Patents by Inventor Xiaofeng NIU

Xiaofeng NIU 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: 20250229751
    Abstract: A method for a brake control of a vehicle is provided. This method includes: obtaining a collision type of a current vehicle after the current vehicle is collided; obtaining driving information of the current vehicle according to the collision type; determining whether the current vehicle is in a safe state according to the driving information; obtaining driving parameter information of the current vehicle, and determining a consciousness state of a driver according to the driving parameter information when the current vehicle is determined as being in the safe state; and controlling the current vehicle to perform a brake operation when the consciousness state is determined as the non-rational driving state. According to this method, a problem of disabling of the driver's beneficial subjective risk-avoidance operations can be avoided, the secondary collision can be effectively avoided, and the damage to the vehicle due to the collision is alleviated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Longxing MA, Xiaofeng NIU, Yingfu ZHANG, Bo XU, Xuejun WANG, Shiliang ZHANG, Jiefu HE
  • Publication number: 20240336686
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides multi-specific molecules specific for SIPR-alpha and one or more target antigens, isolated polynucleotide encoding the same, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and the uses thereof. The present disclosure provides the multi-specific molecule provided comprises a SIRP-alpha binding domain, an activating receptor-binding domain comprising an Fc domain, and a target antigen binding domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Hongtao LU, Dawei SUN, Yanan GENG, Jing WANG, Haixia JIANG, Zhihao WU, Rui GAO, Xiaofeng NIU, Yangsheng QIU
  • Patent number: 12111433
    Abstract: A method and a system for providing calibration for a polychromatic photon counting detector forward counting model. Measurements with multiple materials and known path lengths are used to calibrate the photon counting detector counting response of the forward model. The flux independent weighted bin response function is estimated using the expectation maximization method, and then used to estimate the pileup correction terms at plural tube voltage settings for each detector pixel. The beam hardening corrections are then applied to the measured projection data sinogram, and the corrected sinogram is reconstructed to the counting image at the selected single energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaohui Zhan, Xiaofeng Niu, Ilmar Hein
  • Patent number: 12102471
    Abstract: A photon counting computed tomography (CT) method including receiving a first forward model including a set of first parameters and a set of second parameters corresponding to a plurality of materials and path lengths by scanning a slab at plural tube voltages and plural tube currents of an X-ray tube; evaluating an image quality of a material decomposition image reconstructed by the set of first parameters and the set of second parameters; and updating at least one second parameters from the set of second parameters if the image quality of the material decomposition image does not satisfy a predetermined threshold, wherein the updating is achieved by updating the at least one second parameter from the set of second parameters to an energy dependent parameter from a constant value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaohui Zhan, Xiaofeng Niu, Ruoqiao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11944484
    Abstract: A method and a system for providing calibration for a photon counting CT detector forward model for material decomposition. Various slabs of predetermined material and path lengths are placed in the photon counting CT detector and scanned using one or more stationary X-rays to obtain calibration data and parametrize the forward model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaohui Zhan, Xiaofeng Niu
  • Patent number: 11879856
    Abstract: A method and a system for providing calibration for a photon counting detector forward model for material decomposition. The flux independent weighted bin response function is estimated using the expectation maximization method, and then used to estimate the pileup correction terms at each tube voltage setting for each detector pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaohui Zhan, Xiaofeng Niu
  • Publication number: 20230329665
    Abstract: A photon counting computed tomography (CT) method including, but not limited to, receiving a first forward model including a set of first parameters and a set of second parameters corresponding to a plurality of materials and path lengths by scanning a slab at plural tube voltages and plural tube currents of an X-ray tube; evaluating an image quality of a material decomposition image reconstructed by the set of first parameters and the set of second parameters; and updating at least one second parameters from the set of second parameters if the image quality of the material decomposition image does not satisfy a predetermined threshold, wherein the update of the at least one second parameter from the set of second parameters is achieved by updating the at least one second parameter from the set of second parameters to an energy dependent parameter from a constant value. Processing circuitry that is part of a photon counting computed tomography (CT) can implement the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaohui ZHAN, Xiaofeng NIU, Ruoqiao ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230263499
    Abstract: A method and a system for providing calibration for a polychromatic photon counting detector forward counting model. Measurements with multiple materials and known path lengths are used to calibrate the photon counting detector counting response of the forward model. The flux independent weighted bin response function is estimated using the expectation maximization method, and then used to estimate the pileup correction terms at plural tube voltage settings for each detector pixel. The beam hardening corrections are then applied to the measured projection data sinogram, and the corrected sinogram is reconstructed to the counting image at the selected single energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaohui ZHAN, Xiaofeng NIU, Ilmar HEIN
  • Publication number: 20230174143
    Abstract: A control method and apparatus, which are applied to a vehicle with an electric power steering system. The electric power steering system comprises a first control subsystem and a second control subsystem. The method comprises: acquiring a front steering angle, a steering torque, a yaw rate and a vehicle speed of a vehicle; according to the front steering angle, the steering torque, the yaw rate and the vehicle speed, determining a vehicle yaw rate associated with a first control subsystem; determining, on the basis of the vehicle yaw rate, an expected deviation value associated with a second control subsystem; and determining a control parameter on the basis of the expected deviation value, such that the vehicle adjusts, according to the control parameter, the steering torque to run.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Youssef Ahmed GHONEIM, Yu SUN, Xiaofeng NIU, Yingfu ZHANG, Bo XU, Binbin WANG, Jianhong CHEN
  • Patent number: 11653892
    Abstract: A method and a system for providing calibration for a polychromatic photon counting detector forward counting model. Measurements with multiple materials and known path lengths are used to calibrate the photon counting detector counting response of the forward model. The flux independent weighted bin response function is estimated using the expectation maximization method, and then used to estimate the pileup correction terms at plural tube voltage settings for each detector pixel. The beam hardening corrections are then applied to the measured projection data sinogram, and the corrected sinogram is reconstructed to the counting image at the selected single energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaohui Zhan, Xiaofeng Niu, Ilmar Hein
  • Patent number: 11644587
    Abstract: A method and a system for a two-step calibration method for the polychromatic semiconductor-based PCD forward counting model, to account for various pixel summing readout modes for imaging at different resolutions. The flux independent weighted bin response function is estimated using the expectation maximization method, and then used to estimate the pileup correction terms at plural tube voltage settings for each detector pixel. To correct the variation of the detector response due to different PCD sub-pixel summing schemes, the embodiments calibrate forward model parameters based on the various pixel readout modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaohui Zhan, Xiaofeng Niu
  • Patent number: 11490874
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for calibrating an x-ray apparatus including acquiring sinogram data by scanning a symmetrical phantom using a plurality of detector channels; generating mirror-copied sinogram data by mirror-copying at least one of first sinogram data and second sinogram data of the acquired sinogram data, wherein the first sinogram data and the second sinogram data are generated by dividing the sinogram data at a center detector channel of the plurality of detector channels; outputting a first reconstructed image by reconstructing the mirror-copied sinogram data; and determining a calibration parameter based on the first reconstructed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaohui Zhan, Ilmar Hein, Xiaofeng Niu
  • Publication number: 20220313203
    Abstract: A method and a system for providing calibration for a photon counting CT detector forward model for material decomposition. Various slabs of predetermined material and path lengths are placed in the photon counting CT detector and scanned using one or more stationary X-rays to obtain calibration data and parametrize the forward model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaohui ZHAN, Xiaofeng NIU
  • Publication number: 20220296202
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for calibrating an x-ray apparatus including acquiring sinogram data by scanning a symmetrical phantom using a plurality of detector channels; generating mirror-copied sinogram data by mirror-copying at least one of first sinogram data and second sinogram data of the acquired sinogram data, wherein the first sinogram data and the second sinogram data are generated by dividing the sinogram data at a center detector channel of the plurality of detector channels; outputting a first reconstructed image by reconstructing the mirror-copied sinogram data; and determining a calibration parameter based on the first reconstructed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaohui ZHAN, Ilmar HEIN, Xiaofeng NIU
  • Publication number: 20220233162
    Abstract: A method and a system for providing calibration for a polychromatic photon counting detector forward counting model. Measurements with multiple materials and known path lengths are used to calibrate the photon counting detector counting response of the forward model. The flux independent weighted bin response function is estimated using the expectation maximization method, and then used to estimate the pileup correction terms at plural tube voltage settings for each detector pixel. The beam hardening corrections are then applied to the measured projection data sinogram, and the corrected sinogram is reconstructed to the counting image at the selected single energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaohui ZHAN, Xiaofeng NIU, Ilmar HEIN
  • Publication number: 20220229196
    Abstract: A method and a system for a two-step calibration method for the polychromatic semiconductor-based PCD forward counting model, to account for various pixel summing readout modes for imaging at different resolutions. The flux independent weighted bin response function is estimated using the expectation maximization method, and then used to estimate the pileup correction terms at plural tube voltage settings for each detector pixel. To correct the variation of the detector response due to different PCD sub-pixel summing schemes, the embodiments calibrate forward model parameters based on the various pixel readout modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaohui ZHAN, Xiaofeng NIU
  • Publication number: 20220128488
    Abstract: A method and a system for providing calibration for a photon counting detector forward model for material decomposition. The flux independent weighted bin response function is estimated using the expectation maximization method, and then used to estimate the pileup correction terms at each tube voltage setting for each detector pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaohui ZHAN, Xiaofeng NIU
  • Patent number: 11249035
    Abstract: A method and a system for providing calibration for a photon counting detector forward model for material decomposition. The flux independent weighted bin response function is estimated using the expectation maximization method, and then used to estimate the pileup correction terms at each tube voltage setting for each detector pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaohui Zhan, Xiaofeng Niu
  • Publication number: 20210404975
    Abstract: A method and a system for providing calibration for a photon counting detector forward model for material decomposition. The flux independent weighted bin response function is estimated using the expectation maximization method, and then used to estimate the pileup correction terms at each tube voltage setting for each detector pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaohui Zhan, Xiaofeng Niu
  • Publication number: 20210347908
    Abstract: Provided are anti-SIRP? antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof, isolated polynucleotides encoding the same, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same and the uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaofeng NIU, Jingfeng YU, Jinfeng ZHAO, Fengli WANG, Dan XU, Roumei XING, Zhihao WU, Qinglin DU, Yangsheng QIU, Robert H. ARCH, Hongtao LU