Patents by Inventor Kai Zhang

Kai Zhang 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: 20240137505
    Abstract: A mechanism for processing video data is disclosed. The mechanism determines whether to apply a bilateral filter to filter samples in a video unit based on video information related to the samples. A conversion is performed between a visual media data and a bitstream based on the bilateral filter and the samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Wenbin Yin, Kai Zhang, Li Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240137554
    Abstract: A method for processing a video includes performing a conversion between a current block of visual media data and a corresponding coded representation of the visual media data. The conversion of the current block includes determining whether a use of one or both of a bi-directional optical flow (BIO) technique or a decoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR) technique to the current block is enabled or disabled. Determining the use of the BIO technique or the DMVR technique is based on a cost criterion associated with the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Hongbin Liu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20240137570
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses for video processing are described. A method for processing video includes performing a conversion between a video and a bitstream of the video according to a format rule, and wherein the format rule specifies to include, in a general constraint syntax structure associated with the video, one or more general constraint flags indicating whether corresponding syntax elements are included in a sequence parameter set (SPS) and/or a picture parameter set (PPS) and/or a picture header (PH) and/or a slice header (SH) or to constrain values of the syntax elements in the SPS and/or the PPS and/or the PH and/or the SH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Zhipin Deng, Ye-kui Wang, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Kui Fan
  • Publication number: 20240131486
    Abstract: A full-electric drive cementing control system is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: YANTAI JEREH PETROLEUM EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pengyuan ZHANG, Kai WANG, Jihua WAN, Ren LIU, Jun WANG, Song ZHANG, Kaishen LIU, Shuzhen CUI, Zhuqing MAO, Weiwei LIU
  • Publication number: 20240135592
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for point cloud coding. The method comprises: obtaining, during a conversion between a current frame of a point cloud sequence and a bitstream of the point cloud sequence, a compensated reference frame of the current frame by performing motion compensation on a reference frame of the current frame based on a set of rotation matrixes comprising at least one fixed rotation matrix or a plurality of rotation matrixes; and performing the convention based on the compensated reference frame. Compared with the conventional solution, the proposed method can advantageously improve coding efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yingzhan XU, Kai ZHANG, Li ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240137571
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatus for video processing are described. The processing may include encoding, decoding or transcoding. One example video processing method includes performing a conversion between a video including one or more pictures and a bitstream of the video according to a format rule. The format rule specifies to include, in a general constrain syntax structure, a syntax element indicating whether each picture includes only one slice, and whether a picture header syntax structure is present in a slice header.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Zhipin Deng, Ye-kui Wang, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Kui Fan
  • Patent number: 11968405
    Abstract: A method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a video including a picture and a bitstream of the video, wherein the bitstream conforms to a format rule, wherein the format rule specifies that an indication of whether a first flag is signalled at a beginning of a picture header associated with the picture, wherein the first flag is indicative of whether the picture is an intra random access point (IRAP) picture or a gradual decoding refresh (GDR) picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Ye-kui Wang, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang
  • Patent number: 11968870
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a display region; the display region includes a first display region and a second display region arranged in a second direction; each scanning signal line in the first display region is electrically connected with less pixels than each scanning signal line in the second display region; the first display region is divided into a first sub-display region and a second sub-display region arranged in the second direction; and the first sub-display region is located at the side far away from the second display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yonglin Guo, Kai Zhang, Yunsheng Xiao, Tingliang Liu
  • Patent number: 11968384
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods related to digital video coding, and specifically, to signaling of slice types in video picture headers are described. One example method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a video including one or more video pictures including one or more slices and a bitstream of the video, wherein the bitstream conforms to a format rule, and wherein the format rule specifies that for a video picture of the one or more video pictures having all slices coded as I slices, P slice and B slice related syntax elements are omitted from a picture header for the video picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Zhipin Deng, Jizheng Xu, Ye-kui Wang
  • Patent number: 11968361
    Abstract: In an exemplary aspect, a method for visual media processing includes identifying a boundary at a vertical edge and/or a horizontal edge of two video blocks; calculating a boundary strength of a filter based on at least one of the two video blocks crossing a vertical edge or a horizontal edge is coded using a combined intra-inter prediction (CIIP) mode; deciding whether to turn on or off the filter; selecting a strength of the filter in case the filter is turned on; and performing, based on the selecting, a deblocking filter (DB) process to the video blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Weijia Zhu, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11968402
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatus for video processing are described. A method for processing video includes performing a conversion between a video and a bitstream of the video according to a format rule, and wherein the format rule specifies whether a syntax element in a sequence parameter set (SPS) based on a value of a general constraint flag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Zhipin Deng, Ye-kui Wang, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Kui Fan
  • Patent number: 11968403
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for video processing are described. One example video processing method includes performing a conversion between a video including a video block and a bitstream of the video according to a rule, wherein the rule specifies whether to include, in a slice header (SH), a first syntax element that indicates whether a transform skip based residual coding is disabled for a slice, and wherein the rule specifies that whether to include the first syntax element in the SH is selectively based on a second syntax element in a sequence parameter set (SPS) that indicates whether a TS mode is enabled for the video block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWROK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Zhipin Deng, Ye-Kui Wang, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang
  • Patent number: 11968377
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for sub-block based prediction are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video processing includes determining a block size constrain, making a determination, based on the block size constrain, about whether or not a merge affine mode and a non-merge affine mode are allowed for a video block in a video frame, and generating a bitstream representation of the video block based on the making the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11968369
    Abstract: A method of video processing is provided. The method includes determining, for a conversion between a video comprising a video unit and a bitstream of the video, whether a first coding tool is enabled for the video unit according to a rule. The rule specifies that the first coding tool and a second coding tool are mutually exclusively enabled. The first coding tool or the second coding tool comprises a sign data hiding tool. The method also includes performing the conversion according to the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Yang Wang, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11968368
    Abstract: A method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a current video block of a second color component of a video and a bitstream of the video using a cross-component prediction with multiple-parameter model (CCPMPM) in which samples of the current video block are predictively coded in the bitstream using a linear combination of samples of a first color component multiplied by linear coefficients and/or one or more offsets. The bitstream conforms to a format rule. The linear coefficients of the CCPMPM are determined using a first rule. The samples of the first color component are determined using a second rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Hongbin Liu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Jizheng Xu, Yuwen He, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11968375
    Abstract: Embodiments for video processing, including video coding, video decoding and video transcoding are described. One example method includes performing a conversion between a video comprising one or more video pictures comprising one or more subpictures and a bitstream of the video, wherein the conversion conforms to a rule that specifies that one or more parameters for a scaling window applicable to a subpicture are determined from one or more syntax elements during a subpicture sub-bitstream extraction process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Ye-kui Wang, Zhipin Deng, Kai Zhang, Li Zhang
  • Patent number: 11966124
    Abstract: A display panel includes a display region and a photoelectric sensing region which includes a light transmitting region and a frame region surrounding the light transmitting region; the frame region includes a first region surrounding the light transmitting region, a second region on a side of the first region away from the light transmitting region and surrounding the first region, and a third region between the second region and the display region. The spacers are in an array and in the display region but not in the light transmitting region. A plurality of first support pillars are in the first region, arranged around the light transmitting region, and spaced from each other. A plurality of second support pillars are in the second region, around the second region, and spaced from each other. A plurality of third support pillars are in the third region in an array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Chen, Yanqing Chen, Ruichao Liu, Jie Tong, Xiaofeng Zhang, Weida Qin, Ning Wang, Yan Wang, Wei Li, Haoyi Xin
  • Patent number: 11965681
    Abstract: A refrigeration system and a lubricating method thereof. The refrigeration system (100) includes: a compressor (110), a condenser (120), an evaporator (130), and a lubrication circuit (200), the lubrication circuit including a post-lubrication flow path (230,240,260) connected from the compressor into the condenser and the evaporator respectively; and a pre-lubrication flow path (210,220,250) connected from the condenser and the evaporator into the compressor respectively; wherein after flowing from the condenser via the pre-lubrication flow path to the compressor for lubrication, a part of refrigerant for lubrication can flow back to the evaporator via the post-lubrication flow path; or after flowing from the evaporator via the pre-lubrication flow path to the compressor for lubrication, the part of refrigerant for lubrication can flow back to the condenser via the post-lubrication flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael A. Stark, Hsihua Li, Haitao Zhang, Biao Shu, Kai Deng, Haiping Ding
  • Patent number: 11966245
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a voltage reference source circuit for generating a reference voltage, the voltage reference source circuit comprises a starting circuit, a current generating circuit, and an output voltage reference circuit electrically connected in sequence. The starting circuit provides a starting voltage for the voltage reference source circuit to prevent the voltage reference source circuit from operating in zero state area. The current generating circuit generates a working current for the output voltage reference circuit; and the output voltage reference circuit is used to realize the reference voltage output with zero temperature coefficient according to the working current output by the current generating circuit. A low power consumption power supply system is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: FocalTech Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhen-Juan Cheng, Jing-Kai Zhang, Jin-Cheng Tian, Xin-Xi Jiang
  • Patent number: 11967519
    Abstract: An integrated semiconductor device includes a substrate, semiconductor circuit layers, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, and an interconnection layer. The semiconductor circuit layers are disposed above the substrate. The semiconductor circuit layers have device portions and isolating portions, and the isolating portions are located among the device portions. The first insulating layer is disposed on the semiconductor circuit layers, and the second insulating layer is disposed on the first insulating layer, and the interconnection layer is disposed on the semiconductor circuit layers. The interconnection layer penetrates the first and second insulating layers to electrically connect the device portions of the semiconductor circuit layers. The second insulating layer or the first and second insulating layers collectively form one or more isolating structures above the isolating portion of the semiconductor circuit layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: INNOSCIENCE (SUZHOU) SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Cao, Jianping Zhang, Lei Zhang, Weigang Yao, Chunhua Zhou