Patents by Inventor Feng Tang

Feng Tang 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: 20210225081
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that generate floorplans and measurements using a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a physical environment generated based on sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Feng Tang, Afshin Dehghan, Kai Kang, Yang Yang, Yikang Liao, Guangyu Zhao
  • Publication number: 20210225043
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that generate floorplans and measurements using a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a physical environment generated based on sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Feng Tang, Afshin Dehghan, Kai Kang, Yang Yang, Yikang Liao, Guangyu Zhao
  • Publication number: 20210225090
    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that generate floorplans and measurements using a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a physical environment generated based on sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Feng Tang, Afshin Dehghan, Kai Kang, Yang Yang, Yikang Liao, Guangyu Zhao
  • Publication number: 20210208005
    Abstract: A light intensity fluctuation-insensitive projection objective wave aberration detection device and a detection method thereof, comprising a light source and illumination system, an object plane marking plate, an object plane displacement table, a tested projection objective, an image plane marking plate, a two-dimensional photosensor, an image plane displacement table and a control processing unit; the object plane marking plate and the image plane marking plate are provided with grating marks for shear interference test and marks for light intensity test, the shear interferograms and the light intensity information are simultaneously received through the two-dimensional photosensor, the light intensity fluctuation error corresponding to each phase-shifting interferogram is corrected through the light intensity information, improving the detection precision, reducing the complexity and the cost of the system, and improving the detection speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Feng TANG, Xiangzhao WANG, Yunjun LU, Changzhe PENG, Yang LIU
  • Publication number: 20210190596
    Abstract: A high-precision non-contact temperature measurement device includes: a thermal insulation box made of a thermal insulation material and having therein a receiving space; a dynamic constant-temperature feedback control module for controlling temperature of the receiving space; and a non-temperature-sensing thermal imager disposed in the receiving space. The device achieves system thermal insulation within a non-contact temperature measurement gauge, maintains the overall closed system dynamically at constant temperature, compensates for effects of internal chip self-heating effect and visual field background temperature variation, and finally calculates average temperature of surfaces of a target precisely with an imaging, non-contact temperature measurement gauge and a temperature calibration algorithm widely used in thermal-imaging non-contact temperature measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: SHIANG-FENG TANG, SHUN-LUNG YEN, KUN-CHI LO, WEN-JEN LIN
  • Patent number: 11029611
    Abstract: Projection objective wave-front aberration detecting device and a detecting method thereof, wherein the projection objective wave-front aberration detecting device comprises a light source and illuminating system, an object plane grating, an object plane displacement stage, a measured projection objective, an image plane grating, a two-dimensional photoelectric sensor, an image plane displacement stage and a control processing unit. According to the invention, by controlling the length of the object plane grating line, or the periodic structure of the object plane grating perpendicular to the shearing diffraction direction, or the object plane grating to adopt a sinusoidal grating, or the image plane grating to adopt an amplitude-phase hybrid grating, the complexity of an interference field is reduced, and the wave-front aberration detection speed and precision are improved, and the precision and speed of in-situ wave-front aberration detection can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Optics And Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Feng Tang, Changzhe Peng, Xiangzhao Wang, Yunjun Lu, Peng Li
  • Patent number: 11009336
    Abstract: A method for wavefront measurement of optical imaging system based on grating shearing interferometry, the grating shearing interferometer comprising: a light source and illumination system, an optical imaging system to be tested, a one-dimensional diffraction grating plate, a two-dimensional diffraction grating plate, a two-dimensional photoelectric sensor and a computing unit. The one-dimensional diffraction grating plate and the two-dimensional diffraction grating plate are respectively placed on the object side and the image side of the optical imaging system to be tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Inventors: Yunjun Lu, Feng Tang, Xiangzhao Wang
  • Patent number: 11010905
    Abstract: Techniques described herein provide efficient object detection and tracking in video images, such as may be used for real-time camera control in power-limited mobile image capture devices. The techniques include performing object detection on a first subset of frames of an input video, detecting an object and object location in a first detection frame of the first subset of frames, and tracking the detected object on a second subset of frames of the input video after the first detection frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Afshin Dehghan, Yang Yang, Feng Tang, Kelsey Y. Ho
  • Patent number: 10969280
    Abstract: A temperature measurement correction method for a temperature detection device is provided. The temperature detection device includes a case and a focal plane array module disposed on an inner of the case. The temperature measurement correction method includes measuring an ambient temperature, a temperature of the case and a temperature of the focal plane array module, determining a plurality of radiometric regression coefficients according to the ambient temperature, the temperature of the case and the temperature of the focal plane array module, utilizing the temperature detection device to sense infrared energy radiated from an object to generate an electrical signal, and calculating an actual temperature value of the object according to the plurality of radiometric regression coefficients and the electrical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Shiang-Feng Tang, Shun-Lung Yen, Kun-Chi Lo, Wen-Jen Lin
  • Patent number: 10969274
    Abstract: Method for detecting wavefront aberration for optical imaging system based on grating shearing interferometer, the grating shearing interferometer system comprising a light source and illumination system, an optical imaging system to be tested, a one-dimensional diffraction grating plate, a two-dimensional diffraction grating plate, a two-dimensional photoelectric sensor, and a computing unit. The one-dimensional and two-dimensional diffraction grating plates are respectively placed on the object plane and the image plane of the optical imaging system to be tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Optics And Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Yunjun Lu, Feng Tang, Xiangzhao Wang
  • Patent number: 10929515
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to biometric authentication, e.g., facial recognition. In some embodiments, a device is configured to verify that image data from a camera unit exhibits a pseudo-random sequence of image capture modes and/or a probing pattern of illumination points (e.g., from lasers in a depth capture mode) before authenticating a user based on recognizing a face in the image data. In some embodiments, a secure circuit may control verification of the sequence and/or the probing pattern. In some embodiments, the secure circuit may verify frame numbers, signatures, and/or nonce values for captured image information. In some embodiments, a device may implement one or more lockout procedures in response to biometric authentication failures. The disclosed techniques may reduce or eliminate the effectiveness of spoofing and/or replay attacks, in some embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Deepti S. Prakash, Lucia E. Ballard, Jerrold V. Hauck, Feng Tang, Etai Littwin, Pavan Kumar Ansosalu Vasu, Gideon Littwin, Thorsten Gernoth, Lucie Kucerova, Petr Kostka, Steven P. Hotelling, Eitan Hirsh, Tal Kaitz, Jonathan Pokrass, Andrei Kolin, Moshe Laifenfeld, Matthew C. Waldon, Thomas P. Mensch, Lynn R. Youngs, Christopher G. Zeleznik, Michael R. Malone, Ziv Hendel, Ivan Krstic, Anup K. Sharma
  • Patent number: 10915734
    Abstract: An image captured using a camera on a device (e.g., a mobile device) may be operated on by one or more processes to determine properties of a user's face in the image. A first process may determine one or more first properties of the user's face in the image. A second process operating downstream from the first process may determine at least one second property of the user's face in the image. The second process may use at least one of the first properties from the first process to determine the second property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Atulit Kumar, Joerg A. Liebelt, Onur C. Hamsici, Feng Tang
  • Publication number: 20210026250
    Abstract: Projection objective wave-front aberration detecting device and a detecting method thereof, wherein the projection objective wave-front aberration detecting device comprises a light source and illuminating system, an object plane grating, an object plane displacement stage, a measured projection objective, an image plane grating, a two-dimensional photoelectric sensor, an image plane displacement stage and a control processing unit. According to the invention, by controlling the length of the object plane grating line, or the periodic structure of the object plane grating perpendicular to the shearing diffraction direction, or the object plane grating to adopt a sinusoidal grating, or the image plane grating to adopt an amplitude-phase hybrid grating, the complexity of an interference field is reduced, and the wave-front aberration detection speed and precision are improved, and the precision and speed of in-situ wave-front aberration detection can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Feng Tang, Changzhe Peng, Xiangzhao Wang, Yunjun Lu, Peng Li
  • Patent number: 10846515
    Abstract: Techniques described herein provide efficient object detection and tracking in video images, such as may be used for real-time camera control in power-limited mobile image capture devices. The techniques include performing object detection on a first subset of frames of an input video, detecting an object and object location in a first detection frame of the first subset of frames, and tracking the detected object on a second subset of frames of the input video after the first detection frame, wherein the second subset does not include frames of the first subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Afshin Dehghan, Yang Yang, Feng Tang, Kelsey Y. Ho
  • Publication number: 20200315912
    Abstract: A graphene nano-steam generator and a beauty instrument are provided. The graphene nano-steam generator includes a coarse steam channel, a nano-steam channel and a high-voltage power supply device. The coarse steam channel is connected to a coarse steam manufacturing device and the nano-steam channel. The coarse steam channel is provided with a steam sieving device, and an end of the coarse steam channel is provided with a first electrode and a second electrode. The high-voltage power supply device is coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode. The high-voltage power supply device supplies high-voltage electricity to the first electrode and the second electrode, and forms a high-voltage arc discharge between the first electrode and the second electrode, thus the coarse steam molecular group flowing through is ionized by the high-voltage arc to generate a large amount of active nano-scale steam to be flowed out from the nano-steam channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Feng Tang, Feng Jiang, Chao Yuan
  • Publication number: 20200292384
    Abstract: Method for detecting wavefront aberration for optical imaging system based on grating shearing interferometer, the grating shearing interferometer system comprising a light source and illumination system, an optical imaging system to be tested, a one-dimensional diffraction grating plate, a two-dimensional diffraction grating plate, a two-dimensional photoelectric sensor, and a computing unit. The one-dimensional and two-dimensional diffraction grating plates are respectively placed on the object plane and the image plane of the optical imaging system to be tested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Yunjun LU, Feng TANG, Xiangzhao WANG
  • Publication number: 20200292296
    Abstract: A method for wavefront measurement of optical imaging system based on grating shearing interferometry, the grating shearing interferometer comprising: a light source and illumination system, an optical imaging system to be tested, a one-dimensional diffraction grating plate, a two-dimensional diffraction grating plate, a two-dimensional photoelectric sensor and a computing unit. The one-dimensional diffraction grating plate and the two-dimensional diffraction grating plate are respectively placed on the object side and the image side of the optical imaging system to be tested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Yunjun LU, Feng TANG, Xiangzhao WANG
  • Publication number: 20200285875
    Abstract: Templates used for a facial recognition process for authentication of a user to use a device may be updated by the device as features of the user change over time. Features of the user may gradually change over time due to changes such as facial hair changes, haircuts, gaining/losing weight, and/or aging. Updating the templates used for the facial recognition process may allow the user to continue being authenticated as features of the user change without the need for additional enrollments of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Eslam A. Mostafa, Haitao Guo, Feng Tang
  • Patent number: 10769414
    Abstract: A neural network may implement a face detection process on a mobile device or computer system. An image captured using a camera on the device may be processed using the face detection process. The face detection process may provide a bounding box for the face detected in the image. The face detected in the image may have any orientation. The face detected in the image may include either a whole face of the user or only a partial face of the user. The face detection process may provide face detection that is substantially invariant to exposure in the captured image. The face may also be detected over a wide range of distances between the camera and the face of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Atulit Kumar, Thorsten Gernoth, Feng Tang
  • Patent number: 10769415
    Abstract: A device with a camera may utilize an enrollment process to capture images of an authorized user to enroll the user for a facial recognition authorization process. The enrollment process may include one or more processes that identify if an identity of the authorized user (e.g., the subject of the enrollment process) has switched during the enrollment process. The processes may include detection and verification of the switch in identities by comparing features of subjects in images as the images are captured during the enrollment process. If the identity of the subject is determined to be switched from the authorized user during the enrollment process, the enrollment process may be restarted. Additionally, clustering of feature vectors from the enrollment images may be used to remove outlying feature vectors that may be generated from one or more images of a subject other than the authorized user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Eslam A. Mostafa, Hao Tang, Feng Tang