Patents by Inventor Kaiyang Chu

Kaiyang Chu 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: 20250058814
    Abstract: A shopping cart's tracking system determines a baseline location of the shopping cart at a first timestamp with a wireless device located on the shopping cart detecting one or more external wireless devices (e.g., RFID tags). The shopping cart's tracking system receives wheel motion data from one or more wheel sensors coupled to one or more wheels of the shopping cart, wherein the wheel motion data describes rotation and orientation of the one or more wheels. The shopping cart's tracking system calculates a translation traveled by the shopping cart from the baseline location based on the wheel motion data. The shopping cart's tracking system determines an estimated location of the shopping cart at a second timestamp based on the baseline location and the translation. The shopping cart provides functionality with the estimated location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Lin Gao, Yilin Huang, Shiyuan Yang, Xiaofei Zhou, Kaiyang Chu, Sikun Zhu
  • Patent number: 12227219
    Abstract: A shopping cart's tracking system determines a first baseline location of the shopping cart at a first timestamp with a wireless device located on the shopping cart detecting one or more external wireless devices (e.g., RFID tags) in the indoor environment. The shopping cart's tracking system receives wheel motion data from one or more wheel sensors coupled to one or more wheels of the shopping cart, wherein the wheel motion data describes rotation of the one or more wheels. The shopping cart's tracking system calculates a translation traveled by the shopping cart from the first baseline location based on the wheel motion data. The shopping cart's tracking system determines an estimated location of the shopping cart at a second timestamp based on the first baseline location and the translation. With the estimated location, the shopping cart can update a map with the estimated location of the shopping cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Maplebear Inc.
    Inventors: Lin Gao, Yilin Huang, Shiyuan Yang, Xiaofei Zhou, Kaiyang Chu, Sikun Zhu
  • Publication number: 20240001981
    Abstract: A shopping cart's tracking system determines a first baseline location of the shopping cart at a first timestamp with a wireless device located on the shopping cart detecting one or more external wireless devices (e.g., RFID tags) in the indoor environment. The shopping cart's tracking system receives wheel motion data from one or more wheel sensors coupled to one or more wheels of the shopping cart, wherein the wheel motion data describes rotation of the one or more wheels. The shopping cart's tracking system calculates a translation traveled by the shopping cart from the first baseline location based on the wheel motion data. The shopping cart's tracking system determines an estimated location of the shopping cart at a second timestamp based on the first baseline location and the translation. With the estimated location, the shopping cart can update a map with the estimated location of the shopping cart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Lin Gao, Yilin Huang, Shiyuan Yang, Xiaofei Zhou, Kaiyang Chu, Sikun Zhu
  • Publication number: 20240003707
    Abstract: A shopping cart's tracking system receives wheel motion data from a plurality of wheel sensors coupled to a plurality of wheels of the shopping cart, wherein the wheel motion data describes rotation of the plurality of wheels and orientation of the plurality of wheels. The tracking system predicts an estimated location of the shopping cart by applying a machine-learning location model to the wheel motion data. The machine-learning location model is trained with training examples that are generated by: receiving prior wheel motion data from the plurality of wheel sensors, partitioning the prior wheel motion data into a plurality of segments using a time window, receiving one or more baseline locations at one or more prior timestamps, and generating one or more training examples, each training example comprising a segment of prior wheel motion data and a baseline location with a timestamp overlapping the segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Lin Gao, Yilin Huang, Shiyuan Yang, Xiaofei Zhou, Kaiyang Chu, Sikun Zhu