Patents by Inventor Congyu Gao

Congyu Gao 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: 12367592
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating label data for one or more target objects in an environment. The system obtains first data characterizing the environment, wherein the first data includes position data characterizing a position of the target object. The system obtains second data including one or more three-dimensional (3D) frames characterizing the environment. The system determines, based on the first data, a guide feature for locating the target object in the 3D frames of the second data. The system receives a first user input that specifies at least an object position in the selected 3D frame, and generates label data for the target object based on the first user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Maya Kabkab, Yulai Shen, Congyu Gao, Sakshi Madan
  • Patent number: 12159451
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for automatically generating labels for sensor data. For instance first sensor data for a first vehicle is identified. The first sensor data is defined in both a global coordinate system and a local coordinate system for the first vehicle. A second vehicle is identified based on a second location of the second vehicle within a threshold distance of the first vehicle within the first timeframe. The second vehicle is associated with second sensor data that is further associated with a label identifying a location of an object, and the location of the object is defined in a local coordinate system of the second vehicle. A conversion from the local coordinate system of the second vehicle to the local coordinate system of the first vehicle may be determined and used to transfer the label from the second sensor data to the first sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Brandyn White, Congyu Gao, Sean Rafferty, Nicholas Armstrong-Crews
  • Publication number: 20230377164
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating label data for one or more target objects in an environment. The system obtains first data characterizing the environment, wherein the first data includes position data characterizing a position of the target object. The system obtains second data including one or more three-dimensional (3D) frames characterizing the environment. The system determines, based on the first data, a guide feature for locating the target object in the 3D frames of the second data. The system receives a first user input that specifies at least an object position in the selected 3D frame, and generates label data for the target object based on the first user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Maya Kabkab, Yulai Shen, Congyu Gao, Sakshi Madan
  • Publication number: 20230019893
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for automatically generating labels for sensor data. For instance first sensor data for a first vehicle is identified. The first sensor data is defined in both a global coordinate system and a local coordinate system for the first vehicle. A second vehicle is identified based on a second location of the second vehicle within a threshold distance of the first vehicle within the first timeframe. The second vehicle is associated with second sensor data that is further associated with a label identifying a location of an object, and the location of the object is defined in a local coordinate system of the second vehicle. A conversion from the local coordinate system of the second vehicle to the local coordinate system of the first vehicle may be determined and used to transfer the label from the second sensor data to the first sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Brandyn White, Congyu Gao, Sean Rafferty, Nicholas Armstrong-Crews
  • Patent number: 11481579
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for automatically generating labels for sensor data. For instance first sensor data for a first vehicle is identified. The first sensor data is defined in both a global coordinate system and a local coordinate system for the first vehicle. A second vehicle is identified based on a second location of the second vehicle within a threshold distance of the first vehicle within the first timeframe. The second vehicle is associated with second sensor data that is further associated with a label identifying a location of an object, and the location of the object is defined in a local coordinate system of the second vehicle. A conversion from the local coordinate system of the second vehicle to the local coordinate system of the first vehicle may be determined and used to transfer the label from the second sensor data to the first sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Brandyn White, Congyu Gao, Sean Rafferty, Nicholas Armstrong-Crews
  • Patent number: 11062537
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to determining vehicle operation modes for a fleet of vehicles. This may include maintaining a storage system including vehicle parameters for a vehicle fleet such that each vehicle of the fleet is associated with a set of vehicle parameters. The vehicle operation mode may be determined by selecting one of a plurality of vehicle operation levels arranged in a hierarchy or by identifying a set of tags where each level or tag corresponds to a vehicle driving capability. The determined vehicle operation mode may be communicated to the given vehicle in order to cause the vehicle to operate according to the determined vehicle operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Joseph Andrade, Ryan Cash, Peter Colijn, Laurens Andreas Feenstra, Congyu Gao, Dirk Haehnel, Steven Reis, Omari Stephens
  • Publication number: 20210150280
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for automatically generating labels for sensor data. For instance first sensor data for a first vehicle is identified. The first sensor data is defined in both a global coordinate system and a local coordinate system for the first vehicle. A second vehicle is identified based on a second location of the second vehicle within a threshold distance of the first vehicle within the first timeframe. The second vehicle is associated with second sensor data that is further associated with a label identifying a location of an object, and the location of the object is defined in a local coordinate system of the second vehicle. A conversion from the local coordinate system of the second vehicle to the local coordinate system of the first vehicle may be determined and used to transfer the label from the second sensor data to the first sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Brandyn White, Congyu Gao, Sean Rafferty, Nicholas Armstrong-Crews
  • Publication number: 20190266815
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to determining vehicle operation modes for a fleet of vehicles. This may include maintaining a storage system including vehicle parameters for a vehicle fleet such that each vehicle of the fleet is associated with a set of vehicle parameters. The vehicle operation mode may be determined by selecting one of a plurality of vehicle operation levels arranged in a hierarchy or by identifying a set of tags where each level or tag corresponds to a vehicle driving capability. The determined vehicle operation mode may be communicated to the given vehicle in order to cause the vehicle to operate according to the determined vehicle operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Ryan Joseph Andrade, Ryan Cash, Peter Colijn, Laurens Andreas Feenstra, Congyu Gao, Dirk Haehnel, Steven Reis, Omari Stephens