Patents by Inventor Yuanyi CHENG

Yuanyi CHENG 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: 12162427
    Abstract: A system for improving safety of an occupant by a vehicle seat belt, which can provide adaptive protection for an occupant in different seat positions and different sitting postures is provided. A method for improving safety of an occupant by a vehicle seat belt is also provided, along with a computer-readable medium. The a system for improving safety of an occupant by a vehicle seat belt includes an in-vehicle observation system, an active seat belt system, and an integrated safety domain control unit. The integrated safety domain control unit formulates a vehicle seat belt protection strategy based on received data from the in-vehicle observation system, and a slack state of an active retractor and a positional state of an active lift buckle in the active seat belt system, to implement selective tightening or loosening of the active retractor and/or selective lifting or lowering of the active lift buckle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: ZF Automotive Technologies (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zihong Xu, Sen Lin, Ting Chen, Yuanyi Cheng
  • Patent number: 11820320
    Abstract: There is provided a system for improving safety of an occupant by an airbag, which can provide adaptive protection for occupants in different seat positions and different sitting postures. Further, there is provided a method for improving safety of an occupant by an airbag. Further, there is provided a computer-readable medium. The system for improving safety of an occupant by an airbag includes an in-vehicle observation system, an inflatable restraint system, a collision prediction system, and an integrated safety domain control unit. The integrated safety domain control unit formulates a deployment strategy based on data transmitted from the in-vehicle observation system, the inflatable restraint system, and the collision prediction system, to selectively inflate at least one airbag assembly and control an inflation volume for the airbag assembly to be inflated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ZF Automotive Technologies (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hui Yang, Zhenfei Wang, Yuanyi Cheng
  • Publication number: 20230339379
    Abstract: A control system and method for a pneumatic seat of a vehicle and a computer-readable medium, the pneumatic seat including a plurality of airbags (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16) corresponding to different parts of the body of an occupant, where the control system further includes an information collection module (3), a determining module (4), and a control module (2), and the information collection module (3) is configured to collect motion information of the vehicle and/or external road information; the determining module (4) is configured to determine, based on the motion information and/or the road information, whether the vehicle satisfies either of a first condition and a second condition, where the first condition is whether continuous changes have occurred or are about to occur on a motion status of the vehicle in a first time period, and the second condition is whether a change range of the motion status of the vehicle in a second time period is or is about to be greater than a set threshold; and the con
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Zhiwei HUANG, Hai WANG, Yuanyi CHENG
  • Publication number: 20230280204
    Abstract: An occupant feature detection method and system, and a computer-readable medium, where the method includes: inflating a seat cushion airbag (10) with a gas of a first predetermined volume, and measuring a reference pressure formed by the gas of the first predetermined volume when no occupant is seated; measuring a first pressure formed by the gas of the first predetermined volume after an occupant is seated; and obtaining a first weight based on a difference between the reference pressure and the first pressure, and using the first weight as a reference weight of the occupant. The seat cushion airbag (10) disposed in the vehicle seat is used to calculate the weight of the occupant and determine a sitting position of the occupant based on the difference between the pressure in the seat cushion airbag (10) obtained when no occupant is seated and the pressure in the seat cushion airbag obtained when the occupant is seated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Fengzhan WU, Zhiwei HUANG, Hui YANG, Yuanyi CHENG
  • Publication number: 20230271584
    Abstract: An occupant protection method and system, and a computer-readable medium, where the method includes: S1: collecting external environment information of a vehicle; S2: determining, based on the environment information, whether there is an obstacle within a monitoring area, and if yes, proceeding to step S3; or if no, returning to step S1; S3: predicting a movement trajectory of the obstacle; S4: calculating a probability of collision between the vehicle and the obstacle based on vehicle body data and motion information of the vehicle, and the movement trajectory of the obstacle; S5: determining whether the probability of collision is greater than a collision threshold, and if yes, proceeding to step S6; or if no, returning to step S1; S6: partially inflating a seat cushion airbag of the vehicle to adjust a sitting posture of an occupant; S7: determining whether a collision is detected, and if yes, proceeding to step S8; or if no, returning to step S1; and S8: fully inflating the seat cushion airbag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Hai WANG, Hui YANG, Taotao JIANG, Yuanyi CHENG
  • Publication number: 20230219517
    Abstract: A safety system and control method for a pneumatic seat of a vehicle, and a computer-readable medium, the pneumatic seat (10) including a plurality of airbags (101, 102, 103, 104, 105, and 106) corresponding to body parts of an occupant, an information collection module, an information integration module (3), and a control module (4), where the information collection module is configured to collect vehicle body data, motion information, and external environment information of the vehicle, the information integration module (3) is configured to determine a current working scenario of the vehicle based on the vehicle body data, the motion information, and the external environment information; and the control module (4) is configured to inflate a seat cushion airbag (105) when it is determined that the current working scenario is a first working scenario, so as to partially deploy the seat cushion airbag (105); and is configured to fully inflate and deploy the seat cushion airbag (105) when it is determined that
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Yuanyi CHENG, Fengzhan WU, Ruichi CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230150450
    Abstract: A safety system for improving road compatibility of a vehicle includes a monitoring system and an integrated safety domain control unit. The monitoring system includes a vehicle external information monitoring module and a vehicle body posture monitoring module. The integrated safety domain control unit is configured to compute a collision condition between the vehicle and an obstacle based on data acquired by the vehicle external information monitoring module and the vehicle body posture monitoring module, the collision condition including a collision relative speed and a collision overlap rate, and determine, based on the collision relative speed and the collision overlap rate, whether to deploy an external airbag. A determination condition for controlling triggering of deployment of the external airbag includes determining whether the collision relative speed is less than a first speed threshold and/or whether the collision overlap rate is less than a first overlap rate threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Hai WANG, Ting CHEN, Hui YANG, Zhenfei WANG, Zihong XU, Yuanyi CHENG
  • Publication number: 20230142012
    Abstract: There is provided a system for improving safety of an occupant by an airbag, which can provide adaptive protection for occupants in different seat positions and different sitting postures. Further, there is provided a method for improving safety of an occupant by an airbag. Further, there is provided a computer-readable medium. The system for improving safety of an occupant by an airbag includes an in-vehicle observation system, an inflatable restraint system, a collision prediction system, and an integrated safety domain control unit. The integrated safety domain control unit formulates a deployment strategy based on data transmitted from the in-vehicle observation system, the inflatable restraint system, and the collision prediction system, to selectively inflate at least one airbag assembly and control an inflation volume for the airbag assembly to be inflated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Hui YANG, Zhenfei WANG, Yuanyi CHENG
  • Publication number: 20230131504
    Abstract: A system for improving safety of an occupant by a vehicle seat belt, which can provide adaptive protection for an occupant in different seat positions and different sitting postures is provided. A method for improving safety of an occupant by a vehicle seat belt is also provided, along with a a computer-readable medium. The a system for improving safety of an occupant by a vehicle seat belt includes an in-vehicle observation system, an active seat belt system, and an integrated safety domain control unit. The integrated safety domain control unit formulates a vehicle seat belt protection strategy based on received data from the in-vehicle observation system, and a slack state of an active retractor and a positional state of an active lift buckle in the active seat belt system, to implement selective tightening or loosening of the active retractor and/or selective lifting or lowering of the active lift buckle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Zihong XU, Sen LIN, Ting CHEN, Yuanyi CHENG