Patents by Inventor Patrick Zhou

Patrick Zhou 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).

  • Methods and system for analyzing dynamic lidar point cloud data
    Patent number: 12044779
    Abstract: A system includes a computer-readable memory for storage and retrieval of LiDAR data. The memory includes one or more point cloud data structures, each point cloud data structure including a first header block, and a plurality of point blocks. Each of the plurality of point blocks is configured to store at least a portion of LiDAR point cloud data. The memory includes one or more image data structures having a second header block, and a plurality of image column blocks. Each image column block includes a column of pixels of a corresponding image from the LiDAR point cloud data, and the image column blocks collectively contain all pixels of the corresponding image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Argo AI, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Zhou, Yijun Tang, Guillaume Binet
  • METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING DYNAMIC LIDAR POINT CLOUD DATA
    Publication number: 20220179082
    Abstract: A system includes a computer-readable memory for storage and retrieval of LiDAR data. The memory includes one or more point cloud data structures, each point cloud data structure including a first header block, and a plurality of point blocks. Each of the plurality of point blocks is configured to store at least a portion of LiDAR point cloud data. The memory includes one or more image data structures having a second header block, and a plurality of image column blocks. Each image column block includes a column of pixels of a corresponding image from the LiDAR point cloud data, and the image column blocks collectively contain all pixels of the corresponding image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick Zhou, Yijun Tang, Guillaume Binet