Patents Examined by Mohammad J Rahman
  • Patent number: 11785221
    Abstract: A method for predicting an image is provided. The method include (i) determining prediction parameters of a current block in a bitstream; (ii) determining a matrix-based intra prediction (MIP) input sample of the current block based on neighboring samples of the current block and the prediction parameters; (iii) setting a shifting number parameter (sW) as a first fixed value; (iv) setting a shifting offset parameter (fO) as a second fixed value; and (v) determining an MIP prediction sample of the current block based on an MIP weighting matrix, the MIP input sample, the shifting offset parameter (fO), and the shifting number parameter (sW).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Junyan Huo
  • Patent number: 11785212
    Abstract: A method of signaling an intra prediction mode used to encode a current block in an encoded video bitstream includes generating a first most probable mode (MPM) list corresponding to a zero reference line of the current block, wherein the first MPM list includes a first plurality of intra prediction modes; generating a second MPM list corresponding to one or more non-zero reference lines of the current block, wherein the second MPM list includes a second plurality of intra prediction modes, the second plurality of intra prediction modes including a subset of the first plurality of intra prediction modes; signaling a reference line index indicating a reference line used to encode the current block; and signaling an intra mode index indicating the intra prediction mode from among the first MPM list and the second MPM list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Liang Zhao, Xin Zhao, Xiang Li, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11778332
    Abstract: A method for decoding a 360-degree image includes: receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding a 360-degree image; generating a prediction image by making reference to syntax information obtained from the received bitstream; combining the generated prediction image with a residual image obtained by dequantizing and inverse-transforming the bitstream, so as to obtain a decoded image; and reconstructing the decoded image into a 360-degree image according to a projection format. Here, generating the prediction image includes: checking, from the syntax information, prediction mode accuracy for a current block to be decoded; determining whether the checked prediction mode accuracy corresponds to most probable mode (MPM) information obtained from the syntax information; and when the checked prediction mode accuracy does not correspond to the MPM information, reconfiguring the MPM information according to the prediction mode accuracy for the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Ki Baek Kim
  • Patent number: 11778227
    Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and memory connected to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry: derives an average value of motion vector values of two prediction candidates in a prediction candidate list for a merge mode, and registers the average value derived as new motion vector information of a new prediction candidate into the prediction candidate list; and derives new correction processing information regarding correction processing of a prediction image, and registers the new correction processing information derived into the prediction candidate list in association with the new motion vector information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Abe, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma
  • Patent number: 11778202
    Abstract: An information processing method and device, an apparatus, and a storage medium. The method includes: for inputted source video data, predicting a colour component of a coding block in the source video data according to a prediction mode to obtain a first prediction block, wherein the prediction mode is preset and is a Position-Dependent Prediction Combination (PDCP) mode; determining a difference between the colour component of the coding block and a prediction value of the first prediction block to obtain a residual block; and signalling the residual block and the prediction mode in a bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuai Wan, Junyan Huo, Yanzhuo Ma, Fuzheng Yang, Jinkun Guo
  • Patent number: 11778331
    Abstract: A method for decoding a 360-degree image includes: receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding a 360-degree image; generating a prediction image by making reference to syntax information obtained from the received bitstream; combining the generated prediction image with a residual image obtained by dequantizing and inverse-transforming the bitstream, so as to obtain a decoded image; and reconstructing the decoded image into a 360-degree image according to a projection format. Here, generating the prediction image includes: checking, from the syntax information, prediction mode accuracy for a current block to be decoded; determining whether the checked prediction mode accuracy corresponds to most probable mode (MPM) information obtained from the syntax information; and when the checked prediction mode accuracy does not correspond to the MPM information, reconfiguring the MPM information according to the prediction mode accuracy for the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Ki Baek Kim
  • Patent number: 11770552
    Abstract: An encoded representation of a picture of a video stream is decoded by retrieving buffer description from the encoded representation. The buffer description information is used to determine at least one picture identifier identifying a respective reference picture as decoding reference for the picture. A decoded picture buffer is updated based on the determined picture identifier. The encoded representation of the picture itself comprises the information needed by a decoder to identify the reference pictures required to decode the encoded representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Jonatan Samuelsson, Rickard Sjöberg
  • Patent number: 11770537
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method according to the present disclosure comprises determining whether to apply intra prediction to a current chroma block based on information on prediction of the current chroma block, deriving an intra prediction mode of the current chroma block based on an intra prediction mode of a corresponding luma block corresponding to the current chroma block and intra chroma prediction mode information of the current chroma block, when intra prediction applies to the current chroma block, and generating a prediction block of the current chroma block, by performing intra prediction based on the intra prediction mode of the current chroma block. When the intra prediction mode of the corresponding luma block is not present, the intra prediction mode of the current chroma block is derived based on a default intra prediction mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyeong Moon Jang, Jin Heo, Jung Hak Nam, Jangwon Choi
  • Patent number: 11767016
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining one or more images of a segment of a route from a camera while a vehicle is moving along the route. The segment of the route includes one or more guide lanes. The method also includes comparing, with one or more computer processors, the one or more images of the segment of the route with a benchmark visual profile of the route based at least in part on an overlay of the one or more images onto the benchmark visual profile or an overlay of the benchmark visual profile onto the one or more images. The one or more processors identify a misaligned segment of the route based on one or more differences between the one or more images and the benchmark visual profile and respond to the identification of the misaligned segment of the route by modifying an operating parameter of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Nidhi Naithani, Dattaraj Jagdish Rao, Anju Bind, Sreyashi Dey Chaki, James D. Brooks, Jeffrey Armstrong, Michael Scott Miner, Shannon Joseph Clouse, Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11763571
    Abstract: Detection of three dimensional obstacles using a system mountable in a host vehicle including a camera connectible to a processor. Multiple image frames are captured in the field of view of the camera. In the image frames, an imaged feature is detected of an object in the environment of the vehicle. The image frames are portioned locally around the imaged feature to produce imaged portions of the image frames including the imaged feature. The image frames are processed to compute a depth map locally around the detected imaged feature in the image portions. Responsive to the depth map, it is determined if the object is an obstacle to the motion of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: MOBILEYE VISION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Oded Berberian, Gideon Stein
  • Patent number: 11758123
    Abstract: A method of decoding a coded video bitstream is provided. The method includes obtaining a first reference picture list structure and a second reference picture list structure represented in the coded video bitstream; deriving, based on the first reference picture list structure and the second reference picture list structure, a first reference picture list of a current slice and a second reference picture list of the current slice, wherein the current slice comprises an intra (I) slice or a uni-predictive (P) slice; and obtaining at least one reconstructed block of the current slice following derivation of the first reference picture list and the second reference picture list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fnu Hendry, Ye-Kui Wang
  • Patent number: 11750845
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for video processing are described. The video processing may include video encoding, video decoding, or video transcoding. One example method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a video including one or more video regions and a bitstream of the video according to a format rule. The format rule specifies that a variable X indicates whether B slice is allowed or used in a video region. The format rule further specifies that the variable X is based on values of a reference picture list information present flag and/or a field indicating a number of entries in a reference picture list syntax structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Zhipin Deng, Li Zhang, Ye-Kui Wang, Kai Zhang, Jizheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11730226
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments illustrate methods and systems for training users in sports using mixed reality. The method includes retrieving data from athletes wearing helmets, wearable glasses, and/or motion-capture suits in real time. The helmets and the wearable glasses are integrated with mixed-reality technology. Further, physical performance data of the athletes is captured using a variety of time-synchronized measurement techniques. Thereafter, the athletes are trained using the captured data and audio, visual and haptic feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Robotarmy Corp.
    Inventors: Damien Phelan Stolarz, Alan Gary Brown
  • Patent number: 11736695
    Abstract: A method for deblocking a chroma block edge between a first chroma block of a first image block and a second chroma block of a second image block. The method includes a decision process which includes: determining a first chroma quantization parameter for the first chroma block based on a first luma quantization parameter of a first luma block of the first image block and a chroma QP mapping table for the first chroma block; determining a second chroma quantization parameter for the second chroma block based on a second luma quantization parameter of a second luma block of the second image block and a chroma QP mapping table for the second chroma block; determining an averaged and rounded chroma quantization parameter based on the first chroma quantization parameter and the second chroma quantization parameter; and determining a threshold parameter based on the averaged and rounded chroma quantization parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Anand Meher Kotra, Elena Alexandrovna Alshina, Semih Esenlik, Biao Wang, Han Gao, Roman Igorevich Chernyak
  • Patent number: 11726186
    Abstract: Sensors, including time-of-flight sensors, may be used to detect objects in an environment. In an example, a vehicle may include a time-of-flight sensor that images objects around the vehicle, e.g., so the vehicle can navigate relative to the objects. Sensor data generated by the time-of-flight sensor can return pixels subject to over-exposure or saturation, which may be from stray light. In some examples, multiple exposures captured at different exposure times can be used to determine a saturation value for sensor data. The saturation value may be used to determine a threshold intensity against which intensity values of a primary exposure are compared. A filtered data set can be obtained based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventors: Subasingha Shaminda Subasingha, Turhan Karadeniz, Denis Nikitin, Harrison Thomas Waschura
  • Patent number: 11729392
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a video encoding method, to a video decoding method, and to an apparatus using same. The video encoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: setting a tile and a slice for the inputted current picture; performing encoding based on the tile and the slice; and a step of transmitting the encoded video information. The current picture may include one or more tiles and one or more slices. The largest coding units (hereinafter, referred to as LCUs) in the slice may be arranged based on a tile scan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hendry Hendry, Jungsun Kim, Chulkeun Kim, Byeongmoon Jeon, Sangoh Jeong
  • Patent number: 11729406
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure are directed to methods and apparatus for compressing video content using deep generative models. One example method generally includes receiving video content for compression. The received video content is generally encoded into a latent code space through an encoder, which may be implemented by a first artificial neural network. A compressed version of the encoded video content is generally generated through a trained probabilistic model, which may be implemented by a second artificial neural network, and output for transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Amirhossein Habibian, Ties Jehan Van Rozendaal, Taco Sebastiaan Cohen
  • Patent number: 11718243
    Abstract: A vehicular camera system includes an attaching structure configured to attach at an in-cabin side of a vehicle windshield. A camera module accommodates a circuit board and an imager and the camera module includes a lens aligned with the imager. The attaching structure includes a camera module receiving portion having an opening at a lower portion of the camera module receiving portion. With the attaching structure attached at the in-cabin side of the vehicle windshield, the camera module is inserted upward through the opening and is at least partially received in the camera module receiving portion to attach the camera module at the camera module receiving portion. With the attaching structure attached at the in-cabin side of the vehicle windshield and with the camera module at least partially received in the camera module receiving portion, the imager views through the vehicle windshield and forward of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Brian J. Winden
  • Patent number: 11711547
    Abstract: An example method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a video picture of a video and a bitstream representation of the video. The bitstream representation conforms to a format rule. The format rule specifies that applicability of a Decoder-side Motion Vector Refinement coding tool and a Bi-Directional Optical Flow coding tool for the video picture are indicated separately in the bitstream representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Zhipin Deng, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11706397
    Abstract: Provided is a 360-degree image data processing method performed by a 360-degree video reception apparatus. The method includes receiving 360-degree image data, obtaining information on an encoded picture and metadata from the 360-degree image data, decoding a picture based on the information on the encoded picture, rendering the decoded picture and an overlay based on the metadata, in which the metadata includes overlay related metadata, the overlay is rendered based on the overlay related metadata, the overlay related metadata includes information on an alpha plane of the overlay, and the information on the alpha plane of the overlay is included in a image item or a video track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyejung Hur, Sejin Oh, Jangwon Lee