Patents by Inventor Yingnan Liu

Yingnan Liu 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: 20210004732
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reserving a vehicle are provided. The method includes: receiving a vehicle reservation request submitted by a user, the vehicle reservation request including departure place information and destination information; and sending the vehicle reservation request to a server providing support to a reservation of the vehicle, the server being configured to determine, based on the vehicle reservation request, an autonomous driving vehicle for picking up and dropping off the user. According to the embodiments, the labor costs of user travel are reduced and the safety of user travel is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Yue Wang, Ruihao Min, Jingjing Xue, Yingnan Liu, Wenlong Rao, Wei Gong
  • Publication number: 20210006343
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and an apparatus for pushing information, a method and an apparatus for controlling presentation of content. The method for pushing information includes: determining vehicle information of a communicatively connected autonomous vehicle, the vehicle information including autonomous vehicle driving route information; selecting to-be-played content matching the vehicle information from a pre-stored set of to-be-played contents according to the vehicle information, and storing the elected to-be-played content to the sub-set of to-be-played contents; and transmitting the sub-set of to-be-played contents to the autonomous vehicle so that the autonomous vehicle plays the to-be-played content in the sub-set of to-be-played contents. According to the embodiment, targeted to-be-played content can be sent to the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Yue Wang, Zelin Wu, Jingjing Xue, Yingnan Liu, Wenlong Rao, Zijie Wang
  • Publication number: 20210004022
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus and a control system for controlling a mobile robot are provided. The method includes: receiving a motion mode change request sent by a target mobile robot, the motion mode change request including motion mode information, and the motion mode information being information of a motion mode to be obtained by change requested by the target mobile robot; determining whether the target mobile robot has a permission to move in the motion mode; and sending motion confirmation information for the motion mode change request to the target mobile robot to control the target mobile robot to move in the motion mode, in response to determining that the target mobile robot has the permission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Yue Wang, Zelin Wu, Jingjing Xue, Yingnan Liu, Wenlong Rao, Shi Hu
  • Publication number: 20210001887
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling an autonomous driving vehicle are provided. The method includes: receiving environment information sent by an autonomous driving vehicle, the environment information including vehicle exterior environment information; determining whether the autonomous driving vehicle is in an abnormal operation status, based on the vehicle exterior environment information and operation information of an operation executed by the autonomous driving vehicle; and sending a braking control instruction and a data acquisition instruction to the autonomous driving vehicle, in response to determining that the autonomous driving vehicle is in the abnormal operation status, the braking control instruction being used for controlling braking of the autonomous driving vehicle, and the data acquisition instruction being used for acquiring data of a driving recorder in the autonomous driving vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Yue Wang, Zelin Wu, Jingjing Xue, Yingnan Liu, Wenlong Rao, Zijie Wang, Wei Gong
  • Publication number: 20210001895
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling a mobile robot, and a control system are provided. The method includes: in response to receiving a start request sent by a mobile robot, obtaining at least one of the position information or condition information of the mobile robot; determining a speed limit value of the mobile robot according to the obtained information; and sending a start instruction including the speed limit value to the mobile robot, so as to control the mobile robot to move at a speed smaller than or equal to the speed limit value. The implementation improves the motion safety of a mobile robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Yue Wang, Zelin Wu, Jingjing Xue, Yingnan Liu, Wenlong Rao, Shi Hu
  • Publication number: 20200193198
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for remotely controlling a self-driving vehicle, including: a control device receives operation state information of the vehicle to be controlled transmitted by the vehicle, and video data and/or audio data of a passenger in the vehicle; determines a first abnormal parameter of the vehicle according to the operation state information of the vehicle; determines a second abnormal parameter of an emotion of the passenger in the vehicle according to the video data and/or audio data of the passenger in the vehicle; and controls the vehicle remotely according to the first abnormal parameter and the second abnormal parameter. It is possible to avoid the situation that the passenger in the vehicle performs a wrong manipulation on the vehicle due to a large emotional fluctuation in an emergency, thus making the control of the vehicle more safe and reliable in the emergency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: ZIJIE WANG, YINGNAN LIU, WENLONG RAO, JINGJING XUE, HAILONG SUN, SHI HU, YUE WANG
  • Publication number: 20200193347
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vehicle passenger flow statistical method, including: acquiring, by a server, door opening time and door closing time of a vehicle during any one door opening and closing process of door opening and closing processes in a pending statistical period; acquiring, by the server, a first set of images and a second set of images in a carriage of the vehicle according to the door opening time and the door closing time; and acquiring, by the server, the number of on-board people and the number of off-board people during the door opening and closing process according to the first set of images and the second set of images. The present disclosure can improve efficiency and accuracy of passenger flow statistics according to which an operation plan of the vehicle may be optimized timely and effectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: ZIJIE WANG, YINGNAN LIU, WENLONG RAO, JINGJING XUE, YUE WANG
  • Publication number: 20200150681
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling an unmanned vehicle to perform route verification are disclosed. A method may include: receiving to-be-verified route information sent by a cloud server in communication connection, the to-be-verified route information including road information and expected traveling state information corresponding to a road section on a road characterized by the road information, and the expected traveling state information being used to characterize an expected traveling state of the unmanned vehicle on the corresponding road section; and performing following verification according to a set period during driving of the unmanned vehicle along the road: detecting a traveling state of the unmanned vehicle; and determining a verification result of the to-be-verified route information, based on a matching relationship between the detected traveling state and an expected traveling state corresponding to a road section of a current location in the to-be-verified route information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Yue Wang, Zelin Wu, Jingjing Xue, Yingnan Liu, Wenlong Rao, Zijie Wang
  • Patent number: 10134451
    Abstract: An apparatus includes logic to determine a discharge drop of a capacitor and to adjust an enablement charge level of the capacitor according to the discharge drop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: AgigA Tech Inc
    Inventors: Ronald H. Sartore, Yingnan Liu, Lane Hauck
  • Patent number: 10108567
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a first circuit, a second circuit and a channel decoder. The first circuit may comprise (i) a controller port and (ii) a plurality of memory ports. The second circuit may comprise (i) input port and (ii) a plurality of output ports. The channel decoder may be configured to decode a selection signal. The channel decoder may be configured to select (i) one of the plurality of memory ports and (ii) one of the plurality of output ports in response to the decoded selection signal. The selection signal may be received by the controller port and the channel decoder in a first mode. The selection signal may be received by the input port and the channel decoder in a second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Yingnan Liu
  • Publication number: 20180181510
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a first circuit, a second circuit and a channel decoder. The first circuit may comprise (i) a controller port and (ii) a plurality of memory ports. The second circuit may comprise (i) input port and (ii) a plurality of output ports. The channel decoder may be configured to decode a selection signal. The channel decoder may be configured to select (i) one of the plurality of memory ports and (ii) one of the plurality of output ports in response to the decoded selection signal. The selection signal may be received by the controller port and the channel decoder in a first mode. The selection signal may be received by the input port and the channel decoder in a second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventor: Yingnan Liu
  • Patent number: 9972365
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory module includes a volatile memory circuit; an interface to a reference voltage source external to the module providing an external reference voltage to the volatile memory circuit by which the volatile memory circuit and external devices may communicate reliably at high speeds; an internal reference voltage generator; and a control circuit adapted to cause the volatile memory circuit to be decoupled from using the external reference voltage and coupled to using a reference voltage from the internal reference voltage generator upon the non-volatile memory module ceasing to draw power from an external power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: AGIGA TECH INC.
    Inventors: Yingnan Liu, Ying Cai
  • Patent number: 9842628
    Abstract: An apparatus includes logic to determine a discharge drop of a capacitor and to adjust an enablement charge level of the capacitor according to the discharge drop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: AGIGA TECH INC.
    Inventors: Ronald H Sartore, Yingnan Liu, Lane Hauck
  • Patent number: 8374049
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory module includes a volatile memory circuit and a reference voltage generator coupled to supply a reference voltage to the volatile memory circuit. The reference voltage provides a level by which the volatile memory and external devices may communicate reliably at high speeds. The reference voltage is applied to an external interface of the non-volatile memory module through an isolation circuit. A control circuit coupled to the isolation interface and to a circuit which is adapted to detect when the non-volatile memory module no longer draws power from an external source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: AgigA Tech Inc.
    Inventors: Yingnan Liu, Ying Cai
  • Patent number: 8351353
    Abstract: A method for realizing forward channel sharing in time division communication system, which completes group configuration at the cluster control service center server and modifies the attributes of all the users to enable the users to support multi-user packet MUP service, including: (a) the cluster user initiates a group call; the access network allocates a unique group identifier MACIndex for the group call after receiving the call request from the calling cluster user and informs all of the users within the group about this MACIndex (201); (b) after the communication starts (202), the access network packets the user data of one or more groups with multi-user packet MUP, packets the user data of each group into one sub-packet and does scheduling, then transmits the packets through forward channel (203); (c) after receiving the MUP packets from the forward channel, the cluster user looks into the MUP packets for the sub-packet that matches the MACIndex of its group, thereby realizing group communication (204
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Zhongshi Xie, Yingnan Liu, Guo Yang, Zihua Xu, Yiling Liu, Zongzheng Li
  • Publication number: 20110249515
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory module includes a volatile memory circuit and a reference voltage generator coupled to supply a reference voltage to the volatile memory circuit. The reference voltage provides a level by which the volatile memory and external devices may communicate reliably at high speeds. The reference voltage is applied to an external interface of the non-volatile memory module through an isolation circuit. A control circuit coupled to the isolation interface and to a circuit which is adapted to detect when the non-volatile memory module no longer draws power from an external source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: AgigA Tech Inc.
    Inventors: Yingnan Liu, Ying Cai
  • Publication number: 20110019688
    Abstract: A method for realizing forward channel sharing in time division communication system, which completes group configuration at the cluster control service center server and modifies the attributes of all the users to enable the users to support multi-user packet MUP service, including: (a) the cluster user initiates a group call; the access network allocates a unique group identifier MACIndex for the group call after receiving the call request from the calling cluster user and informs all of the users within the group about this MACIndex (201); (b) after the communication starts (202), the access network packets the user data of one or more groups with multi-userpacket MUP, packets the user data of each group into one sub-p acket and does scheduling, then transmits the packets through forward channel (203); (c) after receiving the MUP packets from the forward channel, the cluster user looks into the MUP packets forthe sub-packet that matches theMACIndexofits group, thereby realizing group communication (204).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Zhongshi Xie, Yingnan Liu, Guo Yang, Zihua Xu, Yiling Liu, Zongzheng Li
  • Patent number: 7702348
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of fast call setup in digital trunking communication system, including: the terminal user initiating a PTT call; the base station receiving said PTT call request, assigning channel resource for the call, establishing forward service channel according to the distribution of channel, transmitting an empty frame on the forward service channel and at the same time transmitting an extended channel assignment message to specify the service channel assigned for the terminal; after receiving the extended channel assignment message, the terminal user opening the receiver to track and acquire the forward service channel, and at the same time transmitting one or more prefix-frame on the reverse service channel or reverse pilot channel; the base station or the terminal performing the operation of acquisition of service channel, if the acquisition succeeds, the call setup is successful, if the acquisition fails, the call setup is failed and enters release flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yuhong Xue, Yingnan Liu, Jinlong Liu
  • Publication number: 20100008174
    Abstract: An apparatus includes logic to determine a discharge drop of a capacitor and to adjust an enablement charge level of the capacitor according to the discharge drop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: AgigA Tech Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald H. Sartore, Yingnan Liu, Lane Hauck
  • Publication number: 20080161032
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of fast call setup in digital trunking communication system, including: the terminal user initiating a PTT call; the base station receiving said PTT call request, assigning channel resource for the call, establishing forward service channel according to the distribution of channel, transmitting an empty frame on the forward service channel and at the same time transmitting an extended channel assignment message to specify the service channel assigned for the terminal; after receiving the extended channel assignment message, the terminal user opening the receiver to track and acquire the forward service channel, and at the same time transmitting one or more prefix-frame on the reverse service channel or reverse pilot channel; the base station or the terminal performing the operation of acquisition of service channel, if the acquisition succeeds, the call setup is successful, if the acquisition fails, the call setup is failed and enters release flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuhong Xue, Yingnan Liu, Jinlong Liu