Patents by Inventor Xiang Liu

Xiang Liu 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: 11930164
    Abstract: A method for video encoding includes determining whether coding of a current block in an IBC prediction mode is performed in an explicit mode or an implicit mode based on whether a difference exists between a block vector and a corresponding block vector predictor. The current block is part of a current picture to be coded. The method further includes constructing a block vector predictor candidate list for the current block, the block vector predictor candidate list having a first number of block vector predictor candidates in the implicit mode, and having a second number of block vector predictor candidates in the explicit mode. The method further includes selecting a block vector predictor candidate from the constructed block vector predictor candidate list and encoding the current block according to the selected block vector predictor candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Xiaozhong Xu, Shan Liu, Xiang Li
  • Patent number: 11930167
    Abstract: A method for video decoding is provided. The method includes determining an intra prediction angle that corresponds to an intra prediction mode of a plurality of intra prediction modes, a subset of the plurality of intra prediction modes being mapped to a plurality of wide-angle intra prediction modes based on a ratio of a width of a block and a height of the block not being equal to 1, a number of the subset of the intra prediction modes mapped to the plurality wide-angle intra prediction modes being based on the ratio of the width of the block and the height of the block. At least one sample of the block is reconstructed based on the intra prediction angle that is determined to correspond to the intra prediction mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Xin Zhao, Liang Zhao, Shan Liu, Xiang Li
  • Patent number: 11926538
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of wastewater treatment, and provides a wastewater treatment method and apparatus based on hydrate-based water vapor adsorption. The apparatus includes a wastewater evaporation zone, a hydrate formation zone, a hydrate decomposition zone, and a data acquisition and control system. Rising water vapor and condensed water formed during evaporation of wastewater at normal temperature react with a hydrate former on a cooling wall surface to form a hydrate, continuous evaporation of the wastewater is promoted, the hydrate is scraped off to a collecting zone below by a scraper after being formed, and the hydrate is decomposed into fresh water, thereby realizing wastewater treatment. The present disclosure provides a method for treating complex wastewater containing a plurality of pollutants, where water vapor is consumed to form the hydrate to promote wastewater evaporation, and water obtained from the decomposition does not contain pollutants theoretically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yongchen Song, Lunxiang Zhang, Huilian Sun, Zheng Ling, Jiafei Zhao, Lingjie Sun, Lei Yang, Mingjun Yang, Yu Liu, Weiguo Liu, Yanghui Li, Xiang Sun, Lanlan Jiang
  • Patent number: 11926687
    Abstract: A grafted polypropylene resin is prepared by a grafting reaction of a polar monomer capable of absorbing microwave so as to raise its temperature in a microwave field to more than 200° C. and a solid polypropylene resin using microwave irradiation without adding an initiator. The polar grafted polypropylene resin that does not contain initiator residues and does not have a significant reduction in molecular mass compared with a resin before grafting is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, BEIJING RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY, CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jinliang Qiao, Songhe Wang, Xiaohong Zhang, Guicun Qi, Zhihai Song, Chuanlun Cai, Xiang Wang, Jinmei Lai, Binghai Li, Haibin Jiang, Yue Ru, Jiangru Zhang, Jianming Gao, Hongbin Zhang, Peng Han, Wenlu Liu
  • Patent number: 11930200
    Abstract: An apparatus for video decoding, includes processing circuitry configured to determine an affine model for a current block coded with an interweaved affine mode. Based on the affine model, a first prediction block corresponding to a first pattern for partitioning the current block into first sub-blocks and a second prediction block corresponding to a second pattern for partitioning the current block into second sub-blocks can be generated. The first and second prediction blocks include interpolated samples having an intermediate bit-depth larger than an input bit-depth of the current block. Co-located first and samples in the first and second prediction blocks with a precision corresponding to the intermediate bit-depth are weighted averaged to obtain averaged samples. The averaged samples are rounded to the input bit-depth to obtain corresponding third samples in a final prediction block of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Xiang Li, Guichun Li, Xiaozhong Xu, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11927848
    Abstract: Provided are a light source module and a backlight display module. The light source module includes a flexible printed circuit board and a plurality of side-emitting LEDs. The flexible printed circuit board extends along a central axis. The plurality of side-emitting LEDs are sequentially arranged along the central axis and bonded to the flexible printed circuit board, and a light-emitting surface of one side-emitting LED of the plurality of side-emitting LEDs is perpendicular to a bonding surface of the flexible printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: FOSHAN NATIONSTAR OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weineng Chen, Danlei Gong, Hua Fan, Zhonghai Yan, Zihao Chen, Xiang Chen, Yushan Lin, Ke Yang, Fabo Liu
  • Patent number: 11930214
    Abstract: A method of utilizing an 8-bit primary transform core matrix to decode compressed video or image data or encode uncompressed video or image data. The method may include determining whether to use a first transform core matrix that is of a first size type or a second transform core matrix that is of a second size type that is smaller than the first size type. When a result of the determination is to use the first transform core matrix, encoding or decoding the target file using the 8-bit primary transform core matrix that has the size that is 64-point or larger. If not, the method may include extracting the second transform core matrix of the second size type from the first transform matrix and encoding or decoding the target file using the extracted second transform core matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Xin Zhao, Xiang Li, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11929799
    Abstract: A communication method and apparatus. The method includes: a terminal device receives a first parameter from a network device, where the first parameter is used to determine indication information of a first precoding matrix and a second parameter, and the second parameter is used to determine indication information of a second precoding matrix; and then, the terminal device sends the indication information of the second precoding matrix to the network device. The method and the apparatus may be used to determine indication information of a precoding matrix when a rank indicator value reported by the terminal device is 3 or 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiang Gao, Kunpeng Liu
  • Publication number: 20240077744
    Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a movable portion used for connecting an optical element, a fixed portion, and a driving assembly used for driving the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. The movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Po-Xiang ZHUANG, Chen-Hung CHAO, Wei-Jhe SHEN, Shou-Jen LIU, Kun-Shih LIN, Yi-Ho CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240078713
    Abstract: Method, apparatus, and system for texture coordinate prediction for mesh compression are provided. The process may include receiving, for a mesh, a coordinate of a first vertex and a coordinate of a prediction candidate vertex in a three dimensional (3D) space. The process may include determining a stretch perpendicular distance associated with the first vertex and the prediction candidate vertex, the stretch perpendicular distance being based on a conversion of the 3D space into a two dimensional (2D) space, and determining a 2D texture coordinate of the first vertex based on the stretch perpendicular distance associated with the first vertex and the prediction candidate vertex. The process may also include determining a residual of a predicted coordinate of the first vertex and an actual 2D coordinate of the first vertex; and compressing the mesh based on entropy coding the residual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Tencent America LLC
    Inventors: Shan Liu, Jun Tian, Xiaozhong Xu, Chao Huang, Xiang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240077745
    Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a movable portion used for connecting an optical element, a fixed portion, and a driving assembly used for driving the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. The movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Po-Xiang ZHUANG, Chen-Hung CHAO, Yen-Sheng LIU, Shou-Jen LIU, Yi-Ho CHEN, Yung-Hsien YEH
  • Publication number: 20240079579
    Abstract: A positive active material, a secondary battery, a battery module, a battery pack, and an electrical device are disclosed. The positive active material includes a spinel-type lithium-manganese-containing composite oxide with a molecular formula of Li1+xAaMbXcMn2?a?b?c?xO4?t. In the molecular formula: A is a doping element for a manganese site of the spinel-type lithium-manganese-containing composite oxide; M is used for combining with O to form a second phase containing a polyoxyanion, and M includes one or more of B, C, N, Si, P, S, or Cl; X includes one or more of Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Sc, Ti, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, or Zr; and the molecular formula satisfies: ?0.1?x?0.3, 0<a?0.2, 0<b?0.2, 0<c?0.7, and 0?t?0.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhenguo ZHANG, Xingkai HU, Xiang YIN, Jingpeng FAN, Sihui WANG, Zhijie YAO, Na LIU
  • Publication number: 20240077697
    Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a movable portion used for connecting an optical element, a fixed portion, and a driving assembly used for driving the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. The movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Po-Xiang ZHUANG, Chen-Hung CHAO, Wei-Jhe SHEN, Shou-Jen LIU, Kun-Shih LIN, Yi-Ho CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240080491
    Abstract: An apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry configured to receive a splitting direction syntax element, a first merge triangle index syntax element, and a second merge triangle index syntax element that are associated with a coding block of a picture. The coding block is coded according to a triangular prediction mode and partitioned into a first prediction unit and a second prediction unit according to a split direction. A first merge index identifies first motion information in a merge candidate list of the coding block. A second merge index identifies second motion information in the merge candidate list of the coding block. The coding block is reconstructed according to first prediction samples of the first prediction unit and second prediction samples of the second prediction unit. A value of the second merge triangle index syntax element is based on the first merge index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Meng XU, Xiang Li, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11919918
    Abstract: A P2X3 and/or P2X2/3 receptor antagonist of formula (I), a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same, and a use thereof in preparing a drug for preventing or treating a disease mediated by the P2X3 and/or P2X2/3 receptor antagonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING TIDE PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanping Zhao, Hongjun Wang, Gong Li, Xiang Li, Yuanyuan Jiang, Kai Liu, Yeming Wang, Liying Zhou, Yanan Liu, Ning Shao, Fengping Xiao
  • Patent number: 11924434
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for mesh coding (e.g., compression and decompression). In some examples, an apparatus for mesh coding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry decodes a plurality of initial maps in two-dimension from a bitstream carrying a three-dimensional (3D) mesh frame. The processing circuitry determines at least two sampling rates associated with different portions of the plurality of initial maps and recovers from the plurality of initial maps and based on the at least two sampling rates associated with the different portions of the plurality of initial maps to obtain a plurality of recovered maps. A first portion of the plurality of initial maps is recovered based on a first sampling rate, and a second portion of the plurality of initial maps is recovered based on a second sampling rate. The processing circuitry reconstructs the 3D mesh frame based on the plurality of recovered maps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Xiaozhong Xu, Xiang Zhang, Shan Liu, Chao Huang, Jun Tian
  • Patent number: 11924461
    Abstract: A first motion vector and a second motion vector are determined for a first block in a current picture of a video, where the first motion vector is indicative of a first reference block in a first picture, and the second motion vector is indicative of a second reference block in a second picture. A bilateral template is generated based on a weighted combination of the first reference block and the second reference block. A refined first motion vector is determined based on the bilateral template and a first set of reference blocks in the first picture. A refined second motion vector is determined based on the bilateral template and a second set of reference blocks in the second picture. Prediction information of the first block is generated according to (i) the refined first motion vector, (ii) the refined second motion vector, and (iii) a final motion compensation interpolation filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Meng Xu, Xiang Li, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11924468
    Abstract: A method of point cloud geometry encoding includes receiving a slice of a point cloud frame for encoding, and constructing an octree representing a geometry of points in a bounding box of the slice where a current node of the octree is partitioned with a quadtree (QT) partition or a binary tree (BT) partition. The constructing includes determining a value of a partitionSkip variable specifying a partition type and a partition direction of the current node of the octree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Xiang Zhang, Wen Gao, Sehoon Yea, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11922664
    Abstract: A processing circuitry decodes a plurality of maps in 2D from a bitstream carrying a mesh frame. The mesh frame represents a surface of an object with polygons. The plurality of maps includes a decoded geometry map and a decoded attribute map with an adaptive 2D atlas sampling applied. The processing circuitry determines at least a first sampling rate and a second sampling rate according to syntaxes signaled in the bitstream. The first sampling rate is applied to a first region of the mesh frame and the second sampling rate is applied to a second region of the mesh frame during the adaptive 2D atlas sampling. The processing circuitry reconstructs, based on the plurality of maps, at least a first vertex of the mesh frame according to the first sampling rate, and a second vertex of the mesh frame according to the second sampling rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Xiang Zhang, Shan Liu, Xiaozhong Xu, Chao Huang, Jun Tian
  • Patent number: 11918950
    Abstract: A high-efficiency low-cost deep-condensation VOCs recovery system uses air as refrigerant. The recovery system includes a gaseous air purification system, an air liquefaction system and a VOCs recovery cold box. The gaseous air purification system includes an air filter, a cold dryer and an air purifier; the air liquefaction system comprises an air compressor, an air storage tank, a turbo-expander and an air precooler. The VOCs recovery cold box includes a VOCs precooler, a VOCs condenser and a gas-liquid separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xiang Ling, Dongren Liu