Patents by Inventor Mingheng Zhang

Mingheng Zhang 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: 12325434
    Abstract: A Vehicle Intelligent Unit (VIU) is configured to provide vehicle operations and control for Connected Automated Vehicles (CAV) and, more particularly, to connect with a Collaborative Automated Driving System (CADS) and manage and/or control information exchange between CAV and CADS and manage and/or control CAV lateral and longitudinal movements, including vehicle following, lane changing, and route guidance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: CAVH LLC
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Kegang Zhao, Hanchu Li, Mingheng Zhang, Shen Li, Yang Cheng, Zhijun Chen, Jie Ye, Shuoxuan Dong, Haotian Shi
  • Publication number: 20240351616
    Abstract: This invention presents a function allocation system for an autonomous vehicle (AV). During the operations of the AV, some or all of its automated driving capabilities or functions could be downgraded due to long-tail events or malfunctioning. The roadside intelligent infrastructure, or the cloud platform, could supplement some or all of AV's automated driving functions, including sensing, prediction and decision-making, and/or control functions. The function allocation system dynamically allocates these functions between AV and intelligent infrastructure, achieving a higher system intelligence level S than the downgraded vehicle intelligence level V. In addition, a function allocation system could dynamically allocate sensing, prediction and decision-making, and/or control functions between AV and a cloud platform. This invention also presents a function integration system or a fusion system for an AV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Junwei You, Keshu Wu, Weizhe Tang, Yang Cheng, Yifan Yao, Tianyi Chen, Shuoxuan Dong, Mingheng Zhang, Xiaotian Li, Shen Li, Kunsong Shi, Haotian Shi, Yanghui Mo, Hongjie Liu, Ran Yi
  • Patent number: 12037023
    Abstract: The technology described herein provides Automated Driving System (ADS) methods and systems for coordinating and/or fusing intelligence and functions between Connected Automated Vehicles (CAV) and ADS infrastructure to provide target levels of automated driving. The technology provides systems and methods for function allocation comprising sensing allocation, prediction and decision-making allocation, and control allocation. The ADS operates across various intelligence levels, identified during vehicle operation. The function allocation system dynamically allocates essential functions based on the intelligence levels of both vehicles and infrastructures, ensuring that ADS achieves a system intelligence that surpasses that of individual components. This methodical function distribution enables ADS to manage both vehicles and infrastructures in a manner that enhances vehicular operations and control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: CAVH LLC
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Tianyi Chen, Shuoxuan Dong, Yang Cheng, Mingheng Zhang, Xiaotian Li, Shen Li, Kunsong Shi, Haotian Shi, Yifan Yao, Yanghui Mo, Hongjie Liu, Keshu Wu, Ran Yi
  • Publication number: 20220332337
    Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to automated driving and particularly, but not exclusively, to a Vehicle Intelligent Unit (VIU) configured to provide vehicle operations and control for Connected Automated Vehicles (CAV) and, more particularly, to a VIU configured to connect with a Collaborative Automated Driving System (CADS) and manage and/or control information exchange between CAV and CADS and manage and/or control CAV lateral and longitudinal movements, including vehicle following, lane changing, and route guidance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Kegang Zhao, Hanchu Li, Mingheng Zhang, Shen Li, Yang Cheng, Zhijun Chen, Jie Ye, Shuoxuan Dong, Haotian Shi
  • Publication number: 20210394797
    Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to automated driving and particularly, but not exclusively, to systems comprising roadside intelligent units (RIU) and infrastructure of specific intelligence levels and related methods for providing and/or supplementing automated driving capabilities of connected and automated vehicles (CAV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Bin Ran, Tianyi Chen, Shuoxuan Dong, Yang Cheng, Mingheng Zhang, Xiaotian Li, Shen Li, Kunsong Shi, Haotian Shi, Yifan Yao, Yanghui Mo, Hongjie Liu, Keshu Wu, Ran Yi