Patents Examined by Alison Slater
  • Patent number: 11589034
    Abstract: Some embodiments of a method may include defining a triggering area, the triggering area having a border with the border being arranged, at least partially, within a positioning zone for observing a multi view content displayed on a display based on a position of a viewer; and when the viewer position is located within the triggering area, triggering one or more incentive effects. Some embodiments of an apparatus may include a processor; and a memory-storing device storing instructions operative, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to: define a triggering area, the triggering area having a border with the border being arranged, at least partially, within a positioning zone, for observing a multi view content displayed on a display based on a position of a viewer; and when the viewer position is located within the triggering area, trigger one or more incentive effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Interdigital Madison Patent Holdings, SAS
    Inventors: Tristan Langlois, Paul Kerbiriou, Valerie Allie
  • Patent number: 11575869
    Abstract: A 360 image data processing method performed by a 360 video receiving device, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving 360 image data; acquiring information and metadata on an encoded picture from the 360 image data; decoding the picture on the basis of the information on the encoded picture; and rendering the decoded picture and an overlay on the basis of the metadata, wherein the metadata includes overlay-related metadata, the overlay is rendered on the basis of the overlay-related metadata, and the overlay-related metadata includes information on a region of the overlay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyejung Hur, Sejin Oh, Soojin Hwang, Jangwon Lee
  • Patent number: 11550045
    Abstract: A system uses range and Doppler velocity measurements from a lidar subsystem and images from a video subsystem to estimate a six degree-of-freedom trajectory of a target. The video subsystem and the lidar subsystem may be aligned with one another, and hence calibrated, by determining, for example, a centroid of an iris determined from the lidar subsystem and a centroid of the iris determined from the video subsystem and determining a calibration offset between the two centroids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Aeva, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard L. Sebastian, Anatoley T. Zheleznyak
  • Patent number: 11553198
    Abstract: A system for decoding a video bitstream includes receiving a bitstream and a plurality of enhancement bitstreams together with receiving a video parameter set and a video parameter set extension. The system also receives an output layer set change message including information indicating a change in at least one output layer set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB
    Inventor: Sachin G. Deshpande
  • Patent number: 11553208
    Abstract: A video decoding method includes obtaining a bitstream including a plurality of coded frames of a video signal; decoding each of the plurality of coded frames into a plurality of CTUs and each of the plurality of CTUs into a plurality of residual blocks; recovering a coding block for each of the plurality of residual blocks based on multiple reference line intra prediction flags and reference samples included in each coded frame, wherein a subset of all available intra prediction modes, is determined for each of the multiple reference lines selected for intra prediction based on coding efficiency and compression performance, and each of the multiple reference lines is identified by an index number; reconstructing each frame of the video signal by storing the recovered coding block for each of the plurality of residual blocks in a frame buffer; and continuously outputting the reconstructed frames to restore the video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Liang Zhao, Xin Zhao, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11546631
    Abstract: A method for intra prediction of a current block of a picture is provided. The method includes obtaining an aspect ratio of the current block according to a width and a height of the current block; obtaining a weighting factor based on the aspect ratio, and determining an intra-prediction value of the current block based on the weighting factor. Intra-prediction value of a current block may be obtained with high accuracy or low computational complexity, so as to improve coding efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Alexey Konstantinovich Filippov, Vasily Alexeevich Rufitskiy, Jianle Chen
  • Patent number: 11546595
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for lossless coding for visual media coding are described. An exemplary method for video processing includes determining, at a sub-block level of a current video block comprising multiple sub-blocks, whether a coding mode is enabled for representing a corresponding sub-block in a bitstream representation, where, for a given sub-block with the coding mode enabled, the given sub-block is represented in the coded representation without applying a forward transform or the given sub-block is reconstructed from the coded representation without applying an inverse transform, and performing, based on the determining, a conversion between the current video block of a video and the bitstream representation of the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Na Zhang, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11539967
    Abstract: According to the disclosure of the present document, a chroma residual scaling factor is derived on the basis of information relating to an absolute value of a chroma residual scaling delta value and information relating to a sign of the chroma residual scaling delta value, and an LMCS procedure can be efficiently performed by applying explicit signaling to information relating to a value(s) of the chroma residual scaling factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jie Zhao, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11533507
    Abstract: A method for video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video picture of a video and a bitstream of the video, a number of reference samples in a virtual buffer comprising reference samples derived from the video picture based on a rule, wherein the rule specifies that a maximum number of available reference samples in the virtual buffer is less than a size of the virtual buffer; and performing the conversion based on the determining, wherein the current video block is coded in a prediction mode in which prediction samples are derived from blocks of the available reference samples in the virtual buffer based on a block vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Jizheng Xu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu
  • Patent number: 11521390
    Abstract: In some aspects, the described systems and methods provide for a system for processing a stream for real-time transmission. The system comprises a processor in communication with memory. The processor is configured to execute instructions for an autodirection component stored in memory that cause the processor to receive a real-time stream for an artistic performance, detect one or more human persons in the real-time stream, rank the detected one or more human persons in the real-time stream, select, based on the ranking, a subject from the detected one or more human persons, determine a subject framing for the real-time stream based on the selected subject, process the real-time stream to select a portion of each frame in the real-time stream according to the subject framing, wherein the portion of each frame includes at least the subject, and transmit the processed stream in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: LiveLiveLive, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Rubin, Joshua Farbman, Rafael Bastos, Rui Filipe Borges Varela
  • Patent number: 11503312
    Abstract: A method and device for predicting colour component and a computer storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring at least one threshold value according to first colour component reconstructed values of all samples of a current coding block; performing grouping according to comparison results between a first colour component neighboring reference values of current coding block and the at least one threshold value to obtain at least two groups of first colour component neighboring reference values and second colour component neighboring reference values; establishing at least two computing models; selecting, according to comparison results between the first colour component reconstructed values and at least one threshold value, a computing model corresponding to each sample in current coding block from at least two computing models; and acquiring, according to the computing model corresponding to each sample, second colour component prediction values of all samples in the current coding block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Junyan Huo, Xiaoyan Chai, Yanzhuo Ma, Fuzheng Yang
  • Patent number: 11490108
    Abstract: A method of video decoding according to the present invention comprises obtaining motion information for a current block, obtaining a first prediction block for a first sub-block in the current block by performing motion compensation based on the motion information, and obtaining a second prediction block by performing overlapped block motion compensation on the first sub-block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: KT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bae Keun Lee
  • Patent number: 11483562
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for video coding and decoding are provided. The method of video encoding includes accessing (1410) a bin of a syntax element associated with a block in a picture of a video, determining (1420) a context for the bin of the syntax element from a set of contexts associated with a block type of the block, the set of contexts including at least a first context and a second context, the second context being associated with a larger number of block types than the first context and entropy encoding (1430) the bin of the syntax element based on the determined context. A bitstream formatted to include encoded data, a computer-readable storage medium and a computer-readable program product are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Fabrice Leleannec, Tangi Poirier, Ya Chen, Edouard Francois
  • Patent number: 11483484
    Abstract: According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a system for imaging of objects in a scene. The system contains a hardware processor, or multiple hardware processors, which execute(s) code for: receiving, from a first sensor, image or images depicting an object or objects, where the object(s) include(s) an autonomous navigation system that controls a course of the object(s) in space, predicting a spatiotemporal profile of the object(s) within the image(s), and generating instructions for execution by a second sensor for capturing an image of the object(s) at a time and location corresponding to the spatiotemporal profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: NEC Corporation Of America
    Inventors: Yaacov Hoch, Tsvi Lev
  • Patent number: 11483514
    Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a camera module having an imaging array and spectral filtering at the imaging array. With the camera module attached at an in-cabin side of a vehicle windshield, the imaging array of the camera module views through the windshield and forward of the equipped vehicle. Image data captured by the imaging array is provided to and processed at an ECU for at least two driving assist systems of the vehicle. The captured image data is temporarily saved in volatile memory. Responsive to occurrence of an emergency event, image data captured by the imaging array of the camera module is saved in non-volatile memory. The captured image data saved in non-volatile memory includes (i) captured image data temporarily saved in volatile memory prior to the occurrence of the emergency event and (ii) image data captured for a period of time after the occurrence of the emergency event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Christopher L. Van Dan Elzen
  • Patent number: 11477479
    Abstract: A method for video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video picture of a video and a bitstream of the video, a number of reference samples in a virtual buffer comprising reference samples derived from the video picture based on a rule, wherein the rule specifies that a maximum number of available reference samples in the virtual buffer is less than a size of the virtual buffer; and performing the conversion based on the determining, wherein the current video block is coded in a prediction mode in which prediction samples are derived from blocks of the available reference samples in the virtual buffer based on a block vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Jizheng Xu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu
  • Patent number: 11477462
    Abstract: An apparatus for decoding a current block includes a processor that is configured to obtain a transform class of a transform type used for decoding a transform block of the current block; select, based on the transform class, a template for coding a value related to a transform coefficient at a row and a column of the transform block; obtain, using the template, an index of a probability distribution in a table of probability distributions; and decode, from a compressed bitstream, the value using the probability distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Young, Dake He
  • Patent number: 11463726
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the performance of motion vector refinement in a search space for multi-reference inter-prediction. Two or more reference pictures are selected, one of those used for motion vector refinement. Based on an initial estimate of a motion vector to the reference picture for motion vector refinement, a search space in this reference image is constructed. Using template matching, the first motion vector is refined. The second motion vector to another reference picture is calculated using its initial estimate, the initial estimate of the first motion vector and the refined first motion vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Semih Esenlik, Anand Meher Kotra, Zhijie Zhao
  • Patent number: 11457235
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present invention comprises: a step of acquiring an initial motion vector of a current block; a step of deriving a refined motion vector for each of a plurality of search points on the basis of the initial motion vector; and a step of acquiring a motion vector of the current block on the basis of the refined motion vector of any one of the plurality of search points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: KT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bae Keun Lee
  • Patent number: 11457220
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for digital video coding, which includes matrix-based intra prediction methods for video coding, are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video processing includes determining, for encoding a current video block of a video into a bitstream representation of the current video block, a type of neighboring samples of the current video block to be used according to a rule, and adding, based on the determining, an encoded representation of the current video block to the bitstream representation, where the current video block is encoded using a matrix based intra prediction (MIP) mode in which a prediction block of the current video block is determined by performing, on previously coded samples of the video, a boundary downsampling operation, followed by a matrix vector multiplication operation, and selectively followed by an upsampling operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Zhipin Deng, Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu