Patents by Inventor Yang Cheng

Yang Cheng 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).

  • CONNECTED REFERENCE MARKER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220406178
    Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to automated driving and particularly, but not exclusively, to a connected reference marker technology configured to serve automated driving systems by providing, supplementing, and/or enhancing autonomous driving functions for connected automated vehicles under normal and abnormal driving scenarios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Kunsong Shi, Wenqi Lu, Yang Cheng, Hongbin Zhang, Haotian Shi, Tianyi Chen, Bingjie Liang, Yifan Yao, Keshu Wu, Sicheng Fu
  • AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND CENTER CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220406175
    Abstract: This invention provides a system-oriented and fully-controlled connected automated vehicle highway system for various levels of connected and automated vehicles and highways. The system comprises one or more of: 1) a hierarchical traffic control network of Traffic Control Centers (TCC's), local traffic controller units (TCUs), 2) A RSU (Road Side Unit) network (with integrated functionalities of vehicle sensors, I2V communication to deliver control instructions), 3) OBU (On-Board Unit with sensor and V2I communication units) network embedded in connected and automated vehicles, and 4) wireless communication and security system with local and global connectivity. This system provides a safer, more reliable and more cost-effective solution by redistributing vehicle driving tasks to the hierarchical traffic control network and RSU network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Yang Cheng, Tianyi Chen, Shen Li, Jing Jin, Xiaoxuan Chen, Fan Ding, Zhen Zhang
  • FAN CONTROLLER FOR FANS OF A MULTI-NODE COMPUTER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220408590
    Abstract: A hardware-based fan controller for controlling fan modules in a computer system having multiple computer nodes is disclosed. Each of the computer nodes has a service processor. The fan controller includes a slave module that receives fan speed commands from each of the service processors. A fan speed generator is coupled to the slave module and a subset of the fan modules. The fan speed generator receives fan speed commands from the slave module and fan speed outputs from the subset of fan modules. The fan speed generator is configured to output a speed command to each of the fan modules in the subset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Hsien-Yang CHENG, Ying-Che CHANG, Yi-An CHEN, Yu-Tang ZENG
  • PROACTIVE SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20220406184
    Abstract: The technology provided herein relates to a roadside infrastructure sensing system for Intelligent Road Infrastructure Systems (IRIS) and, in particular, to devices, systems, and methods for data fusion and communication that provide proactive sensing support to connected and automated vehicle highway (CAVH) systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Huachun Tan, Zhen Zhang, Yang Cheng, Xiaotian Li, Tianyi Chen, Shuoxuan Dong, Kunsong Shi
  • BRANCHED OXYDISILANE/SILOXANE OLIGOMERS AND METHODS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND USE AS HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
    Publication number: 20220381482
    Abstract: A branched oxydisilane/siloxane oligomer and method for its preparation are disclosed. The branched oxydisilane/siloxane oligomer may be used as a heat transfer fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Yang Cheng, John B. Cuthbert, Christoph Lang, Xiaoyuan Zhou, Eric Joffre, Gerald L. Witucki
  • Autonomous Vehicle and Cloud Control (AVCC) System with Roadside Unit (RSU) Network
    Publication number: 20220375337
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for an Intelligent Road Infrastructure System (IRIS), which facilitates vehicle operations and control for connected automated vehicle highway (CAVH) systems. IRIS systems and methods provide vehicles with individually customized information and real-time control instructions for vehicle to fulfill the driving tasks such as car following, lane changing, and route guidance. IRIS systems and methods also manage transportation operations and management services for both freeways and urban arterials. In some embodiments, the IRIS comprises or consists of one of more of the following physical subsystems: (1) Roadside unit (RSU) network, (2) Traffic Control Unit (TCU) and Traffic Control Center (TCC) network, (3) vehicle onboard unit (OBU), (4) traffic operations centers (TOCs), and (5) cloud information and computing services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Yang Cheng, Tianyi Chen, Yifan Yao, Keshu Wu, Haotian Shi, Shen Li, Kunsong Shi, Zhen Zhang, Fan Ding, Huachun Tan, Yuankai Wu, Shuoxuan Dong, Linhui Ye, Xiaotian Li
  • Autonomous Vehicle and Cloud Control System
    Publication number: 20220375335
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for an Intelligent Road Infrastructure System (IRIS), which facilitates vehicle operations and control for connected automated vehicle highway (CAVH) systems. IRIS systems and methods provide vehicles with individually customized information and real-time control instructions for vehicle to fulfill the driving tasks such as car following, lane changing, and route guidance. IRIS systems and methods also manage transportation operations and management services for both freeways and urban arterials. In some embodiments, the IRIS comprises or consists of one of more of the following physical subsystems: (1) Roadside unit (RSU) network, (2) Traffic Control Unit (TCU) and Traffic Control Center (TCC) network, (3) vehicle onboard unit (OBU), (4) traffic operations centers (TOCs), and (5) cloud information and computing services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Yang Cheng, Tianyi Chen, Yifan Yao, Keshu Wu, Haotian Shi, Shen Li, Kunsong Shi, Zhen Zhang, Fan Ding, Huachun Tan, Yuankai Wu, Shuoxuan Dong, Linhui Ye, Xiaotian Li
  • Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Control System with Roadside Unit (RSU) Network
    Publication number: 20220375336
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for an Intelligent Road Infrastructure System (IRIS), which facilitates vehicle operations and control for connected automated vehicle highway (CAVH) systems. IRIS systems and methods provide vehicles with individually customized information and real-time control instructions for vehicle to fulfill the driving tasks such as car following, lane changing, and route guidance. IRIS systems and methods also manage transportation operations and management services for both freeways and urban arterials. In some embodiments, the IRIS comprises or consists of one of more of the following physical subsystems: (1) Roadside unit (RSU) network, (2) Traffic Control Unit (TCU) and Traffic Control Center (TCC) network, (3) vehicle onboard unit (OBU), (4) traffic operations centers (TOCs), and (5) cloud information and computing services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Yang Cheng, Tianyi Chen, Yifan Yao, Keshu Wu, Haotian Shi, Shen Li, Kunsong Shi, Zhen Zhang, Fan Ding, Huachun Tan, Yuankai Wu, Shuoxuan Dong, Linhui Ye, Xiaotian Li
  • AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER/TRAFFIC CONTROL UNIT (TCC/TCU) AND ROADSIDE UNIT (RSU) NETWORK
    Publication number: 20220366783
    Abstract: This invention provides a system-oriented and fully-controlled connected automated vehicle highway system for various levels of connected and automated vehicles and highways. The system comprises one or more of: 1) a hierarchical traffic control network of Traffic Control Centers (TCC's), local traffic controller units (TCUs), 2) A RSU (Road Side Unit) network (with integrated functionalities of vehicle sensors, I2V communication to deliver control instructions), 3) OBU (On-Board Unit with sensor and V2I communication units) network embedded in connected and automated vehicles, and 4) wireless communication and security system with local and global connectivity. This system provides a safer, more reliable and more cost-effective solution by redistributing vehicle driving tasks to the hierarchical traffic control network and RSU network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Yang Cheng, Tianyi Chen, Shen Li, Jing Jin, Xiaoxuan Chen, Fan Ding, Zhen Zhang
  • Systems and methods for driving intelligence allocation between vehicles and highways
    Patent number: 11495126
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods that allocate, arrange, and distribute certain types of functions and intelligence, for connected automated vehicle highway (CAVH) systems, to facilitate vehicle operations and controls, to improve the general safety of the whole transportation system, and to ensure the efficiency, intelligence, reliability, and resilience of CAVH systems. The present invention also provides methods to define CAVH system intelligence and its levels, which are based on two dimensions: the vehicle intelligence and infrastructure intelligence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: CAVH LLC
    Inventors: Fan Ding, Bin Ran, Yang Cheng, Shen Li, Zhen Zhang, Yang Zhou, Huachun Tan, Shuoxuan Dong, Tianyi Chen, Xiaotian Li, Kunsong Shi
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STORING FSM STATE DATA FOR A POWER CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220350386
    Abstract: A system and method for logging state data from a power system control device on a computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes a power system supplying power to the computer system. The power system has a power-up sequence having a plurality of stages. The power system control device is coupled to the power system. The power system control device includes a finite state machine circuit having states corresponding to the stages of the power-up sequence. The control device also has a write controller, a storage buffer, and a communication interface. The write controller writes the state of the finite state machine circuit in the storage buffer. An external controller is coupled to the communication interface and is operable to read the stored state data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Hsien-Yang CHENG, Ying-Che CHANG, Ya-Chau YANG
  • Intelligent Road Side Unit (RSU) Network for Automated Driving
    Publication number: 20220343755
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for an Intelligent Road Infrastructure System (IRIS), which facilitates vehicle operations and control for connected automated vehicle highway (CAVH) systems. IRIS systems and methods provide vehicles with individually customized information and real-time control instructions for vehicle to fulfill the driving tasks such as car following, lane changing, and route guidance. IRIS systems and methods also manage transportation operations and management services for both freeways and urban arterials. In some embodiments, the IRIS comprises or consists of one of more of the following physical subsystems: (1) Roadside unit (RSU) network, (2) Traffic Control Unit (TCU) and Traffic Control Center (TCC) network, (3) vehicle onboard unit (OBU), (4) traffic operations centers (TOCs), and (5) cloud information and computing services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Yang Cheng, Tianyi Chen, Shen Li, Kunsong Shi, Yifan Yao, Keshu Wu, Zhen Zhang, Fan Ding, Huachun Tan, Yuankai Wu, Shuoxuan Dong, Linhui Ye, Xiaotian Li
  • Connected automated vehicle highway systems and methods
    Patent number: 11482102
    Abstract: This invention provides a system-oriented and fully-controlled connected automated vehicle highway system for various levels of connected and automated vehicles and highways. The system comprises one or more of: 1) a hierarchical traffic control network of Traffic Control Centers (TCC's), local traffic controller units (TCUs), 2) A RSU (Road Side Unit) network (with integrated functionalities of vehicle sensors, I2V communication to deliver control instructions), 3) OBU (On-Board Unit with sensor and V2I communication units) network embedded in connected and automated vehicles, and 4) wireless communication and security system with local and global connectivity. This system provides a safer, more reliable and more cost-effective solution by redistributing vehicle driving tasks to the hierarchical traffic control network and RSU network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: CAVH LLC
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Yang Cheng, Shen Li, Fan Ding, Jing Jin, Xiaoxuan Chen, Zhen Zhang
  • VEHICLE INTELLIGENT UNIT
    Publication number: 20220332337
    Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to automated driving and particularly, but not exclusively, to a Vehicle Intelligent Unit (VIU) configured to provide vehicle operations and control for Connected Automated Vehicles (CAV) and, more particularly, to a VIU configured to connect with a Collaborative Automated Driving System (CADS) and manage and/or control information exchange between CAV and CADS and manage and/or control CAV lateral and longitudinal movements, including vehicle following, lane changing, and route guidance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Kegang Zhao, Hanchu Li, Mingheng Zhang, Shen Li, Yang Cheng, Zhijun Chen, Jie Ye, Shuoxuan Dong, Haotian Shi
  • Enhanced substrate temperature measurement apparatus, system and method
    Patent number: 11473978
    Abstract: A temperature measurement apparatus. The temperature measurement apparatus may include a temperature sensor body, the temperature sensor body having a substrate support surface; and a heat transfer layer, disposed on the substrate support surface, the heat transfer layer comprising an array of aligned carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: APPLIED Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Dawei Sun, D. Jeffrey Lischer, Qin Chen, Dale K. Stone, Lyudmila Stone, Steven Anella, Ron Serisky, Chi-Yang Cheng
  • System and methods for partially instrumented connected automated vehicle highway systems
    Patent number: 11447152
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an intelligent road infrastructure system and, more particularly, to systems and methods for a heterogeneous connected automated vehicle highway (CAVH) network in which the road network has various RSU and TCU/TCC coverages and functionalities. The heterogeneous CAVH network facilitates control and operations for vehicles of various automation level and other road users by implementing various levels of coordinated control among CAVH system entities and providing individual road users with detailed customized information and time-sensitive control instructions, and operations and maintenance services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: CAVH LLC
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Yang Cheng, Tianyi Chen, Yang Zhou, Zhen Zhang, Xiaotian Li, Shen Li, Shuoxuan Dong, Kunsong Shi
  • MOBILE INTELLIGENT ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220281484
    Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to automated driving and particularly, but not exclusively, to a mobile intelligent road infrastructure technology configured to serve automated driving systems by providing, supplementing, and/or enhancing autonomous driving functions for connected automated vehicles under common and unusual driving scenarios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Wenqi Lu, Tianyi Chen, Yang Cheng, Linheng Li, Bingjie Liang, Yifan Yao, Kunsong Shi, Keshu Wu
  • Proactive sensing systems and methods for intelligent road infrastructure systems
    Patent number: 11436923
    Abstract: The technology provided herein relates to a roadside infrastructure sensing system for Intelligent Road Infrastructure Systems (IRIS) and, in particular, to devices, systems, and methods for data fusion and communication that provide proactive sensing support to connected and automated vehicle highway (CAVH) systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: CAVH LLC
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Huachun Tan, Zhen Zhang, Yang Cheng, Xiaotian Li, Tianyi Chen, Shuoxuan Dong, Kunsong Shi
  • Intelligent road infrastructure system (IRIS): systems and methods
    Patent number: 11430328
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for an Intelligent Road Infrastructure System (IRIS), which facilitates vehicle operations and control for connected automated vehicle highway (CAVH) systems. IRIS systems and methods provide vehicles with individually customized information and real-time control instructions for vehicle driving tasks such as car following, lane changing, and route guidance. IRIS systems and methods also manage transportation operations and management services for both freeways and urban arterials. The IRIS manages one or more of the following function categories: sensing, transportation behavior prediction and management, planning and decision making, and vehicle control. IRIS is supported by real-time wired and/or wireless communication, power supply networks, and cyber safety and security services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: CAVH LLC
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Yang Cheng, Shen Li, Zhen Zhang, Fan Ding, Huachun Tan, Yuankai Wu, Shuoxuan Dong, Linhui Ye, Xiaotian Li, Tianyi Chen, Kunsong Shi, Jing Jin, Xiaoxuan Chen
  • COLLABORATIVE AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220270476
    Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to automated driving and particularly, but not exclusively, to a system configured to provide full vehicle operations and control for connected and automated vehicles (CAV) and, more particularly, to a system configured to manage and/or control CAV by sending individual vehicles with detailed and time-sensitive control instructions for lateral and longitudinal movement of vehicles, including vehicle following, lane changing, route guidance, and related information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Tianyi Chen, Xiaotian Li, Yang Cheng, Shen Li, Shuoxuan Dong, Yifan Yao, Kunsong Shi, Haotian Shi, Keshu Wu, Sicheng Fu