Patents by Inventor Daniel Socek

Daniel Socek 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).

  • Global motion estimation and modeling for accurate global motion compensation for efficient video processing or coding
    Patent number: 11070813
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems may provide for technology that performs global motion estimation. More particularly, implementations relate to technology that provides accurate global motion compensation in order to improve video processing efficiency. In some implementations, a highly adaptive and accurate approach may be used to address the problem of estimation and compensation of global motion in video scenes. The solution may be content adaptive as it uses adaptive modeling of motion using best of multiple models that are used to estimate global motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Socek, Atul Puri
  • Fast and robust face detection, region extraction, and tracking for improved video coding
    Patent number: 10628700
    Abstract: Techniques related to improved video coding based on face detection, region extraction, and tracking are discussed. Such techniques may include performing a facial search of a video frame to determine candidate face regions in the video frame, testing the candidate face regions based on skin tone information to determine valid and invalid face regions, rejecting invalid face regions, and encoding the video frame based on valid face regions to generate a coded bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Atul Puri, Daniel Socek
  • Content adaptive impairment compensation filtering for high efficiency video coding
    Patent number: 10595018
    Abstract: A system and method for quality restoration filtering is described that can be used either in conjunction with video coding, or standalone for postprocessing. It uses wiener filtering approach in conjunction with an efficient codebook representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corproation
    Inventors: Atul Puri, Daniel Socek
  • Fast motion based and color assisted segmentation of video into region layers
    Patent number: 10552962
    Abstract: Techniques related to improved video frame segmentation based on motion, color, and texture are discussed. Such techniques may include segmenting a video frame of a video sequence based on differencing global motion or dominant motion from local motion in the video frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Socek, Atul Puri
  • Fast and robust human skin tone region detection for improved video coding
    Patent number: 10491895
    Abstract: Techniques related to improved video coding based on skin tone detection are discussed. Such techniques may include selecting from static skin probability histograms and/or a dynamic skin probability histogram based on a received video frame, generating a skin tone region based on the selected skin probability histogram and a face region of the video frame, and encoding the video frame based on the skin tone region to generate a coded bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Socek, Atul Puri
  • Fast color based and motion assisted segmentation of video into region-layers
    Patent number: 10269121
    Abstract: Techniques related to improved video frame segmentation based on color, motion, and texture are discussed. Such techniques may include segmenting a video frame of a video sequence based on only dominant color when the frame does not have a dominant motion nor a global motion in a high probability region of dominant color within the video frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Socek, Atul Puri
  • GLOBAL MOTION ESTIMATION AND MODELING FOR ACCURATE GLOBAL MOTION COMPENSATION FOR EFFICIENT VIDEO PROCESSING OR CODING
    Publication number: 20190045192
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems may provide for technology that performs global motion estimation. More particularly, implementations relate to technology that provides accurate global motion compensation in order to improve video processing efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Socek, Atul Puri
  • REGION-BASED MOTION ESTIMATION AND MODELING FOR ACCURATE REGION-BASED MOTION COMPENSATION FOR EFFICIENT VIDEO PROCESSING OR CODING
    Publication number: 20190045193
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems may provide for technology that performs region-based motion estimation. More particularly, implementations relate to technology that provides accurate region-based motion compensation in order to improve video processing efficiency and/or video coding efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Socek, Atul Puri
  • Content adaptive quality restoration filtering for next generation video coding
    Patent number: 10182245
    Abstract: Techniques related to quality restoration filtering for video coding are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Atul Puri, Daniel Socek
  • FAST COLOR BASED AND MOTION ASSISTED SEGMENTATION OF VIDEO INTO REGION-LAYERS
    Publication number: 20180315196
    Abstract: Techniques related to improved video frame segmentation based on color, motion, and texture are discussed. Such techniques may include segmenting a video frame of a video sequence based on only dominant color when the frame does not have a dominant motion nor a global motion in a high probability region of dominant color within the video frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel Socek, Atul Puri
  • FAST MOTION BASED AND COLOR ASSISTED SEGMENTATION OF VIDEO INTO REGION LAYERS
    Publication number: 20180315199
    Abstract: Techniques related to improved video frame segmentation based on motion, color, and texture are discussed. Such techniques may include segmenting a video frame of a video sequence based on differencing global motion or dominant motion from local motion in the video frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel Socek, Atul Puri
  • CONTENT ADAPTIVE IMPAIRMENT COMPENSATION FILTERING FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY VIDEO CODING
    Publication number: 20180278933
    Abstract: A system and method for quality restoration filtering is described that can be used either in conjunction with video coding, or standalone for postprocessing. It uses wiener filtering approach in conjunction with an efficient codebook representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Atul Puri, Daniel Socek
  • CONTENT ADAPTIVE QUALITY RESTORATION FILTERING FOR NEXT GENERATION VIDEO CODING
    Publication number: 20180205968
    Abstract: Techniques related to quality restoration filtering for video coding are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Atul Puri, Daniel Socek
  • Content adaptive prediction and entropy coding of motion vectors for next generation video
    Patent number: 10009610
    Abstract: Techniques related to content adaptive prediction and entropy coding of motion vectors are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Atul Puri, Daniel Socek, Chang Kee Choi
  • Content adaptive fusion filtering of prediction signals for next generation video coding
    Patent number: 9942572
    Abstract: Techniques related to fusion improvement filtering of prediction signals for video coding are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Atul Puri, Daniel Socek
  • Content adaptive impairments compensation filtering for high efficiency video coding
    Patent number: 9912947
    Abstract: A system and method for quality restoration filtering is described that can be used either in conjunction with video coding, or standalone for postprocessing. It uses wiener filtering approach in conjunction with an efficient codebook representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Atul Puri, Daniel Socek
  • FAST AND ROBUST FACE DETECTION, REGION EXTRACTION, AND TRACKING FOR IMPROVED VIDEO CODING
    Publication number: 20170339417
    Abstract: Techniques related to improved video coding based on face detection, region extraction, and tracking are discussed. Such techniques may include performing a facial search of a video frame to determine candidate face regions in the video frame, testing the candidate face regions based on skin tone information to determine valid and invalid face regions, rejecting invalid face regions, and encoding the video frame based on valid face regions to generate a coded bitstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Atul PURI, Daniel SOCEK
  • FAST AND ROBUST HUMAN SKIN TONE REGION DETECTION FOR IMPROVED VIDEO CODING
    Publication number: 20170339409
    Abstract: Techniques related to improved video coding based on skin tone detection are discussed. Such techniques may include selecting from static skin probability histograms and/or a dynamic skin probability histogram based on a received video frame, generating a skin tone region based on the selected skin probability histogram and a face region of the video frame, and encoding the video frame based on the skin tone region to generate a coded bitstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel SOCEK, Atul PURI
  • CONTENT ADAPTIVE PREDICTION AND ENTROPY CODING OF MOTION VECTORS FOR NEXT GENERATION VIDEO
    Publication number: 20170318297
    Abstract: Techniques related to content adaptive prediction and entropy coding of motion vectors are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Atul Puri, Daniel Socek, Chang Kee Choi
  • Content adaptive quality restoration filtering for next generation video coding
    Patent number: 9800899
    Abstract: Techniques related to quality restoration filtering for video coding are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Atul Puri, Daniel Socek