Patents by Inventor Qiong Xu
Qiong Xu 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).
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Publication number: 20240144604Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, capturing a first depiction of an exhibit environment, wherein the first depiction of the exhibit environment comprises an image of at least one artifact and an image of at least one interface element, and wherein the at least one interface element is located in the exhibit environment at a first location relative to the at least one artifact; obtaining a first user profile of a first user, wherein the first user profile comprises at least one first preference of the first user, and wherein the first user is located in a first remote environment; and facilitating a presenting of a first modified version of the first depiction of the exhibit environment in the first remote environment, wherein the first modified version moves the image of the at least one interface element to a second location relative to the at least one artifact, wherein the second location is different than the first location, and wherein the second location is selected based uponType: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Eric Zavesky, Jean-Francois Paiement, Wen-Ling Hsu, Tan Xu, Aritra Guha, Qiong Wu
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Patent number: 11902533Abstract: A code rate control method and apparatus, an image acquisition device, and a readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring the gain and exposure time of an image to be encoded from an image processing module of an image acquisition device; obtaining corresponding reference distortion degree according to the gain and exposure time of said image; calculating the difference between the distortion degree in a characteristic region of said image and the reference distortion degree; calculating a distortion tolerance degree of macro blocks constituting said image according to the difference between the distortion degree in the characteristic region of said image and the reference distortion degree; performing macro block predictions on the respective macro blocks in said image, to obtain an optimum macro block prediction mode; and encoding said image, which corresponds to the optimum macro block prediction mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2018Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVIEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Hui Wu, Kesen Yan, Qiong Xu
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Publication number: 20230232014Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a code rate control method and apparatus, an image acquisition device, and a readable storage medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2018Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Hui Wu, Kesen Yan, Qiong Xu
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Patent number: 11689817Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for automatically detecting and suppressing fringes, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes the following steps: an image shot by a camera is acquired, and a fringe of the image is recognized; at least one fringe action parameter is acquired among shooting parameters of the camera based on a recognition result obtained by recognizing the fringe of the image; and a parameter adjustment is performed on the acquired fringe action parameter by adopting a parameter adjustment strategy matched with the acquired fringe action parameter, to perform fringe suppression on the image shot by the camera.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVIEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Jian Zhao, Qiong Xu, Wenping Zhang
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Publication number: 20230159057Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for a vehicular safety system in autonomous vehicles are described. An example method for safely controlling a vehicle includes selecting, based on a first control command from a first vehicle control unit, an operating mode of the vehicle, and transmitting, based on the selecting, the operating mode to an autonomous driving system, wherein the first control command is generated based on input from a first plurality of sensors, and wherein the operating mode corresponds to one of (a) a default operating mode, (b) a minimal risk condition mode of a first type that configures the vehicle to pull over to a nearest pre-designated safety location, (c) a minimal risk condition mode of a second type that configures the vehicle to immediately stop in a current lane, or (d) a minimal risk condition mode of a third type that configures the vehicle to come to a gentle stop.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2023Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Xiaoling HAN, Yu-Ju HSU, Mohamed Hassan Ahmed Hassan WAHBA, Kun ZHANG, Zehua HUANG, Qiong XU, Zhujia SHI, Yicai JIANG, Junjun XIN
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Patent number: 11554793Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for a vehicular safety system in autonomous vehicles are described. An example method for safely controlling a vehicle includes selecting, based on a first control command from a first vehicle control unit, an operating mode of the vehicle, and transmitting, based on the selecting, the operating mode to an autonomous driving system, wherein the first control command is generated based on input from a first plurality of sensors, and wherein the operating mode corresponds to one of (a) a default operating mode, (b) a minimal risk condition mode of a first type that configures the vehicle to pull over to a nearest pre-designated safety location, (c) a minimal risk condition mode of a second type that configures the vehicle to immediately stop in a current lane, or (d) a minimal risk condition mode of a third type that configures the vehicle to come to a gentle stop.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.Inventors: Xiaoling Han, Yu-Ju Hsu, Mohamed Hassan Ahmed Hassan Wahba, Kun Zhang, Zehua Huang, Qiong Xu, Zhujia Shi, Yicai Jiang, Junjun Xin
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Publication number: 20230005239Abstract: Provided are an image capturing method and apparatus, a device and a storage medium. The method includes: at a new acquisition moment, predicting a predicted projection area position of a target object in a current captured image on an image sensor and estimated exposure brightness information of the target object in the predicted projection area position; adjusting, according to a type of the target object and the estimated exposure brightness information, an exposure parameter of the target object in the predicted projection area position when the new acquisition moment arrives; and acquiring a new captured image at the new acquisition moment according to the adjusted exposure parameter, where both the new captured image and the current captured image include the target object.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Qiong XU, Wenping ZHANG
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Publication number: 20220284564Abstract: Provided are a white balance abnormality determination method and apparatus, a storage medium, and an electronic device. The method includes: acquiring at least one target block in a first channel image, and acquiring at least one reference block in a second channel image for each target block, where the first channel image is adjacent to the second channel image; determining a color feature representative value of each target block and a color feature representative value of each reference block associated with a position of a respective target block; determining, a color feature difference value between the first channel image and the second channel image; determining whether a white balance abnormality image exists in the first channel image and the second channel image; and in a case where a white balance abnormality image exists in the first channel image and the second channel image, adjusting the white balance abnormality image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2020Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicant: ZHEJIANG UNIVIEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Wenping ZHANG, Qiong XU
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Publication number: 20220126872Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for a vehicular safety system in autonomous vehicles are described. An example method for safely controlling a vehicle includes selecting, based on a first control command from a first vehicle control unit, an operating mode of the vehicle, and transmitting, based on the selecting, the operating mode to an autonomous driving system, wherein the first control command is generated based on input from a first plurality of sensors, and wherein the operating mode corresponds to one of (a) a default operating mode, (b) a minimal risk condition mode of a first type that configures the vehicle to pull over to a nearest pre-designated safety location, (c) a minimal risk condition mode of a second type that configures the vehicle to immediately stop in a current lane, or (d) a minimal risk condition mode of a third type that configures the vehicle to come to a gentle stop.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2020Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Xiaoling HAN, Yu-Ju HSU, Mohamed Hassan Ahmed Hassan WAHBA, Kun ZHANG, Zehua HUANG, Qiong XU, Zhujia SHI, Yicai JIANG, Junjun XIN
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Publication number: 20210400171Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for automatically detecting and suppressing fringes, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes the following steps: an image shot by a camera is acquired, and a fringe of the image is recognized; at least one fringe action parameter is acquired among shooting parameters of the camera based on a recognition result obtained by recognizing the fringe of the image; and a parameter adjustment is performed on the acquired fringe action parameter by adopting a parameter adjustment strategy matched with the acquired fringe action parameter, to perform fringe suppression on the image shot by the camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2019Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Jian ZHAO, Qiong XU, Wenping ZHANG
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Patent number: 10630900Abstract: Disclosed are a method and device for switching between operation modes. The method includes: reading a current operation mode of a surveillance device, and recording an exposure parameter of the current operation mode; and when a switch between operation modes is to be performed, setting a target exposure value of a target operation mode to which the current operation mode is to be switched to, and calculating an exposure parameter of the target operation mode in combination with the exposure parameter of the current operation mode. The device includes: a recording module; a detection module; and a switching module. The method and device of the disclosure directly estimate the exposure parameter of the target operation mode according to the exposure parameter of the current operation mode without gradually adjusting the exposure parameter by metering and exposure calculation, thereby significantly increasing a switching speed.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Zhejiang Uniview Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hengle Yu, Qiong Xu, Xiaolei Chen
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Patent number: 10388759Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for fabricating a lightly doped drain area, a thin film transistor, and a thin film transistor array substrate. In an embodiment of the disclosure, a poly-silicon layer, a gate insulation layer, and a gate metal layer are formed in sequence on a substrate; the gate metal layer is patterned to form a gate electrode; the gate insulation layer is etched to form a stepped structure, wherein a width of the gate electrode is smaller than a width of the stepped structure, and an edge of the stepped structure is not covered by the gate electrode; and the poly-silicon layer is doped by an ion doping process using the gate electrode and the gate insulation layer with the stepped structure as a mask to form both a lightly doped area and a heavily doped area.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Qiong Xu, Jianjun Zhang
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Publication number: 20180376063Abstract: Disclosed are a method and device for switching between operation modes. The method includes: reading a current operation mode of a surveillance device, and recording an exposure parameter of the current operation mode; and when a switch between operation modes is to be performed, setting a target exposure value of a target operation mode to which the current operation mode is to be switched to, and calculating an exposure parameter of the target operation mode in combination with the exposure parameter of the current operation mode. The device includes: a recording module; a detection module; and a switching module. The method and device of the disclosure directly estimate the exposure parameter of the target operation mode according to the exposure parameter of the current operation mode without gradually adjusting the exposure parameter by metering and exposure calculation, thereby significantly increasing a switching speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: Hengle YU, Qiong XU, Xiaolei CHEN
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Publication number: 20170317190Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for fabricating a lightly doped drain area, a thin film transistor, and a thin film transistor array substrate. In an embodiment of the disclosure, a poly-silicon layer, a gate insulation layer, and a gate metal layer are formed in sequence on a substrate; the gate metal layer is patterned to form a gate electrode; the gate insulation layer is etched to form a stepped structure, wherein a width of the gate electrode is smaller than a width of the stepped structure, and an edge of the stepped structure is not covered by the gate electrode; and the poly-silicon layer is doped by an ion doping process using the gate electrode and the gate insulation layer with the stepped structure as a mask to form both a lightly doped area and a heavily doped area.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Qiong XU, Jianjun ZHANG
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Publication number: 20160190284Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for fabricating a lightly doped drain area, a thin film transistor, and a thin film transistor array substrate. In an embodiment of the disclosure, a poly-silicon layer, a gate insulation layer, and a gate metal layer are formed in sequence on a substrate; the gate metal layer is patterned to form a gate electrode; the gate insulation layer is etched to form a stepped structure, wherein a width of the gate electrode is smaller than a width of the stepped structure, and an edge of the stepped structure is not covered by the gate electrode; and the poly-silicon layer is doped by an ion doping process using the gate electrode and the gate insulation layer with the stepped structure as a mask to form both a lightly doped area and a heavily doped area.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2015Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Qiong Xu, Jianjun Zhang
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Patent number: 8596466Abstract: A method of forming a nanotube grid includes placing a plurality of catalyst nanoparticles on a grid framework, contacting the catalyst nanoparticles with a gas mixture that includes hydrogen and a carbon source in a reaction chamber, forming an activated gas from the gas mixture, heating the grid framework and activated gas, and controlling a growth time to generate a single-wall carbon nanotube array radially about the grid framework. A filter membrane may be produced by this method.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2007Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: William Marsh Rice UniversityInventors: Robert H. Hauge, Ya-Qiong Xu, Sean Pheasant
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Patent number: 8506921Abstract: A hot filament chemical vapor deposition method has been developed to grow at least one vertical single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT). In general, various embodiments of the present invention disclose novel processes for growing and/or producing enhanced nanotube carpets with decreased diameters as compared to the prior art.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2007Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: William Marsh Rice UniversityInventors: Robert H. Hauge, Ya-Qiong Xu
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Publication number: 20120145997Abstract: A hot filament chemical vapor deposition method has been developed to grow at least one vertical single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT). In general, various embodiments of the present invention disclose novel processes for growing and/or producing enhanced nanotube carpets with decreased diameters as compared to the prior art.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2007Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: William Marsh Rice UniversityInventors: Robert H. Hauge, Ya-Qiong Xu
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Patent number: 8124503Abstract: A new and useful nanotube growth substrate conditioning processes is herein disclosed that allows the growth of vertical arrays of carbon nanotubes where the average diameter of the nanotubes can be selected and/or controlled as compared to the prior art.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2007Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: William Marsh Rice UniversityInventors: Robert H. Hauge, Ya-Qiong Xu, Hongwei Shan, Nolan Walker Nicholas, Myung Jong Kim, Howard K. Schmidt, W. Carter Kittrell
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Publication number: 20110262772Abstract: Methods for preparing carbon nanotube layers are disclosed herein. Carbon nanotube layers may be films, ribbons, and sheets. The methods comprise preparing an aligned carbon nanotube array and compressing the array with a roller to create a carbon nanotube layer. Another method disclosed herein comprises preparing a carbon nanotube layer from an aligned carbon nanotube array grown on a grouping of lines of metallic catalyst. A composite material comprising at least one carbon nanotube layer and prepared by the process comprising a) compressing an aligned single-wall carbon nanotube array with a roller, and b) transferring the carbon nanotube layer to a polymer is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2008Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: William Marsh Rice UniversityInventors: Robert Hauge, Cary Pint, Ya-Qiong Xu, Matteo Pasquali