Patents by Inventor Moonock Yang
Moonock Yang 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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Patent number: 10757405Abstract: An apparatus of encoding an image in an advanced motion vector prediction (AMVP) mode can include an inter prediction module for determining motion information of a current block, and generating a prediction block of the current block using the motion information; a transform module for transforming the residual block to generate a transformed block; a quantization module for quantizing the transformed block using a quantization parameter and a quantization matrix to generate a quantized block; a scanning module for scanning quantized coefficient components of the quantized block; and an entropy coding module for entropy-coding the scanned quantized coefficient components of the quantized block; in which the motion information is encoded by performing the sub-steps of: constructing an AMVP list using available motion vector candidates of a left motion vector candidate, an above motion vector candidate and a temporal motion vector candidate; selecting a motion vector predictor among motion vector candidates ofType: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: INFOBRIDGE PTE. LTD.Inventors: Soo Mi Oh, Moonock Yang
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Patent number: 10742983Abstract: A method for generating a prediction block in intra prediction, includes restoring a mode group indicator and a prediction mode index; constructing a most probable mode (MPM) group including three intra prediction modes of a current block; determining an intra prediction mode specified by the intra prediction mode index in the MPM group as the intra prediction mode of the current block if the mode group indicator indicates the MPM group, and deriving the intra prediction mode of the current block using the prediction mode index and the three intra prediction modes of the MPM group if the mode group indicator does not indicate the MPM group; determining a size of the prediction block based on transform size information; determining whether all reference pixels of the current block are available; generating reference pixels if one or more reference pixels of the current block are unavailable; adaptively filtering the reference pixels based on the intra prediction mode and the size of the current block; and geneType: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: INFOBRIDGE PTE. LTD.Inventors: Soo Mi Oh, Moonock Yang
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Publication number: 20200228802Abstract: An apparatus for decoding an image in intra prediction can include an inverse scanning module generating a quantized block by applying an inverse scan pattern to significant flags, coefficient signs and coefficient levels; an inverse quantization module generating a quantization parameter predictor, adding the quantization parameter predictor to a differential quantization parameter to generate a quantization parameter and inversely quantizing the quantized block using the quantization parameter; an inverse transform module inversely transforming the inversely quantized block to restore a residual block; an intra prediction module generating a prediction block; and an adder generating a reconstructed block using the residual block and the prediction block, in which when a size of a transform unit is equal to or smaller than 8×8, the inverse scan pattern is a horizontal scan for a vertical mode and a predetermined number of intra prediction modes having closest direction to the vertical mode, the inverse scanType: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: INFOBRIDGE PTE. LTD.Inventors: Soo Mi OH, Moonock YANG
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Publication number: 20200228799Abstract: An image decoding method includes deriving an intra prediction mode using three intra prediction modes which are determined by left and above intra prediction modes of a current prediction unit; generating a prediction block according to the intra prediction mode; generating a residual block using the intra prediction mode; and generating a reconstructed block using the prediction block and the residual block, wherein the intra prediction mode is derived by constructing a Most Probable Mode (MPM) group including three intra prediction modes determined based on the left intra prediction mode and the above intra prediction mode, by setting an intra prediction mode of the MPM group specified by a prediction mode index as the intra prediction mode of the current prediction unit if a mode group indicator indicates the MPM group, and by determining the intra prediction mode of the current prediction unit if the mode group indicator does not indicate the MPM group.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: INFOBRIDGE PTE. LTD.Inventors: Soo Mi OH, Moonock YANG
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Publication number: 20200195957Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for decoding an image. The apparatus restores a plurality of sub-blocks by applying a scan pattern determined according to the intra prediction mode of the current block on the quantization coefficient sequence and restores the quantized transform block by applying a scan pattern determined according to the intra prediction mode of the current block on the plurality of sub-blocks. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the amount of coding bits and computing resources required to decode a current prediction block.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2020Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Soo Mi OH, Moonock YANG
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Publication number: 20200195958Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for decoding an image. The apparatus restores a plurality of sub-blocks by applying a scan pattern determined according to the intra prediction mode of the current block on the quantization coefficient sequence and restores the quantized transform block by applying a scan pattern determined according to the intra prediction mode of the current block on the plurality of sub-blocks. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the amount of coding bits and computing resources required to decode a current prediction block.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2020Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Soo Mi OH, Moonock YANG
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Publication number: 20200145655Abstract: Provided is a method that de-multiplexes a bit stream to extract intra prediction mode information and residual signals, restores an intra prediction mode of a current prediction unit using the intra prediction information and intra prediction modes of prediction units adjacent to the current prediction unit, generates reference pixels using one or more available reference pixel if there exist unavailable reference pixels of the prediction unit, adaptively filters the reference pixels based on the restored intra prediction mode, generates a prediction block using the restored intra prediction mode and the reference pixels, decodes the residual signal to generating a residual block, and generates a reconstructed block using the prediction block and the residual block. Accordingly, additional bits resulted from increase of a number of intra prediction mode are effectively reduced. Also, an image compression ratio can be improved by generating a prediction block similar to an original block.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Soo Mi OH, Moonock YANG
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Patent number: 10630984Abstract: A method of encoding an image can include determining an intra prediction mode and generating one or more prediction blocks using the intra prediction mode; determining motion information and generating a prediction block using the motion information; transforming residual signals generated using an original block and the prediction block to generate a transformed block; determining a quantization parameter and quantizing the transformed block using a quantization matrix and the quantization parameter to generate a quantized block; determining a scan pattern and applying the scan pattern to the quantized block to generate one-dimensional coefficient information; and entropy-coding the one-dimensional coefficient information, information on the intra prediction mode, the motion information, and a differential quantization parameter, in which the differential quantization parameter is generated by subtracting a quantization parameter predictor from the quantization parameter.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: INFOBRIDGE PTE. LTD.Inventors: Soo Mi Oh, Moonock Yang
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Patent number: 10623732Abstract: An apparatus for encoding an image in intra prediction can include an intra prediction unit generating a prediction block using an intra prediction mode; a transform unit transforming residual signals generated using an original block and the prediction block to generate a transformed block; a quantization unit determining a quantization parameter and quantizing the transformed block using a quantization matrix and the quantization parameter to generate a quantized block; a scanning unit determining a scan pattern and applying the scan pattern to the quantized block to generate one-dimensional coefficient information; and an entropy coding unit entropy-coding the one-dimensional coefficient information and the intra prediction mode, in which the residual signals are transformed in a transform unit, DST-based integer transforms are used for transforming the residual signals if the size of the transform unit is smaller than a predetermined size, and DCT-based transforms are used if the size of the transform uniType: GrantFiled: June 7, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: INFOBRIDGE PTE. LTD.Inventors: Soo Mi Oh, Moonock Yang
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Patent number: 10602181Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for decoding an image. The apparatus restores a plurality of sub-blocks by applying a scan pattern determined according to the intra prediction mode of the current block on the quantization coefficient sequence and restores the quantized transform block by applying a scan pattern determined according to the intra prediction mode of the current block on the plurality of sub-blocks. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the amount of coding bits and computing resources required to decode a current prediction block.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: M & K Holdings Inc.Inventors: Soo Mi Oh, Moonock Yang
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Patent number: 10567760Abstract: Provided is a method that de-multiplexes a bit stream to extract intra prediction mode information and residual signals, restores an intra prediction mode of a current prediction unit using the intra prediction information and intra prediction modes of prediction units adjacent to the current prediction unit, generates reference pixels using one or more available reference pixel if there exist unavailable reference pixels of the prediction unit, adaptively filters the reference pixels based on the restored intra prediction mode, generates a prediction block using the restored intra prediction mode and the reference pixels, decodes the residual signal to generating a residual block, and generates a reconstructed block using the prediction block and the residual block. Accordingly, additional bits resulted from increase of a number of intra prediction mode are effectively reduced. Also, an image compression ratio can be improved by generating a prediction block similar to an original block.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: M&K HOLDINGS INC.Inventors: Soo Mi Oh, Moonock Yang
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Publication number: 20190387229Abstract: An image decoding method can include deriving luma intra prediction mode and chroma intra prediction mode, wherein the luma intra prediction mode is derived by using a prediction mode index, a mode group indicator, and an MPM (Most Probable Mode) group including three intra prediction modes; determining a size of a luma transform unit and a size of a chroma transform unit; generating a reference pixel when at least one of reference pixels is unavailable; adaptively filtering a reference pixel of a current luma block based on the luma intra prediction mode and the size of luma transform unit; generating prediction blocks of a current chroma block and the current luma block using the adaptively filtered reference pixel; generating residual blocks of the current chroma block and the current luma block; and generating a reconstructed block by adding the residual blocks and the prediction blocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Applicant: INFOBRIDGE PTE. LTD.Inventors: Soo Mi OH, Moonock YANG
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Publication number: 20190342548Abstract: A method for decoding an image in intra prediction, includes generating two-dimensional quantized block by applying an inverse scan pattern to significant coefficients, sign flags and levels respectively; generating a quantization parameter predictor; adding the quantization parameter predictor and a differential quantization parameter to generate quantization parameter; inversely quantizing the quantized block using the quantization parameter; inversely transforming the inversely quantized block to restore a residual block; generating a prediction block; and generating a reconstructed block using the residual block and the prediction block.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: INFOBRIDGE PTE. LTD.Inventors: Soo Mi OH, Moonock YANG
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Publication number: 20190342553Abstract: A method of encoding an image can include determining an intra prediction mode and generating one or more prediction blocks using the intra prediction mode; determining motion information and generating a prediction block using the motion information; transforming residual signals generated using an original block and the prediction block to generate a transformed block; determining a quantization parameter and quantizing the transformed block using a quantization matrix and the quantization parameter to generate a quantized block; determining a scan pattern and applying the scan pattern to the quantized block to generate one-dimensional coefficient information; and entropy-coding the one-dimensional coefficient information, information on the intra prediction mode, the motion information, and a differential quantization parameter, in which the differential quantization parameter is generated by subtracting a quantization parameter predictor from the quantization parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: INFOBRIDGE PTE. LTD.Inventors: Soo Mi OH, Moonock YANG
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Publication number: 20190335178Abstract: A method of reconstructing video data using a merge mode can include constructing a merge list using available spatial and temporal merge candidates; determining a merge candidate on the merge list corresponding to a merge index as motion information of a current prediction unit; generating a predicted block of the current prediction unit using the motion information; generating a transformed block by inverse-quantizing a block of quantized coefficients using a quantization parameter; generating a residual block by inverse-transforming the transformed block; and generating a reconstructed block using the predicted block and the residual block, in which when the current prediction unit is a second prediction unit partitioned by asymmetric partitioning, the spatial merge candidate corresponding to a first prediction unit partitioned by the asymmetric partitioning is excluded from the merge list, and a motion vector of the temporal merge candidate is determined depending on a position of the current prediction uType: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: INFOBRIDGE PTE. LTD.Inventors: Soo Mi OH, Moonock YANG
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Publication number: 20190320182Abstract: An image decoding method using a merge mode, can include constructing a merge candidate list by using available spatial merge candidates and an available temporal merge candidate; generating a prediction block based on motion information derived by using the merge candidate list; inversely quantizing a quantization block by using a quantization parameter generated per quantization unit, wherein the quantization block is generated with quantization coefficient components; generating a residual block by inversely transforming the inversely quantized quantization block; deriving a reconstructed block by using the prediction block and the residual block, in which the spatial merge candidates are motion information of spatial merge candidate blocks, and the spatial merge candidate blocks are a left block, an above block, an above-right block, a left-below block or an above-left block of a current block, and a reference picture index of the temporal merge candidate is 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: INFOBRIDGE PTE. LTD.Inventors: Soo Mi OH, Moonock YANG
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Publication number: 20190306518Abstract: A method for decoding chroma image can include deriving a chroma intra prediction mode of a prediction unit using a corresponding luma intra prediction mode; determining a size of a current chroma block using luma transform size information; generating a chroma prediction block of the current chroma block; generating a chroma residual block of the current chroma block using the chroma intra prediction mode and a chroma quantization parameter; and generating a chroma reconstructed block adding the chroma prediction block and the chroma residual block, in which the chroma quantization parameter is generated using a luma quantization parameter determined per quantization unit and information indicating the relationship between the luma quantization parameter and the chroma quantization parameter, the size of the quantization unit is one of allowable sizes of a coding unit, and a minimum size of the quantization unit is determined per picture and a parameter for specifying the minimum size of the quantization uniType: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: INFOBRIDGE PTE. LTD.Inventors: Soo Mi OH, Moonock YANG
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Patent number: 10404983Abstract: An image coding method includes generating a prediction block using intra prediction mode or motion information, transforming residual signals generated using an original block and the prediction block to generate a transformed block, quantizing the transformed block using a quantization parameter to generate a quantized block, determining a scan pattern and applying the scan pattern to the quantized block to generate one-dimensional coefficient information, and entropy-coding the one-dimensional coefficient information, wherein a transform type used for transforming the residual signals of luma components is DCT-based integer transform if prediction mode is inter prediction, and a transform type used for transforming the residual signals of chroma components is a DCT-based integer transform.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: INFOBRIDGE PTE. LTD.Inventors: Soo Mi Oh, Moonock Yang
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Patent number: 10390016Abstract: An apparatus for decoding an image can include an inverse scanning module generating a quantized block; an inverse quantization module generating a quantization parameter predictor, adding the quantization parameter predictor to a differential quantization parameter to generate a quantization parameter and inversely quantizing the quantized block using the quantization parameter; an inverse transform module inversely transforming the inversely quantized block to restore a residual block; an intra prediction module generating a prediction block; and an of generating a reconstructed block using the residual block and the prediction block, wherein when a size of a transform unit is equal to or smaller than 8×8, the inverse scan pattern is a horizontal scan for a vertical mode and a predetermined number of intra prediction modes having closest direction to the vertical mode, the inverse scan pattern is a vertical scan for a horizontal mode and the predetermined number of the intra prediction modes having closestType: GrantFiled: January 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: INFOBRIDGE PTE. LTD.Inventors: Soo Mi Oh, Moonock Yang
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Publication number: 20190253713Abstract: A method for generating a prediction block in intra prediction, includes restoring a mode group indicator and a prediction mode index; constructing a most probable mode (MPM) group including three intra prediction modes of a current block; determining an intra prediction mode specified by the intra prediction mode index in the MPM group as the intra prediction mode of the current block if the mode group indicator indicates the MPM group, and deriving the intra prediction mode of the current block using the prediction mode index and the three intra prediction modes of the MPM group if the mode group indicator does not indicate the MPM group; determining a size of the prediction block based on transform size information; determining whether all reference pixels of the current block are available; generating reference pixels if one or more reference pixels of the current block are unavailable; adaptively filtering the reference pixels based on the intra prediction mode and the size of the current block; and geneType: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: INFOBRIDGE PTE. LTD.Inventors: Soo Mi OH, Moonock YANG