Patents by Inventor Yanli Zhao

Yanli Zhao 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: 12380649
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations comprising: receiving a video that includes a depiction of a real-world object; generating a three-dimensional (3D) body mesh associated with the real-world object that tracks movement of the real-world object across frames of the video; obtaining an external mesh associated with an augmented reality element; automatically establishing a correspondence between the 3D body mesh associated with the real-world object and the external mesh; deforming the external mesh based on movement of the real-world object and the established correspondence with the 3D body mesh; and modifying the video to include a display of the augmented reality element based on the deformed external mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Yanli Zhao, Matan Zohar, Brian Fulkerson, Georgios Papandreou, Haoyang Wang
  • Publication number: 20250171088
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a left front longitudinal beam and a right front longitudinal beam spaced apart in a width direction of the vehicle; a left A-pillar and a right A-pillar spaced apart in the width direction, the left front longitudinal beam connected with a lower section of the left A-pillar, and the right front longitudinal beam connected with a lower section of the right A-pillar; a windshield upper cross beam having two ends respectively connected with an upper section of the left A-pillar and an upper section of the right A-pillar; and a battery pack having a front end connected to the left front longitudinal beam and the right front longitudinal beam. The left front longitudinal beam, the right front longitudinal beam, the left A-pillar, the right A-pillar, the windshield upper cross beam, and the battery pack form a first A-pillar annular force transmission structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2025
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Junfei YAN, Baoguang ZHAO, Tengyong LIU, Hai HUANG, Yanli ZHAO
  • Patent number: 12299830
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a method for performing operations comprising receiving an image that depicts a person, identifying a set of skeletal joints of the person and identifying a pose of the person depicted in the image based on positioning of the set of skeletal joints. The operations also include receiving speech input comprising a request to perform an AR operation and an ambiguous intent, discerning the ambiguous intent of the speech input based on the pose of the person depicted in the image and in response to receiving the speech input, performing the AR operation based on discerning the ambiguous intent of the speech input based on the pose of the person depicted in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Matan Zohar, Yanli Zhao, Brian Fulkerson, Itamar Berger
  • Publication number: 20250136183
    Abstract: A vehicle comprises a front longitudinal beam, a subframe and a subframe front mounting point, wherein the subframe front mounting point is connected to the front longitudinal beam, the subframe front mounting point is arranged on the outside of the front longitudinal beam in the widthwise direction of the vehicle, and the subframe is connected to the front longitudinal beam by means of the subframe front mounting point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Shucheng YANG, Tengyong LIU, Yanli ZHAO, Yanbing YANG, Darong LIANG
  • Publication number: 20250131584
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a method for performing operations comprising: receiving a video that depicts a person. The operations further include identifying a set of skeletal joints of the person. The operations further include identifying a pose of the person depicted in the video based on positioning of the set of skeletal joints (or detecting a hand pose, detecting a mirror frame, or detecting a mobile device). The operations further include determining, based on the pose of the person (or detecting a hand pose, detecting a mirror frame, or detecting a mobile device), that the video comprises a mirror reflection of the person. The operations further include, in response to determining that the video comprises the mirror reflection of the person, causing display of a 3D virtual object in the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Matan Zohar, Yanli Zhao, Brian Fulkerson, Itamar Berger
  • Publication number: 20250095308
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations comprising: receiving a video that includes a depiction of a real-world object; generating a three-dimensional (3D) body mesh associated with the real-world object that tracks movement of the real-world object across frames of the video; determining UV positions of the real-world object depicted in the video to obtain pixel values associated with the UV positions; generating an external mesh and associated augmented reality (AR) element representing the real-world object based on the pixel values associated with the UV positions; deforming the external mesh based on changes to the 3D body mesh and a deformation parameter; and modifying the video to replace the real-world object with the AR element based on the deformed external mesh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Matan Zohar, Yanli Zhao, Brian Fulkerson, Riza Alp Guler
  • Patent number: 12217453
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a method for performing operations comprising: receiving a video that depicts a person. The operations further include identifying a set of skeletal joints of the person. The operations further include identifying a pose of the person depicted in the video based on positioning of the set of skeletal joints (or detecting a hand pose, detecting a mirror frame, or detecting a mobile device). The operations further include determining, based on the pose of the person (or detecting a hand pose, detecting a mirror frame, or detecting a mobile device), that the video comprises a mirror reflection of the person. The operations further include, in response to determining that the video comprises the mirror reflection of the person, causing display of a 3D virtual object in the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Matan Zohar, Yanli Zhao, Brian Fulkerson, Itamar Berger
  • Patent number: 12198281
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations comprising: receiving a video that includes a depiction of a real-world object; generating a three-dimensional (3D) body mesh associated with the real-world object that tracks movement of the real-world object across frames of the video; determining UV positions of the real-world object depicted in the video to obtain pixel values associated with the UV positions; generating an external mesh and associated augmented reality (AR) element representing the real-world object based on the pixel values associated with the UV positions; deforming the external mesh based on changes to the 3D body mesh and a deformation parameter; and modifying the video to replace the real-world object with the AR element based on the deformed external mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Matan Zohar, Yanli Zhao, Brian Fulkerson, Riza Alp Guler
  • Publication number: 20250015222
    Abstract: A method of making a single-photon detector includes growing an epitaxial multi-layer structure that includes a buffer layer, an absorption layer, a transition layer, a field control charge layer, a multiplication layer, an inversion layer, a migration layer, a window layer, and an Ohmic contact layer sequentially on a substrate. A curved diffusion region is formed in the window layer and the Ohmic contact layer via a diffusion process. A mesa structure is formed by etching the epitaxial multi-layer. A light input window is formed on the substrate. A p-type electrode is formed on the Ohmic contact layer, and an n-type electrode is formed on the substrate. The inversion layer provides supplementary regulation of an electric field distribution that is regulated by the field control charge layer. A single-photon detector made from the method, and a single-photon detector array made with a multitude of the single-photon detectors are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Weizhong SUN, Yanli ZHAO, Zhengfeng CHEN, Siyuan LIU, Chao LIU, Shuying QIU, Jiuguo SUN, Wenxin CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250013107
    Abstract: A display substrate, including a substrate having multiple sub-pixel regions, at least one sub-pixel region includes: a first electrode and a second electrode on the substrate and insulated from each other, the second electrode being located on a side of the first electrode away from the substrate; the second electrode includes multiple electrode bars arranged in parallel along a first direction, a first slit is formed between every two adjacent electrode bars in any second electrode; in the first direction, a width of the electrode bar is smaller than that of the sub-pixel region each sub-pixel region includes at least three electrode bars; a ratio of a width of at least one electrode bar to that of the sub-pixel region ranges from 0.06 to 0.3, and one of the first electrode or the second electrode is a pixel electrode, and the other is a common electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Xiaoji LI, Yanli ZHAO, Zhe LI, Zhifu DONG, Hui GUO, Peng LI, Yukun JIA
  • Patent number: 12152319
    Abstract: A high-strength creep-resistant polyester industrial yarn and preparation method thereof are provided. The high-strength creep-resistant polyester industrial yarn is prepared by spinning, winding and coordination treatment of a modified polyester after solid-state polycondensation to increase viscosity. The condition of coordination treatment is 60-72 hours at 80-100° C. The coordination agent is AgNO3, FeCl2, CuCl2, or NiCl2. The polyester segments of the prepared high-strength creep-resistant polyester industrial yarn includes a terephthalic acid segment, an ethylene glycol segment and a 2-(4-pyridine) terephthalic acid segment, and 2-(4-pyridine) terephthalic acid segments of different polyester segments are coordinated by metal ions (Ag+, Fe2+, Cu2+ or Ni2). The molar ratio of the terephthalic acid segment to the 2-(4-pyridine) terephthalic acid segment is 1:(0.03-0.05). The N atom on the pyridine of the 2-(4-pyridine) terephthalic acid segment is involved in coordination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGSU HENGLI CHEMICAL FIBRE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fangming Tang, Shanshui Wang, Lili Wang, Ye Zhang, Cunhong Wei, Yumei Zhang, Yanli Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240353725
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel comprises: a first substrate, a plurality of first thin film transistors located on one side of the first substrate, and a first signal line located on one side of each first thin film transistor and insulated from each first thin film transistor; and a second substrate, and a plurality of first spacers located on the side of the second substrate facing the first substrate, the orthographic projection of each first spacer on the first substrate having an overlapping region with the orthographic projection of the first thin film transistor on the first substrate, and having an overlapping region with the orthographic projection of the first signal line on the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaoji LI, Yanli ZHAO, Zhe LI, Taeyup MIN, Xiaolin WANG, Zhifu DONG, Peng LI
  • Patent number: 12086946
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations comprising: receiving a video that includes a depiction of a real-world object; generating a three-dimensional (3D) body mesh associated with the real-world object that tracks movement of the real-world object across frames of the video; obtaining an external mesh associated with an augmented reality (AR) element; automatically establishing a correspondence between a portion of the 3D body mesh associated with the real-world object and the external mesh; blending the portion of the 3D body mesh into the external mesh according to a blending parameter; and as the portion of the 3D body mesh is being blended into the external mesh, modifying the video to depict a portion of the real-world object being changed into the AR element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Matan Zohar, Yanli Zhao, Brian Fulkerson
  • Patent number: 12077883
    Abstract: A high-strength thermal-stability polyester industrial yarn is prepared by spinning, winding and coordination treatment of a modified polyester after a solid-state polycondensation; wherein the method of coordination treatment comprises: soaking the wound fiber in an aqueous solution of a coordination agent, and the concentration of the aqueous solution of the coordination agent is 0.1-0.2 mol/L; wherein the condition of coordination treatment is 48-72 hours at 80-100° C., and the concentration of the aqueous solution of the coordination agent is 0.1-0.2 mol/L; wherein the polyester segments of the prepared high-strength thermal-stability polyester industrial yarn comprises a terephthalic acid segment, an ethylene glycol segment and a 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid segment, and 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid segments of different polyester segments are coordinated by Fe3+, the molar ratio of the terephthalic acid segment to the 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid segment is 1:(0.03-0.05).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGSU HENGLI CHEMICAL FIBRE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shanshui Wang, Fangming Tang, Lili Wang, Yiwei Shao, Yanli Zhao, Xiaoyu Wang, Chaoming Yang
  • Publication number: 20240153214
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations comprising: receiving a video that includes a depiction of a real-world object; generating a three-dimensional (3D) body mesh associated with the real-world object that tracks movement of the real-world object across frames of the video; obtaining an external mesh associated with an augmented reality element; automatically establishing a correspondence between the 3D body mesh associated with the real-world object and the external mesh; deforming the external mesh based on movement of the real-world object and the established correspondence with the 3D body mesh; and modifying the video to include a display of the augmented reality element based on the deformed external mesh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Yanli Zhao, Matan Zohar, Brian Fulkerson, Georgios Papandreou, Haoyang Wang
  • Publication number: 20240079512
    Abstract: An avalanche photodiode (APD) includes a first electrode, a substrate layer, a buffer layer, a gain layer, a gradient layer, an absorption layer, a diffusion barrier layer, a contact layer, and a second electrode. The gain layer, the gradient layer, and the absorption layer are arranged vertically in sequence. The gain layer, the gradient layer, and the absorption layer are located between the buffer layer and the diffusion barrier layer. The gain layer includes at least two gain units, and the gain units are arranged in a stacked manner. Each of the gain units includes a multiplication layer and a charge layer that are arranged vertically. A distance between the charge layer and the gradient layer is less than a distance between the multiplication layer and the gradient layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Hongming Shen, Yanli Zhao, Yun Ding, Dapan Li
  • Publication number: 20240070986
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations for deforming an external mesh. The operations comprise receiving a video that includes a depiction of a real-world object. The operations comprise generating a three-dimensional (3D) body mesh associated with the real-world object that tracks movement of the real-world object across frames of the video. The operations comprise obtaining an external mesh associated with an Augmented-Reality (AR) element. The operations comprise accessing a plurality of deformation attributes associated with the external mesh, each attribute corresponding to a different deformation model. The operations comprise separately deforming, based on respective deformation models, a first portion of the external mesh and a second portion of the external mesh. The operations comprise modifying the video to include a display of the AR element based on the separately deformed first and second portions of the external mesh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Matan Zohar, Artem Bondich, Yanli Zhao, Brian Fulkerson
  • Patent number: 11908083
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations comprising: receiving a video that includes a depiction of a real-world object; generating a three-dimensional (3D) body mesh associated with the real-world object that tracks movement of the real-world object across frames of the video; obtaining an external mesh associated with an augmented reality element; automatically establishing a correspondence between the 3D body mesh associated with the real-world object and the external mesh; deforming the external mesh based on movement of the real-world object and the established correspondence with the 3D body mesh; and modifying the video to include a display of the augmented reality element based on the deformed external mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Yanli Zhao, Matan Zohar, Brian Fulkerson, Georgios Papandreou, Haoyang Wang
  • Publication number: 20240052529
    Abstract: A high-strength thermal-stability polyester industrial yarn is prepared by spinning, winding and coordination treatment of a modified polyester after a solid-state polycondensation; wherein the method of coordination treatment comprises: soaking the wound fiber in an aqueous solution of a coordination agent, and the concentration of the aqueous solution of the coordination agent is 0.1-0.2 mol/L; wherein the condition of coordination treatment is 48-72 hours at 80-100° C., and the concentration of the aqueous solution of the coordination agent is 0.1-0.2 mol/L; wherein the polyester segments of the prepared high-strength thermal-stability polyester industrial yarn comprises a terephthalic acid segment, an ethylene glycol segment and a 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid segment, and 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid segments of different polyester segments are coordinated by Fe3+, the molar ratio of the terephthalic acid segment to the 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid segment is 1:(0.03-0.05).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: JIANGSU HENGLI CHEMICAL FIBRE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shanshui WANG, Fangming TANG, Lili WANG, Yiwei SHAO, Yanli ZHAO, Xiaoyu WANG, Chaoming YANG
  • Publication number: 20240046587
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations comprising: receiving a video that includes a depiction of a real-world object; generating a three-dimensional (3D) body mesh associated with the real-world object that tracks movement of the real-world object across frames of the video; determining UV positions of the real-world object depicted in the video to obtain pixel values associated with the UV positions; generating an external mesh and associated augmented reality (AR) element representing the real-world object based on the pixel values associated with the UV positions; deforming the external mesh based on changes to the 3D body mesh and a deformation parameter; and modifying the video to replace the real-world object with the AR element based on the deformed external mesh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Matan Zohar, Yanli Zhao, Brian Fulkerson, Riza Alp Guler