Patents by Inventor Dewen Du

Dewen Du 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: 12455397
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for evaluating thicknesses of cobalt-rich crusts on seamounts, which comprises following steps: dividing a study area of cobalt-rich crusts into geological grid units, assigning crust thickness values to geological grid units; obtaining the crust thicknesses of the geological sampling stations in a preset influence range in the adjacent areas based on geological sampling station information; estimating the crust thicknesses in a certain distance range of the stations by a “distance-slope” spatial interpolation method, and through a spatial similarity of a crusts spatial distribution caused by a relationship between the distance and the slope, assigning values to grid units outside adjacent areas and within an influence range of the spatial similarity relationship; assigning values to the geological grid units that failed to obtain crust thickness value through an expected assignment method, and obtaining the crust thicknesses of the study areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Assignees: The First Institute of Oceanography, MNR, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), National Marine Data Information Center
    Inventors: Shijuan Yan, Chengfei Hou, Gang Yang, Xiande Tian, Xiangwen Ren, Jun Ye, Zhiwei Zhu, Qinglei Song, Zhuanling Song, Mu Huang, Yue Hao, Chunhua Han, Dewen Du
  • Patent number: 12292538
    Abstract: A method and system for positioning and correcting visual data by seafloor topographic profiles are provided. The method includes: offsetting the water-depth profile of the target survey line equidistantly in a grid layer of a target area to make profiles generated after the offsetting traverse the grid layer of the target area, and obtaining offset data sequences corresponding to the water-depth profile of the target survey line; drawing offset topographic profiles based on offset data of the offset data sequences corresponding to the water-depth profile of the target survey line; calculating a profile similarity between the water-depth profile of the target survey line and each of the offset topographic profiles by using a dynamic time warping (DTW) algorithm; and selecting a geographic location of one of the offset topographic profiles with a largest profile similarity as an actual geographic location of a water-depth profile of a seafloor visual survey line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: The First Institute of Oceanography, MNR, Qingdao National Laboratory of Marine Science and Technology Development Center
    Inventors: Shijuan Yan, Xinyu Shi, Chuanshun Li, Jun Ye, Gang Yang, Zhiwei Zhu, Yue Hao, Dewen Du
  • Publication number: 20240168196
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for evaluating thicknesses of cobalt-rich crusts on seamounts, which comprises following steps: dividing a study area of cobalt-rich crusts into geological grid units, assigning crust thickness values to geological grid units; obtaining the crust thicknesses of the geological sampling stations in a preset influence range in the adjacent areas based on geological sampling station information; estimating the crust thicknesses in a certain distance range of the stations by a “distance-slope” spatial interpolation method, and through a spatial similarity of a crusts spatial distribution caused by a relationship between the distance and the slope, assigning values to grid units outside adjacent areas and within an influence range of the spatial similarity relationship; assigning values to the geological grid units that failed to obtain crust thickness value through an expected assignment method, and obtaining the crust thicknesses of the study areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Shijuan YAN, Chengfei HOU, Gang YANG, Xiande TIAN, Xiangwen REN, Jun YE, Zhiwei ZHU, Qinglei SONG, Zhuanling SONG, Mu HUANG, Yue HAO, Chunhua HAN, Dewen DU
  • Publication number: 20230237214
    Abstract: Disclosed is a near-seabed video data positioning correction method based on an ultra-short baseline, comprising the following steps: acquiring ultra-short baseline positioning data; eliminating abnormal data in the ultra-short baseline positioning data, establishing a four-dimensional elimination model, and eliminating the abnormal data in X, Y and Z directions; modeling the correction method of the recombined ultra-short baseline positioning data after removing abnormal data; obtaining the positioning data of the camera drag with specified precision by simulation. The application realizes the positioning correction of video data under the existing conditions and established operation modes, and eliminates, simulates and corrects the error data generated by the time change of ultra-short baseline data used for video positioning in the heading and other directions by integrating and using various survey data, so as to position the near-bottom video data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicants: The First Institute of Oceanography, MNR, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), National Marine Data Information Center
    Inventors: Shijuan YAN, Yue ZHAO, Chuanshun LI, Gang YANG, Dewen DU, Jun YE, Zhiwei ZHU, Xiangwen REN, Chunhua HAN, Fengdeng SHI, Qiukui ZHAO, Xinyu SHI
  • Publication number: 20230213674
    Abstract: A method and system for positioning and correcting visual data by seafloor topographic profiles are provided. The method includes: offsetting the water-depth profile of the target survey line equidistantly in a grid layer of a target area to make profiles generated after the offsetting traverse the grid layer of the target area, and obtaining offset data sequences corresponding to the water-depth profile of the target survey line; drawing offset topographic profiles based on offset data of the offset data sequences corresponding to the water-depth profile of the target survey line; calculating a profile similarity between the water-depth profile of the target survey line and each of the offset topographic profiles by using a dynamic time warping (DTW) algorithm; and selecting a geographic location of one of the offset topographic profiles with a largest profile similarity as an actual geographic location of a water-depth profile of a seafloor visual survey line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Shijuan Yan, Xinyu Shi, Chuanshun Li, Jun Ye, Gang Yang, Zhiwei Zhu, Yue Hao, Dewen Du