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).

  • Publication number: 20240121396
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which includes matrix-based intra prediction methods for video coding, are described. In one aspect, a method for video processing includes performing a conversion between a current video block of a video and a bitstream representation of the current video block using a matrix based intra prediction (MIP) mode, where the conversion includes performing the upsampling operation in which the final prediction block is determined by using a reduced prediction block of the current video block and by using reconstructed neighboring samples of the current video block according to a rule, and where the reduced prediction block is obtained by performing the matrix vector multiplication operation on reduced boundary samples of the current video block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Zhipin Deng, Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11956438
    Abstract: A method of visual media processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of visual media data and a bitstream representation of the current video block, a buffer that stores reference samples for prediction in an intra block copy mode; for a sample spatially located at location of the current video block relative to an upper-left position of a coding tree unit including the current video block and having a block vector, computing a corresponding reference in the buffer at a reference location, wherein the reference location is determined using the block vector and the location; and upon determining that the reference location lies outside the buffer, re-computing the reference location based at least in part on a location of the current video block relative to the coding tree unit including the current video block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Jizheng Xu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11956431
    Abstract: A method for processing a video includes performing a determination, by a processor, that a first video block is partitioned to include a first prediction portion that is non-rectangular and non-square; adding a first motion vector (MV) prediction candidate associated with the first prediction portion to a motion candidate list associated with the first video block, wherein the first MV prediction candidate is derived from a sub-block MV prediction candidate; and performing further processing of the first video block using the motion candidate list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11956449
    Abstract: Techniques for implementing video processing techniques are described. In one example implementation, a method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a video coded using a combined inter and intra prediction (CIIP) coding technique and a bitstream representation of the video, an intra-prediction mode of the current block independently from an intra-prediction mode of a neighboring block. The CIIP coding technique uses an intermedia inter prediction value and an intermedia intra prediction value to derive a final prediction value of the current block. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11956465
    Abstract: Difference calculation based on partial position is described. In a representative aspect, a method of video processing comprising: calculating, during a conversion between a current block of video and a bitstream representation of the current block, differences between two reference blocks associated with the current block or differences between two reference sub-blocks associated with a sub-block within the current block based on representative positions of the reference blocks or representative positions of the reference sub-blocks; and performing the conversion based on the differences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Hongbin Liu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11956448
    Abstract: Examples of video encoding methods and apparatus and video decoding methods and apparatus are described. An example method of processing video data includes determining, for a conversion between a video block of a video and a bitstream of the video, a gradient of a prediction vector at a sub-block level for the video block according to a rule, wherein the rule specifies to use a same gradient value is assigned for all samples within a sub-block of the video block; and performing the conversion based on the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Yuwen He, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Tianliang Fu, Junru Li, Siwei Ma
  • Patent number: 11954842
    Abstract: The invention discloses a powder leakage monitoring device and a powder leakage monitoring method. The powder leakage monitoring device comprises light field camera, 3D PTZ (3-Dimensional Pan/Tilt/Zoom) and computer. Wherein, the light field camera records original light field images of monitored area; the 3D PTZ under the light field camera adjusts the shooting angle of the light field camera when it rotates according to the set direction; and the computer respectively connects to the light field camera and the 3D PTZ, which generates refocused images corresponding to the original light field images, and determines the spatial coordinates of the powder leakage point and the hazard range of the powder leakage in the monitored area according to the refocused images and the shooting angle. Therefore, the range and accuracy of powder leakage monitoring are both increased by using this invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HUANENG NANJING JINLING POWER GENERATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yudong Liu, Lei Wang, Kai Shi, Yong Xia, Xudong Si, Dongfang Li, Xuedong Liang
  • Patent number: 11956464
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for encoding and decoding digital video using a look-up tables (LUTs) containing motion candidates are described. In a representative aspect, a method of video processing includes maintaining one or more tables, wherein at least one table of the one or more tables is associated with one or more entries, deriving, based on a first set of motion candidates in the at least one table, a second set of motion candidates, and performing, based on the second set of motion candidates, a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11956432
    Abstract: An example method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a block of a first sub-picture of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, whether to apply a deblocking process across an edge between the block and a neighboring block of a second sub-picture based on whether a loop filtering process is allowed across subpicture boundaries. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Zhipin Deng, Hongbin Liu, Li Zhang, Jizheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11956439
    Abstract: A method for visual media processing includes performing a conversion between a current video unit of a visual media data and a bitstream representation of the current video unit. The bitstream representation is configured according to a format rule. The format rule specifies a level of a video segment at which one or more syntax elements indicative of a scaling factor by which a chroma residual is scaled for coding the current video unit is selectively included in the bitstream representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Zhipin Deng, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Kai Zhang, Jizheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11950624
    Abstract: A test system and a test method for a lip sticking force of tipping paper for cigarettes are provided. The test system includes an artificial lip and test equipment. The artificial lip is a silica gel block. The test equipment includes a friction meter testing platform, a force measuring sensor, a rigid rope, a pulley, a pulley bracket and a sample loading module. The pulley is installed on the pulley bracket, and the rigid rope slides in the pulley. The rigid rope is L-shaped, a first end of the rigid rope in a horizontal direction is connected to the force measuring sensor, and a second end of the rigid rope in a vertical direction is connected to the sample loading module. The artificial lip is located directly below the sample loading module, and the artificial lip is in contact with the sample loading module at a test position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: CHINA TOBACCO YUNNAN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ji Yang, Ze Liu, Qianxu Yang, Shiyun Tang, Zhenjie Li, Kai Wu, Chunbo Liu, Ruizhi Zhu, Xiaoxi Si, Wei Jiang
  • Patent number: 11954417
    Abstract: Disclosed a method for predicting permeability of a multi-mineral phase digital core based on deep learning. In the present disclosure, a three-dimensional digital core is constructed and a pore structure is randomly generated; after a plurality of multi-mineral digital core images is acquired by performing image segmentation on the three-dimensional digital core, permeability corresponding to each of the multi-mineral digital core images is acquired by simulation using multi-physics field simulation software and a multi-mineral digital core data set is constructed based on the plurality of multi-mineral digital core images and the permeability corresponding to each of the multi-mineral digital core images; an SE-ResNet18 convolutional neural network is constructed and trained with the multi-mineral digital core data set; and an image of a multi-mineral core to be predicted is input into the trained SE-ResNet18 convolutional neural network to determine the permeability of the multi-mineral core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM (EAST CHINA)
    Inventors: Hai Sun, Liang Zhou, Dongyan Fan, Lei Zhang, Jun Yao, Yongfei Yang, Kai Zhang, Qian Sang, Xia Yan, Lei Liu, Fei Luo, Yuda Kan
  • Patent number: 11952014
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, that obtain scene features in an environment that includes an autonomous vehicle and a target agent at a current time point; determine whether the target agent is an emergency vehicle that is active at the current time point; generate from the scene features, an input (i) that includes the scene features and (ii) that indicates whether the target vehicle is an emergency vehicle that is active at the current time point; and process the input using a machine learning model that is configured to generate a behavior prediction output for the target agent that characterizes predicted future behavior of the target agent after the current time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Aishwarya Parasuram, Alisha Saxena, Kai Ding, Stéphane Ross, Xin Liu, Anoosha Sagar
  • Publication number: 20240111837
    Abstract: An Image Activated Cell Sorting (IACS) classification workflow includes: employing a neural network-based feature encoder (or extractor) to extract features of cell images; automatically clustering cells based on extracted cell features; identifying a cluster to pick which cluster(s) to sort based on the cell images; fine-tuning a classification network based on the cluster(s) selected; and once refined, the classification network is used to sort cells for real-time live sorting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Ming-Chang Liu, Su-Hui Chiang, Haipeng Tang, Michael Zordan, Ko-Kai Albert Huang
  • Publication number: 20240109337
    Abstract: A label printing and attaching system includes a label printing device and a label attaching device. The label printing device has an ink tape supply mechanism for supplying an ink tape with a label pattern. A label tape supply mechanism of the label printing device is adapted to supply a label tape that includes a carrier tape and blank label paper adhered to the carrier tape. The label printing device further includes a heat transfer machine adapted to heat transfer the label pattern on the ink tape onto the blank label paper of the label tape to obtain a desired label. The label attaching device has a label picker adapted to pick up the label with the printed label pattern from the label tape, and a moving device adapted to move the label picker to place the picked label with the printed label pattern onto a product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Dongguan) Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zongjie (Jason) Tao, Hongzhou (Andy) Shen, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Guoqiang Liu, Ziqiang Xiong, Kai Fu, Xueyun Zhu, Yi Li, Xuyan Yu
  • Publication number: 20240114154
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for sub-block based prediction are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video encoding includes partitioning, based on a first rule, a luma component of a block of video data into a first set of sub-blocks. The method also includes partitioning, based on a second rule, a first chroma component of the block of video data into a second set of sub-blocks. The first and the second set of sub-blocks include different numbers of sub-blocks. The method also includes performing a subsequent motion prediction based on the first and the second set of sub-blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20240114437
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods, systems and devices for determining sync raster. One method includes determining, by a user equipment (UE), a sync raster (SR) with a base station, wherein a first bandwidth of a synchronization signal or physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block is larger than or equal to a minimum bandwidth in a narrowband, by: determining a frequency point of the SR; scanning the frequency point to obtain a scan result; and connecting with the base station based on the scan result. Another method includes determining a SR with a base station, wherein a first bandwidth of a SS/PBCH block is smaller than or equal to a minimum bandwidth in a narrowband, by: determining a frequency point of the SR; scanning the frequency point to obtain a scan result; and connecting with the base station based on the scan result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kai XIAO, Xing LIU, Peng HAO, Jing SHI
  • Publication number: 20240114141
    Abstract: A method of video processing is provided to include determining, for a conversion between a video block of a video and a bitstream of the video, a parameter of a cross-component linear model (CCLM) for the video block according to a rule, and performing the conversion based on the determining, and wherein the rule specifies to use a variable representing a neighbouring luma sample in the determining of the parameter of the CCLM only in case that the variable has a certain value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yang Wang, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20240108814
    Abstract: A disposable injection pen includes a pen casing, an injection head mechanism and a trigger mechanism. The injection head mechanism includes a barrel arranged in the pen casing and a needle arranged on a top thereof. The barrel is provided with a rubber plug. The trigger mechanism includes a protective sheath arranged in the pen casing and movably wrapped around the needle. A bottom of the protective sheath movably abuts against a sliding part. An outside of the sliding part is sleeved with a secondary spring whose bottom is fixedly connected to a bottom of the pen casing. An inside of the sliding part is movably clamped with a push rod with an open bottom. An inner top of the push rod is connected to an inner bottom of the sliding part through a primary spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventor: Kai LIU
  • Publication number: 20240113032
    Abstract: Interconnect structure packages (e.g., through silicon vias (TSV) packages, through interlayer via (TIV) packages) may be pre-manufactured as opposed to forming TIVs directly on a carrier substrate during a manufacturing process for a semiconductor die package at backend packaging facility. The interconnect structure packages may be placed onto a carrier substrate during manufacturing of a semiconductor device package, and a semiconductor die package may be placed on the carrier substrate adjacent to the interconnect structure packages. A molding compound layer may be formed around and in between the interconnect structure packages and the semiconductor die package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kai-Fung CHANG, Chin-Wei LIANG, Sheng-Feng WENG, Ming-Yu YEN, Cheyu LIU, Hung-Chih CHEN, Yi-Yang LEI, Ching-Hua HSIEH