Patents by Inventor Chen Qiu

Chen Qiu 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: 12633087
    Abstract: A method of generating text-driven prompts and class prediction probabilities using a vision-language model (VLM) includes receiving candidate class names associated with a plurality of candidate classes for images, generating class text tokens based on a text description of the candidate class names, and generating a plurality of context prompt vectors using a prompt generator. The context prompt vectors define context information associated with an image classification task to be performed by the VLM. The method further includes generating prompts for each of the plurality of candidate classes by appending respective class text tokens to the context prompt vectors for each of the plurality of candidate classes, and, using the VLM, generating and outputting a class prediction probability for a sample image based on the plurality of context prompt vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Chen Qiu, Xingyu Li, Chaithanya Kumar Mummadi, Madan Ravi Ganesh, Zhenzhen Li, Wan-Yi Lin, Sabrina Schmedding
  • Publication number: 20260120338
    Abstract: A machine learning (ML) system includes a vision language model (VLM) and a diffusion model. The VLM is finetuned prior to training the diffusion model with data pairs. A data pair includes image data displaying an anomaly and text data describing the image data. The finetuned VLM includes an image encoder that generates image embeddings using the image data and a text encoder that generates text embeddings using the text data. Semantic subcode is generated using the image embeddings and the text embeddings. The diffusion model generates stochastic subcode using the image data. The diffusion model generates a reconstructed image using the stochastic and semantic subcodes. A loss is optimized based on an expected value of a difference between predicted noise of a noisy instance of the image data at a particular time and actual noise of that noisy instance. Parameters of the diffusion model are updated using the loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Bahare Azari, Chen Qiu, Sabrina Schmedding, Wan-Yi Lin
  • Patent number: 12591770
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for enabling control or monitoring of a computer-controlled entity operating in an environment by predicting a future state of the computer-controlled entity and/or its environment using sensor data which is indicative of a current state of the computer-controlled entity and/or its environment. The method includes using a first neural network for approximating a drift component of a stochastic differential equation and a second neural network for approximating a diffusion component of the stochastic differential equation, and discretizing the stochastic differential equation into time steps, and obtaining time-evolving mean and covariance functions based on the discretization and determining a probability distribution of a second state of the computer-controlled entity and/or its environment therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Look, Chen Qiu, Melih Kandemir
  • Patent number: 12587558
    Abstract: A system includes a controller configured to receive, at a trained transformer model, one or more run-time logs indicating information associated with interaction between a unique device and a server, output a user-score associated with the unique device and the one or more run-time logs in response to determining a negative log-likelihood of the one or more run-time logs in a next-log prediction probability distribution modeled by the trained transformer model, output a server-score utilizing at least normal-cluster centers associated with the trained transformer model and the one or more run-time logs, and in response to a sum of the user-score and server-score exceeding a threshold, outputting an indication of a cyber-threat associated with the one or more run-time logs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Chen Qiu, Wan-Yi Lin, Filipe J. Cabrita Condessa
  • Publication number: 20260037827
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for training neural networks with federated learning that includes sending portions of server-maintained machine learning models to clients, using local models without cluster labels at clients, estimating cluster labels at the server using k-means on latent features from clients, training local models with client data using a global-shared encoder parameter and a cluster-shared prediction head, updating the global encoder parameter at the server by aggregating cross-entropy loss updates from clients, updating cluster-shared prediction heads at the server by aggregating updates from clients within each cluster, sending updated global and cluster-shared model parameters to clients, and outputting a final parameter, including a global-shared encoder and cluster-shared model parameter, after meeting a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Inventors: Zhenzhen LI, Filipe J. CABRITA CONDESSA, Wan-Yi LIN, Tobias SCHLAGENHAUF, Chen QIU, Madan Ravi GANESH
  • Publication number: 20260037826
    Abstract: A method of training neural networks with federated learning that includes sending portions of server-maintained machine learning models to clients, yielding local models in sync with the server; at each client, training a local model with local data, receiving a model parameter including a global-shared encoder and cluster-shared prediction head from the server, utilizing the cluster-shared prediction head for server aggregating models from clients in the respective cluster; at each client, syncing with the server on its locally updated model; at the server, updating the global-shared encoder by aggregating updates of the cross-entropy loss from clients; at the server, updating cluster-shared prediction heads by aggregating updates from clients in each cluster; at the server, sending updated global and cluster-shared model parameters to clients; repeating steps until a threshold is met; outputting a final parameter including a final global-shared encoder and cluster-shared model parameter for each cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Inventors: Zhenzhen LI, Filipe J. CABRITA CONDESSA, Wan-Yi LIN, Tobias SCHLAGENHAUF, Chen QIU, Madan Ravi GANESH
  • Patent number: 12530875
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method relate to anomaly detection. Latent code of a source image is obtained. The latent code is designated as a target image. Source embedding data is generated form the source image. Text data, which is of a different domain than that of the source image, is obtained. Text embedding data is generated from the text data. Additional embedding data is generated using the source embedding data and the text embedding data. The additional embedding data provides guidance for modifying the source image. A modified image is generated via an iterative process that includes at least one iteration, where each iteration includes at least (i) encoding the target image to generate target embedding data, (ii) generating updated embedding data by combining the target embedding data and the additional embedding data, (iii) decoding the updated embedding data to generate a new image, and (iv) assigning the new image as the target image and the modified image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Chen Qiu, Clement Fung, Maja Rudolph
  • Patent number: 12518509
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method relate to anomaly detection. A first source image is obtained from a first image set and a second source image is obtained from a second image set of an in-distribution image dataset. A diffusion model generates a modified image using the first source image and the second source image. A non-anomalous label is automatically generated for the first source image. The non-anomalous label is also generated for the second source image. An anomalous label is generated for the modified image. A training dataset is created. The training dataset includes at least the first source image with the non-anomalous label, the second source image with the non-anomalous label, and the modified image with the anomalous label. A machine learning model is trained or fine-tuned using the training dataset. The machine learning model being configured to perform a task of anomaly detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Chen Qiu, Clement Fung, Maja Rudolph
  • Patent number: 12511533
    Abstract: A anomalous region detection method includes receiving time series data being grouped in patches, encoding, via parameters of an encoder, the data to obtain local latent representations, determining a representation loss from the local latent representations, transforming the local latent representations associated with each patch, via at least two local neural transformations, to a series of diverse transformed vector representations, determining a dynamic deterministic contrastive loss (DDCL) from the series of diverse transformed vector representations, combining the representation loss and the DDCL to obtain updated parameters, updating the parameters of the encoder with the updated parameters, scoring each of the series of the diverse transformed vector representations, via the DDCL, to obtain a diverse semantic requirement score associated with each patch, smoothing the diverse semantic requirement score to obtain a loss region, masking data associated with the loss region to obtain verified data, and o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Maja Rudolph, Chen Qiu, Tim Schneider
  • Patent number: 12482252
    Abstract: A simple and highly effective zero-shot anomaly detection approach is disclosed. The approach is compatible with a variety of established anomaly detection methods. The approach relies on training an anomaly detector, such as a neural network, on a meta-set in combination with batch normalization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Chen Qiu, Maja Rudolph, Aodong Li
  • Patent number: 12474449
    Abstract: Optical transmitting apparatuses are disclosed. In in an implementation, an apparatus comprises an array light source that includes M*N light sources. An included angle between any column of light sources in the N columns of light sources and any row of light sources in the M rows of light sources is predetermined. The array light source is located on a first side of a collimating lens, a plane on which the array light source is located is perpendicular to an optical axis of the collimating lens, and a distance between the plane on which the array light source is located and a center point of the collimating lens is a focal length of the collimating lens. An rotatable scanning mirror is located on a second side of the collimating lens, and a center point of a reflective surface of the scanning mirror is on the optical axis of the collimating lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenxiong Wei, Fan Wang, Feng Yu, Kai Yu, Chen Qiu
  • Publication number: 20250337761
    Abstract: A system includes a controller configured to receive, at a trained transformer model, one or more run-time logs indicating information associated with interaction between a unique device and a server, output a user-score associated with the unique device and the one or more run-time logs in response to determining a negative log-likelihood of the one or more run-time logs in a next-log prediction probability distribution modeled by the trained transformer model, output a server-score utilizing at least normal-cluster centers associated with the trained transformer model and the one or more run-time logs, and in response to a sum of the user-score and server-score exceeding a threshold, outputting an indication of a cyber-threat associated with the one or more run-time logs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Inventors: Chen QIU, Wan-Yi LIN, Filipe J. CABRITA CONDESSA
  • Publication number: 20250307610
    Abstract: A systems and methods for implementing attention-based neural networks, attention modules, regularization techniques, and unique data encoding such as for sequential tabular data and/or manufacturing data is provided. The attention-based neural networks may include a high dropout and unique softmax regularization. The encoding may attend to missing or undefined data as well as numerous data types common to manufacturing data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Inventors: Jared Evans, Carlos Cunha, Wan-Yi Lin, Chen Qiu
  • Publication number: 20250306552
    Abstract: A systems and methods for implementing attention-based neural networks, attention modules, regularization techniques, and unique data encoding such as for sequential tabular data and/or manufacturing data is provided. The attention-based neural networks may include a high dropout and unique softmax regularization. The encoding may attend to missing or undefined data as well as numerous data types common to manufacturing data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Inventors: Jared Evans, Carlos Cunha, Wan-Yi Lin, Chen Qiu
  • Publication number: 20250306544
    Abstract: A systems and methods for implementing attention-based neural networks, attention modules, regularization techniques, and unique data encoding such as for sequential tabular data and/or manufacturing data is provided. The attention-based neural networks may include a high dropout and unique softmax regularization. The encoding may attend to missing or undefined data as well as numerous data types common to manufacturing data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Inventors: Jared Evans, Carlos Cunha, Wan-Yi Lin, Chen Qiu
  • Publication number: 20250307625
    Abstract: A systems and methods for implementing attention-based neural networks, attention modules, regularization techniques, and unique data encoding such as for sequential tabular data and/or manufacturing data is provided. The attention-based neural networks may include a high dropout and unique softmax regularization. The encoding may attend to missing or undefined data as well as numerous data types common to manufacturing data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Inventors: Jared Evans, Carlos Cunha, Wan-Yi Lin, Chen Qiu
  • Publication number: 20250271633
    Abstract: An optical zoom module (1000) comprising: a module housing (100); a plurality of lens assemblies (10, 20, 30), which are arranged coaxially along an axis; a straight guiding rod (200), which is parallel to the axis and disposed on a first side (A) of the module housing (100); a plurality of carriers, wherein one lens assembly (10, 20, 30) is mounted in each carrier, at least two of the plurality of carriers are movable carriers (40, 50), and the straight guiding rod (200) passes through the at least two movable carriers (40, 50), such that the at least two movable carriers (40, 50) can move along the straight guide rod (200), respectively; and a second rail located on a second side (B) of the module housing (100), the second side (B) is opposite to the first side (A), the second rail is parallel to the straight guiding rod (200), and an upper surface of the second rail and the lower surface of the movable carriers (40, 50) are supported by the balls (112), wherein further provided is a corresponding portable
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 28, 2025
    Inventors: Dongli YUAN, Qi WANG, Zhihan WU, Haitao WANG, Zhou ZHOU, Yanning HE, Shuwei LIAO, Wenke YU, Chen QIU
  • Patent number: 12387057
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes converting tabular data to a text representation, generating metadata associated with the text representation of the tabular data, outputting one or more natural language data descriptions indicative of the tabular data in response to utilizing a large language model (LLM) and zero-shot prompting of the metadata and text representation of the tabular data, outputting one or more summaries utilizing the LLM and appending a prompt on the one or more natural language data descriptions, selecting a single summary of the one or more summaries in response to the single summary having a smallest validation rate, receiving a query associated with the tabular data, outputting one or more predictions associated with the query, and in response to meeting a convergence threshold with the one or more predictions generated from the one or more iterations, output a final prediction associated with the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Hariharan Manikandan, Yiding Jiang, Jeremy Kolter, Chen Qiu, Wan-Yi Lin, Filipe J. Cabrita Condessa
  • Publication number: 20250231974
    Abstract: A method that includes obtaining, from one or more stations, embedding vectors that embed features of the stations, obtaining measurement vectors and associated measurement names, generating a text array of the measurement names utilizing a language model, concatenating the text array and the measurement vector at one or more cross-attention modules configured to encode one or more measurement arrays to one or more latent embedding vectors, generating one or more latent embedding vectors associated with the measurement vector and corresponding measurement names via the cross-attention module and a fixed-size station embedding vector, outputting the latent embeddings; generating a query vector; generating key vectors value vectors utilizing a latent embedding vector; decoding the latent vectors utilizing the key vector and value vector; utilizing the cross attention modules and query vectors, decoding the latent embedding vectors; and output a predication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Chen QIU, Wan-Yi LIN, Carlos CUNHA, Jared EVANS
  • Patent number: 12353996
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for training a deep state space model using machine learning. The deep state space model includes a generative model and a multi-modal inference model. The generative model includes a transition model, and an emission model. The method includes: a) receiving a training data set comprising a sequence of observation vectors. For a plurality of observation vectors, the method iterates between b), c), and d) in sequence: b) inferring, using the multi-modal inference model, a current latent state of the generative model; c) constructing, using the multi-modal inference model, a posterior approximation of the current latent state as a mixture density network. For a plurality of observation vectors comprised in the sequence of observation vectors, d) decoding, using the emission model, the plurality of approximated latent state vectors to provide a plurality of synthetic observations; and e) outputting the trained deep state space model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Chen Qiu, Maja Rita Rudolph