Patents by Inventor Kai Liu
Kai 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).
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Publication number: 20240333917Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for using zero-units in video and image coding are described. In a representative aspect, a method for processing video, including: determining, for a conversion between a block of the video and a bitstream of the video, that the block is a zero-unit (ZU) block based on one or more dimensions of the block being a non-power-of-two number, wherein no transform and inverse-transform operations are performed on the block; and performing the conversion based on the determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Hsiao Chiang Chuang, Yue Wang
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Publication number: 20240329277Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for crash detection on one or more mobile devices (e.g., smartwatch and/or smartphone. In some embodiments, a method comprises: detecting a crash event on a crash device; extracting multimodal features from sensor data generated by multiple sensing modalities of the crash device; computing a plurality of crash decisions based on a plurality of machine learning models applied to the multimodal features, wherein at least one multimodal feature is a rotation rate about a mean axis of rotation; and determining that a severe vehicle crash has occurred involving the crash device based on the plurality of crash decisions and a severity model.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Vinay R. Majjigi, Bharath Narasimha Rao, Sriram Venkateswaran, Aniket Aranake, Tejal Bhamre, Alexandru Popovici, Parisa Dehleh Hossein Zadeh, Yann Jerome Julien Renard, Yi Wen Liao, Stephen P. Jackson, Rebecca L. Clarkson, Henry Choi, Paul D. Bryan, Mrinal Agarwal, Ethan Goolish, Richard G. Liu, Omar Aziz, Alvaro J. Melendez Hasbun, David Ojeda Avellaneda, Sunny Kai Pang Chow, Pedro O. Varangot, Tianye Sun, Karthik Jayaraman Raghuram, Hung A. Pham
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Publication number: 20240332401Abstract: Embodiments include nanostructure devices and methods of forming nanostructure devices which include a treatment process to expand a sidewall spacer material to close a seam in the sidewall spacer material after deposition. The treatment process includes oxidation anneal and heat anneal to expand the sidewall spacer material and crosslink the open seam to form a closed seam, lower k-value, and decrease density.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Li-Chi Yu, Cheng-I Chu, Chen-Fong Tsai, Yi-Rui Chen, Sen-Hong Syue, Wen-Kai Lin, Yoh-Rong Liu, Huicheng Chang, Yee-Chia Yeo
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Publication number: 20240333172Abstract: Examples of power conversion devices and control methods are described. In one example, a power conversion device includes direct current buses, an inverter circuit, and a controller. After the power conversion device switches from a high voltage ride through state to a low voltage ride through state, the controller controls a change rate of an output active current of the inverter circuit to be a first change rate in a first time interval and a second change rate in a second time interval respectively in a low voltage ride through reactive current response process. The second change rate is greater than the first change rate. A sum of first interval duration of the first time interval and second interval duration of the second time interval is less than or equal to a low voltage ride through reactive current response duration threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Yi DU, Xinyu YU, Kai XIN, Yunfeng LIU
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Publication number: 20240328288Abstract: An active energy-absorbing shock absorber for perforation combined well testing includes a first energy-absorbing mechanism, a second energy-absorbing mechanism and an axial-force cushioning mechanism. The first energy-absorbing mechanism includes a gun body, a gun head, a gun tail joint, a support frame, an energy-absorbing filling layer and a detonation mechanism. The second energy-absorbing mechanism includes an intermediate connecting cylinder, an outer cylinder, a limiting step, a movable impact head, a support base, a hydraulic buffer mechanism, a piston rod, an energy-absorbing spring and an inner cavity piston. The axial-force cushioning mechanism includes a housing, a guide mechanism, a buffer shaft and a multi-stage buffer spring. The absorber with a multi-layer structure is filled with a foam aluminum material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Liangliang DING, Kai WANG, Jialin TIAN, Hongtao LIU, Yongzhi XUE, Ruifeng GUO, Hongtao JING, Qiang ZHANG
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Publication number: 20240328582Abstract: A vehicle-mounted hydrogen supply method and device for hydrogen-rich smelting in a blast furnace or shaft furnace, combining steel plant hydrogen supply requirements with vehicle-mounted hydrogen supply technologies to construct a vehicle-mounted hydrogen supply system applied to hydrogen-rich smelting in a blast furnace or shaft furnace, thus providing an effective and reliable pathway for safe and stable hydrogen supply in a blast furnace or shaft furnace smelting process to perform hydrogen-rich smelting testing and production. Compared with a newly-built hydrogen plant, the invested construction cost is low, the operation flow is simple, the method and device are not limited by technical upgrading and transformation, and the flexibility is high. At the same time, two working long pipe vehicles and two pressure reducing system intake pipelines are used for solving the problem of continuous hydrogen supply required for hydrogen-rich smelting in a blast furnace.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2022Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Guocheng ZHOU, Kai ZHU, Quanli LIU, Yuwen ZHANG, Xionggang LU, Yuwen YANG
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Publication number: 20240327265Abstract: A large-scale in-situ dewatering treatment method and device for lake sludge are provided. The large-scale in-situ dewatering treatment method for lake sludge includes: step S1, sludge excavation: excavating sludge from a lake and transporting the sludge to a detention pond; step S2, in-situ detention: filtering the sludge in the detention pond to obtain filtered sludge; step S3, dewatering: transporting the filtered sludge to a dewatering workshop and performing deep dewatering on the filtered sludge to obtain mud blocks and wastewater; and step S4, environmental protection treatment: using the mud blocks to build an island near a dredging platform in the lake. The large-scale in-situ dewatering treatment method for lake sludge not only solves the problems of difficulty in selecting a temporary sludge disposal site and high capital investment costs in a traditional lake dredging operation, but also reduces the transportation cost of transporting sludge to a land.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Ziwu Fan, Rui Ding, Chen Xie, Dandan Li, Hao Liu, Yu Chen, Ji Wu, Xiaoyu Wang, Kai Yu, Qiupeng Cai
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Publication number: 20240332468Abstract: A display panel has sub-pixel regions. The display panel includes an optical device layer, an adhesive layer and a light adjustment layer. The optical device layer includes a buffer layer and light-emitting units, a light-emitting unit is located in an opening region of a corresponding sub-pixel region, and the buffer layer is located on a light-exit surface of the light-emitting units. The adhesive layer is located on a side of the buffer layer away from the light-emitting units, a refractive index n2 of the adhesive layer being less than a refractive index n1 of the buffer layer. The light adjustment layer is located on the side of the buffer layer, and is configured such that when light emitted by the light-emitting units enters into the buffer layer, at least part of light with a refraction angle greater than or equal to arc ? sin ? n ? 2 n ? 1 enters the adhesive layer through the light adjustment layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Kai GUO, Weixing LIU, Wanpeng TENG, Meirong LU, Yuwei YAN, Chunfang ZHANG, Zhiqiang XU, Jintao PENG, Xinxing WANG
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Patent number: 12108072Abstract: A method for video processing is provided. The method includes making a determination, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the current video block, whether to use a symmetric motion vector difference (SMVD) mode based on a currently selected best mode for the conversion; and performing the conversion based on the determining.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignees: Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd., Bytedance Inc.Inventors: Hongbin Liu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Yue Wang
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Patent number: 12107232Abstract: An embodiment of the present application provide an electrode assembly, a battery cell, a battery, and an electrode assembly manufacturing equipment and method. Among that, the electrode assembly includes a negative electrode plate and a positive electrode plate which form a bending region. The positive electrode plate includes bending portions located in the bending region, the bending portion includes a positive electrode current collecting layer and a positive active substance layer, and at least one side surface of the positive electrode current collecting layer is provided with the positive active substance layer in a thickness direction of the positive electrode plate. At least one positive active substance layer is provided with the barrier layer, at least a part of the barrier layer is intercalated in the positive active substance layer provided with the barrier layer, and coats at least a part of particles in the positive active substance layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITEDInventors: Kai Wu, Huihui Liu, Zhonghong Li, Long Wang, Tuo Zheng, Huan Che
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Patent number: 12105289Abstract: A display system includes a waveguide assembly having a plurality of waveguides, each waveguide associated with an in-coupling optical element configured to in-couple light into the associated waveguide. A projector outputs light from one or more spatially-separated pupils, and at least one of the pupils outputs light of two different ranges of wavelengths. The in-coupling optical elements for two or more waveguides are inline, e.g. vertically aligned, with each other so that the in-coupling optical elements are in the path of light of the two different ranges of wavelengths. The in-coupling optical element of a first waveguide selectively in-couples light of one range of wavelengths into the waveguide, while the in-coupling optical element of a second waveguide selectively in-couples light of another range of wavelengths. Absorptive color filters are provided forward of an in-coupling optical element to limit the propagation of undesired wavelengths of light to that in-coupling optical element.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Mohammadreza Khorasaninejad, Victor Kai Liu, Dianmin Lin, Christophe Peroz, Pierre St. Hilaire
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Patent number: 12106710Abstract: A compensation circuit and a driving circuit of light-emitting elements, and a light-emitting diode (LED) display device are provided. In the compensation circuit, a first compensation switching device is disposed between a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit, and a second compensation switching device is disposed between a second pixel unit and a third pixel unit. When the first compensation switching device is turned on, the first pixel unit is electrically connected to the second pixel unit to provide compensation current to the second pixel unit. When the second compensation switching device is turned on, the third pixel unit is electrically connected to the second pixel unit to provide compensation current to the second pixel unit. Through the compensation circuit, the second pixel unit can be ensured to have a larger operating current range and emit higher luminous intensity, and power consumption of switching elements is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Xiamen Extremely PQ Display Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tung-Kai Liu
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Patent number: 12108090Abstract: A method for processing a video includes performing a conversion between a current video block and a bitstream representation of the current video block, wherein the current video block is unsymmetrically split into four partitions using an unsymmetrical quad-Tree (UQT) splitting, wherein the four partitions includes a first partition having a dimension of W1×H1, a second partition having a dimension of W2×H2, a third partition having a dimension of W3×H3, and a fourth partition having a dimension of W4×H4, wherein W1, W2, W3, W4, H1, H2, H3, and H4 are integers.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
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Publication number: 20240322189Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a first electrode tab, a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first current collector and a first active substance layer. The first current collector includes a first section, a third section and a second section connected sequentially along a first direction. Along a second direction, the third section includes a first dissociative portion and a first connection portion connected sequentially. Along the first direction, one side of the first dissociative portion is dissociated from the first section, while the other side of the first dissociative portion is dissociated from the second section. The first dissociative portion has a first empty foil area without the first active substance layer on the surface. One side of the first empty foil area in a third direction is connected to the first electrode tab.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: Ningde Amperex Technology LimitedInventors: Zhesheng JIN, Kai LIU
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Publication number: 20240319300Abstract: A magnetic resonance system, a transmission apparatus, and a transmission method is provided. The transmission method includes: generating and outputting a pulse signal by a signal output unit, amplifying the pulse signal by a radio-frequency power amplifier, and transferring, by an impedance matching circuit, the signal amplified by the radio-frequency power amplifier to a transmit coil of the magnetic resonance system; and determining a first phase among a plurality of adjustable phases that enables a performance indicator of the radio-frequency power amplifier to meet a first condition, and adjusting an output impedance of the impedance matching circuit at least according to the first phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Yanfang Cai, Xin Xie, Chunlai Xiao, Yu Liu, Kai Wang
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Publication number: 20240319771Abstract: A support plate (001) and a display device including the support plate (001) are provided. The support plate (001) is used for supporting a flexible display module (002). The support plate (001) includes a bending area (BA). The bending area (BA) includes a plurality of hollowed-out patterns (101) arranged in an array. A connecting portion (102) is arranged between two adjacent hollowed-out patterns (101) in the same row. The connecting portions (102) in at least three adjacent rows are staggered in a column direction, which is beneficial for uniform distribution of bending stress.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2023Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Chang LIU, Ying ZHANG, Jizhe WANG, Zijie ZHANG, Binfeng FENG, Fei LI, Kai MIAO
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Publication number: 20240323352Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution for video processing. A method for video processing is proposed. The method comprises: applying, during a conversion between a target block of a video and a bitstream of the target block, a processing procedure to at least one motion candidate in a motion candidate list; reordering the motion candidate list by applying a first reordering process to the motion candidate list after the processing procedure; and performing the conversion based on the reordered motion candidate list.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Yang WANG, Kai ZHANG, Na ZHANG, Li ZHANG, Hongbin LIU
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Publication number: 20240322417Abstract: In an aspect, an apparatus is disclosed that includes a surface-mounted integrated circuit package housing an active oscillator circuit; an integrated ceramic resonator formed from a ceramic substrate having an upper planar surface receiving the surface-mounted integrated circuit package, the integrated ceramic resonator including a plurality of conductive walls forming a conductive periphery of a ceramic cavity in the ceramic substrate, a conductive rod extending vertically into the ceramic cavity, wherein the conductive rod is isolated from contact with the conductive periphery of the ceramic cavity, a first conductive material extending vertically through the upper planar surface of the ceramic substrate for connecting the conductive periphery of the ceramic cavity to the surface-mounted integrated circuit package housing the active oscillator circuit; and a second conductive material extending through the upper planar surface of the ceramic substrate for connecting the conductive rod to the surface-mounteType: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2023Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Kai LIU, Jonghae KIM, Jui-Yi CHIU, Nosun PARK, Je-Hsiung LAN
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Patent number: D1044721Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Che-Min Lin, Chia-Hua Liu, Ching-Kai Lin
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Patent number: D1044722Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Che-Min Lin, Chia-Hua Liu, Ching-Kai Lin