Patents by Inventor Ze CUI

Ze CUI 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: 12671828
    Abstract: An encoding method includes: first obtaining to-be-encoded data, and then inputting the to-be-encoded data into a first encoding network to obtain a target parameter; then constructing a second encoding network based on the target parameter; next inputting the to-be-encoded data into the second encoding network to obtain a first feature; and finally encoding the first feature to obtain an encoded bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Peking University
    Inventors: Jiaying Liu, Dezhao Wang, Jing Wang, Tiansheng Guo, Ze Cui, Yunying Ge
  • Publication number: 20260149821
    Abstract: This application provides a scalable encoding and decoding method and apparatus. The encoding method includes: applying a control signal of a first signal component of a video signal to a first feature map of the first signal component, to obtain a second feature map of the first signal component, where the control signal of the first signal component is obtained through learning; applying a control signal of a second signal component of the video signal to a first feature map of the second signal component, to obtain a second feature map of the second signal component, where the control signal of the second signal component is obtained through learning; and obtaining a bitstream of the video signal based on the second feature map of the first signal component and the second feature map of the second signal component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2026
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jue Mao, Haitao Yang, Jing Wang, Ze Cui
  • Patent number: 12568233
    Abstract: This application provides a scalable encoding and decoding method and apparatus. The encoding method includes: applying a control signal of a first signal component of a video signal to a first feature map of the first signal component, to obtain a second feature map of the first signal component, where the control signal of the first signal component is obtained through learning; applying a control signal of a second signal component of the video signal to a first feature map of the second signal component, to obtain a second feature map of the second signal component, where the control signal of the second signal component is obtained through learning; and obtaining a bitstream of the video signal based on the second feature map of the first signal component and the second feature map of the second signal component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jue Mao, Haitao Yang, Jing Wang, Ze Cui
  • Publication number: 20250384587
    Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: obtaining an image; performing feature extraction on the image to obtain at least one first feature map, wherein the at least one first feature map includes N first feature values, and N is a positive integer; obtaining a target compression bit rate which corresponds to M target gain values, each target gain value corresponds to one first feature value, and M is a positive integer less than or equal to N; respectively processing corresponding first feature values based on the M target gain values to obtain M second feature values; and performing quantization and entropy encoding on at least one processed first feature map to obtain encoded data, wherein the at least one processed first feature map includes the M second feature values. According to the application, compression bit rate control is implemented in a same compression model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2025
    Publication date: December 18, 2025
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jing Wang, Ze Cui, Bo Bai
  • Patent number: 12347148
    Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: obtaining an image; performing feature extraction on the image to obtain at least one first feature map, wherein the at least one first feature map includes N first feature values, and N is a positive integer; obtaining a target compression bit rate which corresponds to M target gain values, each target gain value corresponds to one first feature value, and M is a positive integer less than or equal to N; respectively processing corresponding first feature values based on the M target gain values to obtain M second feature values; and performing quantization and entropy encoding on at least one processed first feature map to obtain encoded data, wherein the at least one processed first feature map includes the M second feature values. According to the application, compression bit rate control is implemented in a same compression model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jing Wang, Ze Cui, Bo Bai
  • Publication number: 20240205435
    Abstract: This application discloses encoding and decoding methods and apparatuses, and relates to the field of artificial intelligence technologies, to improve rate distortion performance of data encoding and decoding methods. The method includes: first obtaining to-be-encoded data, and then inputting the to-be-encoded data into a first encoding network to obtain a target parameter; then constructing a second encoding network based on the target parameter; next inputting the to-be-encoded data into the second encoding network to obtain a first feature; and finally encoding the first feature to obtain an encoded bitstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Jiaying Liu, Dezhao Wang, Jing Wang, Tiansheng Guo, Ze Cui, Yunying Ge
  • Publication number: 20240007658
    Abstract: This application provides a scalable encoding and decoding method and apparatus. The encoding method includes: applying a control signal of a first signal component of a video signal to a first feature map of the first signal component, to obtain a second feature map of the first signal component, where the control signal of the first signal component is obtained through learning; applying a control signal of a second signal component of the video signal to a first feature map of the second signal component, to obtain a second feature map of the second signal component, where the control signal of the second signal component is obtained through learning; and obtaining a bitstream of the video signal based on the second feature map of the first signal component and the second feature map of the second signal component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jue MAO, Haitao YANG, Jing WANG, Ze CUI
  • Publication number: 20220375133
    Abstract: This application discloses an image processing method, including: obtaining an image; performing feature extraction on the image to obtain at least one first feature map, where the at least one first feature map includes N first feature values, and N is a positive integer; obtaining a target compression bit rate, where the target compression bit rate corresponds to M target gain values, each target gain value corresponds to one first feature value, and M is a positive integer less than or equal to N; respectively processing corresponding first feature values based on the M target gain values to obtain M second feature values; and performing quantization and entropy encoding on at least one processed first feature map to obtain encoded data, where the at least one processed first feature map includes the M second feature values. Thus, compression bit rate control can be implemented in a same compression model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Jing WANG, Ze CUI, Bo BAI