Patents by Inventor Yongbing Lin

Yongbing Lin 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: 11936861
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to the video coding and compression field, and disclose an encoding method and apparatus, and a decoding method and apparatus, to resolve a problem that an existing split mode cannot satisfy a relatively complex texture requirement. The decoding method specifically includes: parsing a bitstream to determine a basic split mode for a current to-be-decoded picture block and a target derivation mode for a subpicture block of the current to-be-decoded picture block; splitting the current to-be-decoded picture block into N subpicture blocks in the basic split mode, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2; deriving one derived picture block from at least two adjacent subpicture blocks in the N subpicture blocks in the target derivation mode; and decoding the derived picture block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Quanhe Yu, Jicheng An, Jianhua Zheng, Yongbing Lin, Liqiang Wang, Benben Niu, Ziwei Wei, Yun He
  • Publication number: 20240079882
    Abstract: This application discloses a photovoltaic power generation system control method, a photovoltaic power generation system, and a switching apparatus, to reduce a loss of the photovoltaic power generation system. The switching apparatus includes: a switching unit, a detection unit, and a controller. The switching unit includes a first output end, a second output end, a first input end connected to each first DC/DC converter in a one-to-one correspondence, and a second input end connected to each second DC/DC converter in a one-to-one correspondence. The first output end is connected to an input end of a first DC/AC converter, and the second output end is connected to an input end of a second DC/AC converter. The detection unit is separately connected to the first DC/AC converter, the second DC/AC converter, a plurality of first DC/DC converters, and a plurality of second DC/DC converters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Longting Sun, Tiansan Lin, Bo Yu, Yongbing Gao
  • Publication number: 20230421807
    Abstract: A method for processing an intra prediction mode includes: determining whether an intra prediction mode of each neighboring block in multiple neighboring blocks of a current block is applicable to the current block; and obtaining multiple mapped intra prediction modes of the current block according to a result of the determining, if it is determined that an intra prediction mode of a neighboring block is applicable to the current block, setting the intra prediction mode of the neighboring block as a mapped intra prediction mode of the current block, and if it is determined that the intra prediction mode of the neighboring block is not applicable to the current block, setting a specific intra prediction mode as the mapped intra prediction mode of the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yongbing Lin, Xiaozhen Zheng
  • Publication number: 20230375668
    Abstract: A detection apparatus includes a laser transmitter, a laser detector, a beam optical splitter, and an image detector. The laser transmitter is configured to emit a laser signal to a detection area through the beam optical splitter. The laser detector is configured to receive a first signal from a first target object in the detection area through the beam optical splitter. The beam optical splitter is further configured to provide a second signal from the first target object in the detection area for the image detector. The image detector is configured to perform imaging using the second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Xiaoyu Lv, Daxin Luo, Yongbing Lin, Sha Ma
  • Publication number: 20230362374
    Abstract: An decoding method is disclosed, including: parsing a bitstream to obtain a first flag, wherein the first flag specifies whether a current coding block is required to be partitioned; when the first flag specifies that the current coding block is required to be partitioned, parsing the bitstream to obtain a second flag, wherein the second flag specifies whether the current coding blocks is partitioned in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction; partitioning the current coding block into four first rectangular subblocks in the horizontal direction or four second rectangular subblocks in the vertical direction; and reconstructing the current coding block based on the four first rectangular subblocks or the four second rectangular subblocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Changcai Lai, Xiaoran Cao, Yongbing Lin, Lingzhi Liu, Yun He
  • Patent number: 11770556
    Abstract: A method for processing an intra prediction mode includes: determining whether an intra prediction mode of each neighboring block in multiple neighboring blocks of a current block is applicable to the current block; and obtaining multiple mapped intra prediction modes of the current block according to a result of the determining, if it is determined that an intra prediction mode of a neighboring block is applicable to the current block, setting the intra prediction mode of the neighboring block as a mapped intra prediction mode of the current block, and if it is determined that the intra prediction mode of the neighboring block is not applicable to the current block, setting a specific intra prediction mode as the mapped intra prediction mode of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongbing Lin, Xiaozhen Zheng
  • Patent number: 11750809
    Abstract: An encoding method with multiple image block division manners is disclosed, including: determining a division manner and a division direction of an image block; dividing the image block to obtain image subblocks sequentially arranged horizontally or vertically; determining whether the image subblocks need subdivision, and if subdivision is not needed, predicting the encoding object in the frame according to the image subblocks, to obtain residual data; performing transformation, quantization, and entropy encoding for the residual data so as to obtain coded residual data; and writing the division manner of the image block, the division direction of the image block, an identifier indicating whether the image subblocks need subdivision, and the coded residual data into a bitstream. By applying the encoding method, better prediction accuracy can be achieved when the image block presents a small change of pixel value in the horizontal or vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Changcai Lai, Xiaoran Cao, Yongbing Lin, Lingzhi Liu, Yun He
  • Publication number: 20230061368
    Abstract: An image encoding method includes a color difference signal Cr corresponding to a first pixel and a color difference signal Cb corresponding to a second pixel that are determined based on a pixel value of the first pixel, a pixel value of the second pixel, and pixel values of a third pixel and a fourth pixel that are adjacent to the first pixel. Then, an average value Co of the color difference signal Cr corresponding to the first pixel and the color difference signal Cb corresponding to the second pixel, and a difference value Cg between the color difference signal Cr and the color difference signal Cb are determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Yongbing Lin, Sha Ma
  • Publication number: 20230040051
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to positioning methods, systems, and apparatuses. One example method includes receiving, by a server, a first message from a first terminal device, where the first message includes first location information determined by the first terminal device, determining, by the server, a first reference object based on the first location information, and sending, by the server, a second message to the first terminal device, where the second message includes identification information of the first reference object, and the identification information of the first reference object is used by the first terminal device to update the first location information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jun CHEN, Jianqin LIU, Yongbing LIN
  • Patent number: 11528507
    Abstract: An image encoding and decoding method, includes: determining location information of a target reconstructed image block of a current to-be-encoded image block, where the target reconstructed image block is a reconstructed image block used to determine motion information of the current to-be-encoded image block; determining a first transform core pair based on the location information of the target reconstructed image block; and transforming a residual signal of the current to-be-encoded image block based on the first transform core pair, to obtain a transform coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ce Zhu, Shichang Song, Yongbing Lin, Jianhua Zheng
  • Patent number: 11483561
    Abstract: The present disclosure provide a transform method in picture block encoding, an inverse transform method in picture block decoding, and an apparatus. The inverse transform method includes: determining, in a target transform set, a corresponding transform pair of each region of at least two regions that constitute a to-be-decoded current block; inverse transforming each region based on the corresponding transform pair of each region to obtain an inverse transform result of each region; and obtaining an inverse transform result of the current block based on the inverse transform result of each region and a position of each region in the current block, where the at least two regions do not overlap each other, the target transform set includes a correspondence between a transform pair and a position of a region in the current block, and the transform pair includes a horizontal transform core and a vertical transform core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Liqiang Wang, Jianhua Zheng, Quanhe Yu, Yongbing Lin, Yun He
  • Publication number: 20220174279
    Abstract: An decoding method is disclosed, including: parsing a bitstream to obtain a first flag, wherein the first flag specifies whether a current coding block is required to be partitioned; when the first flag specifies that the current coding block is required to be partitioned, parsing the bitstream to obtain a second flag, wherein the second flag specifies whether the current coding blocks is partitioned in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction; partitioning the current coding block into four first rectangular subblocks in the horizontal direction or four second rectangular subblocks in the vertical direction; and reconstructing the current coding block based on the four first rectangular subblocks or the four second rectangular subblocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Changcai LAI, Xiaoran CAO, Yongbing LIN, Lingzhi LIU, Yun HE
  • Patent number: 11290717
    Abstract: An encoding method with multiple image block division manners is disclosed, including: determining a division manner and a division direction of an image block; dividing the image block to obtain image subblocks sequentially arranged horizontally or vertically; determining whether the image subblocks need subdivision, and if subdivision is not needed, predicting the encoding object in the frame according to the image subblocks, to obtain residual data; performing transformation, quantization, and entropy encoding for the residual data so as to obtain coded residual data; and writing the division manner of the image block, the division direction of the image block, an identifier indicating whether the image subblocks need subdivision, and the coded residual data into a bitstream. By applying the encoding method, better prediction accuracy can be achieved when the image block presents a small change of pixel value in the horizontal or vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Changcai Lai, Xiaoran Cao, Yongbing Lin, Lingzhi Liu, Yun He
  • Publication number: 20210168399
    Abstract: A method for processing an intra prediction mode includes: determining whether an intra prediction mode of each neighboring block in multiple neighboring blocks of a current block is applicable to the current block; and obtaining multiple mapped intra prediction modes of the current block according to a result of the determining, if it is determined that an intra prediction mode of a neighboring block is applicable to the current block, setting the intra prediction mode of the neighboring block as a mapped intra prediction mode of the current block, and if it is determined that the intra prediction mode of the neighboring block is not applicable to the current block, setting a specific intra prediction mode as the mapped intra prediction mode of the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Yongbing LIN, Xiaozhen ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20210076036
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to the video coding and compression field, and disclose an encoding method and apparatus, and a decoding method and apparatus, to resolve a problem that an existing split mode cannot satisfy a relatively complex texture requirement. The decoding method specifically includes: parsing a bitstream to determine a basic split mode for a current to-be-decoded picture block and a target derivation mode for a subpicture block of the current to-be-decoded picture block; splitting the current to-be-decoded picture block into N subpicture blocks in the basic split mode, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2; deriving one derived picture block from at least two adjacent subpicture blocks in the N subpicture blocks in the target derivation mode; and decoding the derived picture block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Quanhe YU, Jicheng AN, Jianhua ZHENG, Yongbing LIN, Liqiang WANG, Benben NIU, Ziwei WEI, Yun HE
  • Publication number: 20210067777
    Abstract: An encoding method with multiple image block division manners is disclosed, including: determining a division manner and a division direction of an image block; dividing the image block to obtain image subblocks sequentially arranged horizontally or vertically; determining whether the image subblocks need subdivision, and if subdivision is not needed, predicting the encoding object in the frame according to the image subblocks, to obtain residual data; performing transformation, quantization, and entropy encoding for the residual data so as to obtain coded residual data; and writing the division manner of the image block, the division direction of the image block, an identifier indicating whether the image subblocks need subdivision, and the coded residual data into a bitstream. By applying the encoding method, better prediction accuracy can be achieved when the image block presents a small change of pixel value in the horizontal or vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Changcai LAI, Xiaoran CAO, Yongbing LIN, Lingzhi LIU, Yun HE
  • Publication number: 20210014492
    Abstract: The present disclosure provide a transform method in picture block encoding, an inverse transform method in picture block decoding, and an apparatus. The inverse transform method includes: determining, in a target transform set, a corresponding transform pair of each region of at least two regions that constitute a to-be-decoded current block; inverse transforming each region based on the corresponding transform pair of each region to obtain an inverse transform result of each region; and obtaining an inverse transform result of the current block based on the inverse transform result of each region and a position of each region in the current block, where the at least two regions do not overlap each other, the target transform set includes a correspondence between a transform pair and a position of a region in the current block, and the transform pair includes a horizontal transform core and a vertical transform core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Liqiang WANG, Jianhua ZHENG, Quanhe YU, Yongbing LIN, Yun HE
  • Patent number: 10887620
    Abstract: A method for processing an intra prediction mode includes: determining whether an intra prediction mode of each neighboring block in multiple neighboring blocks of a current block is applicable to the current block; and obtaining multiple mapped intra prediction modes of the current block according to a result of the determining, if it is determined that an intra prediction mode of a neighboring block is applicable to the current block, setting the intra prediction mode of the neighboring block as a mapped intra prediction mode of the current block, and if it is determined that the intra prediction mode of the neighboring block is not applicable to the current block, setting a specific intra prediction mode as the mapped intra prediction mode of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongbing Lin, Xiaozhen Zheng
  • Patent number: 10869035
    Abstract: An encoding method with multiple image block division manners is disclosed, including: determining a division manner and a division direction of an image block; dividing the image block to obtain image subblocks sequentially arranged horizontally or vertically; determining whether the image subblocks need subdivision, and if subdivision is not needed, predicting the encoding object in the frame according to the image subblocks, to obtain residual data; performing transformation, quantization, and entropy encoding for the residual data so as to obtain coded residual data; and writing the division manner of the image block, the division direction of the image block, an identifier indicating whether the image subblocks need subdivision, and the coded residual data into a bitstream. By applying the encoding method, better prediction accuracy can be achieved when the image block presents a small change of pixel value in the horizontal or vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changcai Lai, Xiaoran Cao, Yongbing Lin, Lingzhi Liu, Yun He
  • Publication number: 20200296422
    Abstract: An image encoding and decoding method, includes: determining location information of a target reconstructed image block of a current to-be-encoded image block, where the target reconstructed image block is a reconstructed image block used to determine motion information of the current to-be-encoded image block; determining a first transform core pair based on the location information of the target reconstructed image block; and transforming a residual signal of the current to-be-encoded image block based on the first transform core pair, to obtain a transform coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ce ZHU, Shichang SONG, Yongbing LIN, Jianhua ZHENG