Patents by Inventor Lei Miao

Lei Miao 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: 11164591
    Abstract: A speech enhancement method includes determining a first spectral subtraction parameter based on a power spectrum of a speech signal containing noise and a power spectrum of a noise signal, determining a second spectral subtraction parameter based on the first spectral subtraction parameter and a reference power spectrum, and performing, based on the power spectrum of the noise signal and the second spectral subtraction parameter, spectral subtraction on the speech signal containing noise, where the reference power spectrum includes a predicted user speech power spectrum and/or predicted environmental noise power. Regularity of a power spectrum feature of a user speech of a terminal device and/or regularity of a power spectrum feature of noise in an environment in which a user is located are considered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weixiang Hu, Lei Miao
  • Publication number: 20210335377
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for detecting correctness of a pitch period, where the method for detecting correctness of a pitch period includes determining, according to an initial pitch period of an input signal in a time domain, a pitch frequency bin of the input signal, where the initial pitch period is obtained by performing open-loop detection on the input signal, determining, based on an amplitude spectrum of the input signal in a frequency domain, a pitch period correctness decision parameter, associated with the pitch frequency bin, of the input signal, and determining correctness of the initial pitch period according to the pitch period correctness decision parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Fengyan Qi, Lei Miao
  • Patent number: 11133016
    Abstract: A method comprises determining a first modification weight according to linear spectral frequency (LSF) differences of the current frame and LSF differences of a previous frame of the current frame, when a signal characteristic of the current frame meets a preset modification condition, modifying the linear predictive parameter of the current frame according to the determined first modification weight, and coding the current frame according to the modified linear predictive parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zexin Liu, Bin Wang, Lei Miao
  • Patent number: 11133014
    Abstract: A multi-channel signal encoding method and an encoder, where the encoding method includes obtaining a multi-channel signal of a current frame, determining an initial multi-channel parameter of the current frame, determining a difference parameter based on the initial multi-channel parameter of the current frame and multi-channel parameters of previous K frames of the current frame, where the difference parameter represents a difference between the initial multi-channel parameter of the current frame and the multi-channel parameters of the previous K frames, and K is an integer greater than or equal to one, determining a multi-channel parameter of the current frame based on the difference parameter and a characteristic parameter of the current frame, and encoding the multi-channel signal based on the multi-channel parameter of the current frame. Hence, the method and the encoder ensure better accuracy of inter-channel information of a multi-channel signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zexin Liu, Xingtao Zhang, Haiting Li, Lei Miao
  • Patent number: 11125643
    Abstract: There is provided a sealing detection method for a sealing structure, comprising the following steps: S1, attaching a thin film on a gasket to seal an opening; S2, disposing a sealing ring directly below the base to seal a lower opening of the mounting through hole; S3, providing a vent hole on sealing ring through which the sealing ring communicates with a gas source with a gas pressure sensor; S4, starting to supply or pump gas to form a positive pressure or a negative pressure region between the sealing ring and the base; S5, maintaining the air pressure state for a certain time, during which the gas pressure sensor performs real-time detection of gas flow; S6, comparing detected gas flow with qualified threshold range; S7, sorting products with the sealing structure according to detection results; S8, peeling off the thin film and completing the detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SUZHOU RS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiafu Wu, Lei Miao
  • Patent number: 11127409
    Abstract: A audio signal encoding method and apparatus includes: obtaining an audio signal comprising a plurality of sub-bands, wherein each sub-band has an index; obtaining a spectrum energy of each sub-band of at least a part of the plurality of sub-bands; obtaining a highest index of a sub-band to be allocated bits according to the spectrum energy and a ratio factor, wherein the ratio factor is greater than 0 and less than 1; allocating at least one bit for a sub-band having an index no greater than the highest index; and encoding a spectrum coefficient of the sub-band having the index no greater than the highest index with the allocated at least one bit. In this manner, the signal bandwidth is effectively coded and decoded by centralizing the bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fengyan Qi, Zexin Liu, Lei Miao
  • Patent number: 11120807
    Abstract: A method for determining an audio coding mode and a related apparatus are provided. The method may include: determining a channel combination scheme for a current frame, where the determined channel combination scheme for the current frame is one of a plurality of channel combination schemes; and determining a coding mode of the current frame based on a channel combination scheme for a previous frame and the channel combination scheme for the current frame, where the coding mode of the current frame is one of a plurality of coding modes. The technical solutions provided in embodiments of this application help improve encoding quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Wang, Haiting Li, Lei Miao
  • Patent number: 11107486
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a speech/audio signal processing method based on wideband switching and a coding apparatus. The method includes: if a first wideband speech/audio signal is a harmonic signal, adjusting a determining condition for determining that a second wideband speech/audio signal is a harmonic signal, to obtain a first determining condition, where the first wideband speech/audio signal is a signal before wideband switching, and the second wideband speech/audio signal is a signal after the wideband switching; and determining, according to the first determining condition, whether the second wideband speech/audio signal is a harmonic signal. In the case of wideband switching, signal types of speech/audio signals remain as consistent as possible before and after the switching, so that continuity of the speech/audio signal decoded by a decoder device is ensured as much as possible, further improving speech communication service quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen Hu, Zexin Liu, Lei Miao
  • Publication number: 20210264925
    Abstract: In a stereo encoding method, a channel combination encoding solution of a current frame is first obtained, and then a quantized channel combination ratio factor of the current frame and an encoding index of the quantized channel combination ratio factor are obtained based on the obtained channel combination encoding solution, so that an obtained primary channel signal and secondary channel signal of the current frame meet a characteristic of the current frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Bin Wang, Haiting Li, Lei Miao
  • Publication number: 20210264926
    Abstract: This application discloses an IPD parameter encoding method, including: obtaining a reference parameter used to determine an IPD parameter encoding scheme of a current frame of a multi-channel signal; determining the IPD parameter encoding scheme of the current frame based on the reference parameter, where the determined IPD parameter encoding scheme of the current frame is one of at least two preset IPD parameter encoding schemes; and processing an IPD parameter of the current frame based on the determined IPD parameter encoding scheme of the current frame. The technical solutions provided in this application can improve encoding quality of the multi-channel signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Xingtao ZHANG, Haiting LI, Zexin LIU, Lei MIAO
  • Patent number: 11081121
    Abstract: A signal processing method and device includes obtaining spectral coefficients of a current frame of an audio signal, in which N sub-bands of the current frame comprises at least one of the spectral coefficients. A total energy of M successive sub-bands of the N sub-bands, a total energy of K successive sub-bands of the N sub-bands, and an energy of a first sub-band are obtained to determine whether to modify original envelope values of the M sub-bands. When the original envelope values of the M sub-bands are modified, encoding bits are allocated to each of the N sub-bands according to the modified envelope values of the M sub-bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Wang, Lei Miao, Zexin Liu
  • Patent number: 11062715
    Abstract: An audio encoding and decoding method and a related apparatus are provided. The audio encoding method may include: determining a coding mode of a current frame; when determining that the coding mode of the current frame is an anticorrelated signal coding mode, performing time-domain downmix processing on left and right channel signals in the current frame by using a time-domain downmix processing manner corresponding to the anticorrelated signal coding mode, to obtain a primary channel signal and a secondary channel signal, where the time-domain downmix processing manner corresponding to the anticorrelated signal coding mode is a time-domain downmix processing manner corresponding to an anticorrelated signal channel combination scheme, and the anticorrelated signal channel combination scheme is a channel combination scheme corresponding to a near out of phase signal; and encoding the obtained primary channel signal and secondary channel signal in the current frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haiting Li, Bin Wang, Lei Miao
  • Patent number: 11060952
    Abstract: There is disclosed a test device for testing high-pressure water tightness function of profiled components, comprising a toggle mechanism comprising a drive assembly and a toggle assembly, the toggle assembly comprising a mounting seat drivingly connected to the drive assembly and several toggle levers mounted to the mounting seat; and a carrier stage configured to carry components to be tested; wherein each toggle lever is provided with a carrier stage directly below the toggle lever, the toggle lever is selectively mated to the component to be tested on the carrier stage, and the drive assembly can reciprocally transmit power along the X-axis direction, and when the toggle lever is in a mating state with the component to be tested on the carrier stage, the toggle lever reciprocated linearly along the X-axis direction under driving of the drive assembly to toggle the component to be tested on the carrier stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SUZHOU RS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiafu Wu, Lei Miao
  • Publication number: 20210201920
    Abstract: An audio signal decoding device includes a non-transitory memory storage stores audio data in a form of a bitstream; and an audio decoder, by which a first spectral coefficient of a first sub-band of a current frame of an audio signal by decoding the bitstream is obtained; a first average quantity of allocated bits per spectral coefficient of the first sub-band is obtained; a first noise filling gain for the first sub-band is obtained when the first average quantity is less than a threshold; a second spectral coefficient is reconstructed according to the first noise filling gain; a frequency domain audio signal is obtained according to the first spectral coefficient and the second spectral coefficient; and a time domain audio signal is generated according to the frequency domain signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zexin Liu, Fengyan Qi, Lei Miao
  • Publication number: 20210198054
    Abstract: A multi-station cam carrying mechanism, including a baseplate, a rotary shaft in the middle of the baseplate, an electric motor connected to the bottom of the rotary shaft, a rotary plate at an upper part of the rotary shaft, mounting frames on the baseplate, a mounting plate on the mounting frames, an annular sliding groove on a bottom face of the mounting plate along a cam trajectory, and multiple grabbing and transferring assemblies annularly and uniformly arranged at intervals, with bottom parts slidably arranged on the rotary plate and top parts slidably arranged in the sliding groove. The electric motor drives multiple stations to carry products simultaneously, and undergoes a reciprocating movement along the cam trajectory, grabhooks on the assemblies reciprocate vertically to grab and transfer the products, so that the products are sequentially transferred from one station to the next station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: SUZHOU RS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jiafu WU, Lei MIAO, Haibin SUN, Caiguang LU, Longhai LIU
  • Patent number: 11043225
    Abstract: In a stereo encoding method a channel combination encoding solution of a current frame is first obtained, and then a quantized channel combination ratio factor of the current frame and an encoding index of the quantized channel combination ratio factor are obtained based on the obtained channel combination encoding solution, so that an obtained primary channel signal and secondary channel signal of the current frame meet a characteristic of the current frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Wang, Haiting Li, Lei Miao
  • Publication number: 20210175817
    Abstract: A switching power supply circuit with synchronous rectification has an energy storage component, a SR switch coupled to a secondary side of the energy storage component, and a secondary control circuit. The secondary control circuit has a turning-ON control circuit for providing a turning-ON control signal based on a comparison of a drain to source sensing voltage of the SR switch and a turn ON threshold, a mode determination circuit for providing a mode signal to determine a turn ON delay based on a detection to a transient event or the drain to source sensing voltage ringing of the SR switch, and a gate driver circuit for driving the SR switch. When the turning-ON control signal is asserted, the gate driver circuit charges a gate voltage of the SR switch after the turn ON delay based on the mode signal, to turn ON the SR switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Lei Miao, Siran Wang
  • Patent number: 11031021
    Abstract: This application discloses an IPD parameter encoding method, including: obtaining a reference parameter used to determine an IPD parameter encoding scheme of a current frame of a multi-channel signal; determining the IPD parameter encoding scheme of the current frame based on the reference parameter, where the determined IPD parameter encoding scheme of the current frame is one of at least two preset IPD parameter encoding schemes; and processing an IPD parameter of the current frame based on the determined IPD parameter encoding scheme of the current frame. The technical solutions provided in this application can improve encoding quality of the multi-channel signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xingtao Zhang, Haiting Li, Zexin Liu, Lei Miao
  • Patent number: 11031020
    Abstract: A speech/audio bitstream decoding method includes acquiring a speech/audio decoding parameter of a current speech/audio frame, where the foregoing current speech/audio frame is a redundant decoded frame or a speech/audio frame previous to the foregoing current speech/audio frame is a redundant decoded frame, performing post processing on the acquired speech/audio decoding parameter according to speech/audio parameters of X speech/audio frames, where the foregoing X speech/audio frames include M speech/audio frames previous to the foregoing current speech/audio frame and/or N speech/audio frames next to the foregoing current speech/audio frame, and recovering a speech/audio signal using the post-processed speech/audio decoding parameter of the foregoing current speech/audio frame. The technical solutions of the speech/audio bitstream decoding method help improve quality of an output speech/audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xingtao Zhang, Zexin Liu, Lei Miao
  • Patent number: 11031877
    Abstract: A synchronous rectifier monitors a driven signal of a synchronous switch. If the driven signal is provided within a set time length, the driven signal is latched off, to make the system enter light load mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lei Miao