Patents by Inventor Junping Wang
Junping Wang 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: 20240078275Abstract: Disclosed in embodiments of the present application is a method for displaying information in an application. A provider creates flowable information to be displayed by means of a data standard provided by a sharing platform, and provides same to the sharing platform. When one party (a display party) is to present information of another party (a provider party), the display party sends a display request to the sharing platform, the display request comprising an identifier of information to be displayed. Upon receiving the display request, the sharing platform acquires the information to be displayed according to the identifier in the display request, so that the display party can display the information to be displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2022Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Hao HU, Junping WANG, Biao ZHENG, Yulin DENG, Peize TONG
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Patent number: 11912291Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an autonomous vehicle and a system for the autonomous vehicle. The system may include: a power supply including a first power output and a second power output; a master computing unit arranged to be powered by the first power output, configured to control operations of the autonomous vehicle in response to detecting the second power output, and configured to provide a third power output by adjusting the first power output; and a slave computing unit arranged to be powered by the second power output, and configured to control the operations of the autonomous vehicle in response to detecting a failure of the master computing unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: APOLLO INTELLIGENT DRIVING TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Lijun Ju, Chengfa Wang, Junping Wang, Fan Yang
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Patent number: 11724721Abstract: A method, including: acquiring a point cloud frame including point cloud data of a pedestrian; projecting the point cloud data of the pedestrian to a ground coordinate system to obtain projection point data of the pedestrian; determining a direction of a connection line between the two shoulders of the pedestrian, based on a location distribution of the projection point data; extracting a point cloud of a stable region from the point cloud data of the pedestrian based on the direction of the connection line between the two shoulders of the pedestrian, a form change range of the stable region when the pedestrian moves being smaller than form change ranges of other regions of the pedestrian; and determining movement information of the pedestrian based on a coordinate of a center point of the point cloud of the stable region in a plurality of consecutive point cloud frames.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: APOLLO INTELLIGENT DRIVING TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiang Liu, Bin Gao, Shuang Zhang, Xiaoxing Zhu, Jingjing Xue, Junping Wang, Chengfa Wang
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Patent number: 11724708Abstract: According to various embodiment, described herein are methods and systems for reliably detecting malfunctions in a variety of software or hardware components in an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV). In one embodiment, a redundant system can be provided on an independent computing device in an ADV to check for malfunctions in a number of software or hardware components. When no malfunction occurs in the ADV, an autonomous driving system (ADS) in the ADV operates to drive the ADV, while the redundant system can monitor the ADS in a standby mode. In the event of a malfunction, the redundant system can take over the control of the ADV, and take appropriate actions based on a severity level of the malfunction.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignees: BAIDU USA LLC, BAIDU.COM TIMES TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Guohao Gong, Fan Zhu, Yue Wang, Xin Xu, Xiang Liu, Yongyi Sun, Yingnan Liu, Junping Wang, Jingjing Xue
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Patent number: 11694359Abstract: A method and apparatus for calibrating a camera are provided. A specific embodiment of the method includes: acquiring an image-point cloud sequence, the image-point cloud sequence including at least one group of an initial image and point cloud data collected at a same time, the initial image being collected by a camera provided on an autonomous vehicle and the point cloud data being collected by a radar provided on the autonomous vehicle; determining target point cloud data of initial images corresponding to groups of image-point cloud in the image-point cloud sequence; and matching the target point cloud data with the corresponding initial images in the image-point cloud sequence to determine a correction parameter of the camera.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Apollo Intelligent Driving Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuang Zhang, Xiang Liu, Bin Gao, Xiaoxing Zhu, Fan Yang, Junping Wang
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Patent number: 11579307Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for detecting an obstacle. The method may include: acquiring first point cloud data collected by a first vehicle-mounted laser radar and second point cloud data collected by a second vehicle-mounted laser radar, where a height of the first vehicle-mounted laser radar from a ground is greater than a height of the second vehicle-mounted laser radar from the ground, and a number of wiring harnesses of the first vehicle-mounted laser radar is greater than a number of wiring harnesses of the second vehicle-mounted laser radar; performing ground estimation based on the first point cloud data; filtering out a ground point in the second point cloud data according to the ground estimation result of the first point cloud data; and performing obstacle detection based on the second point cloud data after the ground point is filtered out.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: APOLLO INTELLIGENT DRIVING TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuang Zhang, Xiang Liu, Bin Gao, Xiaoxing Zhu, Jingjing Xue, Fan Yang, Junping Wang, Chengfa Wang
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Patent number: 11524702Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device for autonomous driving control, a vehicle, a storage medium and an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining first actual position data of a first vehicle body; obtaining relative position data between a second vehicle body and the first vehicle body; determining second actual position data of the second vehicle body according to the first actual position data and the relative position data, so that the vehicle performs autonomous driving control according to the first and second actual position data. The method can obtain the relative position between two vehicle bodies connected in the non-rigid manner and the real-time positions of the two vehicle bodies under different driving conditions in real time during the driving, can accurately depict the dynamic characteristics of two vehicle bodies, so that the vehicle performs autonomous driving control according to the first and second actual position data.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Apollo Intelligent Driving Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fan Yang, Junping Wang, Bei Liu
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Publication number: 20220332862Abstract: The invention relates to a poly[?-cyanoacrylate] hydrolyzate, a preparation method and an application thereof, belonging to the field of pharmaceutical and chemical industry. A main technical solution is as follows: provided is a poly[?-cyanoacrylate] hydrolyzate having a chemical formula: CH2—CRCOOHn, wherein R=—CN or —COOH. Poly[2-cyanoacrylic acid] provided by the present invention is dispersed in water to prepare the negatively charged microsphere, that is, to obtain the new blank embolic microsphere, the particle size of the microsphere can be adjusted in a micron-scale range, and the microsphere have a deformation function to pass through a vascular with a specific shape, which can tightly embolize the vascular to avoid ectopic embolism caused by falling off; poly[2-carboxyacrylic acid] can be used for preparing a new nano-drug carrier, improving the curative effect of the carried drug on diseased tissues and reduce the toxic and side effects of the carried drug on normal tissues.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Junping WANG, Yin GUO
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Patent number: 11386788Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling interaction between a vehicle and a vehicle-mounted device are provided according to embodiments of the disclosure. The method includes: determining whether the vehicle is in a parking state; acquiring input operation information of a user, in response to determining the vehicle being in the parking state; determining whether there is as operation matching the input operation information based on the input operation information; and sending control information for executing the operation to the vehicle-mounted device, in response to determining there being the operation matching the input operation information. The embodiment achieves controlling the vehicle-mounted device based on the vehicle state and the user input.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: APOLLO INTELLIGENT DRIVING TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Mengmeng Tang, Wanqi Chai, Junping Wang, Fan Yang, Chen Chen, Wenlong Rao
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Patent number: 11375376Abstract: A method, apparatus, device, and medium for verifying vehicle information are provided. A specific implementation scheme is: determining a target coding precision and a target coding mode of a target data packet to be transmitted; coding the target data packet based on the target coding precision and the target coding mode, to determine target verification information of the target data packet; and transmitting the target data packet and the target verification information, to instruct a receiving-end vehicle to verify the target data packet based on the target verification information.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Apollo Intelligent Driving Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Guohao Gong, Junping Wang, Tiankun Zhao, Dongchao Gao, Zelin Wu, Chengfa Wang, Yongyi Sun
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Publication number: 20220196802Abstract: An autonomous vehicle includes: a plurality of side laser radars respectively provided on a plurality of side portions of the autonomous vehicle, each of the plurality of side laser radars being partially embedded in a corresponding side portion of the plurality of side portions; and a top laser radar provided on a top portion of the autonomous vehicle and configured to obtain environmental information around the autonomous vehicle together with the plurality of side laser radars. By providing the plurality of laser radars, a sensing blind spot of the autonomous vehicle may be avoided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2022Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Lijun JU, Junping WANG, Chengfa WANG, Fan ZHU, Xiang LIU, Junkui QIAO
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Patent number: 11338827Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an autonomous vehicle and a system for the autonomous vehicle. The system may include a master computing unit configured to control operations of the autonomous vehicle; a slave computing unit communicatively coupled to the master computing unit and configured to control the operations of the autonomous vehicle in response to detecting a failure of the master computing unit; at least one lidar configured to acquire environmental information around the autonomous vehicle; and a switch communicatively coupled to the at least one lidar, the master computing unit and the slave computing unit, and configured to provide the environmental information to the master computing unit and the slave computing unit for controlling the autonomous vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: APOLLO INTELLIGENT DRIVING TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Lijun Ju, Chengfa Wang, Junping Wang, Fan Yang
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Patent number: 11328518Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for outputting information. The method may include: acquiring point cloud data and image data collected by a vehicle during a driving process; determining a plurality of time thresholds based on a preset time threshold value range; executing following processing for each time threshold: identifying obstacles included in each point cloud frame and each image frame respectively; determining a similarity between the obstacles; determining, in response to the similarity being greater than a preset similarity threshold, whether a time interval between the point cloud frame and the image frame corresponding to two similar obstacles is less than the time threshold; and processing recognized obstacles based on a determining result, to determine the number of obstacles; and determining, based on a plurality of numbers, and outputting a target time threshold.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: APOLLO INTELLIGENT DRIVING TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiang Liu, Shuang Zhang, Bin Gao, Xiaoxing Zhu, Jingjing Xue, Fan Yang, Junping Wang, Chengfa Wang
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Patent number: 11290843Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for measuring a sensing range of a vehicle, a device and a medium, and relates to a technical field of automatic driving. The method includes: determining a target road side unit to be measured according to a road side unit identifier; when it is detected that the vehicle receives a road-side message from the target road side unit, determining vehicle positioning information of the vehicle when the road-side message is received; and determining a sensing range of the vehicle to the target road side unit in a target lane in which the vehicle travels according to the vehicle positioning information.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Apollo Intelligent Driving Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Guohao Gong, Junping Wang, Tiankun Zhao, Dongchao Gao, Zelin Wu, Chengfa Wang, Yongyi Sun
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Patent number: 11269324Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling an autonomous vehicle are provided according to the embodiments of the disclosure. The method includes: sending, in response to determining that a pedestrian is in a first target area, behavior prompt information representing prompting the pedestrian to make a corresponding behavior; determining whether a deceleration condition matching the behavior prompt information is satisfied based on acquired behavior information of the pedestrian; and sending control information for reducing a moving speed of the autonomous vehicle, in response to determining that the deceleration condition is satisfied and determining that a speed of the autonomous vehicle is greater than a preset deceleration threshold. According to the embodiments, deceleration control of the autonomous vehicle is achieved based on the response of the pedestrian to the behavior prompt information.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Apollo Intelligent Driving Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mengmeng Tang, Wanqi Chai, Junping Wang, Fan Yang, Xiaohua Yang, Jing Li, Chen Chen, Shi Hu, Xuan Huang, Yan Feng, Wenlong Rao, Haifeng Li, Gao Yu, Ning Yu, Shuang Zhang
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Publication number: 20210387631Abstract: According to various embodiment, described herein are methods and systems for reliably detecting malfunctions in a variety of software or hardware components in an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV). In one embodiment, a redundant system can be provided on an independent computing device in an ADV to check for malfunctions in a number of software or hardware components. When no malfunction occurs in the ADV, an autonomous driving system (ADS) in the ADV operates to drive the ADV, while the redundant system can monitor the ADS in a standby mode. In the event of a malfunction, the redundant system can take over the control of the ADV, and take appropriate actions based on a severity level of the malfunction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2020Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Guohao GONG, Fan ZHU, Yue WANG, Xin XU, Xiang LIU, Yongyi SUN, Yingnan LIU, Junping WANG, Jingjing XUE
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Patent number: 11173927Abstract: A method, an apparatus, a computer device and a storage medium for autonomous driving determination are proposed. The method includes: obtaining information about a driving scenario of an autonomous vehicle when a preset trigger condition is met; comparing the information about the driving scenario with an autonomous driving capability of the autonomous vehicle; determining, according to a comparison result, whether the autonomous vehicle is adapted to employ an autonomous driving mode in the driving scenario. The technical solution of the present disclosure may be applied to improve the safety of the vehicle and the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ning Yu, Chengfa Wang, Fan Yang, Leibing Lv, Junping Wang
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Publication number: 20210276597Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus and storage medium for autonomous operation of an unmanned logistics vehicle. The method comprises: an unmanned logistics vehicle obtains a user's cargo transport task; the unmanned logistics vehicle plans a travel route according to the cargo transport task, and automatically travels to a destination according to the travel route; after reaching the destination, the unmanned logistics vehicle controls a cargo compartment door to open. The solution of the present disclosure may be applied to save man power costs and improve the cargo transport efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2019Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Ning YU, Fan YANG, Leibing LV, Chengfa WANG, Junping WANG
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Publication number: 20210124054Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for detecting an obstacle. The method may include: acquiring first point cloud data collected by a first vehicle-mounted laser radar and second point cloud data collected by a second vehicle-mounted laser radar, where a height of the first vehicle-mounted laser radar from a ground is greater than a height of the second vehicle-mounted laser radar from the ground, and a number of wiring harnesses of the first vehicle-mounted laser radar is greater than a number of wiring harnesses of the second vehicle-mounted laser radar; performing ground estimation based on the first point cloud data; filtering out a ground point in the second point cloud data according to the ground estimation result of the first point cloud data; and performing obstacle detection based on the second point cloud data after the ground point is filtered out.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Shuang ZHANG, Xiang LIU, Bin GAO, Xiaoxing ZHU, Jingjing XUE, Fan YANG, Junping WANG, Chengfa WANG
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Publication number: 20210107531Abstract: A method, including: acquiring a point cloud frame including point cloud data of a pedestrian; projecting the point cloud data of the pedestrian to a ground coordinate system to obtain projection point data of the pedestrian; determining a direction of a connection line between the two shoulders of the pedestrian, based on a location distribution of the projection point data; extracting a point cloud of a stable region from the point cloud data of the pedestrian based on the direction of the connection line between the two shoulders of the pedestrian, a form change range of the stable region when the pedestrian moves being smaller than form change ranges of other regions of the pedestrian; and determining movement information of the pedestrian based on a coordinate of a center point of the point cloud of the stable region in a plurality of consecutive point cloud frames.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Xiang LIU, Bin GAO, Shuang ZHANG, Xiaoxing ZHU, Jingjing XUE, Junping WANG, Chengfa WANG