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).

  • Publication number: 20230388545
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document may include the steps of: deriving the position of the final significant coefficient in the current block and transform coefficients for the current block on the basis of residual information; determining whether the index of a sub-block including the final significant coefficient is 0 and whether the position of the final significant coefficient in the sub-block is greater than 0; determining whether a significant coefficient exists in a second area excluding a first area at the upper left end of the current block; and parsing an LFNST index from a bitstream when the position of the final significant coefficient is determined to be greater than 0 in the sub-block in which the index is and the significant coefficient does not exist in the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Moonmo KOO, Seunghwan KIM
  • Patent number: 11831912
    Abstract: An image coding method according to the present document comprises the steps of: deriving transform coefficients for a current block on the basis of residual-related information; and generating residual samples of the current block on the basis of the transform coefficients. The residual-related information comprises low frequency non-separable transform (LFNST) index information, showing information relating to non-separable transform for low-frequency transform coefficients of the current block, on the basis of a matrix-based intra-prediction (MIP) flag showing whether or not MIP is applied to the current block. The residual samples are generated from the transform coefficients on the basis of the LFNST index information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Junghak Nam, Jaehyun Lim, Moonmo Koo, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11831918
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Junghak Nam, Jaehyun Lim, Moonmo Koo, Seunghwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20230379473
    Abstract: A method for image decoding, 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; 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; and determining an LFNST set including LFNST matrices on the basis of the updated intra prediction mode, wherein the updated intra prediction mode is derived as an intra prediction mode corresponding to a specific position in the luma block, and the specific position is set on the basis of a color format of the chroma block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Moonmo KOO, Hyeongmoon JANG, Seunghwan KIM, Jaehyun LIM
  • Publication number: 20230379472
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document comprises the steps of: on the basis of an intra prediction mode of a chroma block being a cross-component linear model (CCLM) mode and an intra prediction mode of a luma block corresponding to the chroma block being a palette mode, updating the intra prediction mode of the chroma block to an intra DC mode; on the basis of the updated intra prediction mode, determining an LFNST set including LFNST matrices; and performing LFNST on the chroma block on the basis of an LFNST matrix derived from the LFNST set, wherein the intra DC mode is an intra prediction mode corresponding to a specific location within the luma block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Moonmo KOO, Hyeongmoon JANG, Seunghwan KIM, Jaehyun LIM
  • Publication number: 20230379501
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide video signal processing methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Moonmo KOO, Mehdi SALEHIFAR, Seunghwan KIM, Jaehyun LIM
  • Patent number: 11825119
    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: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Moonmo Koo
  • Patent number: 11818352
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for video signal processing. A method for decoding an image signal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include determining an input length and an output length of a non-separable transform based on a height and a width of a current block; determining a non-separable transform matrix corresponding to the input length and the output length of a non-separable transform; and applying the non-separable transform matrix to coefficients by a number of the input length in the current block, wherein the height and the width of a current block is greater than or equal to 8, wherein, if each of the height and the width of a current block is equal to 8, the input length of the non-separable transform is determined as 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Mehdi Salehifar, Seunghwan Kim, Jaehyun Lim
  • Patent number: 11818350
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Mehdi Salehifar, Seunghwan Kim, Jaehyun Lim, Moonmo Koo
  • Patent number: 11812022
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document comprises the steps of: deriving a quantized transform coefficient for a current block on the basis of BDPCM; deriving a transform coefficient by performing dequantization on the quantized transform coefficient; and deriving a residual sample on the basis of the transform coefficient, wherein, when the BDPCM is applied to the current block, inverse non-separable transform is not applied to the transform coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Jaehyun Lim, Junghak Nam, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11812059
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document comprises a step of deriving modified transform coefficients, wherein the step of deriving the modified transform coefficients comprises a step of setting an LFNST apply variable about whether to apply an LFNST on the basis of the tree type of the current block, a transform coefficient coding flag for each component of the current block, or a transform skip flag for each component of the current block, and can comprise a step of parsing an LFNST index on the basis of the value of the LFNST apply variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Jaehyun Lim, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11805263
    Abstract: A video decoding method according to the present document comprises a step of deriving transform coefficients for a current block on the basis of residual information, wherein the step of deriving the transform coefficients comprises a step of deriving a zero-out block indicating a region in which effective transform coefficients may exist in the current block, wherein the zero-out block is derived on the basis of flag information indicating whether multiple transform selection (MTS), in which a plurality of transform kernels are used, can be applied to the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Seunghwan Kim, Jaehyun Lim
  • Patent number: 11805257
    Abstract: An image decoding method includes a step of deriving a modified transform coefficient, wherein the step of deriving the modified transform coefficient includes the steps of: deriving a first variable indicating whether the transform coefficient exists in an area excluding a DC location of the current block; parsing an LFNST index based on the derivation result; and deriving the modified transform coefficient based on the LFNST index and an LFNST matrix, and based on the fact that the current block is divided into a plurality of sub-partition blocks, the LFNST index can be parsed without deriving the first variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Jaehyun Lim, Seunghwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20230345047
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document 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, on the basis of an inverse primary transform for the modified transform coefficients, a restoration picture based on residual samples for the target block, wherein the modified transform coefficients derived according to the inverse RST are two-dimensionally arranged according to the order of a row priority direction or a column priority direction according to an intra prediction mode to be applied to the target block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Moonmo KOO, Seunghwan KIM, Jaehyun LIM
  • Patent number: 11792430
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document comprises a step of deriving modified transform coefficients on the basis of an inverse reduced secondary transform (RST) regarding transform coefficients regarding a target block. The inverse RST is performed on the basis of transform sets determined on the basis of a mapping relation following an intra prediction mode applied to the target block, and a transform kernel matrix selected from two transform kernel matrices included in the transform sets, respectively, and and is performed on the basis of whether or not the inverse RST is applied, and a transform index indicating one of the transform kernel matrices included in the transform sets. A syntax element bin string regarding the transform index is decoded on the basis of a different context set according to the tree type regarding the division structure of the target block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Seunghwan Kim, Mehdi Salehifar, Jaehyun Lim
  • Publication number: 20230328288
    Abstract: A method for decoding a video signal based on reduced transform includes the steps of: obtaining, from the video signal, a transform index indicating transform kernels applied to horizontal and vertical directions of a current block; determining a region in which a transform is applied to the current block based on the transform kernels indicated by the transform index and a size of the current block; deriving, as zero, coefficients of a remaining region other than the region to which the transform is applied within the current block; and performing an inverse transform on the region to which the transform is applied using the transform kernels indicated by the transform index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Moonmo KOO, Seunghwan KIM, Mehdi SALEHIFAR, Jaehyun LIM
  • Publication number: 20230319311
    Abstract: The present disclosure, in a method of decoding a video signal, provides a method including checking whether a transform skip is applied to a current block; acquiring a transform index indicating transform types applied to a horizontal direction and a vertical direction of the current block from among a plurality of predefined transform types from the video signal when the transform skip is not applied to the current block; and performing an inverse primary transform on the current block using the transform types indicated by the transform index, wherein the transform types applied to the horizontal direction and the vertical direction of the current block are determined from among transform types defined according to an intra prediction mode of the current block based on the transform index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Seunghwan KIM, Medhi Salehifar, Moonmo Koo, Jaehyun Lim
  • Publication number: 20230308654
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document is characterized by including: a step for receiving a bitstream including residual information; a step for deriving transform coefficients for a target block on the basis of the residual information; a step for deriving corrected transform coefficients on the basis of an inverse non-separable transform of the transform coefficients; and a step for deriving residual samples for the target block on the basis of an inverse primary transform of the corrected transform coefficients, wherein the inverse non-separable transform is performed when the size of the target block is equal to or smaller than the size of a prescribed maximum transform application block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Moonmo KOO, Jaehyun LIM, Junghak NAM, Seunghwan KIM
  • Publication number: 20230308670
    Abstract: A method and a device for processing a video signal are disclosed. In particular, a method for decoding a video signal includes parsing a first syntax element indicating a primary transform kernel applied to a primary transform of a current block; determining whether a secondary transform is applicable to the current block based on the first syntax element; if the secondary transform is applicable to the current block, parsing a second syntax element indicating a secondary transform kernel applied to a secondary transform of the current block; deriving a secondary inverse-transformed block, by performing a secondary inverse-transform for a top-left specific region of the current block using a secondary transform kernel indicated by the second syntax element; and deriving a residual block of the current block, by performing a primary inverse-transform for the secondary inverse-transformed block using a primary transform kernel indicated by the first syntax element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Moonmo KOO, Mehdi SALEHIFAR, Seunghwan KIM, Jaehyun LIM
  • Patent number: 11770560
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a video signal processing method and device. Particularly, a method for decoding a video signal, may comprise the steps of: checking whether a transfer skip is applied to a current block; obtaining, from a video signal, a transform index for indicating a transform type set applied to the current block when the transform skip is not applied to the current block, wherein the transform type set includes transform types applied to the current block in horizontal and vertical directions; checking whether the transform type set includes DCT2; determining a region to which a primary transform is applied based on a checking result; and performing an inverse transform on the region to which the primary transform is applied in the horizontal and vertical directions using the transform types included in the transform type set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Mehdi Salehifar, Seunghwan Kim, Jaehyun Lim