Patents by Inventor ZHENG XIE

ZHENG XIE 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: 11833692
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for controlling an arm of a robot, including obtaining obstacle information relating to the arm of the robot by at least one sensor, obtaining current posture information of the arm of the robot by a least one detector and obtaining an expected posture information of an end-portion of the arm of the robot, determining an expected trajectory of the end-portion of the arm of the robot, determining an expected speed of the end-portion of the arm of the robot in accordance with the expected trajectory of the end-portion, determining a virtual speed of a target point on the arm of the robot, and configuring a target join speed corresponding to a joint of the arm of the robot. Such that the redundant arm of the robot may be configured to prevent from contacting the obstacles in the complex environment while performing corresponding tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Dake Zheng, Yizhang Liu, Zheng Xie, Jianxin Pang, Youjun Xiong
  • Patent number: 11827150
    Abstract: Object overlay for vehicle occupants includes determining that visibility of an object in a view of a vehicle occupant through a transparent surface of the vehicle is degraded, the object being in an environment in which the vehicle travels, selecting from an image repository a reference image of the object, extracting, from the reference image, an image portion comprising an image of a least a portion of the object, transforming the extracted image portion to correspond to the view of the vehicle occupant, the transforming producing a transformed image portion, and displaying the transformed image portion on the transparent surface and interposed in a line-of-sight of the vehicle occupant to the object in the environment such that the transformed image portion overlays at least a portion of the vehicle occupant's view through the transparent surface to the object in the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rajesh Kumar Saxena, Harish Bharti, Deepak Bajaj, Zheng Xie, Sandeep Sukhija
  • Publication number: 20230271656
    Abstract: A robot state estimation method, a computer-readable storage medium, and a legged robot are provided. The method includes: obtaining force information of a left leg of a robot and a right leg of the robot; calculating a ZMP of the robot in a world coordinate system based on the force information of the left leg and the force information of the right leg; and calculating a position of a center of mass (CoM) of the robot based on a preset linear inverted pendulum model. In this manner, a brand-new linear inverted pendulum model is constructed in advance, which uses the ZMP of the robot as a supporting point of the model, thereby fully considering the influence of the change of the position of the ZMP of the robot on the position of the CoM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Ligang Ge, Yizhang Liu, Chunyu Chen, Zheng Xie, Youjun Xiong
  • Patent number: 11691284
    Abstract: A robot control method includes: obtaining force information associated with a left foot and a right foot of the robot; calculating a zero moment point of a COM of a body of the robot based on the force information; updating a motion trajectory of the robot according to the zero moment point of the COM of the body to obtain an updated position of the COM of the body; performing inverse kinematics analysis on the updated position of the COM of the body to obtain joint angles of a left leg and a right leg of the robot; and controlling the robot to move according to the joint angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Chunyu Chen, Yizhang Liu, Ligang Ge, Zheng Xie, Hongge Wang, Youjun Xiong, Jianxin Pang
  • Publication number: 20230202027
    Abstract: A walking control method for a biped robot includes: detecting whether the biped robot is in an unbalanced state; in response to detection that the biped robot is in the unbalanced state, obtaining a predicted balance step length corresponding to the biped robot in the unbalanced state; performing a smooth transition processing on the predicted balance step length according to a current movement step length of the biped robot to obtain a desired balance step length corresponding to the predicted balance step length; determining a planned leg trajectory of the biped robot according to the desired balance step length; and controlling a current swing leg of the biped robot to move according to the planned leg trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: CHUNYU CHEN, Jie Bai, Yizhang Liu, Ligang Ge, Zheng Xie, Youjun Xiong
  • Publication number: 20230173684
    Abstract: The invention discloses an embedded system for dexterous hand, comprising: a central communication unit, several fingers, a palm; wherein the central communication unit communicates with the fingers, the palm and a host computer, and is configured to receive an operation instruction from the host computer, and convert the operation instruction into a control instruction and send it to the fingers and the palm; the fingers and the palm are designed to be compatible in hardware structure, and are connected by serial communication; the fingers and the palm move according to the control instructions. The fingers and palm are designed as embedded compatibility standards, which makes the dexterous hand more flexible and easy to maintain and use with lower cost. Thus, the dexterous hand has the advantages of high flexibility, high reliability, strong anti-interference, low cost, high transmission speed, convenient maintenance, and good user experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Tao Wang, Zheng Xie, Yuan Li, Shuqu Chen, Zhongying Huang
  • Publication number: 20230166410
    Abstract: A finger-detachable dexterous hand includes a palm (10) and a plurality of fingers (20), wherein the palm (10) is provided with a plurality of finger mounting slots (101) for the fingers (20) to be inserted and mounted therein; and the dexterous hand further includes: locking assemblies (102) mounted in each of the finger mounting slots (101), and locking blocks (201) arranged at an inserting end of each of the fingers (20), wherein the locking assemblies (102) and the locking blocks (201) are connectible and lockable to each other for attaching and detaching the finger (20) to and from the finger mounting slot (101).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Zheng XIE, Tao WANG
  • Patent number: 11644840
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for controlling end-portions of a robot. The method includes obtaining joint information of a robot by at least one sensor and determining a first posture of an end-portion of the robot in accordance with the joint information, obtaining end-portion information of the robot by the sensor and obtaining the second posture of the end-portion of the robot including the interference information in accordance with the end-portion information of the robot and the first posture of the end-portion of the robot, and conducting a closed-loop control on the robot in accordance with an error between the second posture of the end-portion of the robot and a predetermined expected posture of the end-portion of the robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Dake Zheng, Yizhang Liu, Zheng Xie, Jianxin Pang, Youjun Xiong
  • Publication number: 20230138049
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing method and device, an electronic apparatus and a storage medium, and the image processing method includes: acquiring an input image; detecting a target area in the input image; and processing the target area, wherein the processing of the target area includes: obtaining a feature map of the target area, rearranging feature blocks in the feature map in a feature space, and obtaining an output image after the target area is processed based on the rearranged feature blocks and the feature map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianxing ZHANG, Zikun LIU, Zheng XIE, Jian YANG, Hyungju CHUN, Wei WEN
  • Patent number: 11639005
    Abstract: A robotic finger structure includes a proximal phalanx; a middle phalanx rotatably connected to one end of the proximal phalanx; a distal phalanx rotatably connected to one end of the middle phalanx and defining a distal phalanx opening in a front side thereof and at one end adjacent to the middle phalanx; a connecting rod having opposite ends that are rotatably connected to the proximal phalanx and the distal phalanx, and an actuating assembly to drive the middle phalanx to rotate with respect to the proximal phalanx. The connecting rod includes a first angled segment having a first recess facing a back side of the middle phalanx. When the distal phalanx is flush with the middle phalanx, the first angled segment passes through the distal phalanx opening, and a first end of the distal phalanx opening extends into the first recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Kunlei Zhao, Zheng Xie, Weizhi Shi, Minghua Chen, Zhaohui An, Youjun Xiong
  • Publication number: 20230091837
    Abstract: Object overlay for vehicle occupants includes determining that visibility of an object in a view of a vehicle occupant through a transparent surface of the vehicle is degraded, the object being in an environment in which the vehicle travels, selecting from an image repository a reference image of the object, extracting, from the reference image, an image portion comprising an image of a least a portion of the object, transforming the extracted image portion to correspond to the view of the vehicle occupant, the transforming producing a transformed image portion, and displaying the transformed image portion on the transparent surface and interposed in a line-of-sight of the vehicle occupant to the object in the environment such that the transformed image portion overlays at least a portion of the vehicle occupant's view through the transparent surface to the object in the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Rajesh Kumar SAXENA, Harish BHARTI, Deepak BAJAJ, Zheng XIE, Sandeep SUKHIJA
  • Publication number: 20230089098
    Abstract: A method for contact tracing a confirmed case of an infectious disease. A network function (NF) of a 5G network receives information of a confirmed case of a contagious disease with a consent of the user. The NF accesses mobile device location history and timestamp data of the user having the confirmed case from a unified data repository (UDR) of the 5G network. The NF generates a list of hot spots and timeframes, based on a contact tracing function analyzing the location history, and the NF sends the list of hot spots and timeframes to mobile devices of subscribers of the 5G network, wherein the mobile devices of the 5G subscribers include an application (app) that compares the list of hot spots to locally stored location history on respective mobile devices and provides alerts for a match of location and timeframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Rajesh Kumar Saxena, ZHENG XIE, Harish Bharti, Sandeep Sukhija
  • Patent number: 11602848
    Abstract: A robot control method includes: obtaining force information associated with feet of the robot; calculating a zero moment point of a COM of a body of the robot based on the force information; updating a position trajectory of the robot according to the zero moment point of the COM of the body to obtain an updated position of the COM of the body; obtaining posture information of the robot; updating a posture trajectory of the robot according to the posture information to obtain an updated pose angle; performing inverse kinematics analysis on the updated position of the COM of the body and the updated pose angle to obtain joint angles of legs of the robot; and controlling the robot to move according to the joint angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Chunyu Chen, Yizhang Liu, Ligang Ge, Zheng Xie, Jianxin Pang, Youjun Xiong
  • Patent number: 11602858
    Abstract: A thumb structure includes a proximal phalanx, a distal phalanx rotatably connected to one end of the proximal phalanx, a fixing member connected to the proximal phalanx through a first ball joint, a linking member having opposite ends that are connected to the distal phalanx and the fixing member through a second ball joint and a third ball joint, a first actuating assembly to drive the proximal phalanx to swing in a direction of a first degree of freedom, and a second actuating assembly to drive the proximal phalanx to swing in a direction of a second degree of freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Kunlei Zhao, Zheng Xie, Zhaohui An, Weizhi Shi, Youjun Xiong
  • Patent number: 11604466
    Abstract: A robot balance control method includes: obtaining force information associated with a left foot and a right foot of the robot; calculating a zero moment point of a center of mass (COM) of a body of the robot based on the force information; calculating a first position offset and a second position offset of the robot according to the zero moment point of the COM of the body; updating a position trajectory of the robot according to the first position offset and the second offset to obtain an updated position of the COM of the body; performing inverse kinematics analysis on the updated position of the COM of the body to obtain joint angles of the left leg and the right leg of the robot; and controlling the robot to move according to the joint angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Chunyu Chen, Yizhang Liu, Ligang Ge, Zheng Xie, Youjun Xiong, Jianxin Pang
  • Patent number: 11565762
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a zero moment point jitter processing method as well as an apparatus and a robot using the same. The method includes: obtaining left foot force information and right foot force information collected by sensors; calculating a first zero moment point and a second zero moment point of soles of two feet of a robot based on the left foot force information and the right foot force information; calculating a third zero moment point of the robot according to the first zero moment point and the second zero moment point; calculating a jitter amplitude of the third zero moment point within a preset period; and adjusting a position of the third zero moment point in response to the jitter amplitude being not larger than a predetermined jitter amplitude threshold. In this manner, the robot can eliminate zero moment point jitters within a certain amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Chunyu Chen, Yizhang Liu, Ligang Ge, Xianwei Su, Zheng Xie, Youjun Xiong, Jianxin Pang
  • Patent number: 11550335
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a biped robot and its moving method and apparatus. The method includes: calculating a motion state of each servo of legs of a biped robot according to an actual trajectory of the biped robot, and controlling the servo to rotate to the corresponding motion state. The scheme enables the biped robot to achieve flexible controls to the biped robot according to the received real-time external feedbacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Youjun Xiong, Chunyu Chen, Yizhang Liu, Ligang Ge, Zheng Xie, Jianxin Pang
  • Patent number: 11461715
    Abstract: Techniques for text evaluation are provided. A curated dataset comprising a plurality of textual documents is received. A tree of classifiers is trained, based on the curated dataset, to identify use cases. A feature graph model is generated, based on the curated dataset, to determine textual similarity. A new document is received, and a plurality of requirements is extracted from the new document. For each requirement, one or more vector scores are generated by evaluating the requirement using the tree of classifiers, one or more feature scores are generated by evaluating the requirement using the feature graph model, and one or more use cases are identified for the new textual document based on the one or more vector scores and the one or more feature scores. An implementation is generated for the new document based on the one or more use cases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stan Kevin Daley, Tao Liu, Harish Bharti, Jayant Kumar Sinha, Zheng Xie, Joy Patra, Abhay Patra
  • Publication number: 20220237481
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments disclose a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for evaluating the pollination of one or more crops, the method comprising collecting pollination data, extracting one or more features from the collected data, and evaluating a current state of pollination of the one or more crops based on the extracted one or more features and one or more models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Steven Ware Jones, Jennifer A. Mallette, ZHENG XIE, Lisa Beth Lurie
  • Patent number: D985643
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
    Inventors: Yiping Li, Mingming Ji, Weizhi Shi, Xinshui Huang, Zheng Xie, Xue Yang, Qiuhong Shi, Meichun Liu, Weining Zhang, Qidong Xu, Youpeng Li, Jian Li