Patents by Inventor Dingxuan ZHAO

Dingxuan ZHAO 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: 11912436
    Abstract: A fully automated towing, alignment and hangar system suitable for an offshore operation helicopter includes a quick mooring device, a wide-angle camera installed on a rear wall of the quick mooring device, a longitudinal towing device, a DSP control unit, an MCU control unit, a helicopter and a mooring bar thereof. An alignment method based on above system includes following steps of acquiring an attitude image of a steering wheel, calculating a helicopter yaw angle and a steering wheel deflection angle, calculating position coordinates of the steering wheel, a first wheel and a second wheel in a deck coordinate system, judging boundaries relative to a towing indication line, extracting an optimal path suitable for the movement of the helicopter, calculating lateral and longitudinal movement position control commands, driving the movement of the helicopter, and repeating the above operations until the automated towing, alignment and hangar are completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: YANSHAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dingxuan Zhao, Lixin Wang, Zhuxin Zhang, Qian Liu
  • Patent number: 11906392
    Abstract: An in-vehicle stable platform system employing active suspension and a control method thereof is provided. The system includes a vehicle body, an in-vehicle stable platform, an inertial measurement device, an electronic control device, a servo controller set, multiple wheels, and suspension servo actuation cylinders and displacement sensors respectively corresponding to the wheels. The wheels are divided into three groups, which form three support points. The heights of the three support points are controlled to control orientation of the vehicle body. An amount of extension/retraction of the suspension servo actuation cylinders required to cause the in-vehicle stable platform to return to a horizontal level is calculated according to a measured pitch angle and a roll angle of the in-vehicle stable platform, and when a vehicle travels on an uneven road, the extension/retraction of each suspension servo actuation cylinder is controlled to cause the in-vehicle stable platform to be horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: YANSHAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dingxuan Zhao, Mingde Gong, Shuang Liu, Zhiguo Sun, Zhuxin Zhang, Bin Yang, Tao Ni, Qinghe Guo, Mengke Yang
  • Patent number: 11813915
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention are an inertial regulation method of active suspensions based on terrain ahead of a vehicle and a control system thereof. According to the scanned terrain ahead of the vehicle, a center of mass trajectory and attitude history are calculated when the vehicle passes through the terrain ahead of the vehicle with passive suspensions. After smoothing the trajectory, the active suspension is controlled to make the vehicle drives according to the smoothed trajectory. During this period, a smoothness coefficient is adjusted to make each suspension stroke be limited within a limit stroke, and according to the supporting force and stroke of each active suspension calculated from a dynamics model, the impedance control based on force-displacement is carried out on an actuator of the suspension. The present invention can significantly improve the driving comfort and handling stability of the vehicle driving on an uneven road surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Yanshan University
    Inventors: Dingxuan Zhao, Tao Ni, Mingde Gong, Shuang Liu, Zhuxin Zhang, Zhiguo Sun
  • Patent number: 11813914
    Abstract: A hydraulic active suspension flow control system includes a hydraulic oil tank, a variable displacement pump with an oil suction port communicating with the hydraulic oil tank, a check valve, a servo valve, a suspension cylinder controlled by the servo valve, an engine revolution speed sensor configured to detect an engine revolution speed, a vehicle speed sensor configured to detect a vehicle speed, an oil pressure sensor configured to detect an accumulator outlet pressure, a flow controller configured to control displacement of the variable displacement pump by receiving data from the engine revolution speed sensor, the vehicle speed sensor and the oil pressure sensor, and a relief valve connected to the check valve in parallel and provided at an oil outlet of the variable displacement pump. The variable displacement pump is connected to an engine through a clutch; and an accumulator is connected between the servo valve and the check valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Yanshan University
    Inventors: Dingxuan Zhao, Jianxu Zhu, Mingde Gong, Shuang Liu, Zhuxin Zhang, Zhiguo Sun, Tao Ni, Bin Yang, Hao Chen, Mingyuan Han
  • Publication number: 20230286347
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention are an inertial regulation method of active suspensions based on terrain ahead of a vehicle and a control system thereof. According to the scanned terrain ahead of the vehicle, a center of mass trajectory and attitude history are calculated when the vehicle passes through the terrain ahead of the vehicle with passive suspensions. After smoothing the trajectory, the active suspension is controlled to make the vehicle drives according to the smoothed trajectory. During this period, a smoothness coefficient is adjusted to make each suspension stroke be limited within a limit stroke, and according to the supporting force and stroke of each active suspension calculated from a dynamics model, the impedance control based on force-displacement is carried out on an actuator of the suspension. The present invention can significantly improve the driving comfort and handling stability of the vehicle driving on an uneven road surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Yanshan University
    Inventors: Dingxuan ZHAO, Tao NI, Mingde GONG, Shuang LIU, Zhuxin ZHANG, Zhiguo SUN
  • Publication number: 20230286345
    Abstract: An inertial regulation method and control system of vehicle active suspension based on a supporting force of each wheel comprises an inner loop control and an outer loop control. The inner loop control is to calculate, according to the dynamics, a theoretical supporting force of each wheel when the vehicle is driving on a virtual slope plane with a 6-dimensional acceleration and a pitch angle measured by an inertial measurement unit; compare the theoretical supporting force with the measured supporting force of each wheel; and control the expansion of each suspension cylinder according to the difference value, so that the supporting force of each wheel changes according to the theoretical supporting force. The outer loop control is to control each suspension cylinder for the same expansion of displacement, so that the average value of all the suspension cylinder strokes tends to a median value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Yanshan University
    Inventors: Dingxuan ZHAO, Shuang LIU, Mingde GONG, Zhuxin ZHANG, Zhiguo SUN, Bin YANG
  • Publication number: 20230278385
    Abstract: A hydraulic active suspension flow control system includes a hydraulic oil tank, a variable displacement pump with an oil suction port communicating with the hydraulic oil tank, a check valve, a servo valve, a suspension cylinder controlled by the servo valve, an engine revolution speed sensor configured to detect an engine revolution speed, a vehicle speed sensor configured to detect a vehicle speed, an oil pressure sensor configured to detect an accumulator outlet pressure, a flow controller configured to control displacement of the variable displacement pump by receiving data from the engine revolution speed sensor, the vehicle speed sensor and the oil pressure sensor, and a relief valve connected to the check valve in parallel and provided at an oil outlet of the variable displacement pump. The variable displacement pump is connected to an engine through a clutch; and an accumulator is connected between the servo valve and the check valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Yanshan University
    Inventors: Dingxuan ZHAO, Jianxu ZHU, Mingde GONG, Shuang LIU, Zhuxin ZHANG, Zhiguo SUN, Tao NI, Bin YANG, Hao CHEN, Mingyuan HAN
  • Patent number: 11618294
    Abstract: An active-passive dual mode switchable vehicle suspension system is provided. The suspension system includes a filter, a hydraulic pump, a one-way valve, a power takeoff, a servo valve, a suspension cylinder, an overflow valve, an energy accumulator, a reversing valve, a first pressure sensor, a second pressure sensor, a controller, an oil tank and a displacement sensor. Further related is a switching method for the active-passive dual mode switchable vehicle suspension system. When the active and passive dual-mode switchable vehicle suspension system is switched between modes, an oil pressure in the rodless cavity of the suspension cylinder and an oil pressure in the energy accumulator are adjusted to be equal in advance, so that the stable switching of the active-passive suspension system can be realized, and the vibration of the vehicle body is eliminated when the existing active-passive suspension system is switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: YANSHAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dingxuan Zhao, Mingde Gong, Shuang Liu, Zhuxin Zhang, Zhiguo Sun, Tao Ni, Zhaoyang Yan, Qinghe Guo
  • Patent number: 11326985
    Abstract: An inertial regulation active suspension system based on posture deviation of a vehicle and a control method thereof are provided. The system comprises a vehicle body, an inertial measurement unit, an electronic control unit, a servo controller group, a plurality of wheels, suspension servo actuating cylinders respectively corresponding to the wheels, and displacement sensors for measuring a stroke of the suspension servo actuating cylinders. The electronic control unit reads posture parameters of the vehicle body measured by the inertial measurement unit, and calculates a deviation between the postures of the vehicle body at a current moment and at a previous moment, and then outputs posture control parameters to the servo controller group. The servo controller group controls extension and retraction of each of the suspension servo actuating cylinders according to the posture control parameters and displacement feedback values of the displacement sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Yanshan University
    Inventors: Dingxuan Zhao, Mingde Gong, Shuang Liu, Zhuxin Zhang, Zhiguo Sun, Bin Yang, Tao Ni, Qinghe Guo, Mengke Yang
  • Publication number: 20220097471
    Abstract: An active-passive dual mode switchable vehicle suspension system is provided. The suspension system includes a filter, a hydraulic pump, a one-way valve, a power takeoff, a servo valve, a suspension cylinder, an overflow valve, an energy accumulator, a reversing valve, a first pressure sensor, a second pressure sensor, a controller, an oil tank and a displacement sensor. Further related is a switching method for the active-passive dual mode switchable vehicle suspension system. When the active and passive dual-mode switchable vehicle suspension system is switched between modes, an oil pressure in the rodless cavity of the suspension cylinder and an oil pressure in the energy accumulator are adjusted to be equal in advance, so that the stable switching of the active-passive suspension system can be realized, and the vibration of the vehicle body is eliminated when the existing active-passive suspension system is switched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Dingxuan Zhao, Mingde Gong, Shuang Liu, Zhuxin Zhang, Zhiguo Sun, Tao Ni, Zhaoyang Yan, Qinghe Guo
  • Patent number: 11280703
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted motion simulation platform based on active suspension and a control method thereof is provided. The vehicle-mounted motion simulation platform includes a vehicle body, a motion simulation platform fixedly connected to the vehicle body, an upper computer for posture control, a gyroscope, a plurality of wheels, and suspension servo actuating cylinders and displacement sensors corresponding to the wheels respectively, an electronic control unit, and a servo controller group. The electronic control unit calculates posture control parameters based on the posture instructions of the motion simulation platform input by the upper computer for posture control and posture information of the motion simulation platform measured by the gyroscope, and then outputs the posture control parameters to the servo controller group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: YANSHAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dingxuan Zhao, Shuang Liu, Mingde Gong, Zhiguo Sun, Zhuxin Zhang, Tao Ni, Bin Yang, Qinghe Guo, Mengke Yang
  • Publication number: 20210008941
    Abstract: An in-vehicle stable platform system employing active suspension and a control method thereof is provided. The system includes a vehicle body, an in-vehicle stable platform, an inertial measurement device, an electronic control device, a servo controller set, multiple wheels, and suspension servo actuation cylinders and displacement sensors respectively corresponding to the wheels. The wheels are divided into three groups, which form three support points. The heights of the three support points are controlled to control orientation of the vehicle body. An amount of extension/retraction of the suspension servo actuation cylinders required to cause the in-vehicle stable platform to return to a horizontal level is calculated according to a measured pitch angle and a roll angle of the in-vehicle stable platform, and when a vehicle travels on an uneven road, the extension/retraction of each suspension servo actuation cylinder is controlled to cause the in-vehicle stable platform to be horizontal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Dingxuan ZHAO, Mingde GONG, Shuang LIU, Zhiguo SUN, Zhuxin ZHANG, Bin YANG, Tao NI, Qinghe GUO, Mengke YANG
  • Publication number: 20200398629
    Abstract: An inertial regulation active suspension system based on posture deviation of a vehicle and a control method thereof are provided. The system comprises a vehicle body, an inertial measurement unit, an electronic control unit, a servo controller group, a plurality of wheels, suspension servo actuating cylinders respectively corresponding to the wheels, and displacement sensors for measuring a stroke of the suspension servo actuating cylinders. The electronic control unit reads posture parameters of the vehicle body measured by the inertial measurement unit, and calculates a deviation between the postures of the vehicle body at a current moment and at a previous moment, and then outputs posture control parameters to the servo controller group. The servo controller group controls extension and retraction of each of the suspension servo actuating cylinders according to the posture control parameters and displacement feedback values of the displacement sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Dingxuan ZHAO, Mingde GONG, Shuang LIU, Zhuxin ZHANG, Zhiguo SUN, Bin YANG, Tao NI, Qinghe GUO, Mengke YANG
  • Publication number: 20200393330
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted motion simulation platform based on active suspension and a control method thereof is provided. The vehicle-mounted motion simulation platform includes a vehicle body, a motion simulation platform fixedly connected to the vehicle body, an upper computer for posture control, a gyroscope, a plurality of wheels, and suspension servo actuating cylinders and displacement sensors corresponding to the wheels respectively, an electronic control unit, and a servo controller group. The electronic control unit calculates posture control parameters based on the posture instructions of the motion simulation platform input by the upper computer for posture control and posture information of the motion simulation platform measured by the gyroscope, and then outputs the posture control parameters to the servo controller group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Dingxuan ZHAO, Shuang LIU, Mingde GONG, Zhiguo SUN, Zhuxin ZHANG, Tao NI, Bin YANG, Qinghe GUO, Mengke YANG