Patents by Inventor Weicai Zhong

Weicai Zhong 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: 20240126808
    Abstract: In one example method, a first image including M objects is obtained. For N objects in the M objects, when N is greater than or equal to 2, arrangement orders of the N objects is determined, where an arrangement order of any one of the N objects is determined based on at least one of a scene intent weight, a confidence score, or an object relationship score. The scene intent weight is used to indicate a probability that the any object is searched in a scene corresponding to the first image, the confidence score is a similarity between the any object and an image in an image library, and the object relationship score is used to indicate importance of the any object in the first image. Search results of some or all of the N objects are fed back according to the arrangement orders of the N objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Lei HAO, Yu WANG, Min WANG, Songcen XU, Weicai ZHONG, Zhenhua ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20230045077
    Abstract: A theme icon generation method includes obtaining an application icon, where the application icon includes a transparent region and an opaque region, and the opaque region includes an icon background and a first logo graphic; segmenting a first logo graphic from the opaque region; adjusting a size of the first logo graphic to generate a second logo graphic; and fusing the second logo graphic with a theme template to generate a theme icon
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Wenjie Zhang, Weicai Zhong
  • Publication number: 20220319077
    Abstract: This application relates to the field of digital image processing technologies, and discloses an image-text fusion method and apparatus, and an electronic device, to minimize blockage of a saliency feature in an image by a text when the text is laid out in the image, and obtain a higher visual balance degree after the text is laid out in the first image, thereby achieving a better layout effect. According to the method of this application, first, a plurality of candidate text templates and layout positions of a plurality of corresponding texts in an image can be determined, so that a text laid out in the image does not block a visually salient object having a greater feature value, such as a human face or a building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenjie ZHANG, Weicai ZHONG, Liang HU
  • Publication number: 20220309789
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a cover image determining method and apparatus, and a device. The method may include: extracting a plurality of key frames from a video; determining at least one first image in the plurality of key frames, where a correlation between a principal object included in the first image and the video is greater than or equal to a preset threshold; obtaining an object type of a principal object in each first image, where the object type is one of the following: a character type, an item type, a landscape type, or a scene type; and determining a cover image of the video based on the at least one first image and the object type of the principal object in each first image. In this way, quality of the determined cover image is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Lei SHU, Weicai ZHONG, Honghao LI
  • Patent number: 10572837
    Abstract: Techniques are described for automatic interval metadata determination for intermittent time series data. In one example, a method for determining intermittent time series interval metadata includes detecting one or more time variables in a time series data set. The method further includes determining whether the one or more time variables are intermittently regular. The method further includes determining one or more respective time intervals for the one or more time variables. The method further includes determining the parameters of intermittency for the one or more time variables. The method further includes generating an output comprising information about the one or more time variables based on the one or more respective time intervals and the parameters of intermittency for the time variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yea Jane Chu, Weicai Zhong
  • Patent number: 10572836
    Abstract: Techniques are described for automatic interval metadata determination for intermittent time series data. In one example, a method for determining intermittent time series interval metadata includes detecting one or more time variables in a time series data set. The method further includes determining whether the one or more time variables are intermittently regular. The method further includes determining one or more respective time intervals for the one or more time variables. The method further includes determining the parameters of intermittency for the one or more time variables. The method further includes generating an output comprising information about the one or more time variables based on the one or more respective time intervals and the parameters of intermittency for the time variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yea Jane Chu, Weicai Zhong
  • Patent number: 10565516
    Abstract: Updating a prediction model, where the prediction model is used for time series data, a computer selects a first prediction time window in an order from a plurality of prediction time windows associated with the prediction model, and predicts predicted values of the time series data at time points within the first prediction time window. The computer calculates a prediction error associated with the first prediction time window based on the one or more predicted values and one or more actual measured values of the time series data at the plurality of time points. The computer determines whether the prediction error is larger than a predefined error threshold associated with the first prediction time window, and in response to determining the prediction error is larger than the predefined error threshold, provides a notification of updating the prediction model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Chen, Sier Han, Long Jiao, Jing Zhang, Weicai Zhong
  • Patent number: 10528882
    Abstract: Techniques are described for automated selection of components for a generalized linear model. In one example, a method includes determining a candidate set of distributions, a candidate set of link functions, and a candidate set of predictor variables, based at least in part on a dataset of interest. The method further includes selecting a distribution from the initial candidate set of distributions and a link function from the initial candidate set of link functions, based at least in part on the candidate set of predictor variables; and selecting predictor variables from the candidate set of predictor variables, based at least in part on the selected distribution and the selected link function. The method further includes reiterating the selecting processes until a stopping criterion is fulfilled, and generating a generalized linear model output comprising the selected distribution, the selected link function, and the selected predictor variables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yea Jane Chu, Jing-Yun Shyr, Weicai Zhong
  • Publication number: 20170185664
    Abstract: Techniques are described for automatic interval metadata determination for intermittent time series data. In one example, a method for determining intermittent time series interval metadata includes detecting one or more time variables in a time series data set. The method further includes determining whether the one or more time variables are intermittently regular. The method further includes determining one or more respective time intervals for the one or more time variables. The method further includes determining the parameters of intermittency for the one or more time variables. The method further includes generating an output comprising information about the one or more time variables based on the one or more respective time intervals and the parameters of intermittency for the time variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Yea Jane Chu, Weicai Zhong
  • Publication number: 20170109678
    Abstract: Techniques are described for automatic interval metadata determination for intermittent time series data. In one example, a method for determining intermittent time series interval metadata includes detecting one or more time variables in a time series data set. The method further includes determining whether the one or more time variables are intermittently regular. The method further includes determining one or more respective time intervals for the one or more time variables. The method further includes determining the parameters of intermittency for the one or more time variables. The method further includes generating an output comprising information about the one or more time variables based on the one or more respective time intervals and the parameters of intermittency for the time variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Yea Jane Chu, Weicai Zhong
  • Publication number: 20170004409
    Abstract: Techniques are described for automated selection of components for a generalized linear model. In one example, a method includes determining a candidate set of distributions, a candidate set of link functions, and a candidate set of predictor variables, based at least in part on a dataset of interest. The method further includes selecting a distribution from the initial candidate set of distributions and a link function from the initial candidate set of link functions, based at least in part on the candidate set of predictor variables; and selecting predictor variables from the candidate set of predictor variables, based at least in part on the selected distribution and the selected link function. The method further includes reiterating the selecting processes until a stopping criterion is fulfilled, and generating a generalized linear model output comprising the selected distribution, the selected link function, and the selected predictor variables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Yea Jane Chu, Jing-Yun Shyr, Weicai Zhong
  • Patent number: 9348887
    Abstract: Techniques for presenting insight into classification trees may include performing a grouping analysis to group leaf nodes of a classification tree into a significant group and an insignificant group, performing influential target category analysis to identify one or more influential target categories for the leaf nodes of the classification tree in the significant group, and presenting one or more insights into the classification tree based on the grouping analysis and the influential target category analysis. Techniques for presenting insight into regression trees may include performing a grouping analysis to group leaf nodes of a regression tree into a high group and a low group, performing unusual node detection analysis to detect one or more outlier nodes in the high group and in the low group, and presenting one or more insights into the regression tree based on the grouping analysis and the unusual node detection analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jane Y. Chu, Jing-Yun Shyr, Weicai Zhong
  • Patent number: 9317578
    Abstract: Techniques for presenting insight into classification trees may include performing a grouping analysis to group leaf nodes of a classification tree into a significant group and an insignificant group, performing influential target category analysis to identify one or more influential target categories for the leaf nodes of the classification tree in the significant group, and presenting one or more insights into the classification tree based on the grouping analysis and the influential target category analysis. Techniques for presenting insight into regression trees may include performing a grouping analysis to group leaf nodes of a regression tree into a high group and a low group, performing unusual node detection analysis to detect one or more outlier nodes in the high group and in the low group, and presenting one or more insights into the regression tree based on the grouping analysis and the unusual node detection analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jane Y. Chu, Jing-Yun Shyr, Weicai Zhong
  • Publication number: 20150302318
    Abstract: In an approach to updating a prediction model, where the prediction model is used for time series data, a computer selects a first prediction time window in an order from a plurality of prediction time windows associated with the prediction model, and predicts one or more predicted values of the time series data at a plurality of time points within the first prediction time window. The computer calculates a prediction error associated with the first prediction time window based on the one or more predicted values and one or more actual measured values of the time series data at the plurality of time points. The computer determines whether the prediction error is larger than a predefined error threshold associated with the first prediction time window, and in response to determining the prediction error is larger than the predefined error threshold, provides a notification of updating the prediction model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Dong Chen, Sier Han, Long Jiao, Jing Zhang, Weicai Zhong
  • Publication number: 20150039624
    Abstract: Techniques for presenting insight into classification trees may include performing a grouping analysis to group leaf nodes of a classification tree into a significant group and an insignificant group, performing influential target category analysis to identify one or more influential target categories for the leaf nodes of the classification tree in the significant group, and presenting one or more insights into the classification tree based on the grouping analysis and the influential target category analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Jane Y. Chu, Jing-Yun Shyr, Weicai Zhong
  • Publication number: 20140279775
    Abstract: Techniques for presenting insight into classification trees may include performing a grouping analysis to group leaf nodes of a classification tree into a significant group and an insignificant group, performing influential target category analysis to identify one or more influential target categories for the leaf nodes of the classification tree in the significant group, and presenting one or more insights into the classification tree based on the grouping analysis and the influential target category analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jane Y. Chu, Jing-Yun Shyr, Weicai Zhong