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).

  • Publication number: 20240073419
    Abstract: A method of video processing, including performing a conversion between a video unit of a video and a bitstream of the video according to a rule, wherein the rule specifies that whether a cross-component adaptive loop filter (CC-ALF) mode and an adaptive loop filter (ALF) mode are enabled for coding the video unit are indicated in the bitstream in a mutually independent manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Weijia Zhu, Li Zhang, Jizheng Xu, Kai Zhang, Ye-kui Wang
  • Publication number: 20240073429
    Abstract: A method for video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the video, whether an intra block copy (IBC) mode in which a prediction block for the current video block is calculated based on a block vector in a picture that includes current video block is enabled based on a rule on a block dimension; and performing the conversion based on the determining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hongbin Liu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20240073417
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which includes using default motion candidates for video coding, are described. An exemplary method for video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, weights to use for a weighted average of prediction samples along an edge of two partitions of the block. The two partitions are generated according to a geometry partition mode, and the weights are selected from a first weighting factor group that at least one of the weights is equal to 0 or 1. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20240074256
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device; the display panel includes a plurality of bonding pins. At least one bonding pin includes a first bonding electrode disposed on a side of an insulating layer group away from a base substrate, the insulating layer group having a first concave portion, the first bonding electrode having a second concave portion, an orthographic projection of the second concave portion on the base substrate being located within an orthographic projection of the first concave portion on the base substrate. The first bonding electrode includes at least a first conductor layer and a second conductor layer, and the at least one bonding pin further includes a filling portion disposed on a side of the second concave portion away from the base substrate, which is at least partially within the second concave portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenhui GAO, Kai ZHANG, Erlong SONG, Jianjie LIU, Caifeng ZHANG, Xuejiao YANG
  • Patent number: 11913780
    Abstract: A measuring tape device may include a housing having an aperture, a reel assembly enclosed within the housing, a blade formed from a metallic strip of material having a first end configured to extend from the housing through the aperture and a second end configured to be wound on the reel assembly, and an anti-rollover assembly disposed proximate to the aperture. The blade may be cupped to have a concave upper surface and a convex lower surface. The blade may have a first side and a second side that oppose each other relative to an apex of the concave upper surface and the convex lower surface. The anti-rollover assembly may be configured to enable an operator to selectively flatten the first side or the second side of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Apex Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Kai Zhang
  • Patent number: 11917169
    Abstract: Video processing methods, systems and apparatus are described. One example method includes performing a conversion between a video block of a video and a bitstream of the video using a palette mode in which samples of the video block are represented using a palette of representative color values. A size of the palette of the video block is determined based on whether a local dual tree is applied for the conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NEWTORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Jizheng Xu, Li Zhang, Ye-kui Wang, Kai Zhang, Weijia Zhu, Yue Wang, Yang Wang, Hongbin Liu
  • Patent number: 11917196
    Abstract: A video processing method includes performing a conversion between a video comprising multiple video units and a coded representation of the video in which the multiple video units are processed in an order, where, when a video unit of the multiple video units is processed in the conversion, one or more frequence tables and/or one or more sorted intra prediction mode (IPM) tables are reset or initialized, where the one or more frequence tables include information about frequence of one or more intra prediction modes used for processing previous video units in the multiple video units, where the previous video units precede in time the video unit, where the frequence indicates an occurrence of the one or more intra prediction modes used for the conversion, and where the one or more sorted IPM tables indicate the one or more intra prediction modes used in the processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC., Bytedance (HK) Limited
    Inventors: Junru Li, Meng Wang, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang, Shiqi Wang
  • Patent number: 11917197
    Abstract: Extensions of intra coding modes in video coding are described. One example is a method for video processing, comprising: generating, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a bitstream representation of a video, a set of extended intra prediction modes (IPMs) associated with the current video block by revising a set of existing IPMs to include at least one new coding method, wherein the new coding method is different from coding methods in the existing IPMs and is to be treated as IPM; and performing the conversion based on the set of extended IPMs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Weijia Zhu, Li Zhang, Jizheng Xu, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11913915
    Abstract: A uniaxial bidirectional synchronous control electromagnetic loaded dynamic shear test system and method, a test apparatus thereof including a support platform, a loading bar system, an electromagnetic pulse generation system, a servo-controlled normal pressure loading system, and a data monitoring and acquisition system. The test apparatus can be used to conduct a dynamic shear test research on a rock-like material under a constant normal pressure close to an actual operating condition, and can also be applied to carry out dynamic shear tests on intact rock-like test specimens in various sizes or jointed rock-like test specimens containing a single structural surface to study dynamic shear mechanical property and shear failure behavior under strain rate of 101?103 s?1, thereby providing an important theoretical and technical support for the design, construction, protection, and safety and stability evaluation of geotechnical engineering, structural engineering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Heping Xie, Jianbo Zhu, Tao Zhou, Mingzhong Gao, Cunbao Li, Zhiyi Liao, Kai Zhang, Jun Wang
  • Patent number: 11917211
    Abstract: Techniques for video processing, including video coding, video decoding and video transcoding are described. One example method includes performing a conversion between a video including a video picture including a video tile including one or more slices and a bitstream of the video according to a rule. The rule specifies that a second slice in a tile that includes a first slice in a picture has a height that is represented in a unit of coding tree units. The first slice has a first slice index, and the second slice has a second slice index that is determined based on the first slice index and a number of explicitly provided slice heights in the video tile. The height of the second slice is determined based on the first slice index and the second slice index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Ye-Kui Wang, Zhipin Deng, Kui Fan, Jizheng Xu, Hongbin Liu
  • Patent number: 11917208
    Abstract: Several techniques for video encoding and video decoding are described. One example method includes performing a conversion between a subpicture in a video picture of a video and a bitstream of the video according to a rule. The rule specifies that multiple syntax elements are used to specify usage of a reference picture resampling tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Ye-kui Wang, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Zhipin Deng
  • Publication number: 20240064307
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which includes matrix-based intra prediction methods for video coding, are described. In a representative 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 in which a prediction block of the current video block is determined by performing, on previously coded samples of the video, a boundary downsampling operation, followed by a matrix vector multiplication operation, and selectively followed by an upsampling operation, where the performing the conversion includes deriving, according to a rule, boundary samples by applying a left bit shift operation or a right bit shift operation on a sum of at least one reference boundary sample, and where the rule determines whether to apply the left bit shift or the right bit shift operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Zhipin Deng, Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu
  • Publication number: 20240064062
    Abstract: A network service management method in which a network management unit obtains information about a target network service, where the information about the target network service includes an identifier of the target network service and requirement information of the target network service. The network management unit obtains an identifier of a network based on the requirement information of the target network service, where the network meets the requirement information of the target network service. The network management unit configures an association relationship between the identifier of the target network service and the identifier of the network, or the network management unit configures the identifier of the target network service in management information of the network, or the network management unit configures the identifier of the network in management information of the network service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Ruiyue Xu, Kai Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240064288
    Abstract: A method of video processing includes determining, based on a video characteristic of a first video block, an enabling or disabling of a pruning process for a table updating process; updating one or multiple tables, based on the determination and motion information of the first video block, the one or multiple motion tables being History-based Motion Vector Prediction (HMVP) tables; and performing a conversion between a subsequent video block of the video and bitstream representation of the subsequent video block based on the updated tables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20240064315
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for implementing an adaptive color transform (ACT) during image/video encoding and decoding, including: determining, for a conversion between a video including a block and a bitstream of the video, that a size of the block is greater than a maximum allowed size for an ACT mode, and performing, based on the determining, the conversion. In response to the size of the block being greater than the maximum allowed size for the ACT mode, the block is partitioned into multiple sub-blocks. Each of the multiple sub-blocks share a same prediction mode, and the ACT mode is enabled at a sub-block level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Weijia Zhu, Jizheng Xu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20240064286
    Abstract: A method of video processing includes making a first determination about whether a decoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR) tool is enabled for a conversion between a current block of a current picture of a video and a coded representation of the video; making a second determination, based on the first determination, about whether or how to clip a motion vector according to a bounding block for reference sample padding in a reference picture used for determining a prediction block for the current block according to a rule, and performing the conversion based on the first determination and the second determination. By using the DMVR tool, an encoded motion vector from the coded representation is refined prior to using for determining the prediction block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Zhipin Deng, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11909953
    Abstract: A method, a video processing apparatus and computer-readable program medium for video process is disclosed. A method of video processing includes storing, during a conversion between a current block of video and a bitstream representation of the current block, affine model parameters for the current block; and performing the conversion using the affine model parameters, wherein the affine model parameters are derived at least from motion vectors of control points of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11909989
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for encoding and decoding digital video using a table containing coding candidates are described. In a representative aspect, a video processing method is provided to include maintaining a set of tables, wherein each table includes motion candidates and each motion candidate is associated with corresponding motion information; and performing a conversion between a bitstream representation of a video including a current block and the current block, and wherein the performing of the conversion includes checking at most N motion candidates in a table based on a rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11909980
    Abstract: A method of video processing is provided. The method includes determining, for a conversion between a video comprising a video unit and a bitstream of the video, whether a first coding tool is enabled for the video unit according to a rule. The rule specifies that the first coding tool and a second coding tool are mutually exclusively enabled. The first coding tool or the second coding tool comprises a sign data hiding tool. The method also includes performing the conversion according to the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Yang Wang, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11910668
    Abstract: Provided are a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. At least one sub-pixel comprises a light emitting element; a first transistor comprising a first active layer comprising first and second electrode regions connected to data line and power line respectively; a capacitor; a second transistor comprising a second active layer; a third transistor comprising a third gate connected to a reset line, and a third active layer comprising a third channel region. Orthographic projections of the power line, the reset line, the third channel region and the data line are first, second, third and fourth projections respectively. The region of first, second, and third projections overlapping with each other is first region, and regions of first projection overlapping with second projection and not overlapping with third projection comprise a third region and a second region having an area not smaller than the third region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yonglin Guo, Kai Zhang, Dan Cao, Sangwon Lee