Patents by Inventor Xiaodong Zhang

Xiaodong 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: 10818011
    Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of image recognition, and provides a carpal segmentation and recognition method, including: performing threshold segmentation on a carpal region of interest on a child orthotopic wrist X-ray image based on an adaptive threshold segmentation manner of variable threshold segmentation windows, and extracting edge information of the carpal region of interest based on an edge detection manner; combining a binarized image obtained by performing the threshold segmentation with the extracted edge information to obtain an initial segmentation image; performing carpal recognition on the initial segmentation image by using a carpal anatomy priori model to obtain an initial recognition image including information of each carpal bone; and performing boundary optimization on the initial recognition image, and outputting a carpal recognition image obtained after the boundary optimization is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Qingmao Hu, Liyilei Su, Xiaodong Zhang, Xianjun Fu
  • Publication number: 20200325005
    Abstract: A suspension rail type greenhouse comprehensive information automatic cruise monitoring device, includes a sliding rail a sliding platform, and a lifting and lowering mechanism suspended on a greenhouse truss; a multi-sensor system which includes a binocular vision multifunctional camera, a laser ranging sensor, an infrared temperature measuring sensor, an illumination intensity sensor, and a temperature and humidity sensor, and an electronically controlled rotary pan-tilt mounted below the lifting and lowering mechanism of the sliding platform; a detection azimuth overlooks plant canopies; and a multi-sensor system configured to perform stationary point detection on the plant canopies one by one along planting lines of plants under the driving of the sliding platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Xiaodong ZHANG, Hanping MAO, Hongyan GAO, Zhiyu ZUO, Yixue ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10803831
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for adjusting picture quality of displayer, comprising: adjusting a core of a to-be-adjusted-displayer to make Gamma-value of the to-be-adjusted-displayer reach a target value under a preset gray scale, and taking the current Gamma-value of the core as ?n under the preset value; computing the value of ?n? corresponding to the to-be-adjusted-displayer by a preset algorithm based on the ?n, the values of ?0 and ?0? corresponding to a standard-PQ-displayer, which are under one same gray scale; and adjusting picture quality of the to-be-adjusted-displayer according to the ?n?. The present disclosure also discloses a device for adjusting picture quality of displayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN TCL NEW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Fujun Yang, Xiaodong Zhang
  • Patent number: 10791299
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for converting an HDR image into an SDR image. The method includes the following operations: acquiring, by a television terminal, input HDR image data, and processing, by the television terminal, the acquired HDR image data through a first normalization; linearizing, by the television terminal, the HDR image data processed through the first normalization; processing, by the television terminal, the linearized HDR image data through a second normalization; and converting, by the television terminal, the HDR image data processed through the second normalization into SDR image data with a supported format. The present disclosure further provides a television terminal and a computer readable storage medium. The present disclosure effectively avoids the technical problem of a poor image display effect caused by that the non-HDR receivers cannot show the HDR effect. The present disclosure enables non-HDR receivers to show the HDR effect and improves the image display effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN TCL NEW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaodong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200272817
    Abstract: A water stress detection method for tomatoes in a seedling stage based on micro-CT and polarization-hyperspectral imaging multi-feature fusion, comprising: using micro-CT to scan microscopic morphological features such as water stress stomata, spongy body, palisade tissue, cilia, vascular bundle, root volume, main root, and root hair density of tomatoes; using a polarization-hyperspectral imaging system to obtain macroscopic morphological features such as crown width, plant height, and leaf inclination of water stress plants, as well as leaf vein distribution, average gray, and leaf margin shaded area under a water-sensitive wavelength of 1450 nm, and macroscopic morphological features such as polarization states, stock vectors, and Mueller matrix variables of 1450 nm feature images at 0°, 45°, 90°, 135°, and 180° feature polarization angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Xiaodong ZHANG, Hanping MAO, Hongyan GAO, Zhiyu ZUO, Yixue ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10752120
    Abstract: A charging device of an automatic cruise platform for a greenhouse comprises a power monitoring module, an information transmission module and a sensor module, which are located on a movement monitoring platform (25), and a ground pressure sensor module, a charging module, an information receiving module (20), an information collection module (21), a control module (22), an AC-DC conversion module (23), and a power control module (24), which are located on a smart charging device (33). The device can automatically return to be charged at a cruise detection interval of a movement platform when the electric quantity is lower than a threshold, thereby improving the working efficiency and automation degree of a movement monitoring platform, reducing the labor management cost, and meanwhile greatly improving the reliability and safety of a charging docking process and facility power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xiaodong Zhang, Hanping Mao, Hongyan Gao, Zhiyu Zuo, Baijing Qiu, Hongtao Zhang, Yixue Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200264613
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle includes one or more sensors for detecting an object in an environment surrounding the autonomous vehicle and a vehicle computing system comprising one or more processors receiving canonical route data associated with at least one canonical route, and controlling travel of the autonomous vehicle based on sensor data from the one or more sensors and the canonical route data associated with the at least one canonical route. The at least one canonical route comprises at least one roadway connected with another roadway in a plurality of roadways in a geographic location that satisfies at least one route optimization function derived based on trip data associated with one or more traversals of the plurality of roadways in a geographic location by one or more autonomous vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Raymond Sturges, Alexander Edward Chao, Yifang Liu, Xiaodong Zhang, Richard Brian Donnelly, Bryan John Nagy, Jeff Schneider, Collin Christopher Otis
  • Publication number: 20200240794
    Abstract: A georeferenced trajectory system for vehicles receives trajectory data generated by a plurality of vehicle sensors and scaffolds of previously generated maps and aligns geometry data for a geographic region and trajectory data from the received data from different map builds. A scaffold of a geographic region to be mapped during an initial map build is generated, and the trajectory data from respective map builds is aligned with the scaffold of previously generated maps to generate a map of the geographic region. The resulting map expands the coverage of the existing map such that old and new map data is in a common consistent reference frame whereby the map may be built incrementally by merging or expanding local scaffolds and filling in the merged or expanded scaffold while ensuring global consistency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: David Prasser, Evan Herbst, Robert Zlot, Jennifer Joyce Padgett, Bryan John Nagy, Xiaodong Zhang, Michael Napoli, Adrian Rechy Romero
  • Publication number: 20200233415
    Abstract: A method of controlling navigation of autonomous vehicles includes accessing map data descriptive of the identity and location of different travel ways within a surrounding environment of an autonomous vehicle and accessing constraint data descriptive of one or more geographic areas or geographic identifiers, within the map data, for which associated navigational constraints are defined. The constraint data includes a depart constraint that specifies an area that an autonomous vehicle may not enter but may exit if inside the area when the depart constraint is imposed, thereby preventing the autonomous vehicle from being trapped in a forbidden area even though the autonomous vehicle may safely complete its route. A travel route is determined for the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the map data evaluated relative to the constraint data including the depart constraint, and motion of the autonomous vehicle is controlled based on the determined travel route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Adam Panzica, Xiaodong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200227541
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a ballistic transport semiconductor device based on nano array and a manufacturing method thereof. The ballistic transport semiconductor device based on nano array comprises a conducting substrate, more than one semiconductor nano bump portion is arranged on a first surface of the conducting substrate, a top end of the semiconductor nano bump portion is electrically connected with a first electrode, a second surface of the conducting substrate is electrically connected with a second electrode, the second surface and the first surface are arranged back to back, and the height of the semiconductor nano bump portion is less than or equal to a mean free path of a carrier. The carrier is not influenced by various scattering mechanisms in a transporting procedure by virtue of the existence of ballistic transport characteristics, thereby obtaining a semiconductor device having advantages of lower on resistance, less working power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO-TECH AND NANO-BIONICS (SINANO), CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Guohao YU, Fu CHEN, Wenxin TANG, Xiaodong ZHANG, Yong CAI, Baoshun ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10712522
    Abstract: A flooding composition comprising in weight percent (wt %) based on the weight of the composition: (A) 10-80 wt % of a first component comprising a polyolefin elastomer; and (B) 20-90 wt % of a second component comprising a bio-based fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Mohamed Esseghir, Karl M. Seven, Xiaodong Zhang, Yi Jin
  • Patent number: 10656645
    Abstract: A method for determining a canonical route includes receiving trip data associated with one or more traversals of a plurality of roadways in a geographic location by one or more autonomous vehicles. The method includes generating at least one canonical route based on the trip data, wherein the at least one canonical route includes at least one roadway connected with another roadway in the plurality of roadways. The method includes providing canonical route data associated with the at least one canonical route to an autonomous vehicle for controlling travel of the autonomous vehicle on the at least one canonical route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Raymond Sturges, Alexander Edward Chao, Yifang Liu, Xiaodong Zhang, Richard Brian Donnelly, Bryan John Nagy, Jeff Schneider, Collin Christopher Otis
  • Publication number: 20200110631
    Abstract: This application describes a virtual machine deployment method and an operation and maintenance management (OMM) virtual machine. The method includes: obtaining, by an OMM virtual machine, a quantity and a specification of service virtual machines created in virtual network function application software to which the OMM virtual machine belongs; and determining, by the OMM virtual machine based on load that needs to be carried by the application software and the quantity and the specification of the service virtual machines, a module to be configured for each service virtual machine. The described implementations avoid or reduce waste of virtual machine resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Feifei CHEN, Xiaodong ZHANG, Shaohe CAI, Xuefeng LU, Guangrui YOU
  • Patent number: 10591927
    Abstract: A smart mobile detection platform for a greenhouse comprises a frame, a front suspension assembly, a rear suspension assembly, a power assembly and a drive assembly for driving a mobile platform to move, a steering system for controlling the mobile platform to steer, an automatic-cruising pose-detection sensor module needed for automatic mobile platform cruising, a greenhouse environment and crop detection image sensor module (29), a signal collection module (30) for collecting a sensor signal, a central control system for controlling the mobile platform to move, an information transmission module, and a power module for supplying power to the whole mobile platform. By means of a central control system, a mobile platform completes automatic inspection of the greenhouse environment and crop growth information, and an automatic charging device provides supplemental electric energy to the mobile platform, thereby improving detection efficiency and accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xiaodong Zhang, Hanping Mao, Hongyan Gao, Zhiyu Zuo, Baijing Qiu, Hongtao Zhang, Yixue Zhang
  • Patent number: 10586458
    Abstract: A hybrid trip planning system can receive transport requests from requesting users, and determine a pick-up location from each transport request. The pick-up location can be within or external to an autonomy grid on which a plurality of autonomous vehicles (AVs) can operate in an autonomous mode. The system can further determine a drop-off location from the transport request, the drop-off location also being within or external to the autonomy grid. The system can select and route an AV to a most optimal entry and/or exit point of the autonomy grid based on the transport request, where the selected AV is to switch between a manual and an autonomous mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: UATC, LLC
    Inventors: Brett Bavar, Emily Bartel, Xiaodong Zhang, Molly Nix, Matthew Sweeney, Bryan Nagy
  • Publication number: 20200068161
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for converting an HDR image into an SDR image. The method includes the following operations: acquiring, by a television terminal, input HDR image data, and processing, by the television terminal, the acquired HDR image data through a first normalization; linearizing, by the television terminal, the HDR image data processed through the first normalization; processing, by the television terminal, the linearized HDR image data through a second normalization; and converting, by the television terminal, the HDR image data processed through the second normalization into SDR image data with a supported format. The present disclosure further provides a television terminal and a computer readable storage medium. The present disclosure effectively avoids the technical problem of a poor image display effect caused by that the non-HDR receivers cannot show the HDR effect. The present disclosure enables non-HDR receivers to show the HDR effect and improves the image display effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventor: Xiaodong ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10570176
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of polypeptide medicine, and relates to polypeptides against hepatitis B virus X Protein and uses thereof. Specifically, the present invention relates to polypeptides comprising D-amino acids, which have a function of inhibiting hepatitis B virus X protein, and inhibit HBx activities, inhibit replication of hepatitis B virus DNA and expression of related antigens (e.g., HBeAg) at molecular level, cellular level and animal level, and further inhibit hepatitis and hepatic cirrhosis caused by hepatitis B virus infection and liver cancer that occurs on the basis of hepatic cirrhosis. The polypeptides can be widely used in the prevention and treatment of liver diseases after hepatitis B infection, including hepatitis, hepatic cirrhosis, and liver cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Tianjin TOPTECH Bio-Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaodong Zhang, Lihong Ye
  • Publication number: 20200056895
    Abstract: Various examples are directed to systems and methods for navigating an autonomous vehicle. Trip plan data may describe a plurality of candidate vehicle start points, a plurality of candidate waypoints, and a plurality of candidate vehicle end points. A plurality of candidate routes may be determined between an algorithm start point and an algorithm end point. Each candidate route of the plurality of candidate routes may include at least one of the plurality of candidate waypoints and at least one of the plurality of candidate vehicle end points. A best rate may he determined using the plurality of candidate routes. The best route may include a first candidate vehicle start point, a first candidate waypoint, and a first candidate vehicle end point. The autonomous vehicle may be controlled along the best route from the first candidate vehicle start point towards the first candidate vehicle end point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Bryan John Nagy, Xiaodong Zhang, Brett Bavar, Misna Sameer
  • Patent number: 10554862
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and a method for retaining color gamut. The system includes: a first converting module, configured to convert a color system of the first color gamut into a first converted color gamut; a second converting module, configured to convert a color system of the second color gamut into a second converted color gamut; a coordinate point mapping module, configured to calculate a coordinate point in the second converted color gamut corresponding to each coordinate point in the first converted color gamut according to a corresponding algorithm; a correspondence table generating module, configured to generate a correspondence table of the first converted color gamut and the second converted color gamut; a standard color comparison table generating module, configured to generate the standard color comparison table according to the correspondence table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN TCL DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Tiantian Wang, Xiaodong Zhang, Renli Xie, Zeyin Wei
  • Publication number: 20200018609
    Abstract: Various examples are directed to systems and methods for routing an autonomous vehicle. A vehicle autonomy system may generate first route data describing a first route for the autonomous vehicle to a first target location and control the autonomous vehicle using the first route data. The vehicle autonomy system may determine that the autonomous vehicle is within a threshold of the first target location and select a second target location associated with at least a second stopping location. The vehicle autonomy system may generate second route data describing a route extension of the first route from the first target location to the second target location and control the autonomous vehicle using the second route data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Bryan John Nagy, Xiaodong Zhang, Brett Bavar, Colin Jeffrey Green