Patents by Inventor Jia CUI

Jia CUI 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: 11972754
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for performing sequence to sequence (Seq2Seq) speech recognition training performed by at least one processor. The method includes acquiring a training set comprising a plurality of pairs of input data and target data corresponding to the input data, encoding the input data into a sequence of hidden states, performing a connectionist temporal classification (CTC) model training based on the sequence of hidden states, performing an attention model training based on the sequence of hidden states, and decoding the sequence of hidden states to generate target labels by independently performing the CTC model training and the attention model training.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Jia Cui, Chao Weng, Guangsen Wang, Jun Wang, Chengzhu Yu, Dan Su, Dong Yu
  • Patent number: 11945016
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for fabricating a flexible display screen. The apparatus for the flexible display screen includes a roller mechanism and a jig, wherein the jig includes a bearing surface configured to bear a flexible display panel, the bearing surface being a curved surface; and the roller mechanism includes a roller, an axis of the roller being parallel to an element line of the bearing surface, and the roller being configured to roll on the bearing surface along a directrix of the bearing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: MIANYANG BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rongkun Fan, Yuanhong Wen, Peng Wang, Jialin Wang, Zhao Liang, Tao Zhang, Mu Zeng, Yang Wang, Jia Deng, Hongwei Cui
  • Publication number: 20240086637
    Abstract: Methods and devices to efficiently normalize text by processing inputted text based on a text normalization model that includes processing the input text in a first stage including a statistical model as a first output, processing the first output in a second stage including a rule based model as a normalized text, and outputting the normalized text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Tencent America LLC
    Inventors: Jia Cui, Dong Yu
  • Patent number: 11924832
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for performing sidelink communication. An example method generates SCI stage 1 and stage 2 for transmitting a transport block (TB) to a user equipment device (UE). The method includes determining the type of sidelink communication for transmitting the TB. An SCI stage 2 format is selected based on the type of sidelink communication. An SCI stage 2 payload is encoded in accordance with the selected SCI stage 2 format. The selected SCI stage 2 format value is encoded in an SCI stage 1 payload. The SCI stage 1 payload and SCI stage 2 payload are transmitted to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Wei Zeng, Yushu Zhang, Oghenekome Oteri, Weidong Yang, Hong He, Haitong Sun, Yang Tang, Jie Cui, Yuchul Kim, Dawei Zhang, Jia Tang
  • Publication number: 20240068936
    Abstract: An adaptive characteristic spectral line screening method and system based on atomic emission spectrum are provided, the method includes: using a set characteristic screening optimization method to perform a plurality of optimization rounds of characteristic screening, obtaining an initialized spectral dataset of each round of the characteristic screening and initialized characteristic population genes; obtaining an optimal characteristic population gene of each round by a set analysis method, a fitness function, and an iteration of a genetic algorithm; obtaining an optimized characteristic spectral information set when the plurality of optimization rounds reach set optimization rounds; performing combination statistics and discriminant analyses on the optimized characteristic spectral information set to complete an adaptive characteristic spectral line screening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Jia Liu, Feipeng Cui, Xiaopeng Li, Ling Liu, Hongwei Shi, Feifei Guo, Ying Zhao, Xuejing Shen, Haizhou Wang
  • Publication number: 20240054989
    Abstract: Systems and methods for training a model to perform end-to-end character-to-phoneme (C2P) conversion include: selecting a plurality of unlabeled sentences from a first data source, selecting a plurality of labeled sentences from a second data source, preprocessing a combined corpus of the selected unlabeled and labeled sentences to extract a plurality of linguistic features, generating mixed training data by automatically labeling tokens in the preprocessed corpus based on the plurality of extracted linguistic features, and training a pre-trained model, using the mixed training data, to perform end-to-end C2P conversion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventor: Jia CUI
  • Patent number: 11803618
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided that analyzing sequence-to-sequence data, such as sequence-to-sequence speech data or sequence-to-sequence machine translation data for example, by minimum Bayes risk (MBR) training a sequence-to-sequence model and within introduction of applications of softmax smoothing to an N-best generation of the MBR training of the sequence-to-sequence model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Chao Weng, Jia Cui, Guangsen Wang, Jun Wang, Chengzhu Yu, Dan Su, Dong Yu
  • Patent number: 11636848
    Abstract: A method of attention-based end-to-end (A-E2E) automatic speech recognition (ASR) training, includes performing cross-entropy training of a model, based on one or more input features of a speech signal, determining a posterior probability vector at a time of a first wrong token among one or more output tokens of the model of which the cross-entropy training is performed, and determining a loss of the first wrong token at the time, based on the determined posterior probability vector. The method further includes determining a total loss of a training set of the model of which the cross-entropy training is performed, based on the determined loss of the first wrong token, and updating the model of which the cross-entropy training is performed, based on the determined total loss of the training set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Peidong Wang, Jia Cui, Chao Weng, Dong Yu
  • Publication number: 20230092440
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided that analyzing sequence-to-sequence data, such as sequence-to-sequence speech data or sequence-to-sequence machine translation data for example, by minimum Bayes risk (MBR) training a sequence-to-sequence model and within introduction of applications of softmax smoothing to an N-best generation of the MBR training of the sequence-to-sequence model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Chao WENG, Jia CUI, Guangsen WANG, Jun WANG, Chengzhu YU, Dan SU, Dong YU
  • Patent number: 11551136
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided that analyzing sequence-to-sequence data, such as sequence-to-sequence speech data or sequence-to-sequence machine translation data for example, by minimum Bayes risk (MBR) training a sequence-to-sequence model and within introduction of applications of softmax smoothing to an N-best generation of the MBR training of the sequence-to-sequence model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Chao Weng, Jia Cui, Guangsen Wang, Jun Wang, Chengzhu Yu, Dan Su, Dong Yu
  • Publication number: 20220115005
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for performing sequence to sequence (Seq2Seq) speech recognition training performed by at least one processor. The method includes acquiring a training set comprising a plurality of pairs of input data and target data corresponding to the input data, encoding the input data into a sequence of hidden states, performing a connectionist temporal classification (CTC) model training based on the sequence of hidden states, performing an attention model training based on the sequence of hidden states, and decoding the sequence of hidden states to generate target labels by independently performing the CTC model training and the attention model training.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Jia CUI, Chao WENG, Guangsen WANG, Jun WANG, Chengzhu YU, Dan SU, Dong YU
  • Patent number: 11257481
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for performing sequence to sequence (Seq2Seq) speech recognition training performed by at least one processor. The method includes acquiring a training set comprising a plurality of pairs of input data and target data corresponding to the input data, encoding the input data into a sequence of hidden states, performing a connectionist temporal classification (CTC) model training based on the sequence of hidden states, performing an attention model training based on the sequence of hidden states, and decoding the sequence of hidden states to generate target labels by independently performing the CTC model training and the attention model training.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Jia Cui, Chao Weng, Guangsen Wang, Jun Wang, Chengzhu Yu, Dan Su, Dong Yu
  • Publication number: 20210264901
    Abstract: A method of attention-based end-to-end (A-E2E) automatic speech recognition (ASR) training, includes performing cross-entropy training of a model, based on one or more input features of a speech signal, determining a posterior probability vector at a time of a first wrong token among one or more output tokens of the model of which the cross-entropy training is performed, and determining a loss of the first wrong token at the time, based on the determined posterior probability vector. The method further includes determining a total loss of a training set of the model of which the cross-entropy training is performed, based on the determined loss of the first wrong token, and updating the model of which the cross-entropy training is performed, based on the determined total loss of the training set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Peidong WANG, Jia CUI, Chao WENG, Dong YU
  • Patent number: 11037547
    Abstract: A method of attention-based end-to-end (A-E2E) automatic speech recognition (ASR) training, includes performing cross-entropy training of a model, based on one or more input features of a speech signal, determining a posterior probability vector at a time of a first wrong token among one or more output tokens of the model of which the cross-entropy training is performed, and determining a loss of the first wrong token at the time, based on the determined posterior probability vector. The method further includes determining a total loss of a training set of the model of which the cross-entropy training is performed, based on the determined loss of the first wrong token, and updating the model of which the cross-entropy training is performed, based on the determined total loss of the training set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Peidong Wang, Jia Cui, Chao Weng, Dong Yu
  • Patent number: 11004443
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for performing acoustic to word (A2W) speech recognition training performed by at least one processor. The method includes initializing, by the at least one processor, one or more first layers of a neural network with phone based Connectionist Temporal Classification (CTC), initializing, by the at least one processor, one or more second layers of the neural network with grapheme based CTC, acquiring, by the at least one processor, training data and performing, by the at least one processor, A2W speech recognition training based the initialized one or more first layers and one or more second layers of the neural network using the training data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Chengzhu Yu, Chao Weng, Jia Cui, Dong Yu
  • Patent number: 10923117
    Abstract: A method for selecting an optimal language model weight (LMW) used to perform automatic speech recognition, including decoding test audio into a lattice using a language model; analyzing the lattice using a first LMW of a plurality of LMWs to determine a first plurality of best paths; analyzing the lattice using a second LMW of the plurality of LMWs to determine a second plurality of best paths; determining a first best path change rate (BCPR) corresponding to the first LMW based on a number of best path changes between the first plurality of best paths and the second plurality of best paths; and determining the first LMW to be the optimal LMW based on the first BCPR being a lowest BCPR from among a plurality of BCPRs corresponding to the plurality of LMWs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Peidong Wang, Jia Cui, Chao Weng, Dong Yu
  • Patent number: 10861441
    Abstract: A method of attention-based end-to-end (E2E) automatic speech recognition (ASR) training, includes performing cross-entropy training of a model, based on one or more input features of a speech signal, performing beam searching of the model of which the cross-entropy training is performed, to generate an n-best hypotheses list of output hypotheses, and determining a one-best hypothesis among the generated n-best hypotheses list. The method further includes determining a character-based gradient and a word-based gradient, based on the model of which the cross-entropy training is performed and a loss function in which a distance between a reference sequence and the determined one-best hypothesis is maximized, and performing backpropagation of the determined character-based gradient and the determined word-based gradient to the model, to update the model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Peidong Wang, Jia Cui, Chao Weng, Dong Yu
  • Publication number: 20200265831
    Abstract: A method of attention-based end-to-end (E2E) automatic speech recognition (ASR) training, includes performing cross-entropy training of a model, based on one or more input features of a speech signal, performing beam searching of the model of which the cross-entropy training is performed, to generate an n-best hypotheses list of output hypotheses, and determining a one-best hypothesis among the generated n-best hypotheses list. The method further includes determining a character-based gradient and a word-based gradient, based on the model of which the cross-entropy training is performed and a loss function in which a distance between a reference sequence and the determined one-best hypothesis is maximized, and performing backpropagation of the determined character-based gradient and the determined word-based gradient to the model, to update the model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Tencent America LLC
    Inventors: Peidong WANG, Jia CUI, Chao WENG, Dong YU
  • Publication number: 20200265830
    Abstract: A method of attention-based end-to-end (A-E2E) automatic speech recognition (ASR) training, includes performing cross-entropy training of a model, based on one or more input features of a speech signal, determining a posterior probability vector at a time of a first wrong token among one or more output tokens of the model of which the cross-entropy training is performed, and determining a loss of the first wrong token at the time, based on the determined posterior probability vector. The method further includes determining a total loss of a training set of the model of which the cross-entropy training is performed, based on the determined loss of the first wrong token, and updating the model of which the cross-entropy training is performed, based on the determined total loss of the training set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Peidong WANG, Jia Cui, Chao Weng, Dong Yu
  • Patent number: 10672382
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for performing end-to-end speech recognition training performed by at least one processor. The method includes receiving, by the at least one processor, one or more input speech frames, generating, by the at least one processor, a sequence of encoder hidden states by transforming the input speech frames, computing, by the at least one processor, attention weights based on each of the sequence of encoder hidden states and a current decoder hidden state, performing, by the at least one processor, a decoding operation based on a previous embedded label prediction information and a previous attentional hidden state information generated based on the attention weights; and generating a current embedded label prediction information based on a result of the decoding operation and the attention weights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Chao Weng, Jia Cui, Guangsen Wang, Jun Wang, Chengzhu Yu, Dan Su, Dong Yu