Patents by Inventor Tianyi Yangdai

Tianyi Yangdai 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: 20230419482
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing method, an electronic device, and a readable storage medium. The method comprises: obtaining an original image, determining whether the current original image contains a cavity; if the current original image contains a cavity, increasing the frame rate based on the original frame rate; if the current original image does not contain a cavity, maintaining the original frame rate for image capturing. The present invention can automatically adjust the frame rate according to the actual images captured by a capsule endoscope, improving the capture of intestinal images, reducing the probability of missing shots, and achieving the goal of saving power, while enhancing the efficiency of capsule endoscope usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicants: ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD, ANX IP HOLDING PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Tianyi YANGDAI, Yi LI, Hui HU, Hao LIU, Fanhua MING
  • Publication number: 20230326072
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image-based position detection method, an electronic device, and a readable storage medium. The method includes: driving a capsule endoscope to continuously capture a group of images at an interval of a first preset time t1, where each group of images comprises at least one image; obtaining at least one image from each group of images, and calculating a determination index according to grayscale values of at least two channels of the image; determining whether the capsule endoscope reaches a preset detection position according to a value of the determination index; if yes, adjusting the capsule endoscope to a corresponding working mode according to a current position of the capsule endoscope, and if no, continue monitoring. The present invention can determine whether the capsule endoscope reaches the preset detection position, which greatly save battery power, and improve work efficiency of the capsule endoscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicants: ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD, ANX IP HOLDING PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Tianyi YANGDAI, Wenjin YUAN, Yi LI, Hao LIU
  • Patent number: 11744560
    Abstract: A sampling capsule is provided. The sampling capsule includes an enclosure, a sampling assembly, a sample drawing assembly and a control module. The sampling assembly includes a sample chamber arranged in the enclosure, an outer sampling port on the enclosure, a sampling tube connecting the outer sampling port and the sample chamber, and a sampling switch for opening or closing the connecting tube. The sample drawing assembly includes a sample drawing port on the enclosure and connected to the sample chamber, and a silicone plug fitted in the sample discharging port. The control module includes a microprocessor communicating with the sampling switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tianyi Yangdai, Yuhui Bao, Hangyu Peng, Fanhua Ming
  • Publication number: 20230263509
    Abstract: The present invention provides a capsule for fluid sampling and drug delivery comprising: an enclosure, comprising a first enclosure, a second enclosure, at least a portion of the first enclosure comprising a support body having a plurality of first openings, a liquid-proof air-permeable membrane located at the first openings; a sampling/drug delivery assembly, comprising a storage chamber at least partially enclosed by the liquid-proof air-permeable membrane, a temporary storage chamber located in the enclosure, a first one-way element connecting the temporary storage chamber to outside of the capsule, a second one-way element connecting the temporary storage chamber to the storage chamber, and a pump changing pressure in the temporary storage chamber, wherein the first one-way element and the second one-way element have same direction of access; and a control module, comprising a microprocessor in communication with the pump. The capsule can realize multiple times of sampling and drug delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicants: ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD, ANX IP HOLDING PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Tianyi Yangdai, Yuhui BAO, Hangyu PENG, Fanhua MING
  • Publication number: 20230181170
    Abstract: The present invention provides a capsule for fluid sampling and drug delivery including: an enclosure; a sampling/drug delivery assembly, including a storage chamber arranged in the enclosure, a first one-way element and a second one-way element communicating with outside of the capsule and the storage chamber, and a pump changing pressure in the storage chamber, wherein the first one-way element and the second one-way element have same direction of access; and a control module, including a microprocessor in communication with the pump. The capsule can realize multiple times of sampling and drug delivery by means of control flow direction of sample or drug through the first one-way element and the second one-way element, and by changing the pressure of the storage chamber through the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicants: ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD, ANX IP HOLDING PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Tianyi Yangdai, Yuhui BAO, Hangyu PENG, Fanhua MING
  • Patent number: 11627947
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sampling capsule and a sampling capsule system. The sampling capsule includes an enclosure, a partition wall arranged in the enclosure, and a sample chamber enclosed by the partition wall and the enclosure at a first side of the partition wall. The sampling capsule further includes an inner sample inlet on the partition wall, an outer sample inlet, a sampling tube and a switch assembly. The outer sample inlet is on the enclosure at a second side of the partition wall. The sampling tube connects the outer sample inlet and the inner sample inlet, and the switch assembly clamps or unclamps a portion of the sampling tube. When sampling is needed, the switch assembly unclamps the sampling tube to sample liquid. When sampling ends, the switch assembly tightly clamps the sampling tube to prevent sample liquid leak or contamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tianyi Yangdai, Fanhua Ming
  • Patent number: 11612308
    Abstract: A control method, a control system, an electronic device and a readable storage medium for a capsule endoscope are disclosed. The method comprises: obtaining the initial distance H between the capsule endoscope and an external magnetic field generating device based on magnetic field information when the capsule endoscope is positioned in the vertical direction of the magnetic field generating device in an initial state; presetting a target area according to the force balance of the in vivo capsule endoscope, and adjusting the distance between a second permanent magnet and the capsule endoscope to locate the capsule endoscope in the target area; monitoring the acceleration of the capsule endoscope, and determining the vertical component of acceleration of the capsule endoscope; and adjusting the current of the electromagnetic induction coil according to the vertical component of the acceleration to finely adjust the force balance of the capsule endoscope in the target area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tianyi Yangdai, Hao Liu, Xinhong Wang
  • Patent number: 11538151
    Abstract: A method for measuring objects in a digestive tract based on an imaging system is provided. The imaging system captures a detection image in the measurement stage. The depth distance zi from a target point P? to a board is calculated, a correction factor is obtained according to the predicted brightness g?1(zi) of a reference point P in the detection image. The depth image z(x, y) from the actual position of each pixel to the board is calibrated by the correction factor. The scale r of each pixel is calculated according to the depth image z(x, y). The actual two-dimensional coordinates Si? of each pixel are calculated by the scale r, and the actual three-dimensional coordinates (Si?, z(x, y)) of each pixel are obtained. The distance between any two pixels in the detection image or the area within any range are calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Tianyi Yangdai
  • Patent number: 11311182
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a capsule endoscope system, an automatic frame rate adjustment method thereof and a computer readable storage medium. The automatic frame rate adjustment method includes: receiving a first acceleration information ac(t) sensed by a first acceleration sensor in a capsule endoscope; receiving a second acceleration information am(t) sensed by a second acceleration sensor in an external device; calculating and comparing the first acceleration information ac(t) and the second acceleration information am(t) to obtain the relative motion amplitude statem(t) between the capsule endoscope and the external device; adjusting the frame rate of the capsule endoscope according to the relative motion amplitude statem(t), where, the larger the relative motion amplitude statem(t), the larger the frame rate F0(t).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD, ANX IP HOLDING PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Tianyi Yangdai, Yi Li, Qinghua Zhou, Yanli Liu, Rong Wang, Hao Liu, Xinhong Wang
  • Patent number: 11116389
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gastrointestinal sampling capsule includes an enclosure, a sampling port on the enclosure and a sampling module connected to the enclosure. The sampling port includes a plurality of sampling holes, and the sampling module includes a sample chamber and a sampling trigger unit which controls a connection or disconnection between the sampling port and the sample chamber to turn on sampling or turn off sampling. The gastrointestinal sampling capsule further includes a connecting passage arranged between the sample chamber and the sampling port, wherein an inlet of the connecting passage corresponds to the sampling port and an outlet of the connecting passage is connected to the sample chamber. A gap is provided between the plurality of sampling holes and the inlet of the connecting passage, through which the plurality of sampling holes are connected to the connecting passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: ANKON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tianyi Yangdai, Yuhui Bao
  • Patent number: 11074721
    Abstract: A method for measuring objects in digestive tract based on an imaging system is provided. The imaging system enters a calibration stage, and obtains a calibration image. A measurement stage enters, and the imaging system places in the digestive tract to capture at least one detection image. The depth distance zi from each pixel in the detection image to the imaging system is calculated, and it records as a depth image z(x, y). The scale r of each pixel in the detection image is calculated according to the depth image z(x, y). The actual two-dimensional coordinates Si? of each pixel point in the detection image are calculated by the scale r, and the actual three-dimensional coordinates (Si?, z(x, y)) of each pixel are obtained. The distance between any two pixels in the detection image or the area within any range is calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Tianyi Yangdai
  • Publication number: 20210195102
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a capsule endoscope system, an automatic frame rate adjustment method thereof and a computer readable storage medium. The automatic frame rate adjustment method includes: receiving a first acceleration information ac(t) sensed by a first acceleration sensor in a capsule endoscope; receiving a second acceleration information am(t) sensed by a second acceleration sensor in an external device; calculating and comparing the first acceleration information ac(t) and the second acceleration information am(t) to obtain the relative motion amplitude statem(t) between the capsule endoscope and the external device; adjusting the frame rate of the capsule endoscope according to the relative motion amplitude statem(t), where, the larger the relative motion amplitude statem(t), the larger the frame rate F0(t).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicants: ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD, ANX IP HOLDING PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Tianyi Yangdai, Yi LI, Qinghua ZHOU, Yanli LIU, Rong WANG, Hao LIU, Xinhong WANG
  • Publication number: 20210161425
    Abstract: A positioning method for a swallowable device is provided for positioning the in vivo swallowable device. The method includes: entering the m-th positioning period, m?1; energizing p electromagnetic coils simultaneously or sequentially, p?2; obtaining the actual magnetic field information Bwt sensed by the swallowable device each time the electromagnetic coils under energized, 1?t?p; calculating the individual magnetic field information Bi at the swallowable device when the electromagnetic coils are separately energized, 1?i?p; detecting the pitch angle and roll angle of the swallowable device in the m-th positioning period; calculating the yaw angle and spatial coordinates of the swallowable device in the m-th positioning period according to the pitch angle and roll angle and the individual magnetic field information Bi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicants: ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD, ANX IP HOLDING PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Tianyi YANGDAI, Wei WU, Hao LIU, HANGYU PENG, YANLI LIU, FANHUA MING
  • Publication number: 20210076916
    Abstract: A control method and a control system for a capsule endoscope are provided. The control method comprises acquiring a frame rate of the capsule endoscope. The frame rate is the number of frames of images captured by the capsule endoscope per unit time. The control method further comprises controlling the number of radio frequency transmission channels that are turned on according to the frame rate. The number of radio frequency transmission channels that are turned on is at least two, and the radio frequency transmission channels transmit the captured images. The control method and control system for the capsule endoscope can adaptively distribute a plurality of radio frequency transmission channels according to the real-time position of the capsule endoscope, and further turn on the radio frequency transmission channels to transmit a plurality of signals synchronously or asynchronously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: FANHUA MING, TIANYI YANGDAI, HANGYU PENG, YANLI LIU, Hao LIU
  • Publication number: 20210068638
    Abstract: A control method, a control system, an electronic device and a readable storage medium for a capsule endoscope are disclosed. The method comprises: obtaining the initial distance H between the capsule endoscope and an external magnetic field generating device based on magnetic field information when the capsule endoscope is positioned in the vertical direction of the magnetic field generating device in an initial state; presetting a target area according to the force balance of the in vivo capsule endoscope, and adjusting the distance between a second permanent magnet and the capsule endoscope to locate the capsule endoscope in the target area; monitoring the acceleration of the capsule endoscope, and determining the vertical component of acceleration of the capsule endoscope; and adjusting the current of the electromagnetic induction coil according to the vertical component of the acceleration to finely adjust the force balance of the capsule endoscope in the target area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tianyi Yangdai, Hao LIU, Xinhong WANG
  • Publication number: 20210015428
    Abstract: A sampling capsule and sampling capsule system are provided. The sampling capsule includes an enclosure, a sampling assembly, a mucosal flora collection auxiliary assembly and a control module. The sampling assembly includes a sample chamber disposed in the enclosure, an outer sampling port on the enclosure, a connecting tube connecting the outer sampling port and the sample chamber, and a sampling switch for opening or closing the connecting tube. The mucosal flora collection auxiliary assembly includes a vibration motor disposed in the enclosure, and/or a counterweight at the outer sampling port. The control module includes a microprocessor in communication with the sampling switch and the vibration motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tianyi Yangdai, Yuhui BAO, Hangyu PENG, Fanhua MING
  • Publication number: 20210015469
    Abstract: A sampling capsule is provided. The sampling capsule includes an enclosure, a sampling assembly, a sample drawing assembly and a control module. The sampling assembly includes a sample chamber arranged in the enclosure, an outer sampling port on the enclosure, a sampling tube connecting the outer sampling port and the sample chamber, and a sampling switch for opening or closing the connecting tube. The sample drawing assembly includes a sample drawing port on the enclosure and connected to the sample chamber, and a silicone plug fitted in the sample discharging port. The control module includes a microprocessor communicating with the sampling switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tianyi Yangdai, Yuhui BAO, Hangyu PENG, Fanhua MING
  • Publication number: 20200342628
    Abstract: A method for measuring objects in digestive tract based on an imaging system is provided. The imaging system enters a calibration stage, and obtains a calibration image. A measurement stage enters, and the imaging system places in the digestive tract to capture at least one detection image. The depth distance zi from each pixel in the detection image to the imaging system is calculated, and it records as a depth image z(x, y). The scale r of each pixel in the detection image is calculated according to the depth image z(x, y). The actual two-dimensional coordinates Si? of each pixel point in the detection image are calculated by the scale r, and the actual three-dimensional coordinates (Si?, z(x, y)) of each pixel are obtained. The distance between any two pixels in the detection image or the area within any range is calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Tianyi Yangdai
  • Publication number: 20200342596
    Abstract: A method for measuring objects in a digestive tract based on an imaging system is provided. The imaging system captures a detection image in the measurement stage. The depth distance zi from a target point P? to a board is calculated, a correction factor is obtained according to the predicted brightness g?1(zi) of a reference point P in the detection image. The depth image z(x, y) from the actual position of each pixel to the board is calibrated by the correction factor. The scale r of each pixel is calculated according to the depth image z(x, y). The actual two-dimensional coordinates Si? of each pixel are calculated by the scale r, and the actual three-dimensional coordinates (Si?, z(x, y)) of each pixel are obtained. The distance between any two pixels in the detection image or the area within any range are calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Tianyi Yangdai
  • Publication number: 20200146541
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gastrointestinal sampling capsule includes an enclosure, a sampling port on the enclosure and a sampling module connected to the enclosure. The sampling port includes a plurality of sampling holes, and the sampling module includes a sample chamber and a sampling trigger unit which controls a connection or disconnection between the sampling port and the sample chamber to turn on sampling or turn off sampling. The gastrointestinal sampling capsule further includes a connecting passage arranged between the sample chamber and the sampling port, wherein an inlet of the connecting passage corresponds to the sampling port and an outlet of the connecting passage is connected to the sample chamber. A gap is provided between the plurality of sampling holes and the inlet of the connecting passage, through which the plurality of sampling holes are connected to the connecting passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tianyi Yangdai, Yuhui Bao