Patents by Inventor Zichong CHEN

Zichong CHEN 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: 20240012426
    Abstract: A method for switching a base station, a mower and a multi-base station working system are provided. The method includes: obtaining, when the number of first common-view satellites between the mower and a first base station is less than a first threshold, the number of second common-view satellites between the mower and a second base station; when the number of the first common-view satellites is less than a second threshold and the number of the second common-view satellites is greater than the second threshold, obtaining the first trajectory of the mower based on the first base station and the second trajectory of the mower based on the second base station; determining, based on the first and second trajectories, a coordinate transformation matrix; and switching from the first base station to the second base station based on the coordinate transformation matrix, the second threshold being less than the first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Willand (Beijing) Technology Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Boxing CHOU, Tianning YU, Zichong CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230421272
    Abstract: A method for recommending an installation position of a base station, a storage medium, a mower, and a mobile electronic device are provided. The method acquires satellite observation data at a plurality of sampling points along a boundary of a target map; determining target sampling points satisfying a preset condition according to satellite observation data at each sampling point; determining common satellite observation frequency bands according to satellite observation data at the target sampling points; determining the number of the common satellite observation frequency bands at each sampling point according to the common satellite observation frequency bands and the satellite observation data at each sampling point; and determining recommendation information of the installation position of the base station according to the number of the common satellite observation frequency bands at each sampling point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Willand (Beijing) Technology Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Ziwei Guo, Zichong Chen, Tianning Yu, Degan Lin, Shaoguang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230320263
    Abstract: A method for determining information, a remote terminal, and a mower are provided. The method includes: collecting a to-be-processed image for a to-be-recognized region through an image collector of a to-be-controlled device, where the to-be-recognized region at least includes a to-be-processed region and an obstacle region; processing the to-be-processed image, and determining information of a partial boundary of a to-be-processed region where the to-be-controlled device is currently located; and controlling the to-be-controlled device to switch between an autonomous movement mode and a remotely controlled movement mode based on the information of the partial boundary to determine a boundary of the to-be-processed region, where the boundary of the to-be-processed region is used for distinguishing the to-be-processed region from the obstacle region. The method can solve the problems of cumbersome operations and low efficiency existing in existing methods for determining a regional boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Willand (Beijing) Technology Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Zichong CHEN, Degan LIN, LV Zhuo, You WANG, Yue HU, Tianning YU, Chunhong LI, Shuai LI, Weijie TANG
  • Patent number: 11603158
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a scooter. The scooter includes a scooter body, a driving portion, a wheel portion, a photographing portion and a control portion; the driving portion is connected with the scooter body; at least part of wheel portion is movably connected with the driving portion; the photographing portion is connected with the scooter body, so that an environment around the scooter body is photographed through the photographing portion; the control portion is connected with the scooter body; the control portion is electrically connected with the photographing portion and the wheel portion; and the control portion controls the driving portion according to a signal collected by the photographing portion, thereby driving the at least part of wheel portion to drive the scooter body to move and avoid an obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ninebot (Beijing) Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weining Xi, Zichong Chen, Yubin Yuan, Zhongyuan Chen, Bin Shen
  • Patent number: 11410482
    Abstract: Disclosed are an information processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The information processing method is applied to a mobile device loaded with articles, and comprises: determining a motion parameter according to a motion mode and obstacle information; carrying out a motion according to the motion parameter; collecting pre-determined information during the motion; and if the pre-determined information indicates that a user needs to acquire an article, suspending the motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: NINEBOT (BEIJING) TECH CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zichong Chen, Chunyang Sun, Li Pu
  • Patent number: 11325672
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for controlling an electric scooter and electric scooter, wherein the method comprises: a first target operation performed on the electric scooter is detected in a case that the electric scooter is unlocked by using a target account; the electric scooter is set to be in a temporarily locked state in response to the first target operation, wherein the electric scooter in the temporarily locked state is set to allow to be unlocked only by the target account within a target duration after detecting the first target operation the electric scooter in the temporarily locked state is unlocked in a case that a second target operation performed on the electric scooter is detected within the target duration. The present disclosure solves the problem existed in the method for controlling an electric scooter in the related art that the electric scooter is easily used by others when the electric scooter is temporarily stopped using.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Ninebot (Beijing) Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shen Deng, Yubin Yuan, Weining Xi, Zichong Chen, Zhongyuan Chen
  • Patent number: 11161412
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for piloting an electric scooter, the electric scooter and a storage medium. The method includes: receiving a driving instruction; and in response to the driving instruction, piloting the electric scooter to a target charging device according to a navigation path at least in one of the following manners: lowering a gravity center of the electric scooter; and under a condition in which an obstacle is detected, controlling the electric scooter to avoid the obstacle or wait for a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Ninebot (Beijing) Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhu Hou, Weining Xi, Yubin Yuan, Zichong Chen, Zhongyuan Chen
  • Patent number: 11150661
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a scooter. The scooter includes a scooter body and a photographing portion; the photographing portion is mounted on the scooter body; and the scooter body is provided with an avoidance space for avoiding a photographing view angle of the photographing portion, so that the photographing portion photographs a road condition around the scooter body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Ninebot (Beijing) Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weining Xi, Zichong Chen, Yubin Yuan, Zhongyuan Chen, Dongyan Zhai
  • Publication number: 20200211313
    Abstract: Disclosed are an information processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The information processing method is applied to a mobile device loaded with articles, and comprises: determining a motion parameter according to a motion mode and obstacle information; carrying out a motion according to the motion parameter; collecting pre-determined information during the motion; and if the pre-determined information indicates that a user needs to acquire an article, suspending the motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Zichong CHEN, Chunyang SUN, Li PU
  • Publication number: 20200182625
    Abstract: A position update method, a position display method and a vehicle. The position update method comprises: acquiring information of a target vehicle, wherein the information of the target vehicle comprises a first positioning position of the target vehicle detected by a GPS component of the target vehicle and a real image taken by a photographing device of the target vehicle; updating the first positioning position to a second positioning position according to the real image, wherein the second positioning position is configured to represent a current position of the target vehicle. The position of the target vehicle obtained by the position update method is more accurate, and the problem of low vehicle searching efficiency or difficulty searching caused by inaccurate position of the target vehicle in the prior art can be avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Yubin YUAN, Haiyang LIU, Weining XI, Zichong CHEN, Zhongyuan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200180558
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for controlling an electric scooter and electric scooter, wherein the method comprises: a first target operation performed on the electric scooter is detected in a case that the electric scooter is unlocked by using a target account; the electric scooter is set to be in a temporarily locked state in response to the first target operation, wherein the electric scooter in the temporarily locked state is set to allow to be unlocked only by the target account within a target duration after detecting the first target operation the electric scooter in the temporarily locked state is unlocked in a case that a second target operation performed on the electric scooter is detected within the target duration. The present disclosure solves the problem existed in the method for controlling an electric scooter in the related art that the electric scooter is easily used by others when the electric scooter is temporarily stopped using.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Shen DENG, Yubin YUAN, Weining XI, Zichong CHEN, Zhongyuan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200183417
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for acquiring information and an electric scooter. The method comprises: acquiring position information and signal strength information of a target position on a moving path of an electric scooter unlocked by a target account, wherein the signal strength information is used for indicating a signal strength of a wireless signal at the target position; establishing a corresponding relationship between the position information and the signal strength information; sending the corresponding relationship to a target client logged in by using the target account to display the location information and the signal strength information on the target client. The present disclosure solves the problem in related art that the electric scooter is improperly parked due to the loose constraint on the parking point of the electric scooter, and achieves the effect of improving the parking effectiveness of the electric scooter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Shen DENG, Yubin YUAN, Weining XI, Zichong CHEN, Zhongyuan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200180723
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a scooter. The scooter includes a scooter body, a driving portion, a wheel portion, a photographing portion and a control portion; the driving portion is connected with the scooter body; at least part of wheel portion is movably connected with the driving portion; the photographing portion is connected with the scooter body, so that an environment around the scooter body is photographed through the photographing portion; the control portion is connected with the scooter body; the control portion is electrically connected with the photographing portion and the wheel portion; and the control portion controls the driving portion according to a signal collected by the photographing portion, thereby driving the at least part of wheel portion to drive the scooter body to move and avoid an obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Weining XI, Zichong CHEN, Yubin YUAN, Zhongyuan CHEN, Bin SHEN
  • Publication number: 20200180433
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for piloting an electric scooter, the electric scooter and a storage medium. The method includes: receiving a driving instruction; and in response to the driving instruction, piloting the electric scooter to a target charging device according to a navigation path at least in one of the following manners: lowering a gravity center of the electric scooter; and under a condition in which an obstacle is detected, controlling the electric scooter to avoid the obstacle or wait for a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Zhu HOU, Weining XI, Yubin YUAN, Zichong CHEN, Zhongyuan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200183418
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a scooter scheduling method and apparatus, a storage medium and an electronic apparatus. The method includes: determining a first geographical position of a scooter to be scheduled and a second geographical position of a target scheduling place of the scooter; determining a first navigation path of the scooter based on the first geographical position and the second geographical position; and controlling the scooter to drive to the target scheduling place according to the first navigation path, wherein the scooter has an automatic driving ability. With the present disclosure, the problem that the scooter cannot be scheduled effectively because a lot of manpower and material resources need to be consumed to schedule the scooter in the related art is solved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Ye WANG, Weining XI, Yubin YUAN, Zichong CHEN, Zhongyuan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200183403
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a scooter. The scooter includes a scooter body and a photographing portion; the photographing portion is mounted on the scooter body; and the scooter body is provided with an avoidance space for avoiding a photographing view angle of the photographing portion, so that the photographing portion photographs a road condition around the scooter body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Weining Xi, Zichong Chen, Yubin Yuan, Zhongyuan Chen, Dongyan Zhai
  • Publication number: 20200166932
    Abstract: Disclosed are an information processing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The information processing method applied to a server comprises: receiving an operation request sent by a user equipment, wherein the operation request comprises: first position information and article demand information, the first position information being used for indicating a target position; according to a selection policy and the first position information, selecting a first target mobile device, wherein the first target mobile device is loaded with articles to which the article demand information points; and sending a first control instruction to the first target mobile device, wherein the first control instruction is at least used for controlling the first target mobile device so same moves to the target position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Zichong CHEN, Chunyang SUN, Li PU
  • Publication number: 20190049549
    Abstract: Disclosed is a target tracking method, applicable to an electronic device, the electronic device being provided with a camera and an ultra wideband module, the method comprising: determining, by the ultra wideband module, first relative position information of a tracked target with respect to the electronic device; determining, by the camera, second relative position information of the tracked target with respect to the electronic device; determining third relative position information of the tracked target with respect to the electronic device on the basis of the first relative position information and the second relative position information; and controlling, on the basis of the third relative position information, the electronic device to track the movement of the target. The present invention realizes the technical effect of improving stability and robustness of a target tracking method. Also disclosed are a target tracking apparatus and a storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Chu Tang, Xiaolu Sun, Zichong Chen, Ming Qing, Qing Wu, Guanjiao Ren, Li Pu
  • Publication number: 20170330375
    Abstract: A data processing method and apparatus are provided. The method includes obtaining a first reconstruction model of a target object and dividing the first reconstruction model into M local blocks. Additionally, the method includes obtaining N target object sample alignment models, where each target object sample alignment model and the first reconstruction model have a same corresponding posture parameter, each target object sample alignment model includes M local blocks, and the ith local block of each target object sample alignment model is aligned with the ith local block of the first reconstruction model, where i is 1, . . . , or M. The method also includes approximating the N target object sample alignment models to the first reconstruction model, to determine a second reconstruction model that is of the target object and includes M local blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Zichong Chen, Guofeng Zhang, Kangkan Wang
  • Patent number: 9641801
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for presenting communication information in video communication, including: controlling collection of audio information and video information of a video communication site; determining a position of a speaker in the video communication site according to the audio information, where the speaker is a person of participants in the video communication site that speaks; acquiring speech video information from the video information according to the position of the speaker, where the speech video information is video information of the speaker within a speaking period; and controlling presentation of the speech video information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zichong Chen, Yin Zhao, Pei Lv, Jiong Zhou