Patents by Inventor Hongbin Wang

Hongbin Wang 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: 20240107035
    Abstract: A method for video processing is provided to include: performing a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of current video block, wherein 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, and wherein information used for the coding mode is signaled in a parameter set that is different from a sequence parameter set (SPS), a video parameter set (VPS), a picture parameter set (PPS), or an adaptation parameter set (APS) used for carrying adaptive loop filtering (ALF) parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20240107007
    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: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20240107053
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices related to sub-block based motion prediction in video coding are described. In one representative aspect, a video processing method includes partitioning a video block into a first set of sub-blocks according to a first pattern, partitioning the video block into a second set of sub-blocks according to a second pattern, in which at least one sub-block in the second set has a different size than a sub-block in the first set, and determining a prediction block corresponding to a combination of a first intermediate prediction block that is predictively generated from the first set of sub-blocks and a second intermediate prediction block that is predictively generated from the second set of sub-blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20240098267
    Abstract: A method of video processing is described. The method includes: deriving, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a coded representation of the video, a prediction block for the current block that is determined according to a tool in which weights are used to determine a weighted sum of two initial prediction blocks used to determine the prediction block; and performing the conversion using the prediction block; wherein the deriving includes: applying the weights to two intermediate prediction samples that respectively belong to the two initial prediction blocks to derive a final prediction sample; and performing a right shift operation for the final prediction sample, wherein the right shift operation is pbSample»(shift1+3)), wherein pbSample represents the final prediction sample, shift 1 is set equal to Max(2, 14?bitDepth); and determining the prediction block based on the final prediction sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Yang Wang, Hongbin Liu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20240098260
    Abstract: A method of video processing includes determining a classification of samples of a block in a video picture of a video according to a rule, wherein the video picture is divided into multiple regions, and wherein the rule disallows use of neighboring samples of a current sample across one or more boundaries of the multiple regions for the classification. The one or more boundaries of the multiple regions comprises a virtual boundary for an adaptive loop filtering (ALF) process. The method also includes performing a conversion between the block and a bitstream representation of the video by selectively applying the ALF process according to the classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20240093331
    Abstract: A method for recycling an aluminum alloy scrap includes performing selective oxidation roasting and washing treatment on the aluminum alloy scrap to obtain an uncoated aluminum alloy scrap; melting the uncoated aluminum alloy scrap in a refining furnace to obtain aluminum alloy melt liquid, online-detecting components of the aluminum alloy melt liquid and adding a metallic copper, a copper alloy, a magnesium alloy or a zinc alloy to the aluminum alloy melt liquid according to the requirements of target alloy components, performing pressure-controlled and oxygen-controlled melting through regulating pressure intensity and oxygen partial pressure in the refining furnace and coupling an external-field stirring mode to obtain refining aluminum alloy melt liquid; filtering the refining aluminum alloy melt liquid, to obtain an aluminum alloy melt with the target alloy components; and casting the aluminum alloy melt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Zhi Sun, Chunwei Liu, Guoyu Qian, Zhi Wang, Hongbin Cao, Pengcheng Yan
  • Publication number: 20240098295
    Abstract: A video processing method for efficient affine merge motion vector derivation is disclosed. In one aspect, a video processing method is provided to include partitioning a current video block into sub-blocks; deriving, for each sub-block, a motion vector, where the motion vector for each sub-block is associated with a position for that sub-block according to a position rule; and processing a bitstream representation of the current video block using motion vectors for the sub-blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20240098296
    Abstract: A method for video processing is provided to comprise: determining a motion vector precision of one or more motion vectors related to a current video block of a video; selecting, based on the motion vector precision, a motion vector range; and performing, based on the motion vector range, a conversion between the current video block and a bitstream representation of the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20240098266
    Abstract: A method of video processing is provided. The method includes: determining, for a conversion between a video block of a video and a bitstream of the video, a selected neighboring sample list according to an order, wherein the order specifies that above neighboring samples are added to the selected neighboring sample list before left neighboring samples, and performing the conversion based on a cross-component linear model, wherein parameters of a cross-component linear model is derived using a derivation method that is based on samples from the selected neighboring sample list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Yang Wang, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11936899
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses and computer storage media for video processing. One example method comprises determining, during a conversion between a current video block of a video and a bitstream of the video, at least one set of motion candidates for the current video block, each motion candidate comprising predicted motion information determined from neighboring video blocks of the current video block; determining, based on a template of the current video block and from the at least one set of motion candidates, a target motion candidate for the current video block by using a template matching cost rule; and performing the conversion based on the target motion candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: LEMON INC.
    Inventors: Na Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Li Zhang, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11936852
    Abstract: A method of video processing includes maintaining, for a conversion between a current video block of a current picture of a visual media data and a bitstream representation of the visual media data, a buffer comprising reference samples from the current picture for a derivation of prediction samples of the current video block. One or more reference samples in the buffer that are marked unavailable for the derivation have values outside of a pixel value range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Jizheng Xu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11936855
    Abstract: A method of video processing is provided to include: deciding a coding mode used for representing a current video block of a video in a coded representation of the video; and coding the current video block into the coded representation according to the coding mode, wherein use of alternative half-pel accuracy filters in addition to a default half-pel accuracy filter for representing motion information is disabled for the current video block due to use of the coding mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Hongbin Liu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11936873
    Abstract: A method of video processing is provided to include determining, for a conversion between a video block of a video having a 4:2:2 color format and a bitstream of the video, a parameter of a cross-component linear model for the video block according to a rule and performing the conversion based on the determining, wherein a syntax element indicates whether chroma samples of the video are vertically shifted relative to luma samples of the video and wherein the rule specifies that the parameter is determined independent of a value of the syntax element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Yang Wang, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11936905
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to overlapped block motion compensation with derived motion from neighbors. A method for video processing, comprising: determining, during a conversion between a current block of visual media data and a corresponding coded representation of the visual media data, at least one neighboring block for the current block; determining motion information of the at least one neighboring block; and performing Overlapped Block Motion Compensation (OBMC) for the current block based on the motion information of the at least one neighboring block, wherein the OBMC includes using an intermediate prediction values of one sub-block of the current block and a prediction values of at least one neighboring sub-block to generating a final prediction values of the sub-block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Hongbin Liu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20240089491
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for the simplification of sub-block motion candidate lists for video coding are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video processing includes determining, during a conversion between a current block and a bitstream representation of the current block, a temporal motion vector prediction candidate for a sub-block of the current block. The temporal motion vector prediction candidate is completely determined based on K neighboring blocks of the current block, K being a positive integer. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the temporal motion vector prediction candidate for the sub-block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20240089464
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for digital video coding, which includes inter prediction with refinement, are described. An exemplary method of video processing includes determining to use, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, a first linear optimization model for the conversion using a first coding mode, the first linear optimization model being derived from a second linear optimization model that is used for the conversion using a second coding mode, and performing, based on the determining, the conversion. Another exemplary method of video processing includes determining to use, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, a gradient value computation algorithm for a bi-directional optical flow tool, and performing, based on the determining, the conversion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11930172
    Abstract: Restrictions of usage of non-power-two-partition tree in video compression is described. In an exemplary aspect, a method for video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a video and a bitstream representation of the video, whether non-power-of-two partition trees (NPT-T) partition is enabled or disabled, wherein the NPT-T partition include splitting a first block of the video into multiple smaller sized child blocks of the first block, and width (Wi) and/or height (Hi) of at least one child block is a non-power-of-two integer; determining restrictions associated with usage of the NPT-T partition in response to the determination that the NPT-T partition is allowed; and performing the conversion based on the determinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • 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: 11930182
    Abstract: A method for processing video data, including: deriving one or more motion vectors for a first set of sub-blocks belonging to a first dividing pattern of a current video block of a video; and performing, based on the one or more motion vectors, a conversion between the current video block and a bitstream of the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: D1019660
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN YONGFENGWANG TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Hongbin Wang