Patents by Inventor Yinling Ni

Yinling Ni 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: 10839303
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer-readable device embodiments for automatically correcting erroneous license plate numbers generated by automatic license plate recognition. An embodiment operates by selecting a set of adjacent license plate recognition (LPR) stations comprising a first LPR station, a second LPR station, and a third LPR station, accessing an error pattern probability matrix for at least the third recognized license plate number accessed in relation to at least one of the first recognized license plate number or the second recognized license plate number differing from the third recognized license plate number, and determining a corrected license plate number based on the error pattern probability matrix. In some embodiments, LPR correction may be accurately realized even when an erroneous license plate numbers are missing characters, such as by visual obstruction from an LPR camera or sensor, or has no characters in common with the real license plate number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Chang Yi, Qiong Luo, Guangji Zhu, Chao Yu, Qiwei Zhang, Yinling Ni
  • Patent number: 10255514
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for automatically detecting cloned vehicle identifiers. An embodiment operates by determining legitimate trajectory information and illegitimate trajectory information corresponding to vehicular travel in a geographic area, and training a decision model to detect a cloned vehicle identifier based on the legitimate trajectory information and the illegitimate trajectory information. Furthermore, the embodiment identifies vehicles potentially using a cloned vehicle identifier based on the decision model and common driving patterns within the geographic area. In some embodiments, enforcement agents are notified of the vehicles potentially using a cloned vehicle identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Chang Yi, Qiong Luo, Guangji Zhu, Chao Yu, Qiwei Zhang, Yinling Ni
  • Publication number: 20190057275
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for automatically detecting cloned vehicle identifiers. An embodiment operates by determining legitimate trajectory information and illegitimate trajectory information corresponding to vehicular travel in a geographic area, and training a decision model to detect a cloned vehicle identifier based on the legitimate trajectory information and the illegitimate trajectory information. Furthermore, the embodiment identifies vehicles potentially using a cloned vehicle identifier based on the decision model and common driving patterns within the geographic area. In some embodiments, enforcement agents are notified of the vehicles potentially using a cloned vehicle identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Chang YI, Qiong Luo, Guangji Zhu, Chao Yu, Qiwei Zhang, Yinling Ni
  • Publication number: 20190057315
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer-readable device embodiments for automatically correcting erroneous license plate numbers generated by automatic license plate recognition. An embodiment operates by selecting a set of adjacent license plate recognition (LPR) stations comprising a first LPR station, a second LPR station, and a third LPR station, accessing an error pattern probability matrix for at least the third recognized license plate number accessed in relation to at least one of the first recognized license plate number or the second recognized license plate number differing from the third recognized license plate number, and determining a corrected license plate number based on the error pattern probability matrix. In some embodiments, LPR correction may be accurately realized even when an erroneous license plate numbers are missing characters, such as by visual obstruction from an LPR camera or sensor, or has no characters in common with the real license plate number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Chang YI, Qiong Luo, Guangji Zhu, Chao Yu, Qiwei Zhang, Yinling Ni
  • Patent number: 10163038
    Abstract: Described herein is a descriptive framework to facilitate error detection in recognition data. In accordance with one aspect of the framework, at least one erroneous record is detected in a first set of recognition data. The framework may determine a correction of a first recognized identifier in the erroneous record by searching a second set of recognition data for a matching record with a second recognized identifier substantially similar to the first recognized identifier. A report may then be generated to present the detected erroneous record and the determined correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Ke Wang, Yinling Ni, Ling Chen, Ye Jin, Qiwei Zhang, Jing Liu, Xin Li, Chao Yu
  • Patent number: 10163339
    Abstract: Described herein is a framework to monitor traffic congestion. In accordance with one aspect of the framework, the framework receives vehicle data from vehicle data sources located in a region of interest. The framework may determine a sample size and an average speed for an edge of the region of interest based on the vehicle data. Congestion probability may then be determined based on the sample size and average speed. A report may be presented based on the congestion probability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Jing Liu, Qiwei Zhang, Jun Liu, Yinling Ni
  • Publication number: 20180165952
    Abstract: Described herein is a framework to monitor traffic congestion. In accordance with one aspect of the framework, the framework receives vehicle data from vehicle data sources located in a region of interest. The framework may determine a sample size and an average speed for an edge of the region of interest based on the vehicle data. Congestion probability may then be determined based on the sample size and average speed. A report may be presented based on the congestion probability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Jing LIU, Qiwei ZHANG, Jun LIU, Yinling NI
  • Publication number: 20170185868
    Abstract: Described herein is a descriptive framework to facilitate error detection in recognition data. In accordance with one aspect of the framework, at least one erroneous record is detected in a first set of recognition data. The framework may determine a correction of a first recognized identifier in the erroneous record by searching a second set of recognition data for a matching record with a second recognized identifier substantially similar to the first recognized identifier. A report may then be generated to present the detected erroneous record and the determined correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Ke Wang, Yinling Ni, Ling Chen, Ye Jin, Qiwei Zhang, Jing Liu, Xin Li, Chao Yu
  • Patent number: 9607509
    Abstract: A framework for identifying parking areas from vehicle trajectory data is described herein. Vehicle trajectory data collected from a sensor network having a plurality of sensor stations for detecting vehicles is provided. The vehicle trajectory data is pre-processed to generate a tracking table of vehicles and analyzed to determine an interstation parking area between first and second sensor stations of interest based on input parameters from a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Jing Liu, Junpeng Hu, Yinling Ni, Yongxun Li, Siyi Chen, Jun Liu
  • Publication number: 20160300486
    Abstract: A framework for identifying parking areas from vehicle trajectory data is described herein. Vehicle trajectory data collected from a sensor network having a plurality of sensor stations for detecting vehicles is provided. The vehicle trajectory data is pre-processed to generate a tracking table of vehicles and analysed to determine an interstation parking area between first and second sensor stations of interest based on input parameters from a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Jing LIU, Junpeng HU, Yinling NI, Yongxun LI, Siyi CHEN, Jun LIU
  • Patent number: 9135815
    Abstract: A method and system to obtain taxi location data for a plurality of taxis located in a geographic region; obtain street data for a plurality of streets operating in the geographic region, the street data defining a location of the plurality of streets; store the taxi location data and the street data in an in-memory database management system; generate a rating for the plurality of streets associated with at least one currently active taxi, the rating providing an indication of a likelihood the at least one currently active taxi is available for a fare; and provide an output of the rating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Ye Jin, Qiwei Zhang, Yinling Ni, Lei Ding, Ke Wang, Daihui Zhu
  • Publication number: 20150002319
    Abstract: A method and system to obtain taxi location data for a plurality of taxis located in a geographic region; obtain street data for a plurality of streets operating in the geographic region, the street data defining a location of the plurality of streets; store the taxi location data and the street data in an in-memory database management system; generate a rating for the plurality of streets associated with at least one currently active taxi, the rating providing an indication of a likelihood the at least one currently active taxi is available for a fare; and provide an output of the rating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Ye Jin, Qiwei Zhang, Yinling Ni, Lei Ding, Ke Wang, Daihui Zhu
  • Patent number: 7788138
    Abstract: Techniques for providing software as a service for enterprise entities are described herein. In one embodiment, a first interface is provided to allow a client to browse over a network a plurality of standard content to be selected to use in one or more software applications used by the client, where the standard content is listed in one or more catalog and each catalog corresponding to a particular industrial usage. A second interface is provided to allow the client to subscribe a service of one or more specific categories selected from the standard content available via the first interface for a predetermined period of time, wherein during the predetermined period of time, the client can select one or more standard content from the subscribed categories and deploy the selected standard content in a system of the client without additional cost. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Robert Viehmann, Miho Emil Birimisa, Tianyang Wang, Jianyuan Yang, Yinling Ni
  • Publication number: 20090112735
    Abstract: Techniques for providing an integrated content marketplace for software content services are described herein. According to one embodiment, multiple categories of application content are displayed, each category including content items to be browsed and each of the content items selectable to be deployed in an enterprise application. In response to a search request for searching a content item, the categories are searched based on one or more keywords and a search result is displayed. In response to a demand from a user, a request form is presented to allow a user to specify one or more requirements of a specific content item not available from the categories, where the specific content item is to be developed specifically tailored to a specific need of the user. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Robert Viehmann, Miho Emil Birimisa, Shengtao Tan, Yinling Ni, Ming Jin, Oliver Betz, Peisong Li, Jun Wu
  • Publication number: 20090112734
    Abstract: Techniques for providing software as a service for enterprise entities are described herein. In one embodiment, a first interface is provided to allow a client to browse over a network a plurality of standard content to be selected to use in one or more software applications used by the client, where the standard content is listed in one or more catalog and each catalog corresponding to a particular industrial usage. A second interface is provided to allow the client to subscribe a service of one or more specific categories selected from the standard content available via the first interface for a predetermined period of time, wherein during the predetermined period of time, the client can select one or more standard content from the subscribed categories and deploy the selected standard content in a system of the client without additional cost. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Robert Viehmann, Miho Emil Birimisa, Tianyang Wang, Jianyuan Yang, Yinling Ni