Patents Examined by Maryam A Nasri
  • Patent number: 11895334
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by means of a decoding device according to the present invention comprises the steps of: deriving quantized transform coefficients with respect to a target block from a bitstream; performing inverse quantization with respect to the quantized transform coefficients with respect to the target block and deriving transform coefficients; deriving residual samples with respect to the target block on the basis of reduced inverse transform with respect to the transform coefficients; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual samples with respect to the target block and prediction samples with respect to the target block. The reduced inverse transform is performed on the basis of a reduced inverse transform matrix. The reduced inverse transform matrix is a non-square matrix of which the number of columns is smaller than the number of rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Mehdi Salehifar, Seunghwan Kim, Moonmo Koo, Jaehyun Lim
  • Patent number: 11889061
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a method for obtaining a candidate motion vector list, an apparatus, an encoder, and a decoder. The method for obtaining a candidate motion vector list comprises: when a first candidate picture block is encoded/decoded and an inter prediction mode is used, determining whether a reference picture of the first candidate picture block is the same as a reference picture of a current block; and constructing a candidate motion vector list of the current block based on a determining result; when the reference picture of the first candidate picture block is different from the reference picture of the current block, the MV of the first candidate picture block is not used to construct the list. Implementing this disclosure can reduce complexity of a motion information derivation process, and improve coding efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huanbang Chen, Haitao Yang, Lian Zhang
  • Patent number: 11882286
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for encoding/decoding a video signal and an apparatus for the method. More specifically, a method for decoding a video signal comprises generating a residual block of a current block by performing entropy decoding on the video signal; if size of the current block is smaller than a predetermined first size, parsing a transform skip flag which indicates whether a transform skip is applied to the current block; determining whether to parse a primary transform flag which indicates whether a primary transform is applied to the current block; if it is determined to parse the primary transform flag, parsing the primary transform flag; and if the primary transform flag indicates that a primary transform is applied to the current block, generating a primary inverse transformed transform block of the current block by performing a primary inverse transform to the residual block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyeongmoon Jang, Junghak Nam, Seunghwan Kim, Jaehyun Lim
  • Patent number: 11882364
    Abstract: A focusing method of a camera for obtaining an image of a surveillance area by performing a pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) operation is included. The focusing method includes: determining whether a region of interest set in the surveillance area is included in a first image obtained by the camera; converting a mode according to a result of the determination by selecting a first mode in which focusing is performed using a first focusing algorithm or a second mode in which focusing is performed using a second focusing algorithm that is different from the first focusing algorithm; and focusing the camera with respect to the first image according to the first mode or the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Hanwha Vision Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Wook Choi, Won Mo Koo, Jung Won Pac, Joo Hye Noh, Joo Hyun Yoon
  • Patent number: 11876974
    Abstract: Motion prediction using optical flow is determined to be available for a current frame in response to determining that a reference frame buffer includes, with respect to the current frame, a forward reference frame and a backward reference frame. A flag indicating whether a current block is encoded using optical flow is decoded. Responsive to determining that the flag indicates that the current block is encoded using optical flow, a motion vector is decoded for the current block; a location of an optical flow reference block is identified within an optical flow reference frame based on the motion vector; subsequent to identifying the location of the optical flow reference block, the optical flow reference block is generated using the forward reference frame and the backward reference frame without generating the optical flow reference frame; and the current block is decoded based on the optical flow reference block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Yaowu Xu, Bohan Li, Jingning Han
  • Patent number: 11870974
    Abstract: A method, a video processing apparatus and computer-readable program medium for video process is disclosed. The method of video processing includes deriving, during a conversion between a current block of video and a bitstream representation of the current block, a new affine model using multiple original affine models with control point motion vectors; and performing the conversion by using the new affine model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11863771
    Abstract: A method for processing a video includes maintaining one or more tables, wherein each table includes motion candidates derived from previously processed video blocks that are processed prior to a first video block of a video; deriving motion information for the first video block; applying refinement to the motion information when at least one decoder side motion vector derivation (DMVD) technologies is enabled; performing a conversion between a bitstream representation of the first video block and the first video block using the refined motion information; and determining, whether to use the refined motion information or un-refined motion information for updating one or more tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11863785
    Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and memory connected to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry: corrects a base motion vector using a correction value for correcting the base motion vector in a predetermined direction; and encodes a current partition to be encoded in an image of a video, using the base motion vector corrected. The correction value is specified by a first parameter and a second parameter, the first parameter indicating a table to be selected from among a plurality of tables each including values, the second parameter indicating one of the values included in the table to be selected indicated by the first parameter. In each of the plurality of tables, a smaller value among the values is assigned a smaller index. Each of the plurality of tables includes a different minimum value among the values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Jing Ya Li, Chong Soon Lim, Ru Ling Liao, Hai Wei Sun, Han Boon Teo, Kiyofumi Abe, Tadamasa Toma, Takahiro Nishi
  • Patent number: 11856185
    Abstract: Techniques for video encoding and decoding are described. A method of video processing is disclosed. The method includes, determining, based on a video characteristic of a first video block, an enabling or disabling of a pruning process for a table updating process; updating one or multiple tables, based on the determination and motion information of the first video block, the one or multiple motion tables being History-based Motion Vector Prediction HMVP (HMVP) tables; and performing a conversion between a subsequent video block of the video and bitstream representation of the subsequent video block based on the updated tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11849120
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding device according to the present document comprises the steps of: deriving a context model for a sign flag of a current residual coefficient of a current block; and decoding the sign flag on the basis of the context model, wherein the context model for the sign flag is derived on the basis of a sign flag of a residual coefficient decoded before the current residual coefficient in the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sunmi Yoo, Jin Heo, Jungah Choi, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11831901
    Abstract: A method of video processing is provided. The method includes: determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the video, a mode of operation of a generalized bi-prediction (GBi) coding tool in which a prediction of the current video block uses a final predictor corresponding to a non-uniformly weighted sum of predictors from two reference lists; and performing the conversion based on the determining, wherein a field in the coded representation corresponds to the mode of operation and a value of the field indicates whether the GBI coding tool is enabled or disabled for the current video block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Hongbin Liu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11825074
    Abstract: Generation and usage of combined affine merge candidate are described. In a representative aspect, a method of video processing includes: generating, during a conversion between a current block of video and a bitstream of the video, an updated merge candidate list by adding at least one combined merge candidate to a first merge candidate list; and performing the conversion by using the updated merge candidate list, wherein the first merge candidate list includes one or more sub-block prediction based merge candidates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11818335
    Abstract: Techniques for video encoding and decoding are described. A method of video processing is disclosed. The method includes, determining, based on a video characteristic of a first video block, an enabling or disabling of a pruning process for a table updating process; updating one or multiple tables, based on the determination and motion information of the first video block, the one or multiple motion tables being History-based Motion Vector Prediction HMVP (HMVP) tables; and performing a conversion between a subsequent video block of the video and bitstream representation of the subsequent video block based on the updated tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11812029
    Abstract: Technology for improving coding efficiency by performing a block split suitable for picture coding and decoding is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1
    Inventors: Hiroya Nakamura, Toru Kumakura, Shigeru Fukushima, Hideki Takehara, Satoru Sakazume, Hiroyuki Kurashige
  • Patent number: 11812033
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image encoding method and an image decoding method. The image decoding method of the present invention may comprise: obtaining intra-frame prediction information of a current block from a bitstream; inducing an intra-frame prediction mode of the current block on the basis of the intra-frame prediction information; determining a reference region for intra-frame prediction of the current block; and performing intra-frame prediction of the current block on the basis of the intra-frame prediction mode and the reference region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Jo Ahn, Ho Chan Ryu
  • Patent number: 11805273
    Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and memory connected to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry corrects a base motion vector using a correction value in a fixed direction; and encodes a current partition by using the corrected base motion vector corrected. The correction value is specified by an index indicating one of correction values included in a table. The table is selected from among a plurality of tables, wherein the correction values in one of the plurality of tables have different increments from the correction values in another one of the plurality of tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Jing Ya Li, Chong Soon Lim, Sughosh Pavan Shashidhar, Ru Ling Liao, Hai Wei Sun, Han Boon Teo, Kiyofumi Abe, Tadamasa Toma, Takahiro Nishi
  • Patent number: 11800078
    Abstract: A system for generating three-dimensional (3D) images from captured images of a target when executing digital magnification. A controller executes a digital magnification on the first image of the target captured by the first image sensor and on the second image captured by the second image sensor of the target. The controller crops the first image and the second image to overlap a first portion of the target captured by the first image sensor with a second portion of the target captured by the second image sensor. The controller adjusts the cropping of the first image and the second image to provide binocular overlap of the first portion of the target with the second portion of target. The displayed cropped first image and the cropped second image display the 3D image at the digital magnification to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Unify Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Yang Liu, Maziyar Askari Karchegani
  • Patent number: 11800136
    Abstract: Decoding a current block of a current frame includes obtaining motion trajectories between the current frame and at least one previously coded frame by projecting motion vectors from the at least one previously coded frame onto the current frame. A motion field is obtained between the current frame and a reference frame used for coding the current frame. The motion field is obtained by extending the motion trajectories from the current frame towards the reference frame. A motion vector for the current block is identified based on the motion field. A prediction block is obtained for the current block using a reference block of the reference frame identified using the motion vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Jingning Han, Yaowu Xu, James Bankoski, Jia Feng
  • Patent number: 11785253
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to overlapped block motion compensation with derived motion from neighbors. A method for video processing, comprising: determining, during a conversion between a current block of visual media data and a corresponding coded representation of the visual media data, at least one neighboring block for the current block; determining motion information of the at least one neighboring block; and performing Overlapped Block Motion Compensation (OBMC) for the current block based on the motion information of the at least one neighboring block, wherein the OBMC includes using an intermediate prediction values of one sub-block of the current block and a prediction values of at least one neighboring sub-block to generating a final prediction values of the sub-block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Hongbin Liu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11772556
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes work equipment having a work tool and a support member supporting the work tool. A display control system controls a display device provided outside the work vehicle. The display control system includes a captured image acquisition unit, a supplementary image acquisition unit, a display image generation unit, and a display control unit. The captured image acquisition unit acquires a captured image captured by an imaging device mounted on the work vehicle. The supplementary image acquisition unit acquires a supplementary image representing information related to the work vehicle. The display image generation unit generates a display image in which the supplementary image is disposed in an area where a side surface of the support member can be shown in the captured image. The display control unit outputs a display signal in order to display the display image on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Qi Ding, Yasuhiro Ibusuki, Jun Morinaga, Masanori Minagawa