Patents by Inventor Shichang Zhang

Shichang 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: 20250151092
    Abstract: The present application provides methods for sidelink communication, and terminal devices. A method comprises: a terminal device determines a first multi-consecutive slot transmission (MCSt) resource, the first MCSt resource occupying M consecutive slots in a time domain, M being a positive integer greater than 1, and the first MCSt resource satisfying one of the following in frequency domain: occupying one or more resource blocks or interleaved PRBs in a sidelink resource pool; occupying one or more resource block sets in the sidelink resource pool; and occupying one or more sub-channels in the sidelink resource pool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Shichang ZHANG, Yi DING
  • Publication number: 20250119928
    Abstract: A channel transmission method and apparatus, a terminal, and a network device are provided. The method includes: if a first terminal determines, according to a result of a channel access procedure, that a channel is available, the first terminal selects a target candidate starting position from N candidate starting positions of a time domain unit to perform sidelink channel transmission. The candidate starting positions are used for representing positions of a starting time domain symbol of the sidelink channel transmission in the time domain unit, N is an integer greater than 1, and the target candidate starting position is a first candidate starting position after a moment when the first terminal determines, according to the result of the channel access process, that the channel is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Zhenshan ZHAO, Yi DING, Shichang ZHANG, Teng MA
  • Publication number: 20250097974
    Abstract: Provided is a method for resource reselection. The method is applicable to a terminal device, and includes reselecting a target resource in a case that the target resource meets a first condition; wherein the target resource corresponds to N consecutive time units in a time domain, N being an integer greater than 1; and the first condition includes at least one of: the target resource being not within a first resource set, wherein the first resource set is determined based on first sidelink control information; a resource corresponding to the target resource being overlapped with a resource determined based on first sidelink control information and meeting a reference signal received power (RSRP) threshold condition; or a priority indicated in first sidelink control information being higher than at least one of a priority of data transmission or a priority threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Yi DING, Zhenshan ZHAO, Shichang ZHANG, Teng MA
  • Publication number: 20250097892
    Abstract: A method for sidelink positioning, a terminal device, and a network device are provided. The method includes: transmitting, by a first terminal device, a first sidelink positioning reference signal to a second terminal device by using a first sidelink resource, where the first sidelink resource is configured by a network device, or the first sidelink resource is selected by the first terminal device or the second terminal device from a sidelink resource pool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao WANG, Yi DING, Shichang ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20250089009
    Abstract: Provided are a sidelink positioning method, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a configuration parameter of a first sidelink positioning reference signal SL PRS, where the first SL PRS occupies a part or all of an SL PRS resource, and the configuration parameter is used to indicate one or more of the following information: a frequency domain resource, used for transmitting the first SL PRS, in the SL PRS resource; or an SL PRS sequence of the first SL PRS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Shichang ZHANG, Teng MA
  • Publication number: 20250089074
    Abstract: Provided are a communication method and a terminal device. The method includes: sending, by a first terminal device, first indication information to a second terminal device, where the first indication information is used to indicate reserving a first SL PRS resource in an SL PRS resource pool, and the first SL PRS resource satisfies one of the following: a time domain unit in which the first SL PRS resource is located is the same as a time domain unit in which the first indication information is located; the first SL PRS resource is an SL PRS resource other than a resource used for sidelink communication in the SL PRS resource pool; or a second SL PRS resource included in the first SL PRS resource overlaps a resource that is used by the second terminal device for sidelink communication in a sidelink communication resource pool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Shichang ZHANG, Teng MA, Zhenshan ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20250079855
    Abstract: This application relates to a cell balancing method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: performing charge and discharge operations on battery cells in an energy storage system, and determining a first battery cell that first reaches a discharge cut-off voltage during the discharge operation, and a second battery cell that first reaches a charge cut-off voltage during the charge operation; and performing a balancing process on the battery cells in the energy storage system in a case that the first battery cell is different from the second battery cell. This application can fully utilize the state of charge of a lowest-capacity battery cell and a total capacity of the energy storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Meijuan Zhou, Lei Peng, Wenqian Wang, Shichang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20250071741
    Abstract: A communication method includes: transmitting, by a first terminal device, first information to a second terminal device, where the first information is used to indicate a first reference value in a first time slot, and the first reference value is used by the first terminal device to calculate a reference number of OFDM symbols when determining TBS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Shichang ZHANG, Teng MA, Zhenshan ZHAO
  • Patent number: 12238041
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for transmitting a signal, comprising: selecting a starting position of the signal from a set of candidate starting positions for transmitting the signal; determining a symbol mapping of the signal based on a selected starting position or a set of candidate starting positions of the signal; and transmitting the signal is based on the symbol mapping. The embodiment of the invention also provides a corresponding apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi Wang, Yingyang Li, Shichang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20250055610
    Abstract: The present application provides a method for configuring resources. The method includes: receiving configuration signaling, wherein the configuration signaling includes at least one of a configuration of frequency domain resources or a configuration of time domain resources of a sidelink positioning reference signal (SL PRS) resource pool. The SL supports transmission of a positioning reference signal (PRS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Shichang ZHANG, Zhenshan ZHAO, Teng MA
  • Publication number: 20250056571
    Abstract: A positioning method of a relative position, including: transmitting a first sidelink positioning reference signal to a reference terminal; receiving feedback information of the first sidelink positioning reference signal transmitted by the reference terminal; and determining a relative positioning result of a target terminal relative to the reference terminal based on the feedback information of the first sidelink positioning reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Shichang ZHANG, Yi DING
  • Publication number: 20250038922
    Abstract: Provided is a method for sending a positioning reference signal (PRS), applicable to a first terminal. The method includes: sending a first-type sidelink PRS (SL-PRS) or a second-type SL-PRS, wherein the first-type SL-PRS is an SL-PRS separately sent, and the second-type SL-PRS is an SL-PRS associated with a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH)/physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Shichang ZHANG, Zhenshan ZHAO
  • Patent number: 12207301
    Abstract: The present application discloses methods performed by a UE and a base station in a wireless communication system. A method performed by the UE includes receiving, from a base station, via higher layer signaling, one or more configurations for sounding reference signal (SRS) resources; receiving, from the base station, control information triggering a transmission of an aperiodic SRS, wherein the control information indicates a configuration among the one or more configurations for the SRS resources; and transmitting, to the base station, the aperiodic SRS based on the configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yi Wang, Shichang Zhang, Yingyang Li
  • Publication number: 20250016728
    Abstract: A method for positioning an absolute location is applicable to a target terminal. The method includes: receiving a positioning assistance message, wherein the positioning assistance message indicates a transmission mode of a positioning reference signal (PRS); receiving the PRS based on the positioning assistance message; and calculating an absolute positioned location of the target terminal based on the PRS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Shichang ZHANG, Teng MA
  • Patent number: 12175792
    Abstract: A method for generating an object model includes: obtaining an initial morphable model; obtaining a plurality of initial images of an object, and depth images corresponding to the plurality of initial images; obtaining a plurality of target topological images by processing the plurality of initial images based on the depth images; obtaining a plurality of models to be synthesized by processing the initial morphable model based on the plurality of target topological images; and generating a target object model based on the plurality of models to be synthesized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shichang Zhang, Ziyuan Guo, Yafei Zhao, Chao Chen, Xirui Fan
  • Publication number: 20240385258
    Abstract: A battery balancing detection method, apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium, wherein the method comprises: performing negative pulse discharging on a battery in response to a battery balancing detection instruction; and determining an unbalancing degree of the battery based on electrical parameters of battery cells in the battery after discharging. The method can avoid detection errors brought about by DCR when detecting the unbalancing degree in the case where current exists when the power battery system is providing electric energy, and can take into account the detection of the unbalancing degree of the battery while detecting the SOH of the battery by means of negative pulses, which is conducive to the improvement of the energy utilization rate and the service life of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Lei PENG, Meijuan ZHOU, Shichang ZHANG
  • Patent number: 12150170
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure provides a method for monitoring a carrier and transmitting a signal over an unlicensed band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi Wang, Yingyang Li, Shichang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240381387
    Abstract: Provided is a method for transmitting sidelink feedback channels. The method includes: in a case that N1 first sidelink feedback channels and N2 second sidelink feedback channels overlap in a time domain, determining, based on priorities of the N1 first sidelink feedback channels and priorities of the N2 second sidelink feedback channels, to transmit the first sidelink feedback channels or receive the second sidelink feedback channels, wherein N1 and N2 are both positive integers; transmitting at least one of the N1 first sidelink feedback channels using a first spatial domain transmission filter in response to determining to transmit the first sidelink feedback channels; and receiving at least one of the N2 second sidelink feedback channels using a first spatial domain reception filter in response to determining to receive the second sidelink feedback channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Zhenshan ZHAO, Shichang ZHANG, Huei-Ming LIN
  • Publication number: 20240381385
    Abstract: A resource determining method includes: determining a transmission resource according to first sidelink control information and second sidelink control information, where the first sidelink control information and the second sidelink control information are two different pieces of sidelink control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yi DING, Zhenshan ZHAO, Shichang ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240365287
    Abstract: A method for wireless communication and a terminal device are provided. A first terminal device can determine type information of resources in a target resource set to be provided to a second terminal device, so that the second terminal device can perform resource selection based on the target resource set, thereby improving reliability of transmission. The method for wireless communication includes the following. A first terminal device determines type information of resources in a target resource set to be provided to a second terminal device. The target resource set is used by the second terminal device to perform resource selection. The target resource set contains at least one of: a type of resources suitable for use by the second terminal device or a type of resources unsuitable for use by the second terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Shichang ZHANG, Zhenshan ZHAO, Huei-Ming LIN