Patents by Inventor Jizhang Shan

Jizhang Shan 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: 11636580
    Abstract: The present invention discloses system and method for processing an image. The invention processes the image by segmenting a human portrait region of the image. The invention uses ahierarchical hybrid loss module for masking the portrait region generating masked portrait region. The invention also uses data learning the masked portrait region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Black Sesame Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Fangwen Tu, Bo Li, Jin Xu, Jizhang Shan
  • Patent number: 11636796
    Abstract: A method of motion control and textured display, comprising, receiving an image, extracting an initial mask of a subject of interest from the image, segmenting the image into the initial mask and a background, determining a color texture of the initial mask, estimating motion of the initial mask to a new mask and merging the new mask and the background into a merged image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Black Sesame Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Jizhang Shan, Tiecheng Wu, Fangwen Tu, Bo Li, Jin Xu
  • Patent number: 11622066
    Abstract: A distributed light source couple-able to a mobile device, comprising, a distributed array of light emitting points and a mount connected to the distributed array and couple-able to the mobile device, the distributed array capable of light emission from a plurality of areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Black Sesame Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Chao Wang, Donghui Wu, Jizhang Shan
  • Patent number: 11610432
    Abstract: An example method of infrared access, comprising, receiving a plurality of visual images, receiving a plurality of infrared images, calibrating pairs of at least one of the plurality of visual images to a respective at least one of the plurality of infrared images, determining an average temperature of the plurality of infrared images, determining a temperature of the respective calibrated pairs, and granting access if a visual image of the calibrated pair is authenticated by a facial recognition library and if the temperature of the calibrated pair is within a predefined threshold of the average temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Black Sesame Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Jianyong Zhou, Jizhang Shan
  • Patent number: 11605174
    Abstract: A method of depth-of-field simulation, including receiving a plurality of images, predicting a layer of interest mask of the plurality of images, determining a plurality of mean brightness anchor values of a respective plurality of layers of interest window arrays, setting a plurality of layers of interest set of binary codes, determining a hamming distance between plurality of layers of interest set of binary codes, determining a cost volume based on the hamming distance, resampling a vertical cost based on a vertical ordinal direction the cost volume, resampling a horizontal cost based on a horizontal ordinal direction the cost volume, determining an all-in-focus layer based on the vertical cost and the horizontal cost, determining an out-of-focus layer based on the vertical cost and the horizontal cost and determining a depth of the all-in-focus layer and out-of-focus layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Black Sesame Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Jizhang Shan, Tiecheng Wu, Bo Li, Jin Xu
  • Patent number: 11600112
    Abstract: The present invention discloses system and method for fake face identification. The system is a multi-spectral sensing based bio-security system. The system uses CNN module along with thermal sensors to detect human face and also detects the human temperature. The system authenticates a human face and in case of temperature generates an alarm as an alert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Black Sesame Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Shuen Lyu, Fangwen Tu, Bo Li, Jin Xu, Jizhang Shan
  • Publication number: 20230029670
    Abstract: The present invention discloses system and method for processing an image. The invention processes the image by segmenting a human portrait region of the image. The invention uses ahierarchical hybrid loss module for masking the portrait region generating masked portrait region. The invention also uses data learning the masked portrait region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Fangwen Tu, Bo Li, Jin Xu, Jizhang Shan
  • Publication number: 20230019104
    Abstract: An example method of infrared access, comprising, receiving a plurality of visual images, receiving a plurality of infrared images, calibrating pairs of at least one of the plurality of visual images to a respective at least one of the plurality of infrared images, determining an average temperature of the plurality of infrared images, determining a temperature of the respective calibrated pairs, and granting access if a visual image of the calibrated pair is authenticated by a facial recognition library and if the temperature of the calibrated pair is within a predefined threshold of the average temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Jianyong Zhou, Jizhang Shan
  • Publication number: 20230008297
    Abstract: The present invention discloses system and method for fake face identification. The system is a multi-spectral sensing based bio-security system. The system uses CNN module along with thermal sensors to detect human face and also detects the human temperature. The system authenticates a human face and in case of temperature generates an alarm as an alert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Shuen Lyu, Fangwen Tu, Bo Li, Jin Xu, Jizhang Shan
  • Patent number: 11508089
    Abstract: A method of wheel encoder to camera calibration, including receiving a LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) signal, receiving a camera signal, receiving a wheel encoder signal, calibrating the camera signal to the LiDAR signal, calibrating the wheel encoder signal to the LiDAR signal and calibrating the camera signal to the wheel encoder signal based on the calibration of the camera signal to the LiDAR signal and the wheel encoder signal to the LiDAR signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Black Sesame Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Huang, Ruihui Di, Zheng Qi, Jizhang Shan
  • Patent number: 11501560
    Abstract: An example method of infrared access, comprising, receiving a plurality of visual images, receiving a plurality of infrared images, calibrating the plurality of visual images to the plurality of infrared images, determining an average temperature of the plurality of infrared images, determining an outlier temperature of an outlier infrared image of the plurality of infrared images and matching the outlier infrared image to a visual image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Black Sesame Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Jianyong Zhou, Jizhang Shan
  • Patent number: 11490064
    Abstract: A method of depth estimation utilizing heterogeneous cameras, comprising, homogenizing a first camera image and a second camera image based on a first camera calibration dataset and a second camera calibration dataset respectively, wherein the first camera image and second camera image are distortion corrected and are zoom compensated, determining an initial image pair rectification transformation matrix of the homogenized first camera image and the homogenized second camera image, determining a delta image pair rectification transformation matrix based on the initial image pair rectification transformation matrix, determining, a final image pair rectification transformation matrix based on the initial image pair rectification transformation matrix and the delta image pair rectification transformation matrix resulting in a final rectified image pair and disparity mapping the final rectified image pair based on a depth net regression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Black Sesame Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Zuoguan Wang, Jizhang Shan
  • Publication number: 20220284626
    Abstract: A method of wheel encoder to camera calibration, including receiving a LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) signal, receiving a camera signal, receiving a wheel encoder signal, calibrating the camera signal to the LiDAR signal, calibrating the wheel encoder signal to the LiDAR signal and calibrating the camera signal to the wheel encoder signal based on the calibration of the camera signal to the LiDAR signal and the wheel encoder signal to the LiDAR signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Yu Huang, Ruihui Di, Zheng Qi, Jizhang Shan
  • Publication number: 20220283298
    Abstract: A method of determining a vehicle position and a vehicle velocity, including receiving a camera image sequence based on a camera borne by a vehicle and determining a camera pose based on the camera image sequence. The method includes determining a global position system location based on a global position system receiver borne by the vehicle, determining an inertial movement signal based on an inertial movement unit borne by the vehicle and receiving a wheel encoder signal from a wheel of the vehicle. The method additionally includes determining at least one of the vehicle positions and the vehicle velocity based on at least two of the camera pose, the global position system location, the inertial movement signal and the wheel encoder signal in temporal synchronization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Ruihui Di, Yu Huang, Jizhang Shan
  • Publication number: 20220180790
    Abstract: A method of motion control and textured display, comprising, receiving an image, extracting an initial mask of a subject of interest from the image, segmenting the image into the initial mask and a background, determining a color texture of the initial mask, estimating motion of the initial mask to a new mask and merging the new mask and the background into a merged image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Jizhang Shan, Tiecheng Wu, Fangwen Tu, Bo Li, Jin Xu
  • Publication number: 20220180544
    Abstract: A method of depth-of-field simulation, including receiving a plurality of images, predicting a layer of interest mask of the plurality of images, determining a plurality of mean brightness anchor values of a respective plurality of layers of interest window arrays, setting a plurality of layers of interest set of binary codes, determining a hamming distance between plurality of layers of interest set of binary codes, determining a cost volume based on the hamming distance, resampling a vertical cost based on a vertical ordinal direction the cost volume, resampling a horizontal cost based on a horizontal ordinal direction the cost volume, determining an all-in-focus layer based on the vertical cost and the horizontal cost, determining an out-of-focus layer based on the vertical cost and the horizontal cost and determining a depth of the all-in-focus layer and out-of-focus layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Jizhang Shan, Tiecheng Wu, Bo Li, Jin Xu
  • Publication number: 20220132009
    Abstract: A distributed light source couple-able to a mobile device, comprising, a distributed array of light emitting points and a mount connected to the distributed array and couple-able to the mobile device, the distributed array capable of light emission from a plurality of areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Chao Wang, Donghui Wu, Jizhang Shan
  • Publication number: 20220109789
    Abstract: An example photographic feedback method, comprising, inputting a query image, a camera setting, a location, a temporal indicia and an environmental condition, detecting an object within the query image, projecting the location of the object, classifying the environmental condition at the location of the object, querying features of the query image of the object at the environmental condition of the projected location of the object, determining a closest image to the query image for the object at the environmental condition of the projected location of the object having a highly rated value via a cloud database and sending an updated location and at least one updated camera setting for an updated image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Evelyn Yi Lyn Chee, Yubo Duan, Jin Xu, Jizhang Shan
  • Publication number: 20220108100
    Abstract: An example method of infrared access, comprising, receiving a plurality of visual images, receiving a plurality of infrared images, calibrating the plurality of visual images to the plurality of infrared images, determining an average temperature of the plurality of infrared images, determining an outlier temperature of an outlier infrared image of the plurality of infrared images and matching the outlier infrared image to a visual image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Jianyong Zhou, Jizhang Shan
  • Patent number: 11297226
    Abstract: An example photographic feedback method, comprising, inputting a query image, a camera setting, a location, a temporal indicia and an environmental condition, detecting an object within the query image, projecting the location of the object, classifying the environmental condition at the location of the object, querying features of the query image of the object at the environmental condition of the projected location of the object, determining a closest image to the query image for the object at the environmental condition of the projected location of the object having a highly rated value via a cloud database and sending an updated location and at least one updated camera setting for an updated image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: BLACK SESAME TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Evelyn Yi Lyn Chee, Yubo Duan, Jin Xu, Jizhang Shan