Patents by Inventor Fengzhi WU

Fengzhi WU 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).

  • Image capturing method and device
    Patent number: 11835627
    Abstract: An image capturing method, comprising: scanning with a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor an environment of the LIDAR sensor, wherein the LIDAR sensor progressively rotates about a rotation axis at a step angle, and when scanning each step angle the LIDAR sensor generates a point cloud of a portion of the environment in a predetermined pattern; scanning with an image sensor assembly mechanically coupled to the LIDAR sensor the environment in synchronization with the scanning by the LIDAR sensor to generate on an imaging plane of the image sensor assembly a sequence of image pixel rows of a portion of the environment corresponding to the point cloud of the portion of the environment; and combining the point cloud with the sequence of image pixel rows for the scanning of each step angle to obtain a fused image of the portion of the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: WERIDE CORP.
    Inventors: Junhua Tan, Fengzhi Wu, Liren Xu, Renfeng Zuo, Kerry Shu, Junping Xie, Yin-Min Huang
  • IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD AND DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210003710
    Abstract: An image capturing method, comprising: scanning with a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor an environment of the LIDAR sensor, wherein the LIDAR sensor progressively rotates about a rotation axis at a step angle, and when scanning each step angle the LIDAR sensor generates a point cloud of a portion of the environment in a predetermined pattern; scanning with an image sensor assembly mechanically coupled to the LIDAR sensor the environment in synchronization with the scanning by the LIDAR sensor to generate on an imaging plane of the image sensor assembly a sequence of image pixel rows of a portion of the environment corresponding to the point cloud of the portion of the environment; and combining the point cloud with the sequence of image pixel rows for the scanning of each step angle to obtain a fused image of the portion of the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Junhua TAN, Fengzhi WU, Liren XU, Renfeng ZUO, Kerry SHU, Junping XIE, Yin-Min HUANG