Patents by Inventor Moonmo Koo

Moonmo Koo 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: 11943474
    Abstract: Embodiments in the present specification provide a video signal processing method and device. A method of processing a video signal according to an embodiment in the present specification comprises the steps of: acquiring an intra-prediction mode for a current block from the video signal; determining a modified intra-prediction mode from the intra-prediction mode for the current block on the basis of the width and height of and the intra-prediction mode for the current block; and applying a transform determined on the basis of the modified intra-prediction mode. The accuracy of prediction can be further improved by deriving a modified intra-prediction mode according to a wide-angle intra-prediction mode according to the shape of and an intra-prediction mode for a current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Jaehyun Lim, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11943479
    Abstract: A method for processing a video signal includes determining a horizontal transform type index for a horizontal transform kernel and a vertical transform type index for a vertical transform kernel of a transform block in the video signal, determining a transform region in which a significant transform coefficient exists in the transform block based on the horizontal transform type index, the vertical transform type index, and a size of the transform block, and applying inverse-transform to the transform region based on the horizontal transform type index and the vertical transform type index. A width of the transform region is determined based on a comparison between the horizontal transform type index and a reference value, and a height of the transform region is determined based on a comparison between the vertical transform type index and the reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Jaehyun Lim, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11943445
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document may comprise the steps of: receiving image information including residual information and an LFNST index from a bitstream; deriving a transform coefficient on the basis of the residual information; deriving a flag variable related to whether LFNST is applied to a current block on the basis of the LFNST index; and performing the LFNST on the basis of the flag variable and the transform coefficient, wherein the flag variable is derived for each color component of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Jie Zhao, Hyeongmoon Jang, Seunghwan Kim, Jaehyun Lim
  • Patent number: 11943456
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document comprises the steps of: deriving a transform coefficient for a current block on the basis of residual information; deriving a residual sample by applying, to the transform coefficient, at least one of LFNST and MTS; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual samples, wherein the LFNST is performed on the basis of an LFNST index indicating an LFNST kernel, the MTS is performed on the basis of an MTS index indicating an MTS kernel, and the LFNST index may be parsed before the MTS index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Jaehyun Lim, Seunghwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20240098258
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for processing a video signal. A method for decoding an image signal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: for a current block having a width and a height different from each other, determining a modified intra prediction mode from an intra prediction mode, on the basis of a ratio between the width and the height of the current block and the intra prediction mode; determining an inverse non-separable transform set on the basis of the modified intra prediction mode; and applying an inverse non-separable transform matrix selected from the inverse non-separable transform set with respect to the top-left region of the current block, which is determined according to the width and the height of the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Moonmo KOO, Mehdi SALEHIFAR, Seunghwan KIM, Jaehyun LIM
  • Publication number: 20240098305
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present specification comprises the steps of: deriving transform coefficients through inverse quantization on the basis of quantized transform coefficient for a target block; deriving modified transform coefficients on the basis of inverse reduced secondary transform (RST) of the transform coefficients; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of residual samples for the target block on the basis of an inverse primary transform of the modified transform coefficients, wherein the step of deriving the modified transform coefficients is characterized in deriving 16 modified transform coefficients by applying a transform kernel matrix to 8 transform coefficients in a 4×4 region of the target block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Moonmo KOO, Jaehyun LIM, Seunghwan KIM, Mehdi SALEHIFAR
  • Patent number: 11936911
    Abstract: An image decoding method comprises the steps of: deriving transform coefficients through inverse quantization on the basis of quantized transform coefficients for a target block; deriving modified transform coefficients on the basis of an inverse reduced secondary transform (RST) for the transform coefficients; and generating a restoration picture on the basis of residual samples for the target block, on the basis of an inverse primary transform for the modified transform coefficients, wherein the inverse RST is performed on the basis of: transform sets determined by a mapping relation according to an intra prediction mode applied to the target block; and a transform kernel matrix selected from among two transform kernel matrices included in each of the transform sets, and is performed on the basis of: whether the inverse RST is applied; and a transform index for indicating any one of the transform kernel matrices included in the transform sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Jaehyun Lim, Seunghwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20240089434
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and apparatus for processing video signals. An image signal decoding method according to an embodiment of the disclosure comprises the steps of: determining, on the basis of the height and width of a current block, an input length and output length of a non-separable transform; determining a non-separable transform matrix corresponding to the input length and output length of the non-separable transform; and applying the non-separable transform matrix to the current block, wherein, when the height and width of the current block are 4 each, the input length and output length of the non-separable transform are determined to be 8 and 16 respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Moonmo KOO, Mehdi SALEHIFAR, Seunghwan KIM, Jaehyun LIM
  • Publication number: 20240064333
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document comprises the steps of: acquiring prediction-related information and residual-related information for a current block; deriving transform coefficients for the current block on the basis of the residual-related information; and generating residual samples of the current block on the basis of the transform coefficients, wherein the residual-related information includes low-frequency non-separable transform (LFNST) index information indicating information relating to non-separable transform for a low-frequency transform coefficient of the current block on the basis of a matrix-based intra prediction (MIP) flag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Junghak NAM, Jaehyun LIM, Moonmo KOO, Seunghwan KIM
  • Publication number: 20240064337
    Abstract: An image decoding method, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: determining whether to parse an MTS index for applying an MTS to the current block; deriving residual samples for the current block by applying the MTS to the current block on the basis of the MTS index; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual samples, wherein the step of determining whether to parse the MTS index includes determining the tree type of the current block, the division type of the current block, and whether zero-out for the MTS has been performed in the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Moonmo KOO, Jaehyun LIM, Seunghwan KIM, Mehdi SALEHIFAR
  • Patent number: 11909972
    Abstract: An image decoding method includes: acquiring a multiple transform selection (MTS) index and residual information from a bitstream; deriving transform coefficients for the current block on the basis of the residual information; and generating residual samples of the current block on the basis of the MTS index and the transform coefficients, wherein the MTS index indicates a transform kernel set to be applied to the current block among transform kernel set candidates, at least one bin among bins of a bin string of the MTS index is derived on the basis of context coding, the context coding is performed on the basis of values of increase and decrease in a context index pertaining to the MTS index, and a single value of increase and decrease in the context index can be used for the context coding of the first bin among the bins of the bin string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Junghak Nam, Moonmo Koo, Jaehyun Lim, Seunghwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20240056607
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for decoding a video signal based on adaptive multiple transforms (AMT). The method includes: obtaining an AMT index from the video signal, where the AMT index indicates any one of a plurality of transform combinations in a transform configuration group, and the transform configuration group includes discrete sine transform type 7 (DST7) and discrete cosine transform type 8 (DCT8); deriving a transform combination corresponding to the AMT index, where the transform combination includes a horizontal transform and a vertical transform, and at least one of the DST-7 or the DCT-8; performing an inverse transform on a current block on the basis of the transform combination; and restoring the video signal by using the inversely transformed current block. The AMT represents a transform scheme that is performed based on a transform combination adaptively selected from a plurality of transform combinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: Moonmo KOO
  • Patent number: 11902569
    Abstract: A video decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus includes the steps of: deriving control points (CP) for a current block; acquiring movement vectors for the CPs; deriving a sample unit movement vector in the current block on the basis of the acquired movement vectors; and deriving a prediction sample for the current block on the basis of the sample unit movement vector. According to the present invention, it is possible to effectively perform, through sample unit motion vectors, inter-prediction not only in a case where an image in the current block is plane-shifted but also in a case where there are various image distortions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyeongmoon Jang, Eunyong Son, Moonmo Koo, Seungwook Park, Yongjoon Jeon
  • Patent number: 11902592
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for decoding a video signal, the method comprising the steps of: decoding, from a bitstream, a syntax element indicating the last non-zero region, wherein the last non-zero region represents a region including the last non-zero transform coefficient in a scan order; splitting a current block into multiple sub-regions; and based on the syntax element, determining the last non-zero region of the current block among the split sub-regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11902530
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document may comprise the steps of: deriving an intra prediction mode of a chroma block as a cross-component linear model (CCLM) mode on the basis of intra prediction mode information; updating the intra prediction mode of the chroma block on the basis of an intra prediction mode of a luma block corresponding to the chroma block; when the chroma block is not square, remapping the updated intra prediction mode to a wide-angle intra prediction mode; and determining an LFNST set including LFNST matrices on the basis of the remapped intra prediction mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Hyeongmoon Jang, Seunghwan Kim, Jaehyun Lim
  • Publication number: 20240048766
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document comprises the steps of: receiving image information including residual information for a current block; and generating residual samples of the current block on the basis of the residual information, wherein the residual information includes information on transform coefficients of the current block, and the residual samples are generated from the information on the transform coefficients on the basis of low-frequency non-separable transform (LFNST) index information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Junghak NAM, Jaehyun LIM, Moonmo KOO, Seunghwan KIM
  • Publication number: 20240048702
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document can comprise the steps of: deriving a transform coefficient for a current block on the basis of residual information; determining whether an effective coefficient is in a second area that excludes the upper left first area of the current block; parsing an MTS index from a bitstream if the effective coefficient is not in the second area; and deriving a residual sample by applying, to transform coefficients of the first area, an MTS kernel derived on the basis of the MTS index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Moonmo KOO, Jaehyun LIM, Seunghwan KIM, Mehdi SALEHIFAR
  • Patent number: 11895300
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document comprises a step of generating residual samples of a current block on the basis of residual information, wherein the residual information comprises a multiple transform selection (MTS) index and information regarding transform coefficients, the residual samples are generated from transform coefficients according to the information regarding the transform coefficients by using a transform kernel set, the transform kernel set is determined by the MTS index from among transform kernel set candidates, at least one of bins of a bin string of the MTS index is derived on the basis of context coding, the context coding is performed based on a value of a context index with respect to the MTS index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Junghak Nam, Moonmo Koo, Jaehyun Lim, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11895334
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by means of a decoding device according to the present invention comprises the steps of: deriving quantized transform coefficients with respect to a target block from a bitstream; performing inverse quantization with respect to the quantized transform coefficients with respect to the target block and deriving transform coefficients; deriving residual samples with respect to the target block on the basis of reduced inverse transform with respect to the transform coefficients; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual samples with respect to the target block and prediction samples with respect to the target block. The reduced inverse transform is performed on the basis of a reduced inverse transform matrix. The reduced inverse transform matrix is a non-square matrix of which the number of columns is smaller than the number of rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Mehdi Salehifar, Seunghwan Kim, Moonmo Koo, Jaehyun Lim
  • Publication number: 20240040121
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by means of a decoding device according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: deriving transform coefficients of a target block from a bitstream; deriving a non-separable secondary transform (NSST) index with respect to the target block; performing inverse transform with respect to the transform coefficients of the target block on the basis of the NSST index and thus deriving residual samples of the target block; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Mehdi SALEHIFAR, Seunghwan KIM, Jaehyun LIM, Moonmo KOO