Patents Examined by Mainul Hasan
  • Patent number: 11652999
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. The image decoding method performed by the image decoding apparatus, according to the present disclosure, comprises the steps of: determining a current block by splitting an image on the basis of split information acquired from a bitstream; determining a quantization parameter of the current block; and determining a transform coefficient of the current block on the basis of the quantization parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jie Zhao, Seung Hwan Kim, Hendry Hendry, Seethal Paluri
  • Patent number: 11647152
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus obtains a first image of an object based on image capturing by an image capturing apparatus, obtains a parameter concerning a resolution of the first image, and generates a second image of the object having a resolution higher than the resolution of the first image in response to input of input data including the obtained first image and the obtained parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toru Kokura
  • Patent number: 11647199
    Abstract: A method for decoding an image by a decoding device according to the present invention comprises the steps of: deriving, from a bit stream, transform coefficients of a block to be decoded; deriving residual samples of the block to be decoded, on the basis of a selective transform of the transform coefficients; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual samples of the block to be decoded and prediction samples of the block to be decoded, wherein the selective transform is performed on the basis of a modified transform matrix, the modified transform matrix comprises a matrix including a modified basis vector, and the modified basis vector contains a certain number of elements selected from N elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Mehdi Salehifar, Seunghwan Kim, Moonmo Koo, Jaehyun Lim, Seethal Paluri
  • Patent number: 11641474
    Abstract: A method for video processing is provided. The method includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video that is a chroma block and a coded representation of the video, multiple sets of parameters, wherein each set of parameters defines a cross-component linear model (CCLM) and is derived from a corresponding group of chroma samples at corresponding chroma sample positions; determining, based on the multiple sets of parameters, parameters for a final CCLM; and performing the conversion based on the final CCLM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11638023
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding device, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: deriving a chroma quantization parameter table on the basis of quantization parameter data; deriving a quantization parameter for combined chroma coding on the basis of the chroma quantization parameter table; deriving prediction samples of a current chroma block on the basis of prediction information; deriving transform coefficients of the current chroma block on the basis of residual information; deriving residual samples by dequantizing the transform coefficients on the basis of the quantization parameter; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the prediction samples and the residual samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seethal Paluri, Seunghwan Kim, Jie Zhao
  • Patent number: 11632559
    Abstract: A computing device performs a method of decoding video data by reconstructing a luma block corresponding to a chroma block; searching a sub-group of a plurality of reconstructed neighboring luma samples in a predefined order to identify a maximum luma sample and a minimum luma sample; computing a down-sampled maximum luma sample corresponding to the maximum luma sample; computing a down-sampled minimum luma sample corresponding to the minimum luma sample; generating a linear model using the down-sampled maximum luma sample, the down-sampled minimum luma sample, the first reconstructed chroma sample, and the second reconstructed chroma sample; computing down-sampled luma samples from luma samples of the reconstructed luma block, wherein each down-sampled luma sample corresponds to a chroma sample of the chroma block; and predicting chroma samples of the chroma block by applying the liner model to the corresponding down-sampled luma samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Wen Chen, Xianglin Wang
  • Patent number: 11632540
    Abstract: A video encoder and video decoder may be configured to disable subpicture processing in situations where reference picture scaling is enabled. In another example, when reference picture scaling is enabled, a video encoder may determine a reference picture scaling ratio for the reference picture resampling process based on a width of a scaling window (PicOutputWidthL) of the current picture and a height of the scaling window (PicOutputHeightL) of the current picture. The values of PicOutputWidthL and PicOutputHeightL are constrained, respectively, relative to a width of a scaling window (refPicOutputWidthL) of the reference picture and a height of the scaling window (refPicOutputHeightL) of the reference picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yao-Jen Chang, Vadim Seregin, Muhammed Zeyd Coban
  • Patent number: 11627327
    Abstract: An example device for decoding video data includes a memory for storing the video data and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and communicatively coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to determine whether a first coding unit (CU) is a skip mode CU, and based on the first CU not being a skip mode CU, determine whether the first CU is encoded using one of an intra mode or a palette mode. The one or more processors are also configured to determine whether the first CU is encoded using the palette mode based on the first CU being encoded using one of the intra mode or the palette mode. The one or more processors are also configured to decode the first CU based on the determination of whether the first CU is encoded using the palette mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yung-Hsuan Chao, Chao-Hsiung Hung, Wei-Jung Chien, Marta Karczewicz
  • Patent number: 11622115
    Abstract: A method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a portion of a chroma component of a video and a bitstream representation of the video according to a rule, wherein the rule specifies that whether a cross-component adaptive loop filtering (CC-ALF) tool is available for the conversion of the portion of the video is dependent on whether an availability or a use of an adaptive loop filtering (ALF) tool is indicated for a corresponding portion of a luma component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Weijia Zhu, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu
  • Patent number: 11607287
    Abstract: A method of operating a surgical microscope includes detecting a position of a user, and setting a rotation angle of a camera about its main axis such that it is between a first angle and a second angle. The first angle is the rotation angle required to display a first straight object as a vertical line, and the second angle is the rotation angle required to display a second straight object as a horizontal line. The first object extends along a first line arranged in a vertical plane containing a line connecting the position of the user with the field of view. The first line is horizontal and traverses the field of view. The second object extends along a second line traversing the field of view. The second line is horizontal and perpendicular to the first line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Fang You, David Dobbelstein, Stefan Saur
  • Patent number: 11599997
    Abstract: A method to acquire dental images of a patient with a support defining a chamber that is in communication with an outside of said chamber via a first opening and via a second opening. The method includes the following steps: fixing a mobile phone in front of the second opening; positioning the first opening in front of a mouth of the patient; and acquiring at least one dental image by means of the mobile phone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: DENTAL MONITORING
    Inventors: Philippe Salah, Laurent Debraux, Thomas Pellissard, Guillaume Ghyselinck
  • Patent number: 11595668
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present document comprises the steps of: deriving prediction samples for a first sample and a second sample of the current block on the basis of BDPCM-related information about the current block and neighboring samples of the current block; deriving residual samples for the first sample and the second sample on the basis of a residual coefficient of the first sample and a modified residual coefficient of the second sample; and storing, as the intra prediction mode of the current block, the intra prediction mode in the prediction direction of the current block, which is derived on the basis of a BDPCM direction flag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sunmi Yoo, Junghak Nam, Jungah Choi
  • Patent number: 11589050
    Abstract: Video processing methods comprise receiving input data of a current block, checking whether the current block is a root block by considering one or more predefined criteria, applying a mode constraint, a chroma split constraint, or both the mode and chroma split constraints to the current block if the current block is set to be a root block, and encoding or decoding the current block. The mode constraint restricts all blocks split from the current block to be processed by a same prediction mode and the chroma split constraints prohibits chroma components of the current block to be further partitioned while allowing a luma component of the current block to be partitioned into smaller blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HFI INNOVATION INC.
    Inventors: Zhi-Yi Lin, Tzu-Der Chuang, Ching-Yeh Chen, Chia-Ming Tsai
  • Patent number: 11589065
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for intra-prediction coding of video data are provided. The apparatus includes a decoder that is configured to decode, from a bitstream, a syntax element indicating an intra-prediction type of a current block of the video data, and an intra-predictor that is configured to generate a prediction block for the current block by selectively performing matrix based intra-prediction or regular intra-prediction based on the intra-prediction type of the current block indicated by the syntax element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Ewha University-Industry Collaboration Foundation
    Inventors: Je Won Kang, Sang Hyo Park, Seung Wook Park, Wha Pyeong Lim
  • Patent number: 11589057
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document can comprise the steps of: on the basis of first flag information indicating whether or not matrix-based intra prediction (MIP) can be applied to a current block, receiving second flag information indicating whether or not the MIP is used for the current block; receiving matrix-based intra prediction (MIP) mode information on the basis of the second flag information; generating intra prediction samples for the current block on the basis of the MIP mode information; and generating reconstructed samples for the current block on the basis of the intra prediction samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Mehdi Salehifar, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11563942
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus may include obtaining a current block by splitting an image, determining a prediction mode of the current block, generating an intra prediction block of the current block, based on the prediction mode of the current block being an intra prediction mode, generating a residual block of the current block, and reconstructing the current block based on the prediction block and the residual block of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ling Li, Jung Hak Nam
  • Patent number: 11553186
    Abstract: The in-loop filtering method performed by a video decoding apparatus includes: classifying reconstructed samples according to an absolute classification standard or relative classification standard; acquiring offset data on the basis of results of classifying the reconstructed samples; adding an offset value to the reconstructed samples by referencing the acquired offset data; and outputting the offset value-added reconstructed samples. Accordingly, errors in the reconstructed image can be corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University
    Inventors: Ki Baek Kim, Je Chang Jeong
  • Patent number: 11553177
    Abstract: A method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a video comprising a picture that includes multiple sub-pictures and a coded representation of the video using a coding mode according to a rule. The rule specifies that certain stored information about a previous sub-picture is reset prior to processing each next sub-picture of the multiple sub-pictures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Zhipin Deng, Hongbin Liu, Li Zhang, Jizheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11546594
    Abstract: A decoding device includes circuitry configured to decode a bit stream and generate a quantized value and inversely quantize the generated quantized value by using a flat scaling list, in a case where a block size of a transform block to which a transform skip is applied is larger than a 4 by 4 block size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazushi Sato
  • Patent number: 11539981
    Abstract: A method of video processing is provided. The method includes determining, due to a dual tree partitioning structure being used for a conversion between a video unit and a coded representation of the video unit, that use of an adaptive color space transformation (ACT) tool is disabled for the video unit; and performing, based on the determining, the conversion by disabling the ACT tool for the video unit, wherein the use of the ACT tool comprises: converting, during encoding a representation of a visual signal from a first color domain to a second color domain, or converting during decoding, a representation of a visual signal from the second color domain to the first color domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Jizheng Xu, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Weijia Zhu, Yue Wang