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).

  • Publication number: 20210021856
    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: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaozhen ZHENG, Suhong WANG, Shanshe WANG, Siwei MA, Weiran LI
  • Publication number: 20210021824
    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, dividing a coding unit into one or more sub-blocks, determining a specific neighboring image block of the 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, determining a scaling factor of a motion vector of the related reference sub-block in different manners according to whether that motion vector points to a short-term reference image or a long-term reference image, scaling that motion vector using the scaling factor, and performing prediction for the coding unit according to the scaled motion vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaozhen ZHENG, Weiran LI
  • Publication number: 20210021855
    Abstract: A video processing method includes receiving indexes indicating an initial motion vector, determining a reference image before a current frame in time sequence as a long-term reference image according to a frame identifier, and obtaining first and second initial motion vectors of a current coding unit from a motion vector candidate list according to the indexes. 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 prediction for the current coding unit in different manners according to whether the first and second reference images are short-term reference images or one of the first and second reference images is the long-term reference image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Weiran LI, Xiaozhen ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20210021812
    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: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaozhen ZHENG, Weiran LI
  • Publication number: 20210021825
    Abstract: A video image processing method includes dividing a coding unit into one or more sub-block, 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, adding the scaled motion vector into the first motion vector candidate list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaozhen ZHENG, Tianliang FU, Shanshe WANG, Siwei MA, Weiran LI, Suhong WANG
  • Patent number: 9743084
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an image encoding and decoding method and apparatus. A division mode used for a current image block is acquired, division information of the current image block is acquired according to the division mode, and encoding processing is performed on a division mode identifier and the division information that correspond to the division mode, so that a decoder obtains, according to the division mode identifier and the division information, a division template used by an encoder, so as to perform decoding. The encoder and the decoder do not need to store a large quantity of division templates, thereby lightening a burden on an encoding and decoding system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Weiran Li, Xiaozhen Zheng, Yun He
  • Publication number: 20160142710
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an image encoding and decoding method and apparatus. A division mode used for a current image block is acquired, division information of the current image block is acquired according to the division mode, and encoding processing is performed on a division mode identifier and the division information that correspond to the division mode, so that a decoder obtains, according to the division mode identifier and the division information, a division template used by an encoder, so as to perform decoding. The encoder and the decoder do not need to store a large quantity of division templates, thereby lightening a burden on an encoding and decoding system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Weiran LI, Xiaozhen ZHENG, Yun HE