Patents by Inventor Jihua Huang
Jihua Huang 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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Publication number: 20240257801Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for creating a script for rendering audio and/or video streams include identifying at least one prosodic speech feature in a received audio stream and/or a received language model, creating a respective prosodic speech symbol for each of the at least one identified prosodic speech features, converting the received audio stream and/or the received language model into a text stream, temporally inserting the created at least one prosodic speech symbol into the text stream, identifying in a received video stream at least one prosodic gesture of at least a portion of a body of a speaker of the received audio stream, creating at least one respective gesture symbol for each of the at least one identified prosodic gestures, and temporally inserting the created at least one gesture symbol into the text stream along with the at least one prosodic speech symbol to create a prosodic script.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2023Publication date: August 1, 2024Inventors: Jeffrey LUBIN, Alexander ERDMANN, James BERGEN, Harry BRATT, Jihua HUANG, Sarah BAKST, Michael LOMNITZ, Zachary DANIELS, John CADIGAN, Ali CHAUDHRY, Zhiwei ZHU, Joshua CHATTIN, Girish ACHARYA
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Patent number: 12038199Abstract: A purifier includes a housing, including an air outlet and an air duct communicating with the air outlet; a fan installed in the air duct; and a humidification device installed in the housing and located outside the air duct. The humidification device includes an ultrasonic atomization assembly and an exhaust pipe, one end of the exhaust pipe is connected to the ultrasonic atomization assembly, and another end of the exhaust pipe is extended into the air duct.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignees: GD MIDEA ENVIRONMENT APPLIANCES MFG CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Jihua Huang
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Publication number: 20240217266Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wheel connecting structure and a baby carrier. The wheel connecting structure includes a fixed base, a rotatable base, a rotating shaft and an anti-swing member. The rotatable base is rotatably connected to the fixed base by the rotating shaft. The anti-swing member has an abutting portion. The anti-swing member is arranged on one of the fixed base and the rotatable base, and the abutting portion abuts against the other of the fixed base and the rotatable base. The abutting portion is provided with a lubricating structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2024Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicant: Wonderland Switzerland AGInventors: Jihua Huang, Zhengwen GUO
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Patent number: 11958314Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wheel connecting structure and a baby carrier. The wheel connecting structure includes a fixed base, a rotatable base, a rotating shaft and an anti-swing member. The rotatable base is rotatably connected to the fixed base by the rotating shaft. The anti-swing member has an abutting portion. The anti-swing member is arranged on one of the fixed base and the rotatable base, and the abutting portion abuts against the other of the fixed base and the rotatable base. The abutting portion is provided with a lubricating structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AGInventors: Jihua Huang, Zhengwen Guo
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Publication number: 20230382445Abstract: Disclosed is an assembling structure, including: a body structure; a releasing button; a locking member, and a holding device. The releasing button and the locking member are installed on the body structure, and the locking member has a locked position and an unlocked position. When a releasing operation is performed, the releasing button drives the locking member to switch from the locked position to the unlocked position. The holding device is arranged in the body structure and configured to lock the releasing button at a position, keeping the locking member at the unlocked position. In addition, the present application discloses an assembling mechanism and a carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2021Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Wonderland Switzerland AGInventor: Jihua HUANG
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Publication number: 20230289498Abstract: In general, the disclosure describes techniques for parameterizing building information using images. In an example, a method includes receiving an image of a building; applying, by a machine learning system, a machine learning model to the received image of a building to generate, for a new building, new building parameters to be input to a building information modeling (BIM) data generation system, wherein the machine learning model is trained using images of buildings and corresponding building parameters for the buildings; and outputting, by the machine learning system, the new building parameters for the new building.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2022Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Anirban Roy, Jihua Huang, Sujeong Kim, Min Yin, Chih-hung Yeh, Takuma Nakabayshi, Yoshito Tsuji, Ian Keough, Matthew Campbell
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Publication number: 20230071095Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wheel connecting structure and a baby carrier. The wheel connecting structure includes a fixed base, a rotatable base, a rotating shaft and an anti-swing member. The rotatable base is rotatably connected to the fixed base by the rotating shaft. The anti-swing member has an abutting portion. The anti-swing member is arranged on one of the fixed base and the rotatable base, and the abutting portion abuts against the other of the fixed base and the rotatable base. The abutting portion is provided with a lubricating structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: Wonderland Switzerland AGInventors: Jihua Huang, Zhengwen GUO
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Publication number: 20220301290Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for improving accuracy of machine learning systems in facial recognition. The techniques include generating, from a training image comprising a plurality of pixels and labeled with a plurality of facial landmarks, one or more facial contour heatmaps, wherein each of the one or more facial contour heatmaps depicts an estimate of a location of one or more facial contours within the training image. Techniques further include training a machine learning model to process the one or more facial contour heatmaps to predict the location of the one or more facial contours within the training image, wherein training the machine learning model comprises applying a loss function to minimize a distance between the predicted location of the one or more facial contours within the training image and corresponding contour data generated from facial landmarks of the plurality of facial landmarks with which the training image is labeled.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Jihua Huang, Amir Tamrakar
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Publication number: 20220120470Abstract: The present application discloses a humidification filter screen structure and a purifier, in particular, the purifier includes an air duct and a water tank arranged outside the air duct, and the humidification filter screen structure includes a cover body and a humidification filter screen assembly; the cover body includes an upper cover and a lower cover which are detachably connected, and the upper cover and the lower cover mutually enclose an mounting space; the humidification filter screen assembly is mounted in the mounting space, and the humidification filter screen assembly includes a water absorbing part and a humidification part which are connected with each other, the water absorbing part extends into the water tank, and the humidification part is communicated with the air duct.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2018Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Jihua HUANG, Gaoyuan LIU, Guoyu LIU
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Publication number: 20220084414Abstract: The application relates to an aircraft operation path planning method and a control device and a control equipment. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining a docking point, an operation point, and a safe point, wherein no obstacle exists within a safe distance range of the safe point (S100); planning a first path between the docking point and the safe point and a second path between the safe point and the operation point, so that the path between the docking point and the operation point passes through the safe point in a smooth transition manner (S200).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2019Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: SUZHOU EAVISION ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Jihua HUANG, Han Shue TAN, Xuesong DONG
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Patent number: 11169541Abstract: A distance from an aerial vehicle to a terrain feature located forward and lower with respect to the aerial vehicle is measured. An orientation of the aerial vehicle with respect to a reference orientation is detected. At least the measured distance and the orientation of the aerial vehicle is utilized to determine a relative vertical difference between a vertical location of the aerial vehicle and a vertical location of the terrain feature. The determined relative vertical difference is utilized to automatically adjust a flight altitude of the aerial vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Inventors: Han-Shue Tan, Jihua Huang
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Publication number: 20210293423Abstract: A purifier includes a housing, including an air outlet and an air duct communicating with the air outlet; a fan installed in the air duct; and a humidification device installed in the housing and located outside the air duct. The humidification device includes an ultrasonic atomization assembly and an exhaust pipe, one end of the exhaust pipe is connected to the ultrasonic atomization assembly, and another end of the exhaust pipe is extended into the air duct.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventor: Jihua HUANG
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Patent number: 10991258Abstract: A specification of an expected border of a bounded area is received. One or more images of at least a portion of the bounded area that is at least a threshold distance away from the expected border are received to generate a model of the bounded area. A current location position of the aerial vehicle is used to determine that the aerial vehicle is within the threshold distance away from the expected border. In response, an updated expected border is determined using the generated model of the bounded area and a border image of at least a portion of the expected border captured by an image sensor.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Inventors: Jihua Huang, Han-Shue Tan, SweKuang Tan
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Publication number: 20210081056Abstract: Methods, computing devices, and computer-program products are provided for implementing a virtual personal assistant. In various implementations, a virtual personal assistant can be configured to receive sensory input, including at least two different types of information. The virtual personal assistant can further be configured to determine semantic information from the sensory input, and to identify a context-specific framework. The virtual personal assistant can further be configured to determine a current intent. Determining the current intent can include using the semantic information and the context-specific framework. The virtual personal assistant can further be configured to determine a current input state. Determining the current input state can include using the semantic information and one or more behavioral models. The behavioral models can include one or more interpretations of previously-provided semantic information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Ajay Divakaran, Amir Tamrakar, Girish Acharya, William Mark, Greg Ho, Jihua Huang, David Salter, Edgar Kalns, Michael Wessel, Min Yin, James Carpenter, Brent Mombourquette, Kenneth Nitz, Elizabeth Shriberg, Eric Law, Michael Frandsen, Hyong-Gyun Kim, Cory Albright, Andreas Tsiartas
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Patent number: 10884503Abstract: Methods, computing devices, and computer-program products are provided for implementing a virtual personal assistant. In various implementations, a virtual personal assistant can be configured to receive sensory input, including at least two different types of information. The virtual personal assistant can further be configured to determine semantic information from the sensory input, and to identify a context-specific framework. The virtual personal assistant can further be configured to determine a current intent. Determining the current intent can include using the semantic information and the context-specific framework. The virtual personal assistant can further be configured to determine a current input state. Determining the current input state can include using the semantic information and one or more behavioral models. The behavioral models can include one or more interpretations of previously-provided semantic information.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: SRI InternationalInventors: Ajay Divakaran, Amir Tamrakar, Girish Acharya, William Mark, Greg Ho, Jihua Huang, David Salter, Edgar Kalns, Michael Wessel, Min Yin, James Carpenter, Brent Mombourquette, Kenneth Nitz, Elizabeth Shriberg, Eric Law, Michael Frandsen, Hyong-Gyun Kim, Cory Albright, Andreas Tsiartas
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Patent number: 10769459Abstract: A method and a system are provided for monitoring driving conditions. The method includes receiving video data comprising video frames from one or more sensors where the video frames may represent an interior or exterior of a vehicle, detecting and recognizing one or more features from the video data where each feature is associated with at least one driving condition, extracting the one or more features from the video data, developing intermediate features by associating and aggregating the extracted features among the extracted features, and developing a semantic meaning for the at least one driving condition by utilizing the intermediate features and the extracted one or more features.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: SRI InternationalInventors: Amir Tamrakar, Gregory Ho, David Salter, Jihua Huang
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Publication number: 20190317527Abstract: A distance from an aerial vehicle to a terrain feature located forward and lower with respect to the aerial vehicle is measured. An orientation of the aerial vehicle with respect to a reference orientation is detected. At least the measured distance and the orientation of the aerial vehicle is utilized to determine a relative vertical difference between a vertical location of the aerial vehicle and a vertical location of the terrain feature. The determined relative vertical difference is utilized to automatically adjust a flight altitude of the aerial vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Han-Shue Tan, Jihua Huang
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Publication number: 20190318633Abstract: A specification of an expected border of a bounded area is received. One or more images of at least a portion of the bounded area that is at least a threshold distance away from the expected border are received to generate a model of the bounded area. A current location position of the aerial vehicle is used to determine that the aerial vehicle is within the threshold distance away from the expected border. In response, an updated expected border is determined using the generated model of the bounded area and a border image of at least a portion of the expected border captured by an image sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Jihua Huang, Han-Shue Tan, SweKuang Tan
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Patent number: 10382368Abstract: This application discloses a method implemented on a client system for creating an automatic reply message. The client system obtains content information of a webpage including information concerning a plurality of content items. A graphical user interface is created using one or more of the plurality of content items. Then, the auto-reply message is composed in accordance with the plurality of content items and additional user instructions. The auto-reply message is further associated with one or more predefined keywords according to one or more auto-reply rules, and sent along with these predefined keywords to a server system. The server system is configured to return the auto-reply message automatically to a subscriber device of a public account of a social network application in response to a user inquiry including one or more predefined keywords.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Xun Niu, Yanan Zhao, Jihua Huang, Haiyang Wang, Yuhao Chen, Yan Qi, Jiyan Huang, Zhaohong Ma, Guodong Zhang, Jing Xu
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Patent number: 10353401Abstract: A distance from an aerial vehicle to a terrain feature located forward and lower with respect to the aerial vehicle is measured. A current orientation of the aerial vehicle with respect to a reference orientation is detected. At least the measured distance and the current orientation is utilized to determine a relative vertical difference between a vertical location of the aerial vehicle and a vertical location of the terrain feature. The determined vertical difference is utilized to automatically adjust a flight altitude of the aerial vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: EAVision CorporationInventors: Han-Shue Tan, Jihua Huang