Patents by Inventor Renlan CAI

Renlan CAI 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: 11841446
    Abstract: The present application discloses a positioning method and an apparatus, which relate to the technical field of intelligent driving. A specific implementation solution is: determining a first positioning result using point cloud data collected by lidar in combination with a laser point cloud reflection value map; constructing a constraint condition using the first positioning result, where the constraint condition is used to accelerate a convergence speed of solving a receiver position using observation data; performing GNSS-PPP positioning using the constraint condition in combination with observation data of a GNSS receiver to obtain a second positioning result. Using this solution, lidar positioning technology is combined with GNSS-PPP positioning technology to realize a purpose of not relying on a GNSS base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenjie Liu, Renlan Cai, Xiaotao Li, Shiyu Song
  • Publication number: 20230213343
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for obtaining confidence of a measurement value based on multi-sensor fusion and an autonomous vehicle, which includes that: a first measurement value position of a positioning component on a target vehicle is determined at a first moment, and a second measurement value position of the positioning component is determined at a second moment, where the first moment is earlier than the second moment; first distance information is acquired according to the first measurement value position and the second measurement value position; inertial measurement information and wheel speedometer information of the target vehicle from the first moment to the second moment are determined; second distance information is acquired based on the inertial measurement information and the wheel speedometer information; and confidence of a target measurement value corresponding to the second moment is acquired according to the first distance information and the second distance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Feng CHENG, Wenjie LIU, Xiaochen QIU, Guoliang XU, Renlan CAI
  • Patent number: 11619515
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for processing positioning data, a device, a storage medium and a vehicle. In the method according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the vehicle is controlled to collect positioning data continuously in the five stages including a first stage for performing dynamic alignment, a second stage for traveling along a path of a character “8”, a third stage for collecting map data, a fourth stage for traveling along a path of the character “8”, and a fifth stage for performing the dynamic alignment, and processing of error convergence is performed on the positioning data collected in the third stage, according to the positioning data collected in the first stage, the second stage, the fourth stage and the fifth stage, to obtain the final positioning data after the error convergence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: APOLLO INTELLIGENT DRIVING TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tong Wu, Renlan Cai, Gaifan Li, Jie Huang, Yijun Yuan
  • Patent number: 11448771
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for evaluating data, a device, and a computer-readable storage medium in the field of autonomous driving. The method may include: generating, at least based on satellite navigation data related to a vehicle, a reference position and posture data set of the vehicle; generating, at least based on a part of the satellite navigation data, a test position and posture data set of the vehicle, the accuracy of the test position and posture data set being lower than that of the reference position and posture data set; obtaining a revised position and posture data set for the test position and posture data set; and evaluating, based on the reference position and posture data set and the revised position and posture data set, a correction performance for the test position and posture data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Renlan Cai, Wenjie Liu, Xiaotao Li, Pengfei Yuan, Liang Peng, Shiyu Song
  • Patent number: 11121912
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for processing information are provided. A method may include: sending a preset data acquisition request to a target data transmission end included in at least two preset data transmission ends; receiving feedback information from the target data transmission end, and determining whether the feedback information includes the acquired data; determining, in response to determining that the feedback information does not include the acquired data, whether the feedback information includes first fault information for indicating that the target data transmission end malfunctions; and selecting, in response to determining that the feedback information includes the first fault information, a data transmission end other than the target data transmission end from the at least two data transmission ends as a new target data transmission end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiangyu Fu, Jie Huang, Renlan Cai, Shiyu Song, Fangfang Dong
  • Patent number: 11073396
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an integrated positioning method and system. The method comprises: receiving IMU data, and solving for the IMU data in a first Kalman filter to obtain a system state variable of an autonomous vehicle; receiving and buffering measurement data, and regarding the measurement data as current measurement data; performing measurement updating: obtaining the system state variable at a measurement time of current measurement data, and solving in the second Kalman filter to obtain an updated system state variable; if measurement data after the measurement time of the measurement data is already buffered, regarding the already-buffered measurement data after the measurement time as current measurement data, and performing the measurement update. The present disclosure can solve the problem about measurement information disorder caused by inconsistency of time delay in solving between different sensors, and improve real time and accuracy of the positioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaolong Yang, Renlan Cai, Shiyu Song, Fangfang Dong
  • Publication number: 20210215832
    Abstract: The present application discloses a positioning method and an apparatus, which relate to the technical field of intelligent driving. A specific implementation solution is: determining a first positioning result using point cloud data collected by lidar in combination with a laser point cloud reflection value map; constructing a constraint condition using the first positioning result, where the constraint condition is used to accelerate a convergence speed of solving a receiver position using observation data; performing GNSS-PPP positioning using the constraint condition in combination with observation data of a GNSS receiver to obtain a second positioning result. Using this solution, lidar positioning technology is combined with GNSS-PPP positioning technology to realize a purpose of not relying on a GNSS base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: WENJIE LIU, RENLAN CAI, XIAOTAO LI, SHIYU SONG
  • Patent number: 11009355
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for positioning a vehicle. In some embodiments, the method comprises: acquiring an a priori position of a to-be-positioned vehicle at a current positioning moment determined by performing a strapdown calculation between a previous positioning moment and the current positioning moment; determining a map area for searching in a laser point cloud reflected value map; matching a reflected value characteristic of a projection area generated by projecting a real-time laser point cloud, to obtain a map matching position according to a matching result; positioning, using the a priori position in combination with observation data of a vehicle-mounted global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver of the vehicle, to obtain a satellite positioning position; and fusing the a priori position, the map matching position and the satellite positioning position to generate a positioning result of positioning the vehicle at the current moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Renlan Cai, Xiaolong Yang, Guowei Wan, Weixin Lu, Shiyu Song, Baoqiang Xu
  • Publication number: 20210072404
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for evaluating data, a device, and a computer-readable storage medium in the field of autonomous driving. The method may include: generating, at least based on satellite navigation data related to a vehicle, a reference position and posture data set of the vehicle; generating, at least based on a part of the satellite navigation data, a test position and posture data set of the vehicle, the accuracy of the test position and posture data set being lower than that of the reference position and posture data set; obtaining a revised position and posture data set for the test position and posture data set; and evaluating, based on the reference position and posture data set and the revised position and posture data set, a correction performance for the test position and posture data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Renlan Cai, Wenjie Liu, Xiaotao Li, Pengfei Yuan, Liang Peng, Shiyu Song
  • Publication number: 20200191579
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for processing positioning data, a device, a storage medium and a vehicle. In the method according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the vehicle is controlled to collect positioning data continuously in the five stages including a first stage for performing dynamic alignment, a second stage for traveling along a path of a character “8”, a third stage for collecting map data, a fourth stage for traveling along a path of the character “8”, and a fifth stage for performing the dynamic alignment, and processing of error convergence is performed on the positioning data collected in the third stage, according to the positioning data collected in the first stage, the second stage, the fourth stage and the fifth stage, to obtain the final positioning data after the error convergence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Tong Wu, Renlan Cai, Gaifan Li, Jie Huang, Yijun Yuan
  • Publication number: 20200028733
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for processing information are provided. A method may include: sending a preset data acquisition request to a target data transmission end included in at least two preset data transmission ends; receiving feedback information from the target data transmission end, and determining whether the feedback information includes the acquired data; determining, in response to determining that the feedback information does not include the acquired data, whether the feedback information includes first fault information for indicating that the target data transmission end malfunctions; and selecting, in response to determining that the feedback information includes the first fault information, a data transmission end other than the target data transmission end from the at least two data transmission ends as a new target data transmission end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Xiangyu FU, Jie HUANG, Renlan CAI, Shiyu SONG, Fangfang DONG
  • Publication number: 20190335415
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, an apparatus, and a device for switching GNSS reference station and a storage medium. The method of the present disclosure, by that in the process of moving of a positioning device, the positioning device transmits current position of the positioning device itself information to a base station server in real time, and the base station server determines a base station closest to the positioning device according to the current position information of the positioning device and position information of each base station; and the base station server switches a reference station of the positioning device to the base station closest to the positioning device, ensures that in the process of moving of the positioning device, the reference station of the positioning device is automatically switched according to a real-time position of the positioning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Xiangyu FU, Jie HUANG, Renlan CAI, Shiyu SONG, Fangfang DONG
  • Publication number: 20190145776
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an integrated positioning method and system. The method comprises: receiving IMU data, and solving for the IMU data in a first Kalman filter to obtain a system state variable of an autonomous vehicle; receiving and buffering measurement data, and regarding the measurement data as current measurement data; performing measurement updating: obtaining the system state variable at a measurement time of current measurement data, and solving in the second Kalman filter to obtain an updated system state variable; if measurement data after the measurement time of the measurement data is already buffered, regarding the already-buffered measurement data after the measurement time as current measurement data, and performing the measurement update. The present disclosure can solve the problem about measurement information disorder caused by inconsistency of time delay in solving between different sensors, and improve real time and accuracy of the positioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xiaolong YANG, Renlan CAI, Shiyu SONG, Fangfang DONG
  • Publication number: 20180299273
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for positioning a vehicle. In some embodiments, the method comprises: acquiring an a priori position of a to-be-positioned vehicle at a current positioning moment determined by performing a strapdown calculation between a previous positioning moment and the current positioning moment; determining a map area for searching in a laser point cloud reflected value map; matching a reflected value characteristic of a projection area generated by projecting a real-time laser point cloud, to obtain a map matching position according to a matching result; positioning, using the a priori position in combination with observation data of a vehicle-mounted global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver of the vehicle, to obtain a satellite positioning position; and fusing the a priori position, the map matching position and the satellite positioning position to generate a positioning result of positioning the vehicle at the current moment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Renlan CAI, Xiaolong YANG, Guowei WAN, Weixin LU, Shiyu SONG, Baoqiang XU