Patents by Inventor SHAOHU WANG

SHAOHU WANG 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: 12638858
    Abstract: A motion control method for an adaptive self-reconfigurable pipeline robot based on environmental perception includes: acquiring internal images of the pipeline for scene recognition, segmenting planar surfaces and curved surfaces in the images according to recognition results, and extracting boundary lines of the pipeline; calculating a straight-pipe width, a bent-pipe curvature, a slope angle, and a step height to analyze passability of the robot; designing a path planner and a swing-arm planner to generate a reference trajectory and a swing-arm angle sequence of the robot, performing smoothing, and inputting the reference trajectory and the swing-arm angle sequence into a model predictive control (MPC) motion controller; estimating a position and state of the robot through an Error State Kalman Filter (ESKF) algorithm, and inputting estimation results and collision warning signals into the MPC motion controller; and finally outputting a signal for control of a motor and a swing-arm motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Aiguo Song, Tianyuan Miao, Qinjie Ji, Shaohu Wang, Huijun Li
  • Publication number: 20260072437
    Abstract: A motion control method for an adaptive self-reconfigurable pipeline robot based on environmental perception includes: acquiring internal images of the pipeline for scene recognition, segmenting planar surfaces and curved surfaces in the images according to recognition results, and extracting boundary lines of the pipeline; calculating a straight-pipe width, a bent-pipe curvature, a slope angle, and a step height to analyze passability of the robot; designing a path planner and a swing-arm planner to generate a reference trajectory and a swing-arm angle sequence of the robot, performing smoothing, and inputting the reference trajectory and the swing-arm angle sequence into a model predictive control (MPC) motion controller; estimating a position and state of the robot through an Error State Kalman Filter (ESKF) algorithm, and inputting estimation results and collision warning signals into the MPC motion controller; and finally outputting a signal for control of a motor and a swing-arm motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Applicant: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Aiguo SONG, Tianyuan MIAO, Qinjie JI, Shaohu WANG, Huijun LI
  • Patent number: 12486938
    Abstract: A pipeline inspection robot with crisscross structure-changeable crawler belts includes a robot main body, crawler belt tilt angle adjustment mechanisms symmetrically provided on left and right sides of the robot main body, and crisscross structure-changeable crawler belt assemblies provided on the crawler belt tilt angle adjustment mechanisms. The robot main body is connected to the crisscross structure-changeable crawler belt assemblies at the left and right sides thereof by means of the crawler belt tilt angle adjustment mechanisms. The crawler belt tilt angle adjustment mechanisms are adjusted by means of supporting sliding blocks at the bottom of the robot main body. The crisscross structure-changeable crawler belt assembly includes a primary traveling crawler belt, an auxiliary traveling crawler belt, and a crisscross structure-changeable sliding block. The primary traveling crawler belt and the auxiliary traveling crawler belt are connected by means of the crisscross structure-changeable sliding block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Aiguo Song, Shaohu Wang, Huijun Li, Tianyuan Miao, Qinjie Ji, Yuefeng Xu, Bo Xu
  • Publication number: 20240353049
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a pipeline inspection robot with crisscross structure-changeable crawler belts and a control method thereof. The pipeline inspection robot includes a robot main body, crawler belt tilt angle adjustment mechanisms symmetrically provided on left and right sides of the robot main body, and crisscross structure-changeable crawler belt assemblies provided on the crawler belt tilt angle adjustment mechanisms. The robot main body is connected to the crisscross structure-changeable crawler belt assemblies at the left and right sides thereof by means of the crawler belt tilt angle adjustment mechanisms. The crawler belt tilt angle adjustment mechanisms are adjusted by means of supporting sliding blocks at the bottom of the robot main body. The crisscross structure-changeable crawler belt assembly includes a primary traveling crawler belt, an auxiliary traveling crawler belt, and a crisscross structure-changeable sliding block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Aiguo SONG, Shaohu WANG, Huijun LI, Tianyuan MIAO, Qinjie JI, Yuefeng XU, Bo XU
  • Patent number: 10276258
    Abstract: A memory controller includes a clock delay generator, a set of flip-flops, and a control circuit, and is connected to a processor and a memory. The clock delay generator receives a clock signal from the processor, delays the clock signal by a set of delay time intervals, and generates a set of delayed clock signals. The flip-flops receive a test pattern and read data from the memory, sample the test pattern and the read data based on the delayed clock signals, and generate a set of sampled test patterns and a set of sampled read data. The control circuit identifies a sampled test pattern that is equal to the test pattern and the corresponding delayed clock signal as a read clock signal, and outputs the sampled read data that corresponds to the (delayed) read clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Shaohu Wang, Bin Li
  • Publication number: 20170365355
    Abstract: A memory controller includes a clock delay generator, a set of flip-flops, and a control circuit, and is connected to a processor and a memory. The clock delay generator receives a clock signal from the processor, delays the clock signal by a set of delay time intervals, and generates a set of delayed clock signals. The flip-flops receive a test pattern and read data from the memory, sample the test pattern and the read data based on the delayed clock signals, and generate a set of sampled test patterns and a set of sampled read data. The control circuit identifies a sampled test pattern that is equal to the test pattern and the corresponding delayed clock signal as a read clock signal, and outputs the sampled read data that corresponds to the (delayed) read clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: SHAOHU WANG, Bin Li