Patents by Inventor Zhongqin Wu
Zhongqin Wu 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).
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Patent number: 11704833Abstract: A monocular vision tracking method, apparatus, and a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring a first camera pose by using a wireless tracker; capturing calibration board images by using a camera, and selecting a set of images from the captured calibration board images according to image sharpness and camera pose difference; calculating a second camera pose in the camera calibration algorithm according to the selected set of images; obtaining a conversion parameter between the first camera pose and the second camera pose; and converting a first capturing pose into a second capturing pose by means of the conversion parameter when a scenario is captured, wherein the first capturing pose is acquired by the wireless tracker and the second capturing pose corresponds to a pose of the camera.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuan Lin, Yongjie Zhang, Yingchao Li, Zhongqin Wu
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Patent number: 11164379Abstract: An augmented reality positioning method and apparatus for location-based service LBS, comprising: a first terminal obtains image information captured by a camera, and receives AR information transmitted by a server; the AR information is generated according to location information of a second terminal; the first terminal displays the image information drawn with the AR information. The apparatus avoids the following drawbacks in the prior art: location inaccuracy; when the terminals are close to each other, positioning cannot be performed on the interfaces of the terminals; if the environment is complicated, it is difficult for the user to quickly perform accurate and direct judgment, and even impossible to obtain more accurate mutual suggestive location information.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhongqin Wu, Miao Yao, Yongjie Zhang
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Publication number: 20210233275Abstract: A monocular vision tracking method, apparatus, and a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring a first camera pose by using a wireless tracker; capturing calibration board images by using a camera, and selecting a set of images from the captured calibration board images according to image sharpness and camera pose difference; calculating a second camera pose in the camera calibration algorithm according to the selected set of images; obtaining a conversion parameter between the first camera pose and the second camera pose; and converting a first capturing pose into a second capturing pose by means of the conversion parameter when a scenario is captured, wherein the first capturing pose is acquired by the wireless tracker and the second capturing pose corresponds to a pose of the camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuan Lin, Yongjie Zhang, Yingchao Li, Zhongqin Wu
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Patent number: 11042730Abstract: A method for determining an object comprises: determining a reference representation based on positions of a first reference point and a second reference point of a first object in a reference image, which indicates a distance and a relative direction between the first and second reference points in the reference image; determining a detection representation based on positions of the first and second reference points in a detection frame including the first object in a video, which indicates a distance and a relative direction between the first and second reference points in the detection frame; determining rotation parameters associated with a first predetermined point and a second predetermined point in a second object associated with the first object based on the reference representation and the detection representation; and adjusting a target representation between the first and second predetermined points in the second object based on the rotation parameter.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaoyin Zhang, Chen Zhao, Yajie Du, Zhongqin Wu
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Patent number: 10984554Abstract: A monocular vision tracking method, apparatus and a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring a first camera pose by using a wireless tracker; capturing calibration board images by using a camera, and calculating a second camera pose according to the captured calibration board images; obtaining a conversion parameter between the first camera pose and the second camera pose; and converting a first capturing pose into a second capturing pose by means of the conversion parameter when a scenario is captured, wherein the first capturing pose is acquired by the wireless tracker and the second capturing pose corresponds to a pose of the camera; wherein a relative position between the wireless tracker and the camera remains unchanged, in processes of acquiring the first camera pose, capturing the calibration board images and capturing the scenario.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuan Lin, Yongjie Zhang, Yingchao Li, Zhongqin Wu
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Patent number: 10957084Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image processing method. The method includes: detecting at least one first feature object of an image to be processed, to obtain a name and position of each first feature object in the image; according to the name and position of the first feature object, and a preset strategy for loading a dynamic effect, selecting, from the at least one first feature object, a feature object to which a dynamic effect is to be loaded, as a second feature object; and according to the preset strategy for loading a dynamic effect, rendering the second feature object with an Augmented Reality (AR) dynamic effect, and obtaining an image with the AR dynamic effect. The present disclosure further provides an image processing apparatus, a device and a computer readable storage medium.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhongqin Wu, Yingchao Li, Chen Zhao, Nan Wei, Qian Ying
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Patent number: 10789474Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure disclose a system, method and apparatus for displaying information. A specific embodiment of the method comprises: acquiring currently displayed information, the currently displayed information including an image; associating an augmented reality AR display identifier with the currently displayed information, in response to a preset object in a preset object set existing in the image; displaying the image associated with an AR play identifier, in response to receiving a request for browsing the currently displayed information associated with the AR display identifier from a user; acquiring AR image data of the preset object existing in the image from a server, in response to receiving a request for browsing the image associated with the AR play identifier from the user; and displaying an AR image of the preset object existing in the image based on the AR image data of the preset object existing in the image.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Yingchao Li, Zuncheng Yang, Min Sheng, Zhongqin Wu
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Patent number: 10778526Abstract: A computing system includes at least one processor and memory storing instructions executable by the at least one processor, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the computing system to identify configuration data that defines computing functionality of a first service instance assigned to an end user tenant in the computing system, generate a test tenant comprising a second service instance provisioned with computing resources that are configured based on the configuration data, detect a technical issue in the first service instance, and generate the technical issue in the second service instance.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Darell D. Macatangay, Zhongqin Wu, Kok Keong Soh, Francisco Javier Gutierrez Gutierrez, Diane K. Rapp, Victor A. Urnyshev, Jianhua Liu
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Patent number: 10580206Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for constructing a three-dimensional map. A specific embodiment of the method includes: acquiring multiple frames of a monocular image containing a target object collected by a monocular camera, and constructing a three-dimensional map containing the target object and other objects in the monocular image based on the monocular image; determining an absolute scale of the target object, and determining a ratio of a relative scale corresponding to the target object to the absolute scale; and adjusting a scale of each object in the three-dimensional map to obtain a three-dimensional map meeting a preset condition based on the ratio. The method and apparatus provided by the present disclosure achieves the construction of a world coordinate system with absolute scales in a three-dimensional map constructed based on a monocular image.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuan Lin, Sili Chen, Yuhua Dong, Binbin Zheng, Yijie Yan, Zhongqin Wu
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Publication number: 20200042777Abstract: A method for determining an object comprises: determining a reference representation based on positions of a first reference point and a second reference point of a first object in a reference image, which indicates a distance and a relative direction between the first and second reference points in the reference image; determining a detection representation based on positions of the first and second reference points in a detection frame including the first object in a video, which indicates a distance and a relative direction between the first and second reference points in the detection frame; determining rotation parameters associated with a first predetermined point and a second predetermined point in a second object associated with the first object based on the reference representation and the detection representation; and adjusting a target representation between the first and second predetermined points in the second object based on the rotation parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Xiaoyin ZHANG, Chen ZHAO, Yajie DU, Zhongqin WU
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Publication number: 20190371003Abstract: A monocular vision tracking method, apparatus and a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring a first camera pose by using a wireless tracker; capturing calibration board images by using a camera, and calculating a second camera pose according to the captured calibration board images; obtaining a conversion parameter between the first camera pose and the second camera pose; and converting a first capturing pose into a second capturing pose by means of the conversion parameter when a scenario is captured, wherein the first capturing pose is acquired by the wireless tracker and the second capturing pose corresponds to a pose of the camera; wherein a relative position between the wireless tracker and the camera remains unchanged, in processes of acquiring the first camera pose, capturing the calibration board images and capturing the scenario.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd .Inventors: Yuan Lin, Yongjie Zhang, Yingchao Li, Zhongqin Wu
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Patent number: 10497276Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a display method and apparatus. A specific implementation of the method comprises: acquiring an experimental environment image; presenting, on the experimental instrument image using an augmented reality approach, a status image indicating an experimental status of an experimental instrument when performing the target experiment; in response to detecting a gesture operation of a user, determining experiment effect information of an experiment operation based on a corresponding relation between the gesture operation and the experiment operation of the target experiment, wherein the experiment effect information comprises an experiment effect image; and displaying, using the augmented reality approach, the experiment effect image in the experimental environment image having presented the status image. This implementation may superpose a virtual status image and an experiment effect image on a reality environment image, thereby enhancing the display fidelity.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhongqin Wu, Hui Qiao, Yingchao Li, Qian Ying, Chen Zhao
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Patent number: 10410315Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating image information. A specific embodiment of the method includes: acquiring a rotation angle and a scaling of a target image relative to a reference image, and acquiring an intrinsic parameter of a video camera collecting the reference image; generating a projective transformation matrix based on the rotation angle, the scaling and the intrinsic parameter; generating a coordinate offset of the each neighborhood pixel of the feature point in the reference image; generating, based on a coordinate of the feature point in the reference image, the coordinate offset of the each neighborhood pixel of the feature point in the reference image and the projective transformation matrix, coordinates of the each neighborhood pixel of the feature point in the reference image; and generating a feature point descriptor of the feature point.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sili Chen, Yuan Lin, Yuhua Dong, Binbin Zheng, Yijie Yan, Zhongqin Wu
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Publication number: 20190272428Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure disclose a system, method and apparatus for displaying information. A specific embodiment of the method comprises: acquiring currently displayed information, the currently displayed information including an image; associating an augmented reality AR display identifier with the currently displayed information, in response to a preset object in a preset object set existing in the image; displaying the image associated with an AR play identifier, in response to receiving a request for browsing the currently displayed information associated with the AR display identifier from a user; acquiring AR image data of the preset object existing in the image from a server, in response to receiving a request for browsing the image associated with the AR play identifier from the user; and displaying an AR image of the preset object existing in the image based on the AR image data of the preset object existing in the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2018Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicant: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Yingchao Li, Zuncheng Yang, Min Sheng, Zhongqin Wu
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Publication number: 20190245745Abstract: A computing system includes at least one processor and memory storing instructions executable by the at least one processor, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the computing system to identify configuration data that defines computing functionality of a first service instance assigned to an end user tenant in the computing system, generate a test tenant comprising a second service instance provisioned with computing resources that are configured based on the configuration data, detect a technical issue in the first service instance, and generate the technical issue in the second service instance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Darell D. MACATANGAY, Zhongqin Wu, Kok Keong Soh, Francisco Javier Gutierrez Gutierrez, Diane K. Rapp, Victor A. Urnyshev, Jianhua Liu
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Publication number: 20190188916Abstract: A method and apparatus for augmenting reality are disclosed. A specific embodiment of the method includes: recognizing an object in an image collected by a camera of a user terminal, and determining a space occupied by the recognized object in a world coordinate system; determining a position in the world coordinate system corresponding to an augmented reality tag of the recognized object, and determining a superimposition position in the collected image corresponding to the position in the world coordinate system corresponding to an augmented reality tag of the recognized object, the position in the world coordinate system corresponding to the augmented reality tag being associated with the space occupied by the recognized object in the world coordinate system; and superimposing, in an augmented reality, the augmented reality tag at the superimposition position. The direct association relationship between the superimposed information and the object in the real world is established.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Xiaoyin Zhang, Zhongqin Wu, Yingchao Li, Li Xu, Miao Yao, Yongjie Zhang, Qian Ying, Yuan Gao
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Publication number: 20190172263Abstract: A method and apparatus for augmenting reality are disclosed. An embodiment of the method includes: sending an image in a page browsed by a user to a server; presenting the indication identifier to the user, in response to receiving the indication identifier sent by the server, the indication identifier indicating that the image is associated with augmented reality contents, and the indication identifier being generated based on that the image being associated with augmented reality contents is detected by the server; and acquiring, in response to detecting a preset operation of the user on the indication identifier, the augmented reality contents associated with the image, and augmenting reality using the augmented reality contents associated with the image. User may use augmented reality without installing an augmented reality application, and interactions with the user are directly performed through the augmented reality contents, which widens application scenarios of augmented reality.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Yingchao Li, Zhongqin Wu, Zuncheng Yang, Qihan Luo
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Patent number: 10313192Abstract: A test tenant generation system comprises, in one example, a scheduling component configured to define a deployment schedule for deploying a plurality of test tenants, and a tenant deployment component configured to deploy the plurality of test tenants to a computing system based on the deployment schedule.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Darell D. Macatangay, Zhongqin Wu, Kok Keong Soh, Francisco Javier Gutierrez Gutierrez, Diane K. Rapp, Victor A. Urnyshev, Jianhua Liu
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Publication number: 20190147632Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image processing method. The method includes: detecting at least one first feature object of an image to be processed, to obtain a name and position of each first feature object in the image; according to the name and position of the first feature object, and a preset strategy for loading a dynamic effect, selecting, from the at least one first feature object, a feature object to which a dynamic effect is to be loaded, as a second feature object; and according to the preset strategy for loading a dynamic effect, rendering the second feature object with an Augmented Reality (AR) dynamic effect, and obtaining an image with the AR dynamic effect. The present disclosure further provides an image processing apparatus, a device and a computer readable storage medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd .Inventors: Zhongqin Wu, Yingchao Li, Chen Zhao, Nan Wei, Qian Ying
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Publication number: 20180357824Abstract: An augmented reality positioning method and apparatus for location-based service LBS, comprising: a first terminal obtains image information captured by a camera, and receives AR information transmitted by a server; the AR information is generated according to location information of a second terminal; the first terminal displays the image information drawn with the AR information. The apparatus avoids the following drawbacks in the prior art: location inaccuracy; when the terminals are close to each other, positioning cannot be performed on the interfaces of the terminals; if the environment is complicated, it is difficult for the user to quickly perform accurate and direct judgment, and even impossible to obtain more accurate mutual suggestive location information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTDInventors: Zhongqin WU, Miao YAO, Yongjie ZHANG