Patents by Inventor YANGFAN CHEN

YANGFAN CHEN 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: 20220333938
    Abstract: The vehicle lane changing trajectory planning method includes: determining a starting point and an end point of a to-be-planned path on a grid lane changing map, which is a gridded local map reflecting a lane changing condition and takes a road boundary as a map boundary; performing weight allocation on all grids in the grid lane changing map by using a potential function; searching for optimal solutions corresponding to different weight requirements between the starting point and the end point; smoothing the optimal solutions corresponding to the different weight requirements to obtain lane changing trajectories corresponding to the different weight requirements; and selecting an optimal lane changing trajectory from the lane changing trajectories corresponding to the different weight requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Shaanxi University of Technology
    Inventors: Jin HAN, Yangfan CHEN, Likun CUI, Renhe ZHAI
  • Patent number: 11376535
    Abstract: Microfluidic devices to efficiently remove particulate matter (PM) in air are provided, as are methods of fabricating and using the same. A device can include a channel having a structure configured to generate chaotic advective flow in air within the channel. The channel structure can include a plurality of SHMs disposed within the channel, where each SHM comprises a plurality of grooves each having a width of 200 ?m or less and a spacing between each groove of 200 ?m or less. The plurality of SHMs can be configured to introduce microvortices in air flow within the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yangfan Chen, Ho Nam Chan, Hongkai Wu
  • Publication number: 20190336898
    Abstract: Microfluidic devices to efficiently remove particulate matter (PM) in air are provided, as are methods of fabricating and using the same. A device can include a channel having a structure configured to generate chaotic advective flow in air within the channel. The channel structure can include a plurality of SHMs disposed within the channel, where each SHM comprises a plurality of grooves each having a width of 200 ?m or less and a spacing between each groove of 200 ?m or less. The plurality of SHMs can be configured to introduce microvortices in air flow within the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: YANGFAN CHEN, HO NAM CHAN, HONGKAI WU