Patents by Inventor Xin An

Xin An 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: 12657781
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for generating video by applying a template to various content items. The methods and systems select, by an interaction application, a video generation template comprising instructions for combining a set of content items into a video using one or more augmented reality (AR) elements. The methods and systems identify a subset of content items from a plurality of previously captured content items and modify one or more content items of the identified subset of content items based on the AR elements of the video generation template. The methods and systems generate a video comprising a collection of content items including the identified subset of content items and the modified one or more content items based on the instructions of the video generation template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Xin An, Kaveh Anvaripour, Dmytro Barbaruk, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Kyle Goodrich
  • Publication number: 20260141582
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for applying augmented reality animations to an image. The methods and systems access an image and select an augmented reality (AR) experience to apply to the image, the AR experience comprising one or more AR element animations. The methods and systems repeatedly apply the AR experience to the image over a specified time interval to overlay the one or more AR element animations on the image. The methods and systems generate a video having a duration corresponding to the specified time interval in response to repeatedly applying the AR experience to the image, the video depicting the one or more AR element animations on the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2026
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: Xin An, Jim T. Diep, Jacob Knipfing, Matthew Mahar, Tony Mathew, Wentao Shang, Sarah Werum, Lingzhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 12555274
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for applying augmented reality animations to an image. The methods and systems access an image and select an augmented reality (AR) experience to apply to the image, the AR experience comprising one or more AR element animations. The methods and systems repeatedly apply the AR experience to the image over a specified time interval to overlay the one or more AR element animations on the image. The methods and systems generate a video having a duration corresponding to the specified time interval in response to repeatedly applying the AR experience to the image, the video depicting the one or more AR element animations on the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Xin An, Jim T. Diep, Jacob Knipfing, Matthew Mahar, Tony Mathew, Wentao Shang, Sarah Werum, Lingzhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 12382111
    Abstract: A method for data transmission, a receiving end, a data source and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method may include acquiring a first transmission moment for key data of a newly accessed data source, and a second transmission moment for the key data of a previously accessed data source; generating a new first transmission moment according to the second transmission moment and a preset interval, in response to an interval between the first transmission moment and the second transmission moment being less than the preset interval; where the interval between the new first transmission moment and the second transmission moment is greater than or equal to the preset interval; and sending the new first transmission moment to the newly accessed data source, such that the newly accessed data source transmits the key data to the receiving end according to the new first transmission moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haipeng Tao, Jun Li, Shengbao Zhou, Xin An
  • Publication number: 20250200825
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for generating video by applying a template to various content items. The methods and systems select, by an interaction application, a video generation template comprising instructions for combining a set of content items into a video using one or more augmented reality (AR) elements. The methods and systems identify a subset of content items from a plurality of previously captured content items and modify one or more content items of the identified subset of content items based on the AR elements of the video generation template. The methods and systems generate a video comprising a collection of content items including the identified subset of content items and the modified one or more content items based on the instructions of the video generation template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Xin An, Kaveh Anvaripour, Dmytro Barbaruk, Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Kyle Goodrich
  • Publication number: 20250124611
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for applying augmented reality animations to an image. The methods and systems access an image and select an augmented reality (AR) experience to apply to the image, the AR experience comprising one or more AR element animations. The methods and systems repeatedly apply the AR experience to the image over a specified time interval to overlay the one or more AR element animations on the image. The methods and systems generate a video having a duration corresponding to the specified time interval in response to repeatedly applying the AR experience to the image, the video depicting the one or more AR element animations on the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Xin An, Jim T. Diep, Jacob Knipfing, Matthew Mahar, Tony Mathew, Wentao Shang, Sarah Werum, Lingzhi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240430493
    Abstract: A method for data transmission, a receiving end, a data source and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method may include acquiring a first transmission moment for key data of a newly accessed data source, and a second transmission moment for the key data of a previously accessed data source; generating a new first transmission moment according to the second transmission moment and a preset interval, in response to an interval between the first transmission moment and the second transmission moment being less than the preset interval; where the interval between the new first transmission moment and the second transmission moment is greater than or equal to the preset interval; and sending the new first transmission moment to the newly accessed data source, such that the newly accessed data source transmits the key data to the receiving end according to the new first transmission moment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Haipeng TAO, Jun LI, Shengbao ZHOU, Xin AN
  • Publication number: 20240342691
    Abstract: A catalyst for gas-phase oxidation of 1,2,4,5-tetraalkylbenzene to prepare benzene-1,2,4,5-tetracarboxylic dianhydride, a preparation method for and an application of the catalyst, and a preparation method for benzene-1,2,4,5-tetracarboxylic dianhydride are disclosed. The catalyst according to the present invention comprises a carrier and a catalytically active component coating attached to the carrier; the catalytically active component coating comprises a first coating and a second coating; the first coating is close to the surface of the carrier, and the second coating is distant from the surface of the carrier; in the first coating, the mass ratio of a titanium element denoted by Ti to a vanadium element denoted by V is Ti/V1; in the second coating, the mass ratio of the titanium element denoted by Ti to the vanadium element denoted by V is Ti/V2, wherein Ti/V2=Ti/V1+?Ti/V, and ?Ti/V is within a range of 3 to 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Xin AN, Bin YUAN, Yufen LIU, Huimin SHI, Dongshun ZHANG, Zuofeng ZHANG
  • Patent number: 6222755
    Abstract: A method and a compact apparatus to read shift-multiplexed holograms on a storage medium without the need for any lenses, and without the need for moving the storage medium. The shift-multiplexed holograms have centers at different locations. The apparatus can generate an array of diverging spherical waves of reference beams, each for illuminating one of the holograms. Each hologram is read as an image on a detector array by illuminating that hologram with a corresponding diverging spherical wave of reference beam. Different holograms can be read by illuminating the medium with a different diverging spherical reference beam. The diverging beams can be from an array of sources, or can be from switching one source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Holoplex, Inc.
    Inventors: Gan Zhou, Xin An, Fai Ho Mok, Demetri Psaltis
  • Patent number: 6055174
    Abstract: A method and a compact apparatus to read shift-multiplexed holograms on a storage medium without the need for any lenses, and without the need for moving the storage medium. The shift-multiplexed holograms have centers at different locations. The apparatus can generate an array of diverging spherical waves of reference beams, each for illuminating one of the holograms. Each hologram is read as an image on a detector array by illuminating that hologram with a corresponding diverging spherical wave of reference beam. Different holograms can be read by illuminating the medium with a different diverging spherical reference beam. The diverging beams can be from an array of sources, or can be from switching one source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Holoplex Inc.
    Inventors: Gan Zhou, Xin An, Fai Ho Mok, Demetri Psaltis
  • Patent number: D1071035
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: BEIJING KINGSMITH TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiawei Liu, Yunxiang Li, Xin An