Patents by Inventor Zhen-Wei Zhu

Zhen-Wei Zhu 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: 10157441
    Abstract: A hierarchical system for detecting an object with parallel architecture and a hierarchical method thereof is disclosed. The system includes at least one image-retrieving device retrieving at least an image and searching a plurality of obstacle position images in it. The image-retrieving device is electrically connected with an image-processing device to receive the obstacle position images transmitted by the image-retrieving device, uses parallel architecture classification to obtain at least one object image and a plurality of cropping frames thereof from the obstacle position images, synchronously separates the cropping frames to retrieve characteristic values of each cropping frame, uses convolutional neural network to simultaneously recognize the characteristic values of each cropping frame, and searches and outputs the correct cropping frame from the object image, thereby immediately detecting the object outside a vehicle and obtaining the cropping frame of the object to avoid detection error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH & TESTING CENTER
    Inventors: Kuo-Ching Chang, Chuan-Ren Li, Zhen-Wei Zhu
  • Publication number: 20180181822
    Abstract: A hierarchical system for detecting an object with parallel architecture and a hierarchical method thereof is disclosed. The system includes at least one image-retrieving device retrieving at least an image and searching a plurality of obstacle position images in it. The image-retrieving device is electrically connected with an image-processing device to receive the obstacle position images transmitted by the image-retrieving device, uses parallel architecture classification to obtain at least one object image and a plurality of cropping frames thereof from the obstacle position images, synchronously separates the cropping frames to retrieve characteristic values of each cropping frame, uses convolutional neural network to simultaneously recognize the characteristic values of each cropping frame, and searches and outputs the correct cropping frame from the object image, thereby immediately detecting the object outside a vehicle and obtaining the cropping frame of the object to avoid detection error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Kuo-Ching Chang, Chuan-Ren Li, Zhen-Wei Zhu
  • Patent number: 9633283
    Abstract: An adaptive device and an adaptive method for classifying objects with parallel architecture are provided. The method stores a plurality of scene parameters and a plurality of classifier parameters. The method retrieves at least one image datum and then drags frames to enclose a plurality of obstruction images of the image datum and decides a frame range according to a range of each obstruction image. The method uses a plurality of image processing units to respectively calculate a plurality of obstruction characteristic data of the obstruction images in a one-by-one parallel processing way, and chooses and calculates the scene parameters and the classifier parameters corresponding to the obstruction characteristic data to obtain a plurality of classification data. When the method determines that the classification data belongs to the obstruction classification preset, positions of enclosed obstruction images are outputted to achieve real time detection for obstructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Automotive Research & Test Center
    Inventors: Zhen-Wei Zhu, Chang-Kun Yao