Patents by Inventor YICHUAN GUI

YICHUAN GUI 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: 11856881
    Abstract: A computer system is provided comprising a classification model management server computer configured, by instructions, to: receive a new image from a user device; apply a first digital model to first regions within the new image for classifying each of the first regions into a particular class; apply a second digital model to second regions within the new image for classifying each of the second regions into a particular class; and transmit classification data related to the class of the first regions and the class of the second regions to the user device. In connection therewith, the second regions each generally correspond to a combination of multiple first regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: CLIMATE LLC
    Inventors: Wei Guan, Yichuan Gui
  • Patent number: 11852618
    Abstract: A system and processing methods for configuring and utilizing a convolutional neural network (CNN) for plant disease recognition are disclosed. In some embodiments, the system is programmed to collect photos of infected plants or leaves where regions showing symptoms of infecting diseases are marked. Each photo may have multiple marked regions. Depending on how the symptoms are sized or clustered, one marked region may include only one lesion caused by one disease, while another may include multiple, closely-spaced lesions caused by one disease. The system is programmed to determine anchor boxes having distinct aspect ratios from these marked regions for each convolutional layer of a single shot multibox detector (SSD). For certain types of plants, common diseases lead to relatively many aspect ratios, some having relatively extreme values. The system is programmed to then train the SSD using the marked regions and the anchor boxes and apply the SSD to new photos to identify diseased plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: CLIMATE LLC
    Inventors: Yichuan Gui, Wei Guan
  • Publication number: 20230225239
    Abstract: A computer system is provided comprising a classification model management server computer configured, by instructions, to: receive a new image from a user device; apply a first digital model to first regions within the new image for classifying each of the first regions into a particular class; apply a second digital model to second regions within the new image for classifying each of the second regions into a particular class; and transmit classification data related to the class of the first regions and the class of the second regions to the user device. In connection therewith, the second regions each generally correspond to a combination of multiple first regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Wei Guan, Yichuan Gui
  • Patent number: 11615276
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a plant image from a user device and applying a first digital model to first regions within the image for classifying each of the first regions into a class of a first set of classes corresponding to a first plurality of plant diseases, a healthy condition, or a combination of a second plurality of plant diseases. The method also includes applying a second digital model to one or more second regions within the image for classifying each of the one or more second regions into a class of a second set of classes corresponding to the second plurality of plant diseases. The method then includes transmitting classification data related to the classes of the first set of classes and the classes of the second set of classes to the user device into which the regions are classified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: CLIMATE LLC
    Inventors: Wei Guan, Yichuan Gui
  • Publication number: 20220121887
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a plant image from a user device and applying a first digital model to first regions within the image for classifying each of the first regions into a class of a first set of classes corresponding to a first plurality of plant diseases, a healthy condition, or a combination of a second plurality of plant diseases. The method also includes applying a second digital model to one or more second regions within the image for classifying each of the one or more second regions into a class of a second set of classes corresponding to the second plurality of plant diseases. The method then includes transmitting classification data related to the classes of the first set of classes and the classes of the second set of classes to the user device into which the regions are classified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Wei Guan, Yichuan Gui
  • Patent number: 11216702
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: THE CLIMATE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yichuan Gui, Wei Guan
  • Publication number: 20200393435
    Abstract: A system and processing methods for configuring and utilizing a convolutional neural network (CNN) for plant disease recognition are disclosed. In some embodiments, the system is programmed to collect photos of infected plants or leaves where regions showing symptoms of infecting diseases are marked. Each photo may have multiple marked regions. Depending on how the symptoms are sized or clustered, one marked region may include only one lesion caused by one disease, while another may include multiple, closely-spaced lesions caused by one disease. The system is programmed to determine anchor boxes having distinct aspect ratios from these marked regions for each convolutional layer of a single shot multibox detector (SSD). For certain types of plants, common diseases lead to relatively many aspect ratios, some having relatively extreme values. The system is programmed to then train the SSD using the marked regions and the anchor boxes and apply the SSD to new photos to identify diseased plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: YICHUAN GUI, WEI GUAN
  • Publication number: 20200342273
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Yichuan Gui, Wei Guan
  • Patent number: 10761075
    Abstract: A system and processing methods for configuring and utilizing a convolutional neural network (CNN) for plant disease recognition are disclosed. In some embodiments, the system is programmed to collect photos of infected plants or leaves where regions showing symptoms of infecting diseases are marked. Each photo may have multiple marked regions. Depending on how the symptoms are sized or clustered, one marked region may include only one lesion caused by one disease, while another may include multiple, closely-spaced lesions caused by one disease. The system is programmed to determine anchor boxes having distinct aspect ratios from these marked regions for each convolutional layer of a single shot multibox detector (SSD). For certain types of plants, common diseases lead to relatively many aspect ratios, some having relatively extreme values. The system is programmed to then train the SSD using the marked regions and the anchor boxes and apply the SSD to new photos to identify diseased plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: THE CLIMATE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yichuan Gui, Wei Guan
  • Patent number: 10713542
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the system is programmed to build from multiple training sets multiple digital models, each for recognizing plant diseases having symptoms of similar sizes. Each digital model can be implemented with a deep learning architecture that classifies an image into one of several classes. For each training set, the system is thus programmed to collect images showing symptoms of one or more plant diseases having similar sizes. These images are then assigned to multiple disease classes. For a first one of the training sets used to build the first digital model, the system is programmed to also include images that correspond to a healthy condition and images of symptoms having other sizes. These images are then assigned to a no-disease class and a catch-all class. Given a new image from a user device, the system is programmed to then first apply the first digital model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: THE CLIMATE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yichuan Gui, Wei Guan
  • Publication number: 20200134392
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the system is programmed to build from multiple training sets multiple digital models, each for recognizing plant diseases having symptoms of similar sizes. Each digital model can be implemented with a deep learning architecture that classifies an image into one of several classes. For each training set, the system is thus programmed to collect images showing symptoms of one or more plant diseases having similar sizes. These images are then assigned to multiple disease classes. For a first one of the training sets used to build the first digital model, the system is programmed to also include images that correspond to a healthy condition and images of symptoms having other sizes. These images are then assigned to a no-disease class and a catch-all class. Given a new image from a user device, the system is programmed to then first apply the first digital model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: YICHUAN GUI, WEI GUAN
  • Publication number: 20200124581
    Abstract: A system and processing methods for configuring and utilizing a convolutional neural network (CNN) for plant disease recognition are disclosed. In some embodiments, the system is programmed to collect photos of infected plants or leaves where regions showing symptoms of infecting diseases are marked. Each photo may have multiple marked regions. Depending on how the symptoms are sized or clustered, one marked region may include only one lesion caused by one disease, while another may include multiple, closely-spaced lesions caused by one disease. The system is programmed to determine anchor boxes having distinct aspect ratios from these marked regions for each convolutional layer of a single shot multibox detector (SSD). For certain types of plants, common diseases lead to relatively many aspect ratios, some having relatively extreme values. The system is programmed to then train the SSD using the marked regions and the anchor boxes and apply the SSD to new photos to identify diseased plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: YICHUAN GUI, WEI GUAN