Patents by Inventor Alexander Alshin

Alexander Alshin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210281831
    Abstract: Provided is a video decoding method including: obtaining correlation information of a luma value and a chroma value from a most probable chroma (MPC) mode reference region of a current chroma block; determining a prediction value of a chroma sample of the current chroma block from luma samples of a current luma block corresponding to the current chroma block, according to the correlation information; and decoding the current chroma block based on the prediction value of the chroma sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Alexander ALSHIN, Elena ALSHINA
  • Publication number: 20210281872
    Abstract: Provided is a video decoding method including determining a displacement vector per unit time of pixels of a current block in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction, the pixels including a pixel adjacent to an inside of a boundary of the current block, by using values about reference pixels included in a first reference block and a second reference block, without using a stored value about a pixel located outside boundaries of the first reference block and the second reference block; and obtaining a prediction block of the current block by performing block-unit motion compensation and pixel group unit motion compensation on the current block by using a gradient value in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction of a first corresponding reference pixel in the first reference block which corresponds to a current pixel included in a current pixel group in the current block, a gradient value in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction of a second corresponding reference pixel in the sec
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Alexander ALSHIN, Elena Alshina
  • Publication number: 20210258578
    Abstract: An image decoding method and apparatus according to an embodiment may extract, from a bitstream, a quantization coefficient generated through core transformation, secondary transformation, and quantization; generate an inverse-quantization coefficient by performing inverse quantization on the quantization coefficient; generate a secondary inverse-transformation coefficient by performing secondary inverse-transformation on a low frequency component of the inverse-quantization coefficient, the secondary inverse-transformation corresponding to the secondary transformation; and perform core inverse-transformation on the secondary inverse-transformation coefficient, the core inverse-transformation corresponding to the core transformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Elena ALSHINA, Mikhail Mishurovskiy, Alexander Alshin
  • Publication number: 20210258579
    Abstract: An image decoding method and apparatus according to an embodiment may extract, from a bitstream, a quantization coefficient generated through core transformation, secondary transformation, and quantization; generate an inverse-quantization coefficient by performing inverse quantization on the quantization coefficient; generate a secondary inverse-transformation coefficient by performing secondary inverse-transformation on a low frequency component of the inverse-quantization coefficient, the secondary inverse-transformation corresponding to the secondary transformation; and perform core inverse-transformation on the secondary inverse-transformation coefficient, the core inverse-transformation corresponding to the core transformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Elena ALSHINA, Mikhail MISHUROVSKIY, Alexander ALSHIN
  • Publication number: 20210203990
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for performing transformation and inverse transformation on a chroma block by using a variable transform kernel, during video encoding and decoding processes. A video decoding method includes: obtaining, from a bitstream, chroma multi-transform kernel information indicating whether a chroma transform kernel for inverse transformation of a chroma block is determined to be among a plurality of chroma transform kernels; while determining whether the chroma transform kernel is determined to be among the plurality of chroma transform kernels according to the chroma multi-transform kernel information, determining whether to determine the chroma transform kernel by using a luma transform kernel; and performing inverse transformation on the chroma block by using the chroma transform kernel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-ho CHOI, Min-soo PARK, Alexander ALSHIN, Elena ALSHINA
  • Patent number: 11051033
    Abstract: Provided is a video decoding method including determining a displacement vector per unit time of pixels of a current block in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction, the pixels including a pixel adjacent to an inside of a boundary of the current block, by using values about reference pixels included in a first reference block and a second reference block, without using a stored value about a pixel located outside boundaries of the first reference block and the second reference block; and obtaining a prediction block of the current block by performing block-unit motion compensation and pixel group unit motion compensation on the current block by using a gradient value in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction of a first corresponding reference pixel in the first reference block which corresponds to a current pixel included in a current pixel group in the current block, a gradient value in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction of a second corresponding reference pixel in the sec
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Alexander Alshin, Elena Alshina
  • Patent number: 10939104
    Abstract: An image decoding method and apparatus according to an embodiment may extract, from a bitstream, a quantization coefficient generated through core transformation, secondary transformation, and quantization; generate an inverse-quantization coefficient by performing inverse quantization on the quantization coefficient; generate a secondary inverse-transformation coefficient by performing secondary inverse-transformation on a low frequency component of the inverse-quantization coefficient, the secondary inverse-transformation corresponding to the secondary transformation; and perform core inverse-transformation on the secondary inverse-transformation coefficient, the core inverse-transformation corresponding to the core transformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Elena Alshina, Mikhail Mishurovskiy, Alexander Alshin
  • Patent number: 10931971
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding or decoding a 360-degree image. According to an image decoding method and apparatus according to an embodiment, an original 360-degree image is reconstructed by acquiring image data from a bitstream, decoding a projection image of a 360-degree image from the image data, converting the projection image into the 360-degree image, acquiring rotation information of the 360-degree image from the bitstream, and rotating the 360-degree image based on the rotation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Elena Alshina, Vladyslav Zakharchenko, Alexander Alshin, Kwang-pyo Choi
  • Publication number: 20200374562
    Abstract: Provided is a video decoding method including: determining an inter prediction mode of a current block when the current block is inter-predicted; determining at least one reference sample location to be referred to by the current block, based on the inter prediction mode of the current block; determining filter information to be applied to at least one reconstructed reference sample corresponding to the at least one reference sample location, based on the inter prediction mode of the current block; performing filtering on the at least one reconstructed reference sample, based on the filter information; and decoding the current block by using prediction samples generated via the filtering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yinji PIAO, Elena ALSHINA, Alexander ALSHIN, Anish TAMSE
  • Publication number: 20200296358
    Abstract: Provided is a method of decoding an image, the method including determining at least one reference region to be referenced by a target region in the image to which a low-quality coding mode is applied; extracting a certain type of information from the determined at least one reference region; and changing pixel values of the target region, based on the extracted type of information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-hye MIN, Alexander ALSHIN, Elena ALSHINA
  • Patent number: 10659806
    Abstract: Provided are a video encoding method and apparatus to which an interpolation filter is applied according to characteristics of an image for motion compensation, and a video decoding method and apparatus corresponding thereto. The video encoding method according to various embodiments includes determining a degree of change between neighboring samples of at least one integer pixel unit adjacent to a reference sample of an integer pixel unit of a current sample and the reference sample; determining an interpolation filter among interpolation filters having different frequency passbands and configured to produce reference samples of a sub-pixel unit to predict the current sample, based on the degree of change; determining a predicted sample value of the current sample by using a reference sample of a sub-pixel unit produced by applying the determined interpolation filter; and encoding a residual value between the predicted sample value and a sample value of the current sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Elena Alshina, Alexander Alshin
  • Patent number: 10645414
    Abstract: Provided is an image decoding method including: determining at least one prediction block included in a current picture from among pictures forming an image; determining a first motion vector related to a current prediction block from among the at least one prediction block; determining a first reference block included in a first reference picture, based on the first motion vector; determining a second reference block included in a second reference picture, based on a location of the first reference block; and decoding the current picture by performing inter prediction on the current prediction block by using at least one of the first reference block and the second reference block, wherein the second reference picture includes a prediction value of the first reference picture. Also, provided are an image decoding apparatus performing the image decoding method, and an image encoding method and apparatus corresponding to the image decoding method and apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Alexander Alshin, Mikhail Mishurovskiy
  • Patent number: 10609375
    Abstract: A video encoding method and apparatus, and a video decoding method and apparatus for generating a reconstructed image having a minimized error between an original image and the reconstructed image. The video decoding method accompanied by a sample adaptive offset (SAO) adjustment, the method includes: obtaining 5 slice SAO parameters with respect to a current slice from a slice header of a received bitstream; obtaining luma SAO use information for a luma component of the current slice and chroma SAO use information for chroma components thereof from among the slice SAO parameters; determining whether to perform a SAO operation on the luma component of 10 the current slice based on the obtained luma SAO use information; and equally determining whether to perform the SAO adjustment on a first chroma component and a second chroma component of the current slice based on the obtained chroma SAO use information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Elena Alshina, Alexander Alshin
  • Patent number: 10602188
    Abstract: Provided are image encoding and decoding methods and apparatuses using weighted bi-prediction. The image decoding method and apparatus according to one embodiment obtain one or more prefixes including a first counter value indicating the number of additional syntax elements subsequent to main syntax elements from a received bitstream, obtain the additional syntax elements including weight information and information about whether to perform weighted bi-prediction on prediction units separated for predicting a current block, based on the one or more prefixes, and generate a prediction block including a prediction value, based on the main syntax elements and the additional syntax elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Alexander Alshin, Mikhail Mishurovskiy
  • Publication number: 20200029090
    Abstract: Provided is a video decoding method including determining a displacement vector per unit time of pixels of a current block in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction, the pixels including a pixel adjacent to an inside of a boundary of the current block, by using values about reference pixels included in a first reference block and a second reference block, without using a stored value about a pixel located outside boundaries of the first reference block and the second reference block; and obtaining a prediction block of the current block by performing block-unit motion compensation and pixel group unit motion compensation on the current block by using a gradient value in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction of a first corresponding reference pixel in the first reference block which corresponds to a current pixel included in a current pixel group in the current block, a gradient value in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction of a second corresponding reference pixel in the sec
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Alexander ALSHIN, Elena ALSHINA
  • Patent number: 10542273
    Abstract: A video encoding method and apparatus and video decoding method and apparatus generate a restored image having a minimum error with respect to an original image based on offset merge information indicating whether offset parameters of a current block and at least one neighboring block from among blocks of video are identical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Elena Alshina, Alexander Alshin
  • Publication number: 20190342577
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding or decoding a 360-degree image. According to an image decoding method and apparatus according to an embodiment, an original 360-degree image is reconstructed by acquiring image data from a bitstream, decoding a projection image of a 360-degree image from the image data, converting the projection image into the 360-degree image, acquiring rotation information of the 360-degree image from the bitstream, and rotating the 360-degree image based on the rotation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Elena ALSHINA, Vladyslav ZAKHARCHENKO, Alexander ALSHIN, Kwang-pyo CHOI
  • Patent number: 10432945
    Abstract: A probably update method used in context-based adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) is disclosed. The probably update method for binary arithmetic decoding obtains an autocorrelation value of each bin by using values of received bins, determines at least one scaling factor used to update a probability of a binary value based on the autocorrelation value, and updates a probability used in context-based adaptive binary arithmetic decoding by using the determined at least one scaling factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Alexander Alshin, Elena Alshina
  • Patent number: RE47758
    Abstract: Disclosed are a video encoding method and apparatus and a video decoding method and apparatus. The method of encoding video includes: producing a first predicted coding unit of a current coding unit, which is to be encoded; determining whether the current coding unit comprises a portion located outside a boundary of a current picture; and producing a second predicted coding unit is produced by changing a value of pixels of the first predicted coding unit by using the pixels of the first predicted coding unit and neighboring pixels of the pixels when the current coding unit does not include a portion located outside a boundary of the current picture. Accordingly, a residual block that is the difference between the current encoding unit and the second predicted encoding unit, can be encoded, thereby improving video prediction efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Elena Alshina, Alexander Alshin, Vadim Seregin, Nikolay Shlyakhov
  • Patent number: RE47759
    Abstract: Disclosed are a video encoding method and apparatus and a video decoding method and apparatus. The method of encoding video includes: producing a first predicted coding unit of a current coding unit, which is to be encoded; determining whether the current coding unit comprises a portion located outside a boundary of a current picture; and producing a second predicted coding unit is produced by changing a value of pixels of the first predicted coding unit by using the pixels of the first predicted coding unit and neighboring pixels of the pixels when the current coding unit does not include a portion located outside a boundary of the current picture. Accordingly, a residual block that is the difference between the current encoding unit and the second predicted encoding unit, can be encoded, thereby improving video prediction efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Elena Alshina, Alexander Alshin, Vadim Seregin, Nikolay Shlyakhov