Patents by Inventor Cheng Qian

Cheng Qian 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).

  • Publication number: 20230336071
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of gate driving circuits, and discloses a partially bootstrapped gate driving circuit for reducing switching loss and a control method thereof. The partially bootstrapped gate driving circuit for reducing the switching loss comprises a switching device, PWM, a power supply, signal isolation, non-isolated driving chips, a bootstrap structure, a driving resistor, Mon and Moff. The bootstrap structure is used in the present invention, which can realize voltage doubling output without increasing the power supply, overcomes limitation of parasitic resistance inside a large gate of a wide band gap device, and can significantly reduce the switching loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicants: Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen Union Semiconductor Co., LTD
    Inventors: Zhiqiang WANG, Cheng QIAN, Guoqing XIN, Xiaojie SHI
  • Patent number: 11780464
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein for generating trajectories for autonomous vehicles using velocity-based steering limits. A planning component of an autonomous vehicle can receive steering limits determined based on safety requirements and/or kinematic models of the vehicle. Discontinuous and discrete steering limit values may be converted into a continuous steering limit function for use during on-vehicle trajectory generation and/or optimization operations. When the vehicle is traversing a driving environment, the planning component may use steering limit functions to determine a set of situation-specific steering limits associated with the particular vehicle state and/or driving conditions. The planning component may execute loss functions, including steering angle and/or steering rate costs, to determine a vehicle trajectory based on the steering limits applicable to the current vehicle state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Funke, Steven Cheng Qian, Kazuhide Okamoto, Jacob Patrick Thalman, Sriram Narayanan, Liam Gallagher
  • Patent number: 11688310
    Abstract: The present invention is an optical LED light display incorporating one or more louvers operable to limit the light emission in a specified direction from a LED diode within the LED light display, each louvers being positioned in relation to each LED light element in the LED light display. The specified direction of the light emission may be towards a target audience or a target direction. A method of the present invention that may be implemented by a software program processed by computer processors of a computer device, may be operable to enable the design of the LED display louver for installation in a specific area to enable simultaneous elimination of light trespass and preservation of image quality for the target audience. A LED light display can be manufactured, configured and installed in accordance with the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: MEDIA RESOURCES INC.
    Inventors: Cheng Qian, Graham Murdoch
  • Publication number: 20230192127
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein for generating trajectories for autonomous vehicles using velocity-based steering limits. A planning component of an autonomous vehicle can receive steering limits determined based on safety requirements and/or kinematic models of the vehicle. Discontinuous and discrete steering limit values may be converted into a continuous steering limit function for use during on-vehicle trajectory generation and/or optimization operations. When the vehicle is traversing a driving environment, the planning component may use steering limit functions to determine a set of situation-specific steering limits associated with the particular vehicle state and/or driving conditions. The planning component may execute loss functions, including steering angle and/or steering rate costs, to determine a vehicle trajectory based on the steering limits applicable to the current vehicle state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph Funke, Steven Cheng Qian, Kazuhide Okamoto, Jacob Patrick Thalman, Sriram Narayanan, Liam Gallagher
  • Publication number: 20230182772
    Abstract: A passenger may be rather vulnerable to safety risks during pickup and/or drop-off of a passenger by a vehicle. To mitigate or eliminate such risk, the vehicle may determine an endpoint for a vehicle route to pickup or drop-off a passenger at a location. The vehicle may determine an estimated path between the endpoint and the location and may determine a safety confidence score by a machine-learned model for the estimated path and/or may predict a trajectory of a detected object to ascertain whether the estimated path is safe. The vehicle may execute any of a number of different mitigation actions to reduce or eliminate a safety risk if one is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph Funke, Steven Cheng Qian, Genie Kim, Zheyuan Xie
  • Patent number: 11663849
    Abstract: A system and method for better matching of two digital fingerprints when the two digital fingerprints are acquired under different conditions that uses the set of points of interest of the first and second digital fingerprints to perform the matching. A transform pyramiding process is performed using the first and second set of points of interest and a hierarchy of transforms to determine if the first and second set of points of interest are true matches despite the different conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Alitheon, Inc.
    Inventors: David Justin Ross, Mark Tocci, Will Charles Shannon, Cheng Qian
  • Publication number: 20230140442
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for searching target content, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes acquiring search content to be processed in a search content editing control; determining at least one piece of associated content to be searched corresponding to the search content to be processed and using both the at least one piece of associated content to be searched and the search content to be processed as target search content; and searching for target content matching with each piece of the target search content from subtitle information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Jingsheng YANG, Kojung CHEN, Cheng QIAN, Mengyuan XIONG, Xiang ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20230135783
    Abstract: Provided are a target content search method, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes determining a target search identifier in search content to be processed and determining a target search strategy corresponding to the target search identifier; generating target search content corresponding to the search content to be processed according to the target search identifier, the target search strategy, and the search content to be processed; and searching out target content corresponding to the target search content from text information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Kojung CHEN, Cheng Qian, Mengyuan Xiong, Jingsheng Yang
  • Publication number: 20230139416
    Abstract: Provided are a search content matching method, an electronic device and a storage medium. The search content matching method includes steps described below. At least one target meeting record including target search content is determined according to the target search content. Abstract information corresponding to each target meeting record of the at least one target meeting record is displayed, and target content matching the target search content is distinctively displayed in the abstract information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Kojung CHEN, Cheng QIAN, Xiang ZHENG, Jingquan WANG, Mengyuan XIONG, Huiling ZHUANG, Jingsheng YANG
  • Publication number: 20230060607
    Abstract: A system for analyzing a volatile component in extraterrestrial soil through penetration heating induction includes the following: a penetration heater, provided therein with a volatile component measurement and analysis module configured to analyze a volatile component in a detected medium; a gas capture hole, provided on a side wall of the penetration heater and used to divert the volatile component in the detected medium to the volatile component measurement and analysis module; a temperature acquisition module, disposed on the penetration heater and configured to acquire a temperature of the detected medium; and a heating module, disposed on the penetration heater and configured to acquire the temperature of the detected medium. The system has a compact structure, a simple function, and low engineering costs, and can directly detect and analyze a volatile component in deep extraterrestrial soil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Sichuan Institute of Space Systems Engineering
    Inventors: Xinjian WANG, Yubin YANG, Yi ZUO, Cheng QIAN, Yuehai CHEN, Lisheng DENG, Xiandong NIE, Yunyun GUO, Jin LIU, Yu LUO, Hansheng ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20230060500
    Abstract: Techniques for requesting remote assistance from a vehicle are discussed. The techniques include receiving, from a remote computing device, coordinates of a footprint in which the vehicle is capable of stopping. The techniques further include receiving, from the remote computing device, a target orientation associated with the footprint. The techniques may determine a path to the footprint based to achieve target orientation associated with the footprint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph Funke, Ravi Gogna, Caili Li, Steven Cheng Qian, Jacob Patrick Thalman, Ruikun Yu
  • Publication number: 20230060435
    Abstract: Techniques for providing remote assistance to a vehicle are discussed. The techniques include receiving, from a vehicle, an indication of an event and displaying, on a display and to a user, a portion of an environment including the vehicle. The techniques further determine a valid region in the portion of the environment associated with a location at which the vehicle is capable of navigating. The techniques also display, on the display a footprint of the vehicle, where the footprint is associated with a position and orientation. The techniques further include transmitting the position and orientation of the footprint to the vehicle, which causes the vehicle to traverse in the environment to the position and orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph Funke, Ravi Gogna, Caili Li, Steven Cheng Qian, Jacob Patrick Thalman, Ruikun Yu
  • Publication number: 20230038076
    Abstract: The present invention provides a power supply method and system for a hydrogen fuel cell stack, and a hydrogen powered motorcycle and a driving method and system thereof, the power supply method includes: a control chip detecting the operating states of the hydrogen fuel cell stack and the lithium battery pack; when the hydrogen fuel cell stack and the lithium battery pack are free of faults, obtaining the output voltage of the lithium battery pack; when the output voltage is lower than the charge-on threshold, the hydrogen fuel cell stack powering the lithium battery pack; when the output voltage is higher than the charge-stop threshold, disconnecting the circuit of the hydrogen fuel cell stack powering the lithium battery pack, when the output voltage is more than or equal to the charge-on threshold and less than or equal to the charge-stop threshold, the circuit of the hydrogen fuel cell stack remaining to power the lithium battery pack; and when the output voltage is higher than the charge-stop threshold,
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: MINMIN LU, CHENG QIAN, WEIJIE ZE, QIAN MA
  • Publication number: 20230029255
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bioelectrical signal acquisition device, an interactive system, and related methods. The bioelectrical signal acquisition device includes a series of electrodes that are configured and positioned to effectively record bioelectrical signals from a user's head. The interactive system and related methods can be used to collect, display, and analyze the bioelectrical signals, especially signals related to sleep. The device, system, and methods can also be applied to modulate physiological or pathological conditions of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventor: Cheng QIAN
  • Publication number: 20230019220
    Abstract: The present invention is an optical LED light display incorporating one or more louvers operable to limit the light emission in a specified direction from a LED diode within the LED light display, each louvers being positioned in relation to each LED light element in the LED light display. The specified direction of the light emission may be towards a target audience or a target direction. A method of the present invention that may be implemented by a software program processed by computer processors of a computer device, may be operable to enable the design of the LED display louver for installation in a specific area to enable simultaneous elimination of light trespass and preservation of image quality for the target audience. A LED light display can be manufactured, configured and installed in accordance with the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Cheng Qian, Graham Murdoch
  • Patent number: 11550324
    Abstract: Techniques and methods for identifying parking zones. For instance, a vehicle may identify a parking zone located near a destination location for the vehicle. The vehicle may then generate one or more lines representing the parking zone. Additionally, the vehicle may generate polygons representing objects located proximate to the parking zone. The vehicle may then determine whether the one or more lines intersect with one or more of the polygons. If the vehicle determines that the one or more lines intersect with one or more of the polygons, then the vehicle may identify one or more first portions of the parking zone that are occupied by one or more objects and as such, unavailable. Using the one or more first portions, the vehicle may identify one or more second portions of the parking zone that are not occupied by objects and as such, available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Zheyuan Xie, Joseph Funke, Steven Cheng Qian
  • Patent number: 11526061
    Abstract: A light modulating liquid crystal cell, a display panel, and a display device are provided. The light modulating liquid crystal cell has a light-exiting area and a non-light-exiting area surrounding the light-exiting area and includes first pixels located in the light-exiting area. Each first pixel includes first sub-pixels, and each first sub-pixels includes a first transistor. The first sub-pixels include at least two first sub-pixels arranged in a first direction and at least two first sub-pixels arranged in a second direction, and the first direction intersects the second direction. In the first sub-pixels of one first pixel, gate electrodes of the first transistors are electrically connected to a same first scanning line, and source electrodes of the first transistors are electrically connected to a same first data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng Qian, Xu Jiang, Kaihong Huang, Mingji Xu
  • Publication number: 20220382445
    Abstract: A multimedia interaction method, apparatus, a device, and a medium are provided. The method includes: receiving a triggering operation of a user for a subtitle interaction aggregation identifier on a multimedia display interface, where the multimedia display interface displays a multimedia, a subtitle content for the multimedia, and the subtitle interaction aggregation identifier; and displaying at least one subtitle interaction content corresponding to the subtitle interaction aggregation identifier, where the subtitle interaction content indicates an interaction content for the subtitle content. With the technical solution, since the subtitle interaction aggregation identifier is an aggregated representation of multiple subtitle interaction contents, multiple subtitle interaction contents for the subtitle content of the multimedia may be displayed quickly by a triggering based on the subtitle interaction aggregation identifier, which improves display efficiency for the subtitle interaction content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Shijia HU, Kojung Chen, Mengyuan Xiong, Cheng Qian
  • Patent number: 11488413
    Abstract: The present disclosure teaches a method of utilizing image “match points” to measure and detect changes in a physical object. In some cases “degradation” or “wear and tear” of the physical object is assessed, while in other applications this disclosure is applicable to measuring intentional changes, such as changes made by additive or subtractive manufacturing processes, which may, for example, involve adding a layer or removing a layer by machining. A system may include a scanner, and a digital fingerprinting process, coupled to an object change computer server. The server is coupled to a datastore that stores class digital fingerprints, selected object digital fingerprints collected over time, match measurements, and deterioration metrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: ALITHEON, INC.
    Inventors: David Justin Ross, Will Charles Shannon, Cheng Qian
  • Patent number: 11488000
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an operation apparatus and method for an acceleration chip for accelerating a deep neural network algorithm. The apparatus comprises: a vector addition processor module and a vector function value arithmetic unit and a vector multiplier-adder module wherein the three modules execute a programmable instruction, and interact with each other to calculate values of neurons and a network output result of a neural network, and a variation amount of a synaptic weight representing the interaction strength of the neurons on an input layer to the neurons on an output layer; and the three modules are all provided with an intermediate value storage region and perform read and write operations on a primary memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Intitute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Zhen Li, Shaoli Liu, Shijin Zhang, Tao Luo, Cheng Qian, Yunji Chen, Tianshi Chen