Patents by Inventor Ming Gong

Ming Gong 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).

  • Patent number: 10692311
    Abstract: A device for recording user operation data for a remotely controlled vehicle includes a memory off-board the remotely controlled vehicle and a housing receiving the memory. The memory is configured to record user operation data comprising outgoing operation commands that affect operation of the remotely controlled vehicle. The outgoing operation commands are received via a remote controller of the remotely controlled vehicle and transmitted to the remotely controlled vehicle. The housing is removable from the remote controller and more resistant to destruction than the rest of the remote controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming Gong, Jin Dai, Hao Cui, Xiaodong Wang, Han Huang, Jun Wu, Wei Fan, Ning Ma, Xinhua Rong, Xingsen Lin
  • Patent number: 10679510
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for monitoring an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The method may comprise: generating, with aid of one or more processors, a datagram comprising monitoring data indicating at least one of: a location of the UAV or a location of a control station in communication with the UAV; and transmitting the datagram along with working data for communication between the UAV and the control station such that datagram can be received by the one or more detectors within a range of the UAV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming Gong, Bingzhen Yang, Zhongqian You, Guohao Zhan, Peng Xie, Xiaohang Zhong, Naibo Wang, Xingsen Lin, Xiongbin Rao, Renqin Deng, Wenyue Chen, Mingyu Wang
  • Patent number: 10604854
    Abstract: A cathode for water splitting production includes: (1) a porous substrate; and (2) an electrocatalyst affixed to the porous substrate. The electrocatalyst includes heterostructures of a first material and a second material that partially covers the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Hongjie Dai, Ming Gong
  • Publication number: 20200100192
    Abstract: A method of controlling a transmission power of a first node configured to communicate wirelessly with one or more other nodes is described. The method may include establishing a first wireless communication link between the first node and a second node, receiving a first power adjustment value from the second node, wherein the first power adjustment value is determined based on signals transmitted by the first node over the first wireless communication link, determining a transmission power level for transmitting signals from the first node based on the received first power adjustment value, and transmitting signals from the first node over the first wireless communication link using the determined transmission power level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiongbin RAO, Jiannan GAO, Naibo WANG, Wei FAN, Ming GONG
  • Patent number: 10601496
    Abstract: A method of providing communication coverage includes collecting a location of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) while the UAV is in flight, determining a communication signal distribution in a proximity of the UAV, and determining one or more locations for arranging one or more relays based on the communication signal distribution to improve communication signal coverage along a flight path of the UAV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming Gong, Wei Fan
  • Publication number: 20200092847
    Abstract: A monitoring information broadcasting method includes determining a series of transmission sessions aligned to a system time of a mobile platform. Each transmission session includes a first time period and a second time period. The first time period includes a plurality of first time slices and the second time period includes a plurality of second time slices. The method further includes performing one of broadcasting a data packet of a first type during a first active slice among the first time slices in the first time period of one of the transmission sessions or broadcasting a data packet of a second type during a second active slice among the second time slices in the second time period of the one of the transmission sessions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Xiongbin RAO, Ming GONG, Xingsen LIN, Naibo WANG
  • Publication number: 20200036714
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an identify authentication system. The authentication system includes an authentication terminal configured to issue an identity authentication request; and, an authentication server that is connected to the authentication terminal to receive the identity authentication request. The authentication server is configured to acquire one or more identity authentication scenarios from authentication scenarios based on the identity authentication request, and generate and transmit an authentication form after acquiring the authentication scenario. The authentication terminal is configured to submit the identity authentication information to the authentication server based on the authentication form. The identity authentication information includes basic user information and an authentication scenario image and video including a user. The authentication server is further configured to authenticate the user's identity based on the identity authentication information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yongsen CHEN, Zhun DING, Ming CHEN, Ming GONG
  • Publication number: 20200036944
    Abstract: A method for transmitting video from a movable object includes decomposing video data into a plurality of sub-video data units, encoding the plurality of sub-video data units individually to generate a plurality of coded sub-video data units, and selecting at least one of the plurality of coded sub-video data units for transmission according to one or more characteristics the sub-video data units and one or more channel conditions of a plurality of channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Lei ZHU, Hao CUI, Ming GONG
  • Publication number: 20200001998
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling a movable platform. The method includes determining whether the movable platform is capable of broadcasting information indicating a relevant parameter of the movable platform. The method also includes restricting a movement of the movable platform based on a determination that the movable platform is not capable of broadcasting the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Xiongbin RAO, Naibo WANG, Ming GONG, Xingsen LIN
  • Publication number: 20190342771
    Abstract: A data transmitting method includes generating multiple channels of encoded data by encoding same data to be encoded according to a plurality of bit rates and selecting encoded data to be transmitted from the multiple channels of encoded data according to a channel bandwidth of a transmission channel. The encoded data to be transmitted is one of the multiple channels of encoded data that matches the channel bandwidth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Lei ZHU, Hao CUI, Ying CHEN, Ming GONG
  • Publication number: 20190327463
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a feedback message including feedback information from a receiver of image data, obtaining a current frame to be encoded, encoding the current frame based at least in part on the feedback information, and transmitting the encoded current frame to the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Liang ZHAO, Wenyi SU, Qingdong YU, Wei XIAO, Lei ZHU, Ming GONG, Ning MA, Wei FAN, Hao CUI
  • Publication number: 20190320184
    Abstract: An image processing method includes a transmitting terminal receiving a feedback message sent by a receiving terminal. The feedback message indicates a reception state of a received image frame sent by the transmitting terminal and received by the receiving terminal before the receiving terminal sends the feedback message. The method further includes acquiring a target image frame, encoding the target image frame according to a preset error correction mechanism to generate encoding data of the target image frame in response to the feedback message indicating a reception error, and sending the encoding data of the target image frame to the receiving terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Lei ZHU, Ming GONG, Ning MA, Wei FAN, Hao CUI
  • Publication number: 20190313027
    Abstract: An image processing method includes obtaining a current image frame. The image processing method also includes in response to feedback information, determining a reference image frame for coding the current image frame based on the feedback information. The feedback information is transmitted by a receiver based on a variable feedback time interval, and is configured to indicate a transmission status of an image frame transmitted by a transmitter to the receiver prior to the feedback information. The image processing method also includes coding the current image frame based on an inter-frame coding and the reference image frame to generate coded data. The image processing method further includes transmitting the coded data to the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Lei ZHU, Ning MA, Ming GONG
  • Publication number: 20190283875
    Abstract: A method for transmitting images includes obtaining image data of an image frame. The method also includes encoding the image data of the image frame to obtain first encoded image data. The method also includes determining a transmission delay of the first encoded image data. The method further includes re-encoding the image data of the image frame to obtain second encoded image data in response to determining that the transmission delay of the first encoded image data is not within a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Lei ZHU, Ning MA, Ming GONG
  • Publication number: 20190288387
    Abstract: A directional antenna tracking method includes obtaining first motion feature information of a first device, receiving second motion feature information transmitted from a second device, calculating tracking information of a first directional antenna of the first device with respect to a second directional antenna of the second device based on the first motion feature information and the second motion feature information, and controlling the first directional antenna to move according to the tracking information to face toward the second directional antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Jun WU, Ming GONG, Han HUANG
  • Publication number: 20190220040
    Abstract: A method and head-mounted display glasses for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are provided. A movable mark is displayed, and input information of a user is acquired. According to the input information, the movable mark is moved to control the UAV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Yifan WU, Huaiyu LIU, Jun WU, Ming GONG, Xiufeng GAO
  • Publication number: 20190174303
    Abstract: A method for establishing a data connection between a mobile terminal and a server includes sending a request for data connection to the server, generating a random password, transmitting the random password to the server for storing in the server, establishing the data connection between the mobile terminal and the server, and encrypting data to be transmitted through the communication connection using the random password.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Yi ZHOU, Zhun DING, Yongsen CHEN, Ming GONG
  • Publication number: 20190138030
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and methods for operating a movable object using a machine readable code. In one embodiment, an image may be obtained by the movable object. The image may include a machine-readable code configured to store a set of operation data for controlling the movable object. The movable object may process the image to retrieve the machine-readable code and the set of operation data. The movable object further may adjust one or more operation parameters of the movable object based on the set of operation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Yuwei WU, Jun WU, Ming GONG, Mingxi WANG, Qi ZHOU, Di WU, Xiangyu CHEN, Hanping CHEN
  • Publication number: 20190062936
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a composition comprising a heterostructure capable of electrochemical CO reduction to a carbon-carbon product, comprising an inorganic material and a porous molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Christopher J. CHANG, Ming GONG, Zhi CAO, Wei LIU
  • Publication number: 20190011908
    Abstract: A system for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes smart glasses and a remote controller. The smart glasses are configured to establish a first channel directly with the UAV, receive first person view (FPV) image data directly from the UAV through the first channel, and display the FPV image data. The remote controller is configured to establish a second channel directly with the UAV, and send a flight control instruction directly to the UAV through the second channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Huaiyu LIU, Jun WU, Ming GONG, Ning MA