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: 11582460
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for derive one or more intra prediction modes (IPMs) from a subset of IPM candidates in order to determine a predictor to use for decoding a block of an image. In some aspects, the subset of IPM candidates may include IPMs that are less than the number of IPMs in a full set of all available IPM candidates (e.g., 67 IPMs in VVC or 35 in HEVC). In some aspects, the subset of IPM candidates may be based on a most probable mode (MPM) list that can be used to determine or signal an IPM based on IPMs previously used in decoding other blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Lemon Inc.
    Inventors: Yang Wang, Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Yuwen He, Hongbin Liu
  • Patent number: 11582445
    Abstract: A visual media processing method includes determining that a first video block of a visual media data uses a geometric partitioning mode (GPM) and a second video block of the visual media data uses a non-GPM mode; constructing, based on a unified pruning process, a first merge list for the first video block and a second merge list for the second video block, wherein the first merge list and the second merge list comprise merge candidates, and the pruning process includes adding a new merge candidate to the merge list based on comparing motion information of the new merge candidate with motion information of at least one merge candidate in the merge list, wherein the GPM comprises splitting the first video block into multiple prediction partitions to apply motion prediction separately, and at least one partition having a non-rectangular shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11582451
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for coefficient scaling for high-precision image and video coding are described. A example method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video according to a rule, wherein the rule specifies that the conversion includes during encoding, skipping applying a forward transform to residual coefficients of the current block prior to including in the bitstream representation, or during decoding, reconstructing residual coefficients of the current block from the bitstream representation without applying an inverse transform, and wherein the rule further specifies that a scale factor is applied to the residual coefficients independent of a size of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Jizheng Xu, Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Zhipin Deng, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20230043717
    Abstract: A video processing method includes performing a conversion between a video comprising a video unit and a bitstream of the video according to a rule. The rule specifies whether or how to include, in an adaptation parameter set (APS), information related to a scaling list of the video is based on a first syntax element. The first syntax element indicates whether the APS includes chroma component related syntax elements and is independent of one or more syntax elements in a sequence parameter set (SPS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Zhipin Deng, Ye-Kui Wang, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230041039
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, a device, and a system for deploying a network slice. The method, device and system disclosed herein are related to the field of communications technologies, and are designed to solve the problem of low efficiency in manually deploying a network slice. An exemplary solution includes: a first network management unit receiving a network slice management request message that carries service traffic information of a network slice, and, based on the service traffic information of the network slice, deploying the network slice or selecting an available network slice in an existing network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ruiyue XU, Kai ZHANG, Yan LI
  • Publication number: 20230044750
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for video processing are disclosed. The processing may include video encoding, video decoding, or video transcoding. One example method includes performing a conversion between a video including a picture including one or more slices and a bitstream of the video. The conversion conforms to a rule that specifies that whether a deblocking filter is applied to the one or more slices referring to a picture parameter set is based at least on a first syntax element included in the picture parameter set. The first syntax element indicates whether the deblocking filter is disabled for the picture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Zhipin Deng, Li Zhang, Ye-Kui Wang, Kai Zhang, Jizheng Xu
  • Publication number: 20230038161
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for digital video process are described. An exemplary method for video processing includes performing a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the video, wherein the performing of the conversion includes determining, based on a width (W) and/or a height (H) of the current video block, an applicability of a secondary transform tool to the current video block, and wherein the secondary transform tool includes applying, during encoding, a forward secondary transform to an output of a forward primary transform applied to a residual of a video block prior to quantization, or applying, during decoding, an inverse secondary transform to an output of dequantization of the video block before applying an inverse primary transform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Publication number: 20230039865
    Abstract: 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: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Zhipin Deng, Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu
  • Publication number: 20230044662
    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: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Ye-kui Wang, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230037443
    Abstract: A video processing method includes performing a conversion between a video block of a video and a bitstream of the video according to a rule. The rule specifies whether or how usage of a secondary transform within a video unit is indicated in the bitstream. The secondary transform is applied before quantization or after de-quantization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Tianliang Fu, Yue Wang, Siwei Ma
  • Publication number: 20230042746
    Abstract: A method includes determining, for a conversion between a video block of a video and a bitstream of the video, a size of prediction block corresponding to the video block according to a rule. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining. The rule specifies that a first size of the prediction block is determined responsive to whether a prediction refinement using optical flow technique is used for coding the video block. The video block has a second size and is coded using an affine merge mode or an affine advanced motion vector prediction mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Zhipin Deng, Li Zhang, Ye-Kui Wang, Kai Zhang, Jizheng Xu
  • Publication number: 20230045473
    Abstract: A method for rapidly repairing a road surface includes: forming a base layer reinforcing material by low-shrinkage unsaturated polyester resin, diluent, expansion agent, accelerator, and polymerization inhibitor, adding a curing agent and pouring into a base layer at a damaged part of the road surface until infiltration is stopped; laying chopped basalt fiber, forming a surface layer repair material by acrylate monomer, acrylic resin polymer, silane coupling agent, calcium carbonate powder, talc powder, quartz sand, metal hydroxide flame retardant and accelerator, polymerization inhibitor and short cut basalt fiber; adding curing agent to fill the road surface and solidifying. The repairing method can not only play a reinforcing effect on the road base, but also repair the surface layer on the damaged parts such as cracks on road surface, so as to realize the dual functions of the base layer reinforcement and the surface layer repair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Xiaodong Xue, Wei Gao, Wenbin Niu, Peng Li, Kai Zhang, Xiaokang Cui
  • Publication number: 20230039617
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for video processing are described. One example video processing method includes performing a conversion between a video including a video block and a bitstream of the video according to a rule, wherein the rule specifies whether to include, in a slice header (SH), a first syntax element that indicates whether a transform skip based residual coding is disabled for a slice, and wherein the rule specifies that whether to include the first syntax element in the SH is selectively based on a second syntax element in a sequence parameter set (SPS) that indicates whether a TS mode is enabled for the video block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Zhipin Deng, Ye-Kui Wang, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230037931
    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 encoding a current video block of a video using a matrix 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; and adding, to a coded representation of the current video block, a syntax element indicative of applicability of the MIP mode to the current video block using arithmetic coding in which a context for the syntax element is derived based on a rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Zhipin DENG, Kai ZHANG, Li ZHANG, Hongbin LIU, Jizheng XU
  • Patent number: 11575887
    Abstract: A video processing method is provided to include determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a current picture of a video and a coded representation of the video, that use of a coding tool is disabled for the current video block due to use of a reference picture having a dimension different from a dimension of the current picture for coding of the current video block into the coded representation; and performing the conversion based on the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11575893
    Abstract: A method of video processing is described. The method includes performing a conversion between a chroma block of a video region of a video picture of a video and a coded representation of the video according to a rule; wherein the rule specifies that, due to the chroma block having a size M×N, the chroma block is disallowed to be represented in the coded representation using an intra coding mode, wherein M and N are integers that indicate a width and a height of the chroma block respectively, and wherein the intra coding mode includes coding the chroma block based on a previously coded video region of the video picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Jizheng Xu, Zhipin Deng, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Kai Zhang
  • Patent number: 11575901
    Abstract: A video processing method is described. The method includes performing a conversion between a video region of a video and a coded representation of the video, wherein the performing of the conversion includes configuring, based on a partition type of the video region, a context model for coding a first bin, the first bin and a second bin included in a bin string corresponding to an index of a secondary transform tool, wherein the index indicates an applicability of the secondary transform tool and/or a kernel information of the secondary transform tool, and wherein the secondary transform tool includes applying, during encoding, a forward secondary transform to an output of a forward primary transform applied to a residual of a video block prior to quantization, or applying, during decoding, an inverse secondary transform to an output of dequantization to the video block before applying an inverse primary transform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kui Fan, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11574595
    Abstract: A pixel circuit, a display panel, a display device, and a driving method. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting element, a driving transistor, a light emitting control circuit, a reset circuit, a threshold compensation circuit, a first data write circuit, and an initializing circuit. The reset circuit includes a first transistor, the first data write circuit includes a third transistor, and a channel length-width ratio of the first transistor is greater than a channel length-width ratio of the third transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Zhang, Kai Zhang, Minghua Xuan, Young Yik Ko, Lujiang Huangfu
  • Patent number: 11575888
    Abstract: A method of visual media processing method includes performing a conversion between a current video block of a current picture of a visual media data and a bitstream representation of the visual media data. The conversion is based on a reference region from the current picture comprising reference samples used for deriving a prediction block of the current video block. A virtual buffer of a defined size is used for tracking availability of the reference samples for deriving the prediction block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Jizheng Xu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11575889
    Abstract: A method of video processing is described. The method includes performing a conversion between a current video block of a video picture of a video and a coded representation of the video according to a buffer allocation rule, wherein the conversion uses an intra block copy (IBC) mode in which a prediction of the current video block is derived based on sample values from a same video slice with the current video block, and wherein the sample values are determined by block vectors, wherein the buffer allocation rule specifies that a virtual buffer allocated for the conversion using the IBC mode is greater than a minimum size of memory for storing a portion of the video picture searched for determining the block vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Jizheng Xu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu