Patents by Inventor Zongkai Cao

Zongkai Cao 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: 11474251
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a Gm-APD array lidar imaging method under strong background noise, comprising following steps: respectively acquiring two sets of cumulative detection data of the Gm-APD array lidar at two different opening times of a range gate of the Gm-APD array lidar under strong background noise; respectively performing a statistic operation on the two sets of cumulative detection data of the Gm-APD array lidar with respect to all pixels, to obtain two cumulative detection result histograms of the Gm-APD array lidar; determining a range interval of the imaging target according to the two cumulative detection result histograms; and acquiring a lidar image by a peak discrimination method in the range interval of the imaging target. The Gm-APD array lidar imaging method according to the present disclosure is capable of improving the laser image quality by eliminating the interference of strong background noise in other range intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tianxu Zhang, Hongshi Sang, Zhijian Tu, Yufeng Liu, Zongkai Cao, Li Li
  • Publication number: 20210041568
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a Gm-APD array lidar imaging method under strong background noise, comprising following steps: respectively acquiring two sets of cumulative detection data of the Gm-APD array lidar at two different opening times of a range gate of the Gm-APD array lidar under strong background noise; respectively performing a statistic operation on the two sets of cumulative detection data of the Gm-APD array lidar with respect to all pixels, to obtain two cumulative detection result histograms of the Gm-APD array lidar; determining a range interval of the imaging target according to the two cumulative detection result histograms; and acquiring a lidar image by a peak discrimination method in the range interval of the imaging target. The Gm-APD an-ay lidar imaging method according to the present disclosure is capable of improving the laser image quality by eliminating the interference of strong background noise in other range intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tianxu Zhang, Hongshi Sang, Zhijian Tu, Yufeng Liu, Zongkai Cao, Li Li