Patents Examined by Albert Kir
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Patent number: 12732636Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 4, 2024Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventor: Moonmo Koo
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Patent number: 12726635Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure includes methods and apparatuses for video decoding and video encoding and a method of processing visual media data. A current block in a first coding tree unit (CTU) is predicted using samples in a current picture. The first CTU and a second CTU are processed in parallel. The method for video decoding includes determining one of (i) a reference block of the current block in an allowed search range that is constrained for parallel processing of the first CTU and the second CTU in the current picture and (ii) an intra prediction mode of the current block based on a template adjacent to the current block that is constrained for parallel processing of the first CTU and the second CTU, and reconstructing the current block using the one of (i) the reference block and (ii) the intra prediction mode.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2024Date of Patent: September 1, 2026Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Biao Wang, Lien-Fei Chen, Roman Chernyak, Xin Zhao, Shan Liu
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Patent number: 12726605Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for displaying a 3-D representation of an object are described. Apparatuses can include a rotatable structure, motor, and multiple light field sub-displays disposed on the rotatable structure. The apparatuses can store a light field image to be displayed, the light field image providing multiple different views of the object at different viewing directions. A processor can drive the motor to rotate the rotatable structure and map the light field image to each of the light field sub-displays based in part on the rotation angle, and illuminate the light field sub-displays based in part on the mapped light field image. The apparatuses can include a display panel configured to be viewed from a fiducial viewing direction, where the display panel is curved out of a plane that is perpendicular to the fiducial viewing direction, and a plurality of light field sub-displays disposed on the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2024Date of Patent: September 1, 2026Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventor: Adrian Kaehler
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Patent number: 12726625Abstract: An image decoding method includes a step of deriving a residual sample, wherein the step of deriving the residual sample includes the steps of: when a current block is divided into sub-partition blocks, deriving a transform kernel for an inverse primary transform applied to a sub-partition block based on a horizontal or a vertical length of the sub-partition block; and deriving the residual sample from transform coefficients based on the transform kernel.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2025Date of Patent: September 1, 2026Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Jaehyun Lim, Seunghwan Kim
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Patent number: 12720067Abstract: This disclosure relates to signaling, parsing, and using adaptive resolution for motion vector difference in video coding. An example method includes receiving a video bitstream and extracting an inter-prediction syntax element from the video bitstream. The inter-prediction syntax element indicates which single-reference inter-prediction mode is enabled for one or more video blocks of the video bitstream. The method further includes determining whether an adaptive motion vector difference (MVD) mode is enabled for the one or more video blocks. The adaptive MVD mode is a single-reference inter-prediction mode with an adaptive MVD pixel resolution. When the adaptive MVD mode is enabled for the one or more video blocks, the method includes selecting a current MVD pixel resolution from a set of available MVD pixel resolutions. The method also includes decoding the one or more video blocks based on the current MVD pixel resolution.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2024Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Liang Zhao, Xin Zhao, Shan Liu
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Patent number: 12720110Abstract: An example method of decoding an encoded video bitstream using at least one processor includes obtaining an encoded video bitstream, the encoded video bitstream including encoded color components. The method also includes entropy parsing the encoded color components and dequantizing the color components and obtaining transform coefficients of the color components. The method further includes applying a joint components secondary transform (JCST) on the transform coefficients of the color components, thereby generating JCST outputs. The method also includes performing a backward transform on the JCST outputs, thereby obtaining residual components of the color components; and decoding the encoded video bitstream based on the residual components of the color components.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2024Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Xin Zhao, Sehoon Yea, Shan Liu
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Patent number: 12720070Abstract: Described is picture segmentation through columns and slices in video encoding and decoding. A video picture is divided into a plurality of columns, each column covering only a part of the video picture in a horizontal dimension. All coded tree blocks (“CTBs”) belonging to a slice may belong to one or more columns. The columns may be used to break the same or different prediction or in-loop filtering mechanisms of the video coding, and the CTB scan order used for encoding and/or decoding may be local to a column. Column widths may be indicated in a parameter set and/or may be adjusted at the slice level. At the decoder, column width may be parsed from the bitstream, and slice decoding may occur in one or more columns.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2025Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventor: Michael Horowitz
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Patent number: 12713053Abstract: Disclosed is a method for video encoding and decoding using adaptive color transform on a residual signal. In particular, the maximum memory size required for adaptive color transform is limited by: controlling whether to allow color space conversion on a sequence level according to a syntax element indicating the maximum conversion size allowed for a sequence of pictures; or controlling whether to apply color space conversion on a block level according to the size of a coding block.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2024Date of Patent: August 18, 2026Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, EWHA UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY COLLABORATION FOUNDATIONInventors: Je Won Kang, Seung Wook Park, Wha Pyeong Lim
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Patent number: 12713286Abstract: An apparatus and system are provided to enable the co-existence of small data transmission (SDT) and core network (CN) buffering when a user equipment (UE) is in an inactive state. A message transmitted from a user plane function (UPF) includes a Quality of Service (QoS) Flow Indicator (QFI) and data volume information (DVI) of buffered data in the UPF while the UE is in the inactive state. The QFI and DVI is provided to a next generation radio access network (NG-RAN). Based on the QFI and DVI, the RAN determines whether to page the UE for a mobile terminated SDT (MT-SDT) and whether to trigger connection resumption due to SDT. If connection resumption is triggered, the NG-RAN keeps the UE in the inactive state while an SDT session is initiated. At the end of the SDT session, the NG-RAN re-activates CN buffering.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2023Date of Patent: August 18, 2026Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Alexandre Saso Stojanovski, Jaemin Han, Marta Martinez Tarradell, Thomas Luetzenkirchen, Sudeep K. Palat
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Patent number: 12713054Abstract: Disclosed is a method for video encoding and decoding using adaptive color transform on a residual signal. In particular, the maximum memory size required for adaptive color transform is limited by: controlling whether to allow color space conversion on a sequence level according to a syntax element indicating the maximum conversion size allowed for a sequence of pictures; or controlling whether to apply color space conversion on a block level according to the size of a coding block.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2024Date of Patent: August 18, 2026Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, EWHA UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY COLLABORATION FOUNDATIONInventors: Je Won Kang, Seung Wook Park, Wha Pyeong Lim
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Patent number: 12707038Abstract: A method and apparatus for video coding utilize a template matching-based secondary MPM list. The video coding method and the apparatus generate a secondary most probable mode (MPM) list according to a gradient-based template matching result and utilize the secondary MPM list for intra prediction of the current block for improving video coding efficiency and enhancing video quality.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2024Date of Patent: August 11, 2026Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Kwangwoon University Industry-Academic Collaboration FoundationInventors: Myung Oh Hong, Min Hun Lee, Dong Gyu Sim, Jin Heo, Seung Wook Park
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Patent number: 12701233Abstract: An image decoding/encoding method and device according to the present disclosure enable: an intra prediction mode of the current block to be determined on the basis of whether the intra prediction mode of the current block is derived on the basis of a cost of a template area adjacent to the current block; a reference sample of the current block to be determined; and a prediction sample of the current block to be generated on the basis of the intra prediction mode and the reference sample.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2022Date of Patent: August 4, 2026Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Hyeongmoon Jang
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Patent number: 12701243Abstract: A method comprising: obtaining an image block unit comprising samples in color channels of one or two chrominance channels and one luminance channel (800); reconstructing samples of said luminance channels of the image block unit (802); predicting samples of at least one color channel of image block unit using a cross-component prediction model based on reconstructed samples on a reference channel, wherein parameters of the cross-component prediction model are determined at least partly based on a plurality of reconstructed chrominance samples and their corresponding reconstructed luminance samples in neighboring image block units (804); predicting a plurality of color channel samples in said neighboring image block units co-locating at least part of the reconstructed chrominance and luminance samples using said cross-component prediction model (806); determining a difference between values of the predicted plurality of color channel samples in said neighboring image block and corresponding reconstructed coloType: GrantFiled: June 7, 2022Date of Patent: August 4, 2026Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Ramin Ghaznavi Youvalari, Pekka Astola
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Patent number: 12701256Abstract: Disclosed is a method for video encoding and decod-ing using adaptive color transform on a residual signal. In particular, the maximum memory size required for adaptive color transform is limited by: controlling whether to allow color space conversion on a sequence level according to a syntax element indicating the maximum conversion size allowed for a sequence of pictures; or controlling whether to apply color space conversion on a block level according to the size of a coding block.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2024Date of Patent: August 4, 2026Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, EWHA UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY COLLABORATION FOUNDATIONInventors: Je Won Kang, Seung Wook Park, Wha Pyeong Lim
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Patent number: 12701257Abstract: Disclosed is a method for video encoding and decoding using adaptive color transform on a residual signal. In particular, the maximum memory size required for adaptive color transform is limited by: controlling whether to allow color space conversion on a sequence level according to a syntax element indicating the maximum conversion size allowed for a sequence of pictures; or controlling whether to apply color space conversion on a block level according to the size of a coding block.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2024Date of Patent: August 4, 2026Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, EWHA UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY COLLABORATION FOUNDATIONInventors: Je Won Kang, Seung Wook Park, Wha Pyeong Lim
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Patent number: 12701244Abstract: More suitable image encoding technique and image decoding technique are provided. An image encoding method for encoding an image includes: a predicted image generation step of generating a predicted image of a synthesis prediction by performing synthesis processing of synthesizing a predicted image of an inter prediction and a predicted image of an intra prediction to an encoding-target block; and an encoding step of encoding a difference between the predicted image generated in the predicted image generation step and a pixel value of an image of the encoding-target block, the synthesizing processing includes weighting processing performed to the predicted image of the inter prediction and the predicted image of the intra prediction, and a weighting parameter of the weighting processing is determined in accordance with a type of the intra prediction.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2025Date of Patent: August 4, 2026Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventor: Takuya Shimizu
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Patent number: 12701245Abstract: More suitable image encoding technique and image decoding technique are provided. An image encoding method for encoding an image includes: a predicted image generation step of generating a predicted image of a synthesis prediction by performing synthesis processing of synthesizing a predicted image of an inter prediction and a predicted image of an intra prediction to an encoding-target block; and an encoding step of encoding a difference between the predicted image generated in the predicted image generation step and a pixel value of an image of the encoding-target block, the synthesizing processing includes weighting processing performed to the predicted image of the inter prediction and the predicted image of the intra prediction, and a weighting parameter of the weighting processing is determined in accordance with a type of the intra prediction.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2025Date of Patent: August 4, 2026Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventor: Takuya Shimizu
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Patent number: 12701222Abstract: A method of video encoding includes determining whether a current block in a picture satisfies a size requirement. When the current block is determined to satisfy the size requirement, the method includes predicting an intra block copy (IBC) prediction mode usage flag of the current block based on a type of a tile group or a slice to which the current block belongs, determining an IBC prediction mode that is separate from an inter prediction mode and an intra prediction mode based on the inferred IBC prediction mode usage flag, determining a block vector indicating a reference area in the picture when the IBC prediction mode is determined, and encoding the current block based on reference samples in the reference area in the picture.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2024Date of Patent: August 4, 2026Assignee: Tencent America LLCInventors: Xiaozhong Xu, Shan Liu
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Patent number: 12695918Abstract: A picture prediction method, encoder, decoder and storage medium are provided. If a current block uses an MIP mode to determine its intra prediction value, the encoder sets a value of an MIP mode parameter as indicating use of the MIP mode and signals into a bitstream; determines the MIP mode of the current block and signals into the bitstream; determines, based on the MIP mode, prediction values for luma and chroma components of the current block. The decoder parses the bitstream and determines an MIP mode parameter of the current block; if its value indicates that the current block uses the MIP mode to determine its intra prediction value, parses the bitstream, determines the MIP mode of the current block and prediction values of luma and chroma components of the current block based on the MIP mode; decodes the current block based on prediction values.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2024Date of Patent: July 28, 2026Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventors: Yuanfang Yu, Yang Liu
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Patent number: 12684142Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. The image decoding method includes obtaining, from a bitstream, network abstraction layer (NAL) unit type information of at least one NAL unit including coded image data, determining a NAL unit type of at least one slice in the current picture based on the obtained NAL unit type information, and decoding the at least one slice based on the determined NAL unit type. The current picture includes a plurality of subpictures having different NAL unit types, the bitstream is a single bitstream obtained by merging a plurality of subpicture bitstreams for the subpictures.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: July 14, 2026Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hendry Hendry, Seung Hwan Kim