Patents by Inventor Kangyuan Niu

Kangyuan Niu 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: 20240273956
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to identification and prioritization of autonomous vehicle (AV) data collection and data offload. In some aspects, the present disclosure provides a process for receiving one or more data collection triggers from an AV fleet management system, wherein the one or more triggers identify at least one condition that triggers collection of AV data by an AV; compiling the AV data in response to detecting the at least one condition identified by the one or more data collection triggers; determining a set of priorities that are associated with the one or more data collection triggers, wherein the set of priorities includes at least one instruction for prioritizing transmission of the AV data to the AV fleet management system; and transmitting, based on the set of priorities, the AV data to the AV fleet management system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Kangyuan Niu, Sudarshan Gaikaiwari
  • Patent number: 11906310
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for evaluating digital map quality. A process includes steps for receiving change data indicating one or more feature discrepancies associated with one or more geographic regions of a digital map, analyzing the change data to determine which of the one or more feature discrepancies resulted in verified updates to the digital map, and generating a quality score for each of the geographic map regions based on the verified updates. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Chen Xie, Matthew Fox, Brian Joseph Donohue, Kangyuan Niu, Katherine Leung
  • Publication number: 20230184556
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates techniques for evaluating map quality. In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology includes steps for receiving change data indicating one or more feature discrepancies associated with one or more geographic regions of a digital map, analyzing the change data to determine which of the one or more feature discrepancies resulted in verified updates to the digital map, and generating a quality score for each of the geographic map regions based on the verified updates. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Chen Xie, Matthew Fox, Brian Joseph Donohue, Kangyuan Niu, Katherine Leung
  • Patent number: 11604070
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for evaluating digital map quality. A process includes steps for receiving change data indicating one or more feature discrepancies associated with one or more geographic regions of a digital map, analyzing the change data to determine which of the one or more feature discrepancies resulted in verified updates to the digital map, and generating a quality score for each of the geographic map regions based on the verified updates. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC.
    Inventors: Chen Xie, Matthew Fox, Brian Joseph Donohue, Kangyuan Niu, Katherine Leung
  • Publication number: 20210302170
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates techniques for evaluating map quality. In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology includes steps for receiving change data indicating one or more feature discrepancies associated with one or more geographic regions of a digital map, analyzing the change data to determine which of the one or more feature discrepancies resulted in verified updates to the digital map, and generating a quality score for each of the geographic map regions based on the verified updates. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Chen Xie, Matthew Fox, Brian Joseph Donohue, Kangyuan Niu, Katherine Leung