Patents by Inventor Siwei Ma
Siwei Ma 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: 12363311Abstract: An encoding method includes binarizing a chrominance prediction mode of an image block of an image that is permitted to use a CCLM and/or regular intra-frame chrominance prediction mode to obtain a bit string including adjacent bits. The CCLM includes first, second, and third modes, a second mode, and a third mode, the regular intra-frame chrominance prediction mode being other intra-frame chrominance prediction modes except CCLM. A first bit of the adjacent bits indicates whether CCLM is used according to whether a value there of is 1. A second bit indicates whether to use the first mode when the first bit indicates to use CCLM. A third bit indicates whether the second or third mode is used when the second bit indicates the first mode is not used. The method further includes using mutually independent probability models to respectively encode the first bit and the second bit.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2023Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Siwei Ma, Jiaqi Zhang, Xiaozhen Zheng, Shanshe Wang
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Patent number: 12328432Abstract: Methods, system and apparatus for video processing are described. One example video processing method includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a bitstream of the video, a usage of an identity transform mode for the conversion of the current video block according to a rule. The rule specifies that the usage is based on representative coefficients of one or more representative blocks of the video. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2022Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Yuhuai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang, Siwei Ma
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Patent number: 12294737Abstract: A video image processing method includes dividing a current image block into a plurality of sub-blocks, in response to a target neighboring block of the current image block satisfying a preset condition, determining related blocks of the sub-blocks in a collocated frame of the current image block according to a motion vector of the target neighboring block, encoding or decoding the current image block according to motion vectors of the related blocks of the sub-blocks, determining a group of control point motion vectors in an affine transformation mode using one or more neighboring blocks of the current image block, and adding the group of control point motion vectors to a motion vector candidate list of the current image block.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2024Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaozhen Zheng, Tianliang Fu, Shanshe Wang, Siwei Ma, Weiran Li, Suhong Wang
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Patent number: 12294738Abstract: A video encoding method includes determining a base motion vector list that includes a dual-prediction base motion vector group including a first base motion vector and a second base motion vector, determining two motion vector offsets according to a preset offset set, determining motion vectors of a current image block according to the first base motion vector, the second base motion vector, and the two motion vector offsets, and performing prediction on the current image block according to the motion vectors of the current image block.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2024Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaozhen Zheng, Suhong Wang, Shanshe Wang, Siwei Ma, Weiran Li
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Patent number: 12294736Abstract: A video processing method includes obtaining motion information of a left neighboring block of a current image block, and, where the left neighboring block satisfies a condition, determining, in a collocated frame of the current image block, a related block of a sub-block of the current image block using a motion vector of the left neighboring block as a motion offset, and determining a motion vector of the sub-block according to a motion vector of the related block. The preset condition includes a reference image of the left neighboring block being same as the collocated frame of the current image block. Determining the motion vector of the sub-block includes, where reference images of the related block and the sub-block are not specific reference images, determining the motion vector of the sub-block according to a scaled motion vector obtained by scaling the motion vector of the related block.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2024Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaozhen Zheng, Suhong Wang, Shanshe Wang, Siwei Ma, Weiran Li
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Publication number: 20250126301Abstract: A loop filtering method includes determining clip index parameters of a loop filter and encoding the clip index parameters. The clip index parameters include a first clip index parameter for brightness component and a second clip index parameter for chrominance component. A first clip parameter for the brightness component is selected from a parameter list based on the first clip index parameter. A second clip parameter for the chrominance component is selected from the parameter list based on the second clip index parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2024Publication date: April 17, 2025Inventors: Siwei MA, Xuewei MENG, Xiaozhen ZHENG, Shanshe WANG
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Publication number: 20250088655Abstract: An encoder includes a memory storing program instructions and a processor configured to execute the program instructions to determine a current image block, turn off a temporal motion vector prediction (TMVP) operation in response to a size of the current image block meeting a preset condition so that a temporal candidate motion vector of the current image block is not determined according to the TMVP operation, and encode the current image block. The TMVP operation includes determining a relevant block of the current image block in a temporal neighboring image, and determining the temporal candidate motion vector of the current image block according to a motion vector of the relevant block.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Inventors: Xiaozhen ZHENG, Suhong WANG, Shanshe WANG, Siwei MA
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Patent number: 12231696Abstract: The present disclosure provides a loop filtering method which includes determining a clip index parameter of a loop filter, and encoding the clip index parameter by using a non-exponential Golomb encoding method.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Siwei Ma, Xuewei Meng, Xiaozhen Zheng, Shanshe Wang
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Publication number: 20240414334Abstract: A video encoding method includes encoding an image to generate a bitstream. In the bitstream, a first syntax element is configured to indicate whether a first chrominance component is filtered by adaptive loop filtering (ALF), and a second syntax element is configured to indicate whether a second chrominance component is filtered by the ALF. The ALF is not a cross-component ALF (CC-ALF) filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Inventors: Siwei MA, Xuewei MENG, Shanshe WANG, Xiaozhen ZHENG
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Patent number: 12155856Abstract: A video image processing method including determining a current image block, constructing a motion information candidate list for the current image block, in response to a size of the current image block meeting a preset condition, turning off a temporal motion vector prediction (TMVP) operation so that a temporal candidate motion vector of the current image block is not determined according to the TMVP operation, and encoding the current image block. The TMVP operation includes determining a relevant block of the current image block in a temporal neighboring image, and determining the temporal candidate motion vector of the current image block according to a motion vector of the relevant block.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2023Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaozhen Zheng, Suhong Wang, Shanshe Wang, Siwei Ma
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Publication number: 20240373002Abstract: A video processing method including determining a target CC-ALF filter for a chrominance component of a current block of an image from a plurality of CC-ALF filters, determining target CC-ALF filter coefficients for the chrominance component according to the chrominance component after ALF and a luminance component of the current block without ALF, filtering the chrominance component after ALF according to the target CC-ALF filter and the target CC-ALF filter coefficients, determining a filtered chrominance component of the current block according to the chrominance component after being filtered with the target CC-ALF filter coefficients and the chrominance component after the ALF, and encoding the filtered chrominance component, including encoding using a total number of the plurality of CC-ALF filters, an index of the target CC-ALF filter, and the target CC-ALF filter coefficients as syntax elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Inventors: Siwei MA, Xuewei MENG, Xiaozhen ZHENG, Shanshe WANG
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Publication number: 20240314356Abstract: A video encoding method includes determining a base motion vector list that includes a dual-prediction base motion vector group including a first base motion vector and a second base motion vector, determining two motion vector offsets according to a preset offset set, determining motion vectors of a current image block according to the first base motion vector, the second base motion vector, and the two motion vector offsets, and performing prediction on the current image block according to the motion vectors of the current image block.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Inventors: Xiaozhen ZHENG, Suhong WANG, Shanshe WANG, Siwei MA, Weiran LI
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Patent number: 12069252Abstract: A video encoding method includes encoding images of an image sequence to generate a bitstream of the image sequence. Different identifiers are used for two chrominance components of one image in a syntax element of an image level in the bitstream to indicate whether the corresponding chrominance components are filtered by adaptive loop filtering (ALF).Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Siwei Ma, Xuewei Meng, Shanshe Wang, Xiaozhen Zheng
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Publication number: 20240276020Abstract: A method implemented by a video coding apparatus includes applying a neural network (NN) filter to an unfiltered sample of a video unit to generate a filtered sample. The NN filter is applied based on a syntax element of the video unit. The method also includes converting between a video media file and a bitstream based on the filtered sample that was generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: Yue Li, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Junru Li, Meng Wang, Siwei Ma, Shiqi Wang
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Publication number: 20240259592Abstract: A video image processing method includes dividing a current image block into a plurality of sub-blocks, in response to a target neighboring block of the current image block satisfying a preset condition, determining related blocks of the sub-blocks in a collocated frame of the current image block according to a motion vector of the target neighboring block, encoding or decoding the current image block according to motion vectors of the related blocks of the sub-blocks, determining a group of control point motion vectors in an affine transformation mode using one or more neighboring blocks of the current image block, and adding the group of control point motion vectors to a motion vector candidate list of the current image block.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2024Publication date: August 1, 2024Inventors: Xiaozhen ZHENG, Tianliang FU, Shanshe WANG, Siwei MA, Weiran LI, Suhong WANG
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Publication number: 20240251073Abstract: A bitstreams generating method includes obtaining a historical motion information candidate list used for encoding each of a plurality of image blocks included in a region of a current frame, encoding the plurality of image blocks according to the historical motion information candidate list, and generating bitstreams including one or more indexes of motion information. The historical motion information candidate list is a history-based motion vector prediction (HMVP) candidate list. During the process of encoding all the plurality of image blocks included in the region, the historical motion information candidate list is not updated. Only the motion information of the last image block in the region is used to update the historical motion information candidate list after the encoding process of the last image block is finished.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Suhong WANG, Xiaozhen ZHENG, Shanshe WANG, Siwei MA
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Publication number: 20240251099Abstract: A video processing method includes obtaining motion information of a left neighboring block of a current image block, and, where the left neighboring block satisfies a condition, determining, in a collocated frame of the current image block, a related block of a sub-block of the current image block using a motion vector of the left neighboring block as a motion offset, and determining a motion vector of the sub-block according to a motion vector of the related block. The preset condition includes a reference image of the left neighboring block being same as the collocated frame of the current image block. Determining the motion vector of the sub-block includes, where reference images of the related block and the sub-block are not specific reference images, determining the motion vector of the sub-block according to a scaled motion vector obtained by scaling the motion vector of the related block.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Xiaozhen ZHENG, Suhong WANG, Shanshe WANG, Siwei MA, Weiran LI
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Patent number: 12041231Abstract: An in-loop filtering method includes determining a target filter for a chrominance component of a current block of an image from a plurality of cross-component ALF filters, determining target filter coefficients for the chrominance component according to the chrominance component after ALF and a luminance component of the current block without ALF, filtering the chrominance component after ALF according to the target filter and the target filter coefficients, determining a filtered chrominance component of the current block according to the chrominance component after being filtered with the target filter coefficients and the chrominance component after the ALF, encoding according to the filtered chrominance component of the current block, and encoding a total number of the plurality of cross-component ALF filters as a syntax element. A stream of the image includes only one syntax element for indicating the total number of the plurality of cross-component ALF filters.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Siwei Ma, Xuewei Meng, Xiaozhen Zheng, Shanshe Wang
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Publication number: 20240195981Abstract: An encoding method includes binarizing a chrominance prediction mode of an image block of an image that is permitted to use a CCLM and/or regular intra-frame chrominance prediction mode to obtain a bit string including adjacent bits. The CCLM includes first, second, and third modes, a second mode, and a third mode, the regular intra-frame chrominance prediction mode being other intra-frame chrominance prediction modes except CCLM. A first bit of the adjacent bits indicates whether CCLM is used according to whether a value there of is 1. A second bit indicates whether to use the first mode when the first bit indicates to use CCLM. A third bit indicates whether the second or third mode is used when the second bit indicates the first mode is not used. The method further includes using mutually independent probability models to respectively encode the first bit and the second bit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Inventors: Siwei MA, Jiaqi ZHANG, Xiaozhen ZHENG, Shanshe WANG
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Publication number: 20240179343Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution for video processing. In some embodiments, a method for video processing is proposed, which comprises: reordering at least one intra string copy (ISC) reference string, the at least one ISC reference string matching with at least one string of a block of a video; reconstructing the block based on the reordered at least one ISC reference string; and performing a conversion between the reconstructed block and a bitstream of the video. The proposed method can advantageously improve the coding efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2022Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Kai ZHANG, Li ZHANG, Yuhuai ZHANG, Junru LI, Siwei MA