Patents by Inventor Hsu-kuang Chiu

Hsu-kuang Chiu 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: 11775615
    Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking objects are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system having a processor merges features of detected objects extracted from a point cloud and a corresponding image to generate fused features for the detected objects, generates a learned distance metric for the detected objects using the fused features, determines matched detected objects and unmatched detected objects, applies prior tracking identifiers of the detected objects at the prior time to the matched detected objects, determines a confidence score for the fused features of the unmatched detected objects, and applies new tracking identifiers to the unmatched detected objects based on the confidence score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: Toyota Research Institute, Inc., The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Hsu-kuang Chiu, Jie Li, Rares A. Ambrus, Christin Jeannette Bohg
  • Publication number: 20230072020
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for open vehicle doors prediction using a neural network model. One of the methods includes: obtaining sensor data (i) that includes a portion of a point cloud generated by a laser sensor of an autonomous vehicle and (ii) that characterizes a vehicle that is in a vicinity of the autonomous vehicle in an environment; and processing the sensor data using an open door prediction neural network to generate an open door prediction that predicts a likelihood score that the vehicle has an open door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Andre Liang Cornman, David Lee, Yang Song, Zijian Guo, Edward Stephen Walker, Jr., Yuanfang Wang, Zhengli Zhao, Hsu-kuang Chiu
  • Publication number: 20220180117
    Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking objects are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system having a processor merges features of detected objects extracted from a point cloud and a corresponding image to generate fused features for the detected objects, generates a learned distance metric for the detected objects using the fused features, determines matched detected objects and unmatched detected objects, applies prior tracking identifiers of the detected objects at the prior time to the matched detected objects, determines a confidence score for the fused features of the unmatched detected objects, and applies new tracking identifiers to the unmatched detected objects based on the confidence score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicants: Toyota Research Institute, Inc., The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Hsu-kuang Chiu, Jie Li, Rares A. Ambrus, Christin Jeannette Bohg