Patents by Inventor Zhengyou Zhang

Zhengyou Zhang 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: 11954296
    Abstract: A flexible capacitive tactile sensor is provided. The flexible capacitive tactile sensor may include a first flexible electrode layer, a second flexible electrode layer, and an ion gel thin film dielectric layer disposed between the first flexible electrode layer and the second flexible electrode layer. A first electrode array is disposed on the first flexible electrode layer. The first electrode array may include m series-connected electrodes parallel to a second direction. A second electrode array is disposed on the second flexible electrode layer. The second electrode array may include n series-connected electrodes parallel to a first direction. The first electrode array and the second electrode array may be disposed opposite to each other, and the first direction may be different from the second direction. The first electrode array, the second electrode array, and the ion gel thin film dielectric layer may form m×n electric double layer capacitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuan Dai, Peng Lu, Zhengyou Zhang, Chuanfei Guo
  • Patent number: 11922574
    Abstract: A method for determining a plurality of layers of bounding boxes of an object includes determining a polyhedron capable of accommodating the object therein as a first-layer bounding box. The method also includes selecting one vertex from a plurality of vertices of the first-layer bounding box as a target vertex, and determining, by processing circuitry of a computing device, a support plane of the object. The support plane has a normal vector that has a specific direction corresponding to the target vertex and that is closest to the target vertex, the support plane being a plane passing through a point on a surface of the object such that the object is completely located on one side of the support plane. The method further includes cutting the first-layer bounding box based on at least the support plane to form a smaller bounding box, as a second-layer bounding box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu Zheng, Zhengyou Zhang
  • Patent number: 11868533
    Abstract: A slip sensation simulation apparatus includes a base, a first haptic assembly, and a second haptic assembly. The first haptic assembly includes a first synchronous belt, a plurality of first synchronous wheels, and a first motor. The first motor is in a transmission connection with one of the first synchronous wheels, to drive the first synchronous wheels and the first synchronous belt to rotate. The second haptic assembly includes a second synchronous belt, a plurality of second synchronous wheels, and a second motor. The second motor is in a transmission connection with one of the second synchronous wheels, to drive the second synchronous wheels and the second synchronous belt to rotate. The first synchronous belt is located at an inner side of the second synchronous belt. Rotational axial directions of the first and second synchronous belts are different. The first synchronous belt is in contact with the second synchronous belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu Zheng, Ruoxuan Jiang, Xiong Li, Xinyang Jiang, Zhengyou Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230168693
    Abstract: This application relates to the field of robot control, and provides a motion state control method and apparatus, a device, and a readable storage medium. The method includes the following steps: Step 301: Acquire basic data and motion state data, the basic data being used for representing a structural feature of a wheeled robot, and the motion state data being used for representing a motion feature of the wheeled robot. Step 302: Determine a state matrix of the wheeled robot based on the basic data and the motion state data, the state matrix being related to an interference parameter of the wheeled robot, the interference parameter corresponding to a balance error of the wheeled robot. Step 303: Determine, based on the state matrix, a torque for controlling the wheeled robot. Step 304: Control, by using the torque, the wheeled robot to be in a standstill state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Shuai WANG, Jingfan ZHANG, Jie LAI, Dongsheng ZHANG, Ke CHEN, Yu ZHENG, Zhengyou ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230076589
    Abstract: A method for controlling motion of a legged robot includes determining one or more candidate landing points for each foot of the robot. The method further includes determining a first correlation between a center of mass position change parameter, candidate landing points, and foot contact force. The method further includes determining, under a constraint condition set and based on the first correlation, a target center of mass position change parameter, a target step order, and a target landing point for each foot selected among the one or more candidate landing points for the respective foot, the constraint condition set constraining a step order. The method further includes controlling, according to the target center of mass position change parameter, the target step order, and the target landing point for each foot, motion of the legged robot in the preset period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Yu ZHENG, Xinyang JIANG, Wanchao CHI, Yonggen LING, Shenghao ZHANG, Zhengyou ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230055206
    Abstract: A legged robot motion control method includes: acquiring centroid state data of a spatial path start point and a spatial path end point of a motion path; determining a target landing point of afoot of the legged robot in the motion path based on the spatial path start point and the spatial path end point; determining a change relationship between a centroid position change coefficient and a foot contact force based on the centroid state data; selecting, under constraint of a constraint condition set, a target centroid position change coefficient that meets the change relationship; the constraint condition set including a spatial landing point constraint condition; determining a target motion control parameter according to the target centroid position change coefficient and the target landing point of the foot; and controlling, based on the target motion control parameter, the legged robot to perform motion according to the motion path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yu ZHENG, Xinyang JIANG, Wanchao CHI, Zhengyou ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230038600
    Abstract: A mechanical leg comprises a frame, a retractable member, a wheel, an extension and retraction driving member, a travel driving member, an auxiliary leg, and an auxiliary wheel. The extension and retraction driving member is located on a side of the frame. The retractable member is connected to the extension and retraction driving member. The wheel is connected to the retractable member. The wheel is further connected to the travel driving member. A first end of the auxiliary leg is connected to the auxiliary wheel, and a second end of the auxiliary leg is located on the frame. The retractable member extends under the driving of the extension and retraction driving member to drive the wheel to jump. The wheel is driven by the travel driving member to move. When the auxiliary wheel contacts the ground, the mechanical leg moves with the rolling of the wheel and the auxiliary wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jie LAI, Dongsheng ZHANG, Shuai WANG, Ke CHEN, Sicheng YANG, Zhengyou ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230030054
    Abstract: A method for controlling motion of a legged robot includes: determining, according to state data of the legged robot at a start moment in a preset period, a candidate landing point of each foot in the preset period; determining, according to the state data at the start moment and the candidate landing point of each foot, a first correlation between a centroid position change parameter, a step duty ratio, a candidate landing point, and a foot contact force; determining, under a constraint of a constraint condition set, a target centroid position change parameter, a target step duty ratio, and a target landing point satisfying the first correlation; and controlling, according to the target centroid position change parameter, the target step duty ratio, and the target landing point, motion of the legged robot in the preset period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Yu ZHENG, Xinyang JIANG, Wanchao CHI, Yonggen LING, Shenghao ZHANG, Zhengyou ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230026300
    Abstract: A hand exoskeleton includes at least one mechanical finger and a mechanical palm; and the mechanical finger includes a finger section, a rod assembly and a motor, the finger section includes a first finger section and a second finger section, and the rod assembly includes a first rod assembly and a second rod assembly. The motor capable of controlling the hand exoskeleton is arranged in the hand exoskeleton, and motion constraint on the finger section is realized by constraining a rod through the motor in the movement process of the hand exoskeleton, so that motion limitation on the hand exoskeleton is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Dongsheng ZHANG, Chuanzheng NI, Xianyu SONG, Kun XIONG, Lei WEI, Zhengyou ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230019197
    Abstract: This application provides a capacitance detection circuit for detecting capacitance of a capacitor element within a capacitor array. The circuit includes a capacitance detection module for detecting a first capacitance of a first capacitor set, a second capacitance of a second capacitor set, and a third capacitance of the third capacitor set, the first capacitor set comprising the capacitor element and a row capacitor element in the same row of the capacitor array as the capacitor element, the second capacitor set comprising the capacitor element and a column capacitor element in the same column of the capacitor array as the capacitor element, the third capacitor set comprising the row capacitor element and the column capacitor element; and a processing module, configured to obtain the capacitance of the capacitor element according to the first capacitance, the second capacitance and the third capacitance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Yuan Dai, Ruirui Zhang, Ke Chen, Jie Lai, Siyuan Liu, Zhengyou Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230016514
    Abstract: A legged robot motion control method, apparatus, and device, and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring center of mass state data corresponding to a spatial path starting point and spatial path ending point of a motion path; determining a candidate foothold of each foot in the motion path based on the spatial path starting point and the spatial path ending point; determining a variation relationship between a center of mass position variation coefficient and a foot contact force based on the center of mass state data; screening out, under restrictions of a constraint set, a target center of mass position variation coefficient and target foothold that satisfy the variation relationship; determining a target motion control parameter according to the target center of mass position variation coefficient and the target foothold; and controlling a legged robot based on the target motion control parameter to move according to the motion path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu ZHENG, Xinyang JIANG, Wanchao CHI, Zhengyou ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220412418
    Abstract: A triboelectric generation apparatus based on a friction brake and a friction brake provide a simple structure with high reliability, a stable circuit, and high energy recovery efficiency. The triboelectric generation apparatus includes two sensing electrodes arranged in a first friction component of the friction brake. When the first friction component is in frictional contact with a second friction component, induced electric charges are generated on the two sensing electrodes. The induced electric charges are different. An electric charge collection circuit is connected to the sensing electrodes and is configured to store the induced electric charges. Storing the induced electric charges allows for the recovery of energy using a simple structure with high reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Yuan DAI, Jiahua WANG, Jie LAI, Zhengyou ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220281099
    Abstract: This application provides a foot device of a bionic machine and a bionic machine relating to bionic machine technologies. The foot device includes a foot body, a pressure sensor, and a distance sensor. The pressure sensor is connected to the foot body for detecting a pressure between a bottom end surface and the ground. The distance sensor is located on the bottom end surface of the foot body, is connected to the foot body, for detecting a distance between the bottom end surface and the ground. When the bionic machine moves, the distance sensor transmits a distance detection signal indicating a distance between a sole component of the foot body and the ground to a control device of the bionic machine, and the pressure sensor transmits a pressure detection signal indicating a contact pressure between the sole component and the ground to the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Kun Xiong, Yuan Dai, Dongsheng Zhang, Xiangyu Chen, Sicheng Yang, Zhengyou Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220275220
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a method for preparing a thin film piezoresistive material, a thin film piezoresistive material, a robot, and a device. The method includes: determining a mass ratio of conductive particles to a cross-linked polymer in preparation of the thin film piezoresistive material, a value range of the mass ratio being 3:97 to 20:80; dispersing the conductive particles and the cross-linked polymer in a solvent according to the mass ratio, to obtain a first dispersion; and curing the first dispersion by using a liquid dropping method within a temperature range of 25° C. to 200° C., to obtain the thin film piezoresistive material. The technical solutions provided by the embodiments of this application provide a method for preparing a thin film piezoresistive material through liquid dropping, thereby effectively controlling the thickness of the piezoresistive material, so that the prepared thin film piezoresistive material has a relatively small thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Jianshi TANG, Zhenxuan ZHAO, Yuan DAI, Zhengyou ZHANG, Jian YUAN, Huaqiang WU, He QIAN, Bin GAO
  • Publication number: 20220277866
    Abstract: This application discloses a conductive paste, a preparation method thereof, and a preparation method of a conductive film using the conductive paste. The conductive paste comprises: a thermoplastic polyurethane, conductive particles, and an organic solvent, the thermoplastic polyurethane and the conductive particles being proportionally mixed in the organic solvent, and the thermoplastic polyurethane being dispersed in the form of particles among the conductive particles. A thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer is used as a binder, and the conductive particles are mixed in the organic solvent containing the thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer. The conductive particles ensure the conductivity of the conductive film prepared using the conductive paste. The thermoplastic polyurethane has strong adhesion ability, and is suitable for use on the surface of most substrates, to form a conductive film with good adhesion and no cracking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Jianshi TANG, Zhenxuan ZHAO, Yuan DAI, Wangwei LEE, Zhengyou ZHANG, Jian YUAN, Huaqiang WU, He QIAN, Bin GAO
  • Publication number: 20220274657
    Abstract: A robot comprises a wheel-footed bimodal mechanical leg having a driving apparatus, a thigh unit, and a calf unit. A joint end of the thigh unit is hingedly connected to a joint end of the calf unit by a rotary shaft. The driving apparatus is connected to the rotary shaft by a transmission apparatus. The calf unit comprise a locking mechanism. The robot can operate in a footed mode and a wheeled mode. In the footed mode, the calf units and the rotary shafts in n mechanical legs are fixedly connected to each other, where n is an integer that is at least two. In the wheeled mode, the calf units and the rotary shafts in at least two wheel-footed bimodal mechanical legs are rotatably connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Dongsheng ZHANG, Kun XIONG, Xiangyu CHEN, Sicheng YANG, Qinqin ZHOU, Liangwei XU, Qiwei XU, Wanchao CHI, Xiong LI, Zhengyou ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220274254
    Abstract: A computing device creates first relation data indicating a relation between an interval duration and a center of mass position of a legged robot. The first relation data comprises a first constant, C. The computing device creates second relation data corresponding to at least one leg of for the legged robot and a force corresponding to the at last one leg with the ground. The second relation data comprises the first constant, C. The computing device creates third relation data according to the second relation data. The device determines a value of the first constant, C, when a target value J is a minimum value, and obtains the first relation data according to the determined value of the first constant, C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Yu ZHENG, Xinyang JIANG, Wanchao CHI, Yonggen LING, Shenghao ZHANG, Zhengyou ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220266448
    Abstract: This application relates to a leg assembly and device for a robot. The leg assembly includes: a connection assembly and a sole assembly; the connection assembly is configured to connect the leg assembly and a robot body. The sole assembly includes a sole plate, a first force sensor, a distance sensor, and an attitude sensor. The connection assembly includes a second force sensor and a shank connector. The first force sensor is configured to detect a normal reaction force suffered by the sole plate after being in contact with an obstacle; the second force sensor is configured to detect a resultant force of reaction forces suffered by the sole plate after being in contact with the obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Wanchao CHI, Yu ZHENG, Yuan DAI, Kun XIONG, Xiangyu CHEN, Qinqin ZHOU, Zhengyou ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220258356
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a spatial calibration method and apparatus of a robot ontology coordinate system based on a visual perception device and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining first transformation relationships; obtaining second transformation relationships; using a transformation relationship between a visual perception coordinate system and an ontology coordinate system as an unknown variable; and resolving the unknown variable based on an equivalence relationship between a transformation relationship obtained according to the first transformation relationships and the unknown variable and a transformation relationship obtained according to the second transformation relationships and the unknown variable, to obtain the transformation relationship between the visual perception coordinate system and the ontology coordinate system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Wanchao CHI, Le CHEN, Yonggen LING, Shenghao ZHANG, Yu ZHENG, Xinyang JIANG, Zhengyou ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220226988
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a slip simulation apparatus, a controlled robot, a game handle, a virtual game console, and a control system. The slip simulation apparatus includes a base; at least one motor arranged on the base; a slip simulation controller, configured to: receive slip data, and generate a rotating speed control signal used for controlling the at least one motor; and at least one synchronous wheel, at least one synchronous belt, and at least one limit apparatus associated with the motor, the synchronous wheel being sleeved on the synchronous belt and the limit apparatus, the motor being drivingly connected to the at least one synchronous wheel to drive, according to the rotating speed control signal, the at least one synchronous wheel and the at least one synchronous belt to rotate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Xiong LI, Yu ZHENG, Ruoxuan JIANG, Xinyang JIANG, Zhengyou ZHANG