Patents by Inventor Yinji Piao

Yinji Piao 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: 11979576
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minsoo Park, Gahyun Ryu, Minwoo Park, Seungsoo Jeong, Kiho Choi, Narae Choi, Woongil Choi, Anish Tamse, Yinji Piao
  • Patent number: 11979569
    Abstract: A video decoding method includes obtaining information indicating a first difference between a maximum size of a coding unit having a 1:4 ratio and a size of a largest coding unit, determining the maximum size of the coding unit of having the 1:4 ratio by using the size of the largest coding unit and the first difference, determining a minimum size of the coding unit having the 1:4 ratio based on a minimum size of a coding unit, determining whether a coding having the 1:4 ratio may be generated by splitting a first coding unit based on the maximum size and the minimum size of the coding unit having the 1:4 ratio, and determining a second coding unit including the coding unit having the 1:4 ratio, from the first coding unit, and decoding the second coding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minsoo Park, Minwoo Park, Kiho Choi, Yinji Piao, Seungsoo Jeong, Narae Choi, Woongil Choi, Anish Tamse
  • Patent number: 11973941
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 11968370
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: 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: 20240129546
    Abstract: An artificial intelligence (AI)-based image decoding method and an apparatus performing the AI-based image decoding method are provided. According to the AI-based image decoding method, a transform block for a residual block of a current block is obtained from a bitstream, a transform kernel for the transform block is generated by applying, to a neural network, a prediction block for the current block, neighboring pixels of the current block, and coding context information, the residual block is obtained by applying the generated transform kernel to the transform block, and the current block is reconstructed by using the residual block and the prediction block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Quockhanh DINH, Kyungah KIM, Minsoo PARK, Minwoo PARK, Kwangpyo CHOI, Yinji PIAO
  • Patent number: 11962785
    Abstract: Provided is a video decoding method including obtaining identification information of a first tile and identification information of a last tile from a bitstream, wherein the first and last tiles are included in a first slice, determining an index difference between the first tile and the last tile, based on a result of comparing the identification information of the first tile with the identification information of the last tile, determining the number of tiles included in the first slice, by using the index difference between the first tile and the last tile, and decoding a plurality of tiles included in the first slice according to an encoding order by using the number of tiles included in the first slice, the identification information of the first tile, and the identification information of the last tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woongil Choi, Gahyun Ryu, Minsoo Park, Minwoo Park, Seungsoo Jeong, Kwangpyo Choi, Kiho Choi, Narae Choi, Anish Tamse, Yinji Piao
  • Patent number: 11962780
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minsoo Park, Gahyun Ryu, Minwoo Park, Seungsoo Jeong, Kiho Choi, Narae Choi, Woongil Choi, Anish Tamse, Yinji Piao
  • Patent number: 11962800
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narae Choi, Minsoo Park, Minwoo Park, Anish Tamse, Seungsoo Jeong, Kiho Choi, Woongil Choi, Yinji Piao
  • Patent number: 11956468
    Abstract: Provided is a video decoding method including: determining a prediction mode of a current block to be one of a skip mode and a merge mode; when a motion vector, which is determined from a merge candidate list of the current block, and a merge motion vector difference are to be used, obtaining merge candidate information indicating one candidate in the merge candidate list by performing entropy encoding on a bitstream by applying one piece of context information; determining a base motion vector from one candidate determined from the merge candidate list, based on the merge candidate information; and determining a motion vector of the current block by using a distance index of a merge motion vector difference of the current block and a direction index of the merge motion vector difference to use the base motion vector and the merge motion vector difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungsoo Jeong, Minsoo Park, Minwoo Park, Kiho Choi, Yinji Piao
  • Patent number: 11943471
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungsoo Jeong, Chanyul Kim, Minsoo Park, Minwoo Park, Kiho Choi, Narae Choi, Woongil Choi, Anish Tamse, Yinji Piao
  • Patent number: 11943469
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Anish Tamse, Minwoo Park, Gahyun Ryu, Minsoo Park, Seungsoo Jeong, Kiho Choi, Narae Choi, Woongil Choi, Yinji Piao
  • Patent number: 11943472
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungsoo Jeong, Chanyul Kim, Minsoo Park, Minwoo Park, Kiho Choi, Narae Choi, Woongil Choi, Anish Tamse, Yinji Piao
  • Patent number: 11936870
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and an apparatus thereof are provided. The decoding method includes: determining a coding unit by splitting an image; determining a transform unit in the coding unit; determining whether to decode residual data of the transform unit according to a transform skip mode; obtaining a significant subgroup flag about a subgroup in the transform unit; based on the significant subgroup flag indicating that the subgroup includes at least one non-zero significant coefficient and scanning information about coefficients of the subgroup, obtaining a first bin about a significant coefficient flag, a sign flag, a first flag, and a parity flag of a coefficient of a scan position; obtaining the residual data including a coefficient in the subgroup based on the base level and a remainder of an absolute value excluding the base level; and obtaining a reconstruction block of the coding unit, based on the residual data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yinji Piao, Minsoo Park, Minwoo Park, Seungsoo Jeong, Kiho Choi, Narae Choi, Woongil Choi, Anish Tamse
  • Publication number: 20240073436
    Abstract: Provided are an image decoding method and apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yinji Piao, Kyungah Kim, Minsoo Park, Minwoo Park, Kwangpyo Choi
  • Publication number: 20240073414
    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: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECRTONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narae CHOI, Minsoo PARK, Minwoo PARK, Seungsoo JEONG, Kiho CHOI, Woongil CHOI, Anish TAMSE, Yinji PIAO
  • Publication number: 20240073446
    Abstract: Provided is a video decoding method including: determining a prediction mode of a current block to be one of a skip mode and a merge mode; when a motion vector, which is determined from a merge candidate list of the current block, and a merge motion vector difference are to be used, obtaining merge candidate information indicating one candidate in the merge candidate list by performing entropy encoding on a bitstream by applying one piece of context information; determining a base motion vector from one candidate determined from the merge candidate list, based on the merge candidate information; and determining a motion vector of the current block by using a distance index of a merge motion vector difference of the current block and a direction index of the merge motion vector difference to use the base motion vector and the merge motion vector difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungsoo JEONG, Minsoo PARK, Minwoo PARK, Kiho CHOI, Yinji PIAO
  • Patent number: 11917139
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 11917138
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 11917140
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Narae Choi, Bora Jin, Yinji Piao, Minwoo Park
  • Publication number: 20240064336
    Abstract: A method of decoding an image, including obtaining a motion vector of a current block; obtaining a preliminary prediction block based on a reference block indicated by the motion vector in a reference image; obtaining a final prediction block for the current block by applying, to a neural network, at least one of a picture order count (POC) map including a POC difference between the reference image and a current image including the current block, the preliminary prediction block, and a quantization error map; and reconstructing the current block based on the final prediction block and a residual block obtained from a bitstream, wherein sample values of the quantization error map are calculated based on a quantization parameter for the reference block
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyungah KIM, Quockhanh DINH, Minsoo PARK, Minwoo PARK, Kwangpyo CHOI, Yinji PIAO