Patents by Inventor Li-An Xu

Li-An Xu 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: 20240195986
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution for video processing. A method for video processing is proposed. The method comprises: determining, during a conversion between a target video block of a video and a bitstream of the video, a prediction of coding time for the target video block, the coding time representing a time duration during which a coding process of the target video block being performed; adjusting the coding process for the target video block based at least in part on the prediction of coding time; and performing the conversion between the target video block and the bitstream by using the adjusted coding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Yan HUANG, Jizheng XU, Li ZHANG, Li SONG
  • Publication number: 20240189860
    Abstract: A curing device includes a housing, a carrying plate, a moving assembly, and a light source. The housing defines an opening, The carrying plate is used for carrying a jig. The jig is used for receiving a product and an adhesive, and the jig includes a light transmitting area. The moving assembly is received in the housing and connected to the carrying plate for driving the carrying plate to move into and out of the housing from the opening. The light source is arranged in the housing for irradiating the light transmitting area of the jig to cure the adhesive in the jig. The disclosure also provides a curing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: MANG LI, Jen-Hsiang TSAI, Jian-Jun XIANG, Zheng-Shi XU, Ming-Xia XIE, Sheng SHEN, Xiao-Ping CHEN, Ze-Xin SHEN
  • Patent number: 12010333
    Abstract: A method for visual media processing, including performing a conversion between a current chroma video block of visual media data and a bitstream representation of the current chroma video block. During the conversion, a chroma residual of the current chroma video block is scaled based on a scaling coefficient. The scaling coefficient is derived at least based on luma samples located in predefined positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Zhipin Deng, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu
  • Patent number: 12010321
    Abstract: Disclosed and systems, methods and devices for video processing. An exemplary method for video processing includes: determining for a current video block, an indication which indicates that an affine merge with motion vector difference (MMVD) mode is applied to the current video block; performing a conversion between the current video block and a bitstream representation of a current video block based on the indication, the indication being activated based on the usage of at least one merge list for the current video block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 12010317
    Abstract: A method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a video including a video region and a bitstream of the video according to a rule. The rule specifies a relationship between enablement of a palette mode and a coding type of the video region. The video region may represent a coding block of the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Jizheng Xu, Zhipin Deng, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Kai Zhang
  • Patent number: 12003766
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which includes matrix-based intra prediction methods for video coding, are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video processing includes encoding a current video block of a video using a matrix intra prediction (MIP) mode in which a prediction block of the current video block is determined by performing, on previously coded samples of the video, a boundary downsampling operation, followed by a matrix vector multiplication operation, and selectively followed by an upsampling operation; and adding, to a coded representation of the current video block, a syntax element indicative of applicability of the MIP mode to the current video block using arithmetic coding in which a context for the syntax element is derived based on a rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Zhipin Deng, Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu
  • Patent number: 12000810
    Abstract: A fitting assembly (100) is provided. The fitting assembly (100) comprises a holder (102) that holds one or more fluidic seal assemblies. The fluidic seal assembly comprises a fitting (104), a ferrule (110) and a tube (112), such as a chromatography column, and optionally comprises a protrusion (118) and a compliant seal material (120). Fluidic connections for a gas chromatography instrument are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard P. White, Wesley M. Norman, Li Xu, Wen-Yi Ge
  • Patent number: 12003745
    Abstract: A method of visual media processing includes determining a size of a buffer to store reference samples for prediction in an intra block copy mode; and performing a conversion between a current video block of visual media data and a bitstream of the current video block, using the reference samples stored in the buffer, wherein the conversion is performed in the intra block copy mode which is based on motion information related to a reconstructed block located in same video region with the current video block without referring to a reference picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Jizheng Xu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 12003711
    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: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Weijia Zhu, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu
  • Patent number: 12002234
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and device for detecting a growth state of a crystalline line of a silicon rod, relating to the technical field of monocrystalline silicon, including in a process of constant-diameter growth of the silicon rod, acquiring a sample image of the silicon rod providing a detection area in the sample image, wherein the detection area overlaps with a crystalline-line growth line of the silicon rod generating a grayscale-value curve of the detection area, and according to the grayscale-value curve of the detection area, determining the growth state of the crystalline line of the silicon rod on the crystalline-line growth line. The method alleviates the affection on the detection of crystalline lines by the fluctuation of the diameter of the silicon rod and the unclarity of the features of the crystalline lines, thereby improving the accuracy and the efficiency of the detection on the crystalline lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: LONGI GREEN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Li Guo, Qiao Li, Zhanjun Xu
  • Patent number: 12002948
    Abstract: In a method of preparing an immobilized selenium system or body, a selenium-carbon-oxygen mixture is formed. The mixture is then heated to a temperature above the melting temperature of selenium and the heated mixture is then cooled to ambient or room temperature, thereby forming the immobilized selenium system or body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS (CSIC), II-VI DELAWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Wen-Qing Xu, Xiaoming Li, Shailesh Patkar, Elgin E. Eissler, Marta Sevilla Solis, Antonio Benito Fuertes Arias
  • Patent number: 12003698
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which include sub-block based inter prediction methods, are described. An exemplary method for video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of video and a bitstream representation of the video, a maximum number of candidates in a sub-block based merge candidate list and/or whether to add sub-block based temporal motion vector prediction (SbTMVP) candidates to the sub-block based merge candidate list based on whether temporal motion vector prediction (TMVP) is enabled for use during the conversion or whether a current picture referencing (CPR) coding mode is used for the conversion, and performing, based on the determining, the conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 12003758
    Abstract: A method for video processing includes performing a conversion between a current video block of a video region of a video and a coded representation of the video. The conversion uses a coding mode in which the current video block is constructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner. A parameter set in the coded representation comprises parameter information for the coding mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 12003838
    Abstract: A camera module and a molded photosensitive assembly and manufacturing methods thereof, and an electronic device are disclosed. The molded photosensitive assembly includes an imaging assembly, a molded base and a filter assembly. The imaging assembly includes a circuit board and at least one photosensitive element, and each photosensitive element is conductively connected to the circuit board. The molded base has at least one stepped peripheral groove to define a light window through each stepped peripheral groove, the molded base embeds a part of the imaging assembly, and a photosensitive region of each photosensitive element respectively corresponds to each light window of the molded base. The filter assembly includes at least one filter element, and each filter element is correspondingly arranged in each stepped peripheral groove of the molded base, so that each filter element respectively corresponds to each light window of the molded base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Ningbo Sunny Opotech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhen Huang, Qimin Mei, Bojie Zhao, Zhewen Mei, Li Liu, Jiawei Chen, Chenxiang Xu
  • Patent number: 12003715
    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: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Weijia Zhu, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu
  • Publication number: 20240178815
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to acoustic wave filters with second harmonic emission suppression. In an embodiment, an acoustic wave filter includes a first bulk acoustic wave resonator, a second bulk acoustic wave resonator in anti-parallel with the first bulk acoustic wave resonator, and a passive impedance element in series with the first bulk acoustic wave resonator. The passive impedance element can reduce an imbalance in resonant frequency between the first and second bulk acoustic wave resonators. Other embodiments of acoustic wave filters with second harmonic emission suppression are disclosed. Related multiplexers, radio frequency modules, wireless communication devices, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Zhaogeng Xu, Li Chen, Yiliu Wang
  • Publication number: 20240177435
    Abstract: The present application provides a method, apparatus, device and medium for virtual interaction, wherein the method includes: presenting a media content stream in a virtual space, wherein the media content stream includes at least one interactive object; switching a current camera position to a target camera position according to interactive indication information; presenting an interactive trigger zone and the interactive object in interactive space of the target camera position; and interacting with the interactive object according to the interactive trigger zone. The present application makes interactive operations of the user in the virtual space more vivid and rich, and thus enhances interactivity of the user in the virtual space and improves interactive quality of the virtual interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Lichen Huang, Xiangyu Huang, Liyue Ji, Pingfei Fu, Fan Yang, Yixin Sun, Li Lu, Hongxiao Pang, Cheng Zeng, Jingqi Qin, Tan He, Qiang Chen, Jinping Xu, Kang Li
  • Publication number: 20240178816
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to acoustic wave filters with second harmonic emission suppression. In an embodiment, an acoustic wave filter includes a first pair of bulk acoustic wave resonators in anti-series with each other and a second pair of bulk acoustic wave resonators in anti-series with each other. The second pair of bulk acoustic wave resonators has reverse electrode polarization relative to the first pair of bulk acoustic wave resonators. The first pair of bulk acoustic wave resonators is in series with the second pair of bulk acoustic wave resonators. Other embodiments of acoustic wave filters with second harmonic emission suppression are disclosed. Related multiplexers, radio frequency modules, wireless communication devices, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Zhaogeng Xu, Li Chen, Yiliu Wang
  • Publication number: 20240178811
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to acoustic wave filters with second harmonic emission suppression. In an embodiment, an acoustic wave filter includes a first pair of bulk acoustic wave resonators in anti-series with each other, a second pair of bulk acoustic wave resonators in anti-series with each other and having reverse electrode polarization relative to the first pair of bulk acoustic wave resonators, and a capacitor connected to a common electrode of a first bulk acoustic wave resonator and a second bulk acoustic wave resonator of the first pair of bulk acoustic wave resonators. Such an acoustic wave filter can provide second harmonic emission suppression. Other embodiments of acoustic wave filters with second harmonic emission suppression are disclosed. Related multiplexers, radio frequency modules, wireless communication devices, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Zhaogeng Xu, Li Chen, Yiliu Wang
  • Patent number: 11997303
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for sample refinement and filtering method for video coding are described. In an exemplary aspect, a method for video processing includes modifying for a conversion between a block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, a refinement value for a prediction sample in the block by applying a clipping operation to refinement value. The refinement value is derived based on a gradient value of an optical flow coding process. An output of the clipping operation is within a range. The method also includes refining the prediction sample based on the refinement value and performing the conversion based on the refined prediction sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Hongbin Liu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang