Patents Examined by Tracy Y Li
  • Patent number: 12113993
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques of processing video. The techniques comprise obtaining a video to be transcoded, the video comprising a plurality of frames; setting a test object in each of the plurality of frames of the video to be transcoded; transcoding the video using a predetermined video transcoding mechanism and obtaining the transcoded video; extracting a test object from each of a plurality of frames of the transcoded video; and determining a transcoding result based at least in part on the test object extracted from each of the plurality of frames of the transcoded video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI BILIBILI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ran Tang, Yi Wang, Long Zheng, Jun He
  • Patent number: 12113979
    Abstract: A method by which a decoding device decodes an image includes: receiving a bitstream including residual information; deriving a residual sample for the current block on the basis of a quantized transform coefficient; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual sample for the current block, where the residual information includes a context-based coded context syntax element, where the deriving the quantized transform coefficient decodes the context syntax element based on a context and based on a predetermined maximum value for the context syntax element, and where the maximum value is determined by a unit of the transform block and the maximum value is determined based on the size of the transform block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jungah Choi, Sunmi Yoo, Seunghwan Kim, Jangwon Choi, Jin Heo
  • Patent number: 12113994
    Abstract: A video decoder chipset comprises a video decoder function, an upscaler function and a combiner function. The video decoder function is configured to (i) decode encoded video data to generate decoded video data at a first level of quality, the encoded video data having been derived by an encoder using first video data at a second, higher level of quality and (ii) output the decoded video data for storage in a memory. The upscaler function is configured to (i) obtain the decoded video data from the memory and (ii) upscale the obtained decoded video data to generate second video data at the second level of quality. The combiner function is configured to (i) obtain residual data, the residual data having been derived by the encoder based on the first video data and the second video data, (ii) combine the second video data with the residual data to generate enhanced video data, and (iii) output the enhanced video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: V-Nova International Limited
    Inventor: Richard Clucas
  • Patent number: 12103391
    Abstract: A base support of a display apparatus has a flexible support at least partially delimited by at least one boundary region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Christian Wall
  • Patent number: 12101475
    Abstract: Techniques related to distributing the video encoding processing of an input video across hardware and software systems. Such techniques include evaluating the content of the video and determine whether or the encoding operation is best to be done on the hardware system only, software system only or a hybrid hardware and software system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Brinda Ganesh, Nilesh Jain, Sumit Mohan, Faouzi Kossentini, Jill Boyce, James Holland, Zhijun Lei, Chekib Nouira, Foued Ben Amara, Hassene Tmar, Sebastian Possos, Craig Hurst
  • Patent number: 12096023
    Abstract: A video coder may determine a motion vector of a non-adjacent block of a current picture of the video data. The non-adjacent block is non-adjacent to a current block of the current picture. Furthermore, the video coder determines, based on the motion vector of the non-adjacent block, a motion vector predictor (MVP) for the current block. The video coder may determine a motion vector of the current block. The video coder may also determine a predictive block based on the motion vector of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yi-Wen Chen, Wei-Jung Chien, Yu-Chen Sun, Li Zhang, Sungwon Lee, Xiang Li, Hsiao-Chiang Chuang, Jianle Chen, Vadim Seregin, Marta Karczewicz
  • Patent number: 12096001
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for video decoding with a video decoding chip. The video decoding chip may include one or more input channels and one or more output channels. The systems and methods may include detecting a flag bit of each of the one or more input channels. The flag bit of an input channel may indicate a status of receiving its corresponding stream of encoded video data. The systems and methods may include determining an operating state of the one or more input channels based on the flag bits. The operating state of an input channel may include an open state and a closed state of the input channel. The systems and methods may further include determining at least one of the one or more output channels to output the corresponding stream of decoded video data based on the input channels in the open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG DAHUA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuyao Wang
  • Patent number: 12079033
    Abstract: A wearable accessory device is disclosed. The wearable accessory device includes a flexible display coupled to a bi-stable spring. Coupling the display to the bi-stable spring allows the accessory device to be easily worn in a number of convenient locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Derek W. Wright, Scott A. Myers
  • Patent number: 12081794
    Abstract: Systems and methods herein describe a video compression system. The described systems and methods accesses a sequence of image frames from a first computing device, the sequence of image frames comprising a first image frame and a second image frame, detects a first set of keypoints for the first image frame, transmits the first image frame and the first set of keypoints to a second computing device, detects a second set of keypoints for the second image frame, transmits the second set of keypoints to the second computing device, causes an animated image to be displayed on the second computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Sergey Demyanov, Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin, Aleksei Podkin, Aleksei Stoliar, Sergey Tulyakov
  • Patent number: 12075031
    Abstract: A method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream of the video, that the current block is split into multiple sub-blocks, wherein each of the multiple sub-blocks is coded in the bitstream using a corresponding coding technique according to a pattern, and performing the conversion based on the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 12067752
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: (i) when a number of three-dimensional points included in point cloud data to be encoded is n that is greater than a predetermined number, n being an integer greater than or equal to 2, calculating an encoding coefficient by generating a hierarchical structure in which each of n pieces of attribute information on the three-dimensional points is sorted into one of a higher frequency component and a lower frequency component to be layered, and generating a bitstream including the encoding coefficient calculated in the calculating; and (ii) when a number of three-dimensional points included in the point cloud data is m that is smaller than or equal to the predetermined number, m being an integer greater than or equal to 1, generating a bitstream in accordance with m pieces of attribute information on the three-dimensional points without generating a hierarchy structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Sugio, Noritaka Iguchi
  • Patent number: 12063359
    Abstract: There are disclosed a method and an apparatus for video encoding. The method can include determining that a coding unit is in intra coded area and encoding the coding unit in intra prediction mode into a bitstream unless the intra prediction for the coding unit needs a reference sample for prediction from a dirty area. The method can further include determining that a coding unit is in clean area when the coding unit is encoded in inter prediction mode into a bitstream, the method comprises validating a plurality of inter prediction modes to determine which of the plurality of inter prediction modes do not use reference samples from a dirty area, and defining such inter prediction mode as a valid inter prediction mode. The method further includes encoding into a bitstream that exact-match is required at a recovery point and encoding into a bitstream an indication of a use of a diagonal refresh; and transmitting the encoded bitstream to a decoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Limin Wang, Krit Panusopone, Seungwook Hong
  • Patent number: 12058341
    Abstract: A method of compressing image data representing one or more images, the method including obtaining pixel data from the image data, the pixel data representing an pixel array within the one or more images, applying a transformation to the pixel data to determine a set of frequency coefficients indicative of frequency coefficients of the pixel array, encoding a selected subset of the set of frequency coefficients, generating an index indicative of the encoded frequency coefficients and generating compressed image data using the encoded frequency coefficients and the index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Immersive Robotics Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Liam Fitzgerald, Timothy Simon Lucas, Jonathan Mark Povey
  • Patent number: 12058340
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for compressing video. A set of video frames is partitioned into two subsets of different types of frames, a first type and a second type. The first type of frames of videos is compressed to generate a first representation by a first stage encoder. The first representation is then decoded to reconstruct the first type of frames using a first stage decoder. The second type of frames of video is compressed to generate a second representation that only contains soft edge information by a second stage encoder. A generative model corresponding to a second stage decoder is then trained using the first representation and the reconstructed first type of frames by using a discriminator employed by a machine learning system. After training the generative model, it generates reconstructed first and second types of frames using the soft edge information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Alan Bovik, Sungsoo Kim, Jin Soo Park, Christos G. Bampis, Georgios Alex Dimakis
  • Patent number: 12058366
    Abstract: An encoder includes: circuitry; and memory, in which using the memory, the circuitry, in affine motion compensation prediction in inter prediction for a current block, places a limit on a range within which motion estimation or motion compensation is performed, and performs the motion compensation for the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Takashi Hashimoto, Kiyofumi Abe, Tadamasa Toma, Takahiro Nishi, Ryuichi Kanoh
  • Patent number: 12034967
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to interpolate one or more intermediate images from two or more images is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a processor includes one or more circuits to interpolate one or more intermediate images from two or more images based, at least in part, on one or more inconsistent flow vectors corresponding to the two or more images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Vipul Parashar, Vignesh Ungrapalli
  • Patent number: 12028530
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method analyzes content of a video to generate a representation for a video that represents a relationship of a bitrate to a quality measurement for the video. A plurality of candidate points on the representation are selected. Then, the method selects a profile ladder from at least a portion of the plurality of candidate points. Each profile in the profile ladder is associated with a candidate point and the profile includes a corresponding bitrate and a quality measurement for the respective candidate point. The profile ladder is used for the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: HULU, LLC
    Inventors: Chen Liu, Wenhao Zhang, Xuchang Huangfu, Xiaobo Liu, Deliang Fu, Lan Xie, Rui Zhang, Shuai Lou, Chao Zhang
  • Patent number: 12022131
    Abstract: Interpolation between explicitly signaled CPB (or HRD) parameters at selected bit rates is used to achieve a good compromise between CPB parameter transmission capacity and CPB parametrization effectiveness and may be, particularly, made in an effective manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Benjamin Bross, Robert Skupin, Cornelius Hellge, Thomas Schierl, Thomas Wiegand
  • Patent number: 12015803
    Abstract: A camera module includes a compressor configured to divide a plurality of pixels included in image data, into a plurality of pixel groups, with respect to each of the plurality of pixel groups into which the plurality of pixels is divided, calculate a representative pixel value of a corresponding pixel group, based on pixel values of multiple pixels included in the corresponding pixel group, generate first compressed data, based on the calculated representative pixel value of each of the plurality of pixel groups, with respect to each of the plurality of pixel groups into which the plurality of pixels is divided, calculate residual values representing differences between the pixel values of the multiple pixels included in the corresponding pixel group and the representative pixel value of the corresponding pixel group, and generate second compressed data, based on the calculated residual values of each of the plurality of pixel groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wonseok Lee, Seongwook Song, Yunseok Choi
  • Patent number: 12015768
    Abstract: A method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream of the video, that the current block is split into multiple sub-blocks, wherein each of the multiple sub-blocks is coded in the bitstream using a corresponding coding technique according to a pattern, and performing the conversion based on the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang