Patents by Inventor Jie Zhao

Jie Zhao 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).

  • MOVABLE CARBON CAPTURE SYSTEM APPLIED TO AGRICULTURE-HARMONIOUS BUILDINGS
    Publication number: 20230026397
    Abstract: A movable carbon capture system applied to agriculture-harmonious buildings, which includes a carbon capture unit and a high-concentration CO2 supply unit which are respectively integrated, wherein the carbon capture unit comprises a CO2 adsorption chamber and an air pump, and the high-concentration CO2 supply unit comprises a vacuum pump and an air storage cavity; an air inlet of the CO2 adsorption chamber is connected to the indoor environment, an exhaust port of the CO2 adsorption chamber is connected to an atmosphere outlet, an air outlet of the CO2 adsorption chamber is connected with an air inlet of the vacuum pump, an air outlet of the vacuum pump is connected with an air inlet of the air storage cavity, an air outlet of the air storage cavity is connected with a greenhouse air supply port, and the greenhouse air supply port is connected with a greenhouse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Shuai Deng, Kailong WU, Bowen Liu, Li Zhao, Shuangjun Li, Mengchao Chen, Lijin Chen, Jie Zhao
  • VIDEO OR IMAGE CODING BASED ON MAPPING OF LUMA SAMPLES AND SCALING OF CHROMA SAMPLES
    Publication number: 20230024786
    Abstract: According to the disclosure of the present document, it is possible for various LMCS application cases to apply an LMCS procedure to a block having a dual tree structure. In addition, the coding predormance of the block can be improved. According to the disclosure of the present document, resources required for the LMCS procedure can be reduced. Therefore, the complexity of the LMCS can be reduced and the video/image coding efficiency can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Jie ZHAO, Seunghwan KIM
  • Luma mapping-based video or image coding
    Patent number: 11563956
    Abstract: According to the disclosure of the present document, by explicitly signaling information relating to a value(s) of a chroma residual scaling factor, accuracy in an LMCS procedure can be increased, and therefore a subjective/objective image quality of a coded image/video can be further improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jie Zhao, Seunghwan Kim
  • Use of recombinant human secretory DDRGK1
    Patent number: 11560411
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides the use of a recombinant human secretory DDRGK1. Experiments demonstrate that the recombinant human secretory DDRGK1 prepared by the present disclosure can be used in the preparation of biological medicines for treating intervertebral disc degeneration, fractures or bone defects. The recombinant human secretory DDRGK1 of the present disclosure provides a promising direction for the treatment of bone related diseases and has obtained firm scientific evidence, thereby expanding the further application of recombinant human secretory DDRGK1 in clinical practice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI NINTH PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL, SHANGHAI JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
    Inventors: Tangjun Zhou, Ying Xia, Xiao Yang, An Qin, Yu Cao, Jie Zhao
  • Luma-mapping-based video or image coding
    Patent number: 11563955
    Abstract: According to the disclosure of the present document, LMCS may also be applied to a block having a dual tree structure. In addition, the number of LMCS APS may be limited. Therefore, an LMCS procedure may be efficiently performed, and the complexity of LMCS may be reduced. As the performance of LMCS is improved, the video/image coding efficiency may be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jie Zhao, Seunghwan Kim
  • METHOD FOR DECODING IMAGE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20230016701
    Abstract: A method for decoding an image performed by a decoding apparatus, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: obtaining image information; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Seethal PALURI, Seunghwan KIM, Jie ZHAO
  • Movable carbon capture system applied to agriculture-harmonious buildings
    Patent number: 11554343
    Abstract: A movable carbon capture system applied to agriculture-harmonious buildings, which includes a carbon capture unit and a high-concentration CO2 supply unit which are respectively integrated, wherein the carbon capture unit comprises a CO2 adsorption chamber and an air pump, and the high-concentration CO2 supply unit comprises a vacuum pump and an air storage cavity; an air inlet of the CO2 adsorption chamber is connected to the indoor environment, an exhaust port of the CO2 adsorption chamber is connected to an atmosphere outlet, an air outlet of the CO2 adsorption chamber is connected with an air inlet of the vacuum pump, an air outlet of the vacuum pump is connected with an air inlet of the air storage cavity, an air outlet of the air storage cavity is connected with a greenhouse air supply port, and the greenhouse air supply port is connected with a greenhouse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shuai Deng, Kailong Wu, Bowen Liu, Li Zhao, Shuangjun Li, Mengchao Chen, Lijin Chen, Jie Zhao
  • METHOD FOR EMBEDDING WATERMARK IN VIDEO DATA AND APPARATUS, METHOD FOR EXTRACTING WATERMARK IN VIDEO DATA AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20230008085
    Abstract: Disclosed in this application are a method for embedding a watermark in video data and apparatus, a method for extracting a watermark in video data and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The method for embedding the watermark includes: acquiring a target image frame in video data; performing time-frequency transformation on the target image frame to obtain target frequency domain data, the target frequency domain data comprising a matrix formed by frequency domain coefficients; changing the frequency domain coefficients in the target frequency domain data according to watermark data to obtain watermarked frequency domain data; performing inverse time-frequency transformation on the watermarked frequency domain data to obtain a watermarked image frame; and synthesizing watermarked video data according to the watermarked image frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Huaguan MA, Zhaohong CHEN, Jie ZHAO, Xiaodong CUI, Lifu WANG, Wei HUANG, Yicong LIU, Xin LI, Xiaoxia PAN
  • COPPER BILLET HORIZONTAL CONTINUOUS CASTING APPARATUS AND PROCESS WITH A VERTICAL SHAFT FURNACE FOR SMELTING
    Publication number: 20230011680
    Abstract: The present invention provides a copper billet horizontal continuous casting apparatus with a vertical shaft furnace for smelting and a corresponding process. The copper billet horizontal continuous casting apparatus with a vertical shaft furnace for smelting includes: a vertical shaft, a refining furnace, a mixing furnace, a holding furnace, and a continuous casting furnace; wherein the refining furnace comprises a furnace body, and a gas flushing device disposed beneath the furnace body, a gas flushing brick is provided at the chamber bottom wall of the furnace body; a gas inlet device is provided on the vertical shaft furnace; the vertical shaft furnace further includes a detecting device and an adjusting device which are connected with the air inlet device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: ZHEJIANG HAILIANG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhangquan ZHU, Xuelong ZHAO, Weimin MA, Zhiqiang DONG, Lirong JIANG, Jianping FENG, Guang ZHOU, Zhenming WANG, Zhongzhan ZHANG, Zhen FAN, Jie ZHAO, Yue LI, Zhefeng RUAN, Liyong WANG, Jia HE, Fuliang HE, Yina PAN, Shili OUYANG, Wencai PENG, Liyun TIAN, Jingke YU, Yonglong FU, Xibin LIN, Lusen HUANG, Xiaoyong HE
  • Antenna and communications device
    Patent number: 11545745
    Abstract: The application provides an antenna and a communications device, and pertains to the field of antenna technologies. The antenna includes a horizontally polarized antenna and a vertically polarized antenna that are disposed in a superposition manner. The horizontally polarized antenna includes a metal sheet, and the metal sheet can be separately connected to a double-sided parallel strip line in the horizontally polarized antenna and a first conductor of a coaxial cable. A diameter of a maximum inscribed circle of the metal sheet is greater than a line width of the double-sided parallel strip line, and both the metal sheet and the coaxial cable are located on a first side of a substrate. Therefore, the metal sheet can effectively suppress an induced current in the coaxial cable, and impact of the induced current on the vertically polarized antenna can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jie Zhao, Michael Kadichevitz, Xiao Zhou, Zui Tao
  • Luma mapping and chroma scaling-based video or image coding
    Patent number: 11539967
    Abstract: According to the disclosure of the present document, a chroma residual scaling factor is derived on the basis of information relating to an absolute value of a chroma residual scaling delta value and information relating to a sign of the chroma residual scaling delta value, and an LMCS procedure can be efficiently performed by applying explicit signaling to information relating to a value(s) of the chroma residual scaling factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jie Zhao, Seunghwan Kim
  • IMAGE OR VIDEO CODING BASED ON CHROMA QUANTIZATION PARAMETER OFFSET INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20220408104
    Abstract: According to the disclosure of the present document, chroma quantization parameter offset-related information can be signaled through palette syntax coding, and index information for a chroma quantization parameter offset list can be efficiently parsed/signaled on the basis of information about the number of entries in the chroma quantization parameter offset list. Accordingly, bits that are required to be signaled in order to code a video/image can be reduced, and the coding efficiency can be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Hendry HENDRY, Seunghwan KIM, Jie ZHAO
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING SLEEP PATTERNS
    Publication number: 20220401689
    Abstract: Systems and methods for enhancing wellness in a habitable space are provided. In some forms, an example system for enhancing wellness in a habitable space includes a control system having a processor, communication circuitry, and a memory. The communication circuitry of the control system is configured to communicate with one or more devices positioned within the habitable space. One or more sensors may also be positioned proximate the habitable space to detect indicia (e.g., biometric characteristics of a user, behavioral characteristics of a user, and environmental characteristics) and communicate the detected indicia to the control system. Based at least in part on the detected indicia, the control system is configured to trigger initiation of a scene in the habitable space by communicating a signal to at least one of the devices in the habitable space to adjust operation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Carolina CAMPANELLA, Carolyn SWOPE, Chuan HE, Yiwen DI, Chenyang LU, Jie ZHAO
  • IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CODING CHROMA QUANTIZATION PARAMETER OFFSET-RELATED INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20220408088
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding device according to the present document comprises the steps of: obtaining CU chroma QP offset-related information for a current chroma block on the basis of the size and tree type of the current chroma block; deriving a chroma QP for the current chroma block on the basis of the CU chroma QP offset-related information; deriving residual samples for the current chroma block on the basis of the chroma QP; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual samples, wherein the CU chroma QP offset-related information includes a CU chroma QP offset flag and a CU chroma QP offset index for the current chroma block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Jie ZHAO, Seunghwan KIM, Seethal PALURI
  • IMAGE DECODING METHOD FOR CHROMA QUANTIZATION PARAMETER DATA AND APPARATUS THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20220408103
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: acquiring image information comprising a flag indicating whether or not one chroma quantization parameter table is to be applied with respect to chroma components, and prediction information and residual information regarding the chroma components; on the basis of the flag, deriving a chroma quantization parameter for the chroma components; deriving residual samples for the chroma components on the basis of the residual information and the chroma quantization parameter; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of prediction samples, which have been derived on the basis of the prediction information, and the residual samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Seethal PALURI, Seunghwan KIM, Jie ZHAO
  • VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CODING CHROMA QUANTIZATION PARAMETER OFFSET-RELATED INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20220408093
    Abstract: A video decoding method performed by a decoding device according to the present document is characterized by comprising: a step for acquiring information for a chroma quantization parameter (QP) offset for the current picture; and a step for acquiring chroma QP offset index information for a current chroma block in the current picture, wherein the information for the chroma QP offset includes chroma QP offset list length information, information for a chroma QP offset list is acquired on the basis of the chroma QP offset list length information, and the chroma QP offset index information is acquired on the basis of the chroma QP offset list length information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Hendry HENDRY, Jie ZHAO, Seunghwan KIM
  • Image decoding method and device therefor
    Patent number: 11533500
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding device, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: obtaining image information; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seethal Paluri, Seunghwan Kim, Jie Zhao
  • IMAGE OR VIDEO CODING BASED ON QUANTIZATION PARAMETER INFORMATION FOR PALETTE CODING OR TRANSFORM UNIT
    Publication number: 20220400250
    Abstract: According to the disclosure of this document, it is possible to signal information related to a chroma quantization parameter offset through a palette coding syntax, and to efficiently parse and signal index information for a chroma quantization parameter offset list on the basis of information about the number of entries in the chroma quantization parameter offset list. Accordingly, bits that need to be signaled for video/image coding can be reduced, and coding efficiency can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Hendry HENDRY, Seunghwan KIM, Jie ZHAO
  • Scaling list parameter-based video or image coding
    Patent number: 11528477
    Abstract: According to the disclosure of the present document, scaling list data transmitted from an adaptation parameter set (APS) can be signaled through a hierarchical structure. In addition, by setting a limit on the scaling list data transmitted from the APS, it is possible to reduce the amount of data which has to be signaled for video/image coding, and facilitate implementation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seethal Paluri, Seunghwan Kim, Jie Zhao
  • IMAGE OR VIDEO CODING BASED ON QUANTIZATION-RELATED INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20220394302
    Abstract: According to the disclosure of the present document, chroma quantization parameter offset-related information can be signaled through palette coding syntax, and index information of a chroma quantization parameter offset list can be efficiently parsed/signaled on the basis of information on the number of entries in the chroma quantization parameter offset list. Accordingly, bits needing to be signaled for video/image coding can be reduced, and the coding efficiency can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Hendry HENDRY, Seunghwan KIM, Jie ZHAO