Patents by Inventor Weiran LI

Weiran LI 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: 11343534
    Abstract: A video processing method includes performing or skipping following processing based on whether a size of a coding unit is not smaller or is smaller than 8×8. The processing includes dividing the coding unit into sub-blocks each having a fixed size of 8×8, scanning a left neighboring block and determining a reference motion vector of the coding unit, determining a related reference block of a sub-block in the co-located reference image according to the reference motion vector, determining a scaling factor of a motion vector of the related reference block, scaling the motion vector of the related reference block using the scaling factor, determining motion information of the sub-block according to the scaled motion vector, and performing prediction for the coding unit according to the motion information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaozhen Zheng, Suhong Wang, Shanshe Wang, Siwei Ma, Weiran Li
  • Patent number: 11330294
    Abstract: A video processing method includes determining a long-term reference image according to a frame identifier for a reference image obtained by analyzing a parameter set. The long-term reference image is updated according to a short-term reference image stored in a reference image buffer. The method further includes dividing a current image block into one or more sub-blocks and obtaining a candidate motion vector of one of the one or more sub-blocks. The method also includes, if the candidate motion vector of a sub-block points to the short-term reference image, scaling the candidate motion vector using a scaling factor not equal to 1, and, if the candidate motion vector of the sub-block points to the long-term reference image, scaling the candidate motion vector using a scaling factor set to 1. The method also includes performing prediction for the sub-block or the current image block according to the scaled candidate motion vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaozhen Zheng, Weiran Li
  • Patent number: 11323742
    Abstract: A video processing method includes performing or skipping following processing based on whether a size of a coding unit is not smaller or is smaller than 8×8. The processing includes dividing the coding unit into sub-blocks each having a fixed size of 8×8, scanning a left neighboring block and determining a reference motion vector of the coding unit, determining a related reference block of a sub-block in the co-located reference image according to the reference motion vector, determining a scaling factor of a motion vector of the related reference block, scaling the motion vector of the related reference block using the scaling factor, determining motion information of the sub-block according to the scaled motion vector, and performing prediction for the coding unit according to the motion information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaozhen Zheng, Suhong Wang, Shanshe Wang, Siwei Ma, Weiran Li
  • Publication number: 20220086483
    Abstract: A video encoding method including obtaining a motion vector candidate list of a current image block; determining a base motion vector according to motion vectors in the motion vector candidate list; in response to the base motion vector pointing to a short-term reference image, scaling a motion vector offset of the base motion vector using a scaling factor to obtain a scaled motion vector offset, and performing prediction for the current image block according to a motion vector determined by the scaled motion vector offset and the base motion vector; and in response to the base motion vector pointing to a long-term reference image, skipping scaling of the motion vector offset, and performing prediction for the current image block according to a motion vector determined by the motion vector offset that is not scaled and the base motion vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Xiaozhen ZHENG, Suhong WANG, Shanshe WANG, Siwei MA, Weiran LI
  • Publication number: 20220014737
    Abstract: A video processing method is provided. In the method, at least one pair of decoded blocks to be reconstructed in a video frame is determined. Each pair of decoded blocks in the at least one pair of decoded blocks includes a first decoded block of a first resolution and a second decoded block of a second resolution. The first decoded block is adjacent to the second decoded block. The first resolution of the first decoded block is adjusted to a target resolution. The second resolution of the second decoded block is adjusted to the target resolution. A first edge pixel set in the first decoded block is determined. A second edge pixel set in the second decoded block is determined, the second edge pixel set being adjacent to the first edge pixel set. Further, the first edge pixel set and the second edge pixel set are filtered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xinwei GAO, Weiran LI, Xunan MAO, Chenchen GU
  • Publication number: 20210409736
    Abstract: This application discloses a video encoding method and apparatus, a video decoding method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a current video frame, the current video frame being divided into a plurality of tile-divided Tile regions; determining a resolution corresponding to each Tile region in the plurality of Tile regions to obtain a plurality of resolutions, the plurality of resolutions including at least two different resolutions; and decoding the Tile region based on the resolution corresponding to the Tile region among the plurality of resolutions, to obtain a decoded video frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Xinwei GAO, Weiran LI, Chenchen GU
  • Publication number: 20210409738
    Abstract: Disclosed is a video decoding method, including: obtaining a current video frame, the current video frame being partitioned into a plurality of regions; obtaining a syntax element carried in syntax data corresponding to each of the plurality of regions, the syntax element being used for indicating a resolution used to decode the region, and a plurality of resolutions used to decode the plurality of regions including at least two different resolutions; and decoding the each of the plurality of regions by using the resolution corresponding to the region. The plurality of resolutions are determined according to a transmission bandwidth of a video stream including the current video frame from a source to a destination, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Xinwei GAO, Weiran LI, Chenchen GU
  • Publication number: 20210409737
    Abstract: A video decoding method, a video encoding method, and related apparatuses. The method includes: obtaining a current video frame to be decoded, the current video frame being divided into a plurality of regions; determining a corresponding resolution for each region in the plurality of regions, to obtain a plurality of resolutions, the plurality of resolutions including at least two different resolutions; and decoding a video block in each region in the plurality of regions by using a corresponding resolution, the current video frame being divided into a plurality of video blocks. In this application, the technical problem of relatively large fluctuations in a PSNR caused by encoding and decoding of a video by using the same resolution in the related art is resolved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Xinwei Gao, Weiran Li, Chenchen Gu
  • Publication number: 20210409763
    Abstract: A video decoding method is disclosed and performed by an electronic device, the method including: obtaining a first resolution used in decoding a current block and a second resolution used in decoding a reference block in a current video frame, the reference block being a reference block used for performing directional prediction on the current block in the current video frame; building a reconstruction block from the reference block; when the first resolution is greater than the second resolution, adjusting the reconstruction block of the reference block to the first resolution to obtain a first reconstruction block; and performing directional prediction on the current block according to the first reconstruction block and the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Xinwei GAO, Weiran Li, Xunan Mao, Chenchen Gu
  • Publication number: 20210409729
    Abstract: Disclosed is a video decoding method, including: obtaining a current video frame; determining a region of interest (ROI) of the current video frame; and decoding the ROI by using a first resolution, and decoding at least other regions of the current video frame than the ROI by using second resolutions, the first resolution being higher than the second resolutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Xinwei GAO, Weiran LI, Chenchen GU
  • Patent number: 11190798
    Abstract: A video image processing method includes dividing a coding tree unit into one or more coding units using a quadtree plus binary tree division method, obtaining a motion vector candidate list of one of the one or more coding units, determining a base motion vector according to motion vectors in the motion vector candidate list, in response to the base motion vector pointing to a short-term reference image, scaling the base motion vector using a scaling factor not equal to 1, in response to the base motion vector pointing to a long-term reference image, scaling the base motion vector using a scaling factor set to 1, and performing prediction for the one of the one or more coding units according to the base motion vector after being scaled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaozhen Zheng, Suhong Wang, Shanshe Wang, Siwei Ma, Weiran Li
  • Patent number: 11159821
    Abstract: A video image processing method includes dividing a coding unit into one or more sub-blocks, constructing first and second motion vector candidate lists, and performing prediction for the coding unit according to the first and second motion vector candidate lists. The first motion vector candidate list includes a motion vector of a sub-block of the coding unit, and the second motion vector candidate list includes a motion vector of the coding unit. Constructing the first motion vector candidate list includes determining a reference motion vector of the coding unit, determining a related reference block of the sub-block of the coding unit in a co-located reference image of the coding unit according to the reference motion vector, determining a scaling factor of the motion vector of the related reference block, and adding the scaled motion vector into the first motion vector candidate list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaozhen Zheng, Tianliang Fu, Shanshe Wang, Siwei Ma, Weiran Li, Suhong Wang
  • Publication number: 20210233280
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for controlling an encoding device. The method includes determining a search area in a reference image of a current image block to be encoded, the reference image in the searching area being a search image, the reference image being stored in an external memory; obtaining image units that are not cached in N target image blocks from the external memory in sequence, the target image block being the search image in a target area in the search area, N being an integer greater than or equal to two, the first M target image blocks of the N target image blocks constituting a rectangular image, M being any integer less than or equal to N; storing the obtained image units in a cache, the N target image blocks stored in the cache being used for a motion search of the current image block to be encoded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Weiran LI, Xiaozhen ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20210227251
    Abstract: A video processing method includes dividing a coding tree unit into one or more coding units using a quadtree plus binary tree division method, determining a specific neighboring image block of a coding unit having a reference image same as a co-located reference image of the coding unit, determining a related reference block of the coding unit in the co-located reference image according to a motion vector of the specific neighboring image block, dividing the related reference block into several related reference sub-blocks, and performing prediction for the coding unit according to scaled or unscaled motion vector of the related reference sub-block depending on whether the motion vector of the related sub-block points to a short-term or a long-term reference image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaozhen ZHENG, Weiran LI
  • Publication number: 20210227252
    Abstract: A video processing method includes performing or skipping following processing based on whether a size of a coding unit is not smaller or is smaller than 8×8. The processing includes dividing the coding unit into sub-blocks each having a fixed size of 8×8, scanning a left neighboring block and determining a reference motion vector of the coding unit, determining a related reference block of a sub-block in the co-located reference image according to the reference motion vector, determining a scaling factor of a motion vector of the related reference block, scaling the motion vector of the related reference block using the scaling factor, determining motion information of the sub-block according to the scaled motion vector, and performing prediction for the coding unit according to the motion information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaozhen ZHENG, Suhong WANG, Shanshe WANG, Siwei MA, Weiran LI
  • Publication number: 20210227254
    Abstract: A video image processing method includes dividing a coding unit into one or more sub-blocks, constructing first and second motion vector candidate lists, and performing prediction for the coding unit according to the first and second motion vector candidate lists. The first motion vector candidate list includes a motion vector of a sub-block of the coding unit, and the second motion vector candidate list includes a motion vector of the coding unit. Constructing the first motion vector candidate list includes determining a reference motion vector of the coding unit, determining a related reference block of the sub-block of the coding unit in a co-located reference image of the coding unit according to the reference motion vector, determining a scaling factor of the motion vector of the related reference block, and adding the scaled motion vector into the first motion vector candidate list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaozhen ZHENG, Tianliang FU, Shanshe WANG, Siwei MA, Weiran LI, Suhong WANG
  • Publication number: 20210227253
    Abstract: A video processing method includes determining first and second initial motion vectors of a current image block having a size of 64×64 pixels. The first and second initial motion vectors point to first and second reference images, respectively, which are forward and backward frames, respectively, of a current image containing the current image block. Distances from the first and second reference images to the current image are same. The method further includes performing or not performing a specified operation according to whether both the first and second reference images are short-term reference images determined according to sequence parameter set. The specified operation includes performing weighted summation on first and second reference image blocks pointed to by the first and second initial motion vectors, respectively, to obtain a weighted image block, and performing prediction for the current image block according to the weighted image block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaozhen ZHENG, Weiran LI
  • Publication number: 20210218989
    Abstract: A video processing method includes determining a reference image before a current frame in time sequence as a long-term reference image according to an identifier, determining a motion vector candidate list of a current coding unit, and obtaining first and second initial motion vectors of the current coding unit from the motion vector candidate list. The first and second initial motion vectors point to first and second reference images, respectively, that are forward and backward frames of the current frame, respectively. The method further includes performing or not performing a target operation according to whether the first and second reference images are short-term or long-term reference images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Weiran LI, Xiaozhen ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20210185309
    Abstract: An encoding method includes encoding to-be-encoded images including one or more non-output images and a plurality of output images to generate a bitstream. A difference between picture order counts (POCs) of two neighboring output images having neighboring display orders is greater than 1. A ratio of a difference between POCs of two first output images of the plurality of output images to a photographing time interval of the two first output images is same as a ratio of a difference between POCs of two second output images of the plurality of output images to a photographing time interval of the two second output images. At least one of the two second output images is different from either of the two first output images. A POC of at least one of the one or more non-output images is between the POCs of the two neighboring output images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaozhen ZHENG, Weiran LI
  • Publication number: 20210021865
    Abstract: A video processing method includes performing or skipping following processing based on whether a size of a coding unit is not smaller or is smaller than 8×8. The processing includes dividing the coding unit into sub-blocks each having a fixed size of 8×8, scanning a left neighboring block and determining a reference motion vector of the coding unit, determining a related reference block of a sub-block in the co-located reference image according to the reference motion vector, determining a scaling factor of a motion vector of the related reference block, scaling the motion vector of the related reference block using the scaling factor, determining motion information of the sub-block according to the scaled motion vector, and performing prediction for the coding unit according to the motion information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaozhen ZHENG, Suhong WANG, Shanshe WANG, Siwei MA, Weiran LI