Patents by Inventor Changcai Lai

Changcai Lai has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20200204830
    Abstract: An apparatus including a memory operably coupled to a processor. The processor is configured to determine whether to use an intra smoothing filter for a rectangular prediction unit (PU), wherein a width of the rectangular PU is different from a height of the rectangular PU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Guichun Li, Lingzhi Liu, Changcai Lai, Nam Ling, Jianhua Zheng, Chen-Xiong Zhang
  • Patent number: 10645422
    Abstract: An apparatus including a memory operably coupled to a processor. The processor is configured to select an intra smoothing filter for a rectangular prediction unit (PU) based on a lookup table (LUT) used for square PUs, wherein a width of the rectangular PU is different from a height of the rectangular PU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Guichun Li, Lingzhi Liu, Changcai Lai, Nam Ling, Jianhua Zheng, Chen-Xiong Zhang
  • Patent number: 10511841
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for encoding an intra-frame prediction mode, including: obtaining an intra-frame prediction mode of a current intra-frame encoding block from a preset prediction mode set; obtaining reference prediction modes of the current intra-frame encoding block, where the reference prediction modes are intra-frame prediction modes of available adjacent blocks of the current intra-frame encoding block or prediction modes in a preset backup reference mode set; writing a first flag bit into a code stream according to the reference prediction modes and the intra-frame prediction mode; and, when the intra-frame prediction mode of the encoding block is different from all the reference prediction modes, obtaining a prediction mode encoding value according to a size relationship between the value of the intra-frame prediction mode and values of the reference prediction modes, and encoding the prediction mode encoding value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Changcai Lai
  • Patent number: 10264254
    Abstract: A method for coding an image, a method for decoding an image, a method for processing image data, and devices thereof. The method for coding the image includes determining a current intra coding block that uses a constrained intra prediction method among current inter coded frames; determining that neighboring coding blocks that are adjacent to the current intra coding block include a neighboring inter coding block; updating image data in the neighboring inter coding block based on an invariable value or image data in a neighboring intra coding block included in the neighboring coding blocks; and coding the current intra coding block based on the updated image data in the neighboring inter coding block. Using the methods and devices, the error recovery capability of an intra coding block may be improved, and the image data decoding quality may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changcai Lai, Yongbing Lin, Xiaozhen Zheng
  • Publication number: 20190028713
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for encoding an intra-frame prediction mode, including: obtaining an intra-frame prediction mode of a current intra-frame encoding block from a preset prediction mode set; obtaining reference prediction modes of the current intra-frame encoding block, where the reference prediction modes are intra-frame prediction modes of available adjacent blocks of the current intra-frame encoding block or prediction modes in a preset backup reference mode set; writing a first flag bit into a code stream according to the reference prediction modes and the intra-frame prediction mode; and, when the intra-frame prediction mode of the encoding block is different from all the reference prediction modes, obtaining a prediction mode encoding value according to a size relationship between the value of the intra-frame prediction mode and values of the reference prediction modes, and encoding the prediction mode encoding value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO.,LTD.
    Inventor: Changcai Lai
  • Patent number: 10104380
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for encoding an intra-frame prediction mode, including: obtaining an intra-frame prediction mode of a current intra-frame encoding block from a preset prediction mode set; obtaining reference prediction modes of the current intra-frame encoding block, where the reference prediction modes are intra-frame prediction modes of available adjacent blocks of the current intra-frame encoding block or prediction modes in a preset backup reference mode set; writing a first flag bit into a code stream according to the reference prediction modes and the intra-frame prediction mode; and, when the intra-frame prediction mode of the encoding block is different from all the reference prediction modes, obtaining a prediction mode encoding value according to a size relationship between the value of the intra-frame prediction mode and values of the reference prediction modes, and encoding the prediction mode encoding value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Changcai Lai
  • Publication number: 20180295386
    Abstract: An apparatus including a memory operably coupled to a processor. The processor is configured to select an intra smoothing filter for a rectangular prediction unit (PU) based on a lookup table (LUT) used for square PUs, wherein a width of the rectangular PU is different from a height of the rectangular PU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Guichun Li, Lingzhi Liu, Changcai Lai, Nam Ling, Jianhua Zheng, Chen-Xiong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180241994
    Abstract: A method for coding an image, a method for decoding an image, a method for processing image data, and devices thereof. The method for coding the image includes determining a current intra coding block that uses a constrained intra prediction method among current inter coded frames; determining that neighboring coding blocks that are adjacent to the current intra coding block include a neighboring inter coding block; updating image data in the neighboring inter coding block based on an invariable value or image data in a neighboring intra coding block included in the neighboring coding blocks; and coding the current intra coding block based on the updated image data in the neighboring inter coding block. Using the methods and devices, the error recovery capability of an intra coding block may be improved, and the image data decoding quality may be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Changcai Lai, Yongbing Lin, Xiaozhen Zheng
  • Patent number: 10021427
    Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus, the image processing method including receiving a first largest coding unit of an image, where the first largest coding unit is a currently received largest coding unit; determining a compensation parameter of the first largest coding unit; performing pixel compensation on at least one area of the first largest coding unit according to the compensation parameter of the first largest coding unit; and performing pixel compensation on at least one area, on which pixel compensation is not performed, of a second largest coding unit according to a compensation parameter of the second largest coding unit, where the second largest coding unit is a previously received largest coding unit adjacent to the first largest coding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guiming Liao, Gang Su, Changcai Lai
  • Patent number: 10015522
    Abstract: An apparatus including a memory operably coupled to a processor. The processor is configured to determine whether to use an intra smoothing filter for a rectangular prediction unit (PU) based on a lookup table (LUT) used for square PUs, wherein a width of the rectangular PU is not equal to a height of the rectangular PU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Guichun Li, Lingzhi Liu, Changcai Lai, Nam Ling, Jianhua Zheng, Chen-Xiong Zhang
  • Patent number: 9979965
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for coding an image, a method for decoding an image, a method for processing image data, and devices thereof. The method for coding the image includes determining a current intra coding block that uses a constrained intra prediction method among current inter coded frames; determining that neighboring coding blocks that are adjacent to the current intra coding block include a neighboring inter coding block; updating image data in the neighboring inter coding block based on an invariable value or image data in a neighboring intra coding block included in the neighboring coding blocks; and coding the current intra coding block based on the updated image data in the neighboring inter coding block. Using the methods and devices, the error recovery capability of an intra coding block may be improved, and the image data decoding quality may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changcai Lai, Yongbing Lin, Xiaozhen Zheng
  • Publication number: 20170272760
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for encoding an intra-frame prediction mode, including: obtaining an intra-frame prediction mode of a current intra-frame encoding block from a preset prediction mode set; obtaining reference prediction modes of the current intra-frame encoding block, where the reference prediction modes are intra-frame prediction modes of available adjacent blocks of the current intra-frame encoding block or prediction modes in a preset backup reference mode set; writing a first flag bit into a code stream according to the reference prediction modes and the intra-frame prediction mode; and, when the intra-frame prediction mode of the encoding block is different from all the reference prediction modes, obtaining a prediction mode encoding value according to a size relationship between the value of the intra-frame prediction mode and values of the reference prediction modes, and encoding the prediction mode encoding value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO.,LTD.
    Inventor: Changcai Lai
  • Patent number: 9769474
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for encoding an intra-frame prediction mode, including: obtaining an intra-frame prediction mode of a current intra-frame encoding block from a preset prediction mode set; obtaining reference prediction modes of the current intra-frame encoding block, where the reference prediction modes are intra-frame prediction modes of available adjacent blocks of the current intra-frame encoding block or prediction modes in a preset backup reference mode set; writing a first flag bit into a code stream according to the reference prediction modes and the intra-frame prediction mode; and, when the intra-frame prediction mode of the encoding block is different from all the reference prediction modes, obtaining a prediction mode encoding value according to a size relationship between the value of the intra-frame prediction mode and values of the reference prediction modes, and encoding the prediction mode encoding value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Changcai Lai
  • Publication number: 20170155925
    Abstract: An apparatus including a memory operably coupled to a processor. The processor is configured to determine whether to use an intra smoothing filter for a rectangular prediction unit (PU) based on a lookup table (LUT) used for square PUs, wherein a width of the rectangular PU is not equal to a height of the rectangular PU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Guichen Li, Lingzhi Liu, Changcai Lai, Nam Ling, Jianhua Zheng, Chen-Xiong Zhang
  • Patent number: 9602839
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a processor configured to determine whether to use an intra smoothing filter for a rectangular prediction unit (PU) based on a lookup table (LUT) used for square PUs, wherein a width of the rectangular PU is not equal to a height of the rectangular PU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Guichun Li, Lingzhi Liu, Changcai Lai, Nam Ling, Jianhua Zheng, Chen-Xiong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170019667
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for coding an image, a method for decoding an image, a method for processing image data, and devices thereof. The method for coding the image includes determining a current intra coding block that uses a constrained intra prediction method among current inter coded frames; determining that neighboring coding blocks that are adjacent to the current intra coding block include a neighboring inter coding block; updating image data in the neighboring inter coding block based on an invariable value or image data in a neighboring intra coding block included in the neighboring coding blocks; and coding the current intra coding block based on the updated image data in the neighboring inter coding block. Using the methods and devices, the error recovery capability of an intra coding block may be improved, and the image data decoding quality may be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Changcai Lai, Yongbing Lin, Xiaozhen Zheng
  • Publication number: 20160323585
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a video coding method for INTRA and a video coding apparatus. The method includes performing a traversal prediction on a current-layer coding unit CU, a prediction mode of a sub-Cu that is divided, from the current-layer CU, and a syntax element that is needed for coding of the current-layer CU; and if the best CU division mode is to divide the current-layer CU into four sub-CUs whose depth is N+1, and prediction modes of the four sub-CUs whose depth is N+1 are the same, performing coding, by using the current-layer CU as a coding unit, on the current-layer CU according to the best CU division mode, the prediction mode of the sub-CU that is divided from the current-layer CU according to the best CU division mode, and the syntax element that is needed for coding of the current-layer CU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Haichang Zhai, Yuanwen Liu, Changcai Lai, Yang Song
  • Patent number: 9485504
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for coding an image, a method for decoding an image, a method for processing image data, and devices thereof. The method for coding the image includes: determining a current intra coding block that uses a constrained intra prediction method among current inter coded frames; determining that neighboring coding blocks that are adjacent to the current intra coding block include a neighboring inter coding block; updating image data in the neighboring inter coding block based on an invariable value or image data in a neighboring intra coding block included in the neighboring coding blocks; and coding the current intra coding block based on the updated image data in the neighboring inter coding block. By using the methods and devices, the error recovery capability of an intra coding block may be improved, and the image data decoding quality may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Changcai Lai, Yongbing Lin, Xiaozhen Zheng
  • Patent number: 9179148
    Abstract: A method comprising receiving a plurality of reference pixels, computing a plurality of filter coefficients based on differences between a reference pixel and neighboring reference pixels in the plurality of reference pixels, and combining the filter coefficients with the reference pixel and the neighboring reference pixels to generate a filtered value, wherein the filtered value is used for intra prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignees: Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara University
    Inventors: Guichun Li, Lingzhi Liu, Changcai Lai, Nam Ling, Jianhua Zheng, Chen-Xiong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150312596
    Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus, the image processing method including receiving a first largest coding unit of an image, where the first largest coding unit is a currently received largest coding unit; determining a compensation parameter of the first largest coding unit; performing pixel compensation on at least one area of the first largest coding unit according to the compensation parameter of the first largest coding unit; and performing pixel compensation on at least one area, on which pixel compensation is not performed, of a second largest coding unit according to a compensation parameter of the second largest coding unit, where the second largest coding unit is a previously received largest coding unit adjacent to the first largest coding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Guiming Liao, Gang Su, Changcai Lai