Patents by Inventor Zhaozao Li

Zhaozao Li 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: 11974045
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a camera imaging method, a camera system and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The camera imaging method is applied to a camera system of the UAV. The camera system includes a signal trigger device and a signal receiving device. The method includes: acquiring, by the signal trigger device, a shooting instruction; generating, by the signal trigger device, a trigger signal with a preset trigger frame rate according to the shooting instruction; and performing, by the signal receiving device, exposure at the preset trigger frame rate according to the trigger signal; where the preset trigger frame rate is greater than a default exposure frame rate of the signal receiving device. According to the present invention, an exposure frame rate of the signal receiving device is adjusted to the preset trigger frame rate, so that the signal receiving device can perform exposure according to the preset trigger frame rate, and synchronous dual-light exposure is implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhaozao Li
  • Patent number: 11949844
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the technical field of image processing, and disclose an image data processing method and apparatus, an image processing chip, and an aircraft. The method comprises: receiving K channels of image data; performing splitting processing on the L channels of second image data in the K channels of image data to obtain M channels of third image data; performing format conversion processing on the (N?M) channels of first image data and the M channels of third image data to obtain a color image in a preset format; and performing image processing on a gray part component of the color image in the preset format to obtain a depth map. The method can better meet the requirements of multi-channel image data processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhaozao Li
  • Patent number: 11889193
    Abstract: The embodiments are a zoom method and apparatus, an unmanned aerial vehicle, an unmanned aircraft system and a storage medium. The zoom method is applied to an unmanned aerial vehicle including an image capturing apparatus and the method includes: controlling the image capturing apparatus to capture an initial image, where a resolution of the initial image is W0*H0 and an area of the initial image is S0; obtaining a cropped image according to the initial image, where the cropped image is an image with an area of S cropped from a preset region in the initial image, S0/S=C and C is a digital zoom factor of the image capturing apparatus; and obtaining a zoom image according to the cropped image, where the zoom image is an image obtained by zooming the cropped image by C/A times, a resolution of the zoom image is W1*H1, A=W0/W1 and C?A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhaozao Li
  • Publication number: 20240031515
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide an image fusion method and a bifocal camera. The method includes: acquiring a thermal image captured by the thermal imaging lens and a visible light image captured by the visible light lens; determining a first focal length when the thermal imaging lens captures the thermal image and a second focal length when the visible light lens captures the visible light image; determining a size calibration parameter and a position calibration parameter of the thermal image according to the first focal length and the second focal length; adjusting a size of the thermal image according to the size calibration parameter, and moving an adjusted thermal image to the visible light image according to the position calibration parameter for registration with the visible light image, to obtain to-be-fused images; and fusing the to-be-fused images to generate a bifocal fused image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhaozao LI
  • Patent number: 11877253
    Abstract: The embodiments are an aircraft time synchronization system and method. The system comprises: a first communication module and a second communication module, wherein data transmission is performed between the first communication module and the second communication module via a communication line, and an I/O interface of the first communication module is connected to the I/O interface of the second communication module via an interruption signal line; the first communication module sends the data information to the second communication module via the communication line, and at the same time sends the triggered interruption signal to the second communication module via the interruption signal line; the second communication module performs time synchronization with the first communication module based on the communication time difference and system time difference with the first communication module determined according to the receiving time of the data information and interruption signal and the sending time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhaozao Li
  • Patent number: 11861344
    Abstract: A module upgrade method and a module to be upgraded in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system are disclosed in embodiments of the present invention. The method includes: acquiring an upgrade file of the module to be upgraded; upgrading the module to be upgraded according to the upgrade file; judging whether the module to be upgraded is successfully upgraded; and if no, reacquiring an upgrade file of the module to be upgraded, and upgrading the module to be upgraded according to the re-acquired upgrade file until finishing upgrading the module to be upgraded. In this way, the upgrade success rate of the module to be upgraded can be improved by multiple upgrades, and the upgrade method is simple, convenient, easy to implement and high in reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhaozao Li
  • Patent number: 11853153
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a multi-thread exit method and a mobile terminal. The method is applicable to the mobile terminal. The method includes: obtaining an exit identifier and crash determination information of a thread; and destroying the thread according to the exit identifier and the crash determination information. In the method, an exit identifier and crash determination information of a thread are obtained, both the exit identifier and the crash determination information of the thread are determined, and different destruction modes are selected according to determination results to destroy the thread, thereby avoiding crash and congestion when a multi-thread exits and improving the stability of multi-thread exit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhaozao Li
  • Patent number: 11840357
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a dual-light image integration method, a dual-light image integration device and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The method includes: receiving first image data from a first image device and second image data from a second image device; separately storing the first image data and the second image data; combining the first image data and the second image data to composite third image data; and transmitting the third image data. According to the present invention, dual-light images are processed by using different data processing methods depending on subsequent operations, which can maintain synchronization of the dual-light images during image transmission while avoiding information loss during image storage, thereby well satisfying user needs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhaozao Li
  • Patent number: 11805220
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are an image fusion method and a bifocal camera. The method includes: acquiring a thermal image captured by the thermal imaging lens and a visible light image captured by the visible light lens; determining a first focal length when the thermal imaging lens captures the thermal image and a second focal length when the visible light lens captures the visible light image; determining a size calibration parameter and a position calibration parameter of the thermal image according to the first focal length and the second focal length; adjusting a size of the thermal image according to the size calibration parameter, and moving the adjusted thermal image to the visible light image according to the position calibration parameter for registration with the visible light image, to obtain to-be-fused images; and fusing the to-be-fused images to generate a bifocal fused image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhaozao Li
  • Patent number: 11797184
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relates to an SD card hot plugging identification method, an SD card identification module and an electronic device. The SD card identification module includes: an interrupt generation unit configured to trigger an interrupt message according to an SD card inserting or ejecting behavior; a message parsing unit configured to determine an SD card status according to the interrupt message during operation of a device; and a device operating unit configured to perform a corresponding SD card operation according to the SD card status determined by the message parsing unit and a device node search unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhaozao Li
  • Patent number: 11792129
    Abstract: A data transmission method of an unmanned aerial vehicle system and a ground image transmission module are provided. The data transmission method includes: receiving, by the ground image transmission module, at least two data packets sent in parallel by terminal equipment, each data packet in the at least two data packets corresponding to one module in the unmanned aerial vehicle system; respectively caching, by the ground image transmission module, each data packet in the at least two data packets into a buffer queue corresponding to each data packet; and transmitting, by the ground image transmission module, each of the data packets in the buffer queues to the module corresponding to the data packet through a communication channel between the modules corresponding to the data packets in the unmanned aerial vehicle system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhaozao Li
  • Patent number: 11785148
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a data transmission control method, an information sending end and receiving end, and an aerial vehicle image transmission system. The data transmission control method includes: receiving data frames sent by a sending end, the data frames being sequentially sent by the sending end in an order of a data frame sequence; and returning an acknowledgement signal corresponding to a currently-received data frame N to the sending end, to enable the information sending end to determine a current network status according to the acknowledgement signal, and adjusting data encoding quality of the sent data frame based on the current network status. In the method, delays for image quality and transmission speed to recover when a network status recovers can be effectively reduced by rapidly determining a current network status based on the feedback of an acknowledgement signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhaozao Li
  • Patent number: 11699284
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a data collection method, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a storage medium. The method is used for a vision chip of the UAV, the vision chip including a main operating system and a real-time operating system, and the method includes: generating, by the real-time operating system, a trigger signal; collecting, by the real-time operating system based on the trigger signal, flight control data of the UAV and controlling an image sensor to collect an image sequence; synchronizing, by the real-time operating system, a time of the main operating system with a time of the real-time operating system; and performing, by the main operating system, visual processing on the flight control data and the image sequence, to ensure that the flight control data and the image sequence are collected synchronously. By using the method, accuracy of data collected during controlling of the UAV can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhaozao Li
  • Publication number: 20230121485
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are an image processing method, a photographing device, and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring an image according to a first resolution and processing the image in a first processing method in a real-time preview state, switching to a photographing state, acquiring an image according to a second resolution and processing the image in a second processing method in the photographing state, and then switching from the photographing state to the real-time preview state. In this way, in a process of switching between the two working states, the image can be processed in a corresponding state without restarting an ISP or re-importing a parameter. Compared with a method of switching different working states by powering on and off the ISP in the prior art, the method provided in the present application can achieve faster dynamic switching between different working states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventor: Zhaozao LI
  • Patent number: 11609755
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of unmanned aircraft technologies, and disclose a method for upgrading modules in an unmanned aircraft system. The unmanned aircraft system includes a storage apparatus and at least two to-be-upgraded module groups, each of the at least two to-be-upgraded module groups including at least one to-be-upgraded module, and the storage apparatus including at least two upgrade packages, each of the upgrade packages corresponding to one to-be-upgraded module group; and the method includes: transmitting, by the storage apparatus, at least two upgrade packages to the at least two to-be-upgraded module groups; receiving, by a to-be-upgraded module group in the at least two to-be-upgraded module groups, a corresponding upgrade package; and upgrading to-be-upgraded modules in the to-be-upgraded module group according to the upgrade package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhaozao Li
  • Publication number: 20230071866
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a camera imaging method, a camera system and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The camera imaging method is applied to a camera system of the UAV. The camera system includes a signal trigger device and a signal receiving device. The method includes: acquiring, by the signal trigger device, a shooting instruction; generating, by the signal trigger device, a trigger signal with a preset trigger frame rate according to the shooting instruction; and performing, by the signal receiving device, exposure at the preset trigger frame rate according to the trigger signal; where the preset trigger frame rate is greater than a default exposure frame rate of the signal receiving device. According to the present invention, an exposure frame rate of the signal receiving device is adjusted to the preset trigger frame rate, so that the signal receiving device can perform exposure according to the preset trigger frame rate, and synchronous dual-light exposure is implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventor: Zhaozao LI
  • Publication number: 20230054884
    Abstract: The present invention provides a data read-write method and apparatus and a circular queue. The method includes: obtaining an offset position of a write pointer from a queue head of a circular queue; determining an offset position of a read pointer according to the offset position of the write pointer; and reading data from the circular queue according to the offset position of the read pointer. Single input multiple output of share memory is implemented, and therefore a plurality of read threads may read data from the circular queue in parallel, thereby effectively improving read-write efficiency of data, and reducing memory consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventor: Zhaozao LI
  • Publication number: 20230038844
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are a high dynamic range (HDR) synthesis method and apparatus, an image processing chip and an aerial camera. The method includes: acquiring a plurality of to-be-synthesized images having different exposure time; calculating a mean brightness of the to-be-synthesized images; determining an image brightness type of the to-be-synthesized images according to the mean brightness; calculating a brightness difference between adjacent pixel points in one to-be-synthesized image; calculating an inter-frame difference of different to-be-synthesized images at a same pixel point position according to the brightness difference; determining a motion state of the to-be-synthesized images at the pixel point position according to the inter-frame difference; and weighting and synthesizing the to-be-synthesized images into a corresponding HDR image according to the image brightness type and the motion state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventor: Zhaozao LI
  • Patent number: 11523085
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of aerial vehicle technologies, and disclose a method and apparatus for video data transmission, an image transmitting terminal, and an aerial vehicle image transmission system. The method includes: acquiring an original image; converting the original image into a first image, the first image being an image conforming to a format of an audio/video interface; converting the first image into a second image, the second image being an image conforming to a format of an interface of a display apparatus; encoding the second image to obtain encoded video image frames; and transmitting the encoded video image frames to the display apparatus. By means of the image transmission method provided in this embodiment of the present invention, the image is transmitted in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhaozao Li
  • Patent number: 11523066
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a camera imaging method, a camera system and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The camera imaging method is applied to a camera system of the UAV. The camera system includes a signal trigger device and a signal receiving device. The method includes: acquiring, by the signal trigger device, a shooting instruction; generating, by the signal trigger device, a trigger signal with a preset trigger frame rate according to the shooting instruction; and performing, by the signal receiving device, exposure at the preset trigger frame rate according to the trigger signal; where the preset trigger frame rate is greater than a default exposure frame rate of the signal receiving device. According to the present invention, an exposure frame rate of the signal receiving device is adjusted to the preset trigger frame rate, so that the signal receiving device can perform exposure according to the preset trigger frame rate, and synchronous dual-light exposure is implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhaozao Li