Patents by Inventor Paul KEYDEL

Paul KEYDEL 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: 20230328242
    Abstract: A picture in a data stream is subdivided into different size transform bocks. For a transform block, a transformation is selected by checking whether the block's size exceeds a threshold. If it does, a default technique is used to select the transformation. If it does not, a transformation is used from a list of transformations as identified by an index, the list including an identity transformation and non-identity transformations. A coefficients block in the data stream is decoded, and if the selected transformation is the identity transformation, then the coefficients block is used as a residual sample array, and if the selected transformation is not the identity transformation, the coefficients block is subjected to an inverse transformation corresponding to the selected transformation to obtain a residual sample array used to correct a prediction for the transform block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin BROSS, Phan Hoang Tung NGUYEN, Paul KEYDEL, Heiko SCHWARZ, Detlev MARPE, Thomas WIEGAND, Christian HELMRICH
  • Patent number: 11706413
    Abstract: A picture in a data stream is subdivided into different size transform blocks. For a transform block, a transformation is selected by checking whether the block's size exceeds a threshold. If it does, a default technique is used to select the transformation. If it does not, a transformation is used from a list of transformations as identified by an index, the list including an identity transformation and non-identity transformations. A coefficients block in the data stream is decoded, and if the selected transformation is the identity transformation, then the coefficients block is used as a residual sample array, and if the selected transformation is not the identity transformation, the coefficients block is subjected to an inverse transformation corresponding to the selected transformation to obtain a residual sample array used to correct a prediction for the transform block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Benjamin Bross, Phan Hoang Tung Nguyen, Paul Keydel, Heiko Schwarz, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Wiegand, Christian Helmrich
  • Publication number: 20230188715
    Abstract: A video encoder is configured to encode, by block based predictive encoding, pictures of a video into coding data, wherein the block based predictive encoding includes an intra-picture prediction. The video encoder is configured to use, for the intra-picture prediction, for encoding a prediction block of a picture, a plurality of nearest reference samples of the picture directly neighboring the prediction block and a plurality of extended reference samples, each extended reference sample of the plurality of extended reference samples separated from the prediction block at least by one nearest reference sample of the plurality of reference samples. The video encoder is further configured to sequentially determine an availability or unavailability of each of the plurality of nearest reference samples and to substitute a nearest reference sample being determined as unavailable by a substitution sample. The video encoder is configured to use the substitution sample for the intra-picture prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin Bross, Philipp Merkle, Simone Walter, Heiko Schwarz, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Wiegand, Paul Keydel
  • Patent number: 11606554
    Abstract: A video encoder is configured to encode, by block based predictive encoding, pictures of a video into coding data, wherein the block based predictive encoding includes an intra-picture prediction. The video encoder is configured to use, for the intra-picture prediction, for encoding a prediction block of a picture, a plurality of nearest reference samples of the picture directly neighboring the prediction block and a plurality of extended reference samples, each extended reference sample of the plurality of extended reference samples separated from the prediction block at least by one nearest reference sample of the plurality of reference samples. The video encoder is further configured to sequentially determine an availability or unavailability of each of the plurality of nearest reference samples and to substitute a nearest reference sample being determined as unavailable by a substitution sample. The video encoder is configured to use the substitution sample for the intra-picture prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Benjamin Bross, Philipp Merkle, Simone Walter, Heiko Schwarz, Detlev Marpe, Thomas Wiegand, Paul Keydel
  • Publication number: 20210409755
    Abstract: An encoder for hybrid video coding, the encoder for providing an encoded representation of a video sequence on the basis of an input video content, and the encoder configured to: determine one or more syntax elements related to a portion of the video sequence; select a processing scheme to be applied to the portion of the video sequence based a property described by on the one or more syntax elements, the processing scheme for acquiring a sample for a motion-compensated prediction at an integer and/or fractional location within the portion of the video sequence; encode an index indicating the selected processing scheme such that a given encoded index value represents different processing schemes depending on the property described by the one or more syntax elements; and provide, as the encoded representation of the video sequence, a bit stream including the one or more syntax elements and the encoded index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Benjamin BROSS, Martin WINKEN, Anastasia HENKEL, Paul KEYDEL, Ivan ZUPANCIC, Heiko SCHWARZ, Detlev MARPE, Thomas WIEGAND
  • Publication number: 20210368176
    Abstract: An apparatus for decoding a picture using predictive coding and block-based transform residual coding. The apparatus is configured to select, for a predetermined transform block, a transformation dependent on a size of the predetermined transform block. If the size of the predetermined transform block exceeds a predetermined threshold size, the apparatus is configured to use a default way for selecting the selected transformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Benjamin BROSS, Phan Hoang Tung NGUYEN, Paul KEYDEL, Heiko SCHWARZ, Detlev MARPE, Thomas WIEGAND, Christian HELMRICH
  • Patent number: 11122300
    Abstract: Examples are provided for apparatus and methods for video encoding and decoding. An encoder apparatus for encoding a picture into a data stream is configured to: subject a transform of a block of the picture to quantization to obtain a quantized transform; determine a zero-quantized portion of the quantized transform; determine at least one noise parameter providing noise information on the transform within the zero-quantized portion; signal the quantized transform and the at least one parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Christian Helmrich, Paul Keydel, Sebastian Bosse
  • Publication number: 20210120240
    Abstract: A video encoder is configured to encode, by block based predictive encoding, pictures of a video into coding data, wherein the block based predictive encoding includes an intra-picture prediction. The video encoder is configured to use, for the intra-picture prediction, for encoding a prediction block of a picture, a plurality of nearest reference samples of the picture directly neighboring the prediction block and a plurality of extended reference samples, each extended reference sample of the plurality of extended reference samples separated from the prediction block at least by one nearest reference sample of the plurality of reference samples. The video encoder is further configured to sequentially determine an availability or unavailability of each of the plurality of nearest reference samples and to substitute a nearest reference sample being determined as unavailable by a substitution sample. The video encoder is configured to use the substitution sample for the intra-picture prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Benjamin BROSS, Philipp MERKLE, Simone WALTER, Heiko SCHWARZ, Detlev MARPE, Thomas WIEGAND, Paul KEYDEL
  • Publication number: 20200389673
    Abstract: Examples are provided for apparatus and methods for video encoding and decoding. An encoder apparatus for encoding a picture into a data stream is configured to: subject a transform of a block of the picture to quantization to obtain a quantized transform; determine a zero-quantized portion of the quantized transform; determine at least one noise parameter providing noise information on the transform within the zero-quantized portion; signal the quantized transform and the at least one parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Christian HELMRICH, Paul KEYDEL, Sebastian BOSSE