Patents by Inventor Weiming Li

Weiming Li 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: 20260145301
    Abstract: A sealed cobalt removal device includes an enclosing mechanism, a clamping mechanism, a composite sealing ring and a containing mechanism. The clamping mechanism is provided in the enclosing mechanism, and the clamping mechanism is configured to clamp a workpiece to be subjected to cobalt removal, where the workpiece to be subjected to cobalt removal includes a substrate and a composite layer connected to a top of the substrate. The composite sealing ring is embedded in a top of the clamping mechanism, the composite sealing ring is sleeved around the workpiece to be to be subjected to cobalt removal, the composite sealing ring includes a first sealing body and a second sealing body embedded in an inner wall of the first sealing body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Applicant: SICHUAN JIARUI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fangyan LU, Yu ZHENG, Lijuan CAO, Weiming LI
  • Patent number: 12631320
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the disclosure relate to the technical field of lamps and disclose dual-resistor airtight and waterproof bulbs. In some examples, the stem structure incudes a waterproof rubber base and a vertical light source plate. The waterproof rubber base includes an upper insertion portion and a lower assembly portion which are formed integrally. The lower assembly portion is arranged at an opening of the lamp shade and fits the opening of the lamp shade to form a filling recess. The disclosure may improve the stem structure of existing LED lamps and enables a light strip to be inserted into the waterproof rubber base more easily to implement connection and electric conduction, such that the production process of the stem of lamps may be simplified, and the stem may be formed without repeated fixed-position welding, thus may effectively improve the forming efficiency of the lamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Sichuan Jamie Charming Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiming Li, Weiguang Li, Zhimin Hu
  • Publication number: 20260134253
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method includes processing a plurality of first information related to autonomous driving based on an artificial intelligence (AI) model comprising a first AI network and a plurality of second AI networks associated with one or more driving skills, and determining execution task information for autonomous driving, based on an output corresponding to the plurality of first information, generated by one or more second AI networks of the plurality of second AI networks, wherein the processing includes determining the one or more second AI networks associated with each of the plurality of first information based on the first AI network, and processing the plurality of first information based on the one or more second AI networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2025
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiaqian YU, Lu XU, Chao ZHANG, Yiwei CHEN, Jaewook YOO, Sung Hyun CHUNG, Weiming LI
  • Publication number: 20260120446
    Abstract: A method executed by an electronic device includes: obtaining a first modal feature extracted from an image obtained through one or more first sensors and obtaining a second modal feature extracted from a point cloud obtained through a second sensor that has different modality that that of the one or more first sensors; obtaining a first augmented feature by performing feature augmentation processing on the first modal feature using the second modal feature; obtaining a second augmented feature by performing feature augmentation processing on the second modal feature using the first modal feature; obtaining a fused feature by fusing the first augmented feature with the second augmented feature; and performing a target task using the obtained fused feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoshuai HAO, Chao ZHANG, Hui ZHANG, Weiming LI, Mengchuan WEI
  • Patent number: 12586362
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, electronic device, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with multi-modal feature fusion are provided. The method includes generating three-dimensional (3D) feature information and two-dimensional (2D) feature information based on a color image and a depth image, generating fused feature information by fusing the 3D feature information and the 2D feature information based on an attention mechanism, and generating predicted image information by performing image processing based on the fused feature information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao Wang, Weiming Li, Qiang Wang, Jiyeon Kim, Hyun Sung Chang, Sunghoon Hong
  • Patent number: 12586310
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method includes obtaining a first motion matrix corresponding to an extended reality (XR) system and a second motion matrix based on a conversion coefficient from an XR system coordinate system into a rolling shutter (RS) camera coordinate system, and projecting an RS color image of a current frame onto a global shutter (GS) color image coordinate system based on the second motion matrix and generating a GS color image of the current frame, wherein the second motion matrix is a motion matrix of a timestamp of a depth image captured by a GS camera corresponding to a timestamp of a first scanline of an RS color image captured by the GS camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiming Li, Namseop Kwon, Kyungboo Jung, Lin Ma, Myungjae Jeon, Qiang Wang, Young Hun Sung, Bao He
  • Publication number: 20260073541
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining a first image, where the first image includes an RGB image and a first depth image as components of the first image, obtaining at least two image regions by processing the first image through an artificial intelligence (AI) network based on gaze point information, and obtaining a second depth image based on the at least two image regions, where, in the at least two image regions, image qualities of respective image regions are different, and a resolution of the first depth image is lower than a resolution of the second depth image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bao HE, Weiming LI, Qiang WANG, Soonyong CHO, Younghun SUNG
  • Publication number: 20260012562
    Abstract: A extended reality (XR) processing method includes acquiring a binocular image including a left-eye image including at least one of a first image and a first depth map, and a right-eye image including at least one of a second image and a second depth map, generating a third depth map based on the left-eye image and a correlation between the left-eye image and the right-eye image, and generating a fourth depth map based on the right-eye image and the correlation between the left-eye image and the right-eye image, and performing extended reality (XR) processing on the binocular image based on the third depth map and the fourth depth map, wherein a resolution of the third depth map is greater than a resolution of the first depth map, and a resolution of the fourth depth map is greater than a resolution of the second depth map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2025
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao WANG, Weiming LI, Soonyong CHO, Qiang WANG, Younghun SUNG
  • Publication number: 20260006345
    Abstract: Provided is a method of determining a gaze direction including obtaining a plurality of image frames by performing decoding based on data acquired by an event camera, determining reflected light point information for each image frame among the plurality of image frames, and determining the gaze direction for each image frame among the plurality of image frames based on the reflected light point information, wherein each image frame among the plurality of image frames includes event data obtained based on a reflected light point signal captured by the event camera, the reflected light point signal being light that is emitted from a light source and is reflected by a corneal surface, and wherein the reflected light point information includes at least one of a reflected light point position and numbers of reflected light points corresponding to a pair of reflected light points obtained based on the event data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2025
    Publication date: January 1, 2026
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin MA, Weiming LI, Chaoqun ZHUANG, Jingrui SONG, Qiang WANG, Soonyong CHO, Younghun SUNG
  • Patent number: 12498125
    Abstract: A dehumidifier includes a water tank, a body having a working state, including a drainage position, and configured to extend out relative to the water tank in the working state, a drainage pump having a water inlet end communicated with the water tank and a water outlet end communicated with the drainage position, a joint assembly provided at a housing of the body with one end communicated with the water inlet end of the drainage pump, and an avoidance recess provided at an outer side surface of the housing and extending to a bottom of the body. The joint assembly is provided at and penetrates a bottom of the avoidance recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Weiming Li
  • Publication number: 20250354829
    Abstract: A method of acquiring a high-definition (HD) map and an apparatus performing the method are disclosed. A method executed by an electronic device, according to one embodiment, may include acquiring first data including at least one type of data. The method may include acquiring a map image corresponding to the first data using a first artificial intelligence (AI) network based on the first data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2025
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoshuai HAO, Hui ZHANG, Mengchuan WEI, Yifan YANG, Chao ZHANG, Weiming LI
  • Publication number: 20250347176
    Abstract: The present application discloses a sealed cobalt removal tooling, method and reagent, and a polycrystalline diamond compact. The tooling comprises a sealing sleeve, a clamping mechanism, and a pressing mechanism. The sealing sleeve is configured to be sleeved over an outer wall of a workpiece; the clamping mechanism is sleeved over an outer wall of the sealing sleeve; the clamping mechanism is configured to provide a first pressure to the sealing sleeve; the pressing mechanism is arranged on the top of the sealing sleeve and is configured to provide a second pressure to the sealing sleeve; and an inner cavity for containing a chemical reagent is formed inside the pressing mechanism, and the top of the workpiece can extend into the inner cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Inventors: Yu Zheng, Nian Liu, Lijuan Cao, Weiming Li
  • Publication number: 20250316068
    Abstract: A method, device, and system with image processing task performance are provided. The electronic system includes one or more processors, and a memory storing code for performing at least two image processing tasks with respect to an image, wherein execution of the code by the one or more processors causes the one or more processors to extract an image feature of the image, respectively generate a spatial feature and a channel feature dependent on the image feature, generate a fused feature, for the image, dependent on the spatial feature and the channel feature, and generate respective results of the at least two image processing tasks based on a corresponding customized task feature for each of the at least two image processing tasks generated using the fused feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2025
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoshuai HAO, Chaoqun ZHUANG, Hui ZHANG, Weiming LI, Byung In YOO, Seungin PARK, Sangil JUNG
  • Patent number: 12436608
    Abstract: An electronic device and method with gaze estimating are disclosed. The method includes obtaining target information of an image, the image including an eye, obtaining a target feature map representing information on the eye in the image based on the target information, and estimating a gaze for the eye in the image based on the target feature map. The target information includes either attention information on the image, or a distance between pixels in the image, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiming Li, Qiang Wang, Hyun Sung Chang, Jiyeon Kim, Sunghoon Hong, Lin Ma
  • Patent number: 12417419
    Abstract: A method for improving communications in a digital collaboration environment by receiving a communication directed to a first user, determining that the first user is unavailable, in response to determining that the first user is unavailable, determining a second user based on an attribute, and notifying the second user about the communication directed to the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2025
    Assignee: RingCentral, Inc.
    Inventors: Jianwei Chen, Weiming Li, Yanrong Huang
  • Patent number: 12347141
    Abstract: A method with object pose estimation includes: obtaining an instance segmentation image and a normalized object coordinate space (NOCS) map by processing an input single-frame image using a deep neural network (DNN); obtaining a two-dimensional and three-dimensional (2D-3D) mapping relationship based on the instance segmentation image and the NOCS map; and determining a pose of an object instance in the input single-frame image based on the 2D-3D mapping relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiming Li, Jiyeon Kim, Hyun Sung Chang, Qiang Wang, Sunghoon Hong, Yang Liu, Yueying Kao, Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 12319978
    Abstract: Disclosed are a sealed cobalt leaching device, a reagent for the cobalt leaching, a method using the device, and use of the method. The sealed cobalt leaching device includes a base, where a top of the base is provided with a first groove; a chemical solution holding tool is provided above the base; a bottom of the chemical solution holding tool is removably connected to the base; a holding through-hole penetrating up and down is formed inside the chemical solution holding tool; and a sealing cover is provided above the chemical solution holding tool. Beneficial effects of the present disclosure: Through the combination of the base, the chemical solution holding tool, and the sealing cover, the holding through-hole inside the chemical solution holding tool is sealed, thereby improving the cobalt leaching temperature and the cobalt leaching efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Sichuan Jiarui Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Zheng, Nian Liu, Lijuan Cao, Weiming Li
  • Patent number: 12313289
    Abstract: A dehumidifier includes a machine body having a dehumidification function and a water tank including a receiving cavity that includes a support boss on an inner side wall of the receiving cavity. The dehumidifier has a working state, in which a bottom of the machine body is above an upper surface of the support boss and abuts against the support boss. The dehumidifier has an idle state, in which the bottom of the machine body is below the upper surface of the support boss. A height of the dehumidifier in the working state is greater than a height of the dehumidifier in the idle state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhigang Xing, Weiming Li
  • Patent number: 12300028
    Abstract: A method with image processing includes: determining a feature map of an image; determining a spatial position weight of pixel points of the feature map; determining a corrected feature map by correcting the feature map based on the spatial position weight of the pixel points; and determining a key point based on the corrected feature map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongwoo Kang, Weiming Li, Bao He, Qiang Wang, Sunghoon Hong, Lin Ma
  • Publication number: 20250145835
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a textile coating composition comprising a primer bonding to at least one surface of a textile and a polymer brush bonding to the primer. The primer is of general formula (I) and the polymer brush is of general formula (II). A coated textile comprising a textile coated with the textile coating composition and a method of forming the coated textile are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: The Governing Council of the University of Toronto
    Inventors: Kevin Bram GOLOVIN, Sudip Kumar LAHIRI, Zahra AZIMI DIJVEJIN, Weiming LI