Patents Examined by Irfan Habib
  • Patent number: 11425328
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a computing apparatus including the same are provided. A display apparatus includes: a display module including a display panel configured to display an image, a system rear cover covering a rear surface of the display module, a vibration plate between the system rear cover and the rear surface of the display module, and a vibration module configured to vibrate the vibration plate, wherein the display panel is further configured to vibrate based on a vibration of the vibration plate to output sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: DongUk Kim, JongSeo Yoon, DongIl Chung, ByeongJun Lee, JaeMin Shin, JinHo Park
  • Patent number: 11425405
    Abstract: An example device for decoding video data includes one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: decode a coding tree unit (CTU) of video data, the CTU including a luminance (luma) block and a chrominance (chroma) block, to produce a decoded luma block and a decoded chroma block; determine that a chroma sample of the decoded chroma block is on a first side of an adaptive loop filter (ALF) virtual boundary and that a co-located luma sample of the decoded luma block is on a second side of the ALF virtual boundary, the co-located luma sample being co-located with the chroma sample, the first side being different than the second side; and in response to determining that the chroma sample is on the first side and the luma sample is on the second side, disable cross-component adaptive loop filtering (CC-ALF) for the chroma sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Nan Hu, Vadim Seregin, Cheng-Teh Hsieh, Marta Karczewicz
  • Patent number: 11418805
    Abstract: A moving picture coding method includes: coding a coding target block using a motion vector; generating motion vector predictors; and coding the motion vector using one of the motion vector predictors generated in the generating of the motion vector predictors. In the generating of the motion vector predictors, a replacement vector which replaces a temporal motion vector predictor is added to the motion vector predictors when it is impossible to obtain the temporal motion vector predictor from a block which is included in a coded picture different from the coding target picture and corresponds to the coding target block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Sugio, Takahiro Nishi, Youji Shibahara, Hisao Sasai
  • Patent number: 11412213
    Abstract: A method of visual media processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of visual media data and a bitstream representation of the current video block, a buffer that stores reference samples for prediction in an intra block copy mode; for a sample spatially located at location of the current video block relative to an upper-left position of a coding tree unit including the current video block and having a block vector, computing a corresponding reference in the buffer at a reference location, wherein the reference location is determined using the block vector and the location; and upon determining that the reference location lies outside the buffer, re-computing the reference location based at least in part on a location of the current video block relative to the coding tree unit including the current video block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Jizheng Xu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11412211
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present invention may include: a step for deriving merge candidates from neighboring blocks adjacent to a current block; a step for generating a first merge candidate list including the merge candidates; a step for decoding information for specifying any one of the merge candidates included in the first merge candidate list; and a step for deriving motion information about the current block from the merge candidate allocated with an index determined by the information. Here, when the number of the merge candidates included in the first merge candidate list is smaller than a predetermined value, merge candidates included in a second merge candidate list may be added to the first merge candidate list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: KT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bae Keun Lee
  • Patent number: 11408834
    Abstract: A system for detecting defects in a contact lens material comprising: a camera having a lens and a digital image output for inspecting said lens suspended in saline solution, wherein said camera's digital image output includes only the image produced by light in a color spectrum corresponding to a portion of the spectrum of light produced by fluorescent emission of said lens material; a first Ultra violet light source to illuminate said lens and excite fluorescent emission therein; a first filter to filter the emitted light from the lens which is illuminated by Ultra violet light; and a computer having an associated memory, an input for accepting the digital image output from said camera, and an output representative of an analyzed digital image wherein said analyzed digital image includes visible indications of any imperfections detected in said lens material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Emage Vision PTE. Ltd.
    Inventors: Sergey Smorgon, Bee Chuan Tan
  • Patent number: 11412233
    Abstract: Methods and systems for light field image encoding and decoding are disclosed. According to some embodiments, scene metadata and input light field images associated with a scene are received. A first encoding operation is performed on the scene metadata and input light field images to generate reference images, reference disparity information, and an order of reference views. A second encoding operation is performed based on the reference images and reference disparity information to output light field encoded data. The light field encoded data includes the encoded reference images, the encoded reference disparity information, and the order of reference views. The light field encoded data is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Ostendo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Wankai Liu, Zahir Y. Alpaslan, Hussein S. El-Ghoroury
  • Patent number: 11410323
    Abstract: A method for training a convolutional neural network to reconstruct an image. The method includes forming a common loss function basing on the left and right images (IL, IR), reconstructed left and right images (I?L, I?R), disparity maps (dL, dR), reconstructed disparity maps (d?L, d?R) for the left and right images (IL, IR) and the auxiliary images (I?L, I?R) and training the neural network based on the formed loss function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventors: Valery Valerievich Anisimovskiy, Andrey Yurievich Shcherbinin, Sergey Alexandrovich Turko
  • Patent number: 11412261
    Abstract: A video decoding device includes a demultiplexer which demultiplexes a video bitstream including video data of an encoded slice, Supplemental-Enhancement-Information having first information indicating a leading picture in gradual refresh, and Supplemental-Enhancement-Information having second information indicating segments where a refresh has completed in a current picture; an extractor which extracts the second information from a message which is part of the demultiplexed Supplemental-Enhancement-Information; and a video decoder which decodes image data from the demultiplexed video bitstream by using at least inter prediction, wherein the video decoder starts decoding based on the leading picture in gradual refresh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirofumi Aoki, Keiichi Chono, Masato Tsukada
  • Patent number: 11412265
    Abstract: In an implementation, a supplemental sequence parameter set (“SPS”) structure is provided that has its own network abstraction layer (“NAL”) unit type and allows transmission of layer-dependent parameters for non-base layers in an SVC environment. The supplemental SPS structure also may be used for view information in an MVC environment. In a general aspect, a structure is provided that includes (1) information (1410) from an SPS NAL unit, the information describing a parameter for use in decoding a first-layer encoding of a sequence of images, and (2) information (1420) from a supplemental SPS NAL unit having a different structure than the SPS NAL unit, and the information from the supplemental SPS NAL unit describing a parameter for use in decoding a second-layer encoding of the sequence of images. Associated methods and apparatuses are provided on the encoder and decoder sides, as well as for the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporaton
    Inventors: Lihua Zhu, Jiancong Luo, Peng Yin, Jiheng Yang
  • Patent number: 11410431
    Abstract: A vehicular control system includes a rear backup camera viewing at least rearward of the vehicle. With a trailer hitched to the vehicle, and based at least in part on image processing of captured image data during a backing-up maneuver, the image processor determines a distance between an axle of the trailer and the hitch of the vehicle and determines a trailer angle of the trailer hitched to the vehicle. During the backing-up maneuver of the trailer hitched to the vehicle, the vehicular control system determines a path of the trailer responsive to (i) a steering angle of the vehicle, (ii) the determined trailer angle of the trailer and (iii) the determined distance between the axle of the trailer and the hitch of the vehicle. The vehicular control system displays information to assist the driver in backing up the trailer hitched to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sebastian Pliefke, Paul Jarmola, Thomas Wierich, Steven V. Byrne, Yuesheng Lu
  • Patent number: 11405646
    Abstract: A processor is configured to maintain, for encoding current values related to the transform coefficients a first line buffer and a second line buffer. The current values are arranged along a current scan-order anti-diagonal line. The first line buffer includes first values of a first scan-order anti-diagonal line. The second line buffer includes second values of a second scan-order anti-diagonal line. The processor is further configured to interleave the first values and the second values in a destination buffer; select, using the destination buffer, a probability distribution for coding a current value of the current values; entropy encode, in a compressed bitstream, the current value using the probability distribution; and replace, for coding values of an immediately subsequent scan-order anti-diagonal line to the current scan-order anti-diagonal line, one of the second line buffer or the first line buffer with the current scan-order anti-diagonal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Jingning Han, James Zern, Linfeng Zhang, Ching-Han Chiang, Yaowu Xu
  • Patent number: 11399177
    Abstract: An image decoding apparatus (31) includes a CT information decoding unit (10) configured, in each coding tree, to decode a constraint flag indicating whether or not to constrain decoding a prediction unit, and a CU decoding unit (20) configured, in the coding tree, to decode a prediction unit in a coding node to be decoded first and to not decode a prediction unit in another coding node, in a case that the constraint flag indicates constraint of decoding the prediction unit. According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce a coding amount of PU and complexity of coding/decoding an image while maintaining a split with a high degree of freedom by CT split (QT split and BT split).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikai, Tomoko Aono
  • Patent number: 11394959
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: deriving at least one merge candidate on the basis of at least one of a spatial neighboring block and a temporal neighboring block of a current block; generating a merge candidate list including the merge candidate; acquiring LX direction motion information of the current block, from a first merge candidate included in the merge candidate list; acquiring L(1-X) direction motion information of the current block, from a second merge candidate different from the first merge candidate; and performing inter-prediction on the basis of the LX direction motion information and the L(1-X) direction motion information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: KT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bae Keun Lee
  • Patent number: 11383653
    Abstract: A monitor for displaying an image is disposed inside a front door of a car. The monitor is disposed at a position that does not overlap at least one of a front window and a front door window in a viewing direction of an occupant who sits in a front seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masamitsu Shiono, Yoshimasa Hayashida, Daisuke Kato
  • Patent number: 11388422
    Abstract: A method of coding implemented by a decoding device or an encoding device, comprising obtaining indication information for a luma position (cbWidth/2, cbHeight/2) of a current coding block, relative to a top-left luma sample postion (xCb, yCb) of the current coding block; setting a value of a luma intra prediction mode associated with the current coding block to a first default value, when the indication information indicates that a Matrix-based Intra Prediction (MIP) is applied for the luma component at the luma position (cbWidth/2, cbHeight/2), relative to the top-left luma sample postion (xCb, yCb) of the current coding block; and obtaining a value of a chroma intra prediction mode based on the value of the luma intra prediction mode of the current coding block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Biao Wang, Semih Esenlik, Han Gao, Anand Meher Kotra, Elena Alexandrovna Alshina
  • Patent number: 11388420
    Abstract: A video encoding/decoding apparatus according to the present invention acquires motion vector refinement information, performs motion compensation on the basis of a motion vector of a current block, refines the motion vector of the current block using at least one or both of the motion vector refinement information and the output of the motion compensation, and performs motion compensation using the refined motion vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Jo Ahn, Dong Gyu Sim, Ho Chan Ryu, Seanae Park, Byung Tae Oh, Byung Cheol Song
  • Patent number: 11381843
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for encoding video data into a bitstream and for decoding video data received in a bitstream. A second control flag indicating whether or not to use multi-hypothesis prediction for intra and inter mode is generated and transmitted only conditionally, upon a determination whether or not separate merge list technique for subblock merge candidates is used. On the other hand, a decoder is capable of deciding usage of multi-hypothesis prediction for intra and inter mode and separate merge list technique for subblock merge candidates even though the second control flag is transmitted only conditionally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Roman Igorevich Chernyak, Timofey Mikhailovich Solovyev, Sergey Yurievich Ikonin, Alexander Alexandrovich Karabutov, Jianle Chen
  • Patent number: 11375183
    Abstract: A decoder includes circuitry configured to receive a bitstream identify, in the bitstream, a current frame, wherein the current frame includes a first region and a third region, detect, in the bitstream, an indication that the first region is encoded according to a lossless encoding protocol, and decode the current frame, wherein decoding the current frame further comprises decoding the first region using a lossless decoding protocol corresponding to the lossless encoding protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: OP Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Hari Kalva, Borivoje Furht, Velibor Adzic
  • Patent number: 11375221
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry. For example, the processing circuitry generates first reconstructed samples of a current block in a current frame. Further, the processing circuitry obtains reconstructed samples in a temporal source frame that is different from the current frame, and applies a filter to at least the reconstructed samples in the temporal source frame to generate offsets. Then, the processing circuitry combines the first reconstructed samples of the current block with the offsets to generate second reconstructed samples of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Tencent America LLC
    Inventors: Yixin Du, Xin Zhao, Liang Zhao, Shan Liu