Patents by Inventor Benhao Zhang

Benhao 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).

  • Patent number: 8463614
    Abstract: An audio encoding method and a corresponding decoding method are provided. Accordingly, the pre-echo effect of the audio transient signal is eliminated and the distortion of the transient signal is mitigated. The technical solution includes performing time-domain processing on an input audio transient signal; dividing sampling points x1,x2, . . . , xN of an input frame into L segments; calculating an energy Ei for each segment; calculating an average energy E0 for each segment of the input frame; calculating a multiplying parameter ?i corresponding to each segment by virtue of ?i=r(bitrate)*E0/Ei; multiplying the sampling points of all the segments of the input frame by corresponding multiplying parameter ?i, obtaining the processed sampling points x1?,x2?, . . . , xN?; and sending the multiplying parameter ?i to a code stream for transportation; performing time-frequency transformation and coding on the processed sampling points x1?,x2?, . . . , xN? and outputting to the code stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Spreadtrum Communications (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Benhao Zhang, Heyun Huang, Tan Li, Fuhuei Lin
  • Patent number: 8098952
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for image denoising based on medium filter is disclosed according to the present invention. Such method and apparatus may be used to remove linear noise and random noise for the sensor, as well as the bad points in the sensor image, and to prevent over-denoising. The technical solutions includes selecting three groups of pixels from neighboring pixels of a current pixel, calculating medians ?1, ?2 and ?3 for the pixels in each group; calculating a reference luminance Y: Y=?2+[?1+?3?2*?2]*h*[1?k*var], where var=?3??1; determining whether the current pixel (cur_pixel) is a bad pixel; letting a temporary variable (tmp_data) be ?1 if the current pixel is a bad pixel; letting a temporary variable (tmp_data) be the current pixel value (cur_pixel) if the current pixel is not a bad pixel; determining whether the current pixel is located on an edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Spreadtrum Communications (Shangihai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Benhao Zhang, Xiaoguang Feng, Jing Hu, Fuhuei Lin
  • Publication number: 20100121648
    Abstract: An audio encoding method and a corresponding decoding method are provided according to the present invention. Accordingly, the pre-echo effect of the audio transient signal is eliminated and the distortion of the transient signal is mitigated. The technical solution includes performing time-domain processing on an input audio transient signal; dividing sampling points x1, x2, . . .
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Benhao Zhang, Heyun Huang, Tan Li, Fuhui Lin
  • Publication number: 20100098348
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for image denoising based on medium filter is disclosed according to the present invention. Such method and apparatus may be used to remove linear noise and random noise for the sensor, as well as the bad points in the sensor image, and to prevent over-denoising. The technical solutions includes selecting three groups of pixels from neighboring pixels of a current pixel, calculating medians ?1, ?2 and ?3 for the pixels in each group; calculating a reference luminance Y: Y=?2+[(?1+?3?2*?2]*h*[1?k*var], where var=?3??1; determining whether the current pixel (cur_pixel) is a bad pixel; letting a temporary variable (tmp_data) be ?1 if the current pixel is a bad pixel; letting a temporary variable (tmp_data) be the current pixel value (cur_pixel) if the current pixel is not a bad pixel; determining whether the current pixel is located on an edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Benhao ZHANG, Xiaoguang Feng, Jing Hu, Fuhuei Lin
  • Publication number: 20070035637
    Abstract: This invention provides a method of interpolating a color filter array (CFA), which combines the advantages of the interpolation method based on edge detection and the interpolation method which utilizes the original color of each CFA pixel as reference, in order to ensure that the edges of the output image are clear and there are no obvious color artifacts. The interpolation method in this invention is computationally efficient and appropriate for real-time applications, in that only a 5×5 linear interpolation template is calculated and applied for each pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicant: Speadtrum Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaoguang Feng, Benhao Zhang, Jing Hu, Fu-Huei Lin