Patents by Inventor Tianzuo Zhou

Tianzuo Zhou 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).

  • Inlet spacing on road grades
    Patent number: 10606964
    Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and computer program products provides the ability to dynamically define and generate inlet spacing along a road in a building information model (BIM) computer aided design (CAD) three dimensional (3D) model. A representation of a road is acquired in the BIM CAD 3D model, wherein the representation includes a geometry. An inlet spacing is defined for the road. Inlet locations for inlets are determined based on the inlet spacing. A determination is made regarding whether the inlet spacing and inlets satisfy design rules for the road. When the inlet spacing and/or inlets fail to satisfy the design rules, a different inlet spacing is selected from a group of preset integers, and the process repeats until the design rules are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventors: Xiaoming Fei, Weihua Zhong, Lei Hua, Tianzuo Zhou, Jianwen Huang, Zeyi Xia, Yimeng He
  • INLET SPACING ON ROAD GRADES
    Publication number: 20180365348
    Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and computer program products provides the ability to dynamically define and generate inlet spacing along a road in a building information model (BIM) computer aided design (CAD) three dimensional (3D) model. A representation of a road is acquired in the BIM CAD 3D model, wherein the representation includes a geometry. An inlet spacing is defined for the road. Inlet locations for inlets are determined based on the inlet spacing. A determination is made regarding whether the inlet spacing and inlets satisfy design rules for the road. When the inlet spacing and/or inlets fail to satisfy the design rules, a different inlet spacing is selected from a group of preset integers, and the process repeats until the design rules are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Autodesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoming Fei, Weihua Zhong, Lei Hua, Tianzuo Zhou, Jianwen Huang, Zeyi Xia, Yimeng He