Patents Examined by Irfan Habib
  • Patent number: 11800089
    Abstract: A method by which a decoding device performs image decoding, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: deriving a reference block on the basis of a motion shift; determining whether a subblock temporal motion vector predictor (sbTMVP) candidate is available, on the basis of whether the reference block is a current picture referencing (CPR) block; deriving motion information about a current block on the basis of the sbTMVP candidate when the sbTMVP candidate is available; generating prediction samples on the basis of the motion information; and generating a restored picture on the basis of the prediction samples, wherein the sbTMVP candidate is determined to be unavailable with respect to the reference block which is the CPR block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyeongmoon Jang, Junghak Nam
  • Patent number: 11800152
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for encoding video data into a bitstream and for decoding video data received in a bitstream. A second control flag indicating whether or not to use multi-hypothesis prediction for intra and inter mode is generated and transmitted only conditionally, upon a determination whether or not separate merge list technique for subblock merge candidates is used. On the other hand, a decoder is capable of deciding usage of multi-hypothesis prediction for intra and inter mode and separate merge list technique for subblock merge candidates even though the second control flag is transmitted only conditionally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Roman Igorevich Chernyak, Timofey Mikhailovich Solovyev, Sergey Yurievich Ikonin, Alexander Alexandrovich Karabutov, Jianle Chen
  • Patent number: 11792410
    Abstract: A method of coding implemented by a decoding device or an encoding device, comprising obtaining indication information for a luma position (cbWidth/2, cbHeight/2) of a current coding block, relative to a top-left luma sample position (xCb, yCb) of the current coding block; setting a value of a luma intra prediction mode associated with the current coding block to a first default value, when the indication information indicates that an Intra Block Copy (IBC) mode or palette mode is applied for the luma component at the luma position (cbWidth/2, cbHeight/2), relative to the top-left luma sample position (xCb, yCb) of the current coding block; and obtaining a value of a chroma intra prediction mode based on the value of the luma intra prediction mode of the current coding block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Biao Wang, Semih Esenlik, Han Gao, Anand Meher Kotra, Elena Alexandrovna Alshina
  • Patent number: 11787336
    Abstract: A system for assisting in aligning a vehicle for hitching with a trailer includes a first camera and a second camera and outputting image data to the rear of the vehicle and a controller identifying at least one of the trailer or a coupling feature of the trailer within the image data and assigning a trailer type to the trailer identified within the image data, the trailer type including a first trailer type and a second trailer type. The controller further causes a portion of the image data to be presented on a display within the vehicle, the portion of the image data corresponding with the first camera in response to the trailer being assigned the first trailer type and corresponding with the second camera in response to the trailer being assigned the second trailer type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES , LLC
    Inventors: Seyed Armin Raeis Hosseiny, Bo Bao, Luke Niewiadomski, Roger Arnold Trombley
  • Patent number: 11785187
    Abstract: A video monitoring system includes a camera head, which includes an infrared illumination source and an image sensor and is configured to transmit streaming video signals generated by the image sensor. A mount is configured to hold the camera head in a fixed location and orientation above a bed such that the image sensor captures images from a bird's eye view of a child in the bed. A processor is configured to receive and analyze the video signals so as to extract and provide information to a client device with regard to a behavior of the child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: UDISENSE INC.
    Inventors: Assaf Glazer, Tor Ivry, Amir Katz, Amnon Kami, Mark Prommel, Pil Ho Chung, Marco Perry, Oscar Frias, Gal Shkedi
  • Patent number: 11785248
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by means of a decoding device according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: configuring an affine merge candidate list with respect to a current block; deriving CPMVs with respect to CPs of the current block on the basis of the affine merge candidate list; deriving prediction samples with respect to the current block on the basis of the CPMVs; and generating a reconstructed picture with respect to the current block on the basis of the derived prediction samples, wherein the maximum number of inherited affine candidates is two, a first inherited affine candidate is derived on the basis of a left block group of the current block, and a second inherited affine candidate is derived on the basis of an upper block group of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Jaeho Lee
  • Patent number: 11785238
    Abstract: A decoder includes circuitry configured to receive a bitstream; construct, for a current block, a motion vector candidate list including adding a global motion vector candidate to the motion vector candidate list; and reconstruct pixel data of the current block and using the motion vector candidate list. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: OP Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Borivoje Furht, Hari Kalva, Velibor Adzic
  • Patent number: 11778201
    Abstract: Decoding of a merge-predicted block is carried out, for triangular partitions of the block, using a combination of inter-prediction and intra-prediction. The combination of inter-prediction and intra-prediction to be used is signalled on a received bitstream. Combination may be algorithmic, for example arithmetic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Saverio Blasi, Andre Seixas Dias, Gosala Kulupana
  • Patent number: 11778218
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus includes processing circuitry. For example, the processing circuitry obtains reconstructed samples in a temporal source frame that is different from a current frame, and determines filter coefficients of a filter for a current block in the current frame based on at least the reconstructed samples in the temporal source frame. The processing circuitry generates prediction information of the current block based on the determined filter coefficients. The temporal source frame is an inter coded frame that satisfies at least one of a quantization parameter (QP) requirement, a temporal distance requirement, and a reference picture requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Tencent America LLC
    Inventors: Yixin Du, Xin Zhao, Liang Zhao, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11770539
    Abstract: A video encoding/decoding apparatus according to the present invention acquires motion vector refinement information, performs motion compensation on the basis of a motion vector of a current block, refines the motion vector of the current block using at least one or both of the motion vector refinement information and the output of the motion compensation, and performs motion compensation using the refined motion vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Jo Ahn, Dong Gyu Sim, Ho Chan Ryu, Seanae Park, Byung Tae Oh, Byung Cheol Song
  • Patent number: 11763563
    Abstract: A system for monitoring and recording and processing an activity includes one or more cameras for automatically recording video of the activity. A processor and memory associated and in communication with the camera is disposed near the location of the activity. The system may include AI logic configured to identify a user recorded within a video frame captured by the camera. The system may also detect and identify a user when the user is located within a predetermined area. The system may include a video processing engine configured to process images within the video frame to identify the user and may modify and format the video upon identifying the user and the activity. The system may include a communication module to communicate formatted video to a remote video processing system, which may further process the video and enable access to a mobile app of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Hole-In-One Media, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin R. Imes
  • Patent number: 11765371
    Abstract: A method of decoding an encoded video bitstream using at least one processor, including: obtaining from the encoded video bitstream a coded video sequence including a picture unit corresponding to a coded picture; obtaining a picture header (PH) network abstraction layer (NAL) unit included in the picture unit; obtaining at least one video coding layer (VCL) network abstraction layer (NAL) unit included in the picture unit; decoding the coded picture based on the PH NAL unit, the at least one VCL NAL unit, and an adaptation parameter set (APS) included in an APS NAL unit obtained from the coded video sequence; and outputting the decoded picture, wherein the APS NAL unit is available to the at least one processor before the at least one VCL NAL unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Byeongdoo Choi, Shan Liu, Stephan Wenger
  • Patent number: 11753924
    Abstract: A borescope includes a housing extending from a first end toward a second end, the housing including a first transparent viewing section extending circumferentially around a longitudinal axis of the housing and defining an exterior of a portion of the housing; a first imaging assembly configured to rotate about the longitudinal axis of the housing, and also pivot relative to the longitudinal axis of the housing; and a second imaging assembly disposed within the housing, the second imaging assembly being configured to rotate about the longitudinal axis of the housing, wherein the second imaging assembly is configured to visualize a field of view exterior of the housing through the first transparent viewing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Aver Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Swamy Avasarala, Pranav Avasarala
  • Patent number: 11758170
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for processing a video signal by using an affine motion prediction and an apparatus thereof. A method for processing a video signal according to the present disclosure may include: adding, to an affine candidate list, an affine coded block coded in an affine prediction mode among neighbor blocks of a current block; obtaining a syntax element indicating a candidate used for the affine motion prediction of the current block in the affine candidate list; deriving a control point motion vector predictor of the current block based on an affine motion model of the candidate indicated by the syntax element; deriving a control point motion vector of the current block by adding a control point motion vector difference to the control point motion vector predictor; and generating a prediction block of the current block by using the control point motion vector of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Jaeho Lee
  • Patent number: 11750834
    Abstract: A video decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus comprises deriving control points (CPs) for the current block; obtaining motion vectors for the CPs; deriving a motion vector of a sub-block or a sample unit in the current block on the basis of the obtained motion vectors; deriving a prediction sample for the current block on the basis of the derived motion vector; and generating a reconstruction sample on the basis of the prediction sample. The method enables effective performance of inter prediction through the motion vectors (transformation prediction), not only when an image in the current block is moved in a plane, but also when the image in the current block is rotated, zoomed in, zoomed out, or transformed into a parallelogram. Accordingly, the amount of data for the residual signal for the current block can be eliminated or reduced, and the overall coding efficiency can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc
    Inventors: Naeri Park, Jaehyun Lim, Junghak Nam
  • Patent number: 11741714
    Abstract: A system for monitoring and recording and processing an activity includes one or more cameras for automatically recording video of the activity. A processor and memory associated and in communication with the camera is disposed near the location of the activity. The system may include AI logic configured to identify a user recorded within a video frame captured by the camera. The system may also detect and identify a user when the user is located within a predetermined area. The system may include a video processing engine configured to process images within the video frame to identify the user and may modify and format the video upon identifying the user and the activity. The system may include a communication module to communicate formatted video to a remote video processing system, which may further process the video and enable access to a mobile app of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: HOLE-IN-ONE MEDIA, INC.
    Inventor: Kevin R. Imes
  • Patent number: 11736709
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for video coding. In some examples, an apparatus includes processing circuitry that receives a bit stream that includes coded information representing a bin of a syntax element for a current block in a picture. The bin of the syntax element indicates whether a local illumination compensation (LIC) process is applied to code the current block. The processing circuitry selects a context model from multiple candidate context models applicable to coding of the syntax element, according to at least a coding characteristic of a region neighboring the current block, and decodes the coded information according to the selected context model to obtain the bin of the syntax element. The processing circuitry reconstructs the current block in response to the bin of the syntax element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Cheung Auyeung, Xiang Li, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11736730
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described for processing video. Encoded video data may be determined from uncompressed video data. A chrominance component for a portion of the encoded video data may be determined that references another portion of the encoded video data. A luma component of the portion of the encoded video data may be determined to correspond with the luma component of the corresponding portion of the uncompressed video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Bay, David Leach
  • Patent number: 11722667
    Abstract: A method of visual media processing, including: determining, fora conversion between a current video block of a visual media data and a bitstream representation of the visual media data, that a partitioning mode coding tool is disabled for the conversion based on a rule that depends on a dimension of the current video block; and performing the conversion based on the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11722652
    Abstract: A method for generating encoded depth data includes receiving digital fringe projection (DFP) data corresponding to a three-dimensional structure of a physical object, and generating first and second fringe encodings for a first predetermined wavelength based on the DFP data at a first coordinate. The method further includes generating third and fourth fringe encodings for a second predetermined wavelength based on the DFP data at the first coordinate, the second wavelength being longer than the first wavelength, and generating a combined fringe encoding based on the third fringe encoding and the fourth fringe encoding. The method further includes storing the first, second, and combined fringe encoding data in a pixel of two-dimensional image data at a pixel coordinate in the two-dimensional image data corresponding to the first coordinate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Song Zhang, Tyler Bell