Patents by Inventor Stephan Liu
Stephan Liu 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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Publication number: 20240179349Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method, an apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for video decoding. The apparatus includes processing circuitry that is configured to decode a current picture based on a bitstream. The processing circuitry can determine, from a supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message, a first flag indicating whether a warping process is applied to the current decoded picture. Based on the first flag indicating that the warping process is applied to the current decoded picture, the processing circuitry can determine warping information of the warping process based on the SEI message. The processing circuitry can determine a warped picture from the current decoded picture based on the warping information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2024Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Byeongdoo CHOI, Stephan WENGER, Xiang LI, Shan LIU
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Publication number: 20240179319Abstract: A method, device, and computer-readable medium for decoding an encoded video bitstream using at least one processor, including obtaining a flag indicating that a conformance window is not used for reference picture resampling; based on the flag indicating that the conformance window is not used for the reference picture resampling, determining whether a resampling picture size is signaled; based on determining that the resampling picture size is signaled, determining a resampling ratio based on the resampling picture size; based on determining that the resampling picture size is not signaled, determining the resampling ratio based on an output picture size; and performing the reference picture resampling on a current picture using the resampling ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2024Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Byeongdoo CHOI, Stephan WENGER, Shan LIU
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Patent number: 11997317Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video data processing. In some examples, an apparatus for video data processing includes processing circuitry. For example, the processing circuitry determines a first syntax element for coding control in a first scope of coded video data in a bitstream. The first syntax element is associated with a coding tool of persistent Rice adaptation defined in a range extension of a video standard for a statistics based Rice parameter derivation in a residual coding. In response to the first syntax element being a first value indicative of disabling of the coding tool in the first scope, the processing circuitry decodes the first scope of coded video data that includes one or more second scopes of coded video data without invoking the coding tool.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Byeongdoo Choi, Shan Liu, Stephan Wenger
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Patent number: 11991395Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video data processing. In some examples, an apparatus for video data processing includes processing circuitry. For example, the processing circuitry determines a first syntax element for coding control in a first scope of coded video data in a bitstream. The first syntax element is associated with a coding tool of a slice based Rice coding for a residual coding in a transform skip mode. The coding tool provides a Rice parameter at a slice level for the residual coding in the transform skip mode. In response to the first syntax element being a first value indicative of disabling of the coding tool in the first scope, the processing circuitry decodes the first scope of coded video data that includes one or more second scopes of coded video data without invoking the coding tool.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Byeongdoo Choi, Shan Liu, Stephan Wenger
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Publication number: 20240163482Abstract: A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for coding video data. Video data including one or more subpictures is received. A number of the subpictures and a delta value between the number of subpictures and a number of rectangular slices are signaled. The number of rectangular slices is derived based on the number of subpictures and the delta value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Byeongdoo Choi, Shan Liu, Stephan Wenger
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Patent number: 11983907Abstract: A method of point cloud attribute coding is performed by at least one processor and includes receiving a point cloud data set comprising a bounding box. A determination is made as to whether the bounding box is symmetric or asymmetric. A quad-tree-binary-tree (QtBt) decomposition is performed on the point cloud data set based on the bounding box being asymmetric.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Sehoon Yea, Stephan Wenger, Shan Liu, Wen Gao, Xiang Zhang
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Publication number: 20240131326Abstract: A self-anchoring helical wire structure electrode for energy conduction to or from a tissue target in a body, made of at least one wire rope consisting of biocompatible and conductive wire, and enclosing a hollow core within an inner diameter and having a longitudinal axis, an outer diameter and two ends, being flexible for self-bending in any direction up to 180 degrees on said longitudinal axis, and secured by being capable of self-forming a bunching anchor wider than the insertion channel when injected while its dispenser is substantially stationary.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2021Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Stephan NIEUWOUDT, Manfred FRANKE, Shaher AHMED, Derrick LIU, Amelia HOWE, Emily SZABO, Jennifer PECK
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Publication number: 20240137545Abstract: A method of video encoding includes determining whether a plurality of constraint flags of a constraint information group are to be signaled for a subset of coding blocks, and signaling a gate flag indicating whether the plurality of constraint flags of the constraint information group are signaled. The gate flag is signaled in constraint information in a syntax structure of a coded video bitstream. In accordance with the signaled gate flag indicating that the plurality of constraint flags of the constraint information group are signaled, the method further includes signaling the plurality of constraint flags of the constraint information group in the constraint information in the syntax structure of the coded video bitstream. In accordance with the plurality of constraint flags being signaled in the constraint information, the method further includes encoding the subset of coding blocks based on the plurality of constraint flags.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2024Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Byeongdoo CHOI, Shan LIU, Stephan WENGER
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Publication number: 20240129477Abstract: There is included a method and apparatus comprising computer code configured to cause a processor or processors to perform acquiring an input bitstream comprising metadata and video data, decoding the video data, determining whether the metadata comprises at least one flag signaling at least one component of a picture size of at least one picture of the video data, and signaling, in a case where it is determined that the metadata comprises the at least one flag, a display device to display the at least one picture from the video data according to the at least one flag.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Byeongdoo Choi, Stephan Wenger, Shan Liu
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Patent number: 11962794Abstract: A method for decoding a coded video sequence includes decoding at least one tile which comprises a first tile boundary defined by a first tile layout and a second tile boundary defined by second tile layout, wherein the coded video sequence indicates that at least one first prediction mechanism is available across the first tile boundary, and that the at least one first prediction mechanism is not available across the second tile boundary.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Stephan Wenger, Shan Liu
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Patent number: 11956442Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for decoding at least one video stream. A method includes receiving a first network abstraction layer (NAL) unit of a first slice of a coded picture and a second VCL NAL unit of a second slice of the coded picture, the first VCL NAL unit having a first VCL NAL unit type and the second VCL NAL unit having a second VCL NAL unit type that is different from the first VCL NAL unit type, and decoding the coded picture, the decoding including determining a picture type of the coded picture based on the first VCL NAL unit type of the first VCL NAL unit and the second VCL NAL unit type of the second VCL NAL unit, or based on an indicator, received by the at least one processor, indicating that the coded picture includes mixed VCL NAL unit types.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Byeongdoo Choi, Stephan Wenger, Shan Liu
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Patent number: 11956457Abstract: Systems and methods for decoding a coded video stream are provided. A method includes receiving a coded video stream that includes an access unit, including a picture; signaling a first flag that indicates whether the access unit includes either or neither one from among an intra random access point (IRAP) picture and a gradual decoding refresh (GDR) picture; signaling a second flag that indicates whether the picture is the IRAP picture; and decoding the picture, as a current picture, based on the signaling of the first flag and the second flag, wherein a value of the first flag and a value of the second flag are aligned.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Byeongdoo Choi, Stephan Wenger, Shan Liu
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Publication number: 20240114173Abstract: A method, computer program, and computer system for encoding or decoding video data, and indicating, with a syntax element, types of slices for all slices of a coded picture, the syntax element being coded using an unsigned integer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Ling LI, Xiaozhong XU, Byeongdoo CHOI, Xiang LI, Stephan WENGER, Shan LIU
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Publication number: 20240107045Abstract: A method and system for decoding a coded video sequence may include obtaining the coded video sequence, and decoding the coded video sequence. A a value of a temporal sublayer identifier of a video coding layer (VCL) network abstraction layer (NAL) unit in the coded video sequence is constrained to be less than or equal to a value of vps_max_sublayers_minus1, that specifies a maximum number of temporal sublayers that may be present in a layer in each coded video sequence referring to the video parameter set (VPS), in the VPS referred to by the VCL NAL unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Byeongdoo CHOI, Shan Liu, Stephan Wenger
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Publication number: 20240107075Abstract: A method of video coding includes receiving video data comprising one or more subpictures, signaling, in a sequence parameter set, whether to use a network abstraction unit (NAL) layer identifier as a subpicture identifier, signaling the subpicture identifier in a NAL unit header when the sequence parameter set indicates to use the NAL layer identifier and signaling the subpicture identifier in a slice header when the sequence parameter set indicates not to use the NAL layer identifier, signaling a length of the subpicture identifier, and encoding the video data based on the subpicture identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Byeongdoo CHOI, Stephan WENGER, Shan LIU
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Patent number: 11943446Abstract: A method, device, and computer-readable medium for decoding an encoded video bitstream using at least one processor, including obtaining a flag indicating that a conformance window is not used for reference picture resampling; based on the flag indicating that the conformance window is not used for the reference picture resampling, determining whether a resampling picture size is signaled; based on determining that the resampling picture size is signaled, determining a resampling ratio based on the resampling picture size; based on determining that the resampling picture size is not signaled, determining the resampling ratio based on an output picture size; and performing the reference picture resampling on a current picture using the resampling ratio.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Byeongdoo Choi, Stephan Wenger, Shan Liu
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Patent number: 11943462Abstract: A method of video encoding includes determining whether a plurality of constraint flags of a constraint information group are to be signaled for a subset of coding blocks, and signaling a gate flag indicating whether the plurality of constraint flags of the constraint information group are signaled. The gate flag is signaled in constraint information in a syntax structure of a coded video bitstream. In accordance with the signaled gate flag indicating that the plurality of constraint flags of the constraint information group are signaled, the method further includes signaling the plurality of constraint flags of the constraint information group in the constraint information in the syntax structure of the coded video bitstream. In accordance with the plurality of constraint flags being signaled in the constraint information, the method further includes encoding the subset of coding blocks based on the plurality of constraint flags.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Byeongdoo Choi, Shan Liu, Stephan Wenger
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Publication number: 20240098288Abstract: A method and apparatus for decoding multiple semantically independent picture parts into a single video picture includes decoding unique picture order count values for each coded picture, coded slice, or coded tile in a coded video sequence, with multiple decoded pictures, cycles, and tiles belonging to a same access unit representing a frame of the video. A value representing the amount of pictures, cycles, or tiles, is then assigned to each access unit for assigning sequential access unit count values to the access units. As a result, each access unit, which represents multiple pictures, slices, or tiles to be combined into a single frame, is decoded for display processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Byeongdoo CHOI, Stephan Wenger, Shan Liu
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Publication number: 20240098269Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for decoding at least one video stream. A method includes receiving a first network abstraction layer (NAL) unit of a first slice of a coded picture and a second VCL NAL unit of a second slice of the coded picture, the first VCL NAL unit having a first VCL NAL unit type and the second VCL NAL unit having a second VCL NAL unit type that is different from the first VCL NAL unit type, and decoding the coded picture, the decoding including determining a picture type of the coded picture based on the first VCL NAL unit type of the first VCL NAL unit and the second VCL NAL unit type of the second VCL NAL unit, or based on an indicator, received by the at least one processor, indicating that the coded picture includes mixed VCL NAL unit types.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: TENCENT AMERICA LCInventors: Byeongdoo CHOI, Stephan Wenger, Shan Liu
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Patent number: 11936891Abstract: A method and system for decoding a coded video sequence may include obtaining the coded video sequence, and decoding the coded video sequence. A value of a temporal sublayer identifier of a video coding layer (VCL) network abstraction layer (NAL) unit in the coded video sequence is constrained to be less than or equal to a value of vps_max_sublayers_minus1, that specifies a maximum number of temporal sublayers that may be present in a layer in each coded video sequence referring to the video parameter set (VPS), in the VPS referred to by the VCL NAL unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Byeongdoo Choi, Shan Liu, Stephan Wenger