Patents by Inventor Dong Jae WON

Dong Jae WON 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).

  • Patent number: 12238345
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding/decoding method and device, and the image encoding method or device according to an embodiment of the present invention may encode a position of a reference coefficient within a current transform block to be encoded, and encoding skip region information of a skip region selected on the basis of the position of the reference coefficient. The skip region information may represent whether or not coefficients within the skip region have an identical coefficient value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF SEJONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Joo Hee Moon, Jae Min Ha, Dong Jae Won, Sung Won Lim
  • Patent number: 12231657
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus and a non-transitory computer-readable medium for encoding/decoding a video signal with a decoding apparatus, may comprise decoding a residual block of a current block from a bitstream, generating a first prediction sample of the current block, determining a weight prediction parameter set of the current block by using a predetermined reference region, the reference region being a region reconstructed before the current block and including a neighboring region spatially adjacent to the current block, generating a second prediction sample of the current block by applying the weight prediction parameter set to the first prediction sample, obtaining a prediction block of the current block based on the second prediction sample, and reconstructing the current block based on the prediction block of the current block and the residual block of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation of Sejong University
    Inventors: Joo Hee Moon, Sung Won Lim, Dong Jae Won
  • Patent number: 12231670
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for encoding/decoding an image according to the present invention may determine a reference area that is a pre-reconstructed area spatially adjacent to a current block on the basis of reference information for specifying the position of a reference area used for predicting a current block and may predict the current block on the basis of the reference area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF SEJONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Joo Hee Moon, Dong Jae Won, Jae Min Ha, Sung Won Lim
  • Patent number: 12225185
    Abstract: Disclosed are an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The image decoding method includes decoding coding mode information of a current coding block, dividing the current coding block into at least one prediction block, and generating prediction samples of the at least one prediction block on the basis of the decoded coding mode, in which the coding mode information is information Indicating any one mode among intra mode, inter mode, and hybrid mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF SEJONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Joo Hee Moon, Dong Jae Won, Sung Won Lim
  • Publication number: 20250030854
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image encoding method and an image decoding method. The image encoding method of the present invention comprises: a first dividing step of dividing a current image into a plurality of blocks; and a second dividing step of dividing, into a plurality of sub blocks, a block, which is to be divided and includes a boundary of the current image, among the plurality of blocks, wherein the second dividing step is recursively performed by setting a sub block including the boundary of the current images as the block to be divided, until the sub block including the boundary of the current image does not exist among the sub blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Joo Hee MOON, Sung Won LIM, Dong Jae WON
  • Patent number: 12192455
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image encoding method and an image decoding method. The image decoding method, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: decoding information associated with a clipping range of a current block; and performing sample adaptive offset (SAO) filtering on the basis of the information associated with the clipping range, wherein the information associated with the clipping range may include information on the maximum and minimum values of a pixel value included in the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation of Sejong University
    Inventors: Joo Hee Moon, Dong Jae Won, Sung Won Lim
  • Publication number: 20250008124
    Abstract: A method for decoding an image signal according to the present invention may comprise the steps of: determining whether there is a brightness change between a current image including a current block and a reference image of the current image; if it is determined that there is a brightness change between the current image and the reference image, determining weight prediction parameter candidates for the current block; determining a weight prediction parameter for the current block on the basis of index information which specifies any one of the weight prediction parameter candidates; and performing a prediction on the current block on the basis of the weight prediction parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation of Sejong University
    Inventors: Joo Hee MOON, Sung Won LIM, Dong Jae WON
  • Patent number: 12184833
    Abstract: Disclosed are an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The image decoding method includes decoding coding mode information of a current coding block, dividing the current coding block into at least one prediction block, and generating prediction samples of the at least one prediction block on the basis of the decoded coding mode, in which the coding mode information is information indicating any one mode among intra mode, inter mode, and hybrid mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF SEJONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Joo Hee Moon, Dong Jae Won, Sung Won Lim
  • Patent number: 12177431
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image encoding method and an image decoding method. The image encoding method of the present invention comprises: a first dividing step of dividing a current image into a plurality of blocks; and a second dividing step of dividing, into a plurality of sub blocks, a block, which is to be divided and includes a boundary of the current image, among the plurality of blocks, wherein the second dividing step is recursively performed by setting a sub block including the boundary of the current images as the block to be divided, until the sub block including the boundary of the current image does not exist among the sub blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation of Sejong University
    Inventors: Joo Hee Moon, Sung Won Lim, Dong Jae Won
  • Publication number: 20240414326
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for image encoding/decoding, according to the present invention, may generate a candidate list of a current block and perform inter-prediction of the current block by using any one of a plurality of candidates belonging to the candidate list. Here, the plurality of candidates comprise at least one from among a spatial candidate, a temporal candidate, and a restoration information-based candidate, and the restoration information-based candidate may be added from a buffer which stores motion information decoded prior to the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation of Sejong University
    Inventors: Joo Hee MOON, Dong Jae WON, Jae Min HA
  • Publication number: 20240406412
    Abstract: Disclosed are an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The method and apparatus select at least one reference pixel line from among multiple reference pixel lines and derive a predicted value of a pixel within a current block by using the value of at least one pixel within the selected reference pixel line(s). Alternatively, the method and apparatus derive an intra prediction mode of a reconstructed pixel region on the basis of a reference pixel region of at least one reconstructed pixel region, derive an intra prediction mode of a current block on the basis of the derived intra prediction mode of the reconstructed pixel region, obtain an intra prediction block of the current block by using the derived intra prediction mode, and reconstruct the current block by summing the obtained intra prediction block and a residual block of the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation of Sejong University
    Inventors: Joo Hee MOON, Sung Won LIM, Dong Jae WON
  • Patent number: 12149689
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image encoding method and an image decoding method. The image decoding method, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: determining a transformation performing region; segmenting the determined transformation performing region into at least one sub-transform block by using at least one of quadtree segmentation and binary tree segmentation; and performing inverse transformation on the at least one sub-transform block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF SEJONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Joo Hee Moon, Dong Jae Won, Sung Won Lim
  • Patent number: 12137232
    Abstract: A method for decoding an image signal according to the present invention may comprise the steps of: determining whether there is a brightness change between a current image including a current block and a reference image of the current image; if it is determined that there is a brightness change between the current image and the reference image, determining weight prediction parameter candidates for the current block; determining a weight prediction parameter for the current block on the basis of index information which specifies any one of the weight prediction parameter candidates; and performing a prediction on the current block on the basis of the weight prediction parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation of Sejong University
    Inventors: Joo Hee Moon, Sung Won Lim, Dong Jae Won
  • Patent number: 12126818
    Abstract: A method for decoding an image signal according to the present invention may comprise the steps of: determining whether there is a brightness change between a current image including a current block and a reference image of the current image; if it is determined that there is a brightness change between the current image and the reference image, determining weight prediction parameter candidates for the current block; determining a weight prediction parameter for the current block on the basis of index information which specifies any one of the weight prediction parameter candidates; and performing a prediction on the current block on the basis of the weight prediction parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation of Sejong University
    Inventors: Joo Hee Moon, Sung Won Lim, Dong Jae Won
  • Publication number: 20240314365
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding/decoding method and device, and the image encoding method or device according to an embodiment of the present invention may encode a position of a reference coefficient within a current transform block to be encoded, and encoding skip region information of a skip region selected on the basis of the position of the reference coefficient. The skip region information may represent whether or not coefficients within the skip region have an identical coefficient value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Joo Hee MOON, Jae Min HA, Dong Jae WON, Sung Won LIM
  • Patent number: 12096002
    Abstract: Disclosed are an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The method and apparatus select at least one reference pixel line from among multiple reference pixel lines and derive a predicted value of a pixel within a current block by using the value of at least one pixel within the selected reference pixel line(s). Alternatively, the method and apparatus derive an intra prediction mode of a reconstructed pixel region on the basis of a reference pixel region of at least one reconstructed pixel region, derive an intra prediction mode of a current block on the basis of the derived intra prediction mode of the reconstructed pixel region, obtain an intra prediction block of the current block by using the derived intra prediction mode, and reconstruct the current block by summing the obtained intra prediction block and a residual block of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation of Sejong University
    Inventors: Joo Hee Moon, Sung Won Lim, Dong Jae Won
  • Publication number: 20240283965
    Abstract: A method of decoding a video signal according to the present invention may include: determining whether or not change in brightness is present between a current video including a current block and a reference video of the current video; when it is determined that change in brightness is present between the current video and the reference video, determining weight prediction parameter candidates of the current block; determining a weight prediction parameter of the current block on the basis of index information specifying any of the weight prediction parameter candidates; and performing prediction for the current block on the basis of the weight prediction parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Intellectual Discovery Co,.Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Hee MOON, Sung Won Lim, Dong Jae Won
  • Publication number: 20240244230
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding/decoding method and device. In an image decoding method and device according to an embodiment of the present invention, a reconstructed pixel region within an image to which a current block to be decoded belongs is selected; a motion vector of the reconstructed pixel region is derived on the basis of the reconstructed pixel region and a reference image of the current block; and the derived motion vector is selected as a motion vector of the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF SEJONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Joo Hee MOON, Sung Won LIM, Dong Jae WON
  • Patent number: 12028546
    Abstract: A method of decoding a video signal according to the present invention may include: determining whether or not change in brightness is present between a current video including a current block and a reference video of the current video; when it is determined that change in brightness is present between the current video and the reference video, determining weight prediction parameter candidates of the current block; determining a weight prediction parameter of the current block on the basis of index information specifying any of the weight prediction parameter candidates; and performing prediction for the current block on the basis of the weight prediction parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Hee Moon, Sung Won Lim, Dong Jae Won
  • Patent number: 12028532
    Abstract: A method for decoding an image signal according to the present invention may comprise the steps of: determining whether there is a brightness change between a current image including a current block and a reference image of the current image; if it is determined that there is a brightness change between the current image and the reference image, determining weight prediction parameter candidates for the current block; determining a weight prediction parameter for the current block on the basis of index information which specifies any one of the weight prediction parameter candidates; and performing a prediction on the current block on the basis of the weight prediction parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation of Sejong University
    Inventors: Joo Hee Moon, Sung Won Lim, Dong Jae Won