Patents by Inventor Ling Sun

Ling Sun 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: 20240137581
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method, apparatus, readable medium, and electronic device for live stream interaction. The method includes: in accordance with displaying of a first control at a first target position of a live stream interface, obtaining a first duration during which a user watches the live stream interface; in accordance with a determination that the first duration is greater than or equal to a first predetermined duration threshold, switching the first control to a second control, and displaying the second control at a second target position of the live stream interface; and in response to a first operation command performed by the user on the second control, allocating a virtual resource to the user. In this way, interaction modes of a live stream room are enriched, and an activity level of the live stream room can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Ji LIU, Yu SUN, Weijia KONG, Jinming ZHANG, Lei JIN, Ling YANG, Xue YAO, Sijing WANG, Jinhui GUO, Bing ZHOU, Siqi WANG
  • Publication number: 20240129523
    Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry, in operation, selects an encoding mode from among candidates including a decoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR) encoding mode and a partition encoding mode. When the DMVR encoding mode is selected, the circuitry: obtains a first motion vector for a first image block; derives a second motion vector from the first motion vector using motion search; and generates a prediction image for the first image block using the second motion vector. When the partition encoding mode is selected, the circuitry: determines a plurality of partitions in a second image block; obtains a third motion vector for each partition; and generates a prediction image for the second image block using the third motion vector, without deriving a fourth motion vector from the third motion vector using motion search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kiyofumi ABE, Takahiro NISHI, Tadamasa TOMA, Ryuichi KANOH, Chong Soon LIM, Ru Ling LIAO, Hai Wei SUN, Sughosh Pavan SHASHIDHAR, Han Boon TEO, Jing Ya LI
  • Publication number: 20240126402
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of multimedia, and in particular, to a control method and apparatus for multimedia content display, an electronic device, and a medium. First multimedia content is displayed on a first page; and in response to a terminal device changing in a preset attitude, the first page is switched to a second page, and second multimedia content is displayed on the second page. That is, the switching of the first page to the second page is implemented by triggering the attitude change of the terminal device, thereby improving the interestingness of user interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Xue YAO, Qing SONG, Licong SONG, Yu SUN, Honghui LIAO, Jingjing ZHAO, Ji LIU, Lei JIN, Ling YANG, Mengqi WU
  • Publication number: 20240122844
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a carrier for sustained-release of a drug and use thereof. The carrier is used to carry a drug. The carrier is in a gel state, a semi-solid state, or a solid state. The carrier includes a polyol fatty acid ester as a main component and a hydrogenated vegetable oil dissolved in the polyol fatty acid ester. The state of the sustained-release carrier can be adjusted by adjusting the amount of the dissolved hydrogenated vegetable oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Lei ZHANG, Kewang LU, Yu SUN, Tuojiang WU, Xiaojun SHI, Ling ZHU, Jie WEI, Yang SONG, DAVID LUK
  • Patent number: 11962804
    Abstract: An encoder capable of properly handling an image to be encoded or decoded includes processing circuitry and memory connected to the processing circuitry. Using the memory, the processing circuitry: obtains parameters including at least one of (i) one or more parameters related to a first process for correcting distortion in an image captured with a wide angle lens and (ii) one or more parameters related to a second process for stitching a plurality of images; generates an encoded image by encoding a current image to be processed that is based on the image or the plurality of images; and writes the parameters into a bitstream including the encoded image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Chong Soon Lim, Han Boon Teo, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Ru Ling Liao, Sughosh Pavan Shashidhar, Hai Wei Sun
  • Publication number: 20240121384
    Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and memory connected to the circuitry. The circuitry: derives an absolute value of a sum of horizontal gradient values; derives, as a first parameter, the total sum of the absolute values of horizontal gradient values; derives, as a second parameter, the total sum of the absolute values of vertical gradient values; derives a horizontal-related pixel difference value; derives, as a third parameter, the total sum of the absolute values of horizontal-related pixel difference values; derives a vertical-related pixel difference value; derives, as a fourth parameter, the total sum of the absolute values of vertical-related pixel difference values; and generates a prediction image using the first to fourth parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jing Ya LI, Ru Ling Liao, Chong Soon Lim, Han Boon Teo, Hai Wei Sun, Che Wei Kuo, Kiyofumi Abe, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma
  • Patent number: 11956467
    Abstract: An encoder, when sub-block encoding is to be performed, determines a plurality of sub-blocks in a first image block, the plurality of sub-blocks including a first sub-block, determines a first motion vector for the first sub-block by referring to a first candidate list, performs first inter prediction processing on the first sub-block using the first motion vector, and encodes the first image block using a result of the first inter prediction processing. When partition encoding is to be performed, the encoder, in operation, determines a plurality of partitions in a second image block, the plurality of partitions including a first partition, determines a second motion vector for the first partition by referring to a second candidate list, performs second inter prediction processing on the first partition using the second motion vector, and encodes the second image block using a result of the second inter prediction processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Abe, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Ryuichi Kanoh, Chong Soon Lim, Ru Ling Liao, Hai Wei Sun, Sughosh Pavan Shashidhar, Han Boon Teo, Jing Ya Li
  • Publication number: 20240114134
    Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and a memory coupled to the circuitry. The circuitry, in operation, determines whether or not a ternary split process of splitting a block into three sub blocks in a first direction parallel to a first longer side of the block is allowed by comparing a size of a second shorter side of the block to a minimum threshold value. The circuitry, responsive to the ternary split process being allowed, writes, into a bitstream, a split direction parameter indicative of a splitting direction. The circuitry, in operation, splits the block into a plurality of sub blocks in a direction indicated by the split direction parameter; and encodes the plurality of sub blocks. The minimum threshold value corresponds to a minimum size supported in a transform process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Sughosh Pavan SHASHIDHAR, Hai Wei SUN, Chong Soon LIM, Ru Ling LIAO, Han Boon TEO, Jing Ya LI, Takahiro NISHI, Kiyofumi ABE, Ryuichi KANOH, Tadamasa TOMA
  • Publication number: 20240114136
    Abstract: An image encoder/decoder includes circuitry and a memory coupled to the circuitry. When a geometry of a block of a picture satisfies a first condition, the circuitry splits the block of the picture into sub blocks having a first set of geometries. When the geometry of the block does not satisfy the first condition, the circuitry splits the block of the picture into sub blocks having a second set of geometries, the second set of geometries being different from the first set of geometries. The circuitry encodes/decodes the sub blocks of the block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Chong Soon LIM, Hai Wei SUN, Sughosh Pavan SHASHIDHAR, Han Boon TEO, Ru Ling LIAO, Takahiro NISHI, Tadamasa TOMA
  • Publication number: 20240114160
    Abstract: An image decoder includes circuitry and a memory, wherein the circuitry, in operation, calculates first values of a first partition in a current block, using a first motion vector for the first partition; calculates second values of a second partition in the current block, using a second motion vector for the second partition; calculates third values of a set of pixels between the first partition and the second partition, using the first motion vector; calculates fourth values of the set of pixels, using the second motion vector; and weights the third values and the fourth values. A number of pixels in a row in the set of pixels is two or more, and two or more weights applied to the third values increase along the row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kiyofumi ABE, Takahiro NISHI, Tadamasa TOMA, Ryuichi KANOH, Chong Soon LIM, Ru Ling LIAO, Hai Wei SUN, Sughosh Pavan SHASHIDHAR, Han Boon TEO, Jing Ya LI
  • Publication number: 20240111956
    Abstract: Disclosed are a Nested Named Entity Recognition method based on part-of-speech awareness, system, device and storage medium therefor. The method uses a BiLSTM model to extract a feature of text word data in order to obtain a text word depth feature, and each text word of text to be recognized is initialized into a corresponding graph node, and a text heterogeneous graph of the text to be recognized is constructed according to a preset part-of-speech path, the text word data of the graph nodes is updated by an attention mechanism, and the features of all graph nodes of the text heterogeneous graph are extracted using the BiLSTM model, and a nested named entity recognition result is obtained after decoding and annotating. The present disclosure can recognize ordinary entities and nested entities accurately and effectively, and enhance the performance and advantages of the nested named entity recognition model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jing Qiu, Ling Zhou, Chengliang Gao, Rongrong Chen, Ximing Chen, Zhihong Tian, Lihua Yin, Hui Lu, Yanbin Sun, Junjun Chen, Dongyang Zheng, Fei Tang, Jiaxu Xing
  • Patent number: 11949884
    Abstract: An encoder encodes a video, and includes: circuitry; and memory coupled to the circuitry. Using the memory, the circuitry: obtains at least two items of prediction information for a first partition included in the video; derives at least one template from neighboring samples which neighbor the first partition; calculates at least two costs, using the at least one template and the at least two items of prediction information; using the at least two costs, (i) determines at least one splitting direction for the first partition or (ii) assigns one of the at least two items of prediction information to a second partition split from the first partition according to the splitting direction, and another thereof to a third partition split from the first partition according to the splitting direction; and encodes the first partition according to the splitting direction and the at least two items of prediction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Abe, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Ryuichi Kanoh, Chong Soon Lim, Ru Ling Liao, Hai Wei Sun, Sughosh Pavan Shashidhar, Han Boon Teo, Jing Ya Li
  • Patent number: 11931363
    Abstract: A compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is provided that has been shown to be useful for treating a PRC2-mediated disease or disorder: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and n are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Ho Man Chan, Xiang-Ju Justin Gu, Ying Huang, Ling Li, Yuan Mi, Wei Qi, Martin Sendzik, Yongfeng Sun, Long Wang, Zhengtian Yu, Hailong Zhang, Ji Yue (Jeff) Zhang, Man Zhang, Qiong Zhang, Kehao Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240089493
    Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and memory connected to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry: corrects a base motion vector using a correction value for correcting the base motion vector in a predetermined direction; and encodes a current partition to be encoded in an image of a video, using the base motion vector corrected. The correction value is specified by a first parameter and a second parameter, the first parameter indicating a table to be selected from among a plurality of tables each including values, the second parameter indicating one of the values included in the table to be selected indicated by the first parameter. In each of the plurality of tables, a smaller value among the values is assigned a smaller index. Each of the plurality of tables includes a different minimum value among the values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Jing Ya LI, Chong Soon LIM, Ru Ling LIAO, Hai Wei SUN, Han Boon TEO, Kiyofumi ABE, Tadamasa TOMA, Takahiro NISHI
  • Publication number: 20240089479
    Abstract: An image encoder writes a first parameter and a second parameter to a bitstream, and derives a partition mode based on the first and second parameters. Responsive to the derived partition mode being a first partition mode, the image encoder executes the first partition mode including: splitting a block of a picture into a plurality of first blocks including a N×2N block sized N pixels by 2N pixels; splitting the N×2N block, wherein a ternary split is allowed to split the N×2N block in a vertical direction, which is a direction along the 2N pixels, into a plurality of sub blocks including at least one sub block sized N/4×2N, while a binary split is not allowed to split the N×2N block in the vertical direction into two sub blocks that are equally sized N/2×2N; and encoding the plurality of sub blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Chong Soon LIM, Hai Wei SUN, Sughosh Pavan SHASHIDHAR, Ru Ling LIAO, Han Boon TEO, Takahiro NISHI, Ryuichi KANOH, Tadamasa TOMA
  • Patent number: 11930206
    Abstract: An encoder which includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry generates a list which includes candidates for a first motion vector for a first partition. The list has a maximum list size and an order of the candidates, and at least one of the maximum list size or the order of the candidates is dependent on at least one of a partition size or a partition shape of the first partition. The circuitry selects the first motion vector from the candidates included in the list; encodes an index indicating the first motion vector among the candidates in the list into the bitstream based on the maximum list size; and generates the predicted image for the first partition using the first motion vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Chong Soon Lim, Hai Wei Sun, Sughosh Pavan Shashidhar, Han Boon Teo, Ru Ling Liao, Jing Ya Li, Tadamasa Toma, Takahiro Nishi, Kiyofumi Abe, Ryuichi Kanoh
  • Publication number: 20240078239
    Abstract: To generate data for populating/updating accounting databases based on digitized accounting source documents, access to an entity database comprising identifiers of entities associated with an accounting database and to a digital template library comprising processing templates for processing digitized accounting source documents is provided. Each entity in the entity database is associated with one processing template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Yang Mi, Ling Sun
  • Patent number: 11924456
    Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and a memory coupled to the circuitry, wherein the circuitry, in operation, performs a partition process. The partition process includes calculating first values of a set of pixels between a first partition and a second partition in a current block, using a first motion vector for the first partition; calculating second values of the set of pixels, using a second motion vector for the second partition; and calculating third values of the set of pixels by weighting the first values and the second values. When a ratio of a width to a height of the current block is larger than 4 or a ratio of the height to the width of the current block is larger than 4, the circuitry disables the partition process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Abe, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Ryuichi Kanoh, Chong Soon Lim, Ru Ling Liao, Hai Wei Sun, Sughosh Pavan Shashidhar, Han Boon Teo, Jing Ya Li
  • Patent number: 11921947
    Abstract: A touch function setting method is provided. The method comprising: receiving a sequence parameter which includes multiple clicks, each of the clicks is corresponding to one of areas of a touch panel or screen; receiving a function parameter corresponding to the sequence parameter, the function parameter is corresponding to activate a function; and storing a group of touch function parameters, which includes the sequence parameter and the function parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Shang-Tai Yeh, Chia-Ling Sun, Jia-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 11924423
    Abstract: Provided is an encoder which includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry splits an image block into a plurality of partitions, obtains a prediction image for a partition, and encodes the image block using the prediction image. When the partition is not a non-rectangular partition, the circuitry obtains (i) a first prediction image for the partition, (ii) a gradient image for the first prediction image, and (iii) a second prediction image as the prediction image using the first prediction image and the gradient image. When the partition is a non-rectangular partition, the circuitry obtains the first prediction image as the prediction image without using the gradient image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Abe, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Ryuichi Kanoh, Chong Soon Lim, Ru Ling Liao, Hai Wei Sun, Sughosh Pavan Shashidhar, Han Boon Teo, Jing Ya Li