Patents Examined by Luis Perez Fuentes
  • Patent number: 11652998
    Abstract: An example method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, that one or more samples of the video outside the current block are unavailable for a coding process of the conversion. The coding process comprises an adaptive loop filter (ALF) coding process. The method also includes performing, based on the determining, the conversion by using padded samples for the one or more samples of the video. The padded samples are generated by checking for availability of samples in an order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Hongbin Liu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11653002
    Abstract: A method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, an operation associated with a list of motion candidates based on a condition related to a characteristic of the current block. The list of motion candidates is constructed for a coding technique or based on information from previously processed blocks of the video. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yang Wang, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11647180
    Abstract: An example method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a current picture of a video and a bitstream of the video, whether to disable a coding tool for the current block; and performing the conversion based on the determining, wherein the coding tool is disabled when a dimension of a reference picture of one or more reference pictures of the current block is different from a dimension of the current picture, or a dimension of a scaling window in a reference picture of one or more reference pictures of the current block is different from a dimension of a scaling window in the current picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu
  • Patent number: 11647209
    Abstract: A signaling of at least one characteristic for layers of a multi-layered video signal such as, for example, for each layer the indication of dependent layers to which the respective layer directly relates via inter-layer prediction, or the signaling of the afore-mentioned second inter-dependency syntax structure, is described. A maximum syntax element is signaled within the multi-layered video signal to indicate a maximally used value of an extension layer-ID field of the packets of the multi-layered video signal, the scope of the maximum syntax element being, for example, a predetermined portion of the multi-layered video signal extending, for example, across several portions of the multi-layered video signal. Accordingly, it is feasible for devices such as decoders or network elements receiving the multi-layered video signal to gain, for a relatively large predetermined portion of the multi-layered video signal, knowledge about the actually consumed portion of the possible domain of possible values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: GE Video Compression, LLC
    Inventors: Karsten Suehring, Thomas Schierl, Detlev Marpe, Robert Skupin, Yago Sanchez de la Fuente, Gerhard Tech
  • Patent number: 11638004
    Abstract: A method of video processing is described. The method includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video picture of a video and a coded representation of the video, whether or how to reset reference sample values of a reference region of the video picture used for predicting the current video block according to a rule; and performing the conversion based on the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Jizheng Xu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu
  • Patent number: 11632564
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present disclosure includes deriving a history-based motion vector prediction (HMVP) buffer for a current block, deriving motion information of the current block based on an HMVP candidate included in the HMVP buffer, generating prediction samples for the current block based on the motion information, and generating reconstructed samples based on the prediction samples, and the HMVP buffer is initialized when processing a first-ordered CTU in a CTU row in which a current CTU is located, and the current block is included in the current CTU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Naeri Park, Junghak Nam, Hyeongmoon Jang
  • Patent number: 11632563
    Abstract: Techniques related to derivation of motion vectors of a first color component (e.g., chroma component) from motion vectors of a second color component (e.g., luma component) are described. A video coder (e.g., video encoder or video decoder), for a CU coded in affine mode with 4:4:4 color format, may determine a motion vector for each sub-block of the luma block, and determine a motion vector for each sub-block of the chroma block based only on the motion vector for each co-located (also called collocated) sub-block of the luma block. However, for another CU coded in affine mode but with a color format other than 4:4:4 (e.g., 4:2:2 or 4:2:0), the video coder may determine a motion vector for each sub-block of the chroma block based on an average of two or more motion vectors of sub-blocks of the luma block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Hongtao Wang, Wei-Jung Chien, Vadim Seregin, Yu Han, Marta Karczewicz
  • Patent number: 11630210
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for creating an occupancy grid map, as well as a processing apparatus. The method includes: creating a current occupancy grid map based on a location of the vehicle and a previous occupancy grid map; and determining a current probability that each grid in the current occupancy grid map belongs to each of occupancy categories based on last environment perception information received from the sensors and updating an occupancy category to which each grid in the current occupancy grid map belongs based on the current probability that the grid belongs to each of the occupancy categories, in accordance with an asynchronous updating policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING TUSEN ZHITU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuan Lin, Naiyan Wang
  • Patent number: 11627311
    Abstract: An image decoding device includes: a motion vector decoding unit that decodes a motion vector from encoded data; a refinement unit that performs refinement processing to correct the decoded motion vector; and a predictive signal generation unit that generates a predictive signal on the basis of the corrected motion vector outputted from the refinement unit. The predictive signal generation unit determines whether or not to apply BDOF processing for each block, on the basis of information calculated in the course of the refinement processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyohei Unno, Kei Kawamura, Sei Naito
  • Patent number: 11611769
    Abstract: A method of constructing a uni-directional motion vector merge list for triangular shape processing units (PUs) in the triangle prediction mode of video coding standards, such as the current Versatile Video Coding (VVC), is performed at a computing device. The computing device constructs the motion vector merge list for the coding unit (CU) containing the triangular shape PUs, and then constructs the uni-directional motion vector merge list for the triangular shape PUs based on the motion vector merge list for the CU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Dajia Internet Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xianglin Wang, Yi-Wen Chen
  • Patent number: 11611768
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a bit stream; determining, using the bit stream and for a current frame, whether the current frame is available to be used as a reference frame; setting, in response to determining that the current frame is available to be used as a reference frame, a variable characterizing that an adaptive resolution management mode is disallowed; and reconstructing pixel data of the current frame, wherein the adaptive resolution management mode is disallowed. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: OP Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Borivoje Furht, Hari Kalva, Velibor Adzic
  • Patent number: 11598717
    Abstract: Systems for and methods for detecting samples and other compounds of interest are disclosed herein. The system can include an illumination source that is configured to emit light in a variety of different wavelength bands, an optical filter, a camera chip, and an optical path configured to direct the light emitted by the first illumination source at a target and direct the light reflected from the target to the at least one camera chip. The illumination source and the optical filter are transitionable between a first tuning state corresponding to a target tissue and a second tuning state corresponding to a background tissue. The system can be configured to record images at the different tuning states and generate a score image corresponding to the target tissue based on the recorded images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: CHEMIMAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alyssa Zrimsek, Matthew Nelson, Lei Shi, Heather Gomer, Shawna Tazik
  • Patent number: 11595653
    Abstract: Computer processor hardware receives zone information specifying multiple elements of a rendition of a signal belonging to a zone. The computer processor hardware also receives motion information associated with the zone. The motion information can be encoded to indicate to which corresponding element in a reference signal each of the multiple elements in the zone pertains. For each respective element in the zone as specified by the zone information, the computer processor hardware utilizes the motion information to derive a corresponding location value in the reference signal; the corresponding location value indicates a location in the reference signal to which the respective element pertains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventors: Luca Rossato, Guido Meardi
  • Patent number: 11574480
    Abstract: A computerized device for driving assistance comprises a memory (4) designed to receive data point cloud data (8) in which a point cloud associates, for a given instant, points each having coordinates in a plane associated with the point cloud and a value denoting a height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventors: Amaury Negre, Christian Laugier, Lukas Rummelhard
  • Patent number: 11575928
    Abstract: A video encoder, a video decoder, and a corresponding method are provided. The method includes: parsing a bitstream to obtain an index, where the index indicates a target candidate motion vector group of a current coding block; determining the target candidate motion vector group in an affine candidate motion vector list based on the index, where the affine candidate motion vector list includes at least a first candidate motion vector group, the first candidate motion vector group is obtained based on a first group of control points of a first neighboring affine coding block, and the first group of control points is determined based on a CTU located relative to the current coding block, wherein the first neighboring affine coding block is located in the CTU; and predicting a predicted sample value of the current coding block based on the target candidate motion vector group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huanbang Chen, Haitao Yang, Jianle Chen
  • Patent number: 11575891
    Abstract: A method by which a decoding device decodes an image, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: receiving prediction mode information about a current block; receiving intra sub-partitions (ISP)-related information about the current block on the basis of the size and the maximum conversion block size of the current block; deriving an intra prediction mode of the current block on the basis of the prediction mode information; and generating a prediction sample of the current block on the basis of the intra prediction mode and the ISP-related information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Hyeongmoon Jang
  • Patent number: 11570482
    Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for using flexible and efficient partitioning techniques and in particular, restricting extended quadtree (EQT) partitioning, are described. An exemplary method for visual media decoding includes making a decision, based on one or more conditions, regarding a selective inclusion of one or more signaling bits for a partitioning process in a bitstream representation of a current visual media block of a plurality of visual media blocks, where the partitioning process splits the current visual media block into exactly four sub-blocks including at least one sub-block that has a size different from half of a width of the current visual media block times half of a height of the current visual media block; decoding, based on the bitstream representation, the four sub-blocks; and decoding, based on the four sub-blocks and the partitioning process, the current visual media block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Hsiao Chiang Chuang, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11563954
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a video encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The video decoding method according to the present invention may comprise dividing a coding unit into a plurality of sub-units according to a block division structure and performing decoding based on the sub-unit, wherein the block division structure is a block division structure in which division is performed so as to include at least one sub-unit having a predetermined block form other than square and rectangle forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Dong San Jun, Ha Hyun Lee, Jung Won Kang, Hyun Suk Ko, Sung Chang Lim, Jin Ho Lee, Hui Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 11546591
    Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and memory. The circuitry, in operation, generates a first coefficient value by applying a CCALF (cross component adaptive loop filtering) process to a first reconstructed image sample of a luma component. The circuitry generates a second coefficient value by applying an ALF (adaptive loop filtering) process to a second reconstructed image sample of a chroma component. The circuitry generates a third coefficient value by adding the first coefficient value to the second coefficient value, and encodes a third reconstructed image sample of the chroma component using the third coefficient value. In the CCALF process, in response to a coordinate of the second reconstructed image sample being (x, y), coordinates of the first reconstructed image samples are (2x, 2y?1), (2x?1, 2y), (2x, 2y), (2x+1, 2y), (2x?1, 2y+1), (2x, 2y+1), (2x+1, 2y+1), and (2x, 2y+2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Jing Ya Li, Chong Soon Lim, Hai Wei Sun, Han Boon Teo, Che Wei Kuo, Chu Tong Wang, Kiyofumi Abe, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Yusuke Kato
  • Patent number: 11546589
    Abstract: A filtering method comprises: determining at least one block boundary to which filtering is to be applied in a reconstructed image; setting a boundary strength of the block boundary based on prediction modes of two target luma blocks forming the block boundary among a plurality of prediction modes, a type of the block boundary and preset conditions; calculating an average value of quantization parameters which are respectively applied to the target luma blocks, and deriving a variable by adding the average value to an offset value derived based on offset information to be encoded at a level of a sequence parameter set that is a header which is referenced in common by the pictures belonging to the sequence; and determining whether to perform the filtering on the block boundary and performing the filtering based on the set boundary strength and the variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Young Na, Sun Young Lee, Jae Il Kim