Patents by Inventor Yan Zeng

Yan Zeng 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: 20240127861
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a video processing method, an apparatus, a device and a storage medium. The method includes: after determining a target effect style and determining a target video clip based on presentation of a video to be processed on a timeline, establishing a binding relationship between the target effect style and the target video clip in response to an effect application trigger operation, so as to achieve an effect of applying the target effect style to the target video clip. The embodiment of the present disclosure, by establishing the binding relationship between the target effect style and the target video clip, achieves the effect of effect processing only on a certain video clip of the video, thereby meeting the user's demand of effect processing only on a certain video clip, which increases flexibility of video effect processing, and further improves the user's experience of video effect processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Qifan ZHENG, Chen ZHAO, Yan ZENG, Pingfei FU
  • Patent number: 11959805
    Abstract: The system is configured to locate, track and/or analyze activities of living beings in an environment. The system does not require the input of personal biometric data. The sensor system detects infrared (IR) energy from a living being moving in an environment, determines a temperature of the living being based on IR energy data of the IR energy, projects the temperature onto a grid having sequential pixels, determines serial changes of the temperature in the sequential pixels and determines a trajectory of the living being based on the serial changes of the temperature in the sequential pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BUTLR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Honghao Deng, Jiani Zeng, Ziran Zhang, Yan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240119725
    Abstract: Provided in the present application are a method and apparatus for training a visual language pre-training model, and a device and a medium. The method includes: acquiring pairing groups respectively corresponding to N images, wherein the pairing group of a first image includes: a first pairing group which is composed of the first image and description text of the first image, and a second pairing group which is composed of a local image of the first image and description text of the local image, N is an integer greater than 1, and the first image is any one of the N images; and training a visual language pre-training model according to the pairing groups respectively corresponding to the N images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yan ZENG, Xinsong ZHANG, Hang LI
  • Publication number: 20240099920
    Abstract: A method for controlling a device for automatically adjusting an airway opening body position is provided. The device includes a horizontal base plate, a head support block, a back support plate, a neck support apparatus, a head cover assembly, and a programmable logic controller (PLC). The neck support apparatus is positioned between the head support block and the back support plate. The PLC is configured to controls a stroke of an electric cylinder according to the following equations: ?=1.235?+?, and ?=KX+B+C, where ? is a body position angle, the body position angle is an angle between a positive projection line of a connecting line from a mandibular angle to an external acoustic meatus on a symmetrical surface of a human body and the back support plate, and ? is a preset value ranging from 90° to 100°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: XIANG-MEI YANG, MIN-YUE SUN, HONG-MEI CHEN, YAN LUO, JUN WU, JUAN HUANG, DONG-MEI LI, QING ZENG, JING ZHOU, JING WEN, JIN-JIN GUO
  • Patent number: 11941728
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an effect application previewing method, an apparatus, a device and a storage medium. The method includes: taking, in response to a preview trigger operation for a target effect style, a position of a pointer on a video track as a start point, to generate a virtual video frame for the target effect style; synchronously playing the virtual video frame and at least one video clip corresponding to the virtual video frame on the video track based on a timeline, to preview an effect of the target effect style applied to the at least one video clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhaoqin Lin, Pingfei Fu, Yan Zeng, Qifan Zheng, Chen Zhao
  • Patent number: 11922128
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technical solution related to establishing a characterized chatbot with personality. On one hand, a corpus database matched with a specific character may be established, and a generated regular/conventional response messages may be converted into a characterized response messages with character's features during conversation, so that the conversation style of a chatbot may be characterized with a certain character's features. On the other hand, a chatbot may select a response message with a specific emotion by using an emotion conversation table corresponding to a personality when generating the response message against a content of a conversation input by a user, so that a chatbot may be characterized and have certain personality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Pingping Lin, Ruihua Song, Min Zeng, Yan Chen, Yue Liu
  • Publication number: 20240037036
    Abstract: Techniques for scheduling merged store operations are described. In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a data cache; a fill buffer; a store buffer to store first information associated with a first retired store operation and second information associated with a second retired store operation; a store coalescing buffer (SCB) to receive the first information from the store buffer, to store the first information in an SCB entry, to merge the second information from the store buffer into the entry, and to provide data associated with the entry for a write to the data cache or the fill buffer; and a global store scheduler (GSS) to schedule the write relative to an other write from an other SCB in compliance with one or more store ordering rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Dechene, Ryan Carlson, Ricardo Daniel Queiros Alves, Yan Zeng, Richard Klass, Brendan West
  • Patent number: 11887628
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a video processing method, an apparatus, a device and a storage medium. The method includes: after determining a target effect style and determining a target video clip based on presentation of a video to be processed on a timeline, establishing a binding relationship between the target effect style and the target video clip in response to an effect application trigger operation, so as to achieve an effect of applying the target effect style to the target video clip. The embodiment of the present disclosure, by establishing the binding relationship between the target effect style and the target video clip, achieves the effect of effect processing only on a certain video clip of the video, thereby meeting the user's demand of effect processing only on a certain video clip, which increases flexibility of video effect processing, and further improves the user's experience of video effect processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qifan Zheng, Chen Zhao, Yan Zeng, Pingfei Fu
  • Patent number: 11876225
    Abstract: A solid-state ion conductor including a compound of Formula 1: Li1+(4?a)yAayM1?yXO5??Formula 1 wherein, in Formula 1, A is an element of Groups 1 to 3 or 11 to 13, or a combination thereof, wherein an oxidation state a of A is 1?a?3, M is an element having an oxidation state of +4 of Groups 4 or 14, or a combination thereof, X is an element having an oxidation state of +5 of Groups 5, 15, 17, or a combination thereof, and 0<y?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY
    Inventors: KyuJung Jun, Gerbrand Ceder, Yan Wang, Lincoln Miara, Yan Zeng, Yihan Xiao
  • Publication number: 20240015774
    Abstract: A channel resource allocation method includes establishing, by a first network device, at least two links between the first network device and a second network device, where each link supports beamforming data transmission; obtaining, by the first network device, a millimeter-wave radio channel resource between the first network device and the second network device; dividing the radio channel resource into a plurality of slots, where each slot is used for data transmission on one link, and two adjacent slots correspond to two different links; and transmitting, by the first network device, data on a corresponding link in the plurality of slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Han Xu, Yan Zeng
  • Patent number: 11837234
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a subtitle generation method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium, and the method includes: in response to a subtitle generation triggering operation directed against at least one audio track in a target audio-video file, performing speech recognition on audio data on each audio track respectively to obtain text fragments corresponding to each audio track; and generating subtitles of the target audio-video file based on the text fragments corresponding to each audio track. Compared with a method of performing overall speech recognition on audio data on all audio tracks, in the present disclosure, independent speech recognition is performed on the audio data on each audio track, and thus, the influences of the audio tracks on each other are avoided, so that more accurate speech recognition results can be obtained, thereby improving the accuracy of subtitles generated based on the speech recognition results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yan Zeng, Weiyi Chang, Pingfei Fu, Qifan Zheng, Zhaoqin Lin
  • Publication number: 20230363334
    Abstract: A method for using hydrogen-rich water to increase the content of aromatic substances in fruits and vegetables comprises the step of keeping an outlet hydrogen concentration of hydrogen-rich water no lower than a set value within a period of time for which a filed is irrigated with hydrogen-rich water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicants: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude, NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Webiao SHEN, Yan ZENG, Longna LI, M. SUNDAR, Shu WANG, Xu CHENG, Yuhao LIU
  • Publication number: 20230370175
    Abstract: A first optical path pointing apparatus includes a first optical transceiver, a first position sensitive detector, and a first adjuster. The first optical transceiver is configured to transmit a first beacon light to a second optical path pointing apparatus and configured to receive the first beacon light reflected by a second prism in the second optical path pointing apparatus. The first position sensitive detector is configured to determine a first alignment angle of the first optical path pointing apparatus based on first information of a position at which the first beacon light reflected by the second prism reaches the first position sensitive detector and send the first alignment angle to the first adjuster. The first adjuster is configured to adjust the first alignment angle thereby generating an adjusted first alignment angle that satisfies a first pointing precision threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Ying LI, Zhipeng XIE, Yan ZENG
  • Patent number: 11817127
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a video dubbing method, an apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes: when receiving an audio recording start trigger operation for a first time point of a target video and starting from a video picture corresponding to the first time point, playing the target video based on a timeline and receiving audio data based on the timeline; and when receiving an audio recording end trigger operation for a second time point, generating an audio recording file. The audio recording file has a linkage relationship with a timeline of a video clip taking the video picture corresponding to the first time point as a starting frame and taking a video picture corresponding to the second time point as an ending frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yan Zeng, Chen Zhao, Qifan Zheng, Pingfei Fu
  • Publication number: 20230357095
    Abstract: A method for irrigation of a crop capable of producing Cannabidiol (CBD) comprises irrigating the crop with a nanobubble hydrogen rich water (HRW-nano), whereby a concentration of CBD in the crop increased as a result of irrigating with the HRW-nano, compared to irrigation with an irrigation water having the same composition except without added hydrogen (control irrigation).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicants: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude, American Air Liquide, Inc.
    Inventors: Rovshan MAHMUDOV, Shu FANG, Yan ZENG
  • Patent number: 11800549
    Abstract: A channel resource allocation method includes establishing, by a first network device, at least two links between the first network device and a second network device, where each link supports beamforming data transmission; obtaining, by the first network device, a millimeter-wave radio channel resource between the first network device and the second network device; dividing the radio channel resource into a plurality of slots, where each slot is used for data transmission on one link, and two adjacent slots correspond to two different links; and transmitting, by the first network device, data on a corresponding link in the plurality of slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han Xu, Yan Zeng
  • Publication number: 20230280069
    Abstract: Provided is an instant water heater. The instant water heater includes a housing, a water inlet pipe, a water outlet pipe, a mounting member, and an electric controller. The housing has a heating container inside. The heating container includes a cap and a water tank detachably connected to the cap. A heating pipe is disposed within the water tank. The water inlet pipe is in communication with a first side of the cap. The water outlet pipe is in communication with a second side of the cap. The water inlet pipe and the water outlet pipe are connected to two sides of the housing, respectively. The mounting member is configured for securing the water tank to the housing. The electric controller is configured for controlling the heating pipe. By providing stability of the heating container, the provided instant water heater can optimize distribution and installation of components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Quanduo Hou, Yan Zeng
  • Publication number: 20230262144
    Abstract: A collaboration method includes receiving, by a first intelligent device, a task instruction, determining, according to the task instruction and based on device data of the first intelligent device, and device data of at least one second intelligent device in an intelligent device subgroup in which the first intelligent device is located, a subtask corresponding to the first intelligent device by using a collaboration algorithm, where the collaboration algorithm is consistent with a collaboration algorithm that is in the second intelligent device and that is used to determine a subtask corresponding to the second intelligent device, and the subtask corresponding to the first intelligent device is used to collaborate with the subtask corresponding to the second intelligent device to complete a task corresponding to the task instruction, and executing, the subtask corresponding to the first intelligent device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Yan Zeng, Zongfang Lin
  • Publication number: 20230228070
    Abstract: Provided is a multifunctional water outlet device. The multifunctional water outlet device includes a body, a filter assembly, and a water tank. The water tank includes a heat exchange element and a heating element arranged inside the water tank. A warm washing water is formed by a communication of a hot water generated by the heating element and the water outlet pipe. An instant heat assembly includes an expansion tank, a boiling water solenoid valve, an instant heater, a communication assembly, a drinking water interface, a first interface, a second interface, a third interface, and a clean water solenoid valve for switching on/off state of the interfaces and enabling the warm water and the boiled water to output from the same interface, reducing the arrangement and switch of the water path within the device, sampling the structure within the device, and greatly reducing the occupied space of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Quanduo Hou, Yan Zeng
  • Publication number: 20230185438
    Abstract: An interaction method of audio-video segmentation and apparatus, and a device and a storage medium. The method includes: detecting whether a selected clip exists in a target audio-video; in response to the selected clip existing in the target audio-video, displaying a split button upon detecting that a pointer on a track of the target audio-video is located in the selected clip; and splitting the selected clip, in response to a trigger operation for the split button, based on an intersection position of the pointer and the selected clip. Compared with an interaction means in which a split button resides in a pointer of a track, mis-operations of audio-video splitting can be reduced to the greatest extent, and the usage experience of a user is improved to a certain extent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Zhaoqin LIN, Qifan ZHENG, Yan ZENG, Pingfei FU, Chen ZHAO