Patents by Inventor Jung-Hak Nam

Jung-Hak Nam 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: 20220337814
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method according to the present disclosure is performed by an image decoding apparatus. The image decoding method may comprise determining an intra prediction mode of a current block, determining a reference sample based on the intra prediction mode and a neighboring sample of the current block, generating the prediction block based on the reference sample, and decoding the current block based on the prediction block. The reference sample may be determined by applying at least one of first filtering or second filtering to the neighboring sample value based on the intra prediction mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Jin HEO, Jangwon CHOI, Jung Hak NAM, Hyeong Moon JANG, Moonmo KOO
  • Publication number: 20220337842
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method according to the present disclosure is performed by an image decoding apparatus. The image decoding method may comprise deriving a prediction sample of a current block based on motion information of the current block, determining whether bi-directional optical flow (BDOF) applies to the current block, based on that the BDOF applies to the current block, deriving a gradient for a current subblock in the current block, deriving motion refinement (vx, vy) for the current subblock based on the gradient, deriving a BDOF offset based on the gradient and the motion refinement, and deriving a refined prediction sample for the current block based on the prediction sample of the current block and the BDOF offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Nae Ri PARK, Jung Hak NAM, Hyeong Moon JANG, Seung Hwan KIM
  • Publication number: 20220329834
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for interlayer prediction, and the method for interlayer prediction, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: deciding whether to apply an interlayer prediction to an enhancement layer; and performing a prediction on a current block of the enhancement layer based on reference information that is generalized and generated from a reference picture, which is decoded, of a reference layer, when the interlayer prediction is applied, wherein the reference layer information can be encoding information of a reference block, which corresponds to a current block of the enhancement layer, from the reference layer, and residual information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Ha Hyun LEE, Jung Won KANG, Jin Soo CHOI, Jin Woong KIM, Dong Gyu SIM, Hyo Min CHOI, Jung Hak NAM
  • Patent number: 11445189
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method according to the present disclosure may include determining whether a prediction mode of a current block is an intra prediction mode based on information on the prediction mode of the current block, determining whether intra sub-partitions (ISP) is available for the current block, when the prediction mode of the current block is an intra prediction mode, decoding an ISP application indicator indicating whether to apply ISP to the current block, when ISP is available for the current block, and generating a prediction block for the current block by applying ISP to the current block, upon determining that ISP applies to the current block based on the ISP application indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ling Li, Jin Heo, Moonmo Koo, Jung Hak Nam
  • Publication number: 20220286689
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method according to the present disclosure is performed by an image decoding apparatus. The image decoding method comprises determining an inter prediction technique applying to a current block based on a prediction mode of the current block being an inter prediction mode, deriving a motion information candidate of the current block based on a type of the determined inter prediction technique, deriving motion information of the current block based on motion information of the derived motion information candidate, and generating a prediction block for the current block by performing inter prediction on the current block based on the motion information of the current block. The motion information candidate may comprise an interpolation filter index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Jung Hak NAM, Nae Ri PARK, Hyeong Moon JANG
  • Publication number: 20220279189
    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: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Hyeong Moon JANG, Jin HEO, Jung Hak NAM, Jangwon CHOI
  • Publication number: 20220279163
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method according to the present disclosure is performed by an image decoding apparatus. The image decoding method comprises deriving a prediction mode of a current block, constructing a merge candidate list for the current block, based on the prediction mode of the current block being a triangle partition mode (TPM), deriving motion information of two partitions of the current block based on the merge candidate list and two merge indices of the current block signaled through a bitstream, generating a prediction block of the current block based on the motion information, storing motion information of the current block, and updating a history-based motion vector predictor (HMVP) buffer based on the motion information of the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Nae Ri PARK, Jung Hak NAM, Hyeong Moon JANG
  • Publication number: 20220256162
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method according to the present disclosure is performed by an image decoding apparatus. The image decoding method may comprise deriving a prediction sample of a current block based on motion information of the current block, determining whether prediction refinement with optical flow (PROF) applies to the current block, deriving, based on that the PROF applies to the current block, a difference motion vector for each sample position in the current block, deriving a gradient for each sample position in the current block, deriving a PROF offset based on the difference motion vector and the gradient, and deriving a refined prediction sample for the current block based on the PROF offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Nae Ri PARK, Seung Hwan KIM, Jung Hak Nam, Hyeong Moon JANG
  • Patent number: 11412240
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for interlayer prediction, and the method for interlayer prediction, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: deciding whether to apply an interlayer prediction to an enhancement layer; and performing a prediction on a current block of the enhancement layer based on reference information that is generalized and generated from a reference picture, which is decoded, of a reference layer, when the interlayer prediction is applied, wherein the reference layer information can be encoding information of a reference block, which corresponds to a current block of the enhancement layer, from the reference layer, and residual information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Ha Hyun Lee, Jung Won Kang, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim, Dong Gyu Sim, Hyo Min Choi, Jung Hak Nam
  • Publication number: 20220239907
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus may include determining a chroma array type of a current image, determining an adaptive loop filter (ALF) indicator of a chroma component based on the chroma array type, and performing ALF filtering with respect to a reconstructed image based on a value of the ALF indicator. The value of the ALF indicator may be determined to be a predetermined value without being obtained from a bitstream, based on the chroma array type being a predetermined type, and the value of the ALF indicator may be obtained from the bitstream, based on the chroma array type being not the predetermined type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Ling LI, Jung Hak NAM, Jaehyun LIM, Jin HEO, Seung Hwan KIM
  • Publication number: 20220239937
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method according to the present disclosure is performed by an image decoding apparatus. The image decoding method comprises deriving a first flag specifying whether to perform weighted prediction on a current block and a weight index BcwIdx of bi-prediction with CU-level weight (BCW) for the current block, determining whether to perform default weighted prediction or explicit weighted prediction on the current block based on the first flag and BcwIdx, and generating a prediction block for the current block by performing the determined method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Nae Ri PARK, Jung Hak NAM, Hyeong Moon JANG
  • Publication number: 20220224912
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding apparatus and method are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus according to the present disclosure may comprise deriving a motion shift of a current block using motion information of a neighboring block of the current block, determining a collocated block of the current block using the motion shift, deriving a motion vector for at least one control point (CP) of the determined collocated block, and deriving at least one control point motion vector (CPMV) of the current block using the motion vector for the at least one CP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Nae Ri PARK, Jung Hak NAM, Hyeong Moon JANG, Jaehyun LIM, Seung Hwan KIM
  • Publication number: 20220210449
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus may comprise obtaining palette information and palette index prediction information of a current block from a bitstream, based on a palette mode applying for the current block, constructing a palette predictor for the current block based on the palette information and constructing a palette table for the current block based on the palette predictor, generating a palette index map for the current block based on the palette index prediction information, and decoding the current block based on the palette table and the palette index map, The palette predictor may be selectively updated based on a split structure of the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Hyeong Moon JANG, Sunmi YOO YOO, Jung Hak NAM
  • Publication number: 20220201309
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus may include determining a prediction mode of a current block, generating a prediction block of the current block based on inter prediction mode information, based on the prediction mode of the current block being an inter prediction mode, generating a residual block of the current block based on a transform block of the current block, and reconstructing the current block based on the prediction block and the residual block of the current bloc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Ling Li, Jung Hak Nam
  • Publication number: 20220191472
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method according to the present disclosure is performed by an image decoding apparatus. The image decoding method comprises reconstructing an inter prediction mode of a current block, deriving an affine merge candidate based on neighboring blocks of the current block, based on the inter prediction mode of the current block being an affine merge mode, deriving motion information of the current block based on motion information of the affine merge candidate, generating a prediction block of the current block by performing inter prediction on the current block based on the motion information of the current block, and reconstructing the current block based on the prediction block. The motion information may comprise a weight index for bi-prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Nae Ri Park, Jung Hak Nam, Hyeong Moon Jang
  • Publication number: 20220191535
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method according to the present disclosure is performed by an image decoding apparatus. The image decoding method comprises deriving a constructed affine merge candidate of a current block, based on an inter prediction mode of the current block being an affine merge mode, constructing an affine merge candidate list including the constructed affine merge candidate, selecting an affine merge candidate of the current block based on the affine merge candidate list, generating a prediction block of the current block based on motion information of the selected affine merge candidate. The deriving the constructed affine merge candidate may comprise deriving a weight index of bi-prediction for the constructed affine merge candidate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Nae Ri PARK, Jung Hak NAM, Hyeong Moon JANG
  • Publication number: 20220182623
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus includes determining whether predetermined splitting is allowed for a current block based on a size of the current block, obtaining information on splitting of the current block based on whether the predetermined splitting is allowed, splitting the current block based on the information on splitting of the current block, and decoding the current block. Whether the predetermined splitting is allowed may be determined based on whether a width or height of the current block is a predetermined sample length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Hyeong Moon JANG, Nae Ri PARK, Jung Hak NAM
  • Publication number: 20220182606
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method according to the present disclosure may comprise constructing an affine merge candidate list for a current block, based on an inter prediction mode of the current block being an affine merge mode, selecting one affine merge candidate from the affine merge candidate list, deriving motion information of the current block based on motion information of the selected affine merge candidate, generating a prediction block of the current block based on the motion information of the current block, and reconstructing the current block based on the prediction block of the current block. The constructing the affine merge candidate list may comprise deriving a constructed affine merge candidate, and the deriving the constructed affine merge candidate may comprise deriving a weight index for bi-prediction of the constructed affine merge candidate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Nae Ri PARK, Jung Hak NAM, Hyeong Moon JANG
  • Publication number: 20220174278
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus may include obtaining a current block by splitting an image, determining a prediction mode of the current block, generating an intra prediction block of the current block, based on the prediction mode of the current block being an intra prediction mode, generating a residual block of the current block, and reconstructing the current block based on the prediction block and the residual block of the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Ling LI, Jung Hak NAM
  • Publication number: 20220174321
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus may include determining a prediction mode of a current block, generating a prediction block of the current block based on intra block copy (IBC) prediction mode information, based on the prediction mode of the current block being an IBC prediction mode, determining a size of a transform block of the current block based on a color component of the current block, generating a residual block of the current block based on the size of the transform block; and reconstructing the current block based on the prediction block and the residual block of the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Ling LI, Jung Hak NAM