Patents by Inventor Hyeongmoon JANG

Hyeongmoon JANG 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: 20250071282
    Abstract: An image decoding/encoding method and device according to the present disclosure enable: an intra prediction mode of the current block to be determined on the basis of whether the intra prediction mode of the current block is derived on the basis of a cost of a template area adjacent to the current block; a reference sample of the current block to be determined; and a prediction sample of the current block to be generated on the basis of the intra prediction mode and the reference sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventor: Hyeongmoon JANG
  • Publication number: 20250071318
    Abstract: An image decoding/encoding method and device according to the present disclosure may configure a merge candidate list of a current block, derive motion information of the current block on the basis of the merge candidate list and a merge index, and perform inter prediction for the current block on the basis of the motion information of the current block. Here, the merge candidate list may include a candidate derived using an affine motion model of an affine block coded by affine prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Hyeongmoon JANG, Naeri PARK, Junghak NAM
  • Publication number: 20250063180
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, an image decoding method performed by a decoding device includes the steps of acquiring image information including prediction-related information from a bitstream; deriving an intra prediction mode with respect to a current block on the basis of the prediction-related information; generating prediction samples with respect to the current block on the basis of the intra prediction mode with respect to the current block; and generating reconstruction samples with respect to the current block on the basis of the prediction samples with respect to the current block, wherein the intra prediction mode is derived on the basis of whether an upper neighboring block of the current block exists in the same coding tree unit (CTU) as the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Sunmi YOO, Hyeongmoon JANG, Junghak NAM, Jangwon CHOI, Seunghwan KIM
  • Publication number: 20250063212
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for decoding a video signal and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, a method for decoding an image may include: partitioning a current coding tree block into a plurality of coding blocks so that coding blocks partitioned from the current coding tree block are included in a current picture when the current coding tree block is out of a boundary of the current picture; parsing a first syntax element indicating whether a current coding block is partitioned into a plurality of subblocks when the current coding block satisfies a predetermined condition; and determining a split mode of the current coding block based on the syntax element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Junghak NAM, Seunghwan KIM, Jaehyun LIM, Hyeongmoon JANG
  • Patent number: 12231679
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure of the present document, prediction can be performed on the basis of information related to the maximum number of block vector candidates included in a merge candidate list for the IBC merge mode, and thus information for IBC, which is distinguished from information used in inter prediction, can be signaled separately, and the efficiency of screen content coding (SCC) can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Junghak Nam, Hyeongmoon Jang
  • Patent number: 12231650
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present disclosure includes determining whether to use an advanced temporal motion vector predictor (ATMVP) candidate of sub-block unit for a current block, specifying a corresponding block corresponding to the current block in a reference picture based on a motion vector for a spatial neighboring block of the current block when the ATMVP candidate of the sub-block unit is used, deriving the ATMVP candidate of the sub-block unit for the current block based on motion vectors of sub-block unit of the corresponding block, constructing a merge candidate list including the ATMVP candidate of the sub-block unit for the current block, generating prediction samples of the current block by deriving motion vectors of the sub-block unit for the current block based on the merge candidate list and reconstructing a current picture based on the prediction samples of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Hyeongmoon Jang
  • Patent number: 12231675
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document includes obtaining motion prediction information for a current block from a bitstream, generating an affine MVP candidate list for the current block, deriving CPMVPs for CPs of the current block based on the affine MVP candidate list, deriving CPMVDs for the CPs of the current block based on the motion prediction information, deriving CPMVs for the CPs of the current block based on the CPMVPs and the CPMVDs, and deriving prediction samples for the current block based on the CPMVs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaeho Lee, Junghak Nam, Naeri Park, Hyeongmoon Jang
  • Patent number: 12231626
    Abstract: According to the disclosure of this document, in subblock-based temporal motion vector prediction (sbTMVP), a subblock position for deriving a motion vector in units of a subblock can be efficiently calculated, and through this, video/image coding efficiency can be improved and hardware implementation can be simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyeongmoon Jang, Naeri Park, Junghak Nam
  • Publication number: 20250056051
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: decoding, on the basis of a bitstream, an affine flag that indicates whether affine prediction is applicable to a current block and a sub-block TMVP flag that indicates whether a temporal motion vector predictor based on a sub-block of the current block is usable; determining whether to decode a predetermined merge mode flag that indicates whether to apply a predetermined merge mode to the current block, on the basis of the decoded affine flag and the decoded sub-block TMVP flag; deriving prediction samples of the current block on the basis of the determining of whether to decode the predetermined merge mode flag; and generating reconstructed samples of the current block based on the prediction samples of the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Hyeongmoon JANG, Junghak NAM, Jaehyun LIM
  • Publication number: 20250047894
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present disclosure includes deriving a history-based motion vector prediction (HMVP) buffer for a current block, deriving motion information of the current block based on an HMVP candidate included in the HMVP buffer, generating prediction samples for the current block based on the motion information, and generating reconstructed samples based on the prediction samples, and the HMVP buffer is initialized when processing a first-ordered CTU in a CTU row in which a current CTU is located, and the current block is included in the current CTU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Naeri PARK, Junghak NAM, Hyeongmoon JANG
  • Patent number: 12219147
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present document, a prediction procedure can be performed for image video coding, and the prediction procedure can comprise merge mode motion vector differences (MMVD) and symmetric motion vector differences (SMVD) according inter prediction. The inter prediction can be performed on the basis of reference pictures of a current picture, and types of the reference pictures (e.g. a long-term reference picture, a short-term reference picture, etc.) can be considered for the inter prediction. Accordingly, performance and coding efficiency in the prediction procedure can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Naeri Park, Junghak Nam, Hyeongmoon Jang
  • Patent number: 12219145
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for encoding/decoding a video signal and an apparatus for the method. More specifically, a method for decoding a video signal comprises generating a residual block of a current block by performing entropy decoding on the video signal; if size of the current block is smaller than a predetermined first size, parsing a transform skip flag which indicates whether a transform skip is applied to the current block; determining whether to parse a primary transform flag which indicates whether a primary transform is applied to the current block; if it is determined to parse the primary transform flag, parsing the primary transform flag; and if the primary transform flag indicates that a primary transform is applied to the current block, generating a primary inverse transformed transform block of the current block by performing a primary inverse transform to the residual block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeongmoon Jang, Junghak Nam, Seunghwan Kim, Jaehyun Lim
  • Publication number: 20250039432
    Abstract: An image decoding/encoding method and device according to the present disclosure may: acquire a first flag indicating whether an intra derivation mode is applied to a current block; acquire a second flag indicating whether BDPCM is applied to a chroma component of the current block, on the basis of the first flag; derive an intra prediction mode of the chroma component on the basis of the second flag; and generate a prediction sample of the chroma component on the basis of the intra prediction mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventor: Hyeongmoon JANG
  • Publication number: 20250039391
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document comprises the steps of: on the basis of an intra prediction mode of a chroma block being a cross-component linear model (CCLM) mode and an intra prediction mode of a luma block corresponding to the chroma block being a palette mode, updating the intra prediction mode of the chroma block to an intra DC mode; on the basis of the updated intra prediction mode, determining an LFNST set including LFNST matrices; and performing LFNST on the chroma block on the basis of an LFNST matrix derived from the LFNST set, wherein the intra DC mode is an intra prediction mode corresponding to a specific location within the luma block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Moonmo KOO, Hyeongmoon JANG, Seunghwan KIM, Jaehyun LIM
  • Publication number: 20250039403
    Abstract: A method by which a decoding device decodes an image, according to the disclosure of the present document, comprises the steps of: acquiring, from a bitstream, information related to a geometric partitioning mode (GPM) for the current block; deriving partitions of the current block on the basis of partition index information within the information related to the GPM, wherein the partitions include a first geometric partition and a second geometric partition; deriving first prediction samples for the first geometric partition; deriving second prediction samples for the second geometric partition; generating prediction samples for the current block on the basis of the first prediction samples and the second prediction samples; and generating reconstructed samples on the basis of the prediction samples for the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventor: Hyeongmoon JANG
  • Patent number: 12212758
    Abstract: An image decoding method includes: deriving an L0 motion vector and a L1 motion vector of the current block; deriving prediction samples of the current block based on the L0 motion vector and the L1 motion vector; and generating reconstructed samples of the current block based on the prediction samples. Deriving the prediction samples includes applying bi-directional optical flow (BDOF) to the current block based on whether the condition for applying BDOF to the current block is satisfied, and the application condition of the BDOF includes a condition whereby the values of L0 luma weighted prediction flag information and L1 luma weighted prediction flag information are both zero, where the a value of each of the L0 luma weighted prediction flag information and L1 luma weighted prediction flag information being 0 represents that a weight factor for each of a L0 and L1 prediction luma components does not exist, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Naeri Park, Junghak Nam, Hyeongmoon Jang
  • Patent number: 12212756
    Abstract: A method for image decoding, according to the present document, may comprise the steps of: deriving an intra prediction mode of a chroma block as a cross-component linear model (CCLM) mode; updating the intra prediction mode of the chroma block on the basis of an intra prediction mode of a luma block corresponding to the chroma block; and determining an LFNST set including LFNST matrices on the basis of the updated intra prediction mode, wherein the updated intra prediction mode is derived as an intra prediction mode corresponding to a specific position in the luma block, and the specific position is set on the basis of a color format of the chroma block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Hyeongmoon Jang, Seunghwan Kim, Jaehyun Lim
  • Patent number: 12206891
    Abstract: A method for image decoding performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: deriving an ATMVP candidate for a current block; deriving merge candidates for the current block; deriving prediction samples for the current block on the basis of the merge candidates and the ATMVP candidate; and deriving reconstruction samples for the current block on the basis of the prediction samples, wherein the ATMVP candidate is a spatial neighboring block spatially adjacent to the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeongmoon Jang, Junghak Nam, Jaehyun Lim
  • Publication number: 20250024020
    Abstract: According to a disclosure of the present document, when the type of inter-prediction of a current block is indicated as biprediction, weight index information for a candidate within a merge candidate list or a sub-block merge candidate list may be derived, and coding efficiency may be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Naeri PARK, Junghak NAM, Hyeongmoon JANG
  • Publication number: 20250016309
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document may comprise: a step for deriving an inter prediction mode from encoded information; a step for constructing reference pictures lists; a step for deriving motion information including reference picture indices for symmetric motion vector differences (SMVD) on the basis of reference pictures included in the reference picture lists; and a step for generating prediction samples on the basis of the motion information. The reference picture indices for SMVD may be derived on the basis of short-term reference pictures included in the reference picture lists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Naeri Park, Junghak Nam, Hyeongmoon Jang