Patents by Inventor Kun M. Chen

Kun M. Chen 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: 20240067207
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting roadway lane boundaries are disclosed herein. One embodiment receives image data of a portion of a roadway; receives historical vehicle trajectory data for the portion of the roadway; generates, from the historical vehicle trajectory data, a heatmap indicating, for a given pixel in the heatmap, an extent to which the given pixel coincides spatially with vehicle trajectories in the historical vehicle trajectory data; and projects the heatmap onto the image data to generate a composite image that is used in training a neural network to detect roadway lane boundaries, the projected heatmap acting as supervisory data. The trained neural network is deployed in a vehicle to generate and save map data including detected roadway lane boundaries for use by other vehicles or to control operation of the vehicle itself based, at least in part, on roadway lane boundaries detected by the trained neural network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kun-Hsin Chen, Shunsho Kaku, Jeffrey M. Walls, Jie Li, Steven A. Parkison
  • Patent number: 5343625
    Abstract: A drafting board includes a base, a shoulder formed in the perimeter of the upper surface of the base, a magnetic board engaged in the shoulder of the base, two holes formed in the bottom surface of the base, and a rod engaged in each of the holes of the base for elevating the upper edge of the base. The upper edge is located higher than the lower edge and the base is supported by the rods in a sloped fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Inventors: Chiang M. Chen, Kun M. Chen
  • Patent number: 5092229
    Abstract: An entirely uniformly heated responsive cooker comprising an inner pot and an outer pot, wherein the inner pot neither directly touches the heating source nor the wall portion of the outer pot by means of exhalation valve means capable of adjusting proper pressure and thermal energy existing in the outer pot according to the cooking requirements of different foods, resulting in the food in the inner pot being entirely and evenly heated by thermal energy so that the cooking time is reduced, safety is ensured, and the original flavor of food is preserved to effectively achieve the object of energy-saving and economy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Inventor: Kun M. Chen