Patents by Inventor Yichao (Roger) SHEN

Yichao (Roger) SHEN 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: 20230244226
    Abstract: According to one aspect, a method includes obtaining, at a monitoring arrangement, a first supervisory request from a first vehicle, the first supervisory request arranged to indicate that the first vehicle has identified a first potential issue. The method also includes processing, at the monitoring arrangement, the first supervisory request, wherein processing the first supervisory request includes determining whether the first potential issue is to be mitigated. When it is determined that the first potential issue is to be mitigated, information is provided from the monitoring arrangement to a control arrangement, and the control arrangement takes control of the first vehicle based on the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Nuro, Inc.
    Inventors: Emily Anna Weslosky, Mark Rodrigo, Benjamin Caleb Carroll, Yichao (Roger) Shen, Eric Yuhao Yi, Nicholas Tang Moy, William Paul Maddern, Minlin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11481884
    Abstract: Techniques for image quality enhancement for autonomous vehicle remote operations are disclosed herein. An image processing system of an autonomous vehicle can obtain images captured by at least two different cameras and stitch the images together to create a combined image. The image processing system can apply region blurring to a portion of the combined image to create an enhanced combined image, e.g., to blur regions/objects determined to be less import (or unimportant) for the remote operations. The image processing system can encode pixel areas of the enhanced combined image using a corresponding quality setting for respective pixel areas to create encoded image files, e.g., based on complexity levels of the respective pixel areas. The image processing system can transmit the encoded image files to a remote operations system associated with the autonomous vehicle for remote operations support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: NURO, INC.
    Inventors: Yichao (Roger) Shen, Alexandr Bakhturin, Chenjie Luo, Albert Meixner, Ian Zhou, Hubert Hua Kian Teo, William Paul Maddern
  • Publication number: 20220157164
    Abstract: According to one aspect, a method includes identifying, in a scene around a vehicle, at least a first object, wherein the at least first object is identified using data obtained from a sensor system of the vehicle. The method also includes determining a first type associated with the at least first object, identifying at least a first indicator associated with the first type, and providing the at least first indicator associated with the first type to a display arrangement configured to display the scene and the at least first indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Nuro, Inc.
    Inventors: Emily Anna WESLOSKY, John David WEST, Aleena Pan BYRNE, Eric YI, Yichao (Roger) Shen
  • Publication number: 20210383517
    Abstract: Techniques for image quality enhancement for autonomous vehicle remote operations are disclosed herein. An image processing system of an autonomous vehicle can obtain images captured by at least two different cameras and stitch the images together to create a combined image. The image processing system can apply region blurring to a portion of the combined image to create an enhanced combined image, e.g., to blur regions/objects determined to be less import (or unimportant) for the remote operations. The image processing system can encode pixel areas of the enhanced combined image using a corresponding quality setting for respective pixel areas to create encoded image files, e.g., based on complexity levels of the respective pixel areas. The image processing system can transmit the encoded image files to a remote operations system associated with the autonomous vehicle for remote operations support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Yichao (Roger) SHEN, Alexandr BAKHTURIN, Chenjie LUO, Albert MEIXNER, Ian ZHOU, Hubert Hua Kian TEO, William Paul MADDERN