Patents Examined by Jessica M Prince
  • Patent number: 12294723
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for encoding/decoding a video. To this end, the method for decoding a video may include: deriving a spatial merge candidate from at least one of spatial candidate blocks of a current block, deriving a temporal merge candidate from a co-located block of the current block, and generating a prediction block of the current block based on at least one of the derived spatial merge candidate and the derived temporal merge candidate, wherein a reference picture for the temporal merge candidate is selected based on a reference picture list of a current picture including the current block and a reference picture list of a co-located picture including the co-located block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong San Jun, Ha Hyun Lee, Jung Won Kang, Hyun Suk Ko, Sung Chang Lim, Jin Ho Lee, Seung Hyun Cho, Hui Yong Kim, Jin Soo Choi
  • Patent number: 12289566
    Abstract: An audio/video recording and communication device configured as a doorbell has a housing with a support structure and a removable faceplate. A flexible translucent membrane of the faceplate supports a button aligned with a mechanical switch when the removable faceplate is attached to the housing such that a plurality of light emitting elements are positioned around the mechanical switch transmit light through the translucent membrane. A removable battery casing is configured to hold at least one battery and has a release button physically coupling with a detent of the support structure to retain the removable battery casing within the support structure. The removable battery casing may be removed from the device for recharging without removing the device from a surface on which it is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D Siminoff, Spiro Sacre, James Siminoff, John Modestine, Elliott Lemberger
  • Patent number: 12284375
    Abstract: A computing system receives a video bitstream comprising a current picture that includes a first block. The system determines that the first block is encoded using a first reference block and a second reference block. The system identifies a high-level syntax (HLS) flag in the video bitstream that indicates a weighting scheme for using the first and second reference blocks. The system reconstructs the first block using a first set of weighting factors for reference values from the first reference and second reference blocks when the HLS flag has a first value. The system reconstructs the first block using a second set of weighting factors for the reference values from the first and second reference blocks when (i) the HLS flag has a second value and (ii) at least one of the first and second reference blocks is at least partially outside of a corresponding reference boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Han Gao, Xin Zhao, Liang Zhao, Jing Ye, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 12284326
    Abstract: Previously, users could not be notified when the 3D mode type of a program being received by a digital broadcast receiver was not compatible with the digital broadcast receiver. A reception device is provided with: a reception unit which receives program content including video information and identification information including information for distinguishing whether the program content is 2D program content or 3D program content; and a display control unit which controls the display so as to display whether the aforementioned program content is 2D program content or 3D program content in response to the received aforementioned identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Otsuka, Sadao Tsuruga
  • Patent number: 12277677
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to the field of camera surveillance, and in particular to a method and control unit for controlling a bitrate of a video stream captured with an image acquisition device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: AXIS AB
    Inventors: Joakim Ericson, Song Yuan
  • Patent number: 12250413
    Abstract: A deblocking the method. The method includes deblocking a block boundary between a first block (B1) and a second block (B2) with the restriction that not more than 5 samples are modified on the B2 side of the block boundary as a result of the deblocking. The deblocking method also includes deblocking a sub-block boundary within the B2 block such that not more than 2 samples on the side of the sub-block boundary within the B2 block that is closest to the block boundary between B1 and B2 are modified by the deblocking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Kenneth Andersson, Rickard Sjöberg, Zhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 12219152
    Abstract: When removing a block distortion occurring in a local decoded image, a loop filtering part 11 of an image coding device carries out a filtering process on each of signal components (a luminance signal component and color difference signal components) after setting the intensity of a filter for removing the block distortion for each of the signal components according to a coding mode (an intra coding mode or an inter coding mode) selected by a coding controlling part 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi Sekiguchi, Kazuo Sugimoto, Hiroharu Sakate, Tokumichi Murakami, Akira Minezawa
  • Patent number: 12219153
    Abstract: When removing a block distortion occurring in a local decoded image, a loop filtering part 11 of an image coding device carries out a filtering process on each of signal components (a luminance signal component and color difference signal components) after setting the intensity of a filter for removing the block distortion for each of the signal components according to a coding mode (an intra coding mode or an inter coding mode) selected by a coding controlling part 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunichi Sekiguchi, Kazuo Sugimoto, Hiroharu Sakate, Tokumichi Murakami, Akira Minezawa
  • Patent number: 12219176
    Abstract: A video signal processor is configured to: obtain at least one transform block for a residual signal of a current block from a video signal bitstream, wherein the transform block comprises a plurality of transform coefficients two-dimensionally arranged, determine, on the basis of length information of a first side of the transform block, a horizontal transform kernel for horizontal transformation of the transform block, regardless of a length of a second side of the transform block, which is orthogonal to the first side, determine, on the basis of length information of the second side, a vertical transform kernel for vertical transformation of the transform block, regardless of a length of the first side, obtain the residual signal of the current block by performing, on the transform block, inverse transformation using the horizontal transform kernel and the vertical transform kernel, and reconstruct the current block based on the residual signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaehong Jung, Juhyung Son, Dongcheol Kim, Geonjung Ko, Jinsam Kwak
  • Patent number: 12212782
    Abstract: A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for coding video data. Video data including one or more subpictures is received. A number of the subpictures and a delta value between the number of subpictures and a number of rectangular slices are signaled. The number of rectangular slices is derived based on the number of subpictures and the delta value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Byeongdoo Choi, Shan Liu, Stephan Wenger
  • Patent number: 12200208
    Abstract: A method by which a decoding device decodes an image, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: obtaining image information from a bitstream; generating a reconstructed picture of the current picture; deriving deblocking filter parameter information related to deblocking filter parameters on the basis of the image information; and performing deblocking filtering on the reconstructed picture on the basis of the deblocking filter parameters so as to generate a modified reconstructed picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seethal Paluri, Hendry Hendry, Seunghawan Kim
  • Patent number: 12192440
    Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed for video compression, utilizing neural networks for predictive video coding. Processes employed combine multiple banks of neural networks with codec system components to carry out the coding and decoding of video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jiefu Zhai, Xingyu Zhang, Xiaosong Zhou, Jun Xin, Hsi-Jung Wu, Yeping Su
  • Patent number: 12192450
    Abstract: An encoding/decoding method and device according to the present disclosure may: determine at least one among a plurality of inter prediction modes as the inter prediction mode of the current block; form an inter prediction candidate list on the basis of the determined inter prediction mode; perform motion compensation on the basis of one prediction candidate in the inter prediction candidate list, and generate a first prediction block of the current block; and correct the first prediction block by using a prescribed intra prediction mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Gon Kim, Do Hyeon Park, Yong Uk Yoon, Ji Hoon Do
  • Patent number: 12192525
    Abstract: A video signal processor is configured to: obtain at least one transform block for a residual signal of a current block from a video signal bitstream, wherein the transform block comprises a plurality of transform coefficients two-dimensionally arranged, determine, on the basis of length information of a first side of the transform block, a horizontal transform kernel for horizontal transformation of the transform block, regardless of a length of a second side of the transform block, which is orthogonal to the first side, determine, on the basis of length information of the second side, a vertical transform kernel for vertical transformation of the transform block, regardless of a length of the first side, obtain the residual signal of the current block by performing, on the transform block, inverse transformation using the horizontal transform kernel and the vertical transform kernel, and reconstruct the current block based on the residual signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaehong Jung, Juhyung Son, Dongcheol Kim, Geonjung Ko, Jinsam Kwak
  • Patent number: 12192518
    Abstract: Compressing a frame of video includes receiving a frame of a video, identifying a three dimensional (3D) object in the frame, matching the 3D object to a stored 3D object, compressing the frame of the video using a color prediction scheme based on the 3D object and the stored 3D object, and storing the compressed frame with metadata, the metadata identifying the 3D object, indicating a position of the 3D object in the frame of the video and indicating an orientation of the 3D object in the frame of the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Michael Hemmer, Ameesh Makadia
  • Patent number: 12184888
    Abstract: Provided is a video decoding method including: obtaining, from a sequence parameter set, sequence merge mode with motion vector difference (sequence MMVD) information indicating whether an MMVD mode is applicable in a current sequence; when the MMVD mode is applicable according to the sequence MMVD information, obtaining, from a bitstream, first MMVD information indicating whether the MMVD mode is applied in a first inter prediction mode for a current block included in the current sequence; when the MMVD mode is applicable in the first inter prediction mode according to the first MMVD information, reconstructing a motion vector of the current block which is to be used in the first inter prediction mode, by using a distance of a motion vector difference and a direction of a motion vector difference obtained from the bitstream; and reconstructing the current block by using the motion vector of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungsoo Jeong, Minwoo Park
  • Patent number: 12184837
    Abstract: An image processing method includes acquiring coordinates of a pixel in a first image block, the first image block being an image block in an equirectangular projection (ERP) format corresponding to an image block in a panoramic image. The coordinates include a latitude of the panoramic image. The method further includes, when the latitude included in the coordinates is less than a first threshold or greater than a second threshold, deleting one or more angle prediction modes from a current intra prediction mode set to obtain a first intra prediction mode set. The method further includes determining a target intra prediction mode of the first image block according to the first intra prediction mode set, and performing intra prediction on the first image block using the target intra prediction mode to obtain prediction information of the first image block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventor: Yingbin Wang
  • Patent number: 12177476
    Abstract: A decoder includes circuitry configured to receive a bitstream, extract a header associated with a current frame and including a signal characterizing that global motion is enabled and further characterizing parameters of a global motion model, and decoding the current frame, the decoding including using a motion model for each current block having a complexity that is less than or equal to a complexity of the global motion model. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: OP Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Hari Kalva, Borivoje Furht, Velibor Adzic
  • Patent number: 12177470
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose an interpolation filter training method and apparatus, a video picture encoding and decoding method, an encoder, and a decoder. According to the training method, a first sub-pixel picture obtained through interpolation by using a conventional interpolation filter is used as label data, to train a second interpolation filter, so that the second interpolation filter obtained through training can be directly used for a pixel value, obtained through interpolation, of a first fractional pixel position. Therefore, the label data is more accurate, and coding performance of a video picture is improved. According to the encoding method, during inter prediction, a target interpolation filter used for a current encoding picture block is determined from a set of candidate interpolation filters, and the encoder selects, according to content of the current encoding picture block, an appropriate interpolation filter to perform an interpolation operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., University of Science and Technology of China
    Inventors: Feng Wu, Ning Yan, Dong Liu, Houqiang Li, Haitao Yang
  • Patent number: 12159451
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for automatically generating labels for sensor data. For instance first sensor data for a first vehicle is identified. The first sensor data is defined in both a global coordinate system and a local coordinate system for the first vehicle. A second vehicle is identified based on a second location of the second vehicle within a threshold distance of the first vehicle within the first timeframe. The second vehicle is associated with second sensor data that is further associated with a label identifying a location of an object, and the location of the object is defined in a local coordinate system of the second vehicle. A conversion from the local coordinate system of the second vehicle to the local coordinate system of the first vehicle may be determined and used to transfer the label from the second sensor data to the first sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Brandyn White, Congyu Gao, Sean Rafferty, Nicholas Armstrong-Crews