Patents by Inventor Jianwei Zhao

Jianwei Zhao 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).

  • Publication number: 20180257912
    Abstract: A moving handrail monitoring system includes a sensor configured to sense at least part of a moving handrail of the passenger conveying device to acquire a data frame; a processing device configured to analyze and process the data frame to monitor whether a tension degree of the moving handrail is in a normal state, wherein the processing device is configured to include: a target object recognition module configured to recognize, based on a sensed movement and/or position and/or color and/or shape, a moving handrail portion that serves as a target object from the data frame; an object feature extraction module configured to extract a tension degree feature of the moving handrail portion; and a judgment module configured to compare the extracted tension degree feature with a system preset interval, and judge whether a current tension degree of the moving handrail is normal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: ZhaoXia Hu, Wilfrid Fuchs, Alois Senger, Hui Fang, Zhen Jia, Jianwei Zhao, Qiang Li, Anna Su, Alan Matthew Finn
  • Publication number: 20180259215
    Abstract: A building air conditioning control system for controlling the comfort degree of air in at least one floor area of the building, and includes: a first head counting module to acquire first head count change data of a floor area according to a weight change of a cabin of an elevator when passing the corresponding floor area; a second head counting module to acquire second head count change data of the floor area according to data acquired by an image sensor mounted in the corresponding floor area; and an air conditioning control module to correct head count change data based on the first head count change data and the second head count change data, and control the comfort degree of air in the floor area based on the corrected head count change data. The building air conditioning control system and control method provide accurate control and good user experiences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Jianwei Zhao, Qiang Li, Lijia Zhao, Sanming Wen, Jiahuan Zhou
  • Patent number: 10071884
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of passenger conveyor technologies, and provides an engaging state detection system of a passenger conveyor and a detection method thereof. In the engaging state detection system and detection method of the present invention, a depth sensing sensor is used to sense at least an engaging portion between a step and a comb plate of the passenger conveyor to obtain depth maps, and the depth maps are analyzed by a processing apparatus to detect whether an engaging state between the step and the comb plate is a normal state. The detection of the engaging state includes detection on whether comb teeth of the comb plate are broken, whether engaging teeth of the step are broken, and/or whether a foreign matter exists on an engaging line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: JianGuo Li, Nigel Morris, Alois Senger, Jianwei Zhao, ZhaoXia Hu, Qiang Li, Hui Fang, Zhen Jia, Anna Su, Alan Matthew Finn, LongWen Wang, Qian Li, Gero Gschwendtner
  • Patent number: 10059569
    Abstract: A monitoring system and a monitoring method for a passenger conveying device, and the passenger conveying device. The monitoring system comprises an imaging sensor and/or a depth sensing sensor for sensing a monitoring area of the passenger conveying device to acquire data frames; and a processing device for performing data processing on the data frames to monitor whether the monitoring area is abnormal, and configured to comprise: a background acquisition module for acquiring a background model based on data frames sensed when the monitoring area is in a normal state; a foreground detection module for comparing data frames sensed in real time with the background model to obtain a foreground object; a foreground feature extraction module for extracting a corresponding foreground object markup feature from the foreground object; and a state judgment module for judging whether the foreground object belongs to an abnormal population.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Hui Fang, Zhen Jia, Yanzhi Chen, Alan Matthew Finn, Arthur Hsu, Jianwei Zhao, ZhaoXia Hu, Qiang Li, Anna Su, Longwen Wang, XuLei Guo, Alois Senger
  • Patent number: 10046952
    Abstract: A moving handrail monitoring system includes a sensor configured to sense at least part of a moving handrail of the passenger conveying device to acquire a data frame; a processing device configured to analyze and process the data frame to monitor whether a tension degree of the moving handrail is in a normal state, wherein the processing device is configured to include: a target object recognition module configured to recognize, based on a sensed movement and/or position and/or color and/or shape, a moving handrail portion that serves as a target object from the data frame; an object feature extraction module configured to extract a tension degree feature of the moving handrail portion; and a judgment module configured to compare the extracted tension degree feature with a system preset interval, and judge whether a current tension degree of the moving handrail is normal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: ZhaoXia Hu, Wilfrid Fuchs, Alois Senger, Hui Fang, Zhen Jia, Jianwei Zhao, Qiang Li, Anna Su, Alan Matthew Finn
  • Patent number: 9986702
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated G1934899R. Also included are seeds of canola G1934899R, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola G1934899R and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola G1934899R with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola G1934899R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jianwei Zhao, Donna Carolynn Knievel, Gregory Ross Gingera
  • Patent number: 9968051
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated G2537376H. Also included are seeds of canola G2537376H, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola G2537376H and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola G2537376H with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola G2537376H.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Ross Gingera, Donna Carolynn Knievel, Jianwei Zhao, Sherry Gore, Muhammad Tahir
  • Patent number: 9968047
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated CL2562968H. Also included are seeds of canola CL2562968H, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola CL2562968H and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola CL2562968H with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola CL2562968H.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Shaw, Muhammad Tahir, Sherry Gore, Van L. Ripley, Jianwei Zhao
  • Publication number: 20180066272
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated CL3701975H. Also included are seeds of canola CL3701975H, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola CL3701975H and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola CL3701975H with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola CL3701975H.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Eric Shaw, Van L. Ripley, Jianwei Zhao, Sherry Gore, Muhammad Tahir
  • Publication number: 20180066274
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated G263532R. Also included are seeds of canola G263532R, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola G263532R and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola G263532R with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola G263532R.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Greg Gingera, Donna Carolynn Knievel, Jianwei Zhao, Sherry Gore
  • Publication number: 20180064053
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated G5428584H. Also included are seeds of canola G5428584H, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola G5428584H and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola G5428584H with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola G5428584H.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Greg Gingera, Donna Carolynn Knievel, Jianwei Zhao, Sherry Gore, Muhammad Tahir, Ushan Alahakoon
  • Patent number: 9884749
    Abstract: A sensor assembly for a passenger conveying device, a safety system and the passenger conveying device, wherein the sensor assembly comprises an optical fiber disposed along a length of a skirt board of the passenger conveying device; a light source disposed at a first end of the optical fiber, light being incident into the optical fiber; and an optical receiver disposed at the first end of the optical fiber, the optical receiver receiving backwards scattered light from the optical fiber and being capable of sensing a signal indication of the backwards scattered light, wherein the optical fiber is associated with a sensing element such that the sensing element causes deformation of the optical fiber when the sensing element is subjected to pressure, and the optical receiver is capable of sensing a change in the signal indication of the backward scattered light caused by the deformation of the optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: LingHao Tian, Qiang Li, XuLei Guo, Jianwei Zhao, ZhaoXia Hu, Alan Matthew Finn
  • Publication number: 20180029841
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of passenger conveyor technologies, and provides an engaging state detection system of a passenger conveyor and a detection method thereof. In the engaging state detection system and detection method of the present invention, a depth sensing sensor is used to sense at least an engaging portion between a step and a comb plate of the passenger conveyor to obtain depth maps, and the depth maps are analyzed by a processing apparatus to detect whether an engaging state between the step and the comb plate is a normal state. The detection of the engaging state includes detection on whether comb teeth of the comb plate are broken, whether engaging teeth of the step are broken, and/or whether a foreign matter exists on an engaging line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: JianGuo Li, Nigel Morris, Alois Senger, Jianwei Zhao, ZhaoXia Hu, Qiang Li, Hui Fang, Zhen Jia, Anna Su, Alan Matthew Finn, LongWen Wang, Qian Li, Gero Gschwendtner
  • Publication number: 20180032598
    Abstract: The present invention provides a big data analysis and processing system and method for a passenger transport apparatus, wherein the big data analysis and processing system comprises: a data collection module, the data collection module comprising: an imaging sensor and/or depth sensing sensor, configured to constantly collect image data and/or depth map data of at least one region of the passenger transport apparatus; and an image processing module, configured to process the image data and/or depth map data to acquire a plurality of types of data of the passenger transport apparatus, comprising one or more of device running data, load data, abnormal behavior data and contingency data; a database, the database gathering and storing the plurality of types of data; and a statistical analysis unit, the statistical analysis unit performing classification and statistics on the plurality of types of data according to a statistical analysis method, and generating an analysis report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Alois Senger, Yanying Chen, ZhaoXia Hu, Zhen Jia, JianGuo Li, Hui Fang, Jianwei Zhao, Qiang Li, Anna Su, Alan Matthew Finn, Nigel Morris
  • Publication number: 20180029836
    Abstract: A temperature monitoring system for a passenger transport apparatus includes a temperature detection apparatus; and a control apparatus. When the temperature of at least one of a plurality of components is lower than a working temperature range, the control apparatus sends out a notification message and/or enables a heating apparatus to heat the component; when the temperature of at least one of the plurality of components reaches an early warning temperature range, the control apparatus sends out a notification message and/or enables a heat dissipation apparatus to dissipate heat for the component; and when the temperature of at least one of the plurality of components continues to rise and exceeds the working temperature range, the control apparatus sends out a notification message and/or enables the passenger transport apparatus to brake. The present invention is able to monitor a component running condition and predict a component service life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Yanying Chen, ZhaoXia Hu, Wilfrid Fuchs, Alois Senger, Hui Fang, Zhen Jia, Jianwei Zhao, Qiang Li, Anna Su
  • Publication number: 20180029837
    Abstract: A sensor assembly for a passenger conveying device, a safety system and the passenger conveying device, wherein the sensor assembly comprises an optical fiber disposed along a length of a skirt board of the passenger conveying device; a light source disposed at a first end of the optical fiber, light being incident into the optical fiber; and an optical receiver disposed at the first end of the optical fiber, the optical receiver receiving backwards scattered light from the optical fiber and being capable of sensing a signal indication of the backwards scattered light, wherein the optical fiber is associated with a sensing element such that the sensing element causes deformation of the optical fiber when the sensing element is subjected to a-pressure, and the optical receiver is capable of sensing a change in the signal indication of the backward scattered light caused by the deformation of the optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: LingHao Tian, Qiang Li, XuLei Guo, Jianwei Zhao, ZhaoXia Hu, Alan Matthew Finn
  • Publication number: 20180029833
    Abstract: A moving handrail monitoring system includes a sensor configured to sense at least part of a moving handrail of the passenger conveying device to acquire a data frame; a processing device configured to analyze and process the data frame to monitor whether a tension degree of the moving handrail is in a normal state, wherein the processing device is configured to include: a target object recognition module configured to recognize, based on a sensed movement and/or position and/or color and/or shape, a moving handrail portion that serves as a target object from the data frame; an object feature extraction module configured to extract a tension degree feature of the moving handrail portion; and a judgment module configured to compare the extracted tension degree feature with a system preset interval, and judge whether a current tension degree of the moving handrail is normal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: ZhaoXia Hu, Wilfrid Fuchs, Alois Senger, Hui Fang, Zhen Jia, Jianwei Zhao, Qiang Li, Anna Su, Alan Matthew Finn
  • Publication number: 20180029835
    Abstract: A monitoring system includes: an imaging sensor configured to sense a lighting device of the passenger conveyor to acquire image data; and a processing apparatus configured to process the image data, the processing apparatus being configured to include: a background acquisition module configured to acquire a background model based on sensed image data; a foreground detection module configured to compare image data sensed in real time with the background model to obtain a foreground object; and a working condition judgment module configured to perform data processing at least based on the foreground object to judge whether the lighting device is in a normal state. Then, a failure or an abnormal lighting state of the lighting device can be timely diagnosed so that maintenance is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Qiang Li, Jianwei Zhao, ZhaoXia Hu, LongWen Wang, Hui Fang, Zhen Jia, Anna Su
  • Publication number: 20180029834
    Abstract: The present invention relates to step roller monitoring and maintenance personnel monitoring of a passenger conveyor, and belongs to the field of passenger conveyor technologies. In the monitoring system and monitoring method of the present invention, an imaging sensor and/or a depth sensing sensor is used to sense the step roller/maintenance personnel of the passenger conveyor to acquire data frames, and the data frames are analyzed and processed to monitor whether the movement or position of the step roller/activity or position of the maintenance personnel is in a normal state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: ZhaoXia Hu, JianGuo Li, Alois Senger, Hui Fang, Zhen Jia, Jianwei Zhao, Qiang Li, Anna Su, Alan Matthew Finn, Wei Ge, Yanying Chen, LongWen Wang, DuEon Kim
  • Publication number: 20180029840
    Abstract: The present invention provides a handrail entry monitoring system of a passenger conveyor and a monitoring method thereof, and belongs to the field of passenger conveyor technologies. In the handrail entry monitoring system and the monitoring method of the present invention, at least part of a handrail entry region of the passenger conveyor is sensed by using an imaging sensor and/or a depth sensing sensor, to acquire a data frame, and the data frame is analyzed to monitor whether a handrail entry of the operating passenger conveyor is in a normal state or an abnormal state. The monitoring system of the present invention and the monitoring method thereof can timely and effectively detect a danger that a foreign matter is about to be entrapped into the handrail entry, helping prevent foreign matters from being entrapped into the handrail entry, thereby improving safety of the passenger conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: LongWen Wang, ZhaoXia Hu, Hui Fang, Zhen Jia, Jianwei Zhao, Qiang Li, Anna Su, Alan Matthew Finn, Gero Gschwendtner