Patents by Inventor Wun-Sheng YAO

Wun-Sheng YAO 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: 10830906
    Abstract: A method of adaptive weighting adjustment positioning has the following steps: performing an initialization procedure, determining whether a first feature point is detected; when the first feature point is detected, based on multiple positioning methods, multiple positioning information will be generated, and multiple weightings will be set, and then based on the weightings and the positioning information, calculating the positioning information output; by way of adaptive weighting adjustment among the multiple positioning methods, the multiple positioning methods can be integrated. In this way, even if one of the positioning methods is temporarily unavailable, the positioning information can still be calculated by weighting adjustment between the positioning information of the remaining two available methods, and that allows users to continue to obtain accurate positioning information to confirm the current location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH & TESTING CENTER
    Inventors: Wun-Sheng Yao, Che-Cheng Chang, Yi Yan
  • Patent number: 10704917
    Abstract: An image positioning method and an image positioning device for using the same is disclosed. The method finds the position of a vehicle that is driving on a road, and a plurality of signs is arranged on the road. Firstly, an electronic map having a plurality of paths, a plurality reference images, and characteristic positions of the plurality of paths and the plurality reference images is provided. Next, at least two positioning images of the signs closest to the vehicle are sequentially retrieved. The reference image identical to the positioning images are searched on the electronic map and used as characteristic images. When the order of all the characteristic images corresponds to the order of all the positioning images, the position of the vehicle is estimated according to the path corresponding to all the characteristic images and the characteristic positions of all the characteristic images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH & TESTING CENTER
    Inventors: Che-Cheng Chang, Yi Yan, Wun-Sheng Yao
  • Publication number: 20190204455
    Abstract: A method of adaptive weighting adjustment positioning has the following steps: performing an initialization procedure, determining whether a first feature point is detected; when the first feature point is detected, based on multiple positioning methods, multiple positioning information will be generated, and multiple weightings will be set, and then based on the weightings and the positioning information, calculating the positioning information output; by way of adaptive weighting adjustment among the multiple positioning methods, the multiple positioning methods can be integrated. In this way, even if one of the positioning methods is temporarily unavailable, the positioning information can still be calculated by weighting adjustment between the positioning information of the remaining two available methods, and that allows users to continue to obtain accurate positioning information to confirm the current location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH & TESTING CENTER
    Inventors: Wun-Sheng YAO, Che-Cheng CHANG, Yi YAN
  • Publication number: 20190195649
    Abstract: An image positioning method and an image positioning device for using the same is disclosed. The method finds the position of a vehicle that is driving on a road, and a plurality of signs is arranged on the road. Firstly, an electronic map having a plurality of paths, a plurality reference images, and characteristic positions of the plurality of paths and the plurality reference images is provided. Next, at least two positioning images of the signs closest to the vehicle are sequentially retrieved. The reference image identical to the positioning images are searched on the electronic map and used as characteristic images. When the order of all the characteristic images corresponds to the order of all the positioning images, the position of the vehicle is estimated according to the path corresponding to all the characteristic images and the characteristic positions of all the characteristic images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Che-Cheng CHANG, Yi YAN, Wun-Sheng YAO