Patents by Inventor Shifu Zhou

Shifu Zhou 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: 11544571
    Abstract: Training a generator G of a GAN includes generating, by G and in response to receiving a first input Z, a first output G(Z); generating, by an encoder E of the GAN and in response to receiving the first output G(Z) as input, a second output E(G(Z)); generating, by G and in response to receiving the second output E(G(Z)) as input, a third output G(E(G(Z))); generating, by E and in response to receiving the third output G(E(G(Z))) as input, a fourth output E(G(E(G(Z)))); training E to minimize a difference between the second output E(G(Z)) and the fourth output E(G(E(G(Z)))); and using the second output E(G(Z)) and fourth output E(G(E(G(Z)))) to constrain a training of the generator G. G(Z) is an ambient space representation Z. E(G(Z)) is a latent space representation of G(Z). G(E(G(Z))) is an ambient space representation of E(G(Z)). E(G(E(G(Z)))) is a latent space representation of G(E(G(Z))).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Agora Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng Zhong, Shifu Zhou
  • Patent number: 11048974
    Abstract: A method of training a generator G of a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) includes generating a real contextual data set {x1, . . . , xN} for a high resolution image Y; generating a generated contextual data set {g1, . . . , gN} for a generated high resolution image G(Z); calculating a perceptual loss Lpcept value using the real contextual data set {x1, . . . , xN} and the generated contextual data set {g1, . . . , gN}; and training the generator G using the perceptual loss Lpcept value. The generated high resolution image G(Z) is generated by the generator G of the GAN in response to receiving an input Z, where the input Z is a random sample that corresponds to the high resolution image Y.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Agora Lab, Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng Zhong, Shifu Zhou
  • Publication number: 20200356810
    Abstract: A method of training a generator G of a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) includes generating a real contextual data set {x1, . . . , xN} for a high resolution image Y; generating a generated contextual data set {g1, . . . , gN} for a generated high resolution image G(Z); calculating a perceptual loss Lpcept value using the real contextual data set {x1, . . . , xN} and the generated contextual data set {g1, . . . , gN}; and training the generator G using the perceptual loss Lpcept value. The generated high resolution image G(Z) is generated by the generator G of the GAN in response to receiving an input Z, where the input Z is a random sample that corresponds to the high resolution image Y.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Sheng Zhong, Shifu Zhou
  • Publication number: 20200349447
    Abstract: Training a generator G of a GAN includes generating, by G and in response to receiving a first input Z, a first output G(Z); generating, by an encoder E of the GAN and in response to receiving the first output G(Z) as input, a second output E(G(Z)); generating, by G and in response to receiving the second output E(G(Z)) as input, a third output G(E(G(Z))); generating, by E and in response to receiving the third output G(E(G(Z))) as input, a fourth output E(G(E(G(Z)))); training E to minimize a difference between the second output E(G(Z)) and the fourth output E(G(E(G(Z)))); and using the second output E(G(Z)) and fourth output E(G(E(G(Z)))) to constrain a training of the generator G. G(Z) is an ambient space representation Z. E(G(Z)) is a latent space representation of G(Z). G(E(G(Z))) is an ambient space representation of E(G(Z)). E(G(E(G(Z)))) is a latent space representation of G(E(G(Z))).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Sheng Zhong, Shifu Zhou