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).
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Publication number: 20260105786Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2025Publication date: April 16, 2026Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: EMRAH AKIN SISBOT, YASHAR ZEIYNALI FARID, XIAOFEI CAO, HARITHA MURALIDHARAN, KENTARO OGUCHI
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Publication number: 20260087033Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2024Publication date: March 26, 2026Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuta Tsubaki, Seyhan Ucar, Emrah Akin Sisbot, Xiaofei Cao, Yongkang Liu, Kentaro Oguchi
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Publication number: 20260045076Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2024Publication date: February 12, 2026Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: YONGKANG LIU, XIAOFEI CAO, EMRAH AKIN SISBOT, YASHAR ZEIYNALI FARID
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Patent number: 12525032Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 13, 2024Date of Patent: January 13, 2026Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Emrah Akin Sisbot, Xiaofei Cao, Hangquan Zhao
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Patent number: 12525070Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 7, 2023Date of Patent: January 13, 2026Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Emrah Akin Sisbot, Yashar Zeiynali Farid, Xiaofei Cao, Haritha Muralidharan, Kentaro Oguchi
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Patent number: 12511993Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 2, 2023Date of Patent: December 30, 2025Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yashar Zeiynali Farid, Emrah A. Sisbot, Xiaofei Cao, Haritha Muralidharan, Kentaro Oguchi
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Patent number: 12392639Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 7, 2023Date of Patent: August 19, 2025Assignees: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Emrah Akin Sisbot, Yashar Zeiynali Farid, Xiaofei Cao, Haritha Muralidharan, Kentaro Oguchi
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Publication number: 20250139796Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2023Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Seyhan Ucar, Xiaofei Cao, Emrah Akin Sisbot, Kentaro Oguchi
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Publication number: 20250050946Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2024Publication date: February 13, 2025Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Emrah Akin Sisbot, Xiaofei Cao, Hangquan Zhao
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Publication number: 20250054318Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2024Publication date: February 13, 2025Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Emrah Akin Sisbot, Xiaofei Cao, Hangquan Zhao
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Publication number: 20240271930Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: August 15, 2024Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Emrah A. Sisbot, Yashar Zeiynali Farid, Xiaofei Cao, Haritha Muralidharan, Kentaro Oguchi
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Publication number: 20240265748Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2023Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: EMRAH AKIN SISBOT, YASHAR ZEIYNALI FARID, XIAOFEI CAO, HARITHA MURALIDHARAN, KENTARO OGUCHI
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Publication number: 20240267178Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2023Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: EMRAH AKIN SISBOT, Yashar Zeiynali Farid, Xiaofei Cao, Haritha Muralidharan, Kentaro Oguchi
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Publication number: 20240262382Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2023Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: XIAOFEI CAO, EMRAH AKIN SISBOT, YASHAR ZEIYNALI FARID, HARITHA MURALIDHARAN, KENTARO OGUCHI
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Publication number: 20240265802Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2023Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yashar Zeiynali Farid, Emrah A. Sisbot, Xiaofei Cao, Haritha Muralidharan, Kentaro Oguchi
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Publication number: 20240263963Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2023Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: EMRAH AKIN SISBOT, YASHAR ZEIYNALI FARID, XIAOFEI CAO, HARITHA MURALIDHARAN, KENTARO OGUCHI
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Patent number: 9591471Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: ZTE CORPORATIONInventors: Jingxiang Liu, Xiaofei Cao, Changle Zou
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Publication number: 20150327050Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2013Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Jingxiang LIU, Xiaofei CAO, Lei YU
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Publication number: 20150237494Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2013Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Jingxiang Liu, Xiaofei Cao, Changle Zou
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Patent number: 8660553Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 21, 2010Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: ZTE CorporationInventors: Jianhong Chen, Xiaofei Cao