Patents by Inventor Qiwei Xie

Qiwei Xie 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).

  • Publication number: 20230199163
    Abstract: A method and a system for extracting a dense disparity map based on multi-sensor fusion are provided. The method includes: obtaining a left-eye image and a right-eye image in a same road scenario, and point cloud information about the road scenario; generating an initial cost volume map set in accordance with the left-eye image, the right-eye image and the point cloud information; performing multidirectional cost aggregation in accordance with the point cloud information and the initial cost volume map set, and creating an energy function in accordance with the cost aggregation; and solving an optimum disparity for each pixel in the left-eye image in accordance with the energy function, so as to generate the dense disparity map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Qiwei XIE, Ran MENG, Hua CHAI, An JIANG, Feng CUI
  • Publication number: 20220343532
    Abstract: Provided is an Aobject-based short range measurement method, a short range measurement device, a short range measurement system, and a storage medium. The short range measurement method includes: identifying a target object, and acquiring border information about an ROI of the target object; acquiring two groups of geometric constraint points of the target object with respect to a left-eye camera and a right-eye camera respectively; acquiring pixel coordinates of each geometric constraint point and a border pixel size corresponding to the border information, and calculating a monocular distance estimation value of the target object; acquiring an overall disparity of the two groups of geometric constraint points, and calculating a binocular distance estimation value of the target object in accordance with the overall disparity; and acquiring a final measurement value in accordance with the monocular distance estimation value and the binocular distance estimation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Qiwei XIE, Feng CUI, Haitao ZHU, Zhao SUN, Ran MENG, An JIANG
  • Patent number: 11375888
    Abstract: An intraoral three-dimensional scanning system with a monocular camera includes the monocular camera. A first mirror and a second mirror perpendicular to each other are provided between the monocular camera and an object to be measured. A bisector of an angle formed by the first mirror and the second mirror is perpendicular to a lens of the monocular camera, and reflecting surfaces of the first mirror and the second mirror face the lens. A third mirror is provided at a side of the first mirror away from the second mirror, and a fourth mirror is provided at a side of the mirror away from the first mirror. The first mirror, the second mirror, the third mirror and the fourth mirror are located in the same plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: YUNNAN OBSERVATORIES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Qian Long, Pan Ou, Li Zhao, Qiwei Xie, Zicheng Zhao
  • Patent number: 11057603
    Abstract: Provided is a binocular camera depth calibration method, a binocular camera depth calibration device, a binocular camera depth calibration system and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a plurality of groups of images of a 2D code calibration board at different positions so as to acquire disparity maps of the 2D code calibration board; acquiring a 2D code template image of a target region; matching the 2D code template image, so as to determine and store matching region information; determining a position of the 2D code template image in each disparity map in accordance with the matching region information, and calculating an average disparity value of the 2D code template image at the position; acquiring a plurality of groups of average disparity values, and calculating a final disparity value; and calibrating a depth of a binocular camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Beijing Smarter Eye Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiwei Xie, Xinliang Wang, An Jiang, Yuan Hao, Jian Li
  • Publication number: 20210174549
    Abstract: Provided is an object-based short range measurement method, a short range measurement device, a short range measurement system, and a storage medium. The short range measurement method includes: identifying a target object, and acquiring border information about an ROI of the target object; acquiring two groups of geometric constraint points of the target object with respect to a left-eye camera and a right-eye camera respectively; acquiring pixel coordinates of each geometric constraint point and a border pixel size corresponding to the border information, and calculating a monocular distance estimation value of the target object; acquiring an overall disparity of the two groups of geometric constraint points, and calculating a binocular distance estimation value of the target object in accordance with the overall disparity; and acquiring a final measurement value in accordance with the monocular distance estimation value and the binocular distance estimation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Qiwei XIE, Feng CUI, Haitao ZHU, Zhao SUN, Ran MENG, An JIANG
  • Publication number: 20210152803
    Abstract: Provided is a binocular camera depth calibration method, a binocular camera depth calibration device, a binocular camera depth calibration system and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a plurality of groups of images of a 2D code calibration board at different positions so as to acquire disparity maps of the 2D code calibration board; acquiring a 2D code template image of a target region; matching the 2D code template image, so as to determine and store matching region information; determining a position of the 2D code template image in each disparity map in accordance with the matching region information, and calculating an average disparity value of the 2D code template image at the position; acquiring a plurality of groups of average disparity values, and calculating a final disparity value; and calibrating a depth of a binocular camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Qiwei XIE, Xinliang WANG, An JIANG, Yuan HAO, Jian LI
  • Publication number: 20210150741
    Abstract: Provided is a road surface information-based imaging environment evaluation method, an imaging environment evaluation device, an imaging environment evaluation system, and a storage medium. The imaging environment evaluation method includes: acquiring a disparity information matrix and pixel coordinates of a vanishing point in the disparity information matrix; subjecting the disparity information matrix to matrix partition and projection in accordance with the pixel coordinates of the vanishing point so as to acquire a disparity projection image; acquiring a road surface model-based statistic model in accordance with the disparity projection image; and acquiring an evaluation result of a current imaging environment in accordance with a relationship between the statistic model and a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Qiwei XIE, Zhao SUN, Yongcai LIU, Feng CUI, Haitao ZHU
  • Patent number: 11010909
    Abstract: Provided is a road surface information-based imaging environment evaluation method, an imaging environment evaluation device, an imaging environment evaluation system, and a storage medium. The imaging environment evaluation method includes: acquiring a disparity information matrix and pixel coordinates of a vanishing point in the disparity information matrix; subjecting the disparity information matrix to matrix partition and projection in accordance with the pixel coordinates of the vanishing point so as to acquire a disparity projection image; acquiring a road surface model-based statistic model in accordance with the disparity projection image; and acquiring an evaluation result of a current imaging environment in accordance with a relationship between the statistic model and a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Beijing Smarter Eye Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiwei Xie, Zhao Sun, Yongcai Liu, Feng Cui, Haitao Zhu
  • Publication number: 20210093178
    Abstract: An intraoral three-dimensional scanning system with a monocular camera includes the monocular camera. A first mirror and a second mirror perpendicular to each other are provided between the monocular camera and an object to be measured. A bisector of an angle formed by the first mirror and the second mirror is perpendicular to a lens of the monocular camera, and reflecting surfaces of the first mirror and the second mirror face the lens. A third mirror is provided at a side of the first mirror away from the second mirror, and a fourth mirror is provided at a side of the mirror away from the first mirror. The first mirror, the second mirror, the third mirror and the fourth mirror are located in the same plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: QIAN LONG, PAN OU, LI ZHAO, QIWEI XIE, ZICHENG ZHAO
  • Patent number: 10630969
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a detection method and a detection device for a digital camera. The detection method includes: Step 1 of moving the to-be-detected auto-focusing lens assembly to a position spaced apart from a subject by a first distance; Step 2 of performing automatic exposure control until an average luminance value of a central region of an image is in a stable state; Step 3 of locking an automatic exposure control parameter; Step 4 of taking a first image; Step 5 of determining sizes of four corner regions in the first image; Step 6 of counting average luminance values of the four corner regions; and Step 7 of, in the case that the average luminance values of the four corner regions are identical to each other, determining that the to-be-detected auto-focusing lens assembly is installed at an accurate position. According to the present disclosure, it is able to detect where or not the auto-focusing lens assembly is installed at the accurate position in an automatic and efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: BEIJING SMARTER EYE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haitao Zhu, Ran Meng, Feng Cui, Qiwei Xie, An Jiang
  • Patent number: 10502832
    Abstract: In an object recognition apparatus, a range point acquirer irradiates each of irradiation areas arranged in a horizontally and vertically extending grid and forming a detection area for detecting a target with laser light and receives the reflected light from the respective irradiation areas, thereby acquiring a plurality of range points representing per-irradiation area coordinates of the target. A noise remover is configured to, based on either or both of degrees of angle proximity and degrees of distance proximity between a plurality of subject range points to be determined whether to be a noise point, of the plurality of range points, as viewed from a reference point, determine whether or not each of the subject range points is a noise point, and remove the noise point from the plurality of range points. An object recognizer uses the plurality of range points other than the noise points to recognize the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Hossein Tehrani Niknejad, Utsushi Sakai, Takashi Ogawa, Seiichi Mita, Qiwei Xie
  • Publication number: 20190349577
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a detection method and a detection device for a digital camera. The detection method includes: Step 1 of moving the to-be-detected auto-focusing lens assembly to a position spaced apart from a subject by a first distance; Step 2 of performing automatic exposure control until an average luminance value of a central region of an image is in a stable state; Step 3 of locking an automatic exposure control parameter; Step 4 of taking a first image; Step 5 of determining sizes of four corner regions in the first image; Step 6 of counting average luminance values of the four corner regions; and Step 7 of, in the case that the average luminance values of the four corner regions are identical to each other, determining that the to-be-detected auto-focusing lens assembly is installed at an accurate position. According to the present disclosure, it is able to detect where or not the auto-focusing lens assembly is installed at the accurate position in an automatic and efficient manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Haitao Zhu, Ran Meng, Feng Cui, Qiwei Xie, An Jiang
  • Patent number: 10360460
    Abstract: A lane departure warning method includes steps of: collecting a road image by an imaging device; detecting a lane marking in accordance with the road image, so as to extract a position of the lane marking and an angle of the lane marking relative to a running direction of the vehicle; acquiring steering information and a movement speed of the vehicle by an OBD system; judging whether or not the vehicle is unconsciously running on the lane marking in accordance with the position of the lane marking, the angle of the lane marking relative to the running direction of the vehicle and the steering information of the vehicle; in the case that the vehicle is unconsciously running on the lane marking, recording a duration within which the vehicle is unconsciously running on the lane marking; and judging whether or not to send a lane departure warning to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: BEIJING SMARTER EYE TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: An Jiang, Ran Meng, Haitao Zhu, Feng Cui, Qiwei Xie
  • Patent number: 10217007
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a disparity map-based obstacle detection method, a disparity map-based obstacle detection device, and a vehicle assistant driving system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Inventors: Qiwei Xie, An Jiang, Xi Chen, Feng Cui, Haitao Zhu, Ran Meng
  • Patent number: 10061993
    Abstract: An obstacle warning method includes the steps of: acquiring scenario images at a current sampling time and a previous sampling time, and a map about first relative distances between respective viewing points in a viewing field and a vehicle; acquiring a profile and marking information of an obstacle and a map about a second relative distance between the obstacle and the vehicle in accordance with the map about the first relative distances; calculating a map about a third relative distance between the obstacle and the vehicle at a previous sampling time in accordance with the map about the first relative distances at the previous sampling time, the profile and the marking information of the obstacle at the current sampling time and a motion vector of the obstacle from the current sampling time to the previous sampling time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: BEIJING SMARTER EYE TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Feng Cui, Haitao Zhu, Ran Meng, Qiwei Xie, An Jiang
  • Patent number: 10043106
    Abstract: A corresponding point searching method searches corresponding points in plural images, acquired by in-vehicle cameras, for each pixel in a reference image by using a predetermined first method, for example, the Viterbi algorithm. The method searches corresponding points in the plural images for each pixel in the reference image by using a predetermined second method, for example, an optical flow method. The method detects whether or not a search accuracy of the corresponding points in each region divided in the reference image obtained by the predetermined first method is not less than a reference value. When not less than the reference value, the method selects the corresponding points obtained by the predetermined first method. When less than the reference value, the searching method selects the corresponding points obtained by the predetermined second method. The searching method provides the corresponding points between the plural images with a high accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Ishimaru, Noriaki Shirai, Hossein Tehrani Niknejad, Seiichi Mita, Qiwei Xie, Qian Long
  • Publication number: 20180018528
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a disparity map-based obstacle detection method, a disparity map-based obstacle detection device, and a vehicle assistant driving system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Qiwei XIE, An JIANG, Xi CHEN, Feng CUI, Haitao ZHU, Ran MENG
  • Publication number: 20170337434
    Abstract: An obstacle warning method includes the steps of: acquiring scenario images at a current sampling time and a previous sampling time, and a map about first relative distances between respective viewing points in a viewing field and a vehicle; acquiring a profile and marking information of an obstacle and a map about a second relative distance between the obstacle and the vehicle in accordance with the map about the first relative distances; calculating a map about a third relative distance between the obstacle and the vehicle at a previous sampling time in accordance with the map about the first relative distances at the previous sampling time, the profile and the marking information of the obstacle at the current sampling time and a motion vector of the obstacle from the current sampling time to the previous sampling time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Feng CUI, Haitao ZHU, Ran MENG, Qiwei XIE, An JIANG
  • Publication number: 20170262713
    Abstract: A lane departure warning method includes steps of: collecting a road image by an imaging device; detecting a lane marking in accordance with the road image, so as to extract a position of the lane marking and an angle of the lane marking relative to a running direction of the vehicle; acquiring steering information and a movement speed of the vehicle by an OBD system; judging whether or not the vehicle is unconsciously running on the lane marking in accordance with the position of the lane marking, the angle of the lane marking relative to the running direction of the vehicle and the steering information of the vehicle; in the case that the vehicle is unconsciously running on the lane marking, recording a duration within which the vehicle is unconsciously running on the lane marking; and judging whether or not to send a lane departure warning to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: An JIANG, Ran MENG, Haitao ZHU, Feng CUI, Qiwei XIE
  • Publication number: 20160358325
    Abstract: A corresponding point searching method searches corresponding points in plural images, acquired by in-vehicle cameras, for each pixel in a reference image by using a predetermined first method, for example, the Viterbi algorithm. The method searches corresponding points in the plural images for each pixel in the reference image by using a predetermined second method, for example, an optical flow method. The method detects whether or not a search accuracy of the corresponding points in each region divided in the reference image obtained by the predetermined first method is not less than a reference value. When not less than the reference value, the method selects the corresponding points obtained by the predetermined first method. When less than the reference value, the searching method selects the corresponding points obtained by the predetermined second method. The searching method provides the corresponding points between the plural images with a high accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Ishimaru, Noriaki Shirai, Hossein Tehrani Niknejad, Seiichi Mita, Qiwei Xie, Qian Long