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).

  • Publication number: 20160189349
    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: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Tianxu ZHANG, Zheng WANG, Li HE, Li LIU, Xuan HOU, Chuan ZHANG, Sufei FAN, Yimeng CHEN
  • Publication number: 20160189394
    Abstract: A method for extracting motion parameters from angiography images using a multi-parameter model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Tianxu ZHANG, Zhenghua HUANG, Lihua DENG, Yaozong ZHANG, Qiong SONG
  • Patent number: 9286676
    Abstract: A method for separating and estimating multiple motion parameters in an X-ray angiogram image. The method includes: determining a cardiac motion signal cycle and a variation frame sequence of translational motion according to an angiogram image sequence, tracing structure feature points of vessels in the angiogram image sequence whereby obtaining a motion sequence, processing the motion sequence via multivariable optimization and Fourier frequency-domain filtering, separating an optimum translational motion curve, a cardiac motion curve, a respiratory motion curve and a high-frequency motion curve according to the variation frame sequence of translational motion, a cycle of the cardiac motion signal, a range of a respiratory motion signal cycle, and a range of a high-frequency motion signal cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tianxu Zhang, Yining Huang, Zhenghua Huang, Yaxun Wei, Longwei Hao
  • Patent number: 9286651
    Abstract: An aircraft-based infrared image recognition device for a ground moving target, including an infrared non-uniformity correction module, an image rotation module, an image registration module, a multi-level filtering module, a connected domain labeling module, a target detection and feature recognition module, a process control module, and a FPGA-based interconnection module. The invention uses an ASIC/SoC chip for image processing and target recognition, the DSP processor and the FPGA processor, it is possible to enable a multi-level image processing and target recognition algorithm, to improve system parallel, and to facilitate an aircraft-based infrared image recognition method for a ground moving target. Meanwhile, embodiments of the invention effectively reduce power consumption of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tianxu Zhang, Shiying Gao, Yuehuan Wang, Sheng Zhong, Luxin Yan, Pengxian Yu, Bin Lu, Hao Li
  • Publication number: 20150317793
    Abstract: A method for separating and estimating multiple motion parameters in an X-ray angiogram image. The method includes: determining a cardiac motion signal cycle and a variation frame sequence of translational motion according to an angiogram image sequence, tracing structure feature points of vessels in the angiogram image sequence whereby obtaining a motion sequence, processing the motion sequence via multivariable optimization and Fourier frequency-domain filtering, separating an optimum translational motion curve, a cardiac motion curve, a respiratory motion curve and a high-frequency motion curve according to the variation frame sequence of translational motion, a cycle of the cardiac motion signal, a range of a respiratory motion signal cycle, and a range of a high-frequency motion signal cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Tianxu ZHANG, Yining HUANG, Zhenghua HUANG, Yaxun WEI, Longwei HAO
  • Publication number: 20150248579
    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: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Tianxu ZHANG, Li ZHANG, Fan PENG, Heng YAO, Cen LU, Yayun ZHENG, Yaxun WEI, Cong XIAO
  • Publication number: 20150242700
    Abstract: A method for estimating a rotation axis and a mass center of a spatial target based on binocular optical flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Tianxu ZHANG, Sufei FAN, Yimeng CHEN, Yayun ZHENG, Changsheng CHEN, Zheng WANG, Huan WU, Xudong HE
  • Publication number: 20150227776
    Abstract: An aircraft-based infrared image recognition device for a ground moving target, including an infrared non-uniformity correction module, an image rotation module, an image registration module, a multi-level filtering module, a connected domain labeling module, a target detection and feature recognition module, a process control module, and a FPGA-based interconnection module. The invention uses an ASIC/SoC chip for image processing and target recognition, the DSP processor and the FPGA processor, it is possible to enable a multi-level image processing and target recognition algorithm, to improve system parallel, and to facilitate an aircraft-based infrared image recognition method for a ground moving target. Meanwhile, embodiments of the invention effectively reduce power consumption of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Tianxu ZHANG, Shiying GAO, Yuehuan WANG, Sheng ZHONG, Luxin YAN, Pengxian YU, Bin LU, Hao LI
  • Patent number: 9006659
    Abstract: A method for detecting spectral characteristics of multi-band moving objects. The method includes: 1) dividing a full field of view into several subfields of view, and scanning and extracting suspected objects in each subfield one by one; 2) correlating interrelated suspected objects in adjacent subfields via coordinates to determine objects of interest that exist in the full field of view; 3) calculating the speeds of the objects of interest; 4) calculating average speed of all of the objects of interest and classifying the objects of interest according to their average speed; 5) compensating and rectifying the objective spectrum obtained from calculation; and 6) matching the compensated and rectified objective spectrum with a spectrum fingerprint database whereby realizing recognition of the multi-band moving objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Tianxu Zhang, Zheng Fang, Xiangyan Liu, Wei Zhang, Ping Fu, Xiaoyong Bian, Hao Li, Gaofei Li, Weidong Yang
  • Patent number: 8995162
    Abstract: A radiation-hardened memory storage unit that is resistant to total ionizing done effects, the unit including PMOS transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hongshi Sang, Wen Wang, Tianxu Zhang, Chaobing Liang, Jing Zhang, Yang Xie, Yajing Yuan
  • Patent number: 8988922
    Abstract: A radiation-hardened storage unit, including a basic storage unit, a redundant storage unit, and a two-way feedback unit. The basic storage unit includes a first PMOS transistor, a second PMOS transistor, a third PMOS transistor, and a fourth PMOS transistor. The first PMOS transistor and the second PMOS transistor are read-out access transistors. The third PMOS transistor and the fourth PMOS transistor are write-in access transistors. The redundant storage unit includes a fifth PMOS transistor, a sixth PMOS transistor, a seventh PMOS transistor, and an eighth PMOS transistor. The fifth PMOS transistor and the sixth PMOS transistor are read-out access transistors. The seventh PMOS transistor and the eighth PMOS transistor are write-in access transistors. The two-way feedback unit is configured to form a feedback path between the storage node and the redundant storage node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hongshi Sang, Wen Wang, Tianxu Zhang, Chaobing Liang, Jing Zhang, Yang Xie, Yajing Yuan
  • Publication number: 20150062995
    Abstract: A radiation-hardened storage unit, including a basic storage unit, a redundant storage unit, and a two-way feedback unit. The basic storage unit includes a first PMOS transistor, a second PMOS transistor, a third PMOS transistor, and a fourth PMOS transistor. The first PMOS transistor and the second PMOS transistor are read-out access transistors. The third PMOS transistor and the fourth PMOS transistor are write-in access transistors. The redundant storage unit includes a fifth PMOS transistor, a sixth PMOS transistor, a seventh PMOS transistor, and an eighth PMOS transistor. The fifth PMOS transistor and the sixth PMOS transistor are read-out access transistors. The seventh PMOS transistor and the eighth PMOS transistor are write-in access transistors. The two-way feedback unit is configured to form a feedback path between the storage node and the redundant storage node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hongshi SANG, Wen WANG, Tianxu ZHANG, Chaobing LIANG, Jing ZHANG, Yang XIE, Yajing YUAN
  • Publication number: 20150062994
    Abstract: A radiation-hardened memory storage unit that is resistant to total ionizing done effects, the unit including PMOS transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hongshi SANG, Wen WANG, Tianxu ZHANG, Chaobing LIANG, Jing ZHANG, Yang XIE, Yajing YUAN
  • Patent number: 8737761
    Abstract: A method for restoring and enhancing a space based image of point or spot objects. The method includes: 1) dividing a space-variable degraded image into multiple space-invariant image sub-blocks, and constructing a point spread function for each of the image sub-blocks; 2) correcting each of the image sub-blocks via a space-invariant image correction method whereby obtaining a corrected image {circumflex over (f)}i for each of the image sub-blocks; and 3) stitching the corrected image sub-blocks {circumflex over (f)}i altogether via a stitching algorithm whereby obtaining a complete corrected image {circumflex over (f)}.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Tianxu Zhang, Daolong Wu, Jianchong Chen, Jing Guan, Zheng Yu, Hao Chen, Zhiyong Zuo, Putao Zhang