Patents by Inventor Yifei Zhang

Yifei Zhang 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: 20230020699
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting when a mobile device is left in a vehicle, and returning forgotten devices to owners. Additionally, systems and methods are provided for preventing mobile devices from being left in vehicles. In particular, sensors inside a vehicle as well as sensors on mobile devices can be used to identify when a mobile device remains in a vehicle after the owner has exited the vehicle and ended their trip. Systems and methods are provided for notifying the user of the forgotten device and intelligently returning the device to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Willem Gerrese, Jeremy Stephen Juel, Aakanksha Mirdha, Yifei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11527849
    Abstract: A charging dock, an electronic product, a charging system and a charging method are provided. The charging dock includes a housing, a first charging terminal, a first magnetic device, a first detection device and a first control circuit. The first charging terminal, the first magnetic device, the first detection device and the first control circuit are in the housing. The first magnetic device is to attract the charging plug near the first magnetic device to enable the charging plug to move in a direction towards the first charging terminal. The first control circuit is to control the first charging terminal to be energized when the first detection device detects that the first charging terminal is electrically coupled to the charging plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junmin Sun, Pan Ni, Yifei Zhang, Yan Ren
  • Patent number: 11505202
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle (AV) maintenance system engages a user of an AV to assist in maintenance tasks. A sensor interface receives data captured by a sensor of the AV. An issue detector processes the sensor data to detect an issue in the AV. A user interface module instructs a user to perform a maintenance task addressing the detected issue. A verification module verifies that the user successfully completed the maintenance task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Yifei Zhang, Jeffrey Shaw, Alexander Willem Gerrese, Jeremy Stephen Juel
  • Patent number: 11475755
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting when a mobile device is left in a vehicle, and returning forgotten devices to owners. Additionally, systems and methods are provided for preventing mobile devices from being left in vehicles. In particular, sensors inside a vehicle as well as sensors on mobile devices can be used to identify when a mobile device remains in a vehicle after the owner has exited the vehicle and ended their trip. Systems and methods are provided for notifying the user of the forgotten device and intelligently returning the device to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Willem Gerrese, Jeremy Stephen Juel, Aakanksha Mirdha, Yifei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11468594
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image processing method, device and apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium. The image processing method includes: obtaining an image and detecting multiple targets in the image; obtaining categories of multiple detected targets and first parameters of a detection frame corresponding to each detected target, and ranking all detected targets according to the first parameters in a descending order to obtain a dataset; obtaining a target with a highest first parameter in the dataset as a first detected target, and detecting whether the first parameter of a first detection frame corresponding to the first detected target satisfies a preset category condition of a category to which the first detected target belongs; detecting whether the first detection frame corresponding to the first detected target overlaps with a detection frame corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of detected targets except the first detected target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huanhuan Zhang, Tong Liu, Yifei Zhang, Xiaojun Tang
  • Publication number: 20220322479
    Abstract: A method for rejoining a network after network disconnection of a mobile terminal and related devices are provided. The method includes: a gateway determining whether to disconnect from a target mobile terminal; if yes, feeding back network disconnection information of the target mobile terminal to a server; receiving a supplementary broadcast frame instruction sent by the server; and the gateway sending a supplementary broadcast frame according to the supplementary broadcast frame instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Wei DENG, Yifei ZHANG, Kai ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20220314400
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an abrasive water jet full-section cutting type cutter head and application devices. The cutter head includes a cutter head body and a rotor eccentrically arranged on a working surface of the cutter head body. The rotor revolves with the cutter head body and also rotates about its own axis. At least one first nozzle is arranged on an edge of a working surface of the rotor. At least one group of second nozzles and at least one third nozzle are arranged on the working surface of the cutter head body, and the second nozzles and the third nozzle cooperate during the rotation of the cutter head body and the rotor, then a material to be cut is cut into a plurality of concentric rings, and the first nozzle cuts off the ring material to form fragments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dun LIU, Yifei ZHANG, Hongtao ZHU, Weijie ZHANG, Chuanzhen HUANG
  • Publication number: 20220307848
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining a passenger destination given a destination type. In particular, based on one or more conditions, a rideshare application selects one or more destination options for the user, and presents the one or more destination options to the user. The conditions can include user input criteria such as type of destination, pricing, and popularity, and external factors such as time of day and traffic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Willem Gerrese, Jeremy Stephen Juel, Aakanksha Mirdha, Yifei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220284792
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting when a mobile device is left in a vehicle, and returning forgotten devices to owners. Additionally, systems and methods are provided for preventing mobile devices from being left in vehicles. In particular, sensors inside a vehicle as well as sensors on mobile devices can be used to identify when a mobile device remains in a vehicle after the owner has exited the vehicle and ended their trip. Systems and methods are provided for notifying the user of the forgotten device and intelligently returning the device to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Willem Gerrese, Jeremy Stephen Juel, Aakanksha Mirdha, Yifei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11437761
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-current plug-in connector component and a high-current plug-in connector. The high-current plug-in connector component comprises a plug body provided with a center hole and a cable connecting hole in an inner cavity thereof, a silver cap which is welded to an outer side of an opening of the center hole, an elastic rubber arranged in the center hole, and a preset soldering tin arranged at a bottom of an inner side of the cable connecting hole, wherein the plug is slotted into three to six petals so that the plug is expanded to form an expansion plug; a head of the high-current plug-in connector component and a heel part of the plug are in a plugging engagement with a socket component of a corresponding plug-in connector, so that the high-current plug-in connector component is in electrical contact with corresponding plug-in connector component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING SENZHAO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yifei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220278241
    Abstract: A tuning method for active metamaterials using IGZO Schottky diodes, wherein the IGZO Schottky diode comprises a substrate, a Schottky electrode, amorphous IGZO active layer, and an ohmic electrode from the bottom up. The method comprises steps as follows: (1) Metamaterials are used as the Schottky electrodes, and amorphous IGZO active layers are used to fully cover the capacitive gap structures in the metamaterials; such capacitive structures in the metamaterials are bonded to the amorphous IGZO active layers to form Shottky barriers; (2) The resulting IGZO Schottky diodes from step (1) are used to tune the metamaterials dynamically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Yifei ZHANG, Aimin SONG, Haotian LING, Qingpu WANG
  • Publication number: 20220245792
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to system and method for image quality detection. The method may include: obtaining an image acquired by a camera; obtaining an image quality detection model, the image quality detection model being provided by training a machine learning model using a plurality of training samples; determining a detection result of the image using the image quality detection model; and in response to a determination that the detection result includes a quality anomaly of the image, generating a strategy in response to the quality anomaly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: BEIJING DIDI INFINITY TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haitao GAO, Yifei ZHANG, Guozhen LI, Youzeng LI, Zhangxi YAN, Peilun LI
  • Patent number: 11403839
    Abstract: A commodity detection terminal is disclosed, the commodity detection terminal includes: an image segmentation unit configured to obtain position information of each grid of a goods shelf in an image of the goods shelf based on a first image, which is an image of the goods shelf not placed with commodities; a detector unit configured to obtain a current grid where each commodity is located and a current quantity of each commodity based on a second image, which is a current image of the goods shelf placed with commodities; and a determination unit configured to compare the current grid and the current quantity with a preset grid and a preset quantity of the each commodity, so as to determine whether a status of each commodity satisfies a preset condition. A commodity detection method, an intelligent goods shelf system, a computer device, and a readable medium are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huanhuan Zhang, Tong Liu, Yifei Zhang, Xiaojun Tang
  • Patent number: 11400862
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method of controlling a rear-view mirror for a vehicle. The method includes determining a gaze position and a gaze direction of a user; and controlling the rear-view mirror based on the user's gaze position and gaze direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Gu, Ying Zhang, Yifei Zhang, Kai Zhao, Hongli Ding
  • Publication number: 20220234627
    Abstract: Systems and methods for creation of custom behavior zones for autonomous vehicles, providing a more tailored experience for passengers as well as businesses. Custom behavior zones allow passengers to request or select a specific pick-up/drop-off location on private property. In some examples, custom behavior zones are created in private gated communities, on residential properties with long driveways, on government property, and at businesses that have multiple entrances and/or offer different services at various locations on the business property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Stephen Juel, Alexander Willem Gerrese, Yifei Zhang, Aakanksha Mirdha
  • Publication number: 20220238023
    Abstract: Systems and methods for customizable autonomous vehicle service for large scale events. A centralized ride management system allows event hosts to integrate with a rideshare vehicle fleet for booking, customizing, tracking, and managing guest rides. The centralized ride management system collects basic event information from the host, such as event location, event start time, number of event guests, and guest pick-up locations. Using this information, the centralized ride management system schedules various guest pick-up times and determines routes to the event location that optimize traffic conditions and reduce congestion at the drop-off location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Aakanksha Mirdha, Alexander Willem Gerrese, Jeremy Stephen Juel, Yifei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11342766
    Abstract: A shopping cart charging device, a charging system, an escalator and a shopping cart is disclosed. The shopping cart charging device includes a charging electrode configured to be disposed on a wheel of a shopping cart. The charging electrode is configured to allow electrical connection with a power supply electrode disposed on an escalator, so as to charge the shopping cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tailiang Li, Yifei Zhang, Hongtao Guan, Ying Zhang, Hua Cao
  • Patent number: 11320647
    Abstract: Alloys of GeSbSeTe (GSST) can be used to make actively tunable infrared transmission filters that are small, fast, and solid-state. These filters can be used for hyperspectral imaging, 3D LIDAR, portable bio/chem sensing systems, thermal emission control, and tunable filters. GSST is a low-loss phase-change material that can switch from a low-index (n=3), amorphous state to a high-index (n=4.5), hexagonal state with low loss (k<0.3) over a wavelength range of 2-10 microns or more. The GSST thickness can be selected to provide pure phase modulation, pure amplitude modulation, or coupled phase and amplitude modulation. GSST can be switched thermally in an oven, optically with visible light, or electrically via Joule heating at speeds from kilohertz to Gigahertz. It operates with reversible and polarization independent transmission switching over a wide incident angle (e.g., 0-60 degrees).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jeffrey Chou, Vladimir Liberman, Juejun Hu, Yifei Zhang, William Herzog, Jason Stewart, Christopher Roberts
  • Publication number: 20220120569
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for long distance trips in an autonomous vehicle fleet. In particular, systems and methods are provided for autonomous vehicle trips that are a longer distance than a vehicle can travel without recharging. In some implementations, a user is provided an option between stopping to recharge the autonomous vehicle and switching from a first autonomous vehicle to a second autonomous vehicle at a selected stopping location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Willem Gerrese, Aakanksha Mirdha, Yifei Zhang, Jeremy Stephen Juel
  • Publication number: 20220119005
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for autonomous vehicle passenger safety monitoring following an autonomous vehicle route. In particular, an autonomous vehicle waits for a selected time period after a passenger exits the vehicle. In some examples, the autonomous vehicle remains until the passenger has entered a building at the passenger's destination. In some examples, the autonomous vehicle remains until the passenger is no longer detectable by the vehicle's sensors. During the waiting period, the passenger may choose to re-enter the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Willem Gerrese, Jeremy Stephen Juel, Yifei Zhang