Patents by Inventor Xunan MAO

Xunan MAO 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: 20200396460
    Abstract: This application relates to a video decoding method performed at a computer device. The method includes: obtaining encoded data corresponding to a current video frame; obtaining a processing parameter corresponding to the current video frame; determining a target processing manner corresponding to the current video frame according to the processing parameter, the target processing manner being one of candidate processing manners, the candidate processing manners comprising at least one of a full resolution processing manner and a downsampling processing manner, and the processing parameter being consistent with a corresponding processing parameter in an encoding process; and decoding the encoded data corresponding to the current video frame according to the target processing manner, to obtain a corresponding decoded video frame. In the encoding method, a processing manner for a video frame can be flexibly selected, thereby improving video encoding quality in the case of limited bandwidth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Xinwei GAO, Xunan MAO, Chenchen GU
  • Patent number: 10869048
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a picture transmission method performed at a computer device. After obtaining a picture, the computer device generates a video sequence by replicating the picture N times, and N being a positive integer. Next the computer device obtains a resolution setting sequence and encodes the N to-be-encoded pictures in the video sequence according to the resolution setting sequence to generate N encoded pictures, each encoded picture having an associated resolution setting. Finally, the computer device sends the N encoded pictures to a decoding computer device. The decoding computer device then decodes and displays the N encoded pictures according to their respective resolution settings from low to high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xunan Mao, Xinwei Gao, Tao Zhang, Licai Guo, Yongfang Shi, Anlin Gao, Haibo Deng, Yaoyao Guo, Chenchen Gu, Jian He, Jing Lv
  • Publication number: 20200389665
    Abstract: This application relates to a video encoding and decoding method. The video encoding method includes: obtaining a current frame from an input video; determining, from a plurality of processing modes, a target processing mode corresponding to the current frame, the candidate processing modes including a full-resolution processing mode or a downsampling processing mode; processing the current frame according to the target processing mode; and encoding the processed current frame according to resolution information to obtain encoded data corresponding to the current frame. According to the encoding method, a processing mode of a video frame can be flexibly selected, and a resolution of the input video frame is adaptively adjusted for encoding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: XINWEI GAO, XUNAN MAO, CHENCHEN GU
  • Publication number: 20200382793
    Abstract: A video coding method includes obtaining an input video frame; determining down-sampling information corresponding to the input video frame in response to determining that a target processing manner corresponding to the input video frame is a down-sampling processing manner; encoding the input video frame according to the down-sampling information to obtain encoded data corresponding to the input video frame; and adding the down-sampling information to the encoded data according to a processing range corresponding to the down-sampling information. The down-sampling information is capable of identifying at least one of a down-sampling proportion and a down-sampling method for the input video frame or identifying a rule for identifying the at least one of a down-sampling proportion and a down-sampling method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Xinwei GAO, Xunan MAO, Chenchen GU
  • Publication number: 20200382778
    Abstract: In a method for determining a coding cost of a coding unit (CU) that is performed by a server, a CU subject to predictive coding in an intra-frame prediction mode is determined. Pixel gradient information corresponding to the CU is performed. A division predecision on the CU is made according to the pixel gradient information. A first coding cost is determined as a second coding cost of the CU in a case that a result of the division predecision on the CU is negative. The second CU is used for determining a division policy of a coding tree unit (CTU) corresponding to the CU, and the first coding cost is a coding cost obtained by performing predictive coding on the CU by using a current size of the CU as a size of a prediction unit (PU).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Xunan MAO
  • Publication number: 20200382792
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a video coding method. The method includes obtaining an input video frame; obtaining, in response to a target processing method corresponding to the input video frame being a downsampling processing method, a sampling parameter corresponding to the input video frame, and determining downsampling information corresponding to the input video frame according to the sampling parameter, the sampling parameter being reproduced in a decoding process; and encoding the input video frame according to the downsampling information to obtain encoded data corresponding to the input video frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Xinwei GAO, Xunan MAO, Chenchen GU
  • Publication number: 20200382781
    Abstract: In a video encoding method, a to-be-encoded video is obtained. The video includes at least two video frames arranged in sequence. A quantization parameter and a quantization parameter threshold of an ith video frame is calculated, where i is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2. A coding resolution of the ith video frame is determined according to the quantization parameter and the quantization parameter threshold. The coding resolution is a first coding resolution in a case that the ith video frame is sampled, and the coding resolution is a second coding resolution in a case that the ith video frame is downsampled. Then the ith video frame is encoded at the coding resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xunan MAO, Licai Guo, Yongfang Shi, Anlin Gao, Xinwei Gao, Tao Zhang, Haibo Deng, Chenchen GU, Jing Lv
  • Publication number: 20200374546
    Abstract: A video coding method includes obtaining a current frame from a plurality of video frames, from which at least two or more video frames from have different resolutions; determining an initial motion vector (MV) corresponding to each block to be encoded in the current frame at a corresponding resolution; and determining a target MV resolution according to a resolution configuration of the current frame to represent a target resolution. The method also includes determining a target MV corresponding to each block in the current frame at the target resolution represented by the target MV resolution; obtaining a motion vector prediction (MVP) corresponding to each block in the current frame at the target resolution; and encoding the current frame according to a motion vector difference (MVD) between each target MV and the corresponding MVP such that the MV and the corresponding MVP are at a same resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Xinwei Gao, Xunan Mao, Chenchen Gu
  • Publication number: 20200374511
    Abstract: The embodiments of this application relate to a video encoding method performed at a computer device. The video encoding method includes: during video encoding, obtaining an input video sequence; selecting, from candidate video sequence encoding modes, a target video sequence encoding mode corresponding to the input video sequence, the candidate video sequence encoding modes including a constant-resolution encoding mode and a mixed-resolution encoding mode; and encoding each input video frame of the input video sequence according to the target video sequence encoding mode, to obtain encoded data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Xinwei GAO, Xunan MAO, Chenchen Gu
  • Publication number: 20200374555
    Abstract: This application relates to a video encoding method performed at a computer device. The method includes: obtaining an input video frame; determining a processing parameter corresponding to the input video frame; selecting, from candidate processing manners according to the processing parameter, a target processing manner corresponding to the input video frame, the candidate processing manners comprising a full-resolution processing manner and a downsampling processing manner; and encoding the input video frame according to the target processing manner, to obtain encoded data corresponding to the input video frame. Therefore, the target processing manner of the input video frame can be flexibly selected, and the input video frame is encoded according to the target processing manner, to adaptively adjust a resolution of the input video frame, and improve video encoding quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Xinwei GAO, Xunan MAO, Chenchen GU
  • Publication number: 20200374525
    Abstract: A video coding method includes: obtaining a current frame from a plurality of video frames to be encoded, the plurality of video frames having different resolutions; determining a target motion vector (MV) corresponding to each block in the current frame at a target resolution represented by selected target MV resolution information; obtaining a motion vector prediction (MVP) corresponding to each block and at the target resolution; and encoding the current frame according to a motion vector difference (MVD) between each target MV and the MVP of each block to obtain encoded data. The encoded data includes identification information representing the target resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Xinwei GAO, Xunan MAO, Chenchen GU
  • Publication number: 20200374547
    Abstract: This application relates to a method and apparatus, a storage medium, and a computer device for video encoding and decoding. The video encoding method includes: acquiring a reference frame corresponding to a current frame to be encoded from a video input; determining a sub-pixel interpolation mode, the sub-pixel interpolation mode comprising one of a direct sub-pixel interpolation mode or a sampled sub-pixel interpolation mode; processing the reference frame according to resolution information of the current frame using an interpolation in the sub-pixel interpolation mode, to obtain a corresponding target reference frame; and encoding the current frame according to the target reference frame, to obtain encoded data corresponding to the current frame. By using the foregoing video encoding method, a reference frame corresponding to a current frame to be encoded can be flexibly selected, thereby effectively improving the utilization efficiency of reference frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Xinwei GAO, Xunan MAO, Chenchen GU
  • Patent number: 10834405
    Abstract: A bit rate allocation method is provided for a bit rate allocation device. The method includes obtaining an intra prediction frame (I-frame) of a to-be-encoded video, and obtaining a bit-rate characteristic parameters associated with the I-frame. The bit-rate characteristic parameters include a number of video frames in a group-of-picture (GOP) in which the I-frame is located, a pixel number of the I-frame, and a proportion of an inter prediction macroblock in a historical inter prediction frame (P-frame) before the I-frame. The method also includes determining an allocated bit rate of the I-frame according to each bit-rate characteristic parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xunan Mao, Chenchen Gu, Yongfang Shi, Anlin Gao
  • Patent number: 10827182
    Abstract: A video coding processing method performed by a computing device includes: obtaining a percentage of intra-prediction blocks in an inter-predicted frame in a previous group of video frame sequences; determining, according to the percentage, whether a current video scene changes, and determining a target bit rate of an intra-coded frame in a current group of video frame sequences according to the percentage when determining that the current video scene changes; and coding the intra-coded frame according to the target bit rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Xunan Mao
  • Patent number: 10791326
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a video coding processing method and apparatus and a storage medium. The method includes: identifying a to-be-coded macroblock in a to-be-coded video frame; obtaining an inter-frame coding cost of the to-be-coded macroblock based on at least one inter-frame coding scheme; obtaining an intra-frame coding cost of the to-be-coded macroblock based on at least one intra-frame coding scheme; comparing the inter-frame coding cost with the intra-frame coding cost, to obtain a comparison result; determining a coding scheme of the to-be-coded macroblock based on the comparison result, the coding scheme including intra-frame predictive coding and inter-frame predictive coding; and coding the to-be-coded macroblock according to the coding scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Xunan Mao
  • Publication number: 20200304587
    Abstract: This application relates to a picture sharing method, a computer device, and a storage medium. The method includes: receiving a picture compressed in a first compression manner; obtaining characteristic information of the picture; compressing the picture in a second compression manner in a case that the characteristic information meets a compression trigger condition, to obtain a compressed picture; receiving a picture download request for the picture, wherein the second compression manner has a higher compression ratio than the first compression manner; and returning the compressed picture in response to the picture download request. The solutions of this application reduce a network bandwidth occupied in a picture feedback process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Licai GUO, Xunan Mao, Haibo Deng, Xinwei Gao, Chenchen Gu, Jing Lv
  • Publication number: 20200296387
    Abstract: A video encoding method is provided. A plurality of subunits is obtained by performing preset division on the current coding unit. A skip status of an intra-frame prediction mode corresponding to the current coding unit is determined according to differences between the plurality of subunits. In a case that the skip status of the intra-frame prediction mode corresponding to the current coding unit is determined to be skipped, execution of the intra-frame prediction mode for the current coding unit is skipped, and the current coding unit is encoded according to an inter-frame prediction mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Xunan MAO
  • Publication number: 20200288143
    Abstract: A video encoding code rate control method of a terminal device is provided. A space domain complexity and a time domain complexity of a first picture frame in a video stream are obtained. A first target bit of the first picture frame is updated to a second target bit according to the space domain complexity and the time domain complexity. A first initial quantization parameter of the first picture frame is updated to a second initial quantization parameter according to the space domain complexity and the time domain complexity. A compressed code stream of the first picture frame is generated according to the second target bit and the second initial quantization parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yaoyao Guo, Xunan Mao, Chenchen Gu
  • Publication number: 20200260085
    Abstract: A video encoding method of a video encoding apparatus is provided. In the method, an intra-frame pre-coding cost of a video frame is calculated. The intra-frame pre-coding cost indicates an amount of information in the video frame and a spatial correlation degree of the information in a plurality of code blocks of the video frame. A quantization parameter threshold of the video frame is set according to the intra-frame pre-coding cost. A quantization parameter estimation value of the video frame is calculated. The quantization parameter estimation value indicates a predicted compression status of the information in the video frame. A target encoding manner of the video frame is determined according to the quantization parameter threshold and the quantization parameter estimation value. The target encoding manner is one of a plurality of encoding manners including full-resolution encoding and downsampling encoding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Xunan Mao
  • Patent number: 10735029
    Abstract: The application discloses video data redundancy control methods and apparatuses. Video packet redundancy control information is determined according to packet loss at a reception apparatus. The video packet redundancy control information is received from the reception apparatus. Video data is encoded according to the video packet redundancy control information to obtain encoded video data of a plurality of frames by a transmission apparatus. A frame-level redundancy budget is allocated for one of the plurality of frames according to the video packet redundancy control information. Further, the one of the plurality of frames is packetized according to the frame-level redundancy budget to generate a packetized frame. Redundancy coding is performed on the packetized frame to generate video packets including data packets and redundant packets for transmission to the reception apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yongfang Shi, Anlin Gao, Jing Lv, Jingchang Chen, Jian He, Chenchen Gu, Xunan Mao, Haibo Deng, Licai Guo, Chao Dai, Xun Zhang