Patents by Inventor Kai Zhang

Kai 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: 12096026
    Abstract: A method of video processing is described. The method includes: determining, based on a coding mode of a current video block of a video, whether a position dependent intra prediction combination (PDPC) method is used for coding the current video block based on a first rule, and performing a conversion between the current video block and a coded representation of the video according to the determining, wherein the PDPC method combines neighboring samples with a prediction signal of the current video block to generate a refined prediction signal of the current video block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Hongbin Liu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20240305824
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution for video processing. A method for video processing is proposed. The method comprises: determining, during a conversion between a target block of a video and a bitstream of the target block, a primary transform coefficient of the target block; applying a secondary transform to the primary transform coefficient based on a primary transform of the target block; and performing the conversion based on the primary and secondary transforms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Zhipin DENG, Kai ZHANG, Li ZHANG
  • Patent number: 12088790
    Abstract: A method includes performing a conversion between a video comprising a video picture that includes one or more subpictures and a bitstream of the video according to a format rule. The format rule specifies that whether each of the one or more subpictures in the video picture includes a single slice is determined based on a constraint flag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Zhipin Deng, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Ye-kui Wang, Kui Fan
  • Patent number: 12088834
    Abstract: A method of visual media processing includes determining a size of a buffer to store reference samples for prediction in an intra block copy mode; and performing a conversion between a current video block of visual media data and a bitstream of the current video block, using the reference samples stored in the buffer, wherein the conversion is performed in the intra block copy mode which is based on motion information related to a reconstructed block located in same video region with the current video block without referring to a reference picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Jizheng Xu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 12088786
    Abstract: A method of video processing includes constructing, for a conversion between a current block of a current picture of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, a list of motion candidates for a coding technique applicable to the current block in which history-based motion candidates derived according to information from previously processed blocks of the video. The codingtechniqueusesreferencesamplesfromthecurrentpictureofthecurrentblockforpredicting at least a portion of the current block. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 12088837
    Abstract: A video processing method includes generating, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, a motion vector for the current block; invoking a weighted prediction processing tool or a second processing tool in a mutually exclusive manner; and performing the conversion according to the invoking. The invoking of the second processing tool comprises refining the motion vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Hongbin Liu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20240297982
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution for video processing. A method for video processing is proposed. The method comprises: determining, during a conversion between a target video block of a video and a bitstream of the video, a first prediction of the target video block by using an inter prediction tool; determining a second prediction by performing a motion compensation process on the first prediction; obtaining a third prediction by performing a forward mapping process on the second prediction; and performing the conversion based on the third prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Zhipin Deng, Kai Zhang, Li Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240298020
    Abstract: A method implemented by a video coding apparatus includes applying a neural network (NN) filter to an unfiltered sample of a video unit to generate a filtered sample, wherein the NN filter is based on an NN filter model generated using a quality-level indicator (QI) input. The method also includes converting between a video media file and a bitstream based on the filtered sample that was generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Yue Li, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240298493
    Abstract: A display panel and manufacturing method thereof, and a display device, the display panel includes a base substrate, a plurality of sub-pixels are arranged on the base substrate, at least part of the sub-pixels in the plurality of sub-pixels includes a light-emitting layer; at least two sub-pixels consecutively arranged in the plurality of sub-pixels constitute one sub-pixel group, in each sub-pixel group of at least part of the sub-pixel group, the light-emitting layers of at least two consecutively arranged sub-pixels are made of a same material and have an integral structure; the at least part of the sub-pixel group includes at least two sub-pixel groups that respectively emit light of different colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicants: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsanghong WANG, Hsinwei HUANG, Chunyang LI, Kai ZHANG, Jianpeng WU
  • Publication number: 20240293029
    Abstract: A method of visualizing bacteria in real time includes positioning a portable frame of a portable imaging system relative to a target, wherein the portable imaging system includes a camera and an excitation light source mounted on the portable frame, operating the portable imaging system in a hands-free manner to illuminate the target with excitation light having at least one wavelength to cause at least one biomarker associated with the target to fluoresce and to detect fluorescence of the at least one biomarker with the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
    Inventors: Ralph S. DaCosta, Brian C. Wilson, Kai Zhang
  • Patent number: 12081755
    Abstract: A method of visual processing includes determining, during a conversion between a block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, whether there is a switch from a first residual coding technique to a second residual coding technique based on a number of context coded bins per unit used in the first residual coding technique. The unit is included in the block, and coefficients of the unit are coded in the bitstream representation in multiple passes. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 12081801
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for video processing are described. One example video processing method includes performing a conversion between a video comprising a luma block and a bitstream of the video according to a rule. The rule specifies that whether a slice header (SH) includes a first syntax element is based on a second syntax element. The first syntax element indicates whether use of a delta quantization parameter (QP) is enabled for one or more coding units (CUs) of a specific slice of the luma block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Zhipin Deng, Ye-Kui Wang, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang
  • Patent number: 12081758
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for lossless coding for visual media coding are described. An exemplary method for video processing includes determining, based on a current video block of a video satisfying a dimension constraint, that coding modes are enabled for representing the current video block in a bitstream representation, where the dimension constraint states that a same set of allowed dimensions for the current video block is disabled for the coding modes, and where, for an encoding operation, the coding modes represent the current video block in the bitstream representation without using a transform operation, or where, for a decoding operation, the coding modes are used to obtain the current video block without using an inverse transform operation; and performing a conversion between the current video block and the bitstream representation of the video based on one of the coding modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Zhipin Deng, Hongbin Liu, Na Zhang, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 12081780
    Abstract: Methods and devices for decoding including a processor configured to determine which picture is a collocated picture, and determine a location of an associated block of the video data in the collocated picture that corresponds to the current block of video data in the current coding picture, based on using previously decoded blocks in the current coding picture to find an initial motion vector between the associated block in the collocated picture and the current block in the current coding picture, where the associated block of the video data includes at least one first derived motion vector. The processor configured to determine at least one second derived motion vector associated with the current block in the current coding picture, when the initial motion vector points to the collocated picture, based on the at least on first derived motion vector associated with the associated block in the collocated picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yu Han, Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Wei-Jung Chien, Marta Karczewicz
  • Patent number: 12081766
    Abstract: A method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, an operation associated with a list of motion candidates based on a condition related to a characteristic of the current block. The list of motion candidates is constructed for a coding technique or based on information from previously processed blocks of the video. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yang Wang, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 12081767
    Abstract: Interaction between MV precisions and MV difference coding is described. In an exemplary aspect, a method for video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a first block of video and a bitstream representation of the first block, whether a symmetric motion vector difference (SMVD) mode for the first block is enabled or disabled and/or how to apply the SMVD mode for the first block, based on at least one of motion information, a motion vector difference (MVD) precision and a motion vector (MV) precision of the first block; and performing the conversion based on the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Hongbin Liu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20240287026
    Abstract: A substituted triazinylmethylcycloalkylcarboxylic acid derivative having a structure as shown in formula (I). In addition, further disclosed are a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a stereoisomer, a pharmaceutical composition and the use of the derivative. The compound has significant P2X3 inhibitory activity and selectivity, and is high in application value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Bin HU, Jingfeng ZHU, Wen YANG, Jing XIE, Xiaoyong SHI, Kai ZHANG, Zhiming ZHAO, Chao KAN
  • Publication number: 20240289995
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution for point cloud coding. A method for point cloud coding comprises: performing a conversion between a point cloud sequence and a bitstream of the point cloud sequence based on a plurality of sets of sequence level parameters (SLPs) for coding the point cloud sequence, the plurality of sets of SLPs being indicated in the bitstream. Compared with the conventional solution, the proposed method can advantageously improve coding efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yingzhan XU, Kai ZHANG, Li ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240291997
    Abstract: 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 reordering process to a motion candidate list for the target block; determining a set of pairwise average motion candidates by averaging a set of predefined pairs of reordered motion candidates; and performing the conversion based on the set of pairwise average motion candidates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Na ZHANG, Kai ZHANG, Li ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240289899
    Abstract: Provided is a method for shale gas production prediction, including: acquiring real shale gas production data, and determining a target production decline curve model according to the real shale gas production data; setting a time step for production prediction, and obtaining a linear production decline curve by performing production prediction by using the target production decline curve model based on the time step; determining target shale gas production residuals according to the linear production decline curve and the real shale gas production data, inputting the target shale gas production residuals to a long short-term memory, and obtaining a residual prediction result by performing production prediction according to the long short-term memory and the time step; and determining a target production prediction result of shale gas well to be subjected to production prediction based on the linear production decline curve and the residual prediction result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM (EAST CHINA)
    Inventors: Hai SUN, Fei LUO, Dongyan FAN, Lei ZHANG, Jun YAO, Shuaishi FU, Kai ZHANG, Yongfei YANG