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).
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Patent number: 12488597Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: December 2, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Kuan-Hui Lee, Kun-Hsin Chen, Haofeng Chen, Arjun Bhargava, Sudeep Pillai
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Publication number: 20250166342Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2025Publication date: May 22, 2025Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Haofeng CHEN, Arjun BHARGAVA, Rares Andrei AMBRUS, Sudeep PILLAI
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Patent number: 12253199Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 14, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Xinhu Gong, Haofeng Chen, Gaoliang Xia
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Patent number: 12236660Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Haofeng Chen, Arjun Bhargava, Rares Andrei Ambrus, Sudeep Pillai
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Patent number: 11854280Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Arjun Bhargava, Haofeng Chen, Adrien David Gaidon, Rares A. Ambrus, Sudeep Pillai
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Publication number: 20230031289Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2021Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Haofeng CHEN, Arjun BHARGAVA, Rares Andrei AMBRUS, Sudeep PILLAI
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Patent number: 11555860Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: East China University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Weiling Luan, Ying Chen, Senming Wu, Haofeng Chen
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Publication number: 20220343096Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2021Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Arjun BHARGAVA, Haofeng CHEN, Adrien David GAIDON, Rares A. AMBRUS, Sudeep PILLAI
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Publication number: 20220245387Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Kuan-Hui LEE, Kun-Hsin CHEN, Haofeng CHEN, Arjun BHARGAVA, Sudeep PILLAI
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Publication number: 20220221522Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2021Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Weiling LUAN, Ying CHEN, Senming WU, Haofeng CHEN
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Publication number: 20220136634Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Xinhu Gong, Haofeng Chen, Gaoliang Xia