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).
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Patent number: 10848759Abstract: An intra prediction mode-based image processing method includes: obtaining, on the basis of the intra prediction mode of a current block, a first prediction sample value and a second prediction sample value by using a reference sample neighboring the current block; and generating a prediction sample for the current block by linear interpolation of the first prediction sample value and the second prediction sample value.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2016Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jin Heo, Yongjoon Jeon, Sunmi Yoo, Eunyong Son, Junghak Nam
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Patent number: 10778985Abstract: An image decoding method, which is performed by a decoding apparatus, includes the steps of: deriving a frequency domain-neighboring block for a neighboring block of a current block in a spatial domain; deriving a frequency domain-prediction block for the current block by applying a prediction pattern to the frequency domain-neighboring block; generating a frequency domain-reconstructed block for the current block on the basis of the frequency domain-prediction block; and generating a reconstructed block for the current block in the spatial domain on the basis of the frequency inverse transform of the frequency domain-reconstructed block. The present invention can generate a prediction block for a current block in a frequency domain, and accordingly can more efficiently reconstruct a complex image.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jin Heo, Eunyong Son, Junghak Nam, Seungwook Park, Sehoon Yea
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Patent number: 10750167Abstract: An image decoding method, which is performed by a decoding device according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: acquiring the information on an intra-prediction mode of a current block from a received bit stream; deriving neighboring reference samples of the current block; deriving a first prediction value for a current sample of the current block on the basis of the intra-prediction mode and the neighboring reference samples; deriving a second prediction value for the current sample on the basis of adjacent samples of the current sample; and deriving a prediction value for the current sample on the basis of the first prediction value and the second prediction value. According to the present invention, the intra-prediction value can be derived on the basis of the adjacent samples of the current sample within the present block, and the intra-prediction accuracy can be improved therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Eunyong Son, Jin Heo, Seungwook Park, Sehoon Yea
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Patent number: 10742988Abstract: The present invention provides a method of decoding a video signal using graph-based transform comprising the steps: extracting prediction unit partition information of a current coding unit from the video signal; obtaining a graph-based transform kernel from predetermined table information based on the prediction unit partition information; and performing an inverse-transform of a transform unit using the graph-based transform kernel, wherein the graph-based transform kernel corresponds to at least one of the prediction unit partition information and an edge weight, and the edge weight is a predetermined value representing a correlation between pixels.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Jin Heo, Eunyong Son, Sehoon Yea, Seungwook Park, Kyuwoon Kim, Bumshik Lee
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Patent number: 10728571Abstract: A video decoding method performed by a decoding device includes: deriving control points (CPs) for a current block; acquiring motion vectors for the CPs; deriving a sample-unit motion vector in the current block based on the acquired motion vectors; deriving a prediction sample for the current block based on the sample-unit motion vector; and generating a restoration sample based on the prediction sample, wherein coordinates of a bottom-right sample position of the current block are (0, 0), and coordinates of CPO among the CPs are (0, 0). Inter prediction is effectively performed through sample-unit motion vectors even when an image in a current block is planarly moved and variously changed, and since motion vectors for CPs are derived based on already-decoded neighboring blocks, an amount of information for the motion vectors for the CPs and for a residual signal for the current block is reduced, improving overall coding efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Eunyong Son, Moonmo Koo, Hyeongmoon Jang, Seungwook Park, Yongjoon Jeon
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Publication number: 20200236396Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Hyeongmoon JANG, Eunyong SON, Moonmo KOO, Seungwook PARK, Yongjoon JEON
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Patent number: 10721467Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Eunyong Son, Seoungwook Park, Yongjoon Jeon, Moonmo Koo
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Patent number: 10721492Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Eunyong Son, Jin Heo, Seungwook Park, Sehoon Yea
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Patent number: 10674146Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 30, 2016Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jin Heo, Eunyong Son, Jaeho Lee, Seungwook Park, Sehoon Yea, Junghak Nam
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Patent number: 10659758Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 17, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jaewon Sung, Sehoon Yea, Eunyong Son, Jiwook Jung
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Patent number: 10623767Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 19, 2016Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Junghak Nam, Eunyong Son, Jin Heo
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Patent number: 10602138Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Eunyong Son, Jin Heo, Seungwook Park, Yongjoon Jeon, Moonmo Koo
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Patent number: 10595017Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jin Heo, Eunyong Son, Junghak Nam
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Publication number: 20200084455Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Jin HEO, Yongjoon JEON, Sunmi YOO, Eunyong SON, Junghak NAM
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Patent number: 10582215Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 15, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyeongmoon Jang, Eunyong Son, Moonmo Koo, Seungwook Park, Yongjoon Jeon
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Patent number: 10574984Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Eunyong Son, Seungwook Park, Yongjoon Jeon, Jin Heo, Moonmo Koo, Sunmi Yoo
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Patent number: 10567755Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 6, 2015Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Eunyong Son, Sehoon Yea
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Patent number: 10554968Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seoungwook Park, Jaehyun Lim, Yongjoon Jeon, Eunyong Son
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Patent number: 10531084Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 14, 2016Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Sunmi Yoo, Jin Heo, Yongjoon Jeon, Eunyong Son, Junghak Nam
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Patent number: 10523945Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Sehoon Yea, Eunyong Son, Kyuwoon Kim, Jin Heo, Junghak Nam, Bumshik Lee