Patents by Inventor Hui-Yong Kim

Hui-Yong Kim 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).

  • Method of processing residual signal for audio coding, and audio processing apparatus
    Patent number: 11508385
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of processing a residual signal for audio coding and an audio coding apparatus. The method learns a feature map of a reference signal through a residual signal learning engine including a convolutional layer and a neural network and performs learning based on a result obtained by mapping a node of an output layer of the neural network and a quantization level of index of the residual signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Seung Kwon Beack, Jongmo Sung, Mi Suk Lee, Tae Jin Lee, Hui Yong Kim
  • Image encoding/decoding method and recording medium therefor
    Patent number: 11509930
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for encoding/decoding a video. To this end, the method for decoding a video may include: generating a merge candidate list of a current block including at least one merge candidate corresponding to each of a plurality of reference picture lists; determining at least one piece of motion information by using the merge candidate list; and generating a prediction block of the current block by using the determined at least one piece of motion information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sung Chang Lim, Jung Won Kang, Hyun Suk Ko, Ha Hyun Lee, Dong San Jun, Jin Ho Lee, Seung Hyun Cho, Hui Yong Kim, Jin Soo Choi
  • VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BIT STREAM IS STORED
    Publication number: 20220368902
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus of the present invention may comprise decoding an indicator indicating whether or not partition information of a current block is derived from partition information of a corresponding block of the current block, obtaining the partition information of the current block based on the decoded indicator, and partitioning the current block based on the obtained partition information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF KOREA AEROSPACE UNIVERSITY, HANBAT NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jin Ho LEE, Jung Won KANG, Hyun Suk KO, Sung Chang LIM, Ha Hyun LEE, Dong San JUN, Seung Hyun CHO, Hui Yong KIM, Hae Chul CHOI, Aram BACK, Jin Soo CHOI, Jae Gon KIM
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE ENCODING AND DECODING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BIT STREAM STORED THEREIN
    Publication number: 20220368942
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of decoding an image and a method of encoding an image. The method of decoding an image includes: obtaining motion-constrained tile set information; determining, on the basis of the motion-constrained tile set information, a first boundary region of a collocated tile set within a reference picture, which corresponds to a motion-constrained tile set; padding a second boundary region corresponding to the first boundary region; and performing inter prediction on the motion-constrained tile set by using a collocated tile set that includes the padded second boundary region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, CHIPS&MEDIA, INC
    Inventors: Ha Hyun LEE, Jung Won KANG, Sung Chang LIM, Jin Ho LEE, Hui Yong KIM, Dae Yeon KIM, Dong Jin PARK
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING COLOR DIFFERENCE COMPONENT QUANTIZATION PARAMETER AND DEVICE USING THE METHOD
    Publication number: 20220368910
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for determining a color difference component quantization parameter and a device using the method. Method for decoding an image can comprise the steps of: decoding a color difference component quantization parameter offset on the basis of size information of a transform unit; and calculating a color difference component quantization parameter index on the basis of the decoded color difference component quantization parameter offset. Therefore, the present invention enables effective quantization by applying different color difference component quantization parameters according to the size of the transform unit when executing the quantization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Sung Chang LIM, Hui Yong KIM, Se Yoon JEONG, Jong Ho KIM, Ha Hyun LEE, Jin Ho LEE, Jin Soo CHOI, Jin Woong KIM
  • Image encoding/decoding method and device, and recording medium in which bitstream is stored
    Patent number: 11503316
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding/decoding method and device. The image decoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: decoding a prediction mode index; determining whether the prediction mode index indicates function-based intra prediction; inducing a parameter(s) for generating a function, when the prediction mode index indicates the function-based intra prediction; generating the function on the basis of the induced parameter(s); and performing intra prediction by using the generated function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Seung Hyun Cho, Jung Won Kang, Hyun Suk Ko, Sung Chang Lim, Jin Ho Mes Lee, Ha Hyun Lee, Dong San Jun, Hui Yong Kim, Byeung Woo Jeon, Nam Uk Kim, Seung Su Jeon, Jin Soo Choi
  • Intra prediction mode encoding/decoding method and apparatus for same
    Patent number: 11503282
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an intra prediction method including: deriving neighbor prediction mode information from a left neighbor prediction mode and an upper neighbor prediction mode; deriving an intra prediction mode for a decoding target unit by using the derived neighbor prediction mode information; and performing intra prediction on the decoding target unit based on the intra prediction mode. According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Ha Hyun Lee, Hui Yong Kim, Sung Chang Lim, Jong Ho Kim, Jin Ho Lee, Se Yoon Jeong, Suk Hee Cho, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim, Chie Teuk Ahn
  • Method and device for filtering
    Patent number: 11503286
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a video decoding method and apparatus and a video encoding method and apparatus, and more particularly, a method and apparatus for performing filtering in video encoding and decoding. An encoding apparatus may perform filtering on a target, and may generate filtering information indicating whether filtering has been performed on the target. Further, the encoding apparatus may generate a bitstream including filtering information. A decoding apparatus may determine, based on filtering information, whether to perform filtering on a target, and may perform filtering on the target. The decoding apparatus may receive filtering information from the encoding apparatus through a bitstream or may derive filtering information using additional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA COOPERATION GROUP OF SEJONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Sung-Chang Lim, Jung-Won Kang, Hyunsuk Ko, Jin-Ho Lee, Ha-Hyun Lee, Dong-San Jun, Seung-Hyun Cho, Hui-Yong Kim, Yung-Lyul Lee, Jun-Woo Choi, Jin-Soo Choi, Nam-Uk Kim, Myung-Jun Kim
  • Image encoding/decoding method and apparatus, and recording medium storing bitstream
    Patent number: 11496737
    Abstract: The present specification discloses a method of decoding an image. The method of decoding an image according to the method includes: obtaining transform skip information of a current block from a bitstream; obtaining multiple transform selection information of the current block on the basis of the transform skip information from the bitstream; and performing inverse transform on the current block on the basis of the multiple transform selection information, wherein the multiple transform selection information is used to set each of a horizontal transform type and a vertical transform type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jung Won Kang, Ha Hyun Lee, Sung Chang Lim, Jin Ho Lee, Hui Yong Kim, Byeung Woo Jeon, Jee Yoon Park
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE ENCODING AND DECODING USING TEMPORAL MOTION INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20220353509
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a decoding method and apparatus and an encoding method and apparatus that perform inter-prediction using a motion vector predictor. For a candidate block in a col picture, a scaled motion vector is generated based on a motion vector of the candidate block. When the scaled motion vector indicates a target block, a motion vector predictor of the target block is generated based on the motion vector of the candidate block. The motion vector predictor is used to derive the motion vector of the target block in a specific inter-prediction mode such as a merge mode and an AMVP mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA COOPERATION GROUP OF SEJONG UNIVERSITY, INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION KOREA AEROSPACE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Sung-Chang LIM, Jung-Won KANG, Hyunsuk KO, Jin-Ho LEE, Ha-Hyun LEE, Dong-San JUN, Hui-Yong KIM, Yung-Lyul LEE, Nam-Uk KIM, Jae-Gon KIM
  • INTER-PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SAME
    Publication number: 20220345719
    Abstract: An inter-prediction method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: deriving motion information of a current block; and generating a prediction block for the current block on the basis of the derived motion information. According to the present invention, computational complexity can be reduced and encoding efficiency can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, University-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee University
    Inventors: Hui Yong KIM, Gwang Hoon PARK, Kyung Yong KIM, Sung Chang LIM, Jin Ho LEE, Jin Soo CHOI, Jin Woong KIM
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SHARING A CANDIDATE LIST
    Publication number: 20220337845
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for sharing a candidate list. A method of generating a merging candidate list for a predictive block may include: producing, on the basis of a coding block including a predictive block on which a parallel merging process is performed, at least one of a spatial merging candidate and a temporal merging candidate of the predictive block; and generating a single merging candidate list for the coding block on the basis of the produced merging candidate. Thus, it is possible to increase processing speeds for coding and decoding by performing inter-picture prediction in parallel on a plurality of predictive blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hui Yong KIM, Gwang Hoon PARK, Kyung Yong KIM, Sang Min KIM, Sung Chang LIM, Jin Ho LEE, Jin Soo CHOI, Jin Woong KIM
  • Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding image, and recording medium for storing bitstream
    Patent number: 11477442
    Abstract: An image encoding method and an image decoding method are provided. The image decoding method includes deriving a temporal merge candidate from a co-located block of a current block, generating a merge candidate list of the current block based on the derived temporal merge candidate, and generating a prediction block of the current block based on the generated merge candidate list. The deriving a temporal merge candidate includes scaling a motion vector derived from the co-located block based on a POC difference value between the current block and a reference picture of the current block and a POC difference value between the co-located block and a reference picture of the co-located block, and modifying the scaled motion vector based on motion vector scaling information between a neighboring block of the current block and a co-located block of the neighboring block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Dong San Jun, Ha Hyun Lee, Jung Won Kang, Hyun Suk Ko, Sung Chang Lim, Jin Ho Lee, Seung Hyun Cho, Hui Yong Kim, Jin Soo Choi
  • Method and device for compressing image and neural network using hidden variable
    Patent number: 11477468
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for image compression using a latent variable are provided. The multiple components of the latent variable may be sorted in order of importance. Through sorting, when the feature information of only some of the multiple components is used, the quality of a reconstructed image may be improved. In order to generate a latent variable, the components of which are sorted in order of importance, learning may be performed in various manners. Also, less important information may be eliminated from the latent variable, and processing, such as quantization, may be applied to the latent variable. Through elimination and processing, the amount of data for the latent variable may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Joo-Young Lee, Seung-Hyun Cho, Youn-Hee Kim, Jin-Wuk Seok, Woong Lim, Jong-Ho Kim, Dae-Yeol Lee, Se-Yoon Jeong, Hui-Yong Kim, Jin-Soo Choi
  • Method and apparatus for image coding/decoding
    Patent number: 11470342
    Abstract: A method for decoding an image according to the present invention comprises the steps of: decoding a residual block by quantizing and inverse transforming an entropy-decoded residual block; generating a prediction block via motion compensation; and decoding an image by adding the decoded residual block to the prediction block, wherein on the basis of the maximum number of motion vector candidates of the motion vector candidate list related to the prediction block, a motion vector candidate list is adjusted by adding a particular motion vector candidate or by discarding a portion from among the motion vector candidates, and in the prediction block generation step, a prediction motion vector of the prediction block is determined on the basis of the adjusted motion vector candidate list. Accordingly, the complexity of arithmetic operations is reduced during encoding/decoding of an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sung Chang Lim, Hui Yong Kim, Jin Ho Lee, Jin Soo Choi, Jin Woong Kim
  • IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20220321915
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The image decoding method includes obtaining subblock based transform (SBT) use information, obtaining at least one of SBT division information, SBT division direction information or SBT position information, when the SBT use information indicates use of an SBT, and performing the SBT with respect to a current block based on at least one of the SBT division information, the SBT division direction information or the SBT position information. The SBT use information may be obtained when a width of the current block and a height of the current block are less than a maximum transform size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jung Won KANG, Ha Hyun LEE, Sung Chang LIM, Jin Ho LEE, Hui Yong KIM, Byeung Woo JEON, Jee Yoon PARK
  • INTER PREDICTION INFORMATION ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220321894
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. An image decoding method includes decoding a subblock merge mode indicator of a current block, decoding a regular merge mode indicator of the current block, if the subblock merge mode indicator does not indicate a subblock merge mode, and decoding subblock merge mode information of the current block, if the subblock merge mode indicator indicates a subblock merge mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Ha Hyun LEE, Sung Chang LIM, Jung Won KANG, Jin Ho LEE, Hui Yong KIM
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE USING GEOMETRICALLY MODIFIED REFERENCE PICTURE
    Publication number: 20220321874
    Abstract: There is provided an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The image encoding method of the present invention includes: generating at least one candidate block including warped reference picture (WRP) Flag information in an advanced motion vector prediction (AMVP) mode; constructing a candidate list including the at least one candidate block; and generating a prediction block of a current block based on the candidate list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jung Won KANG, Ha Hyun LEE, Sung Chang LIM, Jin Ho LEE, Hui Yong KIM, Gwang Hoon PARK, Tae Hyun KIM, Dae Young LEE
  • QUANTIZATION MATRIX ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM
    Publication number: 20220321885
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a video decoding method including determining one or more adaptation parameter sets including a quantization matrix set including a plurality of quantization matrices, determining an adaptation parameter set including a quantization matrix set applied to a current picture or a current slice from among the one or more adaptation parameter sets, dequantizing transform coefficients of a current block of a current picture or a current slice based on the quantization matrix set of the determined adaptation parameter set, and reconstructing the current block based on the dequantized transform coefficients, wherein the adaptation parameter set includes coding information applied to one or more pictures or slices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sung Chang LIM, Jung Won KANG, Ha Hyun LEE, Jin Ho LEE, Hui Yong KIM
  • METHOD, APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE BY USING GEOMETRIC PARTITIONING
    Publication number: 20220321890
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method, an apparatus, and a storage medium for image encoding/decoding using geometric partitioning. A target block may be geometrically partitioned, and multiple partitioned regions may be generated from geometric partitioning. Each partitioned region may have a non-square and a non-rectangular shape. Different prediction schemes may be applied to different partitioned regions. The different prediction schemes for multiple partitioned regions may be signaled as explicit information, and may be derived using information about a coding parameter for the target block or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA COOPERATION GROUP OF SEJONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Woong LIM, Jin-Young LEE, Gun BANG, Hui-Yong KIM