Patents by Inventor Narae Choi

Narae Choi 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: 20220014774
    Abstract: Provided is a video decoding method including: determining whether or not to perform history-based motion vector prediction for inter-prediction of a current block, based on a location of the current block in a tile including a plurality of largest coding units; when it is determined to perform the history-based motion vector prediction on the current block, generating a motion information candidate list including history-based motion vector candidates; determining a motion vector of the current block by using a motion vector predictor determined from the motion information candidate list; and reconstructing the current block by using the motion vector of the current block, wherein, when a motion constraint is applied to a first tile group, when a reference picture of a first tile from among tiles included in the first tile group is a second picture, a motion vector of the first tile is not permitted to indicate a block of the second picture, the block being located outside a second tile group, and when the m
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woongil CHOI, Gahyun RYU, Minsoo PARK, Minwoo PARK, Yumi SOHN, Seungsoo JEONG, Narae CHOI, Anish TAMSE
  • Publication number: 20210392330
    Abstract: Provided is an entropy decoding method including: determining a plurality of scaling factors for updating an occurrence probability of a certain binary value for a current encoding symbol; performing arithmetic coding on a binary value of the current encoding symbol, based on the occurrence probability of the certain binary value; and updating the occurrence probability of the certain binary value by using at least one scaling factor of the plurality of scaling factors, according to the binary value of the current encoding symbol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yinji PIAO, Kiho CHOI, Minsoo PARK, Minwoo PARK, Seungsoo JEONG, Narae CHOI, Woongil CHOI, Anish TAMSE
  • Publication number: 20210377560
    Abstract: A video decoding method and device for determining whether a prediction mode of a current block is an affine mode; splitting, when the prediction mode of the current block is the affine mode, a luma block of the current block into a plurality of sub luma blocks having a square shape based on a predefined sub block size; determining a mean luma motion vector for four neighboring sub luma blocks among the plurality of sub luma blocks, by using a motion vector of an upper-left sub luma block of the four sub luma blocks and a motion vector of a lower-right sub luma block of the four sub luma blocks; determining the mean luma motion vector to be a motion vector of a current sub chroma block corresponding to the four sub luma blocks; and performing prediction on the current sub chroma block by using the determined motion vector, in a video encoding and decoding process are suggested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Anish TAMSE, Minwoo PARK, Gahyun RYU, Minsoo PARK, Seungsoo JEONG, Kiho CHOI, Narae CHOI, Woongil CHOI, Yinji PIAO
  • Publication number: 20210344954
    Abstract: A video decoding method includes predicting a current block according to an intra prediction mode of the current block, determining whether to apply position dependent intra prediction filtering to the current block according to the intra prediction mode of the current block, when the position dependent intra prediction filtering is applied to the current block, determining at least one of an upper reference sample, a left reference sample, an upper weight, and a left weight for the position dependent intra prediction filtering of a current sample of the current block according to the intra prediction mode of the current block, and applying the position dependent intra prediction filtering to the current sample of the current block according to at least one of the upper reference sample, the left reference sample, the upper weight, and the left weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narae CHOI, Minsoo PARK, Minwoo Park, Anish TAMSE, Seungsoo JEONG, Kiho CHOI, Woongil CHOI, Yinji PIAO
  • Publication number: 20210344929
    Abstract: Video decoding includes obtaining intra prediction mode information for a current block; determining an intra prediction direction indicated by the intra prediction mode, and a shape of the current block; predicting the current block by intra predicting the current block; and reconstructing the current block, according to a prediction result with respect to the current block. The intra prediction direction of the current block is used and may include: when the current block has the square shape, determining the intra prediction direction of the current block in a prediction direction indicated by the intra prediction mode information; and when the current block has the non-square shape, determining the intra prediction direction of the current block based on a result of comparison between a reference prediction direction and the prediction direction, the reference prediction direction being determined according to a ratio of the width and the height of the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narae CHOI, Minwoo PARK, Minsoo PARK, Kiho CHOI, Yinji PI AO, Seungsoo JEONG, Woongil CHOI, Anish TAMSE, Gahyun RYU
  • Publication number: 20210321111
    Abstract: Provided is an image decoding method including determining a current chroma block having a rectangular shape corresponding to a current luma block included in one of a plurality of luma blocks, determining a piece of motion information for the current chroma block and a chroma block adjacent to the current chroma block by using motion information of the current chroma block and the adjacent chroma block, and performing inter prediction on the current chroma block and the adjacent chroma block by using the piece of motion information for the current chroma block and the adjacent chroma block to generate prediction blocks of the current chroma block and the adjacent chroma block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Anish TAMSE, Woongil CHOI, Minwoo PARK, Seungsoo JEONG, Yinji PIAO, Gahyun RYU, Kiho CHOI, Narae CHOI, Mubsoo PARK
  • Patent number: 11140390
    Abstract: Provided is an image decoding method including: determining a first coding block and a second coding block corresponding to the first coding block; when a size of the first coding block is equal to or smaller than a preset size, obtaining first split shape mode information and second split shape mode information from a bitstream; determining a split mode of the first coding block, based on the first split shape mode information, and determining a split mode of the second coding block, based on the second split shape mode information; and decoding a coding block of a first color component which is determined based on the split mode of the first coding block and a coding block of a second color component which is determined based on the split mode of the second coding block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minsoo Park, Chanyul Kim, Minwoo Park, Seungsoo Jeong, Kiho Choi, Narae Choi, Woongil Choi, Anish Tamse, Yin-ji Piao
  • Publication number: 20210281834
    Abstract: Provided are a video decoding method and apparatus which, during video encoding and decoding processes, determine whether a current block is in contact with an upper boundary of a largest coding unit including the current block, when it is determined that the current block is in contact with the upper boundary of the largest coding unit, determine an upper reference line of the current block as one reference line, when it is determined that the current block is not in contact with the upper boundary of the largest coding unit, determine the upper reference line of the current block based on N reference lines, and use the determined upper reference line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narae CHOI, Minsoo PARK, Minwoo PARK, Seungsoo JEONG, Kiho CHOI, Woongil CHOI, Anish TAMSE, Yinji PIAO
  • Publication number: 20210274184
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus, which, during video encoding and decoding processes, obtain chroma intra prediction mode information about a current chroma block, when the chroma intra prediction mode information indicates a direct mode (DM), determine a luma block including a luma sample corresponding to a chroma sample at a lower-right location with respect to a center of the current chroma block, determine a chroma intra prediction mode of the current chroma block based on an intra prediction mode of the determined luma block, and perform intra prediction on the current chroma block, based on the determined chroma intra prediction mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minsoo PARK, Gahyun RYU, Minwoo PARK, Seungsoo JEONG, Kiho CHOI, Narae CHOI, Woongil CHOI, Anish TAMSE, Yinji PIAO
  • Publication number: 20210266557
    Abstract: Provided is a video decoding method including: obtaining, from a bitstream, intra prediction mode information indicating an intra prediction mode of a current block; determining an interpolation filter set to be used in prediction of the current block, based on at least one of a size of the current block and the intra prediction mode indicated by the intra prediction mode information; determining a reference location to which a current sample of the current block refers according to the intra prediction mode; determining, in the interpolation filter set, an interpolation filter that corresponds to the reference location; determining a prediction value of the current sample, according to reference samples of the current block and the interpolation filter; and reconstructing the current block, based on the prediction value of the current sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narae CHOI, Minwoo PARK, Minsoo PARK, Seungsoo JEONG, Kiho CHOI, Woongil CHOI, Anish TAMSE, Yinji PIAO
  • Publication number: 20210235095
    Abstract: Provided are a video encoding or decoding method and apparatus, which, during video encoding and decoding processes, determine whether an intra prediction mode of the current block is a DC mode, when the intra prediction mode of the current block is the DC mode, in a case where lengths of a height and a width of the current block are the same, determine an average of upper reference samples of the current block and left reference samples of the current block, as a DC value, and in a case where the lengths of the height and the width of the current block are different from each other, determine a weighted average value, which is determined by determining an average of the upper reference samples of the current block as an upper DC value, determine an average of the left reference samples of the current block as a left DC value, and combining the upper value and the left DC value with a predetermined weight, as a DC value, and perform intra prediction on the current block, based on the DC value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narae CHOI, Chanyul KIM, Minsoo PARK, Minwoo PARK, Seungsoo JEONG, Kiho CHOI, Woongil CHOI, Anish TAMSE, Yinji PIAO
  • Publication number: 20210235099
    Abstract: Provided is an image decoding method including determining a plurality of coding units in a chroma image by hierarchically splitting the chroma image, based on a split shape mode of blocks in the chroma image of a current image, and decoding the current image, based on the plurality of coding units in the chroma image. In this regard, the determining of the plurality of coding units in the chroma image may include, when a size or an area of a chroma block from among a plurality of chroma blocks to be generated by splitting a current chroma block in the chroma image is equal to or smaller than a preset size or a preset area, not allowing splitting of the current chroma block based on a split shape mode of the current chroma block, and determining at least one coding unit included in the current chroma block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minwoo PARK, Minsoo PARK, Kiho CHOI, Narae CHOI, Woongil CHOI, Chanyul KIM, Seungsoo JEONG, Anish TAMSE, Yinji PIAO
  • Publication number: 20210218964
    Abstract: Provided is an image decoding method including: determining a first coding block and a second coding block corresponding to the first coding block; when a size of the first coding block is equal to or smaller than a preset size, obtaining first split shape mode information and second split shape mode information from a bitstream; determining a split mode of the first coding block, based on the first split shape mode information, and determining a split mode of the second coding block, based on the second split shape mode information; and decoding a coding block of a first color component which is determined based on the split mode of the first coding block and a coding block of a second color component which is determined based on the split mode of the second coding block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minsoo PARK, Chanyul KIM, Minwoo PARK, Seungsoo JEONG, Kiho CHOI, Narae CHOI, Woongil CHOI, Anish TAMSE, Yin-ji PIAO
  • Publication number: 20210176469
    Abstract: Provided are a video decoding method and apparatus including: in a video encoding and decoding process, determining parity information of a current block based on a width and a height of the current block; determining a lookup table of the current block from among a plurality of predefined lookup tables based on the parity information; determining a dequantization scale value of the current block based on the lookup table of the current block; and performing dequantization on the current block by using the dequantization scale value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narae Choi, Minwoo Park
  • Publication number: 20210152844
    Abstract: A video decoding method includes: obtaining two or more base motion vectors from an adjacent block of a current block; obtaining correction information for correcting the two or more base motion vectors; determining two or more affine motion vectors by correcting the two or more base motion vectors according to the correction information; obtaining a plurality of affine parameters of the current block according to the two or more affine motion vectors; and predicting the current block according to the plurality of affine parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungsoo JEONG, Minwoo PARK, Anish TAMSE, Minsoo PARK, Kiho CHOI, Yinji PIAO, Narae CHOI, Woongil CHOI
  • Publication number: 20210127134
    Abstract: A video decoding method includes determining, based on an area of a current block, whether a multi-prediction combination mode for predicting the current block by combining prediction results obtained according to a plurality of prediction modes is applied to the current block, when the multi-prediction combination mode is applied to the current block, determining the plurality of prediction modes to be applied to the current block, generating a plurality of prediction blocks of the current block, according to the plurality of prediction modes, and determining a combined prediction block of the current block, by combining the plurality of prediction blocks according to respective weights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungsoo JEONG, Chanyul KIM, Minsoo PARK, Minwoo PARK, Kiho CHOI, Narae CHOI, Woongil CHOI, Anish TAMSE, Yinji PIAO
  • Publication number: 20210105464
    Abstract: Provided are a video decoding method and a video decoding device, which, during video encoding and decoding processes, obtain most probable mode (MPM) information indicating whether to use MPMs of a current block determined based on at least two of a prediction mode of a left neighboring block adjacent to a left side of the current block, a prediction mode of an upper neighboring block adjacent to an upper side of the current block, and a right neighboring block adjacent to a right side of the current block, obtain extended intra mode set information indicating whether to use an extended intra mode set configured based on the MPMs, and determine an intra prediction mode of the current block based on the MPM information and the extended intra mode set information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narae CHOI, Bora JIN, Yinji PIAO, Minwoo PARK
  • Publication number: 20210105465
    Abstract: Provided are a video decoding method and apparatus and a video encoding method and apparatus which determine whether to use a Most Probable Mode (MPM) list, based on encoding information of a current block, obtain, from a bitstream, intra prediction mode index information indicating one of candidate intra prediction modes included in the MPM list, and determine an intra prediction mode of the current block by using the obtained intra prediction mode index information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narae CHOI, Minwoo PARK, Chanyul KIM, Minsoo PARK, Yumi SOHN, Seungsoo JEONG, Kiho CHOI, Woongil CHOI, Anish TAMSE, Yinji PIAO
  • Publication number: 20210014487
    Abstract: Provided are video encoding/decoding methods and apparatuses for determining an intra prediction mode of a current block, based on a width and height of the current block. When the current block has a square shape in which the width and height are equal, the intra prediction mode of the current block is determined from among first intra prediction mode candidates including a plurality of predetermined intra prediction directions, and when the current block has a non-square shape in which the width and height are not equal, the intra prediction mode of the current block is determined from among second intra prediction mode candidates configured based on the non-square shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narae CHOI, Minsoo PARK, Minwoo PARK, Seungsoo JEONG, Kiho CHOI, Woongil CHOI, Anish TAMSE, Yinji PIAO
  • Patent number: 9632155
    Abstract: An apparatus, a method, and a recorded medium for conductivity and susceptibility reconstruction are disclosed. The apparatus for conductivity and susceptibility reconstruction includes: a susceptibility reconstruction part configured to reconstruct a susceptibility from a change in phase according to an increase in time of a multi-echo gradient echo image; a zero echo phase estimation part configured to estimate a phase at zero echo time based on a linearity of the phase change; and a conductivity reconstruction part configured to reconstruct a conductivity from the estimated zero echo phase. According to an embodiment of the invention, a multi-echo gradient echo sequence is used to not only obtain in vivo susceptibility but also obtain conductivity simultaneously. Also, an embodiment of the invention can improve the accuracy of the susceptibility measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Dong-Hyun Kim, Narae Choi, Sung-Min Gho, MinOh Ghim, Joonsung Lee