Patents by Inventor Yi Niu

Yi 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).

  • Patent number: 11126888
    Abstract: An object recognition method and apparatus for a deformed image are provided. The method includes: inputting an image into a preset localization network to obtain a plurality of localization parameters for the image, wherein the preset localization network comprises a preset number of convolutional layers, and wherein the plurality of localization parameters are obtained by regressing image features in a feature map that is generated from a convolution operation on the image; performing a spatial transformation on the image based on the plurality of localization parameters to obtain a corrected image; and inputting the corrected image into a preset recognition network to obtain an object classification result for the image. In the process of the neural network based object recognition, the embodiment of the present application first transforms the deformed image that has deformation, and then performs the object recognition on the transformed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: HANGZHOU HIKVISION DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yunlu Xu, Gang Zheng, Zhanzhan Cheng, Yi Niu
  • Publication number: 20210270674
    Abstract: A device for measuring surface temperature of a turbine blade based on a rotatable prism includes a probe, a prism rotating apparatus and an optical focusing apparatus. The prism rotating apparatus and the optical focusing apparatus are located inside the probe. The probe includes a probe outer casing, a probe inner casing, a water-cooled casing pipe, a sapphire window piece, a quartz prism, a light pipe, a collimating lens, a focusing lens and an infrared array detector. The prism rotating apparatus includes a rotary motor, a worm, a gear and a prism rotary table, the rotary motor rotates to drive the prism rotary table to rotate. The optical focusing apparatus includes a telescopic motor, a coupler, a lead screw and a drive rod, the telescopic motor rotates to drive the lead screw, so as to further drive the drive rod to move along the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Chao Wang, Jing Jiang, Anmei Qiu, Yekui Zhong, Yi Niu, Peifeng Yu, Zezhan Zhang, Ying Duan, Xueke Gou, Guiyun Tian
  • Publication number: 20210140761
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of measuring longitude deformation of blades. The radiation and rotation speed of the blade are collected by an optical probe and a synchronized rotation sensor. The stretch of the blade is able to be determined by the obvious change in the light intensity detected by the optical probe. The precision servo motor keeps driving the optical probe to move upward. The collected radiation is compared with the radiation collected on the previous point. The stretch of the blade is calculated based on position of the blade tip which is determined by the time when the high level radiation from the blade is disappeared. The longitude deformation of the blade is calculated by plugging the stretch into the deformation equation. Mapping the calculated deformation with the number of the blade calculated with rotation speed synchronizing signals to achieve the deformation of all the blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Chao Wang, Zezhan Zhang, Peifeng Yu, Yi Niu, Ying Duan, Xueke Gou, Yekui Zhong, Anmei Qiu, Pei Huang, Yuehai Zhang, Shan Gao, Jing Jiang
  • Publication number: 20210090819
    Abstract: A method for preparing a supercapacitor electrode material Ni doped CoP3/Ni foam is provided, and the CoP3 is applied to the supercapacitor for the first time. The method belongs to a technical field of synthesis and preparation of supercapacitor materials. The present invention adopts a low-temperature phosphating process to prepare the Ni-doped CoP3/foamed nickel as the electrode material of the supercapacitor, so as to provide advantages such as simple synthesis process, easy control, low cost and high specific capacity. The supercapacitor electrode material Ni doped CoP3/Ni foam prepared by the present invention has a hierarchical structure and a large specific surface area, which is beneficial to shorten an ion transmission path, reduce an interface resistance between the electrode material and electrolyte, provide more active sites, and provide a higher specific capacity in alkaline electrolyte. The electrode material shows great potential in electrochemical energy storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jing Jiang, Zhipeng Li, Xinrui He, Yalin Hu, Yi Niu, Ting Zhou, Chao Wang
  • Publication number: 20210074273
    Abstract: A speech information processing method includes: determining text information corresponding to collected speech information according to a speech recognition technology, wherein the text information comprises a word; with the word in the text information as a target word, determining one or more fuzzy words corresponding to the target word according to a phoneme sequence corresponding to the target and a preset phonetic dictionary, wherein the phonetic dictionary comprises a plurality of words and phoneme sequences corresponding to the plurality of words; and outputting the target word and the one or more fuzzy words corresponding to the target word.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi NIU, Hongyu WANG, Xuefang WU
  • Publication number: 20200334504
    Abstract: An image object recognition method, apparatus, and computer device are provided. The image object recognition method includes: performing feature extraction in the direction of a horizontal angle of view and in the direction of a vertical angle of view of an image respectively, to extract a lateral feature sequence and a longitudinal feature sequence of the image; fusing the lateral feature sequence and the longitudinal feature sequence to obtain a fused feature; activating the fused feature by using a preset activation function to obtain an image feature; and recognizing an object in the image by decoding the image feature. This solution can improve the efficiency of the object recognition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Zhanzhan CHENG, Yi NIU, Binghua LUO
  • Patent number: 10769476
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for detecting a license plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiliang Pu, Yi Niu, Zuozhou Pan, Binghua Luo
  • Patent number: 10755382
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for stitching image Chinese characters into a word. In the system, a scanning module scans a plurality of images, wherein a physical space of each image is mapped with one logic space on which a colliding unit is formed; when a collision event between the colliding unit of the image and a colliding unit of its neighboring image occurs in the logic space, an associating module associates the Chinese character corresponding to the colliding unit with the Chinese character corresponding to the colliding unit of its neighboring image to generate a word, and when the word was recorded in a pre-stored vocabulary, a displaying module displays the word; in this way, the system enables Chinese beginners to learn words such as compounds, idioms, and proverbs, which improves the efficiency of Chinese beginners to learn Chinese, promotes their learning enthusiasm, and enhances user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Inventor: Yi Niu
  • Publication number: 20200220063
    Abstract: A low-temperature high-performance thermoelectric material possesses a chemical formula of (AgyCu2?y)1?xTe1?zSez, wherein ?0.025?x?0.075, 0.6?y?1.4, 0<z?0.25, diffraction peaks of a main phase of the thermoelectric material are indexed as a cubic structure at room temperature of 300 K, a highest ZT value between 300 K and 673 K is in range of 0.4 to 1.6, an average ZT value (ZT)avg is in range of 0.2 to 1.4. The highest ZT value of this material at the room temperature is comparable to that of Bi2Te3, which is an excellent complement to existing low-temperature thermoelectric materials. At the same time, the present invention also indicates a new strategy to improve the low-temperature thermoelectric performance of Cu2X-based (here, X is S, Se, Te) materials, and lays a foundation for the application of Cu2X-based materials in the field of low-temperature thermoelectricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Jing Jiang, Yan Pan, Yi Niu, Ting Zhou, Rui Zhang, Xinrui He, Chao Wang
  • Patent number: 10670467
    Abstract: A device for measuring surface-temperature of a turbine blade, the device including a probe having a front-end mirror for receiving infrared radiation of a surface on the blade, a collimation lens for refracted the infrared radiation, a PD detector to receive the infrared radiation, and a focal-length servo; and a radial-scanning servo connected to the probe. The front-end mirror, the collimation lens, and PD detector are disposed along the optical axis of the collimation lens. The focal-length servo is adapted to move the collimation lens along the optical axis of the collimation lens. The radial-scanning servo is adapted to move the probe along the optical axis of the collimation lens. The device of the invention is capable of accurately targeting a particular point on the blade having an irregular shape for temperature measurement to accurately detect the temperature distribution on the surface of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA
    Inventors: Chao Wang, Jun Hu, Fei Wang, Zezhan Zhang, Jing Jiang, Jie Xiong, Yueming Wang, Tiezhong Ma, Dong Yan, Xueke Gou, Ting Zhou, Yi Niu, Pei Huang
  • Publication number: 20200134366
    Abstract: An object recognition method and apparatus for a deformed image are provided. The method includes: inputting an image into a preset localization network to obtain a plurality of localization parameters for the image, wherein the preset localization network comprises a preset number of convolutional layers, and wherein the plurality of localization parameters are obtained by regressing image features in a feature map that is generated from a convolution operation on the image; performing a spatial transformation on the image based on the plurality of localization parameters to obtain a corrected image; and inputting the corrected image into a preset recognition network to obtain an object classification result for the image. In the process of the neural network based object recognition, the embodiment of the present application first transforms the deformed image that has deformation, and then performs the object recognition on the transformed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yunlu XU, Gang ZHENG, Zhanzhan CHENG, Yi NIU
  • Patent number: 10541356
    Abstract: The present invention discloses CrN thermoelectric material and its preparation method, which belongs to the field of thermoelectric materials. Here, we provide a study for thermoelectric properties, hardness, wear-resisting performance and thermal stability of CrN. These results show that CrN possesses excellent mechanical properties and thermal stability. The hardness of the bulk CrN sample is as high as 735.76 HV, which is far superior to most of thermoelectric materials. The thermogravimetric analysis test indicates that CrN remain stable at 873 K. Friction and wear test results demonstrate that the low friction coefficient (˜0.42) and good wear resistance of CrN. The maximum ZT value of 0.104 is observed at 848 K. In this way, CrN may be a promising thermoelectric material in extreme environment application which requires both mechanical and thermoelectric properties. Such as collision avoidance systems and outerspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
    Inventors: Chao Wang, Junfeng Xia, Jing Jiang, Ting Zhou, Yide Chen, Yi Niu, Rui Zhang, Hanqing Tian, Yan Pan
  • Publication number: 20190096034
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for stitching image Chinese characters into a word. In the system, a scanning module scans a plurality of images, wherein a physical space of each image is mapped with one logic space on which a colliding unit is formed; when a collision event between the colliding unit of the image and a colliding unit of its neighboring image occurs in the logic space, an associating module associates the Chinese character corresponding to the colliding unit with the Chinese character corresponding to the colliding unit of its neighboring image to generate a word, and when the word was recorded in a pre-stored vocabulary, a displaying module displays the word; in this way, the system enables Chinese beginners to learn words such as compounds, idioms, and proverbs, which improves the efficiency of Chinese beginners to learn Chinese, promotes their learning enthusiasm, and enhances user experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventor: Yi NIU
  • Publication number: 20190073551
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for detecting a license plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Shiliang PU, Yi NIU, Zuozhou PAN, Binghua LUO
  • Publication number: 20180240955
    Abstract: The present invention discloses CrN thermoelectric material and its preparation method, which belongs to the field of thermoelectric materials. Here, we provide a study for thermoelectric properties, hardness, wear-resisting performance and thermal stability of CrN. These results show that CrN possesses excellent mechanical properties and thermal stability. The hardness of the bulk CrN sample is as high as 735.76 HV, which is far superior to most of thermoelectric materials. The thermogravimetric analysis test indicates that CrN remain stable at 873 K. Friction and wear test results demonstrate that the low friction coefficient (˜0.42) and good wear resistance of CrN. The maximum ZT value of 0.104 is observed at 848 K. In this way, CrN may be a promising thermoelectric material in extreme environment application which requires both mechanical and thermoelectric properties. Such as collision avoidance systems and outerspace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Chao Wang, Junfeng Xia, Jing Jiang, Ting Zhou, Yide Chen, Yi Niu, Rui Zhang, Hanqing Tian, Yan Pan
  • Publication number: 20180195907
    Abstract: A device for measuring surface-temperature of a turbine blade, the device including a probe having a front-end mirror for receiving infrared radiation of a surface on the blade, a collimation lens for refracted the infrared radiation, a PD detector to receive the infrared radiation, and a focal-length servo; and a radial-scanning servo connected to the probe. The front-end mirror, the collimation lens, and PD detector are disposed along the optical axis of the collimation lens. The focal-length servo is adapted to move the collimation lens along the optical axis of the collimation lens. The radial-scanning servo is adapted to move the probe along the optical axis of the collimation lens. The device of the invention is capable of accurately targeting a particular point on the blade having an irregular shape for temperature measurement to accurately detect the temperature distribution on the surface of the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Chao WANG, Jun HU, Fei WANG, Zezhan ZHANG, Jing JIANG, Jie XIONG, Yueming WANG, Tiezhong MA, Dong YAN, Xueke GOU, Ting ZHOU, Yi NIU, Pei HUANG
  • Publication number: 20180185923
    Abstract: A method of preparing a thermoelectric material comprising an iron-sulfur compound, the method including: 1) weighing, grinding, and mixing an iron salt and a sulfur-containing source to obtain a mixed powder; 2) carrying out a hydrothermal reaction with the mixed powder to obtain a black precipitate; 3) washing the precipitate; 4) drying the precipitate under vacuum to obtain FeS2 powder; 5) annealing the FeS2 powder under inert atmosphere to obtain annealed powder, where a heating temperature is from 300° C. to 1000° C., a heating time is from 2 hours to 24 hours, and a flow rate of an inert gas is from 30 mL/min to 200 mL/min; and 6) sintering the annealed powder to obtain a thermoelectric material including an iron-sulfur compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Chao WANG, Yi NIU, Jing JIANG, Yide CHEN, Junfeng XIA, Rui ZHANG, Ting ZHOU, Hanqing TIAN
  • Patent number: 9892131
    Abstract: A method for creating a virtual directory includes locating at least one file of a designated type by traversing a storage region, extracting attribute information of the at least one file, and creating a virtual directory according to the attribute information of the at least one file. The attribute information including at least two of a name, a play address, or episode information of the at least one file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Xiaomi Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Niu, Chuangqi Li, Yaozhong Li, Li Tian, Hui Wang, Cheng Qian
  • Publication number: 20150058386
    Abstract: A method for creating a virtual directory includes locating at least one file of a designated type by traversing a storage region, extracting attribute information of the at least one file, and creating a virtual directory according to the attribute information of the at least one file. The attribute information including at least two of a name, a play address, or episode information of the at least one file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Xiaomi Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Niu, Chuangqi Li, Yaozhong Li, Li Tian, Hui Wang, Cheng Qian