Patents by Inventor Tianxu Zhang

Tianxu Zhang 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: 9563939
    Abstract: A de-noising method for remote images of ground buildings using spectrum constraints. The method includes: 1) obtaining a reference image of ground buildings from a remote image database of the ground buildings, performing a Fourier transformation on the reference image to obtain an amplitude spectrum, and performing a threshold segmentation, an erosion operation and a dilation operation successively on the amplitude spectrum to obtain a binary template of spectrum of the ground buildings; and 2) obtaining a real-time image of the ground buildings by a high-speed aircraft, performing a Fourier transformation on the real-time image to obtain a spectrum, filtering the spectrum of the real-time image in frequency domain by the binary template of spectrum of the ground buildings, and performing an inverse Fourier transformation thereon to generate a filtered real-time image of the ground buildings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tianxu Zhang, Zheng Wang, Li He, Li Liu, Xuan Hou, Chuan Zhang, Sufei Fan, Yimeng Chen
  • Patent number: 9557177
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a multi-sensor merging based super-close distance autonomous navigation apparatus and method. The apparatus includes a sensor subsystem, an information merging subsystem, a sensor scanning structure, and an orientation guiding structure, wherein a visible light imaging sensor and an infrared imaging sensor are combined together, and data are acquired by combining a passive measurement mode composed of an optical imaging sensor and an active measurement mode composed of a laser distance measuring sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Tianxu Zhang, Sufei Fan, Yimeng Chen, Heng Yao, Zhengtao Li, Zheng Wang, Wei Huang, Zhenghua Huang
  • Publication number: 20170008650
    Abstract: An attitude estimation method for an on-orbit three-dimensional space object comprises an offline feature library construction step and an online attitude estimation step. The offline feature library construction step comprises: according to a space object three-dimensional model, acquiring multi-viewpoint characteristic views of the object, and extracting geometrical features therefrom to form a geometrical feature library, where the geometrical features comprise an object main body height-width ratio, an object longitudinal symmetry, an object horizontal symmetry, and an object main-axis inclination angle. The online attitude estimation step comprises: preprocessing an on-orbit object image to be tested and extracting features, and matching the extracted features in the geometrical feature library, where an object attitude characterized by a characteristic view corresponding to a matching result is an attitude estimation result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Tianxu ZHANG, Liangliang WANG, Gang ZHOU, Ming LI, Weidong YANG, Kuan LIU, Yayun ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20170003416
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for infrared imaging detection and positioning of an underground tubular facility in a plane terrain. Demodulation processing is performed on an original infrared image formed after stratum modulation is generated on the underground tubular facility according to an energy diffusion Gaussian model of the underground tubular facility, so as to obtain a target image of the underground tubular facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tianxu ZHANG, Wenxuan MA, Cen LU, Longwei HAO, Yuehuan WANG, Nong SANG, Weidong YANG, Hu ZHU
  • Publication number: 20160370227
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a moving platform infrared image-spectrum associated detection system, including an optical hood, a broadband optical system, a two-dimensional servo system, an infrared optical fiber, a Fourier interference spectrum module, an image-spectrum associated detection processing module, a power supply module, and a display module. Incident light enters from the optical hood to the broadband optical system, and is split by a spectroscope. Transmitted light is focused by a long-wave imaging lens group on an infrared detector for imaging. Reflected light is focused by a broadband spectrum lens group to an optical fiber coupler, enters the Fourier interference spectrum module through the infrared optical fiber to form an interference pattern, and undergoes Fourier transform to obtain spectral data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Tianxu ZHANG, Xiaobing DAI, Xiangyan LIU, Jindong FEI, Li LIU, Hongtao YU, Shoukui YAO
  • Publication number: 20160371841
    Abstract: A zonal underground structure detection method based on sun shadow compensation is provided, which belongs to the crossing field of remote sensing technology, physical geography and pattern recognition, and is used to carry out compensation processing after a shadow is detected, to improve the identification rate of zonal underground structure detection and reduce the false alarm rate. The present invention comprises steps of acquiring DEM terrain data of a designated area, acquiring an image shadow position by using DEM, a solar altitude angle and a solar azimuth angle, processing and compensating a shadow area, and detecting a zonal underground structure after the shadow area is corrected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Tianxu ZHANG, Longwei HAO, Wenxuan MA, Cen LU, Heng YAO, Yuehuan WANG, Nong SANG, Weidong YANG
  • Publication number: 20160370562
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a co-aperture broadband infrared optical system, belonging to the field of infrared optical system. The system realizes long wave infrared (LWIR) imaging and broadband infrared spectrum measurement, and solves the problems of limited optical path layout, large volume and high cost of an optical system. The present invention includes a Cassegrain lens, a spectroscope, a reflector, several lens groups, an FPA interface and an optical fiber interface. Light (2 ?m˜12 ?m) is incident to the Cassegrain lens to be focused, then is split by the spectroscope, where 50% of the LWIR light (8 ?m˜10 ?m) passes through the lens group for aberration correction, and the image plane is focused again at the imaging interface. The other 50% of the LWIR light (8 ?m˜10 ?m) and the infrared reflected light (2 ?m˜8 ?m and 10 ?m˜12 ?m) pass through the lens group, and are reflected by the reflector, then focused at the optical fiber interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Hong ZHANG, Jindong FEI, TIanxu ZHANG, Xiaobing DAI, XIangyan LIU, Li LIU
  • Publication number: 20160371851
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an infrared image-spectrum associated intelligent detection method and apparatus, including: first searching for targets in a field of view (FOV), and performing image-spectrum associated intelligent identification sequentially on the searched targets, that is, first performing infrared image target identification on each target, and if a detection identification rate is greater than a set threshold, outputting an identification result and storing target image data; otherwise, acquiring an infrared spectrum of the target, and performing target identification based on infrared spectrum features. The present invention further discloses an apparatus for performing target detection using the above method, and the apparatus mainly includes a two-dimensional scanning mirror, a multiband infrared optical module, a long-wave infrared (LWIR) imaging unit, a broadband infrared spectrum measuring unit, and a processing and control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Tianxu ZHANG, Xiangyan LIU, Xiaobing DAI, Li LIU, Hongtao YU
  • Publication number: 20160364509
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for stimulating a temperature field of a mountain mass containing a distributed underground facility under the influence of a seepage effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Tianxu ZHANG, Wenxuan MA, Longwei HAO, Cen LU, Heng YAO, Yuehuan WANG, Nong SANG, Weidong YANG
  • Publication number: 20160363451
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a multi-sensor merging based super-close distance autonomous navigation apparatus and method. The apparatus includes a sensor subsystem, an information merging subsystem, a sensor scanning structure, and an orientation guiding structure, wherein a visible light imaging sensor and an infrared imaging sensor are combined together, and data are acquired by combining a passive measurement mode composed of an optical imaging sensor and an active measurement mode composed of a laser distance measuring sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Tianxu ZHANG, Sufei FAN, Yimeng CHEN, Heng YAO, Zhengtao LI, Zheng WANG, Wei HUANG, Zhenghua HUANG
  • Publication number: 20160363653
    Abstract: The present invention provides an above-ground building recognition method, including the following steps: (1) taking an infrared image of the ground from the air; (2) performing detection and positioning in the infrared image to determine a suspected target; (3) aiming at the suspected target to perform laser imaging; (4) performing range gating on a laser image to filter out foreground and background interference; and (5) extracting a shape feature of the suspected target from the laser image with interference filtered out, and taking the shape feature as a target matching element to perform matching with a target shape feature template, so as to recognize the target. In the method of the present invention, laser imaging is integrated into infrared imaging target positioning, so that an advantage of a large range of infrared imaging is utilized, and three-dimensional range information of laser imaging is also utilized, thereby effectively improving the precision of positioning a building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Tianxu ZHANG, Heng YAO, Peng JIANG, Sufei FAN, Yimeng CHEN, Wenxuan MA, Longwei HAO, Zhihui YANG
  • Patent number: 9518867
    Abstract: The invention discloses a detecting device combining images with spectra in an ultra-wide waveband, comprising a scanning rotating mirror, a Cassegrain mirror assembly, three spectroscopes, a reflector, four broadband lens assemblies, a visible and near-infrared lens assembly, a long wave lens assembly, a CCD imaging unit, an FPA imaging unit, a Fourier spectrum measuring unit and a grating spectrum measuring unit. The invention is able to recognize a target accurately by spectrum measurement under the guidance of a preliminary recognition process by imaging in visible, near-infrared and long wave infrared wavebands and can solve the problems of incomplete waveband imaging, restricted optical layout, large device size, and poor ability to detect moving objects and dynamic behaviors in prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tianxu Zhang, Hong Zhang, Jindong Fei
  • Publication number: 20160356650
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a low-orbit satellite-borne image-spectrum associated detection method and payload. The method includes: (1) detecting and tracking moving targets and dynamic phenomena based on a pixel offset compensation method; and (2) performing multi-dimensional characteristic analysis on infrared spectra of the moving targets and the dynamic phenomena, to identify the moving targets and the dynamic phenomena. The payload includes a two-dimensional servo turntable, an infrared reflector, a multispectral infrared optical system, an infrared imaging unit, a broadband infrared spectrum measuring unit, a data processing unit and a control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Tianxu ZHANG, Zhihui YANG, Jiayu LIU, Yutian ZHOU, Shoukui YAO, Junqing ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20160356920
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for detecting, recognizing, and positioning a zonal underground target in a mountain land environment by detecting a ridge position in the mountain land environment and carrying out energy correction. The method belongs to the interdisciplinary field of pattern recognition, remote sensing technology and terrain analysis. The zonal underground target can cause energy abnormity when the heat field thereof is different from that of a mountain mass, and the heat island effect of the ridge can also cause the energy of the mountain mass to be abnormal. However, the energy abnormity caused by the heat island effect is essentially different from the energy abnormity caused by the zonal underground target in the aspect of mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Tianxu ZHANG, Cen LU, Yuehuan WANG, Weidong YANG, Nong SANG, Wenxuan MA, Longwei HAO
  • Publication number: 20160327682
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multiband common-optical-path image-spectrum associated remote sensing measurement system and method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Tianxu ZHANG, Xiaobing DAI, Xiangyan LIU, Jianfei JI, Xudong HE, Pengcheng GAO
  • Publication number: 20160321795
    Abstract: An infrared imaging detection and positioning method for an underground building in a planar land surface environment comprises: obtaining an original infrared image g0 formed after stratum modulation is performed on an underground building, and determining a local infrared image g of a general position of the underground building in the original infrared image g0; setting an iteration termination condition, and setting an initial value h0 of a Gaussian thermal diffusion function; using the local infrared image g as an initial target image f0, and performing iteration solution of a thermal expansion function hn and a target image fn by using a maximum likelihood estimation algorithm according to the initial value h0 of the Gaussian thermal diffusion function; and determining whether the iteration termination condition is met, if the iteration termination condition is met, using the target image fn obtained by means of iteration solution this time as a final target image f; and if the iteration termination con
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Tianxu ZHANG, Longwei HAO, Cen LU, Wenxuan MA, Yuehuan WANG, Nong SANG, Weidong YANG
  • Publication number: 20160321788
    Abstract: The invention discloses a direction-adaptive image deblurring method, comprising steps of: (1) defining a minimum cost function for deblurring an image by direction-adaptive total variation regularization; (2) converting the unconstrained minimization problem in step (1) to a constrained problem by auxiliary variables d1=Hu, d2=?xu and d3=?yu; (3) obtaining a new minimum cost function from the constrained problem in step (2) by introducing penalty terms; and (4) converting the minimization problem in step (3) to an alternating minimization problem about u, d1, d2 and d3, where a minimum of a variable is calculated as other variables are determined, and obtaining a deblurred image by solving the alternating minimization problem by an alternative and iterative minimization process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Tianxu ZHANG, Gang ZHOU, Ao ZHONG, Liangliang WANG, Ming LI, Cen LU, Wen ZHANG, Zhiyong ZUO
  • Patent number: 9460363
    Abstract: A method for estimating a rotation axis and a mass center of a spatial target based on binocular optical flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tianxu Zhang, Sufei Fan, Yimeng Chen, Yayun Zheng, Changsheng Chen, Zheng Wang, Huan Wu, Xudong He
  • Patent number: 9454692
    Abstract: A method for identifying and positioning a building using mountain-based outline region restraint, including steps of: (1) obtaining a real-time image, detecting a mountain-based outline of the real-time image, and extending the mountain-based outline thereby obtaining a mountain-based outline restraint region, (2) conducting morphological enhancement and background suppression on the image in the mountain-based outline restraint region, (3) conducting recursive segmentation in the mountain-based outline restraint region thereby transforming an image obtained in step (2) into a binary image, (4) extracting local regions of interest of a target building in the mountain-based outline restraint region according to the binary image, and (5) directly identifying and positioning the target building in the local regions of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tianxu Zhang, Li Zhang, Fan Peng, Heng Yao, Cen Lu, Yayun Zheng, Yaxun Wei, Cong Xiao
  • Publication number: 20160202122
    Abstract: The invention discloses a detecting device combining images with spectra in an ultra-wide waveband, comprising a scanning rotating mirror, a Cassegrain mirror assembly, three spectroscopes, a reflector, four broadband lens assemblies, a visible and near-infrared lens assembly, a long wave lens assembly, a CCD imaging unit, an FPA imaging unit, a Fourier spectrum measuring unit and a grating spectrum measuring unit. The invention is able to recognize a target accurately by spectrum measurement under the guidance of a preliminary recognition process by imaging in visible, near-infrared and long wave infrared wavebands and can solve the problems of incomplete waveband imaging, restricted optical layout, large device size, and poor ability to detect moving objects and dynamic behaviors in prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Tianxu ZHANG, Hong ZHANG, Jindong FEI