Patents by Inventor Ning Yu

Ning Yu 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: 11529969
    Abstract: In response to a request to pull over an ADV at a destination point at a side of a lane, a path including a first segment, a second segment and a transition point is planned. The transition point is determined based on at least one of a distance to the destination point or a predetermined distance to a boundary of the side of the lane. The first segment from a start point to the transition point is generated by using a quadratic programming (QP) operation. The second segment from the transition point to the destination is generated based on a shape of the boundary. The ADV is controlled to pull over to the destination point according to the planned path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: BAIDU USA LLC, BAIDU.COM TIMES TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongchun Yao, Fan Zhu, Leibing Lv, Xin Xu, Ning Yu
  • Publication number: 20220369961
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to systems and techniques for detecting change in patient health based upon patient data. In one example, a medical system comprising processing circuitry communicably coupled to a glucose sensor and configured to generate continuous glucose sensor measurements of a patient. The processing circuitry is further configured to: extract at least one feature from the continuous glucose sensor measurements over at least one time period, wherein the at least one feature comprises one or more of an amount of time within a pre-determined glucose level range, a number of hypoglycemia events, a number of hyperglycemia events, or one or more statistical metrics corresponding to the continuous glucose sensor measurements; apply a machine learning model to the at least one extracted feature to produce data indicative of a risk of a cardiovascular event; and generate output data based on the risk of the cardiovascular event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Kamal Deep Mothilal, Michael D. Eggen, Ning Yu, John P. Keane, Shantanu Sarkar, Randal C. Schulhauser, David L. Probst, Mark R. Boone, Kenneth A. Timmerman, Stanley J. Taraszewski, Matthew A. Joyce, Amruta Paritosh Dixit, Kathryn E. Hilpisch, Kathryn Ann Milbrandt, Laura M. Zimmerman, Matthew L. Plante
  • Publication number: 20220355819
    Abstract: A control method for an autonomous driving vehicle is provided. The method includes: obtaining perception information of road conditions around a vehicle; determining a first control decision based on the perception information and autonomous driving decision logic; controlling the vehicle to perform autonomous driving according to the first control decision; determining, in response to detecting an assisted driving instruction, a second control decision that is different from the first control decision based on the perception information, the autonomous driving decision logic, and the assisted driving instruction; and controlling the vehicle to perform autonomous driving according to the second control decision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Ning YU, An PAN, Yongchen LI, Hao XIONG
  • Patent number: 11480967
    Abstract: Provided are a pass route planning method and apparatus, a device and a readable storage medium. The method includes: obtaining current road environment information in front of a vehicle; determining a current passable area according to the current road environment information; setting pass candidate points in the current passable area; and determining a current optimal passable route according to the pass candidate points. Firstly, the passable area is determined, and then the pass candidate points are set in the passable area, and thus the current optimal passable route is calculated according to the pass candidate points in the passable area, which can effectively reduce a calculation amount of unreachable pass routes in the prior art in which candidate points are set in all areas directly in front of an unmanned vehicle, thereby reducing a calculation amount for planning a pass route and improving a planning speed of the pass route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventors: Fan Yang, Fan Zhu, Weicheng Zhu, Leibing Lv, Lin Ma, Ning Yu, Bei Liu
  • Publication number: 20220297718
    Abstract: A starting point, a set of one or more way points, and a destination point of a route along which the ADV is to be driven are determined. All lane segments near the starting point, the set of way points, and the destination point within a predetermined threshold distance are determined respectively. A set of route candidates are determined with an A-star (A*) searching algorithm based on a set of nodes representing all the lane segments near the starting point, the set of way points, and the destination point respectively. The route is selected from the set of route candidates based on respective costs of the set of route candidates. The ADV is being controlled to drive along the selected route autonomously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Ning YU, Fan ZHU
  • Patent number: 11442450
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, in response to determining that an obstacle blocks at least a portion of a current lane in which an ADV is driving, an obstacle boundary of the obstacle is determined based on the size and shape of the obstacle. A lane configuration is determined based on map data of a map corresponding to a road associated with the lanes. A passing lane boundary that can be utilized by the ADV is determined based on the lane configuration of the road and the obstacle boundary of the obstacle. A passable area is calculated within the passing lane boundary based on a size of the ADV. The passable area is utilized by the ADV to pass the obstacle without collision. Thereafter, a trajectory is planned within the passable area boundary to control the ADV to pass the obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: BAIDU USA LLC, BAIDU.COM TIMES TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongchun Yao, Fan Zhu, Leibing Lv, Xin Xu, Ning Yu
  • Patent number: 11383735
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a vehicle fault processing method, a device and a medium, and relate to the field of autonomous driving technologies. The vehicle fault processing method includes: obtaining operating index data of a target vehicle and driving environment information of the target vehicle, the operating index data being configured to determine an operating condition of the target vehicle; determining whether a fault occurs in the target vehicle based on the operating index data; and when a fault occurs in the target vehicle, controlling the target vehicle to place a warning sign at a preset position based on the driving environment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: APOLLO INTELLIGENT DRIVING TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ning Yu, Fan Zhu, Jingjing Xue, Chengfa Wang
  • Publication number: 20220153296
    Abstract: A computer-implement method for operating an ADV is disclosed. A first trajectory for the ADV to drive along is planned. The ADV is to autonomously drive along the first trajectory. An obstacle in an affected region of the ADV is detected based on sensor data obtained from a plurality of sensors mounted on the ADV. An expected residence time of the obstacle in the affected region is determined. Whether to plan a second trajectory or to wait for the obstacle to leave the affected region is determined based on the expected residence time of the obstacle in the affected region. A second trajectory for the ADV to drive along is planned and the ADV is to autonomously drive along the second trajectory, or the ADV is to wait for the obstacle to leave the affected region and to autonomously drive along the first trajectory afterwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Ning YU, Fan ZHU, Jingjing XUE
  • Publication number: 20220126822
    Abstract: Provided are a vehicle driving control method and apparatus. The method includes: determining, according to driving data of a vehicle, at least one piece of candidate speed information of the vehicle, the candidate speed information is used to indicate traveling speed of the vehicle at each moment in a first preset time period; predicting, according to movement data of an obstacle on a road, an obstacle trajectory of the obstacle in the first preset time period; determining right-of-way information corresponding to the obstacle trajectory, the right-of-way information is used to indicate a priority in traveling of the vehicle and the obstacle; and determining target speed information in the at least one piece of candidate speed information according to the right-of-way information corresponding to the obstacle trajectory and the obstacle trajectory, and controlling the vehicle to travel according to a route corresponding to the vehicle and the target speed information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: XINGYU WANG, NING YU, JINGJING XUE
  • Publication number: 20220130153
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vehicle control method, an apparatus, an electronic device and a vehicle, which relates to a technical field of artificial intelligence, such as automatic driving, intelligent transportation and computer vision, etc. The specific implementation solution is that: when passing a traffic light intersection, a vehicle can acquire a traffic light image of the intersection at a driving direction of the vehicle, identify the traffic light image, determine a first light color of a target traffic light corresponding to a lane on which the vehicle is located; and acquire light color change information of the target traffic light latest recorded; determine remained duration of the first light color according to the light color change information, then determine a driving strategy at the intersection of the vehicle according to the first light color and the remained duration of the first light color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: XINGYU WANG, DENGXIANG ZHUANG, NING YU
  • Patent number: 11269324
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling an autonomous vehicle are provided according to the embodiments of the disclosure. The method includes: sending, in response to determining that a pedestrian is in a first target area, behavior prompt information representing prompting the pedestrian to make a corresponding behavior; determining whether a deceleration condition matching the behavior prompt information is satisfied based on acquired behavior information of the pedestrian; and sending control information for reducing a moving speed of the autonomous vehicle, in response to determining that the deceleration condition is satisfied and determining that a speed of the autonomous vehicle is greater than a preset deceleration threshold. According to the embodiments, deceleration control of the autonomous vehicle is achieved based on the response of the pedestrian to the behavior prompt information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Apollo Intelligent Driving Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mengmeng Tang, Wanqi Chai, Junping Wang, Fan Yang, Xiaohua Yang, Jing Li, Chen Chen, Shi Hu, Xuan Huang, Yan Feng, Wenlong Rao, Haifeng Li, Gao Yu, Ning Yu, Shuang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11242057
    Abstract: In one embodiment, it is determined that a speed of an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) is below a predetermined speed threshold during a current turn section of a three-point turn, where the three-point turn includes at least three turn sections. In response, detecting an obstacle within a predetermined proximity of the ADV, determining a type of obstacle. An amount of time during which the speed of the ADV remains below the predetermined speed threshold is determined. It is determined whether the amount of time is greater than a time threshold corresponding to the type of the obstacle. If the amount of time is greater than the time threshold, the current turn section is ended and a next turn section is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignees: BAIDU USA LLC, BAIDU.COM TIMES TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ning Yu, Fan Zhu, Xin Xu
  • Patent number: 11204230
    Abstract: The present disclosure is to provide an adjustable vehicle wheel brake space inspection tool. The adjustable vehicle wheel brake space inspection tool is configured to detect the brake space of the vehicle wheel during usage and is configured to adapt to wheels of any size; and meanwhile, the adjustable vehicle wheel brake space inspection tool has the characteristics of high universality and detection accuracy, simple structure, low manufacturing cost, convenient operation, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: CITIC DICASTAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zuo Xu, Bowen Xue, Ning Yu, Yachun Wan, Jiandong Guo
  • Publication number: 20210354727
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for simulating an obstacle in an unmanned simulation scene, an electronic device, and a storage medium, and relates to a field of unmanned driving technologies. The method includes: for obstacle information in a three-dimensional scene map, determining Gaussian distribution information of obstacle position detected by using a perception algorithm to be tested based on actual perception performance of the perception algorithm; adjusting each position of the simulated obstacle in the initial motion trajectory sequence, such that a position deviation between each adjusted position point in the target motion trajectory sequence and the corresponding position point in the initial motion trajectory sequence follows a Gaussian distribution; and adding the target motion trajectory sequence of the simulated obstacle to the three-dimensional scene map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Ning YU, Fan YANG, Jiming MAO
  • Patent number: 11173927
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, a computer device and a storage medium for autonomous driving determination are proposed. The method includes: obtaining information about a driving scenario of an autonomous vehicle when a preset trigger condition is met; comparing the information about the driving scenario with an autonomous driving capability of the autonomous vehicle; determining, according to a comparison result, whether the autonomous vehicle is adapted to employ an autonomous driving mode in the driving scenario. The technical solution of the present disclosure may be applied to improve the safety of the vehicle and the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ning Yu, Chengfa Wang, Fan Yang, Leibing Lv, Junping Wang
  • Patent number: 11164447
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus and a storage medium for evacuating a person around an autonomous vehicle are proposed. The method includes: obtaining data about surrounding of the autonomous vehicle during the driving of the autonomous vehicle; recognizing a person with onlooker intention within a predetermined range around the autonomous vehicle according to the data obtained; evacuating the person with onlooker intention in a predetermined manner. The technical solution may be applied to ensure normal driving of the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ning Yu, Chengfa Wang, Fan Yang
  • Publication number: 20210316749
    Abstract: In response to a request to pull over an ADV at a destination point at a side of a lane, a path including a first segment, a second segment and a transition point is planned. The transition point is determined based on at least one of a distance to the destination point or a predetermined distance to a boundary of the side of the lane. The first segment from a start point to the transition point is generated by using a quadratic programming (QP) operation. The second segment from the transition point to the destination is generated based on a shape of the boundary. The ADV is controlled to pull over to the destination point according to the planned path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Dongchun YAO, Fan ZHU, Leibing LV, Xin XU, Ning YU
  • Publication number: 20210300333
    Abstract: In response to a request to park an ADV in a parking lot, a set of parking-trajectories associated with a set of predetermined locations near one or more parking spots in the parking lot may be obtained, where the set of parking-trajectories was previously generated based on prior collected planning and control data of the parking lot. Each parking-trajectory of the set of parking-trajectories may correspond to one parking spot of the one or more parking spots in the parking lot. A parking-trajectory may be selected from the set of parking-trajectories based on a current location of the ADV. The ADV may be controlled to park in a corresponding parking spot according to the selected parking-trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Xin XU, Fan ZHU, Dongchun YAO, Ning YU
  • Publication number: 20210291679
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an exemplary method of autonomously charging an autonomous driving vehicle includes receiving, from a sensor in an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV), indication that a batter level of the ADV falls below a threshold; and selecting a charging pile from a plurality of charging piles on a high definition map based on information received from a cloud server. The method further includes generating a first trajectory based on a current location of the ADV and a location of the selected charging pile, the first trajectory connecting a first point representing the current location of the ADV to a second point at the selected charging pile, and including a first segment and a second segment. The method further includes driving forward along the first segment of the first trajectory, and driving backward along the second segment of the first trajectory when the ADV drives towards the selected charging pile along the first trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Ning YU, Fan ZHU, Jingjing XUE
  • Publication number: 20210276597
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus and storage medium for autonomous operation of an unmanned logistics vehicle. The method comprises: an unmanned logistics vehicle obtains a user's cargo transport task; the unmanned logistics vehicle plans a travel route according to the cargo transport task, and automatically travels to a destination according to the travel route; after reaching the destination, the unmanned logistics vehicle controls a cargo compartment door to open. The solution of the present disclosure may be applied to save man power costs and improve the cargo transport efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Ning YU, Fan YANG, Leibing LV, Chengfa WANG, Junping WANG