Patents by Inventor Zhongtao Liu

Zhongtao Liu 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: 11940804
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a computer system and techniques for automatically annotating objects in map data used for navigating an autonomous vehicle. Generally, the computer system is configured to obtain LiDAR data points for an environment around an autonomous vehicle, project the LiDAR data points onto image data, detect a target object in the image data, extract a subset of the LiDAR data points that corresponds to the detected target object, register the detected target object in map data if the extracted subset of the LiDAR data points satisfies registration criteria, and navigate the autonomous vehicle in the environment according to the map data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Motional AD LLC
    Inventors: Zhongtao Liu, James Esper, Jong Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20230294741
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a non-transitory storage media for determining agent importance prediction for autonomous driving. Input features associated with agents present in an environment surrounding a vehicle are processed. Output features associated with the agents are determined based on the input features. An importance of each agent is predicted using the output features. One or more movements of the vehicle are determined based on the predicted agent importance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Hazard, Akshay Bhagat, Balarama Raju Buddharaju, Zhongtao Liu, Yunming Shao, Lu Lu, Sammy Omari, Henggang Cui
  • Publication number: 20210181745
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a computer system and techniques for automatically annotating objects in map data used for navigating an autonomous vehicle. Generally, the computer system is configured to obtain LiDAR data points for an environment around an autonomous vehicle, project the LiDAR data points onto image data, detect a target object in the image data, extract a subset of the LiDAR data points that corresponds to the detected target object, register the detected target object in map data if the extracted subset of the LiDAR data points satisfies registration criteria, and navigate the autonomous vehicle in the environment according to the map data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: MOTIONAL AD LLC
    Inventors: Zhongtao LIU, James ESPER, Jong Ho LEE
  • Patent number: 9782782
    Abstract: A flue gas treatment device is provided. A wet electrostatic precipitator and a flue gas heater are integrated in an integrated flue housing of the flue gas treatment device, thus the occupied area of the flue gas treatment device is smaller than that of the solution with devices being arranged separately. Furthermore, since a bidirectional transition flue is not required to be arranged in the integrated flue housing, the flue gas has a good flow uniformity, and further it is not required to arrange a flow equalization orifice plate in the flue, thus the flue gas has a small resistance, thereby reducing the power consumption of the draught fan and increasing the efficiency of the power plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Shanghai Clyde Bergemann Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinmin Gao, Zhongtao Liu, Mei Wu, Xizhi Yu, Ming Kang
  • Publication number: 20150182974
    Abstract: A flue gas treatment device is provided. A wet electrostatic precipitator and a flue gas heater are integrated in an integrated flue housing of the flue gas treatment device, thus the occupied area of the flue gas treatment device is smaller than that of the solution with devices being arranged separately. Furthermore, since a bidirectional transition flue is not required to be arranged in the integrated flue housing, the flue gas has a good flow uniformity, and further it is not required to arrange a flow equalization orifice plate in the flue, thus the flue gas has a small resistance, thereby reducing the power consumption of the draught fan and increasing the efficiency of the power plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Xinmin Gao, Zhongtao Liu, Mei Wu, Xizhi Yu, Ming Kang