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: 20230358120
    Abstract: A method for storing CO2 includes identifying a depleted or partially depleted gas, gas condensate or oil reservoir having a plurality of injection wells and a plurality of production wells. The reservoir is then depleted. Once the reservoir is depleted or partially depleted, enhanced oil recovery and/or enhanced gas recovery is then performed on the reservoir where a first quantity of carbon dioxide is injected into the plurality of injection wells to displace the remaining oil and gas. Heat mining is then performed on the reservoir, where the second quantity of carbon dioxide is injected into the reservoir and the first and second quantities of carbon dioxide are subsequently produced to the surface for capture and conversion of geothermal heat of the first and second quantities of carbon dioxide into electricity. A third quantity of carbon dioxide is then injected and stored in the reservoir permanently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Hon Chung Lau, KAI ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230358119
    Abstract: A CO2 sequestration system sequesters carbon dioxide as carbon dioxide hydrate in offshore saline aquifers. The system includes an offshore aquifer in a tropical region. A plurality of wellbores are positioned inside or around a perimeter of the aquifer. The CO2 may be injected into the aquifer via separate injectors located in the wellbores connected to the aquifer while aquifer water or brine is produced from one or more of the other wellbores and provided to the aquifer. Injection of the CO2 into and production of water from the offshore aquifer at separately timed intervals may maintain the reservoir pressure below the reservoir fracture pressure and the hydrate formation pressure so that the CO2 may be stored as carbon dioxide hydrate within the aquifer. Depending on the specific output desired, the aquifer may be positioned either straddling or within a hydrate stability zone. A method for sequestering CO2 uses the aforementioned system to carry out CO2 sequestration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Hon Chung Lau, KAI ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230359053
    Abstract: A thin film type image slicer device comprises a main body prism, a flat optical element, and an optical film. A reflective cavity is formed between the optical film and a second surface of the flat optical element; the optical film has an oblique side at an angle ? with respect to a projection direction of a light beam reflection forward direction in the reflective cavity; the light beam repeatedly passes through the oblique side in the reflection forward direction; an image spot is sliced into a plurality of sliced images with the same width; and the plurality of sliced images are linearly arranged in an arrangement direction perpendicular to the slicing direction; and chief rays of the light beam corresponding to each sliced image are parallel to each other. An operating system includes a pre-optical system, the thin film type image slicer device and a subsequent optical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kai ZHANG, Yongtian Zhu, Lei WANG, Zhen TANG, Hangxin JI, Zhongwen HU, Yi CHEN
  • Patent number: 11812063
    Abstract: A video processing method includes performing a conversion between a video comprising one or more pictures and a bitstream of the video according to a format rule. The format rule specifies that, in response to satisfying one or more conditions, a syntax element indicating whether a first syntax structure providing a profile, a tier and a level information and a second syntax structure providing decoded picture buffer information are present in a sequence parameter set is set to be equal to 1 to indicate that the first syntax structure and the second syntax structure are present in the sequence parameter set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Ye-kui Wang, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang
  • Patent number: 11812026
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which includes cross-component prediction, are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video coding includes receiving a bitstream representation of a current block of video data comprising a luma component and a chroma component, determining parameters of a linear model based on a first set of samples that are generated by down-sampling a second set of samples of the luma component, and processing, based on the parameters of the linear model, the bitstream representation to generate the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11810508
    Abstract: A display panel including a pixel driving circuit including a driving transistor (T3), a first transistor (T1) having a gate electrode connected to a first gate line (3Re1) and a first electrode connected to a gate electrode of the driving transistor (T3), and a second transistor (T2) having a gate electrode connected to a second gate line (3G1), a first electrode connected to the gate electrode of the driving transistor (T3), and a second electrode connected to a second electrode of the driving transistor (T3), the driving transistor (T3) is a P type transistor, and the first transistor (T1) and the second transistor (T2) are N type transistors, wherein the display panel further includes: a base substrate, a first conductive layer, a third conductive layer, and a first conducting part (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huaping Sun, Erlong Song, Qiang Fu, Kai Zhang, Dongjie Wu
  • Patent number: 11812067
    Abstract: A method includes performing a conversion between a video that includes at least a video tile and a bitstream of the video according to a rule. The rule specifies that a height of a slice in the video tile in units of coding tree units is derived based on a value of a first syntax element in the bitstream indicating a number of explicitly provided slice heights for slices in the video tile that includes the slice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Ye-kui Wang, Zhipin Deng, Kui Fan, Jizheng Xu, Hongbin Liu
  • Patent number: 11812030
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for video processing are described. The video processing may include video encoding, video decoding, or video transcoding. One example method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a block of a video and a bitstream of the video according to a rule. The conversion is based on an adaptive motion vector difference resolution (AMVR) tool, and the rule specifies that selection of a context for a first bin within a bin string of a first syntax element that specifies the resolution of the motion vector difference associated with an AMVR shift is derived based on usage of a coding mode for the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Yang Wang, Li Zhang, Zhipin Deng, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu
  • Patent number: 11812040
    Abstract: A method for video processing is provided to include: performing a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of current video block, wherein the conversion uses a coding mode in which the current video block is constructed based on a first domain and a second domain and/or chroma residue is scaled in a luma-dependent manner, and wherein information used for the coding mode is signaled in a parameter set that is different from a sequence parameter set (SPS), a video parameter set (VPS), a picture parameter set (PPS), or an adaptation parameter set (APS) used for carrying adaptive loop filtering (ALF) parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20230350402
    Abstract: A multi-task learning-based remaining useful life prediction method under a sensor fault condition, including the following steps: firstly, preprocessing data with missing values by a sliding window to construct the data into data samples in a sequential pattern; then, fully fusing spatio-temporal information in the data by a deep long short-term memory (LSTM) module to extract implicit representations containing complete degradation information; next, inputting the implicit representations extracted from the deep LSTM module into a missing value imputation module and an RUL prediction task module by a multi-task learning method in parallel, thereby ensuring that the implicit representations contain as complete degradation information as possible with the aid of a missing value imputation task to obtain accurate RUL prediction results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Ruonan LIU, Kai ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230353737
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to table maintenance for HMVP candidate storage. A method for processing video, including: determining, during a conversion between a first block of visual media data and a corresponding coded representation of the visual media data, the first block being coded with geometry partition mode; determining, based on at least one table storing history based motion vector prediction (HMVP) candidates which include motion information based on previously coded blocks, motion information of at least one sub-portion of the first block; performing the conversion of the first block using the determined motion information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20230349098
    Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of papermaking, and specifically relates to a short-sequence ECF bleaching process X/Z/D-EOP-D or X/D/Z-EOP-D for kraft wood pulp, comprising the following steps: (1) sequential bleaching (X/Z/D or X/D/Z): subjecting an oxygen delignified wood pulp to X/Z/D1 or X/D1/Z sequential bleaching to prepare a semi-bleached pulp; (2) reinforced alkaline extraction treatment (EOP): performing hydrogen peroxide and oxygen enhanced alkaline extraction treatment on the pulp after sequential bleaching to further dissolve the residual lignin in the pulp; (3) supplemental bleaching (D): performing a chlorine dioxide supplemental bleaching on the pulp after the enhanced alkaline extraction treatment to obtain a fully bleached pulp (88% ISO).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Jiachuan CHEN, Guihua YANG, Kai ZHANG, Zhongjian TIAN, Xingxiang JI, Gaojin LYU, Qichao GAO
  • Publication number: 20230353744
    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 according to a rule, where the rule specifies a relationship between applicability of a matrix based intra prediction (MIP) mode or a transform mode during the conversion, where the MIP mode includes determining a prediction block of the current video block 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, and where the transform mode specifies use of a transform operation for the determining the prediction block for the current video block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Zhipin Deng, Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11805275
    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 first determination whether a luma video block of a video is coded using a matrix based intra prediction (MIP) mode; performing a second determination that the luma video block is applicable for determining a chroma intra mode for a current chroma video block of the video; performing, based on the first determination and the second determination, a third determination about the chroma intra mode to be used for the current chroma video block; and performing, based on the third determination, a conversion between the current chroma video block and a bitstream representation of the current chroma video block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Zhipin Deng, Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11805280
    Abstract: A video processing method includes performing a conversion between a video and a bitstream of the video. The bitstream conforms to a format rule specifying a condition that controls whether or how one or more syntax elements related to picture order counts for a long term reference picture are included in a reference picture list syntax structure in the bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Ye-kui Wang, Zhipin Deng, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Jizheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11805268
    Abstract: A method for video bitstream processing includes generating, using a first video block derived from a third video block of a first component and having a first size, a prediction block for a second video block of a video related to a second component, where the first component is different from the second component, and where the second video block has a second size that is different from the first size. The method also includes performing, using the prediction block, a conversion between the second video block and a bitstream representation of the video according to a two-step cross-component prediction mode (TSCPM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11805274
    Abstract: Methods, systems and device for hash-based motion estimation in video coding are described. An exemplary method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, motion information associated with the current block using a hash-based motion search, a size of the current block being M×N, M and N being positive integers and M being not equal to N, applying, based on the motion information and a video picture comprising the current block, a prediction for the current block, and performing, based on the prediction, the conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Jizheng Xu, Jiahao Li, Weijia Zhu, Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11805252
    Abstract: Non-power-two-partition tree in video compression 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 of video, whether a use of non-power-of-two partition trees (NPT-T) is enabled or disabled, wherein the NPT-T includes splitting the first block to multiple smaller sized child blocks of the first block, and at least one child block's width and/or height have a dimension that is a non-power-of-two integer; and performing the conversion based on the NPT-T in response to the determination that the NPT-T is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11805269
    Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for applying pruning in multi-motion model based skip and direct mode coded video blocks are described. An exemplary method for video processing includes applying, to a candidate list for a video block, a pruning operation between a candidate in a first set of candidates derived from previously coded blocks in a decoding order and a candidate in a second set of candidates, and performing, based on the candidate list subsequent to applying the pruning operation, a conversion between the video block and a bitstream representation of the video block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11805259
    Abstract: A method, a video processing apparatus and computer-readable program medium for video process is disclosed. The method of video coding including: using, during a conversion between a current block of video and a bitstream representation of the current block, an affine motion mode for the current block; updating motion information of the current block after motion compensation so as to obtain updated motion information of the current block; and using the updated motion information during conversion of subsequent video blocks and their respective bitstream representations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang