Patents

US patents and pending applications.

Issued

  1. Patent
    Joint Framework for Object-centered Shadow Detection, Removal, and Synthesis
    H. Zheng, J. Zhang, L. Figueroa, S. Cohen, S. Y. Kim, T. Wang, W. Xiong, Z. Lin, and Z. Ding
    U.S. Patent No. 12,626,429, issued May 12, 2026 (filed Apr. 30, 2024) , 2026
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  2. Patent
    Deep Learning-based High-resolution Image Inpainting
    C. Barnes, E. Shechtman, H. Zheng, Q. Liu, S. Amirghodsi, Y. Zhou, and Z. Lin
    U.S. Patent No. 12,602,755, issued Apr. 14, 2026 (filed Aug. 9, 2023) , 2026
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  3. Patent
    Panoptically Guided Inpainting Utilizing a Panoptic Inpainting Neural Network
    E. Shechtman, H. Zheng, J. Zhang, J. Lu, N. Xu, Q. Liu, S. Cohen, S. Amirghodsi, and Z. Lin
    U.S. Patent No. 12,505,518, issued Dec. 23, 2025 (filed Oct. 3, 2022) , 2025
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  4. Patent
    Image and Object Inpainting with Diffusion Models
    C. Barnes, E. Shechtman, H. Zheng, J. Zhang, J. Lu, Q. Liu, S. Cohen, S. Amirghodsi, Y. Zhou, and Z. Lin
    U.S. Patent No. 12,430,727, issued Sep. 30, 2025 (filed Nov. 22, 2022) , 2025
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  5. Patent
    Object Class Inpainting in Digital Images Utilizing Class-specific Inpainting Neural Networks
    C. Barnes, E. Shechtman, H. Zheng, J. Zhang, J. Lu, N. Xu, S. Cohen, S. Amirghodsi, and Z. Lin
    U.S. Patent No. 12,430,725, issued Sep. 30, 2025 (filed May 13, 2022) , 2025
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  6. Patent
    Learning Parameters for Neural Networks Using a Semantic Discriminator and an Object-level Discriminator
    E. Shechtman, H. Zheng, J. Zhang, J. Lu, N. Xu, Q. Liu, S. Cohen, S. Amirghodsi, and Z. Lin
    U.S. Patent No. 12,367,586, issued Jul. 22, 2025 (filed Oct. 3, 2022) , 2025
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  7. Patent
    Generating and Providing a Panoptic Inpainting Interface for Generating and Modifying Inpainted Digital Images
    Z. Lin, E. Shechtman, H. Zheng, J. Zhang, J. Lu, N. Xu, Q. Liu, S. Cohen, and S. Amirghodsi
    U.S. Patent No. 12,367,561, issued Jul. 22, 2025 (filed Oct. 3, 2022) , 2025
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  8. Patent
    Iteratively Modifying Inpainted Digital Images Based on Changes to Panoptic Segmentation Maps
    E. Shechtman, H. Zheng, J. Zhang, J. Lu, N. Xu, Q. Liu, S. Cohen, S. Amirghodsi, and Z. Lin
    U.S. Patent No. 12,367,562, issued Jul. 22, 2025 (filed Oct. 3, 2022) , 2025
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  9. Patent
    Generating Digital Images Utilizing High-resolution Sparse Attention and Semantic Layout Manipulation Neural Networks
    H. Zheng, J. Zhang, J. Lu, N. Xu, S. Cohen, and Z. Lin
    U.S. Patent No. 12,361,512, issued Jul. 15, 2025 (filed Apr. 11, 2023) , 2025
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  10. Patent
    Learning Parameters for Generative Inpainting Neural Networks Utilizing Object-aware Training and Masked Regularization
    C. Barnes, E. Shechtman, H. Zheng, J. Zhang, J. Lu, N. Xu, S. Cohen, S. Amirghodsi, and Z. Lin
    U.S. Patent No. 12,204,610, issued Jan. 21, 2025 (filed Feb. 14, 2022) , 2025
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  11. Patent
    Digital Image Inpainting Utilizing a Cascaded Modulation Inpainting Neural Network
    C. Barnes, E. Shechtman, H. Zheng, J. Zhang, J. Lu, N. Xu, S. Cohen, S. Amirghodsi, and Z. Lin
    U.S. Patent No. 12,165,295, issued Dec. 10, 2024 (filed May 4, 2022) , 2024
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  12. Patent
    Generating Digital Images Utilizing High-resolution Sparse Attention and Semantic Layout Manipulation Neural Networks
    H. Zheng, J. Zhang, J. Lu, N. Xu, S. Cohen, and Z. Lin
    U.S. Patent No. 11,636,570, issued Apr. 25, 2023 (filed Apr. 1, 2021) , 2023
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Pending Applications

  1. Patent App
    Text-to-image Diffusion Models with Cross-latent Diffusion
    H. Zheng, J. Ren, Z. Zhang, Y. Zhou, C. Barnes, and Z. Lin
    U.S. Patent App. No. 19/721,534 (filed Jun. 26, 2026) , 2026
  2. Patent App
    Joint Framework for Object-centered Shadow Detection, Removal, and Synthesis
    H. Zheng, J. Zhang, L. Figueroa, S. Cohen, S. Y. Kim, T. Wang, W. Xiong, Z. Lin, and Z. Ding
    U.S. Patent App. No. 19/664,872 (filed Apr. 30, 2026) , 2026
  3. Patent App
    Asymmetric Experts with Mid-layer Bridge for Unified Understanding and Generation
    H. Zheng, H. Zhang, J. W. Y. Kuen, Q. Liu, S. Liu, X. Wang, Y. Li, Y. Zhou, Z. Lin, and Z. Zhang
    U.S. Patent App. No. 19/657,699 (filed Apr. 24, 2026) , 2026
  4. Patent App
    Few-step Text-to-image Model for Image Inpainting
    D. Pakhomov, H. Zheng, L. Xie, Y. Zhou, Z. Lin, Z. Zhang, Z. Wang, and Z. Wu
    U.S. Patent App. No. 19/549,433 (filed Feb. 25, 2026) , 2026
  5. Patent App
    Few-step Video Generation via Distillation and Latent Reward Optimization
    D. Liu, H. Zheng, K. K. Singh, Q. Zhang, Y. Kang, Y. Liu, Z. Lin, and Z. Ding
    U.S. Patent App. No. 19/289,299 (filed Aug. 4, 2025) , 2025
  6. Patent App
    Multi-level Encoders for Image Restoration and Supersampling
    C. Barnes, H. Zheng, J. Zhang, Y. Yu, Y. Liu, Y. Zhou, Z. Lin, and Z. Zhang
    U.S. Patent App. No. 19/190,281 (filed Apr. 25, 2025) , 2025
  7. Patent App
    An Advanced Framework for Simulating and Correcting Generative Inpainting Artifacts
    H. Zheng, J. Zhang, J. Lu, K. K. Singh, S. Amirghodsi, Y. Zhou, and Z. Lin
    U.S. Patent App. No. 19/065,753 (filed Feb. 27, 2025) , 2025
  8. Patent App
    Adaptive Color Tune Transformation Loss for Enhanced Sensitivity in Generative Models
    H. Zheng, J. Zhang, J. Lu, S. Amirghodsi, Y. Zhou, and Z. Lin
    U.S. Patent App. No. 19/049,830 (filed Feb. 10, 2025) , 2025
  9. Patent App
    Masked Latent Decoder for Image Inpainting
    H. Zheng, Y. Zhou, Z. Lin, and Z. Zhang
    U.S. Patent App. No. 18/957,817 (filed Nov. 24, 2024) , 2024
  10. Patent App
    Systems and Methods for Efficient Image Generation
    H. Zheng, J. Zhang, Z. Lin, and Z. Zhang
    U.S. Patent App. No. 18/950,691 (filed Nov. 18, 2024) , 2024
  11. Patent App
    Digital Image Inpainting Utilizing Global and Local Modulation Layers of an Inpainting Neural Network
    C. Barnes, E. Shechtman, H. Zheng, J. Zhang, J. Lu, N. Xu, S. Cohen, S. Amirghodsi, and Z. Lin
    U.S. Patent App. No. 18/929,330 (filed Oct. 28, 2024) , 2024
  12. Patent App
    Multi-component Latent Pyramid Space for Generative Models
    H. Zheng, J. Zhang, Z. Lin, and Z. Zhang
    U.S. Patent App. No. 18/607,813 (filed Mar. 18, 2024) , 2024