Patents by Inventor MINGDONG WANG

MINGDONG 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).

  • Publication number: 20250039563
    Abstract: An image acquisition method applied to a first electronic device, and the first electronic device includes N first cameras, N being an integer greater than or equal to 3. The image acquisition method includes: firstly, receiving, by the first electronic device, first position information from a second electronic device, the first position information being position information of eyes of a viewer of the second electronic device; then, selecting, by the first electronic device, K first cameras from the N first cameras based on the first position information, K being an integer greater than or equal to 2 and less than N; then, acquiring, by the first electronic device, images by using the K first cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yapeng LI, Xue DONG, Lei WANG, Yangbing LI, Yuanyuan MA, Wenhao TIAN, Mingdong WANG, Xuan FENG
  • Patent number: 12202520
    Abstract: A method of operating an autonomous vehicle includes detecting, based on an input received from a sensor of an autonomous vehicle that is being navigated by an on-board computer system, an occurrence of a driving event, making a determination by the on-board computer system, upon the detecting the occurrence of the driving event, whether or how to alter the path planned by the on-board computer system according to a set of rules, and performing further navigation of the autonomous vehicle based on the determination until the driving event is resolved. The driving event may include a presence of an object in a shoulder area of the road. The driving event may include accumulation of more than a certain number of vehicles behind the autonomous vehicle. The driving event may include a slow vehicle ahead of the autonomous vehicle. The driving event may include a do-not-change-lane zone is within a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
    Inventors: Zhujia Shi, Mingdong Wang
  • Publication number: 20240430401
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and system for transmitting light field data and a light field communication apparatus, wherein the light field communication apparatus can process first light field data acquired by at least one target camera corresponding to a first gaze point location and transmit the first light field data to the light field display apparatus based on the first gaze point location fed back by the light field display apparatus. The light field display apparatus may in turn perform light field display based on the first light field data on the light field display screen thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Mingdong WANG, Yapeng LI, Yangbing LI, Xuan FENG, Yuanyuan MA, Fangyuan ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20240355146
    Abstract: A gesture recognizing method, an interactive method, a gesture interactive system, an electronic device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The gesture recognizing method includes: acquiring a plurality of groups of images taken respectively at different photographing moments for a gesture action object, wherein each group of images includes at least one pair of corresponding depth map and grayscale map; and according to the plurality of groups of images, obtaining spatial information by using the depth map in each group of images, and obtaining posture information for the gesture action object by using the grayscale map in each group of the images, to recognize a dynamic gesture change of the gesture action object. The gesture recognizing method reduces the processing time as a whole, can quickly obtain gesture recognition results, reduce the system resource occupation, and ensure the real-time gesture interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Meili WANG, Yaoyu LV, Lili CHEN, Xue DONG, Hao ZHANG, Jiabin WANG, Yangbing LI, Mingdong WANG, Lei WANG
  • Publication number: 20240125610
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system and method for lane marking localization that may be utilized by autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles traveling within the lane. In the embodiment, the system comprises a locating device adapted to determine the vehicle's geographic location; a database; a region map; a response map; a camera; and a computer connected to the locating device, database, and camera, wherein the computer is adapted to: receive the region map, wherein the region map corresponds to a specified geographic location; generate the response map by receiving information form the camera, the information relating to the environment in which the vehicle is located; identifying lane markers observed by the camera; and plotting identified lane markers on the response map; compare the response map to the region map; and generate a predicted vehicle location based on the comparison of the response map and region map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Mingdong WANG, Chenzhe QIAN, Xue MEI
  • Patent number: 11948082
    Abstract: A system and method for proximate vehicle intention prediction for autonomous vehicles are disclosed. A particular embodiment is configured to: receive perception data associated with a host vehicle; extract features from the perception data to detect a proximate vehicle in the vicinity of the host vehicle; generate a trajectory of the detected proximate vehicle based on the perception data; use a trained intention prediction model to generate a predicted intention of the detected proximate vehicle based on the perception data and the trajectory of the detected proximate vehicle; use the predicted intention of the detected proximate vehicle to generate a predicted trajectory of the detected proximate vehicle; and output the predicted intention and predicted trajectory for the detected proximate vehicle to another subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
    Inventors: Zhipeng Yan, Mingdong Wang, Siyuan Liu, Xiaodi Hou
  • Patent number: 11874130
    Abstract: A method of lane detection for a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs is disclosed. The one or more programs include instructions, which when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform the following steps comprising: generating a ground truth associated with lane markings expressed in god's view; receiving features from at least one of a hit-map image and a fitted lane marking, wherein the hit-map image includes a classification of pixels that hit a lane marking, and the fitted lane marking includes pixels optimized based on the hit-map image; and training a confidence module based on the features and the ground truth, the confidence module configured to determine on-line whether a fitted lane marking is reasonable, using parameters that express a lane marking in an arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
    Inventors: Siyuan Liu, Mingdong Wang, Xiaodi Hou
  • Patent number: 11852498
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system and method for lane marking localization that may be utilized by autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles traveling within the lane. In the embodiment, the system comprises a locating device adapted to determine the vehicle's geographic location; a database; a region map; a response map; a camera; and a computer connected to the locating device, database, and camera, wherein the computer is adapted to: receive the region map, wherein the region map corresponds to a specified geographic location; generate the response map by receiving information form the camera, the information relating to the environment in which the vehicle is located; identifying lane markers observed by the camera; and plotting identified lane markers on the response map; compare the response map to the region map; and generate a predicted vehicle location based on the comparison of the response map and region map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
    Inventors: Mingdong Wang, Chenzhe Qian, Xue Mei
  • Publication number: 20230408264
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a system and method for iterative lane marking localization that may be utilized by autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles traveling within the lane. In an embodiment, the system comprises a locating device adapted to determine the vehicle's geographic location; a database; a region map; a response map; a plurality of cameras; and a computer connected to the locating device, database, and cameras, wherein the computer is adapted to receive the region map, wherein the region map corresponds to a specified geographic location; generate the response map by receiving information from the camera, the information relating to the environment in which the vehicle is located; identifying lane markers observed by the camera; and plotting identified lane markers on the response map; compare the response map to the region map; and iteratively generate a predicted vehicle location based on the comparison of the response map and the region map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Mingdong WANG, Chenzhe QIAN, Xue MEI
  • Publication number: 20230408284
    Abstract: A method of lane detection for a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs is disclosed. The one or more programs include instructions, which when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform the following steps comprising: generating a ground truth associated with lane markings expressed in god's view; receiving features from at least one of a hit-map image and a fitted lane marking, wherein the hit-map image includes a classification of pixels that hit a lane marking, and the fitted lane marking includes pixels optimized based on the hit-map image; and training a confidence module based on the features and the ground truth, the confidence module configured to determine on-line whether a fitted lane marking is reasonable, using parameters that express a lane marking in an arc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Siyuan LIU, Mingdong WANG, Xiaodi HOU
  • Publication number: 20230410363
    Abstract: Techniques are described for estimating pose of a camera located on a vehicle. An exemplary method of estimating camera pose includes obtaining, from a camera located on a vehicle, an image including a lane marker on a road on which the vehicle is driven, and estimating a pose of the camera such that the pose of the camera provides a best match according to a criterion between a first position of the lane marker determined from the image and a second position of the lane marker determined from a stored map of the road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Chenzhe QIAN, Yi LUO, Ke XU, Mingdong WANG, Xiaodi HOU
  • Patent number: 11810322
    Abstract: Techniques are described for estimating pose of a camera located on a vehicle. An exemplary method of estimating camera pose includes obtaining, from a camera located on a vehicle, an image including a lane marker on a road on which the vehicle is driven, and estimating a pose of the camera such that the pose of the camera provides a best match according to a criterion between a first position of the lane marker determined from the image and a second position of the lane marker determined from a stored map of the road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
    Inventors: Chenzhe Qian, Yi Luo, Ke Xu, Mingdong Wang, Xiaodi Hou
  • Publication number: 20230278586
    Abstract: A method of operating an autonomous vehicle includes detecting, based on an input received from a sensor of an autonomous vehicle that is being navigated by an on-board computer system, an occurrence of a driving event, making a determination by the on-board computer system, upon the detecting the occurrence of the driving event, whether or how to alter the path planned by the on-board computer system according to a set of rules, and performing further navigation of the autonomous vehicle based on the determination until the driving event is resolved. The driving event may include a presence of an object in a shoulder area of the road. The driving event may include accumulation of more than a certain number of vehicles behind the autonomous vehicle. The driving event may include a slow vehicle ahead of the autonomous vehicle. The driving event may include a do-not-change-lane zone is within a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Zhujia SHI, Mingdong WANG
  • Patent number: 11740093
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a system and method for iterative lane marking localization that may be utilized by autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles traveling within the lane. In an embodiment, the system comprises a locating device adapted to determine the vehicle's geographic location; a database; a region map; a response map; a plurality of cameras; and a computer connected to the locating device, database, and cameras, wherein the computer is adapted to receive the region map, wherein the region map corresponds to a specified geographic location; generate the response map by receiving information from the camera, the information relating to the environment in which the vehicle is located; identifying lane markers observed by the camera; and plotting identified lane markers on the response map; compare the response map to the region map; and iteratively generate a predicted vehicle location based on the comparison of the response map and the region map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
    Inventors: Mingdong Wang, Chenzhe Qian, Xue Mei
  • Publication number: 20230160712
    Abstract: A method of lane detection for a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs is disclosed. The one or more programs include instructions, which when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform the following steps comprising: generating a ground truth associated with lane markings expressed in god's view; receiving features from at least one of a hit-map image and a fitted lane marking, wherein the hit-map image includes a classification of pixels that hit a lane marking, and the fitted lane marking includes pixels optimized based on the hit-map image; and training a confidence module based on the features and the ground truth, the confidence module configured to determine on-line whether a fitted lane marking is reasonable, using parameters that express a lane marking in an arc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Siyuan LIU, Mingdong WANG, Xiaodi HOU
  • Patent number: 11648961
    Abstract: A method of operating an autonomous vehicle includes detecting, based on an input received from a sensor of an autonomous vehicle that is being navigated by an on-board computer system, an occurrence of a driving event, making a determination by the on-board computer system, upon the detecting the occurrence of the driving event, whether or how to alter the path planned by the on-board computer system according to a set of rules, and performing further navigation of the autonomous vehicle based on the determination until the driving event is resolved. The driving event may include a presence of an object in a shoulder area of the road. The driving event may include accumulation of more than a certain number of vehicles behind the autonomous vehicle. The driving event may include a slow vehicle ahead of the autonomous vehicle. The driving event may include a do-not-change-lane zone is within a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
    Inventors: Zhujia Shi, Mingdong Wang
  • Patent number: 11615641
    Abstract: A fingerprint identification module is provided. The fingerprint identification module includes: a base substrate, a first conductive layer, and a third conductive layer that are laminated sequentially. The first conductive layer includes a first signal line and a second signal line, wherein the first signal line extends along a first direction and is connected to a gate of a reset transistor in a pixel sensing circuit, and the second signal line extends along the first direction and is connected to a gate of a switch transistor in the pixel sensing circuit. The third conductive layer includes a first conductive portion configured to form a first electrode of a photodiode in the pixel sensing circuit, wherein an orthographic projection of the first conductive portion on the base substrate does not overlap with orthographic projections of the first signal line and the second signal line on the base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mingdong Wang, Xuan Feng, Yunke Qin, Jiabin Wang, Yangbing Li, Ping Zhang, Lei Wang
  • Patent number: 11573095
    Abstract: A method of lane detection for a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs is disclosed. The one or more programs include instructions, which when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform the following steps comprising: generating a ground truth associated with lane markings expressed in god's view; receiving features from at least one of a hit-map image and a fitted lane marking, wherein the hit-map image includes a classification of pixels that hit a lane marking, and the fitted lane marking includes pixels optimized based on the hit-map image; and training a confidence module based on the features and the ground truth, the confidence module configured to determine on-line whether a fitted lane marking is reasonable, using parameters that express a lane marking in an arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
    Inventors: Siyuan Liu, Mingdong Wang, Xiaodi Hou
  • Patent number: 11527797
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery pack, including: battery modules, wherein two or more of the battery modules are arranged side by side in a first direction; and connecting assemblies, wherein each connecting assembly is connected between adjacent two battery modules, and the connecting assembly includes an elastic connecting member being able to elastically deform in the first direction such that the adjacent two battery modules are elastically connected by the connecting assembly. The elastic connecting member can provide a buffer between the adjacent two battery modules. In the case that one of the adjacent two battery modules suffers a force, the elastic connecting member can absorb a force from this battery module, to prevent the adjacent two battery modules from interacting with each other when suffering the force, and avoid a safety accident caused by the interaction between the two battery modules connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Shuo Sun, Mingdong Wang, Mu Qian, Jinqing Ji, Min Zeng, Shang Li, Yang Li
  • Patent number: 11501557
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display apparatus and a method for manufacturing the same. The display apparatus includes: a self-luminous display module, a fingerprint identification module below the self-luminous display module, at least two light shield layers between the self-luminous display module and the fingerprint identification module, and a planarization layer correspondingly arranged on one side, facing the self-luminous display module, of each light shield layer. Each light shield layer includes a plurality of mutually-independent openings; openings of one of the at least two light shield layers and openings of another of the at least two light shield layers overlap in a direction perpendicular to the fingerprint identification module; the planarization layer between two adjacent light shield layers includes a groove; and the groove and the openings do not overlap in the direction perpendicular to the fingerprint identification module, and a light blocking part is arranged in the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Wang, Xiaoliang Ding, Yunke Qin, Lei Zhang, Xiaoquan Hai, Mingdong Wang