Patents by Inventor Liqiang (Gino) Yao

Liqiang (Gino) Yao 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: 12244838
    Abstract: A video encoding method includes: acquiring a coding block of a video image frame; determining a partitioning mode available to the coding block according to a size of the coding block and an allowable maximum sub-block size ratio in response to a determination that sub-block transform (SBT) is to be performed on the coding block; determining, based on the partitioning mode available to the coding block, a target partitioning mode used during the SBT performed on the coding block; and partitioning the coding block based on the target partitioning mode, and decoding a plurality of sub-blocks obtained through the partitioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Liqiang Wang
  • Patent number: 12241813
    Abstract: An ultrahigh-temperature wind tunnel erosion testing system is provided, including a fuel system (1), an erosion system (2), an erosion spray gun (3), a test piece fixture (5) and a testing device; the erosion spray gun (3) is connected with the fuel system (1) and the erosion system (2) respectively; the erosion spray gun (3) is arranged on a lifting and rotating mechanism (4); the test piece fixture (5) is arranged on one side of the lifting and rotating mechanism (4) and is opposite to a nozzle of the erosion spray gun (3); and the testing device is connected with the test piece fixture (5). The plurality of groups of test pieces are circlewise arranged around the lifting and rotating mechanism (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xiancheng Zhang, Liqiang Liu, Jianping Tan, Runzi Wang, Shantung Tu, Junmiao Shi
  • Patent number: 12239039
    Abstract: An efficient transplanting device with an automatic seedling pick-up and supplementation function includes a seedling pick-up device, a seedling discharging device, and a seedling supplementation device. The seedling discharging device is used to discharge plug seedlings for transplantation; the seedling pick-up device is used to transfer the plug seedlings and the seedling supplementation device is used to supplement the plug seeding. A seedling pick-up photoelectric sensor, a detection camera, and a controller are provided for the operations of plug seedling pick-up, supplementation and discharge of the plug seedlings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Henan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Xin Jin, Qing Li, Shuang Chen, Xiaolin Xie, Shengsheng Wang, Liqiang Xiao, Mengnan Liu, Bo Zhao
  • Publication number: 20250070910
    Abstract: An information processing method and an information processing apparatus, a terminal and a network device are provided, and relate to the field of communication technology. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal, a downlink signal sent by a network device; determining, by the terminal, a first network model according to the downlink signal; wherein the first network model is at least one of I network models which are pre-deployed or are downloaded from the network device side, where I is a positive integer; encoding, by the terminal, first channel information through the first network model, to obtain to-be-transmitted encoded data; and processing, by the terminal, the encoded data and then sending, by the terminal, data resulting from the processing of the encoded data to the network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhengxuan LIU, Qiubin GAO, Liqiang JIN
  • Publication number: 20250071869
    Abstract: System and method for controlling one or more light emitting diodes. For example, the system includes: a voltage detector configured to receive a rectified voltage associated with a TRIAC dimmer and generated by a rectifying bridge and generate a first sensing signal representing the rectified voltage; a distortion detector configured to receive the first sensing signal, determine whether the rectified voltage is distorted or not based at least in part on the first sensing signal, and generate a distortion detection signal indicating whether the rectified voltage is distorted or not; and a phase detector configured to receive the first sensing signal and generate a phase detection signal indicating a detected phase range within which the TRIAC dimmer is in a conduction state based at least in part on the first sensing signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: KE LI, ZHUOYAN LI, LIQIANG ZHU
  • Patent number: 12238829
    Abstract: System and method for dimming control. For example, the system for dimming control includes: a signal converter configured to receive a dimming signal and convert the dimming signal to a converted signal associated with a first duty cycle; and a current controller configured to receive the converted signal and determine a magnitude of a current that flows through one or more light sources based at least in part on the converted signal; wherein the signal converter is further configured to: receive an analog voltage signal as the dimming signal; and convert the analog voltage signal to the converted signal based at least in part on the analog voltage signal; wherein the signal converter is also further configured to: receive a pulse-width-modulation signal as the dimming signal; and convert the pulse-width-modulation signal to the converted signal based at least in part on the pulse-width-modulation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ke Li, Zhuoyan Li, Liqiang Zhu
  • Patent number: 12237666
    Abstract: System controller and method for a power converter. For example, a system controller for a power converter includes a logic controller configured to generate a modulation signal, and a driver configured to receive the modulation signal, generate a drive signal based at least in part on the modulation signal, and output the drive signal to a switch to affect a current flowing through an inductive winding for a power converter. Additionally, the system controller includes a voltage-to-voltage converter configured to receive a first voltage signal, the modulation signal, and a demagnetization signal, and to generate a second voltage signal based at least in part on the first voltage signal, the modulation signal, and the demagnetization signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhuoyan Li, Liqiang Zhu, Jiqing Yang, Lieyi Fang
  • Patent number: 12236820
    Abstract: A flexible display panel and a preparation method therefor, and a display device and a display module are provided. The flexible display panel includes a planar area, a first bending area, a second bending area and a corner bending area. The corner bending area is connected to a corner of the planar area and is connected between the first bending area and the second bending area, and is provided with a plurality of first hole groups, where the corner bending area is bent with a width of a first hole group in middle of the corner bending area increasing and a width of a first hole group in an edge area on a side of the corner bending area away from the planar area decreasing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yaming Wang, Liqiang Chen, Dongdong Zhao, Zuojia Wang, Xueyan Liu, Xu Li
  • Patent number: 12231382
    Abstract: A data processing method and apparatus based on instant messaging, a device, and a computer-readable storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LTD
    Inventors: Dan He, Fen He, Xuejun Sun, Liqiang Liu, Zhiheng Mo
  • Patent number: 12231640
    Abstract: A video decoding method includes: performing entropy decoding processing on an encoding block of a video image frame to obtain a quantized coefficient block of residual data corresponding to the encoding block; calculating quantization coefficients in the quantized coefficient block to obtain an implicitly derived index value; determining a transformation mode of the encoding block according to the implicitly derived index value and a value of an index identifier included in the encoding block; and performing inverse transformation processing on an inverse quantization result of the quantized coefficient block based on the transformation mode of the encoding block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Liqiang Wang
  • Patent number: 12231623
    Abstract: Provided are a video encoding method and apparatus, a video decoding method and apparatus, a computer-readable medium, and an electronic device, The video decoding method includes: decoding a coded block of a video image frame to obtain a target intra prediction mode corresponding to the coded block (510); in response to the target intra prediction mode belonging to a set of specified intra prediction modes, updating statistical values of the set of specified intra prediction modes, a number of the set of specified intra prediction modes being less than a total number of intra prediction modes (520); updating a most probable intra prediction mode list according to the updated statistical values of the set of specified intra prediction modes (530); and decoding another coded block of the video image frame based on the updated most probable intra prediction mode list (540).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Liqiang Wang
  • Publication number: 20250049798
    Abstract: A compound for degrading a Wee1 protein kinase or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and the use thereof in the treatment of proliferative diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Liqiang FU, Linglong KONG, Gang LU, Yifeng XIA, Chin-Chun LU
  • Publication number: 20250055990
    Abstract: A multimedia data processing method, executed by a computer device, includes: determining a first associated image block associated with a target image block to be filtered in multimedia data; acquiring target coding and decoding information associated with the target image block; and filtering the target image block by an image filter based on a neural network according to the first associated image block and the target coding and decoding information to obtain a filtered image block corresponding to the target image block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Liqiang WANG
  • Publication number: 20250055991
    Abstract: A picture filtering method, performed by an electronic device, includes: obtaining a picture to be filtered; determining a neural network filter; dividing the picture to be filtered according to a blocking mode corresponding to the neural network filter to obtain one or more picture blocks to be filtered, the blocking mode being a same blocking mode for a training picture used in training the neural network filter; and filtering the one or more picture blocks based on the neural network filter to obtain a filtered picture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Liqiang WANG, Renjie CHANG
  • Publication number: 20250045587
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a neural network operation method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The method comprises: adding a random mask layer to a first neural network according to the type of a variable dimension, to obtain a second neural network, the random mask layer being used for performing random mask processing on a tensor inputted to the random mask layer; and training the second neural network by using sample data. According to the neural network operation method and apparatus and the storage medium provided in embodiments of the present disclosure, by adding the random mask layer to a neural network, only one neural network needs to be trained and deployed to adapt to different input and output dimension requirements; the method is low in training complexity, low in storage overhead, and easy in deployment and continued evolution of online training.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Liqiang JIN, Qiubin GAO, Zhengxuan LIU
  • Publication number: 20250048864
    Abstract: A display substrate and a preparation method thereof, and a display device. The display substrate comprises a display area (100), a bonding area (200), and a side bezel region (310) at least including a first bezel region (310-1) and a second bezel region (310-2), the first bezel region (310-1) is located on a side of the second bezel region (310-2) close to the bonding area (200); the display substrate comprises a base substrate (101) and a drive circuit layer (102), the base substrate (101) at least comprises a first connection line (70), the drive circuit layer (102) at least comprises a data signal line (60), a second connection line (80) connected to the first connection line through a first lap via (DV1), the data signal line is connected to the second connection line through a second lap via (DV2), the first lap via is provided in the first bezel region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Changchang LIU, Ling SHI, Liqiang CHEN, Xuewei TIAN, Guoyi CUI, Yu WU
  • Publication number: 20250030818
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a method for video call session and apparatus, an electronic device, a storage medium, and a program product. The method includes displaying a first video call session interface on a first client participating in a video call session, a first virtual object corresponding to the first client in the first video call session interface; recognizing a first movement of a first user in a first image, the first image being an image collected by the first terminal when the first terminal faces the first user; and controlling the first virtual object in the first video call session interface to perform the first movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Fahui ZENG, Dan HE, Shu-Hui CHOU, Liqiang LIU, Xiong HE
  • Patent number: 12202812
    Abstract: A glycosyl donor represented by formula (I) is used for preparing an S-glycoside compound represented by formula (III), an O-glycoside compound represented by formula (V), and a C-glycoside compound represented by formula (V). The glycosyl donor is a raw material in the preparation of O-glycoside, S-glycoside, and C-glycoside compounds by means of a free radical reaction, most of which have a special ? configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: SICHUAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dawen Niu, Xia Zhang, Liqiang Wan, Chen Zhang, Demeng Xie
  • Publication number: 20250024570
    Abstract: System and method for controlling a bleeder current to increase a power factor of an LED lighting system without any TRIAC dimmer. For example, the system for controlling a bleeder current to increase a power factor of an LED lighting system without any TRIAC dimmer includes: a first current controller configured to receive a rectified voltage generated by a rectifier that directly receives an AC input voltage without through any TRIAC dimmer; and a second current controller configured to: control a light emitting diode current flowing through one or more light emitting diodes that receive the rectified voltage not clipped by any TRIAC dimmer; and generate a sensing voltage based at least in part upon the light emitting diode current, the sensing voltage representing the light emitting diode current in magnitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: LIQIANG ZHU, QIAN FANG, ZHILIN FAN, KE LI
  • Publication number: 20250024571
    Abstract: Controller and method for a constant-current switch-mode power converter. For example, a controller for a constant-current switch-mode power converter includes: a constant-current controller configured to receive an input voltage and generate a modulation signal based at least in part on the input voltage; and a driver configured to receive the modulation signal, generate a drive signal based at least in part on the modulation signal, and output the drive signal to a transistor coupled to an inductive coil and a resistor; wherein: the drive signal corresponds to at least one switching cycle; the switching cycle includes an on-time during which the drive signal is at a first logic level and an off-time during which the drive signal is at a second logic level; and the off-time includes a demagnetization period during which the inductive coil undergoes a demagnetization process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Liqiang Zhu, Lieyi Fang