Patents by Inventor Dominik Mehlem

Dominik Mehlem 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).

  • Patent number: 11758133
    Abstract: Techniques for coding and decoding video may include predicting picture regions defined by a time-varying tessellation and/or by a tessellation that varies spatially within a picture. These techniques improve decoded video quality, for example, by reducing block-based visual artifacts. Tessellation patterns may be irregular spatially to prevent alignment of some prediction region boundaries within a picture. Tessellation patterns may vary over time based on a spatial offset value, and the spatial offset value may be determined via a modulo function. Tessellation patterns may include overlapped shapes, for example when used in conjunction with overlapped block motion compensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC
    Inventors: Alexandros Tourapis, David W. Singer, Dominik Mehlem, Krishnakanth Rapaka
  • Patent number: 11627314
    Abstract: A system comprises an encoder configured to compress attribute and/or spatial information for a point cloud and/or a decoder configured to decompress compressed attribute and/or spatial information for the point cloud. To compress the attribute and/or spatial information, the encoder is configured to convert a point cloud into an image based representation. Also, the decoder is configured to generate a decompressed point cloud based on an image based representation of a point cloud. In some embodiments, an encoder applies an attribute transfer function to attributes of an image based representation with out-of-loop smoothing such that a decoder may apply any smoothing filter supported by the decoder without being restricted to using a similar smoothing filter as the encoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexandros Tourapis, Jungsun Kim, Khaled Mammou, Dominik Mehlem
  • Publication number: 20230009225
    Abstract: A system comprises an encoder configured to compress media objects using a compression loop that includes a residual decomposition component that decomposes a residual signal for a block of the media object being compressed into multiple sub-error signals. The encoder is further configured to enable different transformation and/or quantization processes to be specified to be applied to different ones of the sub-errors. A corresponding decoder is configured to apply inverse transformation/quantization processing to the sub-error signals, based on the transformation/quantization processes that were applied at the encoder. The decoder then re-creates a residual signal from the processed sub-error signals and uses the re-created residual signal to correct predicted values at the decoder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Alexandros Tourapis, Hye-Yeon Cheong, David William Singer, Dominik Mehlem
  • Publication number: 20220417509
    Abstract: A system comprises an encoder configured to compress video data. The encoder includes an adaptive bilateral filter that uses look-up tables. The encoder may encode one or more adaptive adjustment factors to be used by a decoder to select or adjust look-up tables used to decode the compressed video data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Alexandros Tourapis, Krishnakanth Rapaka, Dominik Mehlem
  • Patent number: 11496770
    Abstract: A system includes an encoder configured to compress media objects using a compression loop that includes a residual decomposition component that decomposes a residual signal for a block of the media object being compressed into multiple sub-error signals. The encoder is further configured to enable different transformation and/or quantization processes to be specified to be applied to different ones of the sub-errors. A corresponding decoder is configured to apply inverse transformation/quantization processing to the sub-error signals, based on the transformation/quantization processes that were applied at the encoder. The decoder then re-creates a residual signal from the processed sub-error signals and uses the re-created residual signal to correct predicted values at the decoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexandros Tourapis, Hye-Yeon Cheong, David William Singer, Dominik Mehlem
  • Patent number: 11438584
    Abstract: A system comprises an encoder configured to compress video data. The encoder includes an adaptive bilateral filter that uses look-up tables. The encoder may encode one or more adaptive adjustment factors to be used by a decoder to select or adjust look-up tables used to decode the compressed video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexandros Tourapis, Krishnakanth Rapaka, Dominik Mehlem
  • Publication number: 20210195246
    Abstract: A system comprises an encoder configured to compress media objects using a compression loop that includes a residual decomposition component that decomposes a residual signal for a block of the media object being compressed into multiple sub-error signals. The encoder is further configured to enable different transformation and/or quantization processes to be specified to be applied to different ones of the sub-errors. A corresponding decoder is configured to apply inverse transformation/quantization processing to the sub-error signals, based on the transformation/quantization processes that were applied at the encoder. The decoder then recreates a residual signal from the processed sub-error signals and uses the re-created residual signal to correct predicted values at the decoder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Alexandros Tourapis, Hye-Yeon Cheong, David William Singer, Dominik Mehlem
  • Publication number: 20210136370
    Abstract: Techniques for coding and decoding video may include predicting picture regions defined by a time-varying tessellation and/or by a tessellation that varies spatially within a picture. These techniques improve decoded video quality, for example, by reducing block-based visual artifacts. Tessellation patterns may be irregular spatially to prevent alignment of some prediction region boundaries within a picture. Tessellation patterns may vary over time based on a spatial offset value, and the spatial offset value may be determined via a modulo function. Tessellation patterns may include overlapped shapes, for example when used in conjunction with overlapped block motion compensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Alexandros Tourapis, David W. Singer, Dominik Mehlem, Krishnakanth Rapaka
  • Publication number: 20210099701
    Abstract: A system comprises an encoder configured to compress attribute and/or spatial information for a point cloud and/or a decoder configured to decompress compressed attribute and/or spatial information for the point cloud. To compress the attribute and/or spatial information, the encoder is configured to convert a point cloud into an image based representation. Also, the decoder is configured to generate a decompressed point cloud based on an image based representation of a point cloud. In some embodiments, an encoder applies an attribute transfer function to attributes of an image based representation with out-of-loop smoothing such that a decoder may apply any smoothing filter supported by the decoder without being restricted to using a similar smoothing filter as the encoder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexandros Tourapis, Jungsun Kim, Khaled Mammou, Dominik Mehlem
  • Publication number: 20210051320
    Abstract: A system comprises an encoder configured to compress video data. The encoder includes an adaptive bilateral filter that uses look-up tables. The encoder may encode one or more adaptive adjustment factors to be used by a decoder to select or adjust look-up tables used to decode the compressed video data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Alexandros Tourapis, Krishnakanth Rapaka, Dominik Mehlem