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: 10992964
    Abstract: This application provides a method for determining a coding tree node split mode and a coding device. The method includes the step of determining a non-split based coding cost for coding a current image area corresponding to the current node and determining a binary tree split based coding cost for coding the current image area. The method further includes determining, based on the non-split based coding cost and the binary tree split based coding cost, whether a triple tree split based coding cost for coding the current image area needs to be obtained. If the triple tree split based coding cost needs to be obtained, a triple tree split is performed on the current node. The method then determines a split mode of the current node that corresponds to a minimum coding cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang, Shan Liu
  • Publication number: 20210092433
    Abstract: This application provides a motion vector obtaining method and apparatus. The method includes: determining a target offset vector of a block and identifier information of a target picture, wherein the block comprises at least one sub-block; determining a location of the sub-block; determining, as a target location coordinate value of a collocated sub-block, a location coordinate value obtained by performing a clipping operation on an initial location coordinate value in a range, wherein the initial location coordinate value is based on the location of the sub-block and the target offset vector; and obtaining a motion vector of the sub-block based on a motion vector corresponding to the target location coordinate value. Thus, a range of the target offset vector is limited, so that a quantity of memory read times can be reduced in a process of obtaining the motion vector of the collocated sub-block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Huanbang Chen, Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang, Jianle Chen
  • Publication number: 20210084319
    Abstract: A video decoding method and apparatus employing spatially varying transform (SVT) with adaptive transform type include determining a usage of an SVT-vertical (V) or an SVT-horizontal (H) for a residual block, determining a transform block position of a transform block of the residual block, determining a transform type of the transform block, wherein the transform type indicates a horizontal transform and a vertical transform for the transform block, wherein at least one of the horizontal transform or the vertical transform is a discrete sine transform (DST)-7, and reconstructing the residual block based on the transform type, the transform block position and transform coefficients of the transform block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang, Jianle Chen
  • Publication number: 20210044837
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a decoding method includes: obtaining a bitstream including picture data; parsing the bitstream to obtain node split mode information of a first-level coding tree and node split mode information of a second-level coding tree, if the split mode corresponding to the first node is no further splitting, parsing the bitstream to obtain encoding information of the first node; and decoding and reconstructing, based on the encoding information of the first node, a coding unit corresponding to the first node, to obtain a picture corresponding to the picture data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yin ZHAO, Haitao YANG, Shan LIU
  • Patent number: 10917638
    Abstract: A picture encoding/decoding method and a related apparatus are provided. The picture decoding method includes obtaining a current picture; selecting, from a knowledge base, K reference pictures of the current picture, where at least one picture in the knowledge base does not belong to a random access segment in which the current picture is located and wherein K is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and decoding the current picture according to the K reference pictures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lu Yu, Xuguang Zuo, Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang
  • Publication number: 20210037242
    Abstract: A video coding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes obtaining a coding tree unit including luma samples and chroma samples. The mechanism partitions the luma samples and the chroma samples according to a common coding tree when a size of a first coding tree node exceeds a threshold. The mechanism also partitions the luma samples with a luma coding sub-tree when a size of a second coding tree node is equal to or less than the threshold. The mechanism also chroma samples with a chroma coding sub-tree when a size of a third coding tree node is equal to or less than the threshold. The luma coding sub-tree contains a different set of split modes than the chroma coding sub-tree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang, Jianle Chen, Jiali Fu
  • Patent number: 10911788
    Abstract: A video image decoding method for parsing split mode information of a coding tree node in a bitstream, obtaining a split mode of the coding tree node from a candidate split mode set of the coding tree node based on the split mode information, parsing the bitstream to obtain coding information of the coding tree node, and reconstructing a pixel value of the coding tree node based on the split mode information and the coding information of the coding tree node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang, Shan Gao
  • Publication number: 20210006809
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a video decoding method, including: parsing a received bitstream to obtain prediction information of a CU; obtaining a target transform mode of a residual TU; parsing the received bitstream to obtain transform coefficients of the residual TU; applying an inverse quantization to the transform coefficients of the residual TU to obtain dequantized coefficients; applying, based on the target transform mode, an inverse transform to the dequantized coefficients to obtain a residual block of the residual TU; obtaining a prediction block of the CU based on the prediction information; and obtaining a video block based on the residual block and the prediction block; and outputting a video sequence, the video sequence including a video frame that includes the video block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang, Jianle Chen
  • Publication number: 20200413103
    Abstract: A context modeling method and apparatus of a split flag are provided. The method includes: obtaining a height and a width of a current node, a height of a first leaf node in a first direction, and a width of a second leaf node in a second direction; determining whether the current node meets a first preset condition and a second preset condition, where the first preset condition includes the height of the current node is greater than the height of the first leaf node, and the second preset condition includes the width of the current node is greater than the width of the second leaf node; and determining a context model of a split flag of the current node based on whether the first and second preset conditions are met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang, Jianle Chen
  • Patent number: 10834430
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a decoding method includes: obtaining a bitstream including picture data; parsing the bitstream to obtain node split mode information of a first-level coding tree and node split mode information of a second-level coding tree, if the split mode corresponding to the first node is no further splitting, parsing the bitstream to obtain encoding information of the first node; and decoding and reconstructing, based on the encoding information of the first node, a coding unit corresponding to the first node, to obtain a picture corresponding to the picture data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang, Shan Liu
  • Publication number: 20200351500
    Abstract: A video coding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes selecting a split mechanism to split a coding unit (CU) into sub-CUs for application of one or more transform units (TUs), the selection of the split mechanism based on comparing a CU width to a max TU width and comparing a CU height to a max TU height. The selected split mechanism is applied to the CU to obtain sub-CUs. A residual of one of the sub-CUs is determined. The residual includes a difference between sample values for the sub-CU and prediction samples for the sub-CU. The TUs are applied to transform the residual of the CU based on results of the selected split mechanism. A transformed residual for the CU is encoded into a bitstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Jiali Fu, Yin Zhao, Shan Gao, Huanbang Chen, Haitao Yang, Jianle Chen
  • Publication number: 20200329253
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a video decoding method, including: parsing a received bitstream to obtain prediction information of a CU; obtaining a target transform mode of a residual TU; parsing the received bitstream to obtain transform coefficients of the residual TU; applying an inverse quantization to the transform coefficients of the residual TU to obtain dequantized coefficients; applying, based on the target transform mode, an inverse transform to the dequantized coefficients to obtain a residual block of the residual TU; obtaining a prediction block of the CU based on the prediction information; and obtaining a video block based on the residual block and the prediction block; and outputting a video sequence, the video sequence including a video frame that includes the video block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang, Jianle Chen
  • Publication number: 20200304816
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a video decoding method, including: parsing a received bitstream to obtain prediction information of a CU; obtaining a target transform mode of a residual TU; parsing the received bitstream to obtain transform coefficients of the residual TU; applying an inverse quantization to the transform coefficients of the residual TU to obtain dequantized coefficients; applying, based on the target transform mode, an inverse transform to the dequantized coefficients to obtain a residual block of the residual TU; obtaining a prediction block of the CU based on the prediction information; and obtaining a video block based on the residual block and the prediction block; and outputting a video sequence, the video sequence including a video frame that includes the video block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang, Jianle Chen
  • Publication number: 20200252610
    Abstract: A mechanism for position dependent spatial varying transform (SVT) for video coding. A prediction block and a corresponding transformed residual block are received at a decoder. A type of spatial varying transform (SVT) employed to generate the transformed residual block is determined. A position of the SVT relative to the transformed residual block is also determined. An inverse of the SVT is applied to the transformed residual block to reconstruct a reconstructed residual block. The reconstructed residual block is then combined with the prediction block to reconstruct an image block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang, Jianle Chen
  • Publication number: 20200244976
    Abstract: A video decoding device receives a bitstream including a prediction block and a residual block with coefficients transformed by a Spatial Varying Transform (SVT). The video decoding device determines a type of SVT employed to transform the coefficients in the residual block and determines a position of the SVT relative to the residual block by determining a candidate position step size and a position index for the SVT. The video decoding device applies an inverse transform to the coefficients based on the SVT type and position to create a reconstructed residual block. The video decoding device applies the reconstructed residual block to the prediction block to reconstruct a video block and reconstructs a video sequence for display, the video sequence including a video frame that includes the reconstructed video block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang, Shan Liu
  • Publication number: 20200221140
    Abstract: This application provides a method for determining a coding tree node split mode and a coding device. The method includes the step of determining a non-split based coding cost for coding a current image area corresponding to the current node and determining a binary tree split based coding cost for coding the current image area. The method further includes determining, based on the non-split based coding cost and the binary tree split based coding cost, whether a triple tree split based coding cost for coding the current image area needs to be obtained. If the triple tree split based coding cost needs to be obtained, a triple tree split is performed on the current node. The method then determines a split mode of the current node that corresponds to a minimum coding cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Yin ZHAO, Haitao YANG, Shan LIU
  • Patent number: 10708619
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and device for generating a predicted picture, the method comprising: determining a reference rectangular block of pixels by shifting or warping parameter information which includes a location of a target rectangular block of pixels, or the parameter information comprises a location of a target rectangular block of pixels and depth information of a reference view; mapping the reference rectangular block of pixels to a target view according to the depth information of the reference view to obtain a projection rectangular block of pixels; and acquiring a predicted picture block from the projection rectangular block of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lu Yu, Yichen Zhang, Yin Zhao, Yingjie Hong, Ming Li
  • Publication number: 20200137424
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a decoding method includes: obtaining a bitstream including picture data; parsing the bitstream to obtain node split mode information of a first-level coding tree and node split mode information of a second-level coding tree, if the split mode corresponding to the first node is no further splitting, parsing the bitstream to obtain encoding information of the first node; and decoding and reconstructing, based on the encoding information of the first node, a coding unit corresponding to the first node, to obtain a picture corresponding to the picture data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 10630983
    Abstract: A unit size of a to-be-processed unit corresponding to a first transform coefficient set is determined using division information. Then, a quantization regulation factor for the first transform coefficient set is determined according to a first preset algorithm and the unit size of the to-be-processed unit, and with the first preset algorithm, the quantization regulation factor decreases progressively with the size of the to-be-processed unit. Dequantization processing is performed on a transform coefficient in the first transform coefficient set according to a second preset algorithm using the quantization regulation factor. Therefore, a decoding device adaptively determines the quantization regulation factor for the first transform coefficient set according to the unit size of the to-be-processed unit, and then performs dequantization processing on the transform coefficient in the first transform coefficient set using the determined quantization regulation factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yin Zhao, Haitao Yang
  • Publication number: 20200120344
    Abstract: A motion vector prediction method and device, includes determining a motion vector type of the motion vector of the current block based on a reference frame type of the reference frame, obtaining a motion vector type of a first motion vector of at least one spatially adjacent prediction block of the current block when the at least one spatially adjacent prediction block is an inter-frame prediction block, and when the obtained motion vector type of the first motion vector is different from all motion vector types of motion vectors of the current block, determining a second motion vector of a spatially adjacent pixel block of the current block based on decoding information of the spatially adjacent pixel block, and using the second motion vector or a scaling value of the second motion vector as a candidate motion vector predictor of the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jue Mao, Lu Yu, Yin Zhao