Patents by Inventor Yanbin Yuan

Yanbin Yuan 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).

  • Method and device for positioning and navigating
    Patent number: 9818196
    Abstract: A method for positioning and navigating for use in an electronic device, includes: obtaining an initial coordinate of a user; obtaining a preset number of one or more environment pictures in a preset geographic range corresponding to the initial coordinate, and obtaining an absolute coordinate corresponding to each of the obtained environment pictures from a preset correspondence relationship between different environment pictures and different absolute coordinates; obtaining, for each of the obtained environment pictures, a relative position between an object in the environment picture and the user; and determining current geographic position information of the user based on the relative position and the absolute coordinate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Xiaomi Inc.
    Inventors: Peng Zhou, Yanbin Yuan
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR POSITIONING AND NAVIGATING
    Publication number: 20150279040
    Abstract: A method for positioning and navigating for use in an electronic device, includes: obtaining an initial coordinate of a user; obtaining a preset number of one or more environment pictures in a preset geographic range corresponding to the initial coordinate, and obtaining an absolute coordinate corresponding to each of the obtained environment pictures from a preset correspondence relationship between different environment pictures and different absolute coordinates; obtaining, for each of the obtained environment pictures, a relative position between an object in the environment picture and the user; and determining current geographic position information of the user based on the relative position and the absolute coordinate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Peng Zhou, Yanbin Yuan