Patents by Inventor Canjun YANG

Canjun YANG 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: 12618398
    Abstract: An active pressure compensator for deep-sea sampling includes a spring chamber, a cam piston pump, and a circuit chamber; the spring chamber is configured to provide compensation liquid for the cam piston pump; the cam piston pump is configured to be able to draw liquid from the spring chamber and pump liquid to the circuit chamber; the circuit chamber is configured to be connected to a mechanism to be pressurized, and is provided therein with a pressure sensor and a control circuit board, the pressure sensor is configured to detect pressures of the compensation liquid from cam piston pump and the mechanism to be pressurized, the control circuit board is configured to control working of the cam piston pump based on pressure data feedback from the pressure sensor and thereby realize active pressure compensation for the mechanism to be pressurized. A pressure compensation method using the compensator is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shijun Wu, Zhiheng Chen, Yiqiang Dai, Canjun Yang
  • Publication number: 20260121452
    Abstract: A wireless charging and signal transmission device for a deep-sea UUV docking system, includes a transmitting end installed on a docking platform and a receiving end installed on a deep-sea UUV. The transmitting end and the receiving end respectively include: an integrated coil/antenna mount, a bottom is connected to an adapter end cover, and a top is provided with three grooves, wherein an antenna, a magnetic core and a coil are installed in the first, second and third grooves, respectively; a non-metallic sealing cover covers the top of the integrated coil/antenna mount; the adapter end cover connected to the coil/antenna through the watertight cable; a power and signal output/receiving circuit is installed in a cavity; a bottom end cover installed with a composite watertight connector to connect to the UUV or the docking platform; and the transmitting end includes a flexible guide cylinder fixed on the integrated coil/antenna mount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: MINGWEI LIN, SHUO GONG, RI RI, DEJUN LI, CANJUN YANG
  • Patent number: 12424027
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a key joint motion estimation based method for estimating continuous human postures. A motion estimation block matching algorithm is applied to human key joint tracking, so as to obtain continuous human posture results. Meanwhile, the results are continuously corrected by using a deep neural network based human posture estimator. The present invention may estimate the continuous human postures in a video stream, where the human postures are specifically embodied as coordinate positions of human joints in a video frame. Compared with a posture estimation method completely relying on a deep neural network, the posture estimation method provided by the present invention has the advantages of high frame rate, low hardware requirements, and sequential continuity of recognition results; and compared with a posture estimation method completely relying on a motion estimation algorithm, the present invention may correct a cumulative error, to improve the estimation accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Canjun Yang, Xin Wu, Zhangpeng Tu, Weitao Wu, Yuanchao Zhu
  • Patent number: 12312055
    Abstract: A multi-modal robot system capable of realizing autonomous submarine docking and reconstruction, includes a non-contact charging platform, several functional modules and a docking robot, wherein a coil is arranged on the non-contact charging platform, and energy and signals are transmitted between the coil and the functional modules; each of the functional modules includes a propeller module, an energy module, an observation detection module, an operation tool module, a navigation control module, a bow detection module and a tail propulsion module; and according to an instruction of a docking and reconstruction task, the docking robot reconstructs a multi-modal underwater robot by docking specific functional modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mingwei Lin, Shuguang Chu, Ri Lin, Canjun Yang, Dejun Li
  • Patent number: 12187395
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a flexible dynamic capturing system for an underwater moving carrier, including a shell, a front-end flexible guide apparatus, at least one tail flexible hand clamping and fastening apparatus, and a bottom retracting apparatus fastened in the shell. The front-end flexible guiding apparatus includes several flexible arms, the several flexible arms are fastened on a first rigid base in a circumferential array. The flexible arms can bend to an inner side and outer side of a circumference respectively when driven. Each tail flexible hand clamping and fastening apparatus includes several flexible claws, and the several flexible claws are divided into two groups and fastened on a second rigid base. When the flexible claws are driven, the two groups of flexible claws can bend and wind relative to each other. The bottom retracting apparatus implements lifting or lowering of the front-end flexible guide apparatus and the tail flexible hand clamping and fastening apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mingwei Lin, Ri Lin, Canjun Yang, Anzhe Yi, Zilin Xing, Bohao He
  • Publication number: 20240425158
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a flexible dynamic capturing system for an underwater moving carrier, including a shell, a front-end flexible guide apparatus, at least one tail flexible hand clamping and fastening apparatus, and a bottom retracting apparatus fastened in the shell. The front-end flexible guiding apparatus includes several flexible arms, the several flexible arms are fastened on a first rigid base in a circumferential array. The flexible arms can bend to an inner side and outer side of a circumference respectively when driven. Each tail flexible hand clamping and fastening apparatus includes several flexible claws, and the several flexible claws are divided into two groups and fastened on a second rigid base. When the flexible claws are driven, the two groups of flexible claws can bend and wind relative to each other. The bottom retracting apparatus implements lifting or lowering of the front-end flexible guide apparatus and the tail flexible hand clamping and fastening apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: MINGWEI LIN, RI LIN, CANJUN YANG, ANZHE YI, ZILIN XING, BOHAO HE
  • Publication number: 20240376886
    Abstract: An active pressure compensator for deep-sea sampling includes a spring chamber, a cam piston pump, and a circuit chamber; the spring chamber is configured to provide compensation liquid for the cam piston pump; the cam piston pump is configured to be able to draw liquid from the spring chamber and pump liquid to the circuit chamber; the circuit chamber is configured to be connected to a mechanism to be pressurized, and is provided therein with a pressure sensor and a control circuit board, the pressure sensor is configured to detect pressures of the compensation liquid from cam piston pump and the mechanism to be pressurized, the control circuit board is configured to control working of the cam piston pump based on pressure data feedback from the pressure sensor and thereby realize active pressure compensation for the mechanism to be pressurized. A pressure compensation method using the compensator is further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: SHIJUN WU, ZHIHENG CHEN, YIQIANG DAI, CANJUN YANG
  • Publication number: 20230343140
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a key joint motion estimation based method for estimating continuous human postures. A motion estimation block matching algorithm is applied to human key joint tracking, so as to obtain continuous human posture results. Meanwhile, the results are continuously corrected by using a deep neural network based human posture estimator. The present invention may estimate the continuous human postures in a video stream, where the human postures are specifically embodied as coordinate positions of human joints in a video frame. Compared with a posture estimation method completely relying on a deep neural network, the posture estimation method provided by the present invention has the advantages of high frame rate, low hardware requirements, and sequential continuity of recognition results; and compared with a posture estimation method completely relying on a motion estimation algorithm, the present invention may correct a cumulative error, to improve the estimation accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: CANJUN YANG, XIN WU, ZHANGPENG TU, WEITAO WU, YUANCHAO ZHU
  • Publication number: 20230047195
    Abstract: A flexible pump comprises: a flexible pump balloon comprising multiple non-stretchable tubular flexible films that have a shuttle-shaped cross-section, are arranged in a ring array, and are spliced adjacently, a middle section of each tubular flexible film being a fill area saturated with a liquid medium with high breakdown strength, and a positive electrode and a negative electrode being fixed on a surface of one side of the middle section of each tubular flexible film in a radial direction and symmetrically located on two sides of an axial reference plane of the middle section respectively; and a pair of rigid end covers. The flexible pump solves the technical problems of liquid transport and pressurization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Qingchao XIA, Shuyang MA, Zeliang WU, Canjun YANG