Patents by Inventor Mingquan Mao

Mingquan Mao 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUAL RETAIL PRODUCTS IN A PRODUCT STORAGE AREA BASED ON AN IMAGE OF THE PRODUCT STORAGE AREA
    Publication number: 20240119749
    Abstract: Systems and methods of monitoring inventory of a product storage facility include an image capture device configured to move about the product storage areas of the product storage facility and capture images of the product storage areas from various angles. A computing device coupled to the image capture device obtains the images of the product storage areas captured by the image capture device and processes the obtained images of the product storage areas to detect individual products captured in the obtained images. Based on detection of the individual products captured in the images, the computing device analyzes each of the obtained images to extract meta data from the packaging the individual products to detect one more keywords and determine the locations of the detected keywords on the packaging, and then utilize this information to predict an identity of the products associated with the packaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Lingfeng Zhang, Han Zhang, Abhinav Pachauri, Amit Jhunjhunwala, Ashlin Ghosh, Avinash Madhusudanrao Jade, Raghava Balusu, Srinivas Muktevi, Mingquan Yuan, Zhaoliang Duan, Zhiwei Huang, Tianyi Mao
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SELECTING AN IMAGE FROM A GROUP OF IMAGES OF A RETAIL PRODUCT STORAGE AREA
    Publication number: 20240119735
    Abstract: Systems and methods of monitoring inventory of a product storage facility include an image capture device configured to move about the product storage areas of the product storage facility and capture images of the product storage areas from various angles. A computing device coupled to the image capture device obtains the images of the product storage areas captured by the image capture device and processes the obtained images of the product storage areas to detect individual products captured in the obtained images. Based on detection of the individual products captured in the images, the computing device analyzes each of the obtained images to detect one or more adjacent product storage structures (shelves, pallets, etc.) and identifies and selects a single image that fully shows a product storage structure of interest and fully shows each of the products stored on the product storage structure of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Lingfeng Zhang, Mingquan Yuan, Paul Lewis Lobo, Avinash M. Jade, Zhichun Xiao, William Craig Robinson, JR., Zhaoliang Duan, Wei Wang, Han Zhang, Raghava Balusu, Tianyi Mao
  • Mobile Device Case with Fast Charging Battery Pack
    Publication number: 20150236538
    Abstract: A fast charging mobile battery pack is usable to accept approximately 12V DC or between approximately 100V-240V AC and manage the voltage and current levels to rapidly charge a battery of a portable electronic device and/or one or more battery cells within the fast charging mobile battery pack. The fast charging portable battery pack may additionally include multiple output ports to provide different voltage and/or current levels to desired portable electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Sen Cai, Chengping Zhang, Mingquan Mao, Jinsong Wang, Chuanbao Qin