Patents Examined by Chikaodili E Anyikire
  • Patent number: 11509891
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: obtaining a reference sample line index of a current block and most probable mode (MPM)-related information; constructing an alternative MPM list on the basis of the reference sample line index; deriving an intra prediction mode of the current block on the basis of the alternative MPM list and the MPM-related information; and generating a predicted block of the current block on the basis of the intra prediction mode, wherein the alternative MPM list is constructed on the basis of an intra prediction mode of an upper adjacent block of the current block and an intra prediction mode of a left adjacent block of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ling Li, Seunghwan Kim, Jin Heo
  • Patent number: 11503336
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus including processing circuitry for video decoding. The processing circuitry can decode coded information for a current block in a current picture from a coded video bitstream. The coded information can indicate a string copy mode for the current block. The current block includes a current string. The processing circuitry can determine whether a flipping operation is performed to predict the current string. Based on the flipping operation being determined as performed to predict the current string, the processing circuitry can determine an original reference string based on a string vector of the current string. The processing circuitry can generate a flipped reference string by performing the flipping operation on the original reference string, and reconstruct the current string based on the flipped reference string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Tencent America LLC
    Inventors: Xiaozhong Xu, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11496762
    Abstract: With an image coding method which allows reduction of processing loads, when pictures included in a video signal are classified into layers so as to belong to their respective layers, a picture that belongs to the second layer that is located in a range restricted according to the first layer to which a current picture to be coded that is one of the pictures belongs, is referred to as a reference picture for the current picture, and the current picture is coded based on the reference picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
    Inventors: Takahiro Nishi, Youji Shibahara, Hisao Sasai, Toshiyasu Sugio
  • Patent number: 11490057
    Abstract: A recording device according to an embodiment includes an imaging data acquisition unit configured to acquire imaging data including video data and audio data, an event detection unit configured to detect occurrence of an event; and a recording control unit configured to record first imaging data including the video data and the audio data in a recording unit when recording of the imaging data in the recording unit is caused by the event detected by the event detection unit, and record second imaging data including the video data and not including the audio data in the recording unit when recording of the imaging data in the recording unit is not caused by the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshitaka Murata, Yasuo Yamada, Keita Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11482044
    Abstract: The invention relates to a free-beam interferometric method for illuminating a sequence of sectional areas in the interior of the light-scattering object. The method makes it possible for the user to select a larger image field and/or a higher image resolution than previously possible with the occurrence of self-interference of the specimen light from a scattering specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Visotec GmbH
    Inventors: Helge Sudkamp, Hendrik Spahr, Dierck Hillmann, Peter Koch, Gereon Huttmann
  • Patent number: 11477443
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide an electronic device and a method for controlling an operation of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungoh Kim, Youngjo Kim, Hyunhee Park, Arang Lee, Hyungju Chun, Jongbum Choi, Changsu Han, Donghyun Yeom
  • Patent number: 11463758
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided for optimizing streaming bitrate during multiclient streaming sessions based, at least in part, on display profiles associated with client media receivers to which different video streams are concurrently provided. The method may be carried-out by a streaming media server in communication with first and second client media receivers over a network. In various embodiments, the method may include establishing at the streaming media server first and second bandwidth allotment thresholds based, at least in part, on display profiles assigned to display devices associated with the client media receivers. During an ensuing multiclient streaming session, the streaming media server further encodes segments of video streams at variable bitrates regulated in accordance with the established bandwidth allotment thresholds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Sling Media Pvt. Ltd.
    Inventors: Rakesh Eluvan, Jayaprakash Ramaraj, Preetham Kotian, Satish Nayak
  • Patent number: 11455824
    Abstract: A cover plate and a manufacturing method thereof, an electronic device are disclosed. The cover plate includes an operation area, the operation area includes an identification area and a non-identification area, the cover plate includes a contact surface, the contact surface includes a first contact surface and a second contact surface, the first contact surface is in the identification area, the second contact surface is in the non-identification area, and the first contact surface and the second contact surface have different contact properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dejun Bu, Paoming Tsai, Jianwei Li
  • Patent number: 11451773
    Abstract: A video encoder and video decoder may determine a set of adaptive loop filters, from among a plurality of sets of adaptive loop filters, on a per-block basis. Each set of adaptive loop filters may include filters from a previous picture, filters signaled for the current picture, and/or pre-trained filter. By varying the set of adaptive loop filters on a per-block basis, the adaptive loop filters available for each block of video data may be more adapted to local statistics of the video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Marta Karczewicz, Akshay Gadde, Vadim Seregin, Wei-Jung Chien
  • Patent number: 11445185
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method is disclosed. An image decoding method of the present invention may comprise deriving an intra-prediction mode of a current block by using an intra-prediction mode of a neighbor block adjacent to the current block, configuring a reference sample of the current block, and performing intra-prediction on the current block by using the intra-prediction mode and the reference sample, wherein when the intra-prediction mode of the neighbor block is unavailable, the intra-prediction mode of the neighbor block may be replaced with a planar mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jin Ho Lee, Jung Won Kang, Ha Hyun Lee, Sung Chang Lim, Hui Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 11438586
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding or decoding a coding unit on an outline of a picture. An image decoding method and apparatus according to an embodiment determine whether a current coding unit extends across an outline of a picture, by comparing a location of the current coding unit in the picture to at least one of a width and a height of the picture, split the current coding unit in at least one direction into a plurality of coding units based on a shape of the current coding unit upon determining that the current coding unit extends across the outline of the picture, obtain block shape information and split type information of the current coding unit from a bitstream and split the current coding unit into a plurality of coding units based on the block shape information and the split type information upon determining that the current coding unit does not extend across the outline of the picture, and decode a coding unit that is no longer split among the plurality of coding units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-woo Park, Bo-ra Jin, Chan-yul Kim, Jung-hye Min
  • Patent number: 11435391
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a dual-sided wafer imaging apparatus and methods thereof. The dual-sided wafer imaging apparatus includes one or more load ports, one or more mechanical arms for transporting a wafer, a wafer transfer stage, a first line scan camera mounted below the wafer transfer stage, a second line scan camera mounted above the wafer transfer stage, a first optical lens mounted on the first line scan camera, a second optical lens mounted on the second line scan camera, and line light sources respectively mounted below and above the wafer transfer stage. The load ports are configured for an automated load operation or unload operation of a wafer pod of an automated transport equipment. The wafer transfer stage includes vacuum suction points in contact with a backside of the wafer, and the wafer transfer stage further includes a drive motor producing a linear reciprocating motion for moving the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ying-Chuan Wang, Yi-Wen Liu, Shih-Chih Lin, Jih-Cheng Huang
  • Patent number: 11438609
    Abstract: In one implementation, an apparatus is provided for encoding or decoding video information. The apparatus comprises a memory configured to store inter-layer reference pictures associated with a current picture that is being coded. The apparatus further comprises a processor operationally coupled to the memory. In one embodiment, the processor is configured to indicate a number of inter-layer reference pictures to use to predict the current picture using inter-layer prediction. The processor is also configured to indicate which of the inter-layer reference pictures to use to predict the current picture using inter-layer prediction. The processor is also configured to determine an inter-layer reference picture set associated with the current picture using the indication of the number of inter-layer reference pictures and the indication of which of the inter-layer reference pictures to use to predict the current picture using inter-layer prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ye-Kui Wang, Jianle Chen, Krishnakanth Rapaka, Ying Chen
  • Patent number: 11431997
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a video decoding method and a video decoder. The method includes: parsing coding tree split information to obtain a current node; determining coordinates of an upper-left corner of a region covered by a current quantization group based on a depth N of the current node; obtaining a QP delta of a current CU in the region covered by the current quantization group; and obtaining a reconstructed picture of the current CU based on the QP delta of the current CU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang
  • Patent number: 11431962
    Abstract: A method of encoding video data comprising: generating coefficients based on digital sample values of the video data; determining a spectral efficiency for a channel; determining a value n based on the spectral efficiency of the channel; generating coefficient vectors, wherein each of the coefficient vectors includes n of the coefficients; determining an amplitude value for a coefficient vector based on a mapping pattern, wherein for each respective allowed coefficient vector in a plurality of allowed coefficient vectors: the mapping pattern maps the respective allowed coefficient vector to a respective amplitude value in a plurality of amplitude values, and the respective amplitude value is adjacent in an n-dimensional space to at least one other amplitude value in the plurality of amplitude values that is adjacent to the respective amplitude value in a monotonic number line of the amplitude values, and modulating an analog signal based on the amplitude values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Ran Berliner, Roman Budilovsky, Yehonatan Dallal, Shay Landis
  • Patent number: 11418786
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an adaptive scheme is applied to an image encoding apparatus that includes an inter-predictor, an intra-predictor, a transformer, a quantizer, an inverse quantizer, and an inverse transformer, wherein input images are classified into two or more different categories, and two or more modules from among the inter-predictor, the intra-predictor, the transformer, the quantizer, and the inverse quantizer are implemented to perform respective operations in different schemes according to the category to which an input image belongs. Thus, the invention has the advantage of efficiently encoding an image without the loss of important information as compared to a conventional image encoding apparatus which adopts a packaged scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Jong Ki Han, Chan Won Seo, Kwang Hyun Choi
  • Patent number: 11412017
    Abstract: Multi-layer partitioned timed media data comprising timed samples is encapsulated. Each timed sample is encoded into a first layer and at least one second layer, at least one timed sample comprising at least one subsample, each subsample being encoded into the first layer or the at least one second layer. The method includes obtaining at least one subsample, belonging to said first layer, from at least one of the timed samples; creating a first track comprising the at least one obtained subsample; obtaining at least another subsample, belonging to said second layer, from the same one of the timed samples; creating a second track comprising said at least another obtained subsample; and generating descriptive metadata associated with the second track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Franck Denoual, Frédéric Maze, Jean Le Feuvre, Cyril Concolato
  • Patent number: 11405628
    Abstract: An apparatus for video decoding includes receiving circuitry and processing circuitry. In some examples, processing circuitry determines a parameter based on prediction information decoded from a coded video bitstream. The parameter is in a range that depends on a flag indicative of an enabler disable status of subblock based temporal motion vector prediction. Then, the processing circuitry calculates the maximum number of candidates in the subblock based merge candidate lists based on the parameter, and reconstructs, m response to a current block in a subblock based prediction mode, samples of the current block based on a candidate selection from a constructed subblock based merge candidate list of the current block. The constructed subblock based merge candidate list of the current block is constrained by the maximum number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Guichun Li, Xiang Li, Xiaozhong Xu, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11405639
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for predicting a current block using a current picture referencing mode (also called intra block copy (ibc) mode), and a video encoding or decoding device therefor. The method comprises: decoding, from a bitstream, an enable flag indicating whether the application of the ibc mode is allowed, and type information indicating whether the type of slices is an inter type; depending on the enable flag and the type information, decoding from the bitstream an ibc flag indicating whether a prediction mode for the current block is the ibc mode; when the ibc flag indicates the ibc mode, decoding motion information from the bitstream; and predicting the current block by using a block indicated by the motion information within a current picture in which the current block is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SK TELECOM. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Il Kim, Sun Young Lee, Se Hoon Son, Jae Seob Shin
  • Patent number: 11394965
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for decoding a video signal and a device therefore. More particularly, a method for decoding an image based on an intra prediction mode, may comprise the steps of: acquiring a most probable mode (MPM) flag for indicating whether an MPM is applied to a current block, the MPM representing a mode in which an intra prediction mode of the current block is induced from an intra predicted block neighboring the current block; configuring an MPM list, on the basis of whether intra prediction modes of a left neighboring block and an above neighboring block of the current block satisfy predefined conditions, if the MPM is applied to the current block; acquiring an MPM index for indicating, within the MPM list, a specific intra prediction mode; and generating a prediction block for the current block by using the intra prediction mode specified by the MPM index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ling Li, Seunghwan Kim, Jin Heo