Patents by Inventor Jens Brandenburg
Jens Brandenburg 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).
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Publication number: 20240064300Abstract: The present invention concerns an apparatus configured to partition a picture into leaf blocks using recursive multi-tree partitioning, block-based encode the picture into a data stream using the partitioning of the picture into the leaf blocks, wherein the apparatus is configured to, in partitioning the picture into the leaf blocks, for a predetermined block which extends beyond a boundary of the picture, reduce an available set of split modes depending on a position at which the boundary of the picture crosses the predetermined block in order to obtain a reduced set of one or more split modes, wherein the apparatus is configured to signal a selected split mode in the data stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Adam WIECKOWSKI, Valeri GEORGE, Tobias HINZ, Heiko SCHWARZ, Detlev MARPE, Thomas WIEGAND, Jackie MA, Jens BRANDENBURG
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Publication number: 20240048688Abstract: A video encoder is disclosed that is configured to encode a slice of a current picture into a data stream by partitioning the slice into rows of Coding Tree Units (CTUs), select a CTU dependency offset for the slice out of a plurality of CTU dependency offsets, the CTU dependency offset indicating a minimum CTU offset between consecutive CTU rows to be obeyed by a decoder when decoding CTU rows in parallel, and signal the CTU dependency offset in the data stream. The CTU dependency offset is selected based on a slice type of the slice.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Valeri GEORGE, Tobia HINZ, Jackie MA, Jens BRANDENBURG, Christian LEHMANN, Adam WIECKOWSKI, Heiko SCHWARZ, Detlev MARPE, Thomas WIEGAND, Thomas SCHIERL
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Publication number: 20240048719Abstract: Apparatus for encoding a video having a sequence of frames using rate control, configured to determine a global quantization parameter for the sequence of frames based on a target bit-rate, and to perform a coding pass, coding the sequence of frames, using the global quantization parameter by determining a frame quantization parameter per frame of the sequence of frames on the basis of the global quantization parameter, and subjecting the sequence of frames to R/D optimizing encoding by using, for each frame, the frame quantization parameter determined for the respective frame so as to obtain an encoded version of an associated coding size for the respective frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Christian Helmrich, Ivan Zupancic, Benjamin Bross, Adam Wieckowski, Jonathan Pfaff, Jens Brandenburg, Heiko Schwarz, Detlev Marpe
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Publication number: 20230412803Abstract: A video decoder for decoding an encoded video signal including encoded picture data and indication data of a picture of a video to reconstruct the picture of the video is provided. The video decoder includes an interface configured for receiving the encoded video signal, and a data decoder configured for reconstructing the picture of the video by decoding the encoded picture data using the indication data. The picture is partitioned into a plurality of coding areas. One or more coding areas of the plurality of coding areas include two or more coding tree units of the plurality of coding tree units, wherein each coding area of the one or more coding areas which includes two or more coding tree units exhibits a coding order for the two or more coding tree units of the coding area.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Valeri GEORGE, Tobias HINZ, Jackie MA, Yago SÁNCHEZ DE LA FUENTE, Robert SKUPIN, Thomas SCHIERL, Jens BRANDENBURG, Christian LEHMANN, Adam WIECKOWSKI, Heiko SCHWARZ, Detlev MARPE, Thomas WIEGAND
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Patent number: 11843774Abstract: The present invention concerns an apparatus configured to partition a picture into leaf blocks using recursive multi-tree partitioning, block-based encode the picture into a data stream using the partitioning of the picture into the leaf blocks, wherein the apparatus is configured to, in partitioning the picture into the leaf blocks, for a predetermined block which extends beyond a boundary of the picture, reduce an available set of split modes depending on a position at which the boundary of the picture crosses the predetermined block in order to obtain a reduced set of one or more split modes, wherein the apparatus is configured to signal a selected split mode in the data stream.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Adam Wieckowski, Valeri George, Tobias Hinz, Heiko Schwarz, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Wiegand, Jackie Ma, Jens Brandenburg
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Publication number: 20230395539Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a wiring metal layer structure; forming a dielectric layer structure arranged directly on the wiring metal layer structure; and forming a bonding pad metal layer structure arranged, at least partially, directly on the dielectric layer structure, wherein a layer thickness of the dielectric layer structure ranges from 1% to 30% of a layer thickness of the wiring metal layer structure, wherein the wiring metal layer structure and the bonding pad metal structure are electrically connected through openings in the dielectric layer structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Evelyn Napetschnig, Jens Brandenburg, Christoffer Erbert, Joachim Hirschler, Oliver Humbel, Thomas Rupp, Carsten Schaeffer, Julia Zischang
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Patent number: 11805241Abstract: Concepts are described which enable improved suitability of a respective codec for parallel processing at encoder and/or decoder.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Valeri George, Tobias Hinz, Jackie Ma, Jens Brandenburg, Christian Lehmann, Adam Wieckowski, Heiko Schwarz, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Wiegand, Thomas Schierl
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Patent number: 11770528Abstract: A video decoder for decoding an encoded video signal including encoded picture data and indication data of a picture of a video to reconstruct the picture of the video is provided. The video decoder includes an interface configured for receiving the encoded video signal, and a data decoder configured for reconstructing the picture of the video by decoding the encoded picture data using the indication data. The picture is partitioned into a plurality of coding areas. One or more coding areas of the plurality of coding areas include two or more coding tree units of the plurality of coding tree units, wherein each coding area of the one or more coding areas which includes two or more coding tree units exhibits a coding order for the two or more coding tree units of the coding area.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Valeri George, Tobias Hinz, Jackie Ma, Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Robert Skupin, Thomas Schierl, Jens Brandenburg, Christian Lehmann, Adam Wieckowski, Heiko Schwarz, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Wiegand
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Patent number: 11764176Abstract: A semiconductor device is proposed. The semiconductor device includes a wiring metal layer structure. The semiconductor device further includes a dielectric layer structure arranged directly on the wiring metal layer structure. The semiconductor device further includes a bonding pad metal layer structure arranged, at least partly, directly on the dielectric layer structure. A layer thickness of the dielectric layer structure ranges from 1% to 30% of a layer thickness of the wiring metal layer structure. The wiring metal layer structure and the bonding pad metal structure are electrically connected through openings in the dielectric layer structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Evelyn Napetschnig, Jens Brandenburg, Christoffer Erbert, Joachim Hirschler, Oliver Humbel, Thomas Rupp, Carsten Schaeffer, Julia Zischang
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Patent number: 11683485Abstract: Video codec for supporting temporal inter-prediction, configured to perform padding of an area of a referenced portion of a reference picture which extends beyond a border of the reference picture, which referenced portion is referenced by an inter predicted block of a current picture by selecting one of a plurality of intra-prediction modes, and padding the area using the selected intra-prediction mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Jens Brandenburg, Tobias Hinz, Adam Wieckowski, Jackie Ma, Valeri George, Christian Lehmann, Heiko Schwarz, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Wiegand, Robert Skupin, Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Thomas Schierl
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Publication number: 20220248010Abstract: A video decoder for decoding an encoded video signal including encoded picture data and indication data of a picture of a video to reconstruct the picture of the video is provided. The video decoder includes an interface configured for receiving the encoded video signal, and a data decoder configured for reconstructing the picture of the video by decoding the encoded picture data using the indication data. The picture is partitioned into a plurality of coding areas. One or more coding areas of the plurality of coding areas include two or more coding tree units of the plurality of coding tree units, wherein each coding area of the one or more coding areas which includes two or more coding tree units exhibits a coding order for the two or more coding tree units of the coding area.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Valeri George, Tobias Hinz, Jackie Ma, Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Robert Skupin, Thomas Schierl, Jens Brandenburg, Christian Lehmann, Adam Wieckowski, Heiko Schwarz, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Wiegand
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Patent number: 11387359Abstract: A power semiconductor device having a power semiconductor transistor configuration includes: a semiconductor body having a front side coupled to a first load terminal structure, a backside coupled to a second load terminal structure, and a lateral chip edge; an active region for conducting a load current in a conducting state; and an edge termination region separating the active region and lateral chip edge. At the front-side, the edge termination region includes a protection region devoid of any metallic structure, unless the metallic structure is electrically shielded from below by a polysilicon layer that extends further towards the lateral chip edge than the metallic structure by a lateral distance of at least 20 ?m. In a blocking state, the protection region accommodates a voltage change of at least 90% of a blocking voltage inside the semiconductor body in a lateral direction from the active region towards the lateral chip edge.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Oliver Humbel, Josef-Georg Bauer, Jens Brandenburg, Diana Car, Philipp Sebastian Koch, Angelika Koprowski, Sebastian Kremp, Thomas Kurzmann, Erwin Lercher, Holger Ruething
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Patent number: 11336890Abstract: A video decoder for decoding an encoded video signal including encoded picture data and indication data of a picture of a video to reconstruct the picture of the video is provided. The video decoder includes an interface configured for receiving the encoded video signal, and a data decoder configured for reconstructing the picture of the video by decoding the encoded picture data using the indication data. The picture is partitioned into a plurality of coding areas. One or more coding areas of the plurality of coding areas include two or more coding tree units of the plurality of coding tree units, wherein each coding area of the one or more coding areas which includes two or more coding tree units exhibits a coding order for the two or more coding tree units of the coding area.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Valeri George, Tobias Hinz, Jackie Ma, Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Robert Skupin, Thomas Schierl, Jens Brandenburg, Christian Lehmann, Adam Wieckowski, Heiko Schwarz, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Wiegand
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Publication number: 20220132108Abstract: Video codec for supporting temporal inter-prediction, configured to perform padding of an area of a referenced portion of a reference picture which extends beyond a border of the reference picture, which referenced portion is referenced by an inter predicted block of a current picture by selecting one of a plurality of intra-prediction modes, and padding the area using the selected intra-prediction mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2022Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Jens BRANDENBURG, Tobias HINZ, Adam WIECKOWSKI, Jackie MA, Valeri GEORGE, Christian LEHMANN, Heiko SCHWARZ, Detlev MARPE, Thomas WIEGAND, Robert SKUPIN, Yago SÁNCHEZ DE LA FUENTE, Thomas SCHIERL
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Publication number: 20220124372Abstract: Decoder for decoding a picture, wherein blocks into which the picture is subdivided are assigned to a set of prediction types, which include intra prediction and inter prediction. For each of predetermined intra-predicted blocks, the decoder is configured to derive, from the data stream, an information on a partitioning of the respective predetermined intra-predicted block into partitions. The decoder is configured to derive, from the data stream, for each partition of the respective predetermined intra-predicted block, a partition-specific prediction residual signal related to a spatial domain prediction residual signal of the respective partition of the respective predetermined intra-predicted block via a predetermined transform. The predetermined transform can be identified out of a set of transforms including a first transform and a second transform, which equals a concatenation of a primary transform and a secondary transform applied onto a subset of coefficients of the primary transform.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Santiago DE LUXÁN HERNÁNDEZ, Valeri GEORGE, Gayathri VENUGOPAL, Jens BRANDENBURG, Benjamin BROSS, Heiko SCHWARZ, Detlev MARPE, Thomas WIEGAND
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Publication number: 20220078421Abstract: The present invention concerns an apparatus configured to partition a picture into leaf blocks using recursive multi-tree partitioning, block-based encode the picture into a data stream using the partitioning of the picture into the leaf blocks, wherein the apparatus is configured to, in partitioning the picture into the leaf blocks, for a predetermined block which extends beyond a boundary of the picture, reduce an available set of split modes depending on a position at which the boundary of the picture crosses the predetermined block in order to obtain a reduced set of one or more split modes, wherein the apparatus is configured to signal a selected split mode in the data stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Adam WIECKOWSKI, Valeri GEORGE, Tobias HINZ, Heiko SCHWARZ, Detlev MARPE, Thomas WIEGAND, Jackie MA, Jens BRANDENBURG
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Publication number: 20220059477Abstract: A semiconductor device is proposed. The semiconductor device includes a wiring metal layer structure. The semiconductor device further includes a dielectric layer structure arranged directly on the wiring metal layer structure. The semiconductor device further includes a bonding pad metal layer structure arranged, at least partly, directly on the dielectric layer structure. A layer thickness of the dielectric layer structure ranges from 1% to 30% of a layer thickness of the wiring metal layer structure. The wiring metal layer structure and the bonding pad metal structure are electrically connected through openings in the dielectric layer structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Evelyn Napetschnig, Jens Brandenburg, Christoffer Erbert, Joachim Hirschler, Oliver Humbel, Thomas Rupp, Carsten Schaeffer, Julia Zischang
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Patent number: 11233989Abstract: Video codec for supporting temporal inter-prediction, configured to perform padding of an area of a referenced portion of a reference picture which extends beyond a border of the reference picture, which referenced portion is referenced by an inter predicted block of a current picture by selecting one of a plurality of intra-prediction modes, and padding the area using the selected intra-prediction mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Jens Brandenburg, Tobias Hinz, Adam Wieckowski, Jackie Ma, Valeri George, Christian Lehmann, Heiko Schwarz, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Wiegand, Robert Skupin, Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Thomas Schierl
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Patent number: 11146789Abstract: The present invention concerns an apparatus configured to partition a picture into leaf blocks using recursive multi-tree partitioning, block-based encode the picture into a data stream using the partitioning of the picture into the leaf blocks, wherein the apparatus is configured to, in partitioning the picture into the leaf blocks, for a predetermined block which extends beyond a boundary of the picture, reduce an available set of split modes depending on a position at which the boundary of the picture crosses the predetermined block in order to obtain a reduced set of one or more split modes, wherein the apparatus is configured to signal a selected split mode in the data stream.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Adam Wieckowski, Valeri George, Tobias Hinz, Heiko Schwarz, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Wiegand, Jackie Ma, Jens Brandenburg
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Publication number: 20210127111Abstract: A video decoder for decoding an encoded video signal including encoded picture data and indication data of a picture of a video to reconstruct the picture of the video is provided. The video decoder includes an interface configured for receiving the encoded video signal, and a data decoder configured for reconstructing the picture of the video by decoding the encoded picture data using the indication data. The picture is partitioned into a plurality of coding areas. One or more coding areas of the plurality of coding areas include two or more coding tree units of the plurality of coding tree units, wherein each coding area of the one or more coding areas which includes two or more coding tree units exhibits a coding order for the two or more coding tree units of the coding area.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2021Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Valeri GEORGE, Tobias HINZ, Jackie MA, Yago SÁNCHEZ DE LA FUENTE, Robert SKUPIN, Thomas SCHIERL, Jens BRANDENBURG, Christian LEHMANN, Adam WIECKOWSKI, Heiko SCHWARZ, Detlev MARPE, Thomas WIEGAND