Patents by Inventor Mingzhi CHEN
Mingzhi CHEN 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).
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Publication number: 20240192151Abstract: A radiographic inspection apparatus and a vehicle-mounted security inspection system. The radiographic inspection apparatus includes a scanning device. The scanning device includes: an upright framework; a slip ring rotatably provided on the upright framework; and at least one locking mechanism. Each locking mechanism includes: a driving mechanism provided on the upright framework; and a locking portion provided on the driving mechanism and configured to press the slip ring in an axial direction of the slip ring under a driving of the driving mechanism, so as to prevent the slip ring from rotating relative to the upright framework.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2022Publication date: June 13, 2024Inventors: Li ZHANG, Zhiqiang CHEN, Qingping HUANG, Mingzhi HONG, Yi CHENG, Minghua QIU, Yao ZHANG, Jianxue YANG, Lei ZHENG
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Publication number: 20240176039Abstract: A vehicle-mounted security inspection system includes a mobile chassis. A first cabin provided on the mobile chassis includes an object security inspection apparatus, which is used to perform a security inspection on an object. A second cabin provided on the mobile chassis includes a human body security inspection apparatus which is used to perform a security inspection on a human body. The second cabin is flexibly connected to the first cabin, so that in a first state, the second cabin is located at one end of the first cabin in a longitudinal direction of the mobile chassis, and in a second state, the second cabin is located on one side of the first cabin in the longitudinal direction of the mobile chassis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2022Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Li ZHANG, Zhiqiang CHEN, Yi CHENG, Qingping HUANG, Mingzhi HONG, Lei ZHENG
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Publication number: 20240156293Abstract: A radiographic inspection device and a method of inspecting an object are provided. The radiographic inspection device includes: a support frame, where an inspection space applicable to inspect an object is formed within the support frame, and the inspection space has an entrance and an exit which are connecting to an outside; a transfer channel applicable to carry the object to move through the inspection space; a first shielding curtain and a second shielding curtain respectively mounted at the entrance and the exit; and a driving mechanism mounted on the support frame and configured to drive at least one of the first shielding curtain and the second shielding curtain to move, in response to the object getting close to or moving away from at least one of the entrance and the exit, so as to open or close the at least one of the entrance or the exit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Li ZHANG, Zhiqiang CHEN, Qingping HUANG, Jinning LIANG, Mingzhi HONG, Yi CHENG, Minghua QIU, Yao ZHANG, Jianxue YANG, Lei ZHENG
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Publication number: 20240159694Abstract: A radiographic inspection device and a method of inspecting an object are provided. The radiographic inspection device includes a support frame, where an inspection space applicable to inspect an object is formed within the support frame, and the inspection space has a first opening connecting to an outside; a transfer mechanism applicable to carry the object to move through the inspection space; a shielding curtain mounted at the first opening; and a driving mechanism mounted on the support frame and configured to drive the shielding curtain to move, so as to open or close the first opening. Since the driving mechanism drives the shielding curtain to rise or fall, it is possible to ensure that the lightweight object for inspection may smoothly enter the inspection space for subsequent radiographic scanning.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Zhiqiang CHEN, Li ZHANG, Yi CHENG, Qingping HUANG, Mingzhi HONG, Minghua QIU, Yao ZHANG, Jianxue YANG, Lei ZHENG
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Publication number: 20240151661Abstract: A radiographic inspection apparatus and a vehicle-mounted security inspection system. The radiographic inspection apparatus includes a scanning device, where the scanning device includes: an upright framework; a slip ring rotatably provided on the upright framework; and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism includes: a driving mechanism provided on the upright framework; and a contact portion provided on the driving mechanism to come into contact with an outer ring of the slip ring under a driving of the driving mechanism, so as to prevent the slip ring from rotating relative to the upright framework.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Li ZHANG, Zhiqiang CHEN, Qingping HUANG, Mingzhi HONG, Yi CHENG, Minghua QIU, Yao ZHANG, Jianxue YANG, Lei ZHENG
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Publication number: 20240117957Abstract: Disclosed herein is a lighting fixture in which a threadless fit is achieved between a lens cover and a housing. The lighting fixture comprises a housing, a circuit board and a lens cover. The housing and the lens cover are arranged on opposite sides of the circuit board. The housing comprises a first slot. The lens cover comprises a first tab configured to fit into the first slot by a threadless fit, thereby securing the lens cover to the housing. Compared with lighting fixtures in the prior art, the lighting fixture of the present disclosure can save process steps, simplify manufacturing process, reduce manufacturing cost, and improve heat dissipation and light distribution efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Jianming HUANG, Kai CHEN, Ming XU, Mingzhi GAO, Takeshi TAKANO
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Publication number: 20240103196Abstract: A radiographic inspection device and a method of inspecting an object are provided. The radiographic inspection device includes a support frame, where an inspection space applicable to inspect an object is formed within the support frame, and the inspection space has a first opening connecting to an outside; a transfer mechanism applicable to carry the object and move through the inspection space; a shielding curtain mounted at the first opening; and a driving mechanism. The driving mechanism includes: a driver mounted on the support frame; and a joint portion, where an upper end of the shielding curtain is connected to the joint portion. The driver is configured to synchronously drive two ends of the joint portion, so that the shielding curtain moves up and down with the joint portion to open or close the first opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Zhiqiang CHEN, Li ZHANG, Yi CHENG, Qingping HUANG, Mingzhi HONG, Minghua QIU, Yao ZHANG, Jianxue YANG, Lei ZHENG
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Publication number: 20240104884Abstract: A method of acquiring feature information of a detected object is provided, including: controlling the detected object to pass through a detection apparatus; controlling an imaging system to perform radiation scanning on the detected object acquiring a radiation scanning image of the detected object acquiring feature information of the detected object through the radiation scanning image. The detected object includes a first part, a detection part and a second part sequentially in a first direction. The acquiring feature information of the detected object through the radiation scanning image includes: acquiring a first boundary line between the detection part and the first part and a second boundary line between the detection part and the second part through the radiation scanning image; and calculating a dimension between the first boundary line and the second boundary line in the first direction to acquire a dimension of the detection part in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Li ZHANG, Zhiqiang CHEN, Ming CHANG, Xin JIN, Qingping HUANG, Xiaofei XU, Mingzhi HONG, Liguo ZHANG
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Patent number: 11870867Abstract: A method of processing service data, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided, which relate to a field of a computer technology, and in particular to a field of service deployment technology. The method of processing service data includes: determining, in response to receiving an operation request for a target service, a request type of the operation request; determining a target proxy module corresponding to the request type based on the request type; and sending the operation request by using the target proxy module, so that a service deployment cluster operates on the target service based on the operation request.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: APOLLO INTELLIGENT CONNECTIVITY (BEIJING) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Mingzhi Chen, Changqing Sun, Jiangtao Bi
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Publication number: 20230094948Abstract: A method of processing service data, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided, which relate to a field of a computer technology, and in particular to a field of service deployment technology. The method of processing service data includes: determining, in response to receiving an operation request for a target service, a request type of the operation request; determining a target proxy module corresponding to the request type based on the request type; and sending the operation request by using the target proxy module, so that a service deployment cluster operates on the target service based on the operation request.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Mingzhi CHEN, Changqing SUN, Jiangtao BI
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Publication number: 20230048649Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of processing an image, a device, and a medium. The method of processing the image includes: performing a noise reduction on an original image to obtain a smooth image; performing a feature extraction on the original image to obtain feature data for at least one direction; and determining an image quality of the original image according to the original image, the smooth image, and the feature data for the at least one direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Xiaoyun WANG, Mingzhi CHEN, Zhao WANG
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Publication number: 20230049656Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of processing an image, a device, and a medium. The method of processing the image includes: performing an image processing on an original image to obtain a component image for brightness of the original image; determining at least one of the original image and the component image as an image to be processed; classifying a pixel in the image to be processed, so as to obtain a classification result; processing the image to be processed according to the classification result, so as to obtain a target image; and determining an image quality of the original image according to the target image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Xiaoyun WANG, Mingzhi CHEN, Zhao WANG
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Patent number: 11478208Abstract: An X-ray image quality control system includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an X-ray image and determine the type of imaged body part and the type of projection mode. A quality detection unit is configured to detect an image defect in X-ray image with regard to the type of the imaged body part and/or the type of the projection mode. The quality control system effectively identifies image defects including inaccurate positioning, patient movement, external object artifacts, and poor exposure. The system provides feedback to the technician at the image acquisition point to adjust the image acquisition solution in a timely manner.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Carestream Health, Inc.Inventors: Ken Sun, Mingzhi Chen, Xinyu Zhang, Jing Zhang, Minggang She
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Publication number: 20220280129Abstract: This invention concerns digital radiography, especially in relation to a long-length imaging method based on digital radiography, as well as a digital radiography device, an image processing system and a computer-readable memory medium to implement the method. According to one respect of the invention, the long-length imaging method based on digital radiography comprises the following steps: A. determining a part of interest of an anatomy of an object; B. determining imaging parameters of digital radiography based on the part of interest, the imaging parameters at least including a plurality of specified positions of imaging components, wherein the plurality of specified positions are configured to make X-ray images captured at the plurality of specified positions by the imaging components include the part of interest of the anatomy of the object; and C.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Ken SUN, Mona ZHANG, Mingzhi CHEN, Xinyu ZHANG, Minggang SHE, Jun LIU
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Publication number: 20220254253Abstract: A method and an apparatus of failure monitoring for signal lights, and a storage medium is provided. The method includes: acquiring state information of signal lights fed back by a signal machine in a time period; acquiring an indication state of the signal lights and a traffic flow of the intersection in the time period by parsing data acquired by a monitoring device at an intersection where the signal lights are located in the time period; and determining whether the signal lights are under a failure condition based on the state information of the signal lights, the indication state of the signal lights and the traffic flow of the intersection.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Wei DAI, Mingzhi CHEN
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Publication number: 20220148422Abstract: The present application provides an annunciator control method, an electronic device and a system, and relates to the field of intelligent transportation and cloud computing in the artificial intelligence technology.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: CHI ZHANG, MINGZHI CHEN, GAO YU, CHUANG WANG
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Publication number: 20220139219Abstract: The present disclosure provides a signal light control method, apparatus and system. The specific implementation includes: acquiring control strategy data for a signal light at an intersection, where the control strategy data represents a control rule for controlling the signal light, and the signal light have a plurality of light heads, and determining light state information of each phase of the signal light according to the control strategy data, where a phase represents a traffic flow of a light head corresponding to the phase within a preset time period, and determining control-related information of each phase according to the light state information of each phase, where the control-related information represents an association relationship between respective light colors of the light head corresponding to the phase, and controlling, according to the control-related information of each phase, the light head corresponding to each phase to display a light color.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: CHUANG WANG, GAO YU, MINGZHI CHEN, CHI ZHANG
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Publication number: 20210321968Abstract: An X-ray image quality control system includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an X-ray image and determine the type of imaged body part and the type of projection mode. A quality detection unit is configured to detect an image defect in X-ray image with regard to the type of the imaged body part and/or the type of the projection mode. The quality control system effectively identifies image defects including inaccurate positioning, patient movement, external object artifacts, and poor exposure. The system provides feedback to the technician at the image acquisition point to adjust the image acquisition solution in a timely manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2020Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Ken SUN, Mingzhi CHEN, Xinyu ZHANG, Jing ZHANG, Minggang SHE
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Publication number: 20200402229Abstract: An X-ray image quality control system includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an X-ray image and determine the type of imaged body part and the type of projection mode. A quality detection unit is configured to detect an image defect in the X-ray image with regard to the type of the imaged body part and/or the type of the projection mode. The quality control system can effectively identify image defects including inaccurate positioning, patient movement, external object artifacts, and poor exposure. The system can also provide feedback to the technician at the image capture point, which helps to adjust the image capture solution in a timely manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Mingzhi CHEN, Xinyu ZHANG, Minggang SHE, Dongdong LI
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Patent number: 10026221Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are directed to an automation process method to generate a set of wetland predictive variables using Light Detection and Ranging (“LiDAR”) data within a geographic information system (“GIS”) software platform, according to some embodiments, and to model and predict wetland in ArcGIS platform using the generated variable set. The automatic process also can run analysis on and display of the predicted wetland. The process is built by developing modules and connection in GIS. The above mentioned processes are automatically run and may just be run by one-button press, or on click, or separate buttons press, or separate clicks.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONInventors: Sheng-Guo Wang, Libin Bai, Jing Deng, Meijuan Jia, Morgan Weatherford, LeiLani Paugh, Wenwu Tang, Mingzhi Chen, Shen-En Chen