Patents Examined by Patrick E Demosky
  • Patent number: 12713072
    Abstract: A method for deblocking at least one boundary of a coding unit. The method includes determining that the coding unit uses a sub-block transform, wherein the sub-block transform generates a transform sub-block boundary within the coding unit, thereby forming at least a transform sub-block within the coding unit; as a result of determining that the coding unit uses the sub-block transform, determining a maximum filter length based on a dimension of the transform sub-block within the coding unit, wherein the maximum filter length indicates a maximum number of samples to modify when deblocking a boundary of the coding unit; and deblocking the boundary of the coding unit based on the determined maximum filter length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Kenneth Andersson, Jack Enhorn, Zhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 12707095
    Abstract: A method of decoding video data from a bitstream, the bitstream comprising video data corresponding to multiple slices, wherein the bitstream comprises a header comprising syntax elements to be used when decoding one or more slices; wherein the decoding comprising parsing the picture header, parsing at least one APS ID related syntax element prior to syntax elements relating to decoding tools; and decoding said bitstream using said syntax elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Guillaume Laroche, Patrice Onno, Naël Ouedraogo
  • Patent number: 12707100
    Abstract: In a method to improve backwards compatibility when decoding high-dynamic range images coded in a wide color gamut (WCG) space which may not be compatible with legacy color spaces, hue and/or saturation values of images in an image database are computed for both a legacy color space (say, YCbCr-gamma) and a preferred WCG color space (say, IPT-PQ). Based on a cost function, a reshaped color space is computed so that the distance between the hue values in the legacy color space and rotated hue values in the preferred color space is minimized. HDR images are coded in the reshaped color space. Legacy devices can still decode standard dynamic range images assuming they are coded in the legacy color space, while updated devices can use color reshaping information to decode HDR images in the preferred color space at full dynamic range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2026
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robin Atkins, Peng Yin, Taoran Lu, Jaclyn Anne Pytlarz
  • Patent number: 12695920
    Abstract: A method of decoding video data from a bitstream, the bitstream comprising video data corresponding to multiple slices, wherein the bitstream comprises a header comprising syntax elements to be used when decoding one or more slices; wherein the decoding comprising parsing the picture header, parsing at least one APS ID related syntax element prior to syntax elements relating to decoding tools; and decoding said bitstream using said syntax elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Guillaume Laroche, Patrice Onno, Naël Ouedraogo
  • Patent number: 12695877
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method according to the present disclosure is performed by an image decoding apparatus. The image decoding method may comprise deriving a prediction sample of a current block based on motion information of the current block, determining whether bi-directional optical flow (BDOF) applies to the current block, based on that the BDOF applies to the current block, deriving a gradient for a current subblock in the current block, deriving motion refinement (vx, vy) for the current subblock based on the gradient, deriving a BDOF offset based on the gradient and the motion refinement, and deriving a refined prediction sample for the current block based on the prediction sample of the current block and the BDOF offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Nae Ri Park, Jung Hak Nam, Hyeong Moon Jang, Seung Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 12689730
    Abstract: An example method of video coding includes receiving a video bitstream comprising a plurality of blocks and a plurality of quantized transform coefficients, and determining a quantized level for a quantized transform coefficient of the plurality of quantized transform coefficients. The method also includes selecting a quantizer from a set of three or more quantizers based on the quantized level, and deriving, using the selected quantizer, a dequantized transform coefficient for a first quantized transform coefficient of the plurality of quantized transform coefficients. The method further includes reconstructing a first block using the dequantized transform value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Motong Xu, Roman Chernyak, Lien-Fei Chen, Yonguk Yoon, Biao Wang, Shan Liu, Ziyue Xiang
  • Patent number: 12689722
    Abstract: A video codec can involve determining a motion compensation mode associated with encoding a first block of picture information, the motion compensation mode including a sub-block based motion compensation prediction mode or a non-rectangular block partition mode; determining that a second block of picture information spatially neighboring the first block was encoded or decoded based on an illumination compensation; and encoding or decoding the first block based on the motion compensation mode and the illumination compensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Fabrice Urban, Antoine Robert, Philippe Bordes
  • Patent number: 12677006
    Abstract: A method of decoding video data from a bitstream, the bitstream comprising video data corresponding to multiple slices, wherein the bitstream comprises a header comprising syntax elements to be used when decoding one or more slices; wherein the decoding comprising parsing the picture header, parsing at least one APS ID related syntax element prior to syntax elements relating to decoding tools; and decoding said bitstream using said syntax elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Guillaume Laroche, Patrice Onno, Naël Ouedraogo
  • Patent number: 12671850
    Abstract: In a method to improve backwards compatibility when decoding high-dynamic range images coded in a wide color gamut (WCG) space which may not be compatible with legacy color spaces, hue and/or saturation values of images in an image database are computed for both a legacy color space (say, YCbCr-gamma) and a preferred WCG color space (say, IPT-PQ). Based on a cost function, a reshaped color space is computed so that the distance between the hue values in the legacy color space and rotated hue values in the preferred color space is minimized. HDR images are coded in the reshaped color space. Legacy devices can still decode standard dynamic range images assuming they are coded in the legacy color space, while updated devices can use color reshaping information to decode HDR images in the preferred color space at full dynamic range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2026
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robin Atkins, Peng Yin, Taoran Lu, Jaclyn Anne Pytlarz
  • Patent number: 12670683
    Abstract: Method and computing device for inferring via a neural network environmental data of an area of a building based on visible and thermal images of the area. A predictive model generated by a neural network training engine is stored by the computing device. The computing device determines a visible image of an area based on data received from at least one visible imaging camera. The computing device determines a thermal image of the area based on data received from at least one thermal imaging device. The computing device executes a neural network inference engine, using the predictive model for inferring environmental data based on the visible image and the thermal image. The inferred environmental data comprise geometric characteristic(s) of the area, an occupancy of the area, a human activity in the area, temperature value(s) for the area, and luminosity value(s) for the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Distech Controls Inc.
    Inventor: Francois Gervais
  • Patent number: 12654631
    Abstract: A vehicle driver assist system includes a mounting bracket connectable with the vehicle and a camera housing connectable with the mounting bracket. One of the mounting bracket and the camera housing includes a channel for receiving a tab on the other of the mounting bracket and the camera housing. The tab on the other of the mounting bracket and the camera housing slides into the channel in the one of the mounting bracket and the camera housing to connect the camera housing to the mounting bracket. The one of the mounting bracket and the camera housing has a flexible member that engages the tab to damp movement of the housing relative to the mounting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: ZF Active Safety and Electronics US LLC
    Inventor: Michael A. Hart
  • Patent number: 12641228
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for encoding and decoding an image by applying different filtering strength to reference pixels based on a size relationship between a current block and each reference block such that a prediction block for the current block is constructed using reference pixels which are filtered adaptively according to their properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Je Chang Jeong, Ki Baek Kim, Jung Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 12641331
    Abstract: A vehicular camera according to an aspect of an embodiment includes a substrate, a housing, and a conductive member. An imaging element is mounted on the substrate on. The housing has a first housing and a second housing made of metal. The housing accommodates the substrate in a space formed by the first housing and the second housing. The conductive member is disposed at a joint portion between the first housing and the second housing, and has conductivity. Any one or both of the first housing and the second housing have an insulating layer on a surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Takao Takeshita, Yingchun Guan, Yoshihiro Ueno, Shinkuro Fujino, Masami Fukuhara
  • Patent number: 12621501
    Abstract: In a method to improve backwards compatibility when decoding high-dynamic range images coded in a wide color gamut (WCG) space which may not be compatible with legacy color spaces, hue and/or saturation values of images in an image database are computed for both a legacy color space (say, YCbCr-gamma) and a preferred WCG color space (say, IPT-PQ). Based on a cost function, a reshaped color space is computed so that the distance between the hue values in the legacy color space and rotated hue values in the preferred color space is minimized. HDR images are coded in the reshaped color space. Legacy devices can still decode standard dynamic range images assuming they are coded in the legacy color space, while updated devices can use color reshaping information to decode HDR images in the preferred color space at full dynamic range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robin Atkins, Peng Yin, Taoran Lu, Jaclyn Anne Pytlarz
  • Patent number: 12621570
    Abstract: A Tele folded camera operative to compensate for an undesired rotational motion of a handheld electronic device that includes such a camera, wherein the compensation depends on the undesired rotational motion and on a point of view of the Tele folded camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Corephotonics Ltd.
    Inventors: Ephraim Goldenberg, Noy Cohen, Yiftah Kowal
  • Patent number: 12586178
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a processing device, a plurality of images of a test object, the plurality of images including a plurality of surfaces of the test object. The processing device selects a region of interest in each of the plurality of images, the region of interest comprising the test object having a background removed. For the plurality of regions of interest as selected, the method includes comparing, by the processing device, each region of interest with a corresponding profile image and identifying defects in each region of interest. The method includes grading, by the processing device, a cosmetic appearance of each region of interest based on the identified defects. The grades of the cosmetic appearance for each region of interest are stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: Future Dial, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Zhou, Jisheng Li, George Huang, Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 12579873
    Abstract: A security camera system includes a base unit and sensor modules for generating image data. The base unit includes several mounting sockets arranged at different elevational and azimuthal directions around the base unit, and the sensor modules attach, for example, magnetically, to the mounting sockets. Each mounting socket includes a socket ID, which is read by a reader module of the sensor modules and used to stitch together the image data from different sensor modules. The sensor modules are powered wirelessly via induction and communicate wirelessly with the base unit via wireless transceivers and antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GmbH
    Inventor: Patrick Siu
  • Patent number: 12574515
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a video decoding method including determining one or more adaptation parameter sets including a quantization matrix set including a plurality of quantization matrices, determining an adaptation parameter set including a quantization matrix set applied to a current picture or a current slice from among the one or more adaptation parameter sets, dequantizing transform coefficients of a current block of a current picture or a current slice based on the quantization matrix set of the determined adaptation parameter set, and reconstructing the current block based on the dequantized transform coefficients, wherein the adaptation parameter set includes coding information applied to one or more pictures or slices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sung Chang Lim, Jung Won Kang, Ha Hyun Lee, Jin Ho Lee, Hui Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 12563235
    Abstract: A video decoding apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to perform operations comprising: receiving, from a video data stream, a sequence parameter set (SPS); parsing, from the SPS, an extra slice header bit map; mapping one or more bits in the extra slice header bit map to one or more flags that indicate presence or non-presence corresponding to a syntax element in a slice header; determining a number of extra slice header bits based on an amount of the one or more flags that indicate presence; and parsing, from the video data stream, the syntax element in the slice header based on the determined number of extra slice header bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Karsten Sühring, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Schierl, Robert Skupin, Thomas Wiegand
  • Patent number: 12556685
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method is provided. An image decoding method of the present invention may comprise restoring an intra-prediction mode of a current chroma block, deriving at least one representative value based on a neighboring sample of the current chroma block and a neighboring sample of a corresponding luma block corresponding to the current chroma block in case the intra-prediction mode is a CCLM (Cross-Component Linear Model) mode, deriving a parameter of CCLM by using the at least one representative value, and generating a prediction block of the current chroma block by using the parameter of CCLM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF SEJONG UNIVERSITY, INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION KOREA AEROSPACE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Sung Chang Lim, Jung Won Kang, Ha Hyun Lee, Jin Ho Lee, Hui Yong Kim, Yung Lyul Lee, Myung Jun Kim, Nam Uk Kim, Yang Woo Kim, Ji Yeon Jung, Jae Gon Kim