Patents by Inventor ZHE NIU

ZHE NIU 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: 11493923
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of intelligent lawn mowers and logic control technologies thereof, and discloses a path planning method for an intelligent lawn mower. The path planning method includes: starting a touch panel of the intelligent lawn mower; entering a path planning setting interface, which displays a schematic diagram of a region to be mowed, a path angle indicating image and a path angle setting image; receiving a touch input of a user with respect to the path angle setting image to set a path angle; adjusting, based on the set path angle, the path angle indicating image for display; and re-planning a path of the intelligent lawn mower based on the set path angle and a preset algorithm. The present disclosure further provides a path planning system for the intelligent lawn mower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: CHONGQING RATO INTELLIGENT EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Zhong, Zhe Niu, Bo Ding, Xun Xu, Yuanyuan Chen, Qian Xu, Lei Zhou, Yi Zhou
  • Patent number: 11252864
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for path planning after removing an obstacle from a lawn to be mowed, the method including: starting a boundary editing interface for the lawn to be mowed to display inner boundary information; detecting an obstacle selection and removal instruction of a user; deleting information data that is stored in a memory and/or database and associated with the information mark of the obstacle to be removed; reloading all currently-stored boundary information; and displaying the updated schematic diagram of the lawn and the updated path planning information on a display screen. The present disclosure also discloses a method and system for path planning after adding an obstacle to a lawn to be mowed, and a system for path planning after removing an obstacle from a lawn to be mowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: CHONGQING RATO INTELLIGENT EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Zhong, Zhe Niu, Hao Wang, Yuanyuan Chen, Yuan Cheng
  • Publication number: 20200170181
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for path planning after removing an obstacle from a lawn to be mowed, the method including: starting a boundary editing interface for the lawn to be mowed to display inner boundary information; detecting an obstacle selection and removal instruction of a user; deleting information data that is stored in a memory and/or database and associated with the information mark of the obstacle to be removed; reloading all currently-stored boundary information; and displaying the updated schematic diagram of the lawn and the updated path planning information on a display screen. The present disclosure also discloses a method and system for path planning after adding an obstacle to a lawn to be mowed, and a system for path planning after removing an obstacle from a lawn to be mowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: WEI ZHONG, ZHE NIU, HAO WANG, YUANYUAN CHEN, YUAN CHENG
  • Publication number: 20200154632
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an automatic boundary closing method for an intelligent lawn mower. The method includes the following steps: starting a boundary teaching mode of the intelligent lawn mower; acquiring and storing starting point position information of the intelligent lawn mower; recording position information of the intelligent lawn mower in real time and determining whether the distance between the current position of the intelligent lawn mower and the starting point is less than or equal to a distance threshold; if the distance is less than or equal to the distance threshold, further determining whether an automatic boundary closing instruction input by a user is received; executing the automatic boundary closing instruction of the user, and generating boundary closing data by using an interpolation algorithm and storing the data; and ending the boundary teaching mode. The present invention also discloses an automatic boundary closing system for an intelligent lawn mower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: YUANYUAN CHEN, ZHE NIU, WEI ZHONG, BO DING, QIANG WANG
  • Publication number: 20200159228
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of intelligent lawn mowers and logic control technologies thereof, and discloses a path planning method for an intelligent lawn mower. The path planning method includes: starting a touch panel of the intelligent lawn mower; entering a path planning setting interface, which displays a schematic diagram of a region to be mowed, a path angle indicating image and a path angle setting image; receiving a touch input of a user with respect to the path angle setting image to set a path angle; adjusting, based on the set path angle, the path angle indicating image for display; and re-planning a path of the intelligent lawn mower based on the set path angle and a preset algorithm. The present disclosure further provides a path planning system for the intelligent lawn mower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: WEI ZHONG, ZHE NIU, BO DING, XUN XU, YUANYUAN CHEN, QIAN XU, LEI ZHOU, YI ZHOU