Patents by Inventor Zhiqiang YUAN

Zhiqiang YUAN 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).

  • Publication number: 20230320250
    Abstract: Implementations are directed to generating a stream of agricultural annotations with respect to area(s) of interest of an agricultural field, and providing the stream of agricultural annotations for presentation to the user in an augmented reality manner with respect to the area(s) of interest. In some implementations, a stream of vision data may be received at a first computing device of the user and from a second computing device of the user. Further, the first computing device may process the stream of vision data to generate the stream of agricultural annotations. Moreover, the first computing device may transmit the stream of agricultural annotations to the second computing device to cause the stream of agricultural annotations to be provided for presentation to the user. In other implementations, the first computing device may be omitted, and the second computing device may be utilized to generate the stream of agricultural annotations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Elliott Grant, Zhiqiang Yuan, Bodi Yuan
  • Publication number: 20230274391
    Abstract: Implementations relate to crop yield prediction at the field- and pixel-level. In various implementations, a first temporal sequence of high-elevation digital images may be obtained that capture a first geographic area and are acquired over a first predetermined time interval while the first geographic area includes a particular crop. A first plurality of other data points may also be obtained that influence a ground truth crop yield of the first geographic area after the first predetermined time interval. The first plurality of other data points may be grouped into temporal chunks corresponding temporally with respective images of the first temporal sequence. The first temporal sequence and the temporal chunks of the first plurality of other data points may be applied, e.g., iteratively, as input across a machine learning model to estimate a crop yield of the first geographic area at the end of the first predetermined time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Cheng-en Guo, Wilson Zhao, Jie Yang, Zhiqiang Yuan
  • Publication number: 20230245420
    Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus may be provided. The process may include, obtaining source compressed texture data of a target image by encoding the target image by using a source compressed texture format and determining a target compressed texture format adapted to the display card and a target compressed block size corresponding to the target compressed texture format. The process may also include obtaining a plurality of pieces of image texture data, based on decoding and aligning the source compressed texture data by using the target compressed block size, and obtaining target compressed texture data of the target image, based on transcoding each piece of the plurality of pieces of image texture data by using the target compressed texture format and the target compressed block size. The process may also include rendering the target image based on the target compressed texture data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhiqiang YUAN, Yandong Yang, Wenyan Li, Rongxin Zhou, Lei Liu, Xinda Zhao, Zhipeng Gong, Hao Yang, Chen Cao, Wei Zhou
  • Patent number: 11715296
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein for using artificial intelligence to predict crop yields based on observational crop data. A method includes: obtaining a first digital image of at least one plant; segmenting the first digital image of the at least one plant to identify at least one seedpod in the first digital image; for each of the at least one seedpod in the first digital image: determining a color of the seedpod; determining a number of seeds in the seedpod; inferring, using one or more machine learning models, a moisture content of the seedpod based on the color of the seedpod; and estimating, based on the moisture content of the seedpod and the number of seeds in the seedpod, a weight of the seedpod; and predicting a crop yield based on the moisture content and the weight of each of the at least one seedpod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: MINERAL EARTH SCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Bodi Yuan, Zhiqiang Yuan, Ming Zheng
  • Publication number: 20230210040
    Abstract: Implementations are described herein for predicting soil organic carbon (“SOC”) content for agricultural fields detected in digital imagery. In various implementations, one or more digital images depicting portion(s) of one or more agricultural fields may be processed. The one or more digital images may have been acquired by a vision sensor carried through the field(s) by a ground-based vehicle. Based on the processing, one or more agricultural inferences indicating agricultural practices or conditions predicted to affect SOC content may be determined. Based on the agricultural inferences, one or more predicted SOC measurements for the field(s) may be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Cheng-en Guo, Jie Yang, Zhiqiang Yuan, Elliott Grant
  • Patent number: 11688036
    Abstract: Implementations relate to detecting/replacing transient obstructions from high-elevation digital images, and/or to fusing data from high-elevation digital images having different spatial, temporal, and/or spectral resolutions. In various implementations, first and second temporal sequences of high-elevation digital images capturing a geographic area may be obtained. These temporal sequences may have different spatial, temporal, and/or spectral resolutions (or frequencies). A mapping may be generated of the pixels of the high-elevation digital images of the second temporal sequence to respective sub-pixels of the first temporal sequence. A point in time at which a synthetic high-elevation digital image of the geographic area may be selected. The synthetic high-elevation digital image may be generated for the point in time based on the mapping and other data described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: MINERAL EARTH SCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Jie Yang, Cheng-en Guo, Zhiqiang Yuan, Elliott Grant, Hongxu Ma
  • Publication number: 20230186529
    Abstract: Implementations are described herein for colorizing an X-ray image and predicting one or more phenotypic traits about a plant based on the colorized X-ray image. In various implementations, an X-ray image that depicts a plant with a canopy of the plant partially occluding a part-of-interest is obtained, where the part-of-interest is visible through the canopy in the X-ray image. The X-ray images is colorized to predict one or more phenotypic traits of the part-of-interest. The colorization includes processing the X-ray image based on a machine learning model to generate a colorized version of the X-ray image, and predicting the one or more phenotypic traits based on one or more visual features of the colorized version of the X-ray image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Yuan, Elliott Grant
  • Patent number: 11676244
    Abstract: Implementations relate to crop yield prediction at the field- and pixel-level. In various implementations, a first temporal sequence of high-elevation digital images may be obtained that capture a first geographic area and are acquired over a first predetermined time interval while the first geographic area includes a particular crop. A first plurality of other data points may also be obtained that influence a ground truth crop yield of the first geographic area after the first predetermined time interval. The first plurality of other data points may be grouped into temporal chunks corresponding temporally with respective images of the first temporal sequence. The first temporal sequence and the temporal chunks of the first plurality of other data points may be applied, e.g., iteratively, as input across a machine learning model to estimate a crop yield of the first geographic area at the end of the first predetermined time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: MINERAL EARTH SCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Cheng-en Guo, Wilson Zhao, Jie Yang, Zhiqiang Yuan
  • Publication number: 20230169764
    Abstract: Implementations are described herein for conditioning a generator machine learning model to generate synthetic ground-level data that is biased towards a given agricultural area based on high-elevation images. In various implementations, a plurality of ground-level images may be accessed that depict crops within a specific agricultural area. A first set of high-elevation image(s) may also be accessed that depict the specific agricultural area. The ground-level images and the first set of high-elevation image(s) may be used to condition an air-to-ground generator machine learning model to generate synthetic ground-level data from high-elevation imagery depicting the specific agricultural area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventor: Zhiqiang Yuan
  • Publication number: 20230140138
    Abstract: Implementations relate to diagnosis of crop yield predictions and/or crop yields at the field- and pixel-level. In various implementations, a first temporal sequence of high-elevation digital images may be obtained that captures a geographic area over a given time interval through a crop cycle of a first type of crop. Ground truth operational data generated through the given time interval and that influences a final crop yield of the first geographic area after the crop cycle may also be obtained. Based on these data, a ground truth-based crop yield prediction may be generated for the first geographic area at the crop cycle's end. Recommended operational change(s) may be identified based on distinct hypothetical crop yield prediction(s) for the first geographic area. Each distinct hypothetical crop yield prediction may be generated based on hypothetical operational data that includes altered data point(s) of the ground truth operational data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Cheng-en Guo, Wilson Zhao, Jie Yang, Zhiqiang Yuan, Elliott Grant
  • Patent number: 11640704
    Abstract: Implementations are described herein for automatically generating synthetic training images that are usable, for instance, as training data for training machine learning models to detect and/or classify various types of plant diseases at various stages in digital images. In various implementations, one or more environmental features associated with an agricultural area may be retrieved. One or more synthetic plant models may be generated to visually simulate one or more stages of a progressive plant disease, taking into account the one or more environmental features associated with the agricultural area. The one or more synthetic plant models may be graphically incorporated into a synthetic training image that depicts the agricultural area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: MINERAL EARTH SCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Lianghao Li, Kangkang Wang, Zhiqiang Yuan
  • Patent number: 11628718
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a transmission device of a hybrid vehicle. The transmission device includes an input shaft assembly, a power generation motor input shaft assembly, a driving motor input shaft assembly, an output shaft assembly, a clutch, an accelerating planetary gear train, a decelerating planetary gear train, and a parking mechanism. The input shaft assembly is located at a front end of the transmission device. The power generation motor input shaft assembly is located between the accelerating planetary gear train and the driving motor input shaft assembly. The driving motor input shaft assembly is located between the power generation motor input shaft assembly and the decelerating planetary gear train. The output shaft assembly is located at a tail end of the transmission device. The clutch is located between a power generation motor and a driving motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: HARBIN DONGAN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINE MANUFACTURING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Zhonggui Yu, Zhaopeng Chai, Yongjun Feng, Xiaoyu Li, Xiaoxing Yuan, Jiqiu Bing, Xiaoning Liu, Mo Wang, Peng Zhang, Zhiqiang Yuan, Haitao Jia, Shi Feng, Wang Tan, Tao Yu, Shuai Zhen, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20230102495
    Abstract: Implementations are disclosed for adaptively reallocating computing resources of resource-constrained devices between tasks performed in situ by those resource-constrained devices. In various implementations, while the resource-constrained device is transported through an agricultural area, computing resource usage of the resource-constrained device ma may be monitored. Additionally, phenotypic output generated by one or more phenotypic tasks performed onboard the resource-constrained device may be monitored. Based on the monitored computing resource usage and the monitored phenotypic output, a state may be generated and processed based on a policy model to generate a probability distribution over a plurality of candidate reallocation actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Yuan, Rhishikesh Pethe, Francis Ebong
  • Patent number: 11606896
    Abstract: Implementations are described herein for predicting soil organic carbon (“SOC”) content for agricultural fields detected in digital imagery. In various implementations, one or more digital images depicting portion(s) of one or more agricultural fields may be processed. The one or more digital images may have been acquired by a vision sensor carried through the field(s) by a ground-based vehicle. Based on the processing, one or more agricultural inferences indicating agricultural practices or conditions predicted to affect SOC content may be determined. Based on the agricultural inferences, one or more predicted SOC measurements for the field(s) may be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: MINERAL EARTH SCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Cheng-en Guo, Jie Yang, Zhiqiang Yuan, Elliott Grant
  • Publication number: 20230083331
    Abstract: An image processing method includes: obtaining a target compression texture resource of a target image, the target compression texture resource including a plurality of compression texture blocks; allocating a plurality of target work groups for decoding to the plurality of compression texture blocks in a graphic card shader, and distributing each compression texture block to a corresponding target work group; and decoding in parallel, by the target work groups in the graphic card shader, the compression texture blocks according to the compression texture format, to obtain target texture data of the target image, the target texture data comprising decoded data corresponding to the compression texture blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Zhiqiang YUAN, Xinda ZHAO, Yandong YANG
  • Patent number: 11604947
    Abstract: Implementations are described herein for automatically generating quasi-realistic synthetic training images that are usable as training data for training machine learning models to perceive various types of plant traits in digital images. In various implementations, multiple labeled simulated images may be generated, each depicting simulated and labeled instance(s) of a plant having a targeted plant trait. In some implementations, the generating may include stochastically selecting features of the simulated instances of plants from a collection of plant assets associated with the targeted plant trait. The collection of plant assets may be obtained from ground truth digital image(s). In some implementations, the ground truth digital image(s) may depict real-life instances of plants having the target plant trait.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: X DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventors: Kangkang Wang, Bodi Yuan, Lianghao Li, Zhiqiang Yuan
  • Publication number: 20230074162
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a transmission device of a hybrid vehicle. The transmission device includes an input shaft assembly, a power generation motor input shaft assembly, a driving motor input shaft assembly, an output shaft assembly, a clutch, an accelerating planetary gear train, a decelerating planetary gear train, and a parking mechanism. The input shaft assembly is located at a front end of the transmission device. The power generation motor input shaft assembly is located between the accelerating planetary gear train and the driving motor input shaft assembly. The driving motor input shaft assembly is located between the power generation motor input shaft assembly and the decelerating planetary gear train. The output shaft assembly is located at a tail end of the transmission device. The clutch is located between a power generation motor and a driving motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: HARBIN DONGAN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhonggui YU, Zhaopeng Chai, Yongjun Feng, Xiaoyu Li, Xiaoxing Yuan, Jiqiu Bing, Xiaoning Liu, Mo Wang, Peng Zhang, Zhiqiang Yuan, Haitao Jia, Shi Feng, Wang Tan, Tao Yu, Shuai Zhen, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20230074663
    Abstract: Implementations are described herein for auditing performance of large-scale tasks. In various implementations, one or more ground-level vision sensors may capture a first set of one or more images that depict an agricultural plot prior to an agricultural task being performed in the agricultural plot, and a second set of one or more images that depict the agricultural plot subsequent to the agricultural task being performed in the agricultural plot. The first and second sets of images may be processed in situ using edge computing device(s) based on a machine learning model to generate respective pluralities of pre-task and post-task inferences about the agricultural plot. Performance of the agricultural task may include comparing the pre-task inferences to the post-task inferences to generate operational metric(s) about the performance of the agricultural task in the agricultural plot. The operational metric(s) may be presented at one or more output devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Yuan, Elliott Grant
  • Publication number: 20230072361
    Abstract: Implementations are described herein for normalizing counts of plant-parts-of-interest detected in digital imagery to account for differences in spatial dimensions of plants, particularly plant heights. In various implementations, one or more digital images depicting a top of a first plant may be processed. The one or more digital images may have been acquired by a vision sensor carried over top of the first plant by a ground-based vehicle. Based on the processing: a distance of the vision sensor to the first plant may be estimated, and a count of visible plant-parts-of-interest that were captured within a field of view of the vision sensor may be determined. Based on the estimated distance, the count of visible plant-parts-of-interest may be normalized with another count of visible plant-parts-of-interest determined from one or more digital images capturing a second plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Yuan, Bodi Yuan, Ming Zheng
  • Publication number: 20230045607
    Abstract: Implementations relate to detecting/replacing transient obstructions from high-elevation digital images, and/or to fusing data from high-elevation digital images having different spatial, temporal, and/or spectral resolutions. In various implementations, first and second temporal sequences of high-elevation digital images capturing a geographic area may be obtained. These temporal sequences may have different spatial, temporal, and/or spectral resolutions (or frequencies). A mapping may be generated of the pixels of the high-elevation digital images of the second temporal sequence to respective sub-pixels of the first temporal sequence. A point in time at which a synthetic high-elevation digital image of the geographic area may be selected. The synthetic high-elevation digital image may be generated for the point in time based on the mapping and other data described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jie Yang, Cheng-en Guo, Zhiqiang Yuan, Elliott Grant, Hongxu Ma