position includes: a base defining a receiving hole to receive an end portion of the support member, and a guiding hole in a lateral surface thereof, which communicates with the receiving hole; a fixing block; a locking member slidably received in the guiding hole and slidable between a first position where the locking member is engaged with the support member so as to hold the support member in position, and a second position where the locking member is disengaged from the support member; and an actuating member connected to the fixing block and the locking member, the actuating member being configured to drive the locking member to move between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Kunlei Zhao, Youjun Xiong, Wenhua Yu, Jiawen Hu, Yangyu Pi
  • Patent number: 10671080
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a data processing method and a robot with the same. The robot includes: an electromagnetic wave receiver configured to receive at least two electromagnetic wave signals transmitted by at least two electromagnetic wave transmitters on a charging device within a preset time range; a demodulator configured to demodulate the at least two electromagnetic wave signals received by the electromagnetic wave receiver to obtain at least two corresponding electromagnetic wave demodulation data; a processor configured to determine electromagnetic wave demodulation control data based on the at least two obtained electromagnetic wave demodulation data and preset electromagnetic wave demodulation data; and a controller configured to move the robot according to the electromagnetic wave demodulation control data until the robot is docked at the charging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Jiawen Hu, Gaobo Huang, Caixia Li
  • Publication number: 20200132174
    Abstract: A finger of a robotic hand includes a phalanx portion including at least two phalanxes rotatably coupled to each other, a driving device including a rotating member, a connection assembly including a housing defining a sliding groove that includes a first end and a second end defining a through hole that is in communication with the sliding groove, a cap connected to the housing at the first end, a sliding rod comprising a base slidably received in the sliding groove and a rod protruding from the base, and an elastic member received in the sliding groove and having opposite ends that respectively abut against the base and an inner surface of the second end, and a rope including two opposite ends respectively connected to the cap and one of the at least two phalanxes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Kunlei Zhao, Wenhua Yu, Qi Zhao, Jiawen Hu, Yangyu Pi, Jianxin Pang
  • Patent number: 10634225
    Abstract: A finger of a robotic hand includes a phalanx portion including at least two phalanxes rotatably coupled to each other, a driving device including a rotating member, a connection assembly including a housing defining a sliding groove that includes a first end and a second end defining a through hole that is in communication with the sliding groove, a cap connected to the housing at the first end, a sliding rod comprising a base slidably received in the sliding groove and a rod protruding from the base, and an elastic member received in the sliding groove and having opposite ends that respectively abut against the base and an inner surface of the second end, and a rope including two opposite ends respectively connected to the cap and one of the at least two phalanxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Kunlei Zhao, Wenhua Yu, Qi Zhao, Jiawen Hu, Yangyu Pi, Jianxin Pang
  • Patent number: 10635115
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a recharging alignment method of a robot and a robot thereof. The recharging alignment method includes adjusting a signal receiver of the robot to a first critical point to obtain position information of the first critical point, adjusting the signal receiver from the first critical point to a second critical point to obtain position information of the second critical point, determining a mid-point of the first critical point arid the second critical point according to the position information of the first critical point and the second critical point, and adjusting the signal receiver to the mid-point to align with the recharging dock, so as to accurately align with the recharging dock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP.
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Jiawen Hu, Gaobo Huang
  • Patent number: 10632620
    Abstract: A motion control method for a robot is disclosed. The robot includes a determining module, a merging module, and a controlling module. The determining module determines whether at least two motion tasks executed in an adjacent sequence satisfy a merging condition. The merging module merges the at least two motion tasks to a new motion task, when the merging condition is satisfied. The controlling module controls the robot to perform the new motion task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP.
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Jiawen Hu, Gaobo Huang
  • Publication number: 20200030982
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a robot recharge docking method. The method includes: obtaining current radar data of a radar of a robot for a scanned obstacle; obtaining a position of a target object by analyzing the current radar data; controlling the robot to move to a predetermined position around the target object; determining whether infrared carrier data is received by the robot recharge docking apparatus from the target object; determining that the target object is a charging station upon receiving the infrared carrier data from the target object; and docking the robot at the target object to charge if the target object is the charging station. In the above-mentioned manner, the present disclosure can prevent the robot from taking an obstacle similar to a charging station in shape as the charging station to dock at, thereby ensuring the safety of the automatic recharging of the robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Jiawen Hu, Gaobo Huang, Musen Zhang
  • Patent number: 10528058
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a robot, a distance measuring method, and a recharging system for robot. The distance measuring method includes configuring a current position of a robot to be a first position, obtaining a first direction along a connection line from the first position to a signals transmitting position by a sensor of the robot, obtaining a second direction along a connection line from a second position to the signals transmitting position when the robot being driven by a driver to move along a moving direction by a predetermined distance to the second position, and the moving direction being perpendicular to the first direction to the second position, obtaining a distance between the second position and the signals transmitting position according to an included angle formed by the first direction and the second direction, and the predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP.
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Jiawen Hu, Gaobo Huang
  • Patent number: 10518420
    Abstract: A finger of a robotic hand includes a phalanx portion including two phalanxes rotatably coupled to each other, one of the two phalanxes being rotatable about a rotation axis with respect to the other one of the two phalanxes; and a stopper structure including a first stopper member connected to the one of the two phalanxes and a second stopper member connected to the other one of the two phalanxes. The first stopper member extends around the rotation axis, and a circumferential space is defined between the first stopper member and the second stopper member and allowing the first stopper member to rotate together with the one of the two phalanxes in a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Wenhua Yu, Qi Zhao, Kunlei Zhao, Jiawen Hu, Yangyu Pi, Jianxin Pang
  • Patent number: 10384352
    Abstract: A finger of a robotic hand includes a phalanx portion including at least two phalanxes rotatably coupled to each other, a rotating member that is rotatable with respect to the phalanx portion, a rope having two opposite ends respectively connected to one phalanx and the rotating member, a rotating cam driven by a driving device and having a lateral surface that stays in contact with the rotating member, the rotating cam being configured to push the rotating member to rotate the rotating member in a first direction, and an elastic member connected to the rotating member and configured to apply a force to the rotating member to rotate the rotating member in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: UBTECH Robotics Corp
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Kunlei Zhao, Wenhua Yu, Qi Zhao, Jiawen Hu, Yangyu Pi, Jianxin Pang
  • Publication number: 20190193265
    Abstract: A robot joint controlling method includes: receiving a motion command; determining one or more joint servos that are needed to execute the motion command; and determining whether the one or more joint servos are in an occupied state, and if not, executing the motion command so as to control the one or more joint servos to operate accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Gaobo Huang, Jiawen Hu
  • Publication number: 20190196493
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus, and terminal device for cliff detection. The method includes: obtaining a detection distance matrix of distances between a camera of a target robot and a ground within a preset detection angle range collected by the camera; obtaining a difference matrix obtained by subtracting a theoretical distance matrix from the detection distance matrix; counting an amount of elements in the difference matrix being greater than a preset first threshold; and determining a cliff is detected if the counted amount of the elements is greater than a preset second threshold. Through the overall consideration of the distance matrix of the distances within the detection angle range, even if a certain part of the ground changes its external conditions such as the color depth and the lightness, the influences on the overall detection result is extremely limited, which makes the detection result more accurate and reliable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Gaobo Huang, Jiawen Hu