Patents by Inventor Haofeng Chen

Haofeng Chen 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: 12488597
    Abstract: A method for semantic keypoint detection is described. The method includes linking, using a keypoint graph neural network (KGNN), semantic keypoints of an object within a first image of a video stream into a 2D graph structure corresponding to a category of the object. The method also includes embedding descriptors within the semantic keypoints of the 2D graph structure corresponding to the category of the object. The method further includes tracking the object within subsequent images of the video stream using the embedded descriptors within the semantic keypoints of the 2D graph structure corresponding to the category of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Kuan-Hui Lee, Kun-Hsin Chen, Haofeng Chen, Arjun Bhargava, Sudeep Pillai
  • Publication number: 20250166342
    Abstract: A method for 2D semantic keypoint detection and tracking is described. The method includes learning embedded descriptors of salient object keypoints detected in previous images according to a descriptor embedding space model. The method also includes predicting, using a shared image encoder backbone, salient object keypoints within a current image of a video stream. The method further includes inferring an object represented by the predicted, salient object keypoints within the current image of the video stream. The method also includes tracking the inferred object by matching embedded descriptors of the predicted, salient object keypoints representing the inferred object within the previous images of the video stream based on the descriptor embedding space model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Haofeng CHEN, Arjun BHARGAVA, Rares Andrei AMBRUS, Sudeep PILLAI
  • Patent number: 12253199
    Abstract: A joint includes a male module and a female module capable of docking with each other. The male module includes a core rod and a sliding cylinder that is slidably sleeved on an outer periphery of the core rod. A first valve port is disposed in the sliding cylinder, and the core rod is provided with a piston head that is in hermetic fit with the first valve port. The female module includes a valve body and a piston. A first channel is disposed in the valve body, the piston is slidably disposed in the first channel, and a second valve port that is in hermetic fit with the piston is disposed in the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinhu Gong, Haofeng Chen, Gaoliang Xia
  • Patent number: 12236660
    Abstract: A method for 2D semantic keypoint detection and tracking is described. The method includes learning embedded descriptors of salient object keypoints detected in previous images according to a descriptor embedding space model. The method also includes predicting, using a shared image encoder backbone, salient object keypoints within a current image of a video stream. The method further includes inferring an object represented by the predicted, salient object keypoints within the current image of the video stream. The method also includes tracking the inferred object by matching embedded descriptors of the predicted, salient object keypoints representing the inferred object within the previous images of the video stream based on the descriptor embedding space model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Haofeng Chen, Arjun Bhargava, Rares Andrei Ambrus, Sudeep Pillai
  • Patent number: 11854280
    Abstract: A method for 3D object detection is described. The method includes detecting semantic keypoints from monocular images of a video stream capturing a 3D object. The method also includes inferring a 3D bounding box of the 3D object corresponding to the detected semantic vehicle keypoints. The method further includes scoring the inferred 3D bounding box of the 3D object. The method also includes detecting the 3D object according to a final 3D bounding box generated based on the scoring of the inferred 3D bounding box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Arjun Bhargava, Haofeng Chen, Adrien David Gaidon, Rares A. Ambrus, Sudeep Pillai
  • Publication number: 20230031289
    Abstract: A method for 2D semantic keypoint detection and tracking is described. The method includes learning embedded descriptors of salient object keypoints detected in previous images according to a descriptor embedding space model. The method also includes predicting, using a shared image encoder backbone, salient object keypoints within a current image of a video stream. The method further includes inferring an object represented by the predicted, salient object keypoints within the current image of the video stream. The method also includes tracking the inferred object by matching embedded descriptors of the predicted, salient object keypoints representing the inferred object within the previous images of the video stream based on the descriptor embedding space model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Haofeng CHEN, Arjun BHARGAVA, Rares Andrei AMBRUS, Sudeep PILLAI
  • Patent number: 11555860
    Abstract: A method for testing a mechanical performance of a lithium ion battery electrode based on a nano-indentation technology includes following steps: connecting an assembled lithium ion battery with an electrochemical test device and setting different test working conditions, so that cyclic charge and discharge experiments are performed on the battery to obtain an attenuation curve of a battery capacity; disassembling the battery and taking out the electrode; scraping some powder from a surface of the cyclic electrode plate and an initial uncyclic electrode plate, and laying down the powder in cold mounting molds separately, pouring the cold mounting solution into the molds; taking out the samples from the molds respectively after the liquid is completely cured and cooled; detecting a mechanical performance after polishing the samples surfaces and analyzing the mechanical performance decay rule of the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: East China University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Weiling Luan, Ying Chen, Senming Wu, Haofeng Chen
  • Publication number: 20220343096
    Abstract: A method for 3D object detection is described. The method includes detecting semantic keypoints from monocular images of a video stream capturing a 3D object. The method also includes inferring a 3D bounding box of the 3D object corresponding to the detected semantic vehicle keypoints. The method further includes scoring the inferred 3D bounding box of the 3D object. The method also includes detecting the 3D object according to a final 3D bounding box generated based on the scoring of the inferred 3D bounding box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Arjun BHARGAVA, Haofeng CHEN, Adrien David GAIDON, Rares A. AMBRUS, Sudeep PILLAI
  • Publication number: 20220245387
    Abstract: A method for semantic keypoint detection is described. The method includes linking, using a keypoint graph neural network (KGNN), semantic keypoints of an object within a first image of a video stream into a 2D graph structure corresponding to a category of the object. The method also includes embedding descriptors within the semantic keypoints of the 2D graph structure corresponding to the category of the object. The method further includes tracking the object within subsequent images of the video stream using the embedded descriptors within the semantic keypoints of the 2D graph structure corresponding to the category of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Kuan-Hui LEE, Kun-Hsin CHEN, Haofeng CHEN, Arjun BHARGAVA, Sudeep PILLAI
  • Publication number: 20220221522
    Abstract: A method for testing a mechanical performance of a lithium ion battery electrode based on a nano-indentation technology includes following steps: connecting an assembled lithium ion battery with an electrochemical test device and setting different test working conditions, so that cyclic charge and discharge experiments are performed on the battery to obtain an attenuation curve of a battery capacity; disassembling the battery and taking out the electrode; scraping some powder from a surface of the cyclic electrode plate and an initial uncyclic electrode plate, and laying down the powder in cold mounting molds separately, pouring the cold mounting solution into the molds; taking out the samples from the molds respectively after the liquid is completely cured and cooled; detecting a mechanical performance after polishing the samples surfaces and analyzing the mechanical performance decay rule of the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Weiling LUAN, Ying CHEN, Senming WU, Haofeng CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220136634
    Abstract: A joint includes a male module and a female module capable of docking with each other. The male module includes a core rod and a sliding cylinder that is slidably sleeved on an outer periphery of the core rod. A first valve port is disposed in the sliding cylinder, and the core rod is provided with a piston head that is in hermetic fit with the first valve port. The female module includes a valve body and a piston. A first channel is disposed in the valve body, the piston is slidably disposed in the first channel, and a second valve port that is in hermetic fit with the piston is disposed in the first channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Xinhu Gong, Haofeng Chen, Gaoliang Xia