Patents by Inventor Wenbo Zhang

Wenbo 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).

  • Patent number: 11895525
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method in a wireless communication system and a computer readable storage medium. The apparatus comprises a processing circuit, configured to: obtain at least height information of each user equipment among one or more user equipments; and for each user equipment, allocate resources to the user equipment on the basis of at least the height information of the user equipment and one or more height thresholds for the user equipment. According to at least one aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, resources are allocated on the basis of a height threshold, so that time-frequency resource allocation in an unmanned aerial vehicle communication scenario may be optimized, resource utilization efficiency may be improved, and interference may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Penshun Lu, Wenbo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11871365
    Abstract: Disclosed is a user equipment for satellite communication, comprising one or more processing circuits configured to execute the following operations: evaluating a transmission power requirement for a user equipment to communicate with a satellite; and assisting, via an auxiliary device, the user equipment in executing at least part of the communication with the satellite when the transmission power constraint of the user equipment fails to meet the transmission power requirement, wherein the processing circuits are further configured to acquire, via the satellite, a communication mode to be switched to, and the processing circuits transmit, to the satellite, a notification indicating that a current communication mode needs to be switched, with the notification comprising information indicating the need to switch to a communication mode that meets the transmission power requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan Zhang, Penshun Lu, Wenbo Zhang, Hiromasa Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 11871357
    Abstract: Provided are a device and method for a wireless communication system, and a computer readable storage medium. The device comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to: acquire the current three-dimensional spatial location of a user equipment, and determine a resource for the user equipment according to information showing a mapping relationship at least between three-dimensional spatial regions and resources. According to an aspect of the embodiment of the present disclosure, time delay can be decreased and transmission performance can be optimized by pre-establishing a mapping relationship between three-dimensional spatial regions and resources and assigning to the user equipment an uplink/downlink time-frequency resource on the basis of the mapping relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wenbo Zhang, Jianfei Cao
  • Publication number: 20240007703
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for overlaying content on video streams. In one aspect, a category of a video is identified. Confidence scores are determined that each indicate a likelihood that a location in a frame includes a feature of a feature type. A weight for each feature type is determined, based on the category, that reflects an importance of not occluding features of the feature type. Confidence scores are adjusted, for each feature type, based on the weight for the feature type, to generate adjusted confidence scores. The adjusted confidence scores are aggregated for each location for each frame to generate aggregated and adjusted confidence scores. A location at which to position overlaid content during video display is determined based on the aggregated and adjusted confidence scores. The overlaid content is provided for display at the determined location in the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Wenbo Zhang, Alexander Kenny Guo
  • Publication number: 20230402425
    Abstract: Three-dimensional (3D) NAND memory devices and methods are provided. In one aspect, a fabrication method includes forming a conductor/insulator stack over a substrate, forming a dielectric layer of a dielectric material including atomic hydrogen over a part of the conductor/insulator stack, and performing a thermal process to release the atomic hydrogen from the dielectric material and diffuse the atomic hydrogen into the conductor/insulator stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Zhiyong LU, Sheng PENG, Kai YU, Wenbo ZHANG, Yang ZHOU, Jing GAO
  • Patent number: 11841714
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method of a wireless communication system, and a computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to configure, directly or indirectly on the basis of one or more height thresholds for user equipment and a current height of the user equipment, operation of the user equipment. According to at least one aspect of the embodiments of the disclosure, configuring, on the basis of a height threshold, operation of a user equipment optimizes communication performance in an unmanned aerial vehicle communication scenario.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wenbo Zhang, Penshun Lu, Chen Sun
  • Patent number: 11831581
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device, a User Equipment (UE), a method, and a computer readable storage medium. According to the present invention, a method for determining location of a positioning reference signal (PRS) comprises: obtaining a subcarrier interval of a resource block (RB); and determining a time-frequency location of the PRS in the RB according to the subcarrier interval. The electronic device, the UE, the method, and the computer readable storage medium according to the present invention can be used for designing the PRS with respect to an NR communication system more reasonably, so as to optimize the positioning of the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei Xu, Yucheng Wang, Penshun Lu, Wenbo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11785622
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus, and a corresponding wireless communication method and computer-readable medium, where the electronic apparatus for wireless communication includes a processing circuit which is configured to: determine a first position range of a user equipment on the basis of first measurement information from the user equipment and regarding first beam scanning; when the first position range is lower than a predetermined accuracy requirement, determine adjustment of a beam configuration on the basis of the first position range; and determine a second position range of the user equipment on the basis of second measurement information from the user equipment and regarding second beam scanning performed by means of the adjusted beam configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei Xu, Yucheng Wang, Wenbo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11784354
    Abstract: A method for producing a solid state battery, comprising: providing a first solid state electrolyte membrane layer; applying an electronically conductive matrix to the cathode side of the first solid state electrolyte membrane layer; building up a cathode layer on the cathode side of the first solid state electrolyte membrane layer and applying an anode layer to an anode side of the first solid state electrolyte membrane layer, wherein the cathode layer has a higher elasticity than the first solid state electrolyte membrane layer, and the modulus of elasticity of the cathode layer is lower than the modulus of elasticity of the first solid state electrolyte membrane layer. A solid state battery may be produced using the method according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Wenbo Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230319326
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining watch time loss regions in media content items. In one aspect, features for a video are input into a trained model that is trained to output watch time loss regions. The trained model is trained using labels corresponding to known watch time loss regions in training videos and features of training videos that correspond to the known watch time loss regions. A watch time loss region defines a time window of a video during which a likelihood of a user stopping playback of the video is more than a threshold likelihood. In response to inputting the feature for the first video into the trained model, data regarding watch time loss regions for the video is obtained from the model and provided to an entity involved in providing the video to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Wenbo Zhang, Kartikey Gupta
  • Publication number: 20230295160
    Abstract: Provided in the present invention are a salt form and a crystal form of a JAK inhibitor, a preparation method therefor, and the use thereof. An X-ray powder diffraction pattern of a crystal form A of a compound as shown in formula I has characteristic diffraction peaks at the 2? angles of 5.9°±0.2°, 7.4°±0.2°, 11.6°±0.2°, 21.7°±0.2° and 23.8°±0.2°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Ming CHENG, Yaqi CAO, Junen SUN, Yu PU, Jianping JIANG, Wenbo ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11758216
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for overlaying content on video streams. In one aspect, a category of a video is identified. Confidence scores are determined that each indicate a likelihood that a location in a frame includes a feature of a feature type. A weight for each feature type is determined, based on the category, that reflects an importance of not occluding features of the feature type. Confidence scores are adjusted, for each feature type, based on the weight for the feature type, to generate adjusted confidence scores. The adjusted confidence scores are aggregated for each location for each frame to generate aggregated and adjusted confidence scores. A location at which to position overlaid content during video display is determined based on the aggregated and adjusted confidence scores. The overlaid content is provided for display at the determined location in the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Wenbo Zhang, Alexander Kenny Guo
  • Publication number: 20230279267
    Abstract: Disclosed is an inorganic binder made with silica sol-gel, and a method of manufacturing the inorganic binder. Techniques and systems are disclosed for using the inorganic binder in light conversion systems, including phosphor wheels. Phosphor wheels with the inorganic binder are capable of withstanding high temperatures, have a highlight transmittance, have a high tensile-shear strength, can be applied by a flexible coating process, and have a low curing temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Wenbo Zhang, Ansheng Liang
  • Publication number: 20230275721
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus, a wireless communication method and a computer-readable medium. The electronic apparatus for wireless communication according to one embodiment comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to perform control to send or receive configuration information. The configuration information is related to configuration of a reference signal used in a discovery process of an integrated access backhaul (IAB) link node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaodong XU, Mengying SUN, Guanyu CHEN, Yingting YUAN, Wenbo ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230269403
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for automatically determining parameter values that control or affect provision of content by a content platform. In one aspect, evaluation points are identified for a parameter. Each evaluation point includes an evaluated parameter value of the parameter and a metric value of a metric corresponding to the provision of digital components by the content platform. A first model is generated using the set of evaluation points. A second model is generated based on the first model and an acquisition function that is based on mean values and confidence intervals of the first model and a configurable exploration weight that controls a priority of exploration for evaluating the parameter. A next parameter value to evaluate is determined from the second model and the content platform is configured to use the next parameter value to provide digital components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Wenbo Zhang, Son Khanh Pham
  • Publication number: 20230251206
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method to measure the quality of the inspection process by assigning a score to indicate the level of integrity of a seal of a package in a packaged product. The packaged product is run through an inspection machine, e.g., an X-ray machine, to capture an image. Image processing techniques are used to identify the seal region from the image, which is then divided into a number of sub-regions. Seal scores for each sub-region is calculated using a mathematical framework that takes into account existence (or non-existence) of certain types of defects in the sub-regions. A report is generated to display the results of the seal score determination algorithm to the entity that requested the seal score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Richard John Cisek, Wenbo Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230250894
    Abstract: A gas pressure balance valve includes a valve body, a one-way valve and a buffer assembly. The valve body includes a gas inlet end and a gas outlet end, the gas inlet end is connected with a first gas pressure area, the gas outlet end is connected with a second gas pressure area, and a pressure difference is existed between the first gas pressure area and the second gas pressure area. The one-way valve is located in the valve body, and configured to achieve the balance between the pressures of the first gas pressure area and the second gas pressure area. The buffer assembly is located between the gas inlet end and the one-way valve, and configured to adjust the pressure on the surface of the one-way valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Wenzhe LI, Wenbo ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230217259
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus, a wireless communication method and a computer-readable medium. According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus for wireless communication comprises: a processing circuit configured to: determine whether a first user equipment satisfies a condition for performing direct link communication with a second user equipment by using an unlicensed frequency band resource; and if the condition is satisfied, control the first user equipment to perform direct link communication with the second user equipment by using the unlicensed frequency band resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaodong XU, Mengying SUN, Guanyu CHEN, Wenbo ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11683137
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus, a wireless communication method and a computer-readable medium. The electronic apparatus for wireless communication according to one embodiment comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to perform control to send or receive configuration information. The configuration information is related to configuration of a reference signal used in a discovery process of an integrated access backhaul (IAB) link node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaodong Xu, Mengying Sun, Guanyu Chen, Yingting Yuan, Wenbo Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230171710
    Abstract: Disclosed is a user equipment for satellite communication, comprising one or more processing circuits configured to execute the following operations: evaluating a transmission power requirement for a user equipment to communicate with a satellite; and assisting, via an auxiliary device, the user equipment in executing at least part of the communication with the satellite when the transmission power constraint of the user equipment fails to meet the transmission power requirement, wherein the processing circuits are further configured to acquire, via the satellite, a communication mode to be switched to, and the processing circuits transmit, to the satellite, a notification indicating that a current communication mode needs to be switched, with the notification comprising information indicating the need to switch to a communication mode that meets the transmission power requirement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan ZHANG, Penshun LU, Wenbo ZHANG, Hiromasa UCHIYAMA