Patents by Inventor Eunyong Son

Eunyong Son 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: 20200236396
    Abstract: A video decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus includes the steps of: deriving control points (CP) for a current block; acquiring movement vectors for the CPs; deriving a sample unit movement vector in the current block on the basis of the acquired movement vectors; and deriving a prediction sample for the current block on the basis of the sample unit movement vector. According to the present invention, it is possible to effectively perform, through sample unit motion vectors, inter-prediction not only in a case where an image in the current block is plane-shifted but also in a case where there are various image distortions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Hyeongmoon JANG, Eunyong SON, Moonmo KOO, Seungwook PARK, Yongjoon JEON
  • Patent number: 10721467
    Abstract: A method for decoding a picture, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving split flag information and merge flag information; splitting a coding unit (CU) of one or more depths n into CUs of depth n+1, on the basis of the split flag information; generating a merged CU by combining parts of the CUs of the depth n+1, on the basis of the merge flag information; and performing a decoding procedure for generating a restoration picture, on the basis of the generated merge CU. According to the present invention, a decoding procedure can be performed by merging CUs having similar characteristics, and thus auxiliary information to be received and processed is reduced and coding efficiency is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Eunyong Son, Seoungwook Park, Yongjoon Jeon, Moonmo Koo
  • Patent number: 10721492
    Abstract: An intra prediction method includes: receiving intra prediction mode information through a bitstream; deriving an intra prediction mode of a current block as a first intra directional mode on the basis of the intra prediction mode information; deriving first neighboring samples of the current block; deriving a reference sample adjacent to a target sample in the current block on the basis of a prediction direction of the first intra directional mode; deriving second neighboring samples of a neighboring block to which the reference sample belongs; determining a modified prediction direction on the basis of a comparison between the reference sample and at least one of the second neighboring samples; and deriving a prediction value for the target sample on the basis of the modified prediction direction and the first neighboring samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Eunyong Son, Jin Heo, Seungwook Park, Sehoon Yea
  • Patent number: 10674146
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: deriving quantized transform coefficients by unit of sub-blocks in a transform unit on the basis of residual information included in a bitstream; deriving transform coefficients on the basis of the quantized transform coefficients; generating a residual sample on the basis of the transform coefficients; generating a prediction sample on the basis of an inter prediction or an intra prediction; and restoring an image on the basis of the residual sample and the prediction sample. According to the present invention, a quantity of data required for a residual signal can be reduced, and an overall coding efficiency can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Heo, Eunyong Son, Jaeho Lee, Seungwook Park, Sehoon Yea, Junghak Nam
  • Patent number: 10659758
    Abstract: A video decoding method that includes: receiving information for deriving motion information of a current block; deriving the motion information of the current block based on the received information for deriving the motion information; and performing prediction to generate predicted pixels of the current block based on the motion information of the current block, wherein the motion information of the current block is determined by using motion information of a reference block, wherein the reference block is determined based on a specific disparity vector, wherein the specific disparity vector is determined for an area in a picture to which the current block belongs, wherein the area which the specific disparity vector is determined is split based on a quad tree structure, and wherein the current block is a block of a texture picture and the reference block is a block in a reference view is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jaewon Sung, Sehoon Yea, Eunyong Son, Jiwook Jung
  • Patent number: 10623767
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for encoding/decoding an image and a device therefor. Specifically, a method whereby a decoding device decodes an image comprises: a step of parsing decoding order information for indicating the location of a next block to be decoded after a current block; and a step of determining the next block to be decoded after the current block, on the basis of the decoding order information, wherein the decoding order information indicates the relative location of the next block on the basis of the current block, and the next block can be selected as a block among predefined candidate blocks which can be decoded after the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Junghak Nam, Eunyong Son, Jin Heo
  • Patent number: 10602138
    Abstract: An intra prediction method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: acquiring information on a luma prediction mode of a current block and information on a chroma prediction mode of the current block from a bit stream; deriving a luma intra prediction mode of the current block on the basis of the information on the luma prediction mode; determining a chroma intra prediction mode of the current block on the basis of information on the luma intra prediction mode and the information on the chroma prediction mode; and generating a chroma prediction sample of the current block on the basis of the chroma intra prediction mode. According to the present invention, it is possible to reflect the difference between the ratio of the width to the height of a luma component and the ratio of the width to the height of a chroma component, and thus to more accurately perform intra prediction in units of samples and improve intra prediction performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Eunyong Son, Jin Heo, Seungwook Park, Yongjoon Jeon, Moonmo Koo
  • Patent number: 10595017
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an image decoding method performed by a decoding device comprises the steps of: deriving a prediction mode of a current block; generating a prediction block of the current block on the basis of the prediction mode of the current block; deriving a neighboring block of the current block; deriving correlation information on the basis of a reconstruction block of the neighboring block and a prediction block of the neighboring block; deriving a modified prediction block of the current block on the basis of the prediction block of the current block and the correlation information; and deriving a reconstruction block of the current block on the basis of the modified prediction block. According to the present invention, a current block can be predicted in consideration of the correlation between a prediction sample and a reconstruction sample of a neighboring block, and a complicated image can be more efficiently reconstructed through the prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jin Heo, Eunyong Son, Junghak Nam
  • Publication number: 20200084455
    Abstract: In the present invention, a method for processing an image on the basis of an intra prediction mode and an apparatus therefor are disclosed. Particularly, the method for processing an image on the basis of an intra prediction mode may comprise the steps of: partitioning a block to be processed, on the basis of an intra prediction mode of the block to be processed; and performing intra prediction for the split block to be processed, wherein the direction in which the block to be processed is split is perpendicular to the prediction direction of the intra prediction mode of the block to be processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Jin HEO, Yongjoon JEON, Sunmi YOO, Eunyong SON, Junghak NAM
  • Patent number: 10582215
    Abstract: A video decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus includes the steps of: deriving control points (CP) for a current block; acquiring movement vectors for the CPs; deriving a sample unit movement vector in the current block on the basis of the acquired movement vectors; and deriving a prediction sample for the current block on the basis of the sample unit movement vector. According to the present invention, it is possible to effectively perform, through sample unit motion vectors, inter-prediction not only in a case where an image in the current block is plane-shifted but also in a case where there are various image distortions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyeongmoon Jang, Eunyong Son, Moonmo Koo, Seungwook Park, Yongjoon Jeon
  • Patent number: 10574984
    Abstract: An intra prediction method includes the steps of: acquiring intra prediction mode information from a bitstream; deriving neighboring samples of a current block; determining an intra prediction mode for the current block on the basis of the intra prediction mode information; deriving a prediction sample of the current block on the basis of the intra prediction mode and the neighboring samples; determining filtering reference samples for the prediction sample on the basis of the intra prediction mode; and deriving a filtered prediction sample by applying filtering to the prediction sample on the basis of the filtering reference samples. According to the present invention, a prediction sample can be adaptively filtered according to the intra prediction mode, and intra prediction performance can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Eunyong Son, Seungwook Park, Yongjoon Jeon, Jin Heo, Moonmo Koo, Sunmi Yoo
  • Patent number: 10567755
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for decoding a video signal, and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining at least one first reference sample from a first reference picture which is different from a picture containing a current block; generating a first reference sample which is filtered by applying a filter to the obtained first reference sample; generating a reference sample array from the difference between the obtained first reference sample and the filtered first reference sample; obtaining first disparity vector information from the video signal; obtaining a first prediction sample from the generated reference sample array on the basis of the first disparity vector information; and restoring the current block on the basis of the first prediction sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Eunyong Son, Sehoon Yea
  • Patent number: 10554968
    Abstract: An inter prediction method according to the present invention, which is performed by a decoding apparatus, comprises the steps of: configuring a reference picture set for a current picture; generating a virtual reference picture corresponding to an original reference picture in the reference picture set; deriving a motion vector for a current block in the current picture; and generating a prediction sample for the current block on the basis of the motion vector and the virtual reference picture. According to the present invention, the performance of inter prediction can be enhanced on the basis of a virtual reference picture having higher correlation with a current picture, and accordingly the amount of data allocated to a residual signal can be reduced and the overall coding efficiency can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seoungwook Park, Jaehyun Lim, Yongjoon Jeon, Eunyong Son
  • Patent number: 10531084
    Abstract: Disclosed are an intra prediction mode based image processing method, and an apparatus therefor. In particular, a method for processing an image on the basis of an intra prediction mode comprises the steps of: inputting, in most probable mode (MPM) candidates, intra prediction modes of a plurality of neighboring blocks which neighbor a current block, and then deriving the MPM candidates by inputting, in the MPM candidates, intra prediction modes within substitute modes consisting of a plurality of intra prediction modes, to which priorities are given, according to the priorities until the total number of MPM candidates is satisfied; deriving, from the MPM candidates, an intra prediction mode applied to the current block using an MPM index indicating a specific intra prediction mode; and generating a prediction block of the current block by applying the derived intra prediction mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sunmi Yoo, Jin Heo, Yongjoon Jeon, Eunyong Son, Junghak Nam
  • Patent number: 10523945
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for encoding a video signal comprising the steps of: obtaining activity information from the video signal, wherein the activity signal indicates information relating to edge characteristics of an image and includes edge orientation information and/or edge level information; determining conditionally non-linear transform (CNT) configuration information on the basis of the activity information; and performing CNT prediction coding on the basis of the CNT configuration information, wherein the CNT prediction coding involves performing prediction using all previously decoded pixel values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Sehoon Yea, Eunyong Son, Kyuwoon Kim, Jin Heo, Junghak Nam, Bumshik Lee
  • Patent number: 10516884
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for encoding/decoding a still image or a video based on a polygon unit and an apparatus for supporting the same. Particularly, a method for encoding an image based on a polygon unit may include partitioning an input image by a unit of block, determining a position of at least one point within the block, determining a position of at least one point in each side of the block, partitioning the block into at least one polygon unit using a vertex of the block, at least two points among the points determined in the side of the block, and a point determined within the block and coding the input image by a unit of the polygon unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jin Heo, Eunyong Son, Moonmo Koo, Sehoon Yea
  • Patent number: 10506238
    Abstract: In the present invention, a method for processing an image on the basis of an intra prediction mode and an apparatus therefor are disclosed. Particularly, the method for processing an image on the basis of an intra prediction mode may comprise the steps of: partitioning a block to be processed, on the basis of an intra prediction mode of the block to be processed; and performing intra prediction for the split block to be processed, wherein the direction in which the block to be processed is split is perpendicular to the prediction direction of the intra prediction mode of the block to be processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jin Heo, Yongjoon Jeon, Sunmi Yoo, Eunyong Son, Junghak Nam
  • Patent number: 10390022
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for decoding a bitstream for a video signal, the method comprising the steps of: determining whether at least one neighboring block adjacent to a current block is divided into a plurality of coding blocks within a picture including the current block; if the at least one neighboring block is not divided, obtaining, from the bitstream, flag information indicating whether parameter information for the current block is induced from one of the at least one neighboring block, and inducing the parameter information for the current block from a specific neighboring block among the at least one neighboring block, on the basis of the flag information; obtaining the parameter information for the current block from the bitstream if all of the at least one neighboring block is divided; and decoding the current block on the basis of the parameter information for the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yongjoon Jeon, Seungwook Park, Eunyong Son
  • Patent number: 10341677
    Abstract: A method for processing video signals by a decoding apparatus includes determining whether the temporal neighboring block of a current texture block is coded using inter-view prediction; and determining whether the spatial neighboring block of the current texture block is coded using inter-view prediction. When the temporal neighboring block and the spatial neighboring block are not coded using the inter-view prediction, deriving an inter-view motion vector of the current texture block as a disparity vector, and performing inter-view prediction for the current texture block using the derived inter-view motion vector of the current texture block. The disparity vector is obtained using a depth value according the current texture block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaewon Sung, Sehoon Yea, Moonmo Koo, Jin Heo, Taesup Kim, Jiwook Jung, Eunyong Son
  • Publication number: 20190052875
    Abstract: An intra prediction method includes the steps of: acquiring intra prediction mode information from a bitstream; deriving neighboring samples of a current block; determining an intra prediction mode for the current block on the basis of the intra prediction mode information; deriving a prediction sample of the current block on the basis of the intra prediction mode and the neighboring samples; determining filtering reference samples for the prediction sample on the basis of the intra prediction mode; and deriving a filtered prediction sample by applying filtering to the prediction sample on the basis of the filtering reference samples. According to the present invention, a prediction sample can be adaptively filtered according to the intra prediction mode, and intra prediction performance can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Eunyong SON, Seungwook PARK, Yongjoon JEON, Jin HEO, Moonmo KOO, Sunmi YOO