Patents Examined by Irfan Habib
  • Patent number: 11889055
    Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry configured to receive an input video, select a current frame identify a first sub-picture of the current frame to be encoded using a lossless encoding protocol, and encode the current frame, wherein encoding the current frame includes encoding the first sub-picture using the lossless encoding protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: OP Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Hari Kalva, Borivoje Furht, Velibor Adzic
  • Patent number: 11876971
    Abstract: A video processing method includes determining, for a conversion between a block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, a manner in which information for a Matrix-based Intra Prediction (MIP) coding technique is coded in the bitstream representation. A prediction block of the block is determined using the MIP coding technique based on performing a matrix vector multiplication operation on previously coded samples of the video. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11876959
    Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and memory coupled to the circuitry. The circuitry, in operation: determines whether a size of a current block, which is a unit for which a vector candidate list including vector candidates is generated, is less than or equal to a threshold; when the size of the current block is less than or equal to the threshold, generates the vector candidate list by registering a history-based motion vector predictor (HMVP) vector candidate in the vector candidate list from an HMVP table without performing a first pruning process; when the size of the current block is greater than the threshold, generates the vector candidate list by performing the first pruning process and registering the HMVP vector candidate in the vector candidate list from the HMVP table; and encodes the current block using the vector candidate list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Jing Ya Li, Chong Soon Lim, Han Boon Teo, Che Wei Kuo, Hai Wei Sun, Chu Tong Wang, Kiyofumi Abe, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Yusuke Kato
  • Patent number: 11863769
    Abstract: A system configured to perform scalable video encoding is provided. The system includes a memory; and a processing unit, wherein the processing unit is configured to: receive inter-layer data and a current picture, wherein the current picture has a base layer; upsample the inter-layer data to generate residual data and reconstruction data, wherein the inter-layer data includes a base mode flag; and encode the current picture to an enhanced layer using the upsampled inter-layer data based on a block type of the base layer and the base mode flag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Ji Zhou, Zhen Chen, Min Yu
  • Patent number: 11863739
    Abstract: The method for intra frame prediction allows for the recovery of some intra directional modes that are otherwise rendered useless due to the classical padding process. Directional modes are recovered by filling pixel locations in the prediction unit with samples from the portion of the unit that is determined to have samples available for use using a counterpart directional mode to the one that is useless. When it is determined that reference samples are missing for a particular prediction unit or portion thereof given a particular directional mode, a determination is made about whether reference samples along another portion of the prediction unit are available. The other portion is the side of the prediction unit at an opposite end of the particular directional mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL VC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Fabien Racape, Franck Galpin, Tangi Poirier
  • Patent number: 11863714
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for constructing a motion information candidate list, a method and an apparatus for triangle prediction decoding. The method includes: determining a checking order for each of spatial candidate blocks of a current image block; wherein the checking order for the spatial candidate block on top of the current image block is prior to the checking order for the spatial candidate block on the left of the current image block; determining spatial candidate motion information based on the checking order; and constructing a motion information candidate list corresponding to the current image block based on the spatial candidate motion information. The method can reduce coding consumption, and improve coding performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Liying Xu
  • Patent number: 11863779
    Abstract: An example device for decoding video data includes one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: decode a coding tree unit (CTU) of video data, the CTU including a luminance (luma) block and a chrominance (chroma) block, to produce a decoded luma block and a decoded chroma block; determine that a chroma sample of the decoded chroma block is on a first side of an adaptive loop filter (ALF) virtual boundary and that a co-located luma sample of the decoded luma block is on a second side of the ALF virtual boundary, the co-located luma sample being co-located with the chroma sample, the first side being different than the second side; and in response to determining that the chroma sample is on the first side and the luma sample is on the second side, disable cross-component adaptive loop filtering (CC-ALF) for the chroma sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Nan Hu, Vadim Seregin, Cheng-Teh Hsieh, Marta Karczewicz
  • Patent number: 11863760
    Abstract: Disclosed is a video signal processing method and device for encoding or decoding a video signal. More specifically, disclosed are a video signal processing method and a video signal processing device for performing the method, the method comprising: obtaining reference line information indicating a reference line for intra prediction of a current block among a plurality of reference lines comprising neighboring samples of the current block; determining, on the basis of the reference line information, an intra prediction mode for the current block among a plurality of intra prediction modes constituting an intra prediction mode set; and decoding the current block on the basis of a plurality of reference samples on the reference line according to the reference line information and the determined intra prediction mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongcheol Kim, Geonjung Ko, Jaehong Jung, Juhyung Son, Jinsam Kwak
  • Patent number: 11863762
    Abstract: Embodiments for video processing, including video coding, video decoding and video transcoding are described. One example method includes performing a conversion between a video having one or more layers having one or more video pictures having one or more subpictures and a bitstream of the video according to a rule, wherein the rule defines network abstraction layer (NAL) units to be extracted from a bitstream during a sub-bitstream extraction process to output a sub-bitstream, wherein the rule further specifies that one or more inputs to the sub-bitstream extraction process include a target output layer set (OLS) index (targetOlsIdx) that identifies an OLS index of a target OLS and is equal to an index to a list of OLSs specified by a video parameter set, and wherein the one or more inputs satisfy a set of conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Ye-kui Wang, Zhipin Deng, Kai Zhang, Li Zhang
  • Patent number: 11856212
    Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for implementing constraints used in video encoding and video decoding are described. An example method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a video comprising one or more pictures comprising one or more slices and a bitstream of the video. The conversion conforms to a rule, and the bitstream is organized into one or more access units. The rule specifies a constraint on a number of decoded pictures stored in a decoded picture buffer (DPB). Each decoded picture of the decoded pictures is (i) marked as used for reference, (ii) has a flag indicative of the decoded picture being output, and (iii) has an output time later than a decoding time of a current picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventor: Ye-kui Wang
  • Patent number: 11849129
    Abstract: A device includes a decoder configured to identify, during an intra-block copy (IBC) decoding process on at least a portion of a coding unit of video data, a target virtual address for data access associated with a particular operation of the IBC decoding process. The target virtual address is generated according to an addressing scheme of a virtual memory used by the IBC decoding process. The decoder is configured to dynamically map the target virtual address to a particular memory address of a portion of an on-chip memory. The on-chip memory is configured to store reconstructed blocks of the video data and has a second size that is smaller than a first size of the virtual memory. The decoder is also configured to access the on-chip memory using the particular memory address to perform the particular operation of the IBC decoding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: John Thodiyil
  • Patent number: 11843724
    Abstract: Provided are an intra prediction method and apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a first reference sample set corresponding to the current processing block, wherein the first reference sample set includes at least one of a reference row adjacent to the current processing block and a reference column adjacent to the current processing block; selecting, based on a pre-set selection method, a second reference sample set from the first reference sample set, wherein the second reference sample set includes at least one reference sample in the reference row adjacent to the current processing block or the reference column adjacent to the current processing block; obtaining, based on the second reference sample set, a prediction value of the current processing block; and performing, based on the prediction value, intra prediction on the current processing block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Junyan Huo, Jianglin Wang, Yanzhuo Ma, Shuai Wan, Fuzheng Yang
  • Patent number: 11843725
    Abstract: Techniques for implementing video processing techniques are described. In one example implementation, a method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, whether a combined inter and intra prediction (CIIP) coding technique is to be applied to the current block based on a characteristic of the current block. The CIIP coding technique uses an intermedia inter prediction value and an intermedia intra prediction value to derive a final prediction value of the current block. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11843771
    Abstract: According to the disclosure of the present document, when the inter prediction type of a current block indicates bi-prediction, weight index information for candidates in a merge candidate list or a sub-block merge candidate list can be derived, and thus coding efficiency can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Naeri Park, Junghak Nam, Hyeongmoon Jang
  • Patent number: 11838546
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a step of deriving an intra prediction mode for a current block; a step of deriving upper neighboring samples of a plurality of rows for the current block, and left neighboring samples of a plurality of columns; a step of deriving one row of upper reference samples on the basis of the upper neighboring samples; a step of deriving one column of left reference samples on the basis of the left neighboring samples; and a step of generating a prediction sample for the current block by using at least one of the upper reference samples and the left reference samples in accordance with the intra prediction mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Jin Heo
  • Patent number: 11838626
    Abstract: Geiger mode avalanche photo diodes are solid state photodetectors that are able to detect single photons. Such Geiger mode avalanche photo diodes are also referred to as single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs). An array of SPADs can be used as a single detector element in an active sensing system, but camera/sensor systems based on SPAD arrays have at least two shortcomings due to ambient light. First, solar background light can hamper the ability to accurately determine depth. Second, ambient light impacts the reflectivity precision because of challenges differentiating between reflected light and ambient light. Embodiments enable active sensors that remove the ambient signal from a sensor's optical input. Other embodiments produce sensor intensity values that have higher precision than typical SPAD array devices. Further embodiments produce sensor depth values that have higher precision than typical SPAD array devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: 4D Intellectual Properties, LLC
    Inventor: James E. Retterath
  • Patent number: 11838536
    Abstract: A moving picture coding method includes: coding a coding target block using a motion vector; generating motion vector predictors; and coding the motion vector using one of the motion vector predictors generated in the generating of the motion vector predictors. In the generating of the motion vector predictors, a replacement vector which replaces a temporal motion vector predictor is added to the motion vector predictors when it is impossible to obtain the temporal motion vector predictor from a block which is included in a coded picture different from the coding target picture and corresponds to the coding target block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Sugio, Takahiro Nishi, Youji Shibahara, Hisao Sasai
  • Patent number: 11838514
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an image decoding method, the method including generating a candidate list including motion information derived from a spatial neighboring block and a temporal neighboring block adjacent to a current block; deriving motion information of the current block using the candidate list; generating a prediction block of the current block using the derived motion information; and updating the derived motion information in a motion information list, wherein the generating of the candidate list is performed in such a manner as to include at least one information of the motion information included in the updated motion information list in a block decoded before the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jung Won Kang, Ha Hyun Lee, Sung Chang Lim, Jin Ho Lee, Hui Yong Kim, Gwang Hoon Park, Tae Hyun Kim, Dae Young Lee
  • Patent number: 11831966
    Abstract: Imaging apparatuses and enclosures configured for deployment in connection with ceilings and downlight cavities are disclosed. Certain exemplary aspects relate to imaging apparatuses for monitoring, recording or imaging a space such as a room having overhead lighting provided via ceiling structures that may include enclosures and/or downlight fixtures within ceiling cavities, and various imaging apparatuses herein may include an infrared or thermal camera, for example, for imaging within such spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Calumino Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Felix Dintner, Marek Steffanson
  • Patent number: 11805253
    Abstract: A method for decoding video includes receiving a frame of the video that includes at least one slice and at least one time. Each of the at least one slice and the at least one tile are not all aligned with one another. Each of the at least one slice is characterized that it is decoded independently of the other the at least one slice. Each of the at least one tile is characterized that it is a rectangular region of the frame and having coding units for the decoding arranged in a raster scan order. The at least one tile of the frame are collectively arranged in a raster scan order of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Velos Media, LLC
    Inventors: Kiran Misra, Christopher Segall