Patents Examined by Nguyen T Truong
  • Patent number: 12130186
    Abstract: A method and a system method for real-time wide-field dynamic temperature sensing of an object, the method comprising producing wide-field illumination to upconverting nanoparticles at the object plane, collecting a light emitted by the upconverting nanoparticles, dividing a collected light into a reflected component and a transmitted component, imaging the reflected component into a first image, imaging the transmitted component into a second image; processing the images; and reconstruction of the object from resulting proceed images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Jinyang Liang, Xianglei Liu, Artiom Skripka, Fiorenzo Vetrone, Yingming Lai, Miao Liu
  • Patent number: 12126823
    Abstract: A method of decoding implemented by a video decoder is provided. The method includes receiving a bitstream including a coded video sequence start (CVSS) access unit (AU), wherein the CVSS AU contains a picture unit (PU) for each layer, and wherein a coded picture in each PU is a coded layer video sequence start (CLVSS) picture; identifying the coded picture from one of the layers based on a picture order count (POC) value; and decoding the coded picture to obtain a decoded picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ye-Kui Wang
  • Patent number: 12120346
    Abstract: A method performed by a video decoder includes receiving a coded video bitstream that includes a current picture with at least one block located at a boundary of the current picture. The method includes determining whether boundary filtering is enabled for the at least one block based on a syntax element in the received coded video stream. The method further includes, based on a determination that the boundary filtering is enabled: filtering one or more boundary samples corresponding to the at least one block to generate one or more filtered samples, and decoding the at least one block based on the generated one or more filtered samples. The method further includes based on a determination that the boundary filtering is not enabled, decoding the at least one block without filtering the one or more boundary samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Xin Zhao, Guichun Li, Lien-fei Chen, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 12120341
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives a video bitstream including a current block, and determines a candidate list that includes a plurality of motion vector (MV) candidates for predicting the current block. The processing circuitry modifies the plurality of MV candidates in the candidate list according to a motion information based diversity assessment of the plurality of MV candidates. The modifying the plurality of MV candidates prioritizes a subset of MV candidates with a larger difference in motion information. The processing circuitry decodes, from the video bitstream, an index indicating a selected MV candidate from the modified candidate list, and reconstructs the current block based on the selected MV candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Tencent America LLC
    Inventors: Guichun Li, Xin Zhao, Lien-Fei Chen, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 12108078
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document may comprise the steps of: when an ISP mode is applied to a current block, remapping an intra prediction mode of the current block to a wide-angle intra prediction mode on the basis of the width and height of a first block or the width and height of a second block; performing prediction on the current block on the basis of the wide-angle intra prediction mode; and remapping the intra prediction mode of the current block to a wide-angle intra prediction mode on the basis of the width and height of the first block or the width and height of the second block, and determining an LFNST set including LFNST matrices on the basis of the wide-angle intra prediction mode, wherein the first block includes a coding block, and the second block includes a partition block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Seunghwan Kim, Mehdi Salehifar, Jaehyun Lim
  • Patent number: 12106466
    Abstract: A photographing condition determining method includes: photographing a part of a metal structure of a metal material subjected to predetermined sample preparation under a predetermined photographing condition; assigning, to pixels corresponding to one or a plurality of predetermined phases of the metal structure, labels of respective phases for a photographed image; calculating one or more feature values for a pixel to which a label of one of the assigned phases; classifying the phases of the metal structure of the image by inputting a calculated feature value to a model, which has been learned in advance using feature values assigned with labels of respective phases as input and labels of the respective phases as output, and acquiring a label of a phase of a pixel corresponding to the input feature value; and determining a photographing condition when other parts of the metal structure are photographed based on a classification result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya Kiyokane, Yoshie Obata, Shin Ishikawa, Takako Yamashita, Takeshi Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 12106521
    Abstract: A method for calibrating at least one of the six-degrees-of-freedom of all or part of cameras in a formation positioned for scene capturing, the method comprising a step of initial calibration before the scene capturing. The step comprises creating a reference video frame which comprises a reference image of a stationary reference object. During scene capturing the method further comprises a step of further calibration wherein the position of the reference image of the stationary reference object within a captured scene video frame is compared to the position of the reference image of the stationary reference object within the reference video frame, and a step adapting the at least one of the six-degrees-of-freedom of a multiple cameras of the formation if needed in order to get an improved scene capturing after the further calibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Christiaan Varekamp, Bart Kroon
  • Patent number: 12108049
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus performs a method of decoding video data. The method comprises: receiving the video signal that includes a first component and a second component; receiving a plurality of offsets associated with the second component; utilizing a characteristic measurement of the first component to obtain a classification category associated with the second component; selecting an offset from the plurality of offsets for the second component according to the classification category; and modifying the second component based on the selected offset. In some embodiments, the first component is a luma video component and the second component is a chroma video component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Che-Wei Kuo, Xiaoyu Xiu, Wei Chen, Xianglin Wang, Yi-Wen Chen, Tsung-Chuan Ma, Hong-Jheng Jhu, Bing Yu
  • Patent number: 12095992
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document can comprise the steps of: deriving a transform coefficient for a current block on the basis of residual information; determining whether an effective coefficient is in a second area that excludes the upper left first area of the current block; parsing an MTS index from a bitstream if the effective coefficient is not in the second area; and deriving a residual sample by applying, to transform coefficients of the first area, an MTS kernel derived on the basis of the MTS index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Jaehyun Lim, Seunghwan Kim, Mehdi Salehifar
  • Patent number: 12088831
    Abstract: A method of decoding a coding unit of a coding tree from a coding tree unit of an image frame from a video bitstream, the coding unit having a primary colour channel and at least one secondary colour channel. The method comprises determining a coding unit including the primary colour channel and the at least one secondary colour channel according to decoded split flags of the coding tree unit; decoding a first index to select a kernel for the primary colour channel and a second index to select a kernel for the at least one secondary colour channel; selecting a first kernel according to the first index and a second kernel according to the second index; and decoding the coding unit by applying the first kernel to residual coefficients of the primary colour channel and the second kernel to residual coefficients of the at least one secondary colour channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Christopher James Rosewarne, Iftekhar Ahmed
  • Patent number: 12088797
    Abstract: A video coding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes encoding into a bitstream a gradual decoding refresh (GDR) access unit (AU) and a buffering period (BP) supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message associated with the GDR AU. A hypothetical reference decoder (HRD) is initialized based on the BP SEI message. A HRD conformance test is performed on the bitstream using the HRD. The bitstream is stored for communication toward a decoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ye-Kui Wang
  • Patent number: 12088806
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding device according to the present document comprises the steps of: obtaining CU chroma QP offset-related information for a current chroma block on the basis of the size and tree type of the current chroma block; deriving a chroma QP for the current chroma block on the basis of the CU chroma QP offset-related information; deriving residual samples for the current chroma block on the basis of the chroma QP; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual samples, wherein the CU chroma QP offset-related information includes a CU chroma QP offset flag and a CU chroma QP offset index for the current chroma block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Zhao, Seunghwan Kim, Seethal Paluri
  • Patent number: 12069229
    Abstract: An image capture system includes: a first mobile unit configured to move around the target area; a second mobile unit adjustably coupled to the first mobile unit; a dual-camera unit, operatively coupled to the second mobile unit, including: a first camera to capture structural data; and a second camera to capture color data, wherein the first mobile unit and the second mobile unit are configured to move the first camera and the second camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Electronic Arts Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Hejl, Jerry Phaneuf, Aaron Jeromin
  • Patent number: 12069317
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a decoding method includes: obtaining a bitstream including picture data; parsing the bitstream to obtain node split mode information of a first-level coding tree and node split mode information of a second-level coding tree, if the split mode corresponding to the first node is no further splitting, parsing the bitstream to obtain encoding information of the first node; and decoding and reconstructing, based on the encoding information of the first node, a coding unit corresponding to the first node, to obtain a picture corresponding to the picture data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 12063391
    Abstract: A concept for coding a CFA pattern image is provided, wherein, for each of the sample clusters of the CFA pattern image, having first to fourth sample positions, first to fourth color coordinates are computed, so as to provide an image representation of the CFA pattern image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FĂ–RDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Richter, Christian Minuth, Micha Nietsch, Christian Scherl, Wolfgang Heppner, Tobias Jaschke, Marcus Freisleben, Bilal Ahmed
  • Patent number: 12055665
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology may provide methods and apparatus for repetitive histogramming. The apparatus may provide a limited number of physical bins to perform multiple histograms on a total number of virtual bins. The apparatus may provide a single physical bin that is used to sweep over the total number of virtual bins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Steven John Buckley
  • Patent number: 12058313
    Abstract: A method of configuring candidate intra modes and a video decoding apparatus are disclosed. At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method of configuring candidate intra modes for a chroma block, including determining whether a luma region corresponding to the chroma block has an encoding mode that is available for use, setting a direct mode (DM) among the candidate intra modes as a default mode when the encoding mode of the luma region is not available, and configuring the candidate intra modes by including the DM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Il Kim, Sun Young Lee, Kyung Hwan Ko
  • Patent number: 12050269
    Abstract: A dual lens assembly positioned along an optical receive path within a LiDAR system is provided. The dual lens assembly is constructed to reduce a numerical aperture of a returned light pulse and reduce a walk-off error associated with one or more mirrors of the LiDAR system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Seyond, Inc.
    Inventor: Jim Li
  • Patent number: 12025692
    Abstract: A sensing device includes a fixed member, a rotation member disposed at both ends of the fixed member, a camera installed on the fixed member, and respective radar units installed on the rotation members, where the respective radar units are configured to sense respective objects at edges of a viewing angle of the camera and respective objects outside of the viewing angle of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Ki Lee, Joon Seok Chae, Seog Moon Choi, Tae Gyu Ryu
  • Patent number: 12022070
    Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide video encoding and decoding methods and devices relates to artificial intelligence (AI) technologies applied to video encoding and decoding and are implemented to perform video filtering, so that coding blocks with a relatively greater filtering gain may be selected for filtering after reconduction, thereby improving filtering efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Han Zhu, Xiaozhong Xu, Shan Liu