Patents by Inventor Yichen SHENG

Yichen SHENG 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: 12374034
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media that generates object shadows for digital images utilizing corresponding geometry-aware buffer channels. For instance, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems generate, utilizing a height prediction neural network, an object height map for a digital object portrayed in a digital image and a background height map for a background portrayed in the digital image. The disclosed systems also generate, from the digital image, a plurality of geometry-aware buffer channels using the object height map and the background height map. Further, the disclosed systems modify the digital image to include a soft object shadow for the digital object using the plurality of geometry-aware buffer channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Jianming Zhang, Yichen Sheng, Julien Philip, Yannick Hold-Geoffroy, Xin Sun, He Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240273813
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media that generates object shadows for digital images utilizing corresponding geometry-aware buffer channels. For instance, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems generate, utilizing a height prediction neural network, an object height map for a digital object portrayed in a digital image and a background height map for a background portrayed in the digital image. The disclosed systems also generate, from the digital image, a plurality of geometry-aware buffer channels using the object height map and the background height map. Further, the disclosed systems modify the digital image to include a soft object shadow for the digital object using the plurality of geometry-aware buffer channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Jianming Zhang, Yichen Sheng, Julien Philip, Yannick Hold-Geoffroy, Xin Sun, He Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240257449
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media that generates object shadows for digital images utilizing height maps for the digital objects and background portrayed therein. For instance, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems generate, utilizing a height prediction neural network, an object height map comprising pixel heights for pixels of a digital object portrayed in a digital image. The disclosed system also generate, utilizing the height prediction neural network, a background height map comprising additional pixel heights for pixels of a background portrayed in the digital image. Further, the disclosed systems modify the digital image to include an object shadow for the digital object using the object height map and the background height map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Jianming Zhang, Yichen Sheng
  • Patent number: 10963224
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a graphical programming control and storage system, which includes a central control module, a display module connected to the central control module, a message response module, a graphical programming inter-component operating module, a graphical programming intra-component operating module, an item attribute and control module, a user-defined component module, an item persistence module, and a compilation module; and the central control module is responsible for processing, storing, and returning a delivered information and result. The system enables a user to complete complex programming by dragging the graphical programming components, and finally generates a formulated language or executable program, thus implementing graphical programming. The present invention can implement graphical programming control and storage by the solution above, enabling visible and intuitive programming, and improving the working efficiency of programmers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Han Huang, Hu Wang, Yihui Liang, Yichen Sheng, Zhifeng Hao
  • Publication number: 20190243616
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a graphical programming control and storage system, which includes a central control module, a display module connected to the central control module, a message response module, a graphical programming inter-component operating module, a graphical programming intra-component operating module, an item attribute and control module, a user-defined component module, an item persistence module, and a compilation module; and the central control module is responsible for processing, storing, and returning a delivered information and result. The system enables a user to complete complex programming by dragging the graphical programming components, and finally generates a formulated language or executable program, thus implementing graphical programming. The present invention can implement graphical programming control and storage by the solution above, enabling visible and intuitive programming, and improving the working efficiency of programmers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Han HUANG, Hu WANG, Yihui LIANG, Yichen SHENG, Zhifeng HAO