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).

  • Publication number: 20200236573
    Abstract: A device, a method, and a computer readable storage medium in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The device comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to: generate measurement and reporting configuration information on the basis of at least height information of a user equipment; and notify the user equipment of the measurement and reporting configuration information so that the user equipment performs measuring and reporting on the basis of the measurement and reporting configuration information. According to at least one aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, by means of configuring measurement and reporting configuration information specifically relating to an unmanned aerial vehicle, and particularly by means of reasonably configuring each parameter value therein on the basis of at least height information, the accuracy of a switching operation, for example, is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Wenbo ZHANG, Penshun LU, Chen SUN
  • Publication number: 20200236581
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a wireless communication method, and a computer readable medium. According to an embodiment, an electronic device for user equipment side comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to: for a first communication resource allocated by a base station to a cellular link and a second communication resource allocated to a pass-through link, allocate resources to the cellular link and the pass-through link in a manner of sharing the first communication resource and the second communication resource; and carry out control to communicate data on the basis of the resource allocation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Wenbo ZHANG, Chen SUN
  • Publication number: 20200227089
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided for processing multimedia information by an electronic device including at least two cameras. The method includes obtaining, via a first camera of the at least two cameras, first video information corresponding to a first focus region; obtaining, via a second camera of the at least two cameras, second video information corresponding to a second focus region within the first focus region, the second focus region being smaller than the first focus region; and displaying, in a split screen layout, the first video information and the second video information on a display of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Yu XIAO, Yanli LI, Juan LEI, Wenbo ZHANG, Bo GAO, Junjun XIONG
  • Patent number: 10715877
    Abstract: A system for video playback switching in response to changing network conditions. The system includes streaming, from a distribution device such as a server, respective index files for a low bit rate version and a high bit rate version of the video file, to remotely executing instantiations of a low bit rate media player and a high bit rate media. Playback of the video file is begun by the high bit rate media player receiving and playing the high bit rate version from the server. Upon an indication of impeded network conditions, a transition point is selected, wherein the transition point indicates where downloading of the high bit rate version stops and where downloading of the low bit rate version begins. The low bit rate media player is then positioned to begin playback at the transition point. The stream of the video file is then switched to the low bit rate player upon encountering the transition point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Gilles Khouzam, Donald Karlov, Wenbo Zhang, Federico Schliemann, Sam George, Mike Harsh
  • Publication number: 20200213977
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device in a wireless communication system, and a wireless communication method. The electronic device in a wireless communication system of the present invention comprises: a processing circuit configured to generate resource indication information for indicating resources carrying discovery information; and a transceiver circuit configured to send the resource indication information. The electronic device and the wireless communication method of the present invention can implement a discovery process of a bandwidth-limited remote device, shorten discovery time, and save energy of the remote device and a relay device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaodong XU, Shiqing ZHANG, Mengying SUN, Wenbo ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20200208048
    Abstract: A light conversion device is disclosed. The light conversion device includes a substrate and a wavelength conversion element (111). The wavelength conversion element (111) includes an inorganic binder, such as sodium silicate. Also disclosed are phosphor wheels and light engines including such phosphor wheels. Further disclosed are high-power laser projection display systems comprising a laser having a power of from about 60W and about 300W and a light conversion device. The use of an inorganic binder permits high thermal stability at reasonable cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Wenbo Zhang, Ying Xu, Michael Newell
  • Publication number: 20200214071
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention are a wireless communication method and a wireless communication device. An electronic device in communication with a counterpart communication device comprises a processing circuit, the processing circuit being configured to: determine the state of a link between the electronic device and the counterpart communication device by means of measuring a link maintenance message transmitted by the counterpart communication device when a predetermined condition relative to the counterpart communication device is met, but not to transmit a feedback message for the link maintenance message, wherein the link maintenance message is used for confirming that the link is maintained between the electronic device and the counterpart communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaodong XU, Mengying SUN, Shiqing ZHANG, Wenbo ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10542291
    Abstract: An adaptive video noise reduction (AVNR) engine reduces noise in streaming video. The engine reads embedded information in the streaming video describing attributes of the video, such as bit rate, frame rate, resolution, content type and quality of the streaming video. The information may be included in a manifest of the streaming video. Based on the video attributes, the engine outputs one or more input values to applications that reduce noise of the streaming video. The one or more applications may reduce mosquito, block, temporal, random and banding noise of the video in response to the input values from the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Stacey Spears, Haoyun Wu, Wenbo Zhang, Sudhakar Prabhu
  • Publication number: 20190337405
    Abstract: A charging pile system includes at least two charging piles, charging plugs disposed on the charging piles, the charging plugs are configured to charge a load, and the charging plugs include power cables and communications cables. A charging plug socket is further disposed on at least one charging pile, and the charging plug socket is configured to insert the charging plug on another charging pile into the charging pile on which the charging pile socket is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Yangxun Hou, Yongjin Lin, Wenbo Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190166613
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device and a radio communication method. The electronic device according to the present disclosure comprises: a processing circuit configured to perform a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration on a remote device, with the remote device communicating with the electronic device by means of a relay device within a service range of the electronic device; and a transceiving circuit configured to send SPS configuration information about the remote device to the relay device. By means of the electronic device and the radio communication method according to the present disclosure, an SPS technology can be applied to communication between devices, so as to meet the service quality requirements of different services and flow types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Wenbo ZHANG, Chen SUN
  • Publication number: 20190147059
    Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure disclose a method and apparatus for generating to-be-played multimedia content. An embodiment of the method includes: receiving a third-party multimedia playlist, the third-party multimedia playlist being from a third-party multimedia playing platform; analyzing the third-party multimedia playlist to obtain identifier information of multimedia contents in the third-party multimedia playlist, the identifier information including name information of the multimedia content and name information of the leading author; determining to-be-played multimedia content matching the multimedia contents in the third-party multimedia playlist from a multimedia content database based on the identifier information of the multimedia contents in the third-party multimedia playlist to generate a to-be-played multimedia content list; and sending the to-be-played multimedia content list to a terminal playing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Guang LU, Wenbo ZHANG, Xiajun LUO, Shiquan YE, Xiangjie YIN, Ran ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20190149686
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a Contact Image Sensor (CIS), including a light source, a lens, a light-sensing portion receiving light converged by the lens, a sensor substrate carrying photosensitive Integrated Circuits (IC) arranged linearly, a frame accommodating the lens and the sensor substrate, and a light-transmitting plate provided on an upper part of the frame and configured to carry an original pattern. The CIS further includes a linear magnifying lens, provided between the light-transmitting plate and the lens, the linear magnifying lens having a characteristic of linearly magnifying an object in a single direction. The CIS involved in some embodiments of the present disclosure is capable of enhancing resolution in a single direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Wenbo ZHANG, Huyan WANG
  • Patent number: 10244022
    Abstract: Described is a technology by which code, such as an untrusted web application hosted in a browser, provides content through an interface for playback by an application environment, such as an application environment running in a browser plug-in. Content may be in the form of elementary video, audio and/or script streams. The content is in a container that is unpackaged by the application code, whereby the content may be packaged in any format that the application understands, and/or or come from any source from which the application can download the container. An application environment component such as a platform-level media element receives information from an application that informs the application environment that the application is to provide media stream data for playback. The application environment requests media stream data (e.g., samples) from the application, receives them as processed by the application, and provides the requested media stream data for playback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sam J George, Gilles Khouzam, Michael R Harsh, Gurpratap Virdi, John Gossman, Michael John Hillberg, Greg D Schechler, Donald D Karlov, Eldar A Musayev, Wenbo Zhang, Serge Smimov, Federico Schliemann, Lawrence Wayne Olson, Akshay Johar
  • Publication number: 20190037898
    Abstract: Reduced fat, shelf stable double emulsion condiments. The condiments produced have a reduced fat content, shelf stability, and an enhanced taste profile. The process of making the products is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Wenbo ZHANG, Yang MENG, Claudio RATTES, Stephen LOMBARDO, Milda EMBUSCADO
  • Publication number: 20190029329
    Abstract: An adjustable shoulder strap, an assembling method thereof, and an adjustment buckle applied to the adjustable shoulder strap are provided. The adjustment buckle includes: a fastening portion, configured to fasten one end of the shoulder strap; and at least one threading portion, where the other end of the shoulder strap passes through the at least one threading portion, and the at least one threading portion includes an opening configured to enable the other end of the shoulder strap to pass through the adjustment buckle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: Regina Miracle International (Group) Limited
    Inventor: Wenbo ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10129566
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are innovations in decoding compressed video media data. The disclosed innovations facilitate decoding operations with improved computational efficiency, faster speeds, reduced power, reduced memory usage, and/or reduced latency. In one embodiment, for example, an encoded bitstream of video media data is input from an external video content provider, the encoded bitstream being encoded according to a video codec standard. A decoder is then configured to decode the encoded bitstream based at least in part on supplemental information that identifies a property of the encoded bitstream but that is supplemental to the encoded bitstream (e.g., supplemental information that is not part of the encoded bitstream or its associated media container and that is specific (or related) to the application for which the bitstream is used and/or the standard by which the bitstream is encoded and/or encrypted).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Shyam Sadhwani, Yongjun Wu, Wenbo Zhang, Sudhakar V. Prabhu
  • Patent number: 10092043
    Abstract: A bra to enable monitoring of a wearer's heart rate. There is provided a bra comprising a left breast cup; a right breast cup; and a center gore attached between the left and right breast cups. Each of the left and right breast cups comprises a lower edge region which is shaped to follow the shape of a wearer's breast and is shaped to be positioned below a wearer's breast to support the breast, and wherein the lower edge region comprises an electrically conductive fabric layer on the inner surface for contact with the user's skin. The center gore comprises an attachment area for attachment of a transmitter and an electrically conductive pathway from the electrically conductive fabric of the lower regions of the breast cups to the attachment area. Bra components for providing electrical pathways are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Regina Miracle International (Group) Limited
    Inventor: Wenbo Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180184129
    Abstract: An adaptive video noise reduction (AVNR) engine reduces noise in streaming video. The engine reads embedded information in the streaming video describing attributes of the video, such as bit rate, frame rate, resolution, content type and quality of the streaming video. The information may be included in a manifest of the streaming video. Based on the video attributes, the engine outputs one or more input values to applications that reduce noise of the streaming video. The one or more applications may reduce mosquito, block, temporal, random and banding noise of the video in response to the input values from the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Stacey Spears, Haoyun Wu, Wenbo Zhang, Sudhakar Prabhu
  • Patent number: 9990569
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an image scanning device and a control method thereof, wherein the image scanning device includes: a bearing member, configured to receive a paper bill; a light source; a lens; a first converter, arranged on the emergent side of the lens and configured to convert light signals from the lens into electric signals; a controller, connected with the light source and the first converter, and configured to control the light emitting time of the light source, acquire the electric signals during the light emitting process of the light source, and acquire the electric signals again after the light source stops emitting light for a preset period of time. Through the disclosure, the problem of low accuracy of paper bill scanning in the prior technologies is solved, and the effect of increasing the accuracy of paper bill identification is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: WEIHAI HUALING OPTO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenbo Zhang, Zhanyue Ju, Yonghui Lin
  • Patent number: 9979983
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are innovations in decoding compressed video media data. The disclosed innovations facilitate decoding operations with improved computational efficiency, faster speeds, reduced power, reduced memory usage, and/or reduced latency. In one embodiment, for example, an encoded bitstream of video media data is input from an external video content provider, the encoded bitstream being encoded according to a video codec standard. A decoder is then configured to decode the encoded bitstream based at least in part on supplemental information that identifies a property of the encoded bitstream but that is supplemental to the encoded bitstream (e.g., supplemental information that is not part of the encoded bitstream or its associated media container and that is specific (or related) to the application for which the bitstream is used and/or the standard by which the bitstream is encoded and/or encrypted).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Shyam Sadhwani, Yongjun Wu, Wenbo Zhang, Sudhakar V. Prabhu