Patents by Inventor Lubomir Bourdev

Lubomir Bourdev 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: 20240073435
    Abstract: An autoencoder is configured to encode content at different quality levels. The autoencoder includes an encoding system and a decoding system with neural network layers forming an encoder network and a decoder network. The encoder network and decoder network are configured to include branching paths through the networks that include different subnetworks. During deployment, content is provided to the encoding system with a quality signal indicating a quality at which the content can be reconstructed. The quality signal determines which of the paths through the encoder network are activated for encoding the content into one or more tensors, which are compressed into a bitstream and later used by the decoding system to reconstruct the content. The autoencoder is trained by randomly or systematically selecting different combinations of tensors to use to encode content and backpropagating error values from loss functions through the network paths associated with the selected tensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Oren RIPPEL, Lubomir BOURDEV
  • Patent number: 11917188
    Abstract: A compression system trains a machine-learned compression model that includes components for an encoder and decoder. In one embodiment, the compression model is trained to receive parameter information on how a target frame should be encoded with respect to one or more encoding parameters, and encodes the target frame according to the respective values of the encoding parameters for the target frame. In particular, the encoder of the compression model includes at least an encoding system configured to encode a target frame and generate compressed code that can be transmitted by, for example, a sender system to a receiver system. The decoder of the compression model includes a decoding system trained in conjunction with the encoding system. The decoding system is configured to receive the compressed code for the target frame and reconstruct the target frame for the receiver system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: WAVEONE INC.
    Inventors: Alexander G. Anderson, Oren Rippel, Kedar Tatwawadi, Sanjay Nair, Craig Lytle, Hervé Guihot, Brandon Sprague, Lubomir Bourdev
  • Patent number: 11917142
    Abstract: A cloud service system manages a filter repository including filters for encoding and decoding media content (e.g. text, image, audio, video, etc.). The cloud service system may receive a request from a client device to provide a filter for installation on a node such as an endpoint device (e.g. pipeline node). The request includes information such as a type of bitstream to be processed by the requested filter. The request may further include other information such as hardware configuration and functionality attribute. The cloud service system may access the filter repository that stores the plurality of filters including encoder filters and decoder filters and may select a filter that is configured to process the type of bitstream identified in the request and provide the selected filter to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: WAVEONE INC.
    Inventors: Lubomir Bourdev, Alexander G. Anderson, Kedar Tatwawadi, Sanjay Nair, Craig Lytle, Hervé Guihot, Brandon Sprague, Oren Rippel
  • Patent number: 11849128
    Abstract: An autoencoder is configured to encode content at different quality levels. The autoencoder includes an encoding system and a decoding system with neural network layers forming an encoder network and a decoder network. The encoder network and decoder network are configured to include branching paths through the networks that include different subnetworks. During deployment, content is provided to the encoding system with a quality signal indicating a quality at which the content can be reconstructed. The quality signal determines which of the paths through the encoder network are activated for encoding the content into one or more tensors, which are compressed into a bitstream and later used by the decoding system to reconstruct the content. The autoencoder is trained by randomly or systematically selecting different combinations of tensors to use to encode content and backpropagating error values from loss functions through the network paths associated with the selected tensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: WAVEONE INC.
    Inventors: Oren Rippel, Lubomir Bourdev
  • Patent number: 11593632
    Abstract: A deep learning based compression (DLBC) system trains multiple models that, when deployed, generates a compressed binary encoding of an input image that achieves a reconstruction quality and a target compression ratio. The applied models effectively identifies structures of an input image, quantizes the input image to a target bit precision, and compresses the binary code of the input image via adaptive arithmetic coding to a target codelength. During training, the DLBC system reconstructs the input image from the compressed binary encoding and determines the loss in quality from the encoding process. Thus, the models can be continually trained to, when applied to an input image, minimize the loss in reconstruction quality that arises due to the encoding process while also achieving the target compression ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: WaveOne Inc.
    Inventors: Oren Rippel, Lubomir Bourdev
  • Patent number: 11570465
    Abstract: A compression system trains a compression model for an encoder and decoder. In one embodiment, the compression model includes a machine-learned in-loop flow predictor that generates a flow prediction from previously reconstructed frames. The machine-learned flow predictor is coupled to receive a set of previously reconstructed frames and output a flow prediction for a target frame that is an estimation of the flow for the target frame. In particular, since the flow prediction can be generated by the decoder using the set of previously reconstructed frames, the encoder may transmit a flow delta that indicates a difference between the flow prediction and the actual flow for the target frame, instead of transmitting the flow itself. In this manner, the encoder can transmit a significantly smaller number of bits to the receiver, improving computational efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: WaveOne Inc.
    Inventors: Oren Rippel, Alexander G. Anderson, Kedar Tatwawadi, Sanjay Nair, Craig Lytle, Hervé Guihot, Brandon Sprague, Lubomir Bourdev
  • Publication number: 20230018461
    Abstract: A cloud service system manages a filter repository including filters for encoding and decoding media content (e.g. text, image, audio, video, etc.). The cloud service system may receive a request from a client device to provide a filter for installation on a node such as an endpoint device (e.g. pipeline node). The request includes information such as a type of bitstream to be processed by the requested filter. The request may further include other information such as hardware configuration and functionality attribute. The cloud service system may access the filter repository that stores the plurality of filters including encoder filters and decoder filters and may select a filter that is configured to process the type of bitstream identified in the request and provide the selected filter to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Lubomir Bourdev, Alexander G. Anderson, Kedar Tatwawadi, Sanjay Nair, Craig Lytle, Hervé Guihot, Brandon Sprague, Oren Rippel
  • Patent number: 11423310
    Abstract: A deep learning based compression (DLBC) system applies trained models to compress binary code of an input image to a target codelength. For a set of binary codes representing the quantized coefficents of an input image, the DLBC system applies a first model that is trained to predict feature probabilities based on the context of each bit of the binary codes. The DLBC system compresses the binary code via adaptive arithmetic coding based on the determined probability of each bit. The compressed binary code represents a balance between a reconstruction quality of a reconstruction of the input image and a target compression ratio of the compressed binary code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: WaveOne Inc.
    Inventors: Oren Rippel, Lubomir Bourdev
  • Publication number: 20220224934
    Abstract: A compression system trains a compression model for an encoder and decoder. In one embodiment, the compression model includes a machine-learned in-loop flow predictor that generates a flow prediction from previously reconstructed frames. The machine-learned flow predictor is coupled to receive a set of previously reconstructed frames and output a flow prediction for a target frame that is an estimation of the flow for the target frame. In particular, since the flow prediction can be generated by the decoder using the set of previously reconstructed frames, the encoder may transmit a flow delta that indicates a difference between the flow prediction and the actual flow for the target frame, instead of transmitting the flow itself. In this manner, the encoder can transmit a significantly smaller number of bits to the receiver, improving computational efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Oren Rippel, Alexander G. Anderson, Kedar Tatwawadi, Sanjay Nair, Craig Lytle, Hervé Guihot, Brandon Sprague, Lubomir Bourdev
  • Publication number: 20220224914
    Abstract: A compression system trains a machine-learned compression model that includes components for an encoder and decoder. In one embodiment, the compression model is trained to receive parameter information on how a target frame should be encoded with respect to one or more encoding parameters, and encodes the target frame according to the respective values of the encoding parameters for the target frame. In particular, the encoder of the compression model includes at least an encoding system configured to encode a target frame and generate compressed code that can be transmitted by, for example, a sender system to a receiver system. The decoder of the compression model includes a decoding system trained in conjunction with the encoding system. The decoding system is configured to receive the compressed code for the target frame and reconstruct the target frame for the receiver system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander G. Anderson, Oren Rippel, Kedar Tatwawadi, Sanjay Nair, Craig Lytle, Hervé Guihot, Brandon Sprague, Lubomir Bourdev
  • Patent number: 11315011
    Abstract: The compression system trains a machine-learned encoder and decoder through an autoencoder architecture. The encoder can be deployed by a sender system to encode content for transmission to a receiver system, and the decoder can be deployed by the receiver system to decode the encoded content and reconstruct the original content. The encoder is coupled to receive content and output a tensor as a compact representation of the content. The content may be, for example, images, videos, or text. The decoder is coupled to receive a tensor representing content and output a reconstructed version of the content. The compression system trains the autoencoder with a discriminator to reduce compression artifacts in the reconstructed content. The discriminator is coupled to receive one or more input content, and output a discrimination prediction that discriminates whether the input content is the original or reconstructed version of the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: WaveOne Inc.
    Inventors: Oren Rippel, Lubomir Bourdev, Carissa Lew, Sanjay Nair
  • Patent number: 11256984
    Abstract: A machine learning (ML) task system trains a neural network model that learns a compressed representation of acquired data and performs a ML task using the compressed representation. The neural network model is trained to generate a compressed representation that balances the objectives of achieving a target codelength and achieving a high accuracy of the output of the performed ML task. During deployment, an encoder portion and a task portion of the neural network model are separately deployed. A first system acquires data, applies the encoder portion to generate a compressed representation, performs an encoding process to generate compressed codes, and transmits the compressed codes. A second system regenerates the compressed representation from the compressed codes and applies the task model to determine the output of a ML task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: WaveOne Inc.
    Inventors: Lubomir Bourdev, Carissa Lew, Sanjay Nair, Oren Rippel
  • Publication number: 20210295164
    Abstract: A deep learning based compression (DLBC) system applies trained models to compress binary code of an input image to a target codelength. For a set of binary codes representing the quantized coefficents of an input image, the DLBC system applies a first model that is trained to predict feature probabilities based on the context of each bit of the binary codes. The DLBC system compresses the binary code via adaptive arithmetic coding based on the determined probability of each bit. The compressed binary code represents a balance between a reconstruction quality of a reconstruction of the input image and a target compression ratio of the compressed binary code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Oren Rippel, Lubomir Bourdev
  • Patent number: 11100394
    Abstract: A deep learning based compression (DLBC) system applies trained models to compress binary code of an input image to a target codelength. For a set of binary codes representing the quantized coefficents of an input image, the DLBC system applies a first model that is trained to predict feature probabilities based on the context of each bit of the binary codes. The DLBC system compresses the binary code via adaptive arithmetic coding based on the determined probability of each bit. The compressed binary code represents a balance between a reconstruction quality of a reconstruction of the input image and a target compression ratio of the compressed binary code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: WaveOne Inc.
    Inventors: Oren Rippel, Lubomir Bourdev
  • Patent number: 11062211
    Abstract: A deep learning based compression (DLBC) system applies trained models to compress binary code of an input image to a target codelength. For a set of binary codes representing the quantized coefficents of an input image, the DLBC system applies a first model that is trained to predict feature probabilities based on the context of each bit of the binary codes. The DLBC system compresses the binary code via adaptive arithmetic coding based on the determined probability of each bit. The compressed binary code represents a balance between a reconstruction quality of a reconstruction of the input image and a target compression ratio of the compressed binary code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: WaveOne Inc.
    Inventors: Oren Rippel, Lubomir Bourdev
  • Patent number: 11003692
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can obtain a first batch of content items to be clustered. A set of clusters can be generated by clustering respective binary hash codes for each content item in the first batch, wherein content items included in a cluster are visually similar to one another. A next batch of content items to be clustered can be obtained. One or more respective binary hash codes for the content items in the next batch can be assigned to a cluster in the set of clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Yunchao Gong, Marcin Pawlowski, Fei Yang, Lubomir Bourdev, Louis Dominic Brandy, Robert D. Fergus
  • Patent number: 10977553
    Abstract: A deep learning based compression (DLBC) system generates a progressive representation of the encoded input image such that a client device that requires the encoded input image at a particular target bitrate can readily be transmitted the appropriately encoded data. More specifically, the DLBC system computes a representation that includes channels and bitplanes that are ordered based on importance. For a given target rate, the DLBC system truncates the representation according to a trained zero mask to generate the progressive representation. Transmitting a first portion of the progressive representation enables a client device with the lowest target bitrate to appropriately playback the content. Each subsequent portion of the progressive representation allows the client device to playback the content with improved quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: WaveOne Inc.
    Inventors: Oren Rippel, Lubomir Bourdev
  • Patent number: 10860929
    Abstract: An encoder system trains a compression model that includes an autoencoder model and a frame extractor model. The encoding portion of the autoencoder is coupled to receive a set of target frames and a previous state tensor for the set of target frames and generate compressed code. The decoding portion of the autoencoder is coupled to receive the compressed code and the previous state tensor for the set of frames and generate a next state tensor for the set of target frames. The frame extractor model is coupled to receive the next state tensor and generate a set of reconstructed frames that correspond to the set of target frames by performing one or more operations on the state tensor. The state tensor for the set of frames includes information from frames of the video that can be used by the frame extractor to generate reconstructed frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: WaveOne Inc.
    Inventors: Oren Rippel, Sanjay Nair, Carissa Lew, Steve Branson, Alexander Anderson, Lubomir Bourdev
  • Publication number: 20200334535
    Abstract: A deep learning based compression (DLBC) system applies trained models to compress binary code of an input image to a target codelength. For a set of binary codes representing the quantized coefficents of an input image, the DLBC system applies a first model that is trained to predict feature probabilities based on the context of each bit of the binary codes. The DLBC system compresses the binary code via adaptive arithmetic coding based on the determined probability of each bit. The compressed binary code represents a balance between a reconstruction quality of a reconstruction of the input image and a target compression ratio of the compressed binary code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Oren Rippel, Lubomir Bourdev
  • Publication number: 20200334534
    Abstract: A deep learning based compression (DLBC) system applies trained models to compress binary code of an input image to a target codelength. For a set of binary codes representing the quantized coefficents of an input image, the DLBC system applies a first model that is trained to predict feature probabilities based on the context of each bit of the binary codes. The DLBC system compresses the binary code via adaptive arithmetic coding based on the determined probability of each bit. The compressed binary code represents a balance between a reconstruction quality of a reconstruction of the input image and a target compression ratio of the compressed binary code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Oren Rippel, Lubomir Bourdev