Patents by Inventor Yin Zhao

Yin Zhao 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: 12363285
    Abstract: An image prediction method, apparatus, and system, a device, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: (401) obtaining a split mode of a current node, where the current node is an image block in a coding tree unit in a current image; (402) determining, based on the split mode of the current node and a size of the current node, whether the current node satisfies a first condition; and (403) when it is determined that the current node satisfies the first condition, performing intra prediction on all coding blocks belonging to the current node, to obtain predictors of all the coding blocks belonging to the current node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang, Jianle Chen, Lian Zhang
  • Patent number: 12363296
    Abstract: A prediction mode determining method includes determining a split mode for a current picture block, determining whether a first picture subblock that meets a preset condition is obtained after the current picture block is split in the split mode, splitting the current picture block in the split mode to obtain a plurality of picture subblocks in response to determining that the first picture subblock is obtained after the current picture block is split, and determining that a same prediction mode is used for the plurality of picture subblocks. The plurality of picture subblocks comprise the first picture subblock. The prediction mode for the plurality of picture subblocks is an intra prediction mode or an inter prediction mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haitao Yang, Yin Zhao, Lian Zhang
  • Publication number: 20250227275
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a video decoding method and a video decoder. The method includes: parsing coding tree split information to obtain a current node; determining coordinates of an upper-left corner of a region covered by a current quantization group based on a depth N of the current node; obtaining a QP delta of a current CU in the region covered by the current quantization group; and obtaining a reconstructed picture of the current CU based on the QP delta of the current CU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2025
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Inventors: Yin ZHAO, Haitao YANG
  • Publication number: 20250159206
    Abstract: A picture reconstruction method and apparatus for a video picture. The picture reconstruction method includes: obtaining a prediction mode of a current coding unit, and/or obtaining a prediction partition mode of the current coding unit, where the current coding unit includes a luma coding block and a chroma coding block, and the prediction partition mode is a mode of splitting the current coding unit into prediction blocks or prediction units; obtaining a transform block of the current coding unit based on the prediction partition mode and/or the prediction mode; and generating a reconstructed picture block of the current coding unit based on the transform block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yin ZHAO, Haitao YANG, Riyang ZHAO, Zhongliang LI, Lian ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20250157239
    Abstract: In a word-including picture encoding method, a word area in a first picture is obtained, where a word area includes at least one character. The word area is filled to obtain a word-filled area, where a height or a width of the word-filled area is n times a preset size, and where n?1. A second picture is obtained based on the word-filled area and the second picture and word alignment side information including the height or width of the word-filled area is encoded to obtain a first bitstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Huanbang Chen, Chen Zhu, Yin Zhao, Li Song
  • Patent number: 12301866
    Abstract: An intra prediction method includes obtaining respective intra prediction modes or texture distributions of P reconstructed picture blocks in a surrounding region of a current block; obtaining, based on the respective intra prediction modes or texture distributions of the P reconstructed picture blocks, Q priori candidate intra prediction modes of the current block and Q probability values; obtaining, based on M probability values corresponding to M priori candidate intra prediction modes, M weighting factors corresponding to the M priori candidate intra prediction modes; separately performing intra prediction based on the M priori candidate intra prediction modes to obtain M predicted values; and obtaining a predicted value of the current block based on a weighted summation of the M predicted values and the corresponding M weighting factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haitao Yang, Nan Song, Xu Chen, Xiang Ma, Huanbang Chen, Yin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20250142079
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide an encoding and a device. The encoding method includes: obtaining an image; generating feature maps of C channels based on the image, the feature maps including feature values of feature points; generating estimated information matrices of the C channels based on the feature maps of the C channels; grouping the C channels into N channel groups; for at least one target channel group in the N channel groups, determining, based on at least one feature value of at least one encoded feature point corresponding to the target channel group and an estimated information matrix corresponding to the target channel group, at least one probability distribution parameter of a to-be-encoded feature point corresponding to the target channel group; determining, based on the at least one probability distribution parameter, probability distribution of the to-be-encoded feature point; and encoding the to-be-encoded feature point based on the probability distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Jue MAO, Dequan YU, Sheng QIAN, Yin ZHAO
  • Patent number: 12289455
    Abstract: This application provides a chroma block prediction method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining chroma values of chroma samples; obtaining, luma values of luma samples corresponding to the chroma samples; obtaining, from the luma values, a first luma set and a second luma set; grouping the chroma values into a first chroma set and a second chroma set; determining a scaling coefficient in a linear model based on an average value of luma values in the first luma set, an average value of luma values in the second luma set, an average value of chroma values in the first chroma set, and an average value of chroma values in the second chroma set; determining, based on the scaling coefficient, an offset factor in the linear model; and determining prediction information of the chroma block based on the scaling coefficient and the offset factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiang Ma, Fan Mu, Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang
  • Patent number: 12284367
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a picture reconstruction method and apparatus for a video picture. The picture reconstruction method includes: obtaining a prediction mode of a current coding unit, and/or obtaining a prediction partition mode of the current coding unit, where the current coding unit includes a luma coding block and a chroma coding block, and the prediction partition mode is a mode of splitting the current coding unit into prediction blocks or prediction units; obtaining a transform block of the current coding unit based on the prediction partition mode and/or the prediction mode; and generating a reconstructed picture block of the current coding unit based on the transform block. According to the method in the embodiments of this application, video coding efficiency can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang, Riyang Zhao, Zhongliang Li, Lian Zhang
  • Publication number: 20250106405
    Abstract: Inter prediction method and apparatus are disclosed to resolve problems in the conventional technology that prediction samples obtained in an inter prediction mode are spatially discontinuous, prediction efficiency is affected, and prediction residual energy is relatively high. The method includes: parsing a bitstream to obtain motion information of a to-be-processed picture block; performing motion compensation on the to-be-processed picture block based on the obtained motion information, to obtain a prediction block of the to-be-processed picture block, where the prediction block of the to-be-processed picture block includes a prediction value of a target sample; and performing weighting calculation on one or more reconstructed values of one or more reference samples and the prediction value of the target sample, to update the prediction value of the target sample, where the reference sample(s) have a preset spatial position relationship with the target sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Weiwei XU, Haitao YANG, Yin ZHAO
  • Patent number: 12256081
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose an intra prediction method for a video sequence. The method includes: obtaining a size and a split mode of a chroma coding tree node; determining, based on the size and the split mode of the chroma coding tree node, whether to allow cross-component linear model (CCLM) intra prediction to be performed on a chroma coding unit included in the chroma coding tree node; determining a prediction mode of the chroma coding unit depending on whether to allow CCLM to be performed on the chroma coding unit; and processing the chroma coding unit based on the prediction mode of the chroma coding unit to obtain prediction samples of the chroma coding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang, Jianle Chen
  • Patent number: 12238297
    Abstract: This application discloses a method for constructing an MPM list, a method for obtaining an intra prediction mode of a chroma block, and an apparatus. In a specific implementation, a MIP mode is used for a current block, and the method for constructing an MPM list includes: obtaining intra prediction mode information of a neighboring block; determining, based on the intra prediction mode information of the neighboring block, whether an intra prediction mode of the neighboring block is the MIP mode; and skipping using the intra prediction mode of the neighboring block for MPM list construction of the current block if the intra prediction mode of the neighboring block is not the MIP mode; or using the intra prediction mode of the neighboring block for MPM list construction of the current block if the intra prediction mode of the neighboring block is the MIP mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiang Ma, Haitao Yang, Yin Zhao, Lian Zhang
  • Patent number: 12231628
    Abstract: A picture prediction method includes receiving a bitstream; parsing the bitstream to obtain a prediction mode of a current block; when the prediction mode of the current block is a combined intra and inter prediction mode, selecting an execution manner of a triangular prediction unit mode according to a preset policy; determining motion information of the current block according to the execution manner of the triangular prediction unit mode; performing a motion compensation process based on the motion information, to obtain an inter prediction sample; obtaining an intra prediction sample according to the prediction mode of the current block; and combining the inter prediction sample and the intra prediction sample to obtain a prediction picture of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weiwei Xu, Haitao Yang, Yin Zhao
  • Patent number: 12231669
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a video decoding method and a video decoder. The method includes: parsing coding tree split information to obtain a current node; determining coordinates of an upper-left corner of a region covered by a current quantization group based on a depth N of the current node; obtaining a QP delta of a current CU in the region covered by the current quantization group; and obtaining a reconstructed picture of the current CU based on the QP delta of the current CU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang
  • Publication number: 20250056029
    Abstract: A video processing method includes: obtaining prediction information of a CU; obtaining, when the CU comprises only one residual TU and a size of the residual TU is less than a size of the CU, a TU partitioning mode of the CU and a residual position of the residual TU, wherein the TU partitioning mode and the residual position are used to determine a horizontal transform type and a vertical transform type; obtaining transform coefficients of the residual TU based on the horizontal transform type and the vertical transform type; and generating a bitstream that is for storing or transmitting and that includes the prediction information, a first flag that indicates the TU partitioning mode, a second flag that indicates the residual position, and the transform coefficients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang, Jianle Chen
  • Patent number: 12219135
    Abstract: A picture partitioning method and apparatus are described. The method includes determining a split mode of a current node, where the current node includes a luma block and a chroma block. The method further includes determining, based on the split mode of the current node and a size of the current node, that the chroma block of the current node is not further split. In accordance with the chroma block of the current node not being further split, the method includes splitting the luma block of the current node based on the split mode of the current node. In accordance with the chroma block of the current node not being further split, the method may be used to split only the luma block of the current node, thereby improving encoding and decoding efficiency, reducing a maximum throughput of a codec, and facilitating implementation of the codec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang, Jianle Chen, Lian Zhang
  • Publication number: 20250039412
    Abstract: A method comprising obtaining a bitstream, the bitstream comprises a transform unit syntax and a coding unit syntax, the transform unit syntax includes a value of a first flag and a value of a second flag related to, respectively, a first chroma transform block and a second chroma transform block of a current transform unit or a current sub-transform unit within the current transform unit, the first or second flag specifies whether the first or second chroma transform block contains at least one transform coefficient levels not equal to 0, the coding unit syntax includes a value of a third flag specifying whether a transform tree structure is present or not; and deriving a value of a fourth flag based on the values of the first, second, and third flags, the fourth flag specifies whether a luma transform block contains at least one transform coefficient levels not equal to 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Roman Igorevich CHERNYAK, Yin ZHAO, Sergey Yurievich IKONIN, Jianle CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250030879
    Abstract: A method for encoding the region enhancement layer includes obtaining reconstructed pixels of a base layer of a target region; inputting the reconstructed pixels into a correction network to obtain correction information of the target region; inputting the correction information and original pixels of the target region into an encoding network to obtain a residual feature map of an enhancement layer of the target region; and encoding the residual feature map to obtain an enhancement layer bitstream of the target region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Jue Mao, Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang, Lian Zhang
  • Patent number: 12200224
    Abstract: Inter prediction method and apparatus are disclosed to resolve problems in the conventional technology that prediction samples obtained in an inter prediction mode are spatially discontinuous, prediction efficiency is affected, and prediction residual energy is relatively high. The method includes: parsing a bitstream to obtain motion information of a to-be-processed picture block; performing motion compensation on the to-be-processed picture block based on the obtained motion information, to obtain a prediction block of the to-be-processed picture block, where the prediction block of the to-be-processed picture block includes a prediction value of a target sample; and performing weighting calculation on one or more reconstructed values of one or more reference samples and the prediction value of the target sample, to update the prediction value of the target sample, where the reference sample(s) have a preset spatial position relationship with the target sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiwei Xu, Haitao Yang, Yin Zhao
  • Patent number: 12192488
    Abstract: Techniques are described of a linear model prediction mode. A set of reconstructed neighboring luma samples are determined. Two pairs of luma value and chroma value are determined according to N reconstructed neighboring luma samples, N reconstructed neighboring chroma samples, M reconstructed neighboring luma samples, and M reconstructed neighboring chroma samples. The minimum value of the N reconstructed neighboring luma samples is not less than the maximum luma value of the remaining reconstructed neighboring luma samples of the set of reconstructed neighboring luma samples. The maximum value of the M reconstructed neighboring luma samples is not larger than the minimum luma value of the remaining reconstructed neighboring luma samples of the set of reconstructed neighboring luma samples. M>1 and N>1. Linear model parameters are determined based on the two pairs of luma value and chroma value, and a predictive block is determined based on the linear model parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiang Ma, Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang, Jianle Chen