Patents by Inventor Hongxiao Liu

Hongxiao Liu 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: 11553634
    Abstract: Implementations are described herein for analyzing vision data depicting undesirable plants such as weeds to detect various attribute(s). The detected attribute(s) of a particular undesirable plant may then be used to select, from a plurality of available candidate remediation techniques, the most suitable remediation technique to eradicate or otherwise eliminate the undesirable plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: X DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventors: Elliott Grant, Hongxiao Liu, Zhiqiang Yuan, Sergey Yaroshenko, Benoit Schillings, Matt VanCleave
  • Patent number: 11256915
    Abstract: Implementations are described herein for utilizing various image processing techniques to facilitate tracking and/or counting of plant-parts-of-interest among crops. In various implementations, a sequence of digital images of a plant captured by a vision sensor while the vision sensor is moved relative to the plant may be obtained. A first digital image and a second digital image of the sequence may be analyzed to determine one or more constituent similarity scores between plant-parts-of-interest across the first and second digital images. The constituent similarity scores may be used, e.g., collectively as a composite similarity score, to determine whether a depiction of a plant-part-of-interest in the first digital images matches a depiction of a plant-part-of-interest in the second digital image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: X DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventors: Yueqi Li, Hongxiao Liu, Zhiqiang Yuan
  • Publication number: 20210092891
    Abstract: Implementations are described herein for analyzing vision data depicting undesirable plants such as weeds to detect various attribute(s). The detected attribute(s) of a particular undesirable plant may then be used to select, from a plurality of available candidate remediation techniques, the most suitable remediation technique to eradicate or otherwise eliminate the undesirable plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Elliott Grant, Hongxiao Liu, Zhiqiang Yuan, Sergey Yaroshenko, Benoit Schillings, Matt VanCleave
  • Publication number: 20210056307
    Abstract: Implementations are described herein for utilizing various image processing techniques to facilitate tracking and/or counting of plant-parts-of-interest among crops. In various implementations, a sequence of digital images of a plant captured by a vision sensor while the vision sensor is moved relative to the plant may be obtained. A first digital image and a second digital image of the sequence may be analyzed to determine one or more constituent similarity scores between plant-parts-of-interest across the first and second digital images. The constituent similarity scores may be used, e.g., collectively as a composite similarity score, to determine whether a depiction of a plant-part-of-interest in the first digital images matches a depiction of a plant-part-of-interest in the second digital image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Yueqi Li, Hongxiao Liu, Zhiqiang Yuan