Patents by Inventor Xing Hu

Xing 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).

  • Patent number: 11374688
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a data transmission method and a data transmission device for an intelligent driving vehicle, and a device. The method includes: acquiring data to be transmitted; encoding the data to be transmitted to generate encoded data; generating a check digit according to the data to be transmitted; adding the encoded data to a data packet, wherein a trailer of the data packet comprises the check digit; and transmitting the data packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Apollo Intelligent Driving Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yifeng Shi, Xing Hu, Haisong Wang, Lei Fang, Ji Tao
  • Patent number: 11368827
    Abstract: Provided are a communication system and a communication method of an autonomous vehicle. The system includes: a plurality of application modules, and an in-vehicle terminal. The in-vehicle terminal includes: an external communication module configured to communicate with another autonomous vehicle or a server in a message mode, and an internal communication module configured to communicate with the plurality of application modules in a service mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: APOLLO INTELLIGENT DRIVING TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yifeng Shi, Xing Hu, Haisong Wang, Lei Fang, Ji Tao
  • Patent number: 11353579
    Abstract: Provided are a method for indicating at least one obstacle by a smart roadside unit, a system and a non-temporary computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: detecting the at least one obstacle via a radar to generate an obstacle set; acquiring status information reported by an autonomous vehicle; filtering the obstacle set according to the status information reported by the autonomous vehicle, to remove the autonomous vehicle object from the obstacle set; and sending a filtered obstacle set to the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: APOLLO INTELLIGENT DRIVING TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yifeng Shi, Xing Hu, Huo Cao, Haisong Wang, Ji Tao
  • Publication number: 20220173433
    Abstract: A biodegradable solid aqueous electrolyte composition, an electrochemical device incorporating the electrolyte composition, and methods for the same are provided. The electrolyte composition may include a rubber-like hydrogel including a copolymer and a salt. The copolymer may include at least two polycaprolactone chains coupled with a polymeric center block. The polymeric center block may include polyvinyl alcohol. The hydrogel may be biodegradable. The electrochemical device may include an anode, a cathode, and the electrolyte composition disposed between the anode and the cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicants: XEROX CORPORATION, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA
    Inventors: Naveen CHOPRA, Nan-Xing HU, Gregory McGUIRE, Robert BLACK, Alexis LAFORGUE, Edmond LAM, Chi Woon LEUNG, Yali LIU, Sophie REGNIER
  • Publication number: 20220165064
    Abstract: A method for acquiring a traffic state, an electronic device, a computer-readable storage medium, a roadside device and a cloud control platform are provided. An implementation of the method may include: acquiring monitoring data from at least one camera in a camera group, wherein the at least one camera is capable of shooting object moving states at different road sections or a same road section of a target intersection; determining, based on the monitoring data acquired from each camera in the at least one camera, a moving trajectory of a reference object recorded by the each camera in the at least one camera; then fusing moving trajectories of the reference object to obtain a completed trajectory; and finally predicting an indication state of a signal light on a corresponding road based on a travel direction of the corresponding road, the completed trajectory being located on the corresponding road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Bo Liu, Xing Hu, Jialin Yang
  • Publication number: 20220148417
    Abstract: A roadside service unit, a traffic prompt device, a traffic prompt system and a traffic prompt method, relating to a field of computer technology, in particular to a field of vehicle networking and intelligent transportation technologies. The roadside service unit includes: a roadside acquisition device configured to provide traffic data; a roadside computing device communicatively connected with the roadside acquisition device, and configured to generate traffic prompt information according to the traffic data provided by the roadside acquisition device; and a roadside communication device communicatively connected with the roadside computing device, and configured to send the traffic prompt information generated by the roadside computing device to a preset area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xing Hu, Haiyong Zhang, Siyi Zheng, Kun Wang, Jialin Yang, Geng Li, Miaohan Qiu, Heming Zhao
  • Publication number: 20220139222
    Abstract: A driving control method, comprising: an external device on a vehicle (130) acquires perception information related to an environment (100) of the vehicle (130), and the perception information comprising at least information related to objects present in the environment (100); and according to the method, a driving-related messages for the vehicle (130) are generated based at least on the perception information, the driving-related messages comprising at least one of a perception message (202), a decision planning message (204), and a control message (206). The method also comprises providing the driving-related messages to the vehicle (130) for driving control of the vehicle (130). Thus, coordinated driving control is achieved by a roadside subsystem (112) of a remote device (120) and a vehicle-mounted subsystem (132) on the vehicle (130). The achievement of the driving control function of the vehicle (130) with the assistance of an external device can realize effective and safe automatic driving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Zewen BAO, Zhuhua ZHANG, Xing HU
  • Publication number: 20220135716
    Abstract: Additive manufacturing processes featuring consolidation of thermoplastic particulates may form printed objects in a range of shapes. Inorganic nanoparticles disposed upon the outer surface of the thermoplastic particulates may improve flow performance of the thermoplastic particulates during additive manufacturing, but may be undesirable to incorporate in some printed objects. Polymer nanoparticles may be substituted for inorganic nanoparticles in some instances to address this difficulty and provide other advantages. Particulate compositions suitable for additive manufacturing may comprise: a plurality of thermoplastic particulates comprising a thermoplastic polymer and a plurality of polymer nanoparticles disposed upon an outer surface of the thermoplastic particulates, the polymer nanoparticles comprising a crosslinked fluorinated polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Nan-Xing Hu, Kimberly D. Nosella, Richard Philip Nelson Veregin, Yulin Wang, Raysa Rodriguez Diaz
  • Patent number: 11308138
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a danger warning method for a vehicle, a danger warning device for a vehicle, and medium. The method includes: receiving a plurality of sensing data sets from a plurality of environmental monitoring devices that monitor a plurality of geographical ranges; determining a danger degree of respective object in the plurality of geographical ranges with respect to the vehicle based on the plurality of sensing data sets; and providing a danger warning instruction to the vehicle in response to determining that the danger degree is greater than a degree threshold. Each of the plurality of sensing data sets includes relevant information about objects in the corresponding geographical range, and the plurality of environmental monitoring devices are arranged away from the vehicle. The danger degree is configured to indicate a possibility that the object will endanger safe driving of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Apollo Intelligent Driving Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhuhua Zhang, Xing Hu
  • Patent number: 11301652
    Abstract: An example dynamic packaging display includes a plurality of indicator lights, a temperature sensor, an internal clock, a processor, and a power source. The processor is communicatively coupled to the plurality of indicator lights, the temperature sensor, and the internal clock. The processor is to activate one of the plurality of indicator lights in response to an expiration of a period of time tracked by the internal clock or a temperature that is measured by the temperature sensor exceeding a temperature threshold. The power source is to provide power to the plurality of indicator lights, the temperature sensor, the internal clock, and the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Naveen Chopra, Nan-Xing Hu, Gregory McGuire, Ethan Shen
  • Publication number: 20220105926
    Abstract: According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, provided are a method and apparatus for driving control, a device, a medium, and a system. A method for driving control comprises obtaining perception information related to the environment in which a vehicle is located, the perception information comprising at least perception information related to a target object in the environment. The method also comprises determining, on the basis of the perception information, whether the target object is in an abnormal motion state, and generating a driving-related message in response to the target object being in the abnormal motion state, the driving-related message indicating the abnormal motion state of the target object. The method also comprises providing the driving related message to the vehicle for controlling the vehicle to travel on a path that does not collide with the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Zhuhua ZHANG, Zewen BAO, Xing HU
  • Publication number: 20220097295
    Abstract: Systems and methods for constructing 3-dimensional (3D) parts are disclosed. A printing system may include a deposition system configured to print a plurality of 2-dimensional (2D) layers onto a plurality of carrier sheets. The printing system also includes a transferring system configured to transfer a 2D layer from a carrier sheet of the plurality of carrier sheets, onto the 3D part. The 3D part may be located on a base substrate. The printing system further includes a feed system configured to provide the plurality of carrier sheets from the deposition system to the transfer system in a successive fashion while maintaining the directionality of printing in the deposition and transferring systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Anne Plochowietz, Ashish V. Pattekar, Jengping Lu, Nan-Xing Hu
  • Publication number: 20220075970
    Abstract: An example dynamic packaging display includes a plurality of indicator lights, a temperature sensor, an internal clock, a processor, and a power source. The processor is communicatively coupled to the plurality of indicator lights, the temperature sensor, and the internal clock. The processor is to activate one of the plurality of indicator lights in response to an expiration of a period of time tracked by the internal clock or a temperature that is measured by the temperature sensor exceeding a temperature threshold. The power source is to provide power to the plurality of indicator lights, the temperature sensor, the internal clock, and the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Naveen Chopra, Nan-Xing Hu, Gregory McGuire, Ethan Shen
  • Patent number: 11257367
    Abstract: Provided are system and method for controlling traffic lights. The system includes a traffic light device and a smart roadside device. The smart roadside device includes a roadside sensing module including: a camera assembly configured to collect information of an image for traffic lights of the traffic light device and a radar configured to acquire first surrounding environment information of a road junction monitored by the smart roadside device, and a roadside processing module configured to determine traffic flow information of a red light lane according to the first surrounding environment information and the information of the image for the traffic lights, determine a duration of a green light according to the traffic flow information, and control a duration displaying the green light in a next cycle of the traffic light device according to the duration of the green light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Apollo Intelligent Driving Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huo Cao, Xing Hu, Sheng Tao, Haisong Wang
  • Publication number: 20220050210
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method, an apparatus for superimposing laser point clouds and a high-precision map and an electronic device, comprising: when superimposing the laser point clouds and the high-precision map for visualization, first performing dilution processing on non-road laser point clouds in the laser point clouds to be fused to obtain target non-road laser point clouds, which effectively reduces the amount of data of the laser point clouds to be fused; and performing segmentation processing on the map to be fused to obtain multi-level map data corresponding to the map to be fused, which effectively reduces the amount of data of the map to be fused. In this way, when superimposing the laser point clouds and the high-precision map for visualization, both non-road information may be visualized through the laser point clouds, and road information may be visualized through the high-precision map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Wei MA, Ji TAO, Xing HU, Liqi WANG, Kun WANG
  • Patent number: 11250702
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a device for assisting in controlling automatic driving of a vehicle, a medium, and a system. The method for assisting in controlling automatic driving of a vehicle may include: acquiring sensing information related to environment collected by a sensor, the sensor being disposed in the environment and independent of the vehicle; determining an environment sensing result related to the environment by processing the acquired sensing information, the environment sensing result indicating relevant information about a plurality of objects including the vehicle in the environment; and providing the environment sensing result to a vehicle-side control device associated with the vehicle for assisting in controlling a driving behavior of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Apollo Intelligent Driving Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Tao, Tian Xia, Xing Hu
  • Publication number: 20220032934
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, a device, a medium, and a system for controlling driving are provided. The method can include: providing, at a service node, an access to a functional node based on an access protocol supported by the functional node, the functional node being configured to provide a communication function with an on-board unit OBU of a transportation means or to provide a computing function for information associated with the transportation means. The method further includes: transmitting configuration information for the functional node to the functional node based on the access, and controlling a message interaction with the functional node based on the configuration information to facilitate a driving control of the transportation means via the OBU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Zhuhua ZHANG, Zewen BAO, Xing HU
  • Patent number: 11232031
    Abstract: A memory allocation method and a device, where the method is applied to a computer system including a processor and a memory, and comprises, after receiving a memory access request carrying a to-be-accessed virtual address and determining that no memory page has been allocated to the virtual address, the processor selecting a target rank group from at least two rank groups of the memory based on access traffic of the rank groups. The processor selects, from idle memory pages, a to-be-allocated memory page for the virtual address, where information about a first preset location in a physical address of the to-be-allocated memory page is the same as first portions of address information in addresses of ranks in the target rank group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shihai Xiao, Xing Hu, Kanwen Wang, Wei Yang
  • Patent number: 11217091
    Abstract: Provided is a smart roadside unit, including: a high-bright camera assembly configured to capture a high-bright image; a low-bright camera assembly configured to capture a low-bright image, in which the high-bright camera assembly and the low-bright camera assembly have a substantially same shooting view; and a controller configured to extract vehicle information from the high-bright image and the low-bright image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Apollo Intelligent Driving Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Fang, Haisong Wang, Xing Hu, Sheng Tao
  • Patent number: 11210938
    Abstract: The present disclosure proposes an intelligent road side unit and a regulation method thereof. The intelligent road side unit comprises: traffic lights; a first camera configured to acquire a first image and having a first focal length; a second camera configured to acquire a second image and having a second focal length, the first focal length being greater than the second focal length; and a controller, configured to acquire anticipated arriving traffic flow information according to the first image, to acquire current traffic flow information according to the second image, and to control the traffic lights according to the anticipated arriving traffic flow information and the current traffic flow information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Fang, Haisong Wang, Xing Hu, Sheng Tao