Patents by Inventor Haowen SUN

Haowen SUN 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: 10699036
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for testing the vehicle. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, by an emulation server, a test task and a test scenario set required for executing the test task sent from a client; distributing, by the emulation server, each of the test scenarios to first emulation executors respectively, and sending the test task to each of the first emulation executors; acquiring, by the emulation server, a test result of the test task from each of the first emulation executors; and comparing, by the emulation server, the acquired test result with a preset test standard to generate feedback information of the test task, and sending the feedback information to the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., LTD
    Inventors: Tianlei Zhang, Wenli Yang, Yuchang Pan, Haowen Sun
  • Patent number: 10429841
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a vehicle control method and apparatus and a method and apparatus for acquiring a decision-making model. The vehicle control method, comprising: during travel of an unmanned vehicle, acquiring current external environment information and map information in real time; determining vehicle state information corresponding to the external environment information and map information acquired each time according to a decision-making model obtained by pre-training and reflecting correspondence relationship between the external environment information, map information and vehicle state information, and controlling a travel state of the unmanned vehicle according to the determined vehicle state information. Application of the solution of the present invention can improve security and reduce the workload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenli Yang, Tianlei Zhang, Yuchang Pan, Haowen Sun
  • Patent number: 10417358
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus of obtaining feature information of a simulated agent. The method further comprises: for each agent class, respectively obtaining feature information of real agents belonging to the class and freely participating in traffic activities, the number of real agents belonging to each class being greater than one; for each agent class, extracting representative feature information from feature information of each real agent belonging to the class, and taking the extracted feature information as feature information of simulated agents belonging to this class. The solution of the present invention may be applied to improve correctness of testing results of unmanned vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenli Yang, Tianlei Zhang, Yuchang Pan, Haowen Sun
  • Patent number: 10416628
    Abstract: Embodiments of real vehicle in-the-loop test systems and methods are disclosed. The system can include a sensor configured to acquire state information and location information of a real vehicle and environment information of an emulation test environment where the vehicle is located; an interaction module configured to acquire a test task in response to the instruction entered by a user, an emulation test environment of the test task comprises a test situation, a map, and an intelligent agent; a vehicle sensing module configured to acquire the state information, the location information, and the environment information from the sensor; and a test task control module configured to receive the test task from the interaction module, the state information and the location information from the vehicle sensing module and load them to the emulation test environment, control the real vehicle to execute the test task, and generate and send the test result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tianlei Zhang, Wenli Yang, Yuchang Pan, Haowen Sun
  • Publication number: 20190202467
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include systems and methods for engaging in an emergency autonomous driving mode for assisted-driving vehicles. The vehicle may include a non-emergency driving mode and an emergency autonomous driving mode, where the vehicle includes an electronic control unit for controlling an operation of the vehicle. The electronic control unit may determine a driving mode of the vehicle, receive a request to revert from the non-emergency driving mode to the emergency autonomous driving mode; and revert back to the non-emergency driving mode when select predetermined conditions are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Haowen Sun, Xiang Yu, Sinan Xiao, Sifan Weng, Tiancheng Lou, Jun Peng
  • Patent number: 10289766
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus of constructing a test scenario of an unmanned vehicle. The method comprises: obtaining a scenario attribute set by the user; respectively determining a map and an agent matching with the scenario attribute; generating a test scenario according to the determined map and agent. The solution of the present invention can be used to improve the efficiency of constructing the test scenario.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenli Yang, Tianlei Zhang, Yuchang Pan, Haowen Sun
  • Publication number: 20180017950
    Abstract: Embodiments of real vehicle in-the-loop test systems and methods are disclosed. The system can include a sensor configured to acquire state information and location information of a real vehicle and environment information of an emulation test environment where the vehicle is located; an interaction module configured to acquire a test task in response to the instruction entered by a user, an emulation test environment of the test task comprises a test situation, a map, and an intelligent agent; a vehicle sensing module configured to acquire the state information, the location information, and the environment information from the sensor; and a test task control module configured to receive the test task from the interaction module, the state information and the location information from the vehicle sensing module and load them to the emulation test environment, control the real vehicle to execute the test task, and generate and send the test result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Tianlei ZHANG, Wenli YANG, Yuchang PAN, Haowen SUN
  • Publication number: 20180018411
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for building an agent for test of an unmanned vehicle. The method comprises: obtaining feature information of an agent to be built; generating an agent according to the obtained feature information and verify whether a behavior of the agent is reasonable; considering the agent as a built agent if the behavior of the agent is determined reasonable. The solution of the present invention can be applied to quickly build an agent that meets needs of test of the unmanned vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tianlei Zhang, WenIi YANG, Yuchang PAN, Haowen SUN
  • Publication number: 20180011964
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for testing the vehicle. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, by an emulation server, a test task and a test scenario set required for executing the test task sent from a client; distributing, by the emulation server, each of the test scenarios to first emulation executors respectively, and sending the test task to each of the first emulation executors; acquiring, by the emulation server, a test result of the test task from each of the first emulation executors; and comparing, by the emulation server, the acquired test result with a preset test standard to generate feedback information of the test task, and sending the feedback information to the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Tianlei ZHANG, Wenli YANG, Yuchang PAN, Haowen SUN
  • Publication number: 20170371985
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus of obtaining feature information of a simulated agent. The method further comprises: for each agent class, respectively obtaining feature information of real agents belonging to the class and freely participating in traffic activities, the number of real agents belonging to each class being greater than one; for each agent class, extracting representative feature information from feature information of each real agent belonging to the class, and taking the extracted feature information as feature information of simulated agents belonging to this class. The solution of the present invention may be applied to improve correctness of testing results of unmanned vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenli YANG, Tianlei ZHANG, Yuchang PAN, Haowen SUN
  • Publication number: 20170371986
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus of constructing a test scenario of an unmanned vehicle. The method comprises: obtaining a scenario attribute set by the user; respectively determining a map and an agent matching with the scenario attribute; generating a test scenario according to the determined map and agent. The solution of the present invention can be used to improve the efficiency of constructing the test scenario.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenli YANG, Tianlei ZHANG, Yuchang PAN, Haowen SUN
  • Publication number: 20170357257
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a vehicle control method and apparatus and a method and apparatus for acquiring a decision-making model. The vehicle control method, comprising: during travel of an unmanned vehicle, acquiring current external environment information and map information in real time; determining vehicle state information corresponding to the external environment information and map information acquired each time according to a decision-making model obtained by pre-training and reflecting correspondence relationship between the external environment information, map information and vehicle state information, and controlling a travel state of the unmanned vehicle according to the determined vehicle state information. Application of the solution of the present invention can improve security and reduce the workload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenli YANG, Tianlei ZHANG, Yuchang PAN, Haowen SUN