Patents by Inventor Xiaofei Cao

Xiaofei Cao 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: 20260105786
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for the reduction or elimination of redundant, uninteresting, and/or inefficient communications to remote devices (e.g. cloud servers) from vehicles collecting observation data. In-vehicle examples of the systems and methods are provided, wherein the associated methods for reducing or eliminating such redundant, uninteresting, and/or inefficient communications are performed on a vehicle. Cloud-based examples of the systems and methods are provided, wherein the associated methods for reducing or eliminating such redundant, uninteresting, and/or inefficient communications are performed on a remote device (e.g. a cloud server).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2025
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: EMRAH AKIN SISBOT, YASHAR ZEIYNALI FARID, XIAOFEI CAO, HARITHA MURALIDHARAN, KENTARO OGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20260087033
    Abstract: A system includes sensors that determine one or more attributes associated with operation of a vehicle when the vehicle is in a operational status and to capture sensor data associated with operation of the vehicle. The system includes one or more datastores, one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations. The operations include obtaining the captured sensor data, inferring a hierarchical criteria to implement selective retaining of the obtained sensor data based on the obtained attributes, selectively retaining a subset of the obtained sensor data according to the inferred hierarchical criteria, reformatting the selectively retained subset of the obtained sensor data; and persisting the reformatted and selectively retained subset of the obtained sensor data to the one or more datastores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Tsubaki, Seyhan Ucar, Emrah Akin Sisbot, Xiaofei Cao, Yongkang Liu, Kentaro Oguchi
  • Publication number: 20260045076
    Abstract: Embodiments provide systems and methods that tailor, based on driving scenario for a vehicle: (1) operation of a neural network (used to process image data obtained during the driving scenario) to skip a determined number of neural layers; and (2) input scale for image data provided to the neural network. In this way, systems and methods can scale computational power and efficiency for image processing tasks as needed based on the nature and relative complexity of different driving scenarios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2024
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: YONGKANG LIU, XIAOFEI CAO, EMRAH AKIN SISBOT, YASHAR ZEIYNALI FARID
  • Patent number: 12525032
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for adapted vehicle geometry include a vehicle and one or more processors. The vehicle includes a camera operable to generate an image of an environment surrounding the vehicle. The environment includes a parking space and an object removably attached to the vehicle. The one or more processors operable to identify the object as attached to the vehicle, generate, using a pre-trained depth algorithm, a depth map based on the image, generate a boundary of the parking space and a boundary of the vehicle combined with the object based on the depth map, determine whether a distance between the boundary of the parking space and the boundary of the vehicle combined with the object is less than a threshold value, and output an alert in response to determining that the distance is less than the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Emrah Akin Sisbot, Xiaofei Cao, Hangquan Zhao
  • Patent number: 12525070
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for the reduction or elimination of redundant, uninteresting, and/or inefficient communications to remote devices (e.g. cloud servers) from vehicles collecting observation data. In-vehicle examples of the systems and methods are provided, wherein the associated methods for reducing or eliminating such redundant, uninteresting, and/or inefficient communications are performed on a vehicle. Cloud-based examples of the systems and methods are provided, wherein the associated methods for reducing or eliminating such redundant, uninteresting, and/or inefficient communications are performed on a remote device (e.g. a cloud server).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Emrah Akin Sisbot, Yashar Zeiynali Farid, Xiaofei Cao, Haritha Muralidharan, Kentaro Oguchi
  • Patent number: 12511993
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein relate to configuring a hierarchical traffic management system. One embodiment receives, at a cloud server, a request from an application, the request including requirements and implicating configuration of a hierarchical traffic management system; determines, based on information received from one or more connected vehicles in an area of interest pertaining to the request, a minimum density of connected vehicles in the area of interest to meet the requirements; calculates an optimum number of connected vehicles to assign to a section manager in the hierarchical traffic management system; calculates the size of a section of the roadway to be managed by the section manager in the area of interest based, at least in part, on the minimum density of connected vehicles and the optimum number of connected vehicles; and activates the hierarchical traffic management system in accordance with the calculated size of the section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yashar Zeiynali Farid, Emrah A. Sisbot, Xiaofei Cao, Haritha Muralidharan, Kentaro Oguchi
  • Patent number: 12392639
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating a real-time lane-level traffic map based on outbound sensor information. In particular, some embodiments generate lane-level traffic maps using radar sensor information. The populated real-time lane-level traffic maps are shared to other vehicles and may be used by autonomous vehicle systems to maneuver the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Emrah Akin Sisbot, Yashar Zeiynali Farid, Xiaofei Cao, Haritha Muralidharan, Kentaro Oguchi
  • Publication number: 20250139796
    Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving the protection of a first vehicle using a second vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a predicted distance to at least one object using an image acquired by a camera of a vehicle, inferring a contextual feature about the image, and in response to determining the contextual feature is associated with a correction factor, correcting the predicted distance using the distance correction factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seyhan Ucar, Xiaofei Cao, Emrah Akin Sisbot, Kentaro Oguchi
  • Publication number: 20250050946
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for adapted vehicle geometry include a vehicle and one or more processors. The vehicle includes a camera operable to generate an image of an environment surrounding the vehicle. The environment includes a parking space and an object removably attached to the vehicle. The one or more processors operable to identify the object as attached to the vehicle, generate, using a pre-trained depth algorithm, a depth map based on the image, generate a boundary of the parking space and a boundary of the vehicle combined with the object based on the depth map, determine whether a distance between the boundary of the parking space and the boundary of the vehicle combined with the object is less than a threshold value, and output an alert in response to determining that the distance is less than the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Emrah Akin Sisbot, Xiaofei Cao, Hangquan Zhao
  • Publication number: 20250054318
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for vehicle environment detection include a vehicle and one or more processors. The vehicle includes a camera operable to generate an image of an environment surrounding the vehicle. The environment includes one or more parking spaces and an object removably attached to the vehicle. The one or more processors are operable to identify the object, generate, using a pre-trained depth algorithm, a depth map based on the image, generate a boundary of the parking spaces based on the depth map excluding the object, determine whether a distance between the boundary of the parking spaces and the vehicle is less than a threshold value, and output an alert in response to determining that the distance is less than the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Emrah Akin Sisbot, Xiaofei Cao, Hangquan Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240271930
    Abstract: A vehicle system of a vehicle may include comprising a controller programmed to obtain rotational speeds of a plurality of wheels of the vehicle at a plurality of time steps, determine a difference between speeds of one or more front wheels of the vehicle and speeds of one or more rear wheels of the vehicle at the plurality of time steps to generate wheel speed differential data, perform a wavelet transform of the wheel speed differential data to generate a continuous wavelet transform spectrum, identify one or more hot spots in the continuous wavelet transform spectrum comprising a plurality of data points having an amplitude within a predetermined frequency range greater than a predetermined detection threshold, and determine locations of one or more speed bumps based on the identified one or more hot spots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Emrah A. Sisbot, Yashar Zeiynali Farid, Xiaofei Cao, Haritha Muralidharan, Kentaro Oguchi
  • Publication number: 20240265748
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for the reduction or elimination of redundant, uninteresting, and/or inefficient communications to remote devices (e.g. cloud servers) from vehicles collecting observation data. In-vehicle examples of the systems and methods are provided, wherein the associated methods for reducing or eliminating such redundant, uninteresting, and/or inefficient communications are performed on a vehicle. Cloud-based examples of the systems and methods are provided, wherein the associated methods for reducing or eliminating such redundant, uninteresting, and/or inefficient communications are performed on a remote device (e.g. a cloud server).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: EMRAH AKIN SISBOT, YASHAR ZEIYNALI FARID, XIAOFEI CAO, HARITHA MURALIDHARAN, KENTARO OGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240267178
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for prioritizing downlink vehicle communication. Such systems and methods leverage transit-impacting event category determinations, and transit-impacting event category-specific parameters to quickly (and efficiently) provide tailored downlink vehicle communication priority orders to requesting transit-related services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: EMRAH AKIN SISBOT, Yashar Zeiynali Farid, Xiaofei Cao, Haritha Muralidharan, Kentaro Oguchi
  • Publication number: 20240262382
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for multi-object tracking, for example by vehicles, with data source prioritization. Some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to multi-vehicle, multi-object tracking and prioritization based on vehicle or sensor capabilities or accuracy levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: XIAOFEI CAO, EMRAH AKIN SISBOT, YASHAR ZEIYNALI FARID, HARITHA MURALIDHARAN, KENTARO OGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240265802
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein relate to configuring a hierarchical traffic management system. One embodiment receives, at a cloud server, a request from an application, the request including requirements and implicating configuration of a hierarchical traffic management system; determines, based on information received from one or more connected vehicles in an area of interest pertaining to the request, a minimum density of connected vehicles in the area of interest to meet the requirements; calculates an optimum number of connected vehicles to assign to a section manager in the hierarchical traffic management system; calculates the size of a section of the roadway to be managed by the section manager in the area of interest based, at least in part, on the minimum density of connected vehicles and the optimum number of connected vehicles; and activates the hierarchical traffic management system in accordance with the calculated size of the section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yashar Zeiynali Farid, Emrah A. Sisbot, Xiaofei Cao, Haritha Muralidharan, Kentaro Oguchi
  • Publication number: 20240263963
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating a real-time lane-level traffic map based on outbound sensor information. In particular, some embodiments generate lane-level traffic maps using radar sensor information. The populated real-time lane-level traffic maps are shared to other vehicles and may be used by autonomous vehicle systems to maneuver the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: EMRAH AKIN SISBOT, YASHAR ZEIYNALI FARID, XIAOFEI CAO, HARITHA MURALIDHARAN, KENTARO OGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9591471
    Abstract: A non-call service processing method, apparatus and system in a Circuit Switch Fallback (CSFB) system are provided. The method includes that UE transmits a location updating request to VLR2 where a new LAI is located; VLR2 receiving the location updating request transmits a location updating request to a HLR; the HLR receiving the location updating request transmits a location cancellation message carrying an address of VLR2 to VLR1 where original LAI is located; VLR1 receiving the location cancellation message forwards a received non-call service request to VLR2; VLR2 processes the received non-call service request, and transmits a processing result to VLR1; and VLR1 transmits the received processing result to the HLR or a GMLC which transmitted the non-call service request. Thus the interruption of a non-call service can be avoided, and the normal use of UE can be ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jingxiang Liu, Xiaofei Cao, Changle Zou
  • Publication number: 20150327050
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a mobility management entity (MME) for processing a circuit switched network service are provided. The method for processing a circuit switched network service includes: the MME receives a request for processing a circuit switched network service; and the MME interacts with a user equipment (UE) corresponding to the request, and processes the circuit switched network service. The technical solution solves the problem in the prior art that the UE needs to fall back to the traditional circuit switched network so as to receive the circuit switched network service, thereby reducing the network consumption, enhancing the network efficiency, and improving the user experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Jingxiang LIU, Xiaofei CAO, Lei YU
  • Publication number: 20150237494
    Abstract: A non-call service processing method, apparatus and system in a Circuit Switch Fallback (CSFB) system are provided. The method includes that UE transmits a location updating request to VLR2 where a new LAI is located; VLR2 receiving the location updating request transmits a location updating request to a HLR; the HLR receiving the location updating request transmits a location cancellation message carrying an address of VLR2 to VLR1 where original LAI is located; VLR1 receiving the location cancellation message forwards a received non-call service request to VLR2; VLR2 processes the received non-call service request, and transmits a processing result to VLR1; and VLR1 transmits the received processing result to the HLR or a GMLC which transmitted the non-call service request. Thus the interruption of a non-call service can be avoided, and the normal use of UE can be ensured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Jingxiang Liu, Xiaofei Cao, Changle Zou
  • Patent number: 8660553
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for bypassing intelligent services of a called user, applied in the case that a GMSC and VMSC are not the same MSC. The method comprises: the GMSC sending information to the VMSC as to whether the intelligent services of the called user are bypassed in the GMSC; the VMSC determining whether the intelligent services are bypassed in the GMSC, and determining whether the intelligent services are bypassed in the VMSC; and when the VMSC determines that the intelligent services are bypassed in the GMSC and are not bypassed in the VMSC, the VMSC not triggering the intelligent services; when the VMSC determines that the intelligent services are not bypassed in the GMSC and are bypassed in the VMSC, the VMSC sending a call release message to the GMSC. The invention further provides a system and VMSC for bypassing intelligent services of a called user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Jianhong Chen, Xiaofei Cao