Patents Examined by Kathleen M Walsh
  • Patent number: 11985352
    Abstract: An orthogonal transform unit orthogonally transforms prediction residuals in a block of a P×Q array of pixels, thereby generating an N×M (N is an integer satisfying N<P, and M is an integer satisfying M<Q) array of orthogonal transform coefficients. A quantization unit quantizes the N×M array of the orthogonal transform coefficients using at least a quantization matrix of an N×M array of elements, and thereby generates an N×M array of quantized coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masato Shima
  • Patent number: 11979573
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for determining a color difference component quantization parameter and a device using the method. Method for decoding an image can comprise the steps of: decoding a color difference component quantization parameter offset on the basis of size information of a transform unit; and calculating a color difference component quantization parameter index on the basis of the decoded color difference component quantization parameter offset. Therefore, the present invention enables effective quantization by applying different color difference component quantization parameters according to the size of the transform unit when executing the quantization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Chang Lim, Hui Yong Kim, Se Yoon Jeong, Jong Ho Kim, Ha Hyun Lee, Jin Ho Lee, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim
  • Patent number: 11962800
    Abstract: A video decoding method includes predicting a current block according to an intra prediction mode of the current block, determining whether to apply position dependent intra prediction filtering to the current block according to the intra prediction mode of the current block, when the position dependent intra prediction filtering is applied to the current block, determining at least one of an upper reference sample, a left reference sample, an upper weight, and a left weight for the position dependent intra prediction filtering of a current sample of the current block according to the intra prediction mode of the current block, and applying the position dependent intra prediction filtering to the current sample of the current block according to at least one of the upper reference sample, the left reference sample, the upper weight, and the left weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narae Choi, Minsoo Park, Minwoo Park, Anish Tamse, Seungsoo Jeong, Kiho Choi, Woongil Choi, Yinji Piao
  • Patent number: 11962770
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an intra sub-partition (ISP) method of decoding a video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoyu Xiu, Yi-Wen Chen, Xianglin Wang, Tsung-Chuan Ma
  • Patent number: 11940262
    Abstract: A camera monitors positions on an external object having a beacon (1(i), i=1, 2, . . . , I; 130; 430) attached to it. The apparatus has at least one image sensor (120; 321, 322; 420; 520), an imaging optical element (101) for projecting light on the image sensor (120), and a processing unit (9). The imaging optical element (101) may be non-refractive and receives a light beam (5(i); 131) transmitted from the beacon (1(i); 130; 430) and transfers the light beam (5(i); 131) to the image sensor (120; 321, 322; 420; 520). The image sensor (120; 321, 322; 420; 520) forms image data based on the received light beam (5(i); 131) and background light. The processing unit (9) processes the image data such that it filters image data components relating to the background light and renders image data components relating to the light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: FNV IP B.V.
    Inventors: Dennis Van Weeren, Arnoud Marc Jongsma, Joachim Ulrich Seibert, Mario Josephus De Bijl
  • Patent number: 11943457
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, an encoding device, a decoding device, an information processing method, and a program that facilitate scalable decoding of attribute information. Regarding the attribute information about a point cloud representing a three-dimensional object, a process of classifying the respective points of the point cloud into prediction points that are the points at which difference values between the attribute information and predicted values are left, and reference points that are the points at which the attribute information is referred to during derivation of the predicted values is recursively repeated on the reference points, so that the attribute information is hierarchized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kato, Satoru Kuma, Ohji Nakagami, Hiroyuki Yasuda, Koji Yano
  • Patent number: 11936904
    Abstract: A method of performing bi-directional optical flow, BDOF, processing for a video sequence of images, with each image including a plurality of blocks with bidirectional-predicted inter coding blocks, BPICBs. The method includes obtaining a shifted pair of refinement parameters per a subblock of a bidirectional-predicted inter coding block, wherein the shifted pair of refinement parameters includes a shifted first refinement parameter and a shifted second refinement parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Du Liu, Ruoyang Yu
  • Patent number: 11936859
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for video processing. In one aspect, filtering is applied after applying a set of offset values to one or more coefficients. The application of an offset value may be based on a determination as to whether the coefficient meets a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Per Wennersten, Jacob Ström, Jack Enhorn, Du Liu
  • Patent number: 11936919
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: when combine coding including (i) combining pieces of point cloud data to generate combined point cloud data and (ii) encoding the combined point cloud data is performed: setting first information to a first value, and generating a bitstream including the first information set, the first information indicating whether there is a possibility that each leaf node includes three-dimensional points, the first value indicating that there is the possibility that the leaf node includes the three-dimensional points; and when the combine coding is not performed: setting the first information to the first value or a second value, and generating a bitstream including the first information set, the second value indicating that there is no possibility that the leaf node includes the three-dimensional points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Sugio, Noritaka Iguchi
  • Patent number: 11928889
    Abstract: A photographing apparatus includes: an imaging unit which is arranged at a position opposed to a plurality of fingers to be presented, and is configured to image the plurality of fingers; and a plurality of light sources which are arranged in plurality in an array direction of the plurality of fingers, and are configured to irradiate the plurality of fingers with light from an outside of an opposing region in which the imaging unit is opposed to the plurality of fingers toward an inside of the opposing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Matsuda, Naoto Miura, Akio Nagasaka, Yo Nonomura, Keiichiro Nakazaki
  • Patent number: 11924400
    Abstract: A three-dimensional display device includes a display panel, an optical element, an acquisition unit, and a controller. The display panel includes an active area. The optical element defines a light beam direction of image light emitted from the active area. The acquisition unit acquires a position of a first eye of a user and a position of a second eye of the user. The controller drives the active area to display the image mixture. The active area includes a plurality of subpixels. The controller determines a first visible region. The controller determines a second visible region. The controller determines a first subpixel based on the first visible region. The controller determines a second subpixel based on the second visible region. The controller drives a third subpixel which is the first subpixel and also is the second subpixel, to display a third image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Kaoru Kusafuka
  • Patent number: 11914178
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lighting device for automatically switching between a visible light source and an infrared light source. The lighting device may include a light source, an infrared filter, and a driving module for driving the infrared filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG DAHUA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liyun Zheng, Hui Zhan, Yanhui Liu, Yubing Zhao
  • Patent number: 11917166
    Abstract: A method of decoding JVET video that includes receiving a bitstream indicating how a coding tree unit was partitioned into coding units, and parsing said bitstream to generate at least one predictor based on an intra prediction mode signaled in the bitstream, the intra prediction mode selected from a plurality of intra prediction modes for calculating a prediction pixel P[x,y] at coordinate x,y for the coding unit. A number of intra prediction modes available for coding the coding unit are reduced by replacing two or more non-weighted intra prediction modes by a weighted intra prediction mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Yue Yu, Limin Wang, Krit Panusopone
  • Patent number: 11910125
    Abstract: A camera device is provided. The camera device includes a light emitting portion configured to change a light path of light according to a first control signal and output the light along a first light path or a second light path, a light receiving portion configured to receive the light reflected by an object and generate an electrical signal, and a control portion configured to generate the first control signal which controls the light path of the light to be changed to the first light path or the second light path. Here, the light emitting portion outputs the light with a first pattern along the first light path or outputs the light with a second pattern along the second light path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Hyun Joo, Chul Kim, Ju Un Park, Seong Ha Jang
  • Patent number: 11902492
    Abstract: An image processing method includes: calculating a rotation matrix to eliminate vertical parallax by converting stereo image captured by stereo camera as if it is image captured by camera rotated about an origin of camera coordinate system, wherein the stereo image includes left image obtained by left camera and right image obtained by right camera; calculating a rotation matrix to adjust the horizontal parallax of the left image and a rotation matrix to adjust the horizontal parallax of the right image; calculating a geometric transformation matrix for the stereo image based on each camera characteristic matrix representing lens characteristics, the rotation matrix for eliminating vertical parallax, and the rotation matrices for adjusting horizontal parallax; and generating new stereo image in which vertical parallax is eliminated and horizontal parallax is adjusted by performing image warping for the stereo image captured by the stereo camera based on the calculated geometric transformation matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Seung-Ho Jung, Hocheol Shin, Chang-Hoi Kim, You-Rak Choi, Dongseok Ryu, Jonghui Han
  • Patent number: 11902563
    Abstract: The application relates to an encoding and decoding method and apparatus, an encoding-side device, and a decoding-side device. The method includes: if characteristic information of a current block meets a specific condition, determining a first reference block corresponding to the current block according to a first original motion vector of the current block, and determining a second reference block corresponding to the current block according to a second original motion vector of the current block; adjusting the first and second original motion vectors according to a first pixel value of the first reference block and a second pixel value of the second reference block to obtain a first target motion vector corresponding to the first original motion vector and a second target motion vector corresponding to the second original motion vector; encoding or decoding the current block according to the first and second target motion vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: HANGZHOU HIKVISION DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fangdong Chen
  • Patent number: 11856210
    Abstract: A set of reconstruction elements useable to reconstruct a representation of a signal at a relatively high level of quality using data based on a representation of the signal at a relatively low level of quality is obtained. The representation at the relatively high level of quality is arranged as an array comprising at least first and second rows of signal elements. A reconstruction element is associated with a respective signal element in the set. A set of data elements is derived based on the set of reconstruction elements. At least one of the data elements is derived from at least two reconstruction elements associated with signal elements from the first row and a different number of reconstruction elements associated with signal elements from the second row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventors: Ivan Damnjanovic, Gaurav Mittal
  • Patent number: 11854276
    Abstract: A vehicular driver monitoring system includes an interior camera viewing at least a head region of a driver of a vehicle. Driver information pertaining to the driver of the vehicle is provided to an electronic control unit (ECU). Based at least in part on (i) processing at the ECU of image data captured by the interior camera and/or (ii) the received driver information, the vehicular driver monitoring system estimates a distraction workload of the driver and a driving workload of the driver. At least in part responsive to processing at the ECU of the estimated distraction workload and the estimated driving workload, the vehicular driver monitoring system determines an amount of driver attention. The amount of driver attention is determined at least in part by weighting the driving workload and the distraction workload based at least in part on driving conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Sylvie Wacquant
  • Patent number: 11847801
    Abstract: In some examples, a method of decoding a point cloud includes decoding an initial QP value from an attribute parameter set. The method also includes determining a first QP value for a first component of an attribute of point cloud data from the initial QP value. The method further includes determining a QP offset value for a second component of the attribute of the point cloud data and determining a second QP value for the second component of the attribute from the first QP value and from the QP offset value. The method includes decoding the point cloud data based on the first QP value and further based on the second QP value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Adarsh Krishnan Ramasubramonian, Bappaditya Ray, Geert Van der Auwera, Louis Joseph Kerofsky, Marta Karczewicz
  • Patent number: 11849109
    Abstract: An image prediction method, apparatus, and system, a device, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: (401) obtaining a split mode of a current node, where the current node is an image block in a coding tree unit in a current image; (402) determining, based on the split mode of the current node and a size of the current node, whether the current node satisfies a first condition; and (403) when it is determined that the current node satisfies the first condition, performing intra prediction on all coding blocks belonging to the current node, to obtain predictors of all the coding blocks belonging to the current node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang, Jianle Chen, Lian Zhang