Patents by Inventor Xiaozhen ZHENG

Xiaozhen ZHENG 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).

  • Patent number: 10432938
    Abstract: A method and device for coding and decoding are disclosed. The method includes: dividing a picture to be encoded into several slices, each containing macroblocks continuous in a designated scanning sequence in the picture; dividing slices in the picture into one or more slice sets according to attribute information of the slices, each slice set containing one or more slices; and encoding the slices in the slice sets according to slice and slice set division information to get a coded bit stream of the picture. The decoding method includes: obtaining slice and slice set division information from a bit stream to be decoded and decoding the bit stream according to the obtained slice and slice set division information. The invention improves the performance of video transmission effectively and realizes region based coding. The implementation of coding and decoding is simple and the complexity of coding and decoding systems is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Xiaozhen Zheng, Zhen Mao, Ziyuan Wang, Yun He, Xiaozhong Xu, Jianhua Zheng
  • Publication number: 20190297332
    Abstract: A method for video decoding includes obtaining a bit stream for a sequence of image frames, each of which is partitioned into a plurality of sections according to a partition scheme, obtaining an indicator indicating that decoding prediction dependency for a particular section of each image frame in the sequence of image frames is constrained within said particular section, performing decoding prediction for said particular section of a first image frame in the sequence of image frames based on said particular section of a second image frame in the sequence of image frames, and decoding said particular section of the first image frame based on the decoding prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Xiaozhen ZHENG, Wenjun ZHAO
  • Patent number: 10397612
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) video encoding method, decoding method, and related apparatus is disclosed. The decoding method may include decoding a video bitstream to obtain a single sample flag bit corresponding to a current image block in a current depth map, performing detection on a first adjacent prediction sampling point and a second adjacent prediction sampling point of the current image block in the current depth map if the single sample flag bit obtained by decoding indicates that a decoding mode corresponding to the current image block is a single depth intra-frame mode (SDM), and constructing a sample candidate set according to results of the detection on the first adjacent prediction sampling point and the second adjacent prediction sampling point, where the sample candidate set includes a first index location and a second index location, decoding the video bitstream to obtain a single sample index flag bit corresponding to the current image block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xu Chen, Xiaozhen Zheng, Yongbing Lin
  • Publication number: 20190246124
    Abstract: A data rate control method includes determining an adjustment value of a first encoding parameter for encoding a first strip based on a quota of the first strip included in a frame that has not been encoded and based on a quota of at least one already encoded strip included in the frame. At least one of the quota of the first strip and the quota of the at least one already encoded strip relates to a number of shares of bits used for encoding a strip. The data rate control method also includes determining the first encoding parameter based on the adjustment value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Wenjun ZHAO, Wei CHEN, Xiaozhen ZHENG
  • Patent number: 10368086
    Abstract: The present application discloses an image coding/decoding method, device, and system, where an encoder performs singular vector decomposition on a prediction block corresponding to a to-be-coded image block, to obtain eigenvector matrices U and V of the prediction block; and performs coding processing on residual data according to the eigenvector matrices U and V of the prediction block, where the residual data is a difference between a pixel value of the to-be-coded image block and a pixel value of the corresponding prediction block. This can reduce identifier load of a coded bit stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Xiaoran Cao, Yun He, Xiaozhen Zheng, Jianhua Zheng
  • Publication number: 20190191170
    Abstract: A method for video decoding includes obtaining a mapping that corresponds a set of image regions in a first decoded image frame to at least a portion of a curved view, determining a padding scheme for the first decoded image frame based on the mapping, and constructing an extended image for the first decoded image frame according to the padding scheme. The extended image comprises one or more padding pixels. The method further includes using the extended image as a reference frame to obtain a second decoded image frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Wenjun ZHAO, Xiaozhen ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20190166366
    Abstract: A method for dividing a prediction block, an encoding device, and a decoding device, where the method includes acquiring a manner of division into the prediction block, where the manner of division into the prediction block is a horizontal division manner, a vertical division manner, or a square division manner, determining a horizontal division size and a vertical division size according to the manner of division into the prediction block, and dividing the prediction block into at least one prediction subblock according to the horizontal division size and the vertical division size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: Xiaozhen Zheng
  • Publication number: 20190158852
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an intra-frame depth map block decoding method, including: acquiring, from a bitstream, a depth modeling mode (DMM) used for a depth map block, wherein the DMM is applied to a recursive quadtree (RQT) coding or simplified depth coding (SDC); obtaining a block predicted value of a depth map subblock obtained through segmentation in the DMM according to the DMM; acquiring, from the bitstream, a block offset value of the depth map subblock, and residual information of each pixel in the depth map subblock; and obtaining a reconstruction value of each pixel in the depth map subblock according to the block predicted value, the block offset value and the residual information of each pixel in the depth map subblock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Xu CHEN, Xiaozhen ZHENG
  • Patent number: 10264254
    Abstract: A method for coding an image, a method for decoding an image, a method for processing image data, and devices thereof. The method for coding the image includes determining a current intra coding block that uses a constrained intra prediction method among current inter coded frames; determining that neighboring coding blocks that are adjacent to the current intra coding block include a neighboring inter coding block; updating image data in the neighboring inter coding block based on an invariable value or image data in a neighboring intra coding block included in the neighboring coding blocks; and coding the current intra coding block based on the updated image data in the neighboring inter coding block. Using the methods and devices, the error recovery capability of an intra coding block may be improved, and the image data decoding quality may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changcai Lai, Yongbing Lin, Xiaozhen Zheng
  • Publication number: 20190098336
    Abstract: A method for processing an intra prediction mode includes: determining whether an intra prediction mode of each neighboring block in multiple neighboring blocks of a current block is applicable to the current block; and obtaining multiple mapped intra prediction modes of the current block according to a result of the determining, if it is determined that an intra prediction mode of a neighboring block is applicable to the current block, setting the intra prediction mode of the neighboring block as a mapped intra prediction mode of the current block, and if it is determined that the intra prediction mode of the neighboring block is not applicable to the current block, setting a specific intra prediction mode as the mapped intra prediction mode of the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Yongbing LIN, Xiaozhen ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20190082180
    Abstract: A methods and apparatus for coding and decoding a MATRIX. The coding method includes: dividing a MATRIX into layers according to a preset quantity of layers, and grouping MATRIX elements into different layers; performing, according to a determined to-be-coded layer number and in an order of layers one by one, coding processing on MATRIX elements at each layer to be coded; for a layer having a layer number less than or equal to the to-be-coded layer number, writing residual data between an original MATRIX element value corresponding to the layer and a corresponding MATRIX element predicted value into a bit stream; for a layer having a layer number greater than the to-be-coded layer number, writing no coded data of the layer into the bit stream; and coding the to-be-coded layer number and writing the coded layer number of the coded layer into the bit stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Yunfei WANG, Jianhua ZHENG, Xiaozhen ZHENG, Yun HE
  • Patent number: 10230953
    Abstract: A method for dividing a prediction block, an encoding device, and a decoding device, is disclosed. The method includes: acquiring a manner of division into the prediction block, where the manner of division into the prediction block is a horizontal division manner, a vertical division manner, or a square division manner, determining a horizontal division size and a vertical division size according to the manner of division into the prediction block, and dividing the prediction block into at least one prediction subblock according to the horizontal division size and the vertical division size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaozhen Zheng
  • Patent number: 10218985
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an intra-frame depth map block encoding method, including: acquiring a depth map block to be encoded; when a depth modeling mode (DMM) is applied to a recursive quadtree (RQT) or simplified depth coding (SDC) to encode the depth map block, separately detecting the depth map block by using a DMM1 mode and a DMM4 mode in the DMM, to obtain rate-distortion results of the depth map block in the DMM1 mode and in the DMM4 mode; and determining that a DMM with a smallest rate-distortion result in the DMM1 and the DMM4 is a DMM used during encoding, applying the used mode to the RQT or the SDC to encode the depth map block, and writing the used DMM to a bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xu Chen, Xiaozhen Zheng
  • Publication number: 20180376047
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for processing image signal conversion. In one example method, an input primary color signal is obtained. The primary color signal is a numeric value of an optical signal corresponding to an image. The primary color signal is proportional to light intensity. Conversion processing is performed on the primary color signal to obtain processed image information. The image information is a numeric expression value of the image. The conversion processing includes at least the following processing: L ? = a ? ( pL ( p - 1 ) ? L + 1 ) m + b , where a, b, m, and p are rational numbers, L is the input primary color signal, and L? is the processed image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Meng LI, Hai CHEN, Xiaozhen ZHENG, Jianhua ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20180367813
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) video encoding method, decoding method, and related apparatus is disclosed. The decoding method may include decoding a video bitstream to obtain a single sample flag bit corresponding to a current image block in a current depth map, performing detection on a first adjacent prediction sampling point and a second adjacent prediction sampling point of the current image block in the current depth map if the single sample flag bit obtained by decoding indicates that a decoding mode corresponding to the current image block is a single depth intra-frame mode (SDM), and constructing a sample candidate set according to results of the detection on the first adjacent prediction sampling point and the second adjacent prediction sampling point, where the sample candidate set includes a first index location and a second index location, decoding the video bitstream to obtain a single sample index flag bit corresponding to the current image block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Xu Chen, Xiaozhen Zheng, Yongbing Lin
  • Patent number: 10154284
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for processing an intra prediction mode is disclosed. The method includes: determining whether an intra prediction mode of each neighboring block in multiple neighboring blocks of a current block is applicable to the current block; and obtaining multiple mapped intra prediction modes of the current block according to a result of the determining, if it is determined that an intra prediction mode of a neighboring block is applicable to the current block, setting the intra prediction mode of the neighboring block as a mapped intra prediction mode of the current block, and if it is determined that the intra prediction mode of the neighboring block is not applicable to the current block, setting a specific intra prediction mode as the mapped intra prediction mode of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongbing Lin, Xiaozhen Zheng
  • Publication number: 20180332304
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatuses for coding and decoding a depth map, where the coding method includes: acquiring an intra-frame prediction mode of a current image block of the depth map; determining whether the intra-frame prediction mode belongs to a preset intra-frame prediction mode set; if yes, using a preset intra-frame prediction method to perform coding processing on the current image block, so as to acquire a residual of the current image block. The preset intra-frame prediction method includes a first intra-frame prediction method; and a difference operation is performed between an average pixel value of the current image block and an average pixel value of prediction data of the current image block to obtain the residual of the current image block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventor: Xiaozhen ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20180324453
    Abstract: The present application discloses an image coding/decoding method, device, and system, where an encoder performs singular vector decomposition on a prediction block corresponding to a to-be-coded image block, to obtain eigenvector matrices U and V of the prediction block; and performs coding processing on residual data according to the eigenvector matrices U and V of the prediction block, where the residual data is a difference between a pixel value of the to-be-coded image block and a pixel value of the corresponding prediction block. This can reduce identifier load of a coded bit stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Xiaoran CAO, Yun HE, Xiaozhen ZHENG, Jianhua ZHENG
  • Patent number: 10123041
    Abstract: A coding method includes: partitioning an image block to be decoded irregularly according to an irregular partitioning mode and a position parameter to obtain at least two different sub-blocks; comparing the sub-blocks with a reference sub-block to obtain a residual of a pixel value of the image block to be coded; obtaining a reference position parameter according to a surrounding block of the image block to be coded, and subtracting the reference position parameter from the position parameter of the image block to be coded to obtain a position parameter difference of the image block to be coded; quantizing the residual, and performing entropy coding on a result of the quantization, the motion vector information, and the position parameter difference; and writing the entropy coding result and partitioning mode information of the image block into a code stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaozhen Zheng
  • Patent number: 10123016
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for coding or decoding a matrix, includes: dividing a matrix into layers according to a preset quantity of divided layers, and grouping matrix elements into different layers; performing, according to a determined layer number of a highest layer to be coded and in an order of layers one by one, coding processing on matrix elements at each layer to be coded; for a layer having a layer number less than or equal to the layer number of the highest layer to be coded, writing residual data between an original matrix element value corresponding to the layer and a corresponding matrix element predicted value into a bit stream; for a layer having a layer number greater than the layer number of the highest layer to be coded, writing no coded data of the layer into the bit stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Yunfei Wang, Jianhua Zheng, Xiaozhen Zheng, Yun He