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: 20250254296
    Abstract: Disclosed are an intra-prediction mode-based image processing method and a device therefor. Particularly, a method for processing an image on the basis of an intra-prediction mode may comprise the steps of: configuring a reference sample to be used for prediction of a current block on the basis of width information and height information of the current block when the current block is a non-square block; deriving an intra-prediction mode of the current block; and generating a prediction sample of the current block by using the reference sample on the basis of the intra-prediction mode of the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Hyeongmoon JANG, Junghak NAM, Jaehyun LIM, Jin HEO
  • Publication number: 20250240432
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present document, symmetric motion vector differences (SMVDs) and merge mode motion vector differences (MMVDs) according to an inter prediction mode may be performed on the basis of reference picture types and, particularly, short term reference pictures may be used. Therefore, prediction performance and coding efficiency in the inter prediction mode can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2025
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Naeri PARK, Junghak NAM, Hyeongmoon JANG
  • Patent number: 12368861
    Abstract: A decoding method performed by a decoding device according to the present document comprises the steps of determining a prediction mode of a current block on the basis of information about a prediction mode obtained from a bitstream; constructing a merge candidate list on the basis of the prediction mode; deriving motion information of the current block on the basis of the merge candidate list; and generating prediction samples of the current block on the basis of the motion information, wherein the bitstream includes information about a combined inter-picture merge and intra-picture prediction (CIIP) available flag indicating whether the CIIP is available, and the determination step may include a step of acquiring a regular merge flag from the bitstream on the basis of the CIIP available flag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyeongmoon Jang, Naeri Park, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 12368848
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an image coding/decoding method and an apparatus for the method. More specifically, a method for filtering an image by a decoding apparatus comprises deriving boundaries of a block divided into quad-tree plus binary-tree structure; determining an edge among boundaries of the block to which de-blocking filtering is applied; determining a type of de-blocking filtering to be applied to the edge; and performing de-blocking filtering to a picture sample restored according to the de-blocking filtering type, wherein the edge or the type of de-blocking filtering is determined by considering width or height of the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeongmoon Jang, Junghak Nam
  • Patent number: 12368863
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present document, a prediction procedure may be performed for image/video coding, and the prediction procedure may include symmetric motion vector differences (SMVDs) and merge mode motion vector differences (MMVDs) according to an inter prediction. The inter prediction may be performed on the basis of reference pictures of a current picture, and types (e.g., a long term reference picture, a short term reference picture, etc.) of the reference pictures may be considered for the inter prediction. Therefore, performance and coding efficiency in the prediction procedure can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Naeri Park, Junghak Nam, Hyeongmoon Jang
  • Patent number: 12363304
    Abstract: A method for decoding an image, according to the present document, comprises: receiving a bitstream including BDPCM information; deriving residual samples for a current block on the basis of the BDPCM information; deriving prediction samples for the current block on the basis of the BDPCM information; generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual samples and the prediction samples; and performing deblocking filtering on the reconstructed picture, wherein when BDPCM is applied to the current block, the deblocking filtering is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeongmoon Jang, Jaehyun Lim, Junghak Nam
  • Patent number: 12355959
    Abstract: According to the disclosure of the present document, filter length can be determined on the basis of the distance between block boundaries in a deblocking filtering process, the deblocking filtering can be performed on the basis of the filter length, and thereby, the picture quality of the image/video can be enhanced, and the effects of improved subjective picture quality relative to complexity and simplification of H/W design can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Hyeongmoon Jang
  • Patent number: 12348731
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document is characterized in that: decoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR) is applied to derive refined L0 and L1 motion vectors on the basis of L0 and L1 motion vectors of the current block; prediction samples of the current block are derived on the basis of L0 prediction samples derived on the basis of the refined L0 motion vector and L1 prediction samples derived on the basis of the refined L1 motion vector; and recovery samples of the current block are generated on the basis of the prediction samples, wherein the L0 prediction samples are derived on the basis of an L0 reference picture and the refined L0 motion vector, the L1 prediction samples are derived on the basis of an L1 reference picture and the refined L1 motion vector, and in the step for deriving the prediction samples, whether to apply a bi-directional optical flow (BDOF) process is determined on the basis of whether a first POC difference between the current picture and the L0 reference p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Naeri Park, Junghak Nam, Hyeongmoon Jang
  • Patent number: 12348764
    Abstract: According to the disclosure of the present document, in a subblock-based temporal motion vector prediction (sbTMVP), a position of a subblock for deriving a motion vector per subblock unit can be efficiently calculated, and thus video/image coding efficiency can be increased and hardware implementation can be simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyeongmoon Jang, Naeri Park, Junghak Nam
  • Patent number: 12348752
    Abstract: According to the disclosure of the present document, slices included in a current picture are decoded, a picture output flag for the current picture is derived after decoding of all the slices in the current picture is completed, and an output for the current picture may be determined on the basis of the picture output flag. The current picture may be displayed as “not needed for output” on the basis of the value of the picture output flag being 0, and the current picture may be displayed as “needed for output” on the basis of the value of the picture output flag being 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hendry Hendry, Junghak Nam, Hyeongmoon Jang
  • Publication number: 20250211778
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document may comprise the steps of: deriving an inter prediction mode from encoded information; configuring reference picture lists, deriving motion information comprising reference picture indexes for symmetric motion vector differences (SMVD); and generating prediction samples on the basis of the motion information, wherein the reference picture indexes for SMVD can be derived on the basis of short-term reference pictures included within the reference picture lists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Naeri PARK, Junghak NAM, Hyeongmoon JANG
  • Publication number: 20250203102
    Abstract: According to the disclosure of the present document, a subblock position for deriving a subblock unit motion vector in a subblock-based temporal motion vector prediction (sbTMVP) can be efficiently calculated, thereby enabling video/image coding efficiency to increase and a simplifying effect for hardware implementation to be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2025
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyeongmoon JANG, Naeri PARK, Junghak NAM
  • Publication number: 20250203124
    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 tree block is partitioned into a plurality of subblocks when the current coding tree block satisfies a predetermined condition; and determining a split mode of the current coding tree block based on the syntax element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2025
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Junghak NAM, Seunghwan KIM, Jaehyun LIM, Hyeongmoon JANG
  • Patent number: 12335465
    Abstract: According to the disclosure of the present document, weight index information for sub-block merge candidates of a current block can be derived and coding efficiency can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Naeri Park, Junghak Nam, Hyeongmoon Jang
  • Publication number: 20250168352
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and device according to the present disclosure enable: a motion vector of the current block to be derived on the basis of a merge inter mode; first and second prediction blocks of the current block to be respectively generated on the basis of first and second motion vectors; and a prediction block of the current block to be generated on the basis of the first prediction block and/or the second prediction block. Here, the motion vector of the current block comprises a first motion vector in a first direction and a second motion vector in a second direction, wherein the first motion vector is derived on the basis of a first inter prediction mode and the second motion vector can be derived on the basis of a second inter prediction mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventor: Hyeongmoon Jang
  • Patent number: 12301827
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present document, symmetric motion vector differences (SMVDs) and merge mode motion vector differences (MMVDs) according to an inter prediction mode may be performed on the basis of reference picture types and, particularly, short term reference pictures may be used. Therefore, prediction performance and coding efficiency in the inter prediction mode can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Naeri Park, Junghak Nam, Hyeongmoon Jang
  • Patent number: 12301861
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by the decoding apparatus according to this document comprising deriving a temporary reference motion vector for a current block based on a reference candidate block of the current block, deriving a reference motion vector by compressing the temporary reference motion vector based on a shifting operation, deriving a motion vector for the current block based on the reference motion vector, deriving prediction samples for the current block based on the motion vector for the current block, and generating reconstructed samples for the current block based on the prediction samples for the current block, wherein a total number of bits of the binary code representing the reference motion vector is less than a total number of bits of the binary code representing the temporary reference motion vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Hyeongmoon Jang
  • Publication number: 20250150623
    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: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Junghak NAM, Hyeongmoon JANG
  • Publication number: 20250150598
    Abstract: An image decoding/encoding method and device disclosed herein can: generate a first prediction block of the current block on the basis of a first prediction mode; generate a second prediction block of the current block on the basis of a second prediction mode; determine weights used for the current block on the basis of a weight candidate list including a plurality of pre-defined weight candidates; generate a third prediction block of the current block through the weighted summation of the first prediction block and the second prediction block; and decode/encode the current block on the basis of the third prediction block of the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Naeri PARK, Hyeongmoon JANG
  • Publication number: 20250150583
    Abstract: An image decoding/encoding method and apparatus, according to the present disclosure, may comprise: deriving an intra-prediction mode of a current block on the basis of a gradient between at least two samples in a peripheral region adjacent to the current block; configuring a reference sample of the current block; and generating a prediction block of the current block on the basis of the intra-prediction mode and the reference sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Sunmi YOO, Junghak NAM, Hyeongmoon JANG, Jangwon CHOI