Patents Examined by Leron Beck
  • Construction of merge with motion vector difference candidates
    Patent number: 11128884
    Abstract: A method of video processing is provided to include determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the video, a mode of operation of an UMVE mode; and performing the conversion based on the determining, wherein the current video block is coded with a merge mode and motion vector differences in an UMVE mode that comprises a motion vector expression that includes a starting point of motion information, a motion magnitude and a motion direction for the current video block, and wherein one or more fields in the coded representation correspond to the mode of operation, and wherein the one or more fields include: a list size field that indicates a size of a base candidate list used by the UMVE mode, or a table field that signals a distance table or a direction table for the UMVE mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Hongbin Liu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Spectrally adaptive noise filling tool (SANFT) for perceptual transform coding of still and moving images
    Patent number: 11122300
    Abstract: Examples are provided for apparatus and methods for video encoding and decoding. An encoder apparatus for encoding a picture into a data stream is configured to: subject a transform of a block of the picture to quantization to obtain a quantized transform; determine a zero-quantized portion of the quantized transform; determine at least one noise parameter providing noise information on the transform within the zero-quantized portion; signal the quantized transform and the at least one parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Christian Helmrich, Paul Keydel, Sebastian Bosse
  • System for transmitting commands and a video stream between a remote controlled machine such as a drone and a ground station
    Patent number: 11115112
    Abstract: A system for transmitting commands and a video stream between a remote controlled machine such as a drone and a ground station comprises a two-way link between the machine and ground station, at least partially implementing a cellular communication network, said two-way link being provided by means of a cellular modem on the machine side and conveying a compressed video stream produced by a camera and a video encoding module, and information belonging to a group comprising movement control commands and flight data or operating characteristics of the remote controlled machine, the system further comprising means for managing the two-way link capable of ensuring said link is maintained, taking into account the variability in topology and performances of the link resulting from the implementation of the cellular communication network. Application to long-range drones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: UAVIA
    Inventor: Clément Christomanos
  • Method and apparatus for selecting a coding mode used for encoding/decoding a residual block
    Patent number: 11109027
    Abstract: The present principles relates to a method and device 1. A method for encoding a residual block comprising: —obtaining (500) a first coding mode relative to a first 2D transform when coding the residual blocks according a coding mode relative to a first 2D transform is enabled; —obtaining (510) a second coding mode relative to a second 2D transform when coding the residual blocks according to a coding mode relative to a second 2D transform is enabled; and —encoding (530) the residual block according to either said first coding mode or said second coding mode or both; the method is characterized in that enabling or disabling (520) the coding of the residual block according to said second coding mode depends on said first coding mode. The present principles relates also to a method and device for encoding/decoding a picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Fabrice Urban, Tangi Poirier, Fabrice Leleannec
  • Monitoring of a project by video analysis
    Patent number: 11107114
    Abstract: A monitoring project is defined interactively through an interface. Resources needed for the project are obtained, configured, arranged, and verified within a target area. Video and audio feeds are captured and analyzed during a project period within the target area and customer interactions and intentions are derived from detected customer behaviors within the feeds. The intentions and behaviors are indexed with aggregated metrics within a data store. The interface provides custom queries, reports, interactive graphics, and real-time notifications from the data store that depict the custom aggregated metrics for the intentions and behaviors of the monitoring project.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Robert Burris, Jodessiah Sumpter
  • Decoding device, encoding device, decoding method, encoding method, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium
    Patent number: 11109040
    Abstract: A coding device and a decoding device are configured to include an estimated prediction mode deciding section (122a) including: a reference block selecting section (1223a) for selecting a reference block for use in estimating an intra-prediction mode for a subject block; an estimating number deciding section (1222a) for deciding an estimating number of estimated values to be estimated for the intra-prediction mode; and an estimated prediction mode deriving section (1221a) for estimating, based on a reference block, the estimating number of estimated values of the prediction mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Velos Media, LLC
    Inventor: Yukinobu Yasugi
  • Multi-scale metric-based encoding
    Patent number: 11102488
    Abstract: A processing system analyzes pixel activity levels of blocks of a picture at a plurality of spatial scales and/or dynamic ranges to generate a multi-scale metric that indicates how bit allocation or assignment of a given quantization parameter (QP) will affect the perceptual quality of the block. Blocks that have similar multi-scale metrics are likely to be visually similar and to benefit from similar bit allocations or QPs. Based on the multi-scale metric, an encoder encodes each block of the picture with a QP and/or a number of bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC
    Inventors: Boris Ivanovic, Mehdi Saeedi, Edward G. Callway
  • One-level transform split and adaptive sub-block transform
    Patent number: 11102513
    Abstract: A method of partitioning a coding unit (CU) into one or more transform units (TUs) for encoding a video sequence using at least one processor includes determining a height of the CU; determining a width of the CU; determining a TU size of each of the one or more TUs based on the height of the CU and the width of the CU; determining one or more TU positions of the one or more TUs based on the height of the CU and the width of the CU; and partitioning the CU into the one or more TUs based on the determined size of the one or more TUs and the one or more positions of the one or more TUs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Xin Zhao, Liang Zhao, Xiang Li, Shan Liu
  • Optimizing analysis of a 3D printed object through integration of geo-registered virtual objects
    Patent number: 11090873
    Abstract: In this patent, a method and apparatus for improving analysis of a 3D printed object is provided. A first portion of a 3D dataset is selected for 3D printing. The 3D dataset is geo-registered to the 3D printed object. A second portion of the 3D dataset is displayed on a head display unit (HDU). Additional advanced features are discussed herein. An example would be performing 3D printing of a heart from a CT scan and displaying the aorta and inferior vena cave on the HDU geo-registered to the 3D printed heart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Inventor: Robert Edwin Douglas
  • Encoding and decoding methods and devices including CNN-based in-loop filter
    Patent number: 11095887
    Abstract: Disclosed are an encoding device and a decoding device, which include a CNN-based in-loop filter. The encoding device according to one embodiment comprises: a filtering unit for generating filtering information by filtering a residual image corresponding to a difference between an original image and a prediction image; an inverse filtering unit for generating inverse filtering information by inversely filtering the filtering information; a prediction unit for generating the prediction image on the basis of the original image and reconstruction information; a CNN-based in-loop filter for receiving the inverse filtering information and the prediction image so as to output the reconstruction information; and an encoding unit for performing encoding on the basis of the filtering information and information of the prediction image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Mun Churl Kim
  • Automated failure detection for medical device testing systems and methods
    Patent number: 11087453
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for capturing images of articles under test and processing the images to automatically detect the failure of a test article. The described methods include optimizing image capture to allow for the use of low cost imaging devices instead of high speed cameras or other expensive equipment. The described methods also include several methods for processing the images to identify the occurrence of a failure event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: DYNATEK LABS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Alan Schultz, Donald John Rohde, Christopher Conti
  • Construction of merge with motion vector difference candidates
    Patent number: 11089327
    Abstract: A method of video processing is provided to include determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the video, a mode of operation of an UMVE mode; and performing the conversion based on the determining, wherein the current video block is coded with a merge mode and motion vector differences in an UMVE mode that comprises a motion vector expression that includes a starting point of motion information, a motion magnitude and a motion direction for the current video block, and wherein one or more fields in the coded representation correspond to the mode of operation, and wherein the one or more fields include: a list size field that indicates a size of a base candidate list used by the UMVE mode, or a table field that signals a distance table or a direction table for the UMVE mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Hongbin Liu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Method and apparatus for candidate list pruning
    Patent number: 11089298
    Abstract: Video signal coding and decoding functions can generate lists of potential candidates to use in coding and decoding, for example, predictors. Video signal coding component candidates undergo operations before potential inclusion in candidate lists. The candidates are checked after being modified by the operations to see if other equal candidates are already in the candidate are added to the candidate list. If equal candidates are already in the list, the modified candidates are not added to the list. Operations that can be performed comprise rounding and clipping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL VC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Fabien Racape, Franck Galpin, Antoine Robert
  • Method and device for processing video signal
    Patent number: 11089299
    Abstract: A method for decoding a video according to the present invention, may comprise determining whether bi-directional intra prediction is applied to a current block, deriving a reference sample of the current block, and when the bi-directional intra prediction is applied to the current block, based on a first reference sample and a second reference sample specified by an intra prediction mode of the current block, obtaining a prediction sample of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: KT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bae Keun Lee
  • Image display method, image display system, flying object, program, and recording medium
    Patent number: 11082639
    Abstract: An image display method includes acquiring an aerial image captured during flight of a flying object, acquiring a first image based on the aerial image, acquiring image position information of the flying object corresponding to an image position in a horizontal direction of the flying object in the first image, superimposing related information of the flying object at the image position in the first image to generate a second image, and displaying the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takayoshi Kawaguchi
  • Systems and methods for reducing WiFi latency using transmit opportunity and duration
    Patent number: 11076158
    Abstract: Disclosed herein includes a system, a method, and a device for reducing latency and jitter by reserving a transmission duration for a transmit opportunity. A device can compress a first slice of a plurality of slices of a video frame to obtain a size of the first slice after compression. The device can estimate a size of the video frame after compression, according to the size of the first slice after compression. The device can generate a request to send (RTS) to reserve, a transmission channel for a transmission duration corresponding to the size of the video frame after compression. The device can broadcast the RTS to one or more other devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Behnam Bastani, Xiaoguang Wang, Gang Lu
  • Device and method for coding video data
    Patent number: 11076167
    Abstract: A method of decoding a bitstream by an electronic device is provided. An image frame is received from the bitstream. A block unit is determined from the received image frame. A plurality of model parameters is derived based on motion information of a plurality of neighboring blocks neighboring the block unit. An intermediate block is derived for a sub-block in the block unit based on the plurality of model parameters. A vector formula is determined based on the plurality of model parameters, and at least one vector value is calculated based on the vector formula for at least one sampling position in the sub-block. The at least one vector value is compared with a threshold to determine whether the intermediate block is adjusted based on the vector formula to generate a predicted block. The sub-block is reconstructed based on the predicted block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Yu-Chiao Yang, Po-Han Lin
  • Condition dependent inter prediction with geometric partitioning
    Patent number: 11070820
    Abstract: A method for processing a video includes performing a determination, by a processor, that a first video block is partitioned to include a first prediction portion that is non-rectangular and non-square; adding a first motion vector (MV) prediction candidate associated with the first prediction portion to a motion candidate list associated with the first video block, wherein the first MV prediction candidate is derived from a sub-block MV prediction candidate; and performing further processing of the first video block using the motion candidate list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • In-vehicle device, program, and vehicle for creating composite images
    Patent number: 11057575
    Abstract: An in-vehicle device includes a first in-vehicle camera configured to capture a subject in the cabin of a vehicle to create a first captured image, a second in-vehicle camera configured to capture an outside scene to create a second captured image, an image processing unit configured to create, from the first and second captured images, a composite image in which the subject is arranged with the outside scene as a background, and a first communication unit configured to send the composite image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Jun Okamoto, Josuke Yamane, Risako Yamamoto, Kazuki Sugie, Masatoshi Komiyama
  • Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method
    Patent number: 11044491
    Abstract: Provided is an encoder which includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry splits an image block into a plurality of partitions, obtains a prediction image for a partition, and encodes the image block using the prediction image. When the partition is not a non-rectangular partition, the circuitry obtains (i) a first prediction image for the partition using a first motion vector for the partition, (ii) a second motion vector for the partition using the first prediction image, and (iii) a second prediction image for the partition as the prediction image using the second motion vector. When the partition is a non-rectangular partition, the circuitry obtains the first prediction image as the prediction image using the first motion vector, without using the second motion vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Abe, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Ryuichi Kanoh, Chong Soon Lim, Ru Ling Liao, Hai Wei Sun, Sughosh Pavan Shashidhar, Han Boon Teo, Jing Ya Li