Patents Issued in February 6, 2024
  • Patent number: 11895265
    Abstract: An incoming communication processing system and method is disclosed for providing communication and data services to residents of a controlled facility. Specifically, the incoming communication processing system allows outside parties to initiate communications to residents of a controlled facility. The incoming communication processing system may work in conjunction with or separately from an outgoing communication processing system. Many restrictions and safeguards may be implemented within the incoming communication system in order to prevent improper use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Global Tel*Link Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen Lee Hodge
  • Patent number: 11895266
    Abstract: A system for detecting three-way calls in a monitored telephone conversation includes a speech recognition processor that transcribes the monitored telephone conversation and associates characteristics of the monitored telephone conversation with a transcript thereof, a database to store the transcript and the characteristics associated therewith, and a three-way Call detection processor to analyze the characteristics of the conversation and to detect therefrom the addition of one or more parties to the conversation. The system preferably includes at least one domain-specific language model that the speech recognition processor utilizes to transcribe the conversation. The system may operate in real-time or on previously recorded conversations. A query and retrieval system may be used to retrieve and review call records from the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: DSI-ITI, Inc.
    Inventor: Andreas M. Olligschlaeger
  • Patent number: 11895267
    Abstract: A number management unit (11) of a number management system (1) generates a transaction to be managed in a blockchain based on number portability information obtained by receiving a number update request, generates a block obtained by aggregating multiple transactions, approves a suggested block by confirming normality of the block, and stores the block by connecting the block to a blockchain in a number database (13). If a reset of the block in the number database (13) is suggested, the number management unit (11) transmits, to multiple number management apparatuses (10), a reset suggestion block including, as a transaction, a reset suggestion, which is information indicating a suggestion for a reset, and if the reset suggestion block is approved, the number management unit (11) discards the blockchain in the number database (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kenta Shinohara, Noritaka Horikome
  • Patent number: 11895268
    Abstract: Systems and methods for distributing discrete events into a stateless cloud provider architecture are disclosed. Certain embodiments involve receiving, by the load balancer, a scaling up indication for the IVR system, the scaling up indication comprising an identification of a new server to be added to the plurality of servers. The method involves responsive to receiving the scaling up indication, registering the new server for IVR traffic by the load balancer. The method includes after registering the new server, receiving an IVR event. The method includes distributing the IVR event to the new server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
    Inventors: Sanooj Karanath Sachidanandan, Edson H. Philippe, Dan Perritte
  • Patent number: 11895269
    Abstract: Implementations relate to determination and visual display of spoken menus for calls. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method includes receiving audio data output in a call between a call device and a device associated with a target entity. The audio data includes speech indicating one or more selection options for a user of the call device to navigate through a call menu provided by the target entity in the call. Text is determined by programmatically analyzing the audio data, the text representing the speech. The selection options are determined based on programmatically analyzing at least one of the text or the audio data. At least a portion of the text is displayed by the call device during the call, as one or more visual options that correspond to the selection options. The visual options are each selectable via user input to cause corresponding navigation through the call menu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Joseph Cherukara, Amit Sivan, Andrew George Shebanow, Yoav Tzur, Felix Wang, Yaniv Leviathan
  • Patent number: 11895270
    Abstract: A phone tree traversal system includes an input device configured to receive a user call request, a memory, and one or more processors. The one or more processors analyze the user call request to identify an entity to call and an objective of the call, and obtain a map of a phone tree utilized by an automated call receiving system of the entity. The phone tree includes at least one node with multiple path segments that branch from the node, and each node includes a respective prompt. The one or more processors determine a route along the map to an endpoint of the phone tree associated with the objective. During the call, the one or more processors navigate the phone tree to reach the endpoint by submitting information in response to the respective prompt at each node along the route that is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD
    Inventors: Lindsay Nelson, Sathish Kumar Ganesan, Matthew Fardig, Dane Hixson
  • Patent number: 11895271
    Abstract: Techniques described herein relate to a client application framework for a contact center environment. A role-specific thick client framework may include a web browser-based, desktop application having multiple processes that can be distributed across the computing infrastructure of the client device. A portion of the framework may include a container application image received from an internal server of the contact center and launched by the client device. The desktop application may collect data associated with use of the container application image and transmit the collected data to a contact center server. The contact center server may process the data, in some instances along with data from additional desktop applications on additional client devices, to implement one or more integrated models across the contact center environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventors: Chad Skinner, Amit Gupta, Aaron Kammeyer
  • Patent number: 11895272
    Abstract: Systems for and methods of determining the priority of a call interaction include receiving a call interaction from a call center; validating, by a validation and transcription engine, that the call interaction is authentic; converting, by the validation and transcription engine, the call interaction into text; calculating, by the data calculation engine, a priority of the call interaction from the text and organization, location, and time information in the text by determining an important of words in the text and correlating the words to a priority class using a pre-trained algorithm that is trained on emergency-type and emergency services-type language; determining that the call interaction should be transmitted to the call center for initial handling by a call center agent; and transmitting the call interaction, the calculated priority, and the extracted information to the call center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NICE LTD.
    Inventors: Roman Frenkel, Tal Raskin, Adi Ben Zeev, Stav Mishory, Dan Teplitski, Hadas Katz
  • Patent number: 11895273
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure are directed to a voice message display method and apparatus in an application, a computer device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method can be performed by a terminal on which an application is installed and is capable of receiving a voice message. The method can include starting an application, and obtaining n voice messages published by at least one user account. The method can further include displaying a voice message presentation interface of the application, where the voice message presentation interface displays the voice message in a virtual world and the voice message are displayed by using a visible element in the virtual world as a carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Wei Dai, Kun Lu, Qinghua Zhong, Jun Wu, Yingren Wang, Rong Huang
  • Patent number: 11895274
    Abstract: Various example implementations are directed to systems, circuits, apparatuses, and methods for providing virtual computing services. According to an example embodiment, a system includes a set of computing servers configured to provide a respective set of virtual servers for each of a plurality of accounts. The system also includes a processing circuit communicatively coupled to the set of computing servers. For each of the plurality of accounts, the processing circuit provides a mechanism for an authorized user of the account to select options for reporting usage of the respective set of virtual servers. The processing circuit also monitors use of the respective set of virtual servers for the account and generates invoices for use of the respective set of virtual servers according to the selected options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: 8x8, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Britt, Bryan Martin, Christopher Peters
  • Patent number: 11895275
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a display capable of accepting designation of a destination of an e-mail, a transmitter/receiver capable of transmitting and receiving the e-mail, a job executor that executes a job via the e-mail, and a controller that acquires destination information of the e-mail to be sent as the job from received information of the received e-mail, and displays the acquired destination information on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takashi Nishimachi
  • Patent number: 11895276
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an apparatus, and a storage medium for controlling voice print. The method includes receiving keyword information extracted from voice information by a voice processing apparatus; obtaining a target print document according to the keyword information; obtaining print configuration information according to the keyword information; and transmitting the target print document and the print configuration information to a target image forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ZHUHAI PANTUM ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Weixin Wu
  • Patent number: 11895277
    Abstract: An opening/closing cover attachment structure couples an edge of an opening/closing cover to a cover attaching body in a turnable manner. The opening/closing cover attachment structure includes a first hinge, a second hinge and a holding part. The first hinge and the second hinge are disposed on the edge of the opening/closing cover via an interval. The holding part is disposed outside between the first hinge and the second hinge, and capable of holding the opening/closing cover in a closing state and releasing the holding. Hinge axes of the first hinge and the second hinge are sifted each other in a front-and-rear direction of the opening/closing cover, such that it becomes possible to reduce a level difference between contact end portions of the opening/closing cover in the closing state and the cover attaching body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Kuniaki Araishi
  • Patent number: 11895278
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a body support section, an apparatus body supported by the body support section, and a reading section configured to read a document. The apparatus body is configured to rotate about a rotation shaft with respect to the body support section and the apparatus body is rotated to be switched to a first position or a second position, a position of the center of gravity of the apparatus body is located at a position vertically above a shaft axis of the rotation shaft and closer than the shaft axis to an apparatus front in an apparatus depth direction when the apparatus body is in the first position, and is located at a position vertically above the shaft axis of the rotation shaft and closer than the shaft axis to an apparatus rear in the depth direction when the apparatus body is in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Keiichiro Fukumasu
  • Patent number: 11895279
    Abstract: An image reading device includes a placement portion in which a placement surface on which an original document is placed is formed, an imaging portion that is arranged on a center side of the placement surface in an apparatus width direction above the placement surface in an apparatus upward and downward direction and images the original document, a display portion having a display screen of which at least a part is arranged on a far side of the placement surface in an apparatus depth direction and the center side of the placement surface in the apparatus width direction between the placement surface and the imaging portion in the apparatus upward and downward direction, an irradiation portion that is arranged on the center side of the placement surface in the apparatus width direction above the display portion in the apparatus upward and downward direction and irradiates the placement surface with light, and a pair of other irradiation portions that are respectively arranged on both sides of the irradiation
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Takuya Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11895280
    Abstract: An approach is provided for forecasting and reporting availability of multi-functional peripheral (MFP) devices. Availability data of MFP devices may be determined from historical usage data of the MFP devices, pending print job data of the MFP devices, current print job data of the MFP devices, operational data of the MFP devices, and/or a combination thereof. The availability data may be displayed on client computing devices to assists users to intelligently request print jobs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Alex Reyes
  • Patent number: 11895281
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a conversion unit configured to convert image data based on a conversion condition, an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet based on the converted image data, a detection unit configured to detect a pattern image on a transfer member, a reading unit configured to read a test image formed on a sheet, a controller configured to perform calibration based on a reading result of the reading unit, and a reception unit. In a case where the calibration is performed, the controller determines an image forming condition based on a result of detection by the detection unit before the test image is formed. In a case where the reception unit receives the discontinuation instruction, the controller changes the image forming condition to an image forming condition before the pattern image is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Shiga
  • Patent number: 11895282
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry receives an operation of selecting data indicating a target color in color stability control. The circuitry determines the selected data indicating the target color as correction target data indicating a target color used for the color stability control. The circuitry generates correction gamma data used for gradation correction of image data for printing according to the determined correction target data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akiho Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11895283
    Abstract: An image analyzer includes an in-use ink information determination section that determines an ink type to be used for printing and an ink quantity to be used for printing for the ink type as in-use ink information by using image data in accordance with conditions set in advance, a printed image quality information acquisition section that acquires at least one item of printed image quality information on image quality specified in advance and provided when the image data is printed by using the determined in-use ink information, and a display section that displays at least one of the in-use ink information and the printed image quality information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Ono, Yuko Yamamoto, Takahiro Kamada, Mitsuhiro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11895284
    Abstract: A color chart is for performing color adjustment on an image forming apparatus. The color chart includes identification information and a color adjustment patch. The identification information is on an image forming apparatus to which color adjustment is to be applied. The color adjustment patch includes a plurality of color patches for performing color adjustment on the image forming apparatus indicated by the identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Kihara, Yuta Nagata, Yusuke Taneda
  • Patent number: 11895285
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display and circuitry. The circuitry controls the display to display a first display field for displaying a first image of document data, a second display field for displaying a second image based on a first data generated by an image reading device reading a print sample, a third display field for displaying a third image based on a second data generated by the image reading device reading a printed matter printed out by an image forming apparatus based on the document data, and a fourth display field for displaying a fourth image after execution of color matching for color of the third image to be matched with color of the second image based on the document data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Koda, Akiko Bamba, Kanako Hirasawa
  • Patent number: 11895286
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electronic device comprising: a communication module comprising communication circuitry, a memory, and a processor operatively connected to the communication module and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to: control the electronic device to establish a connection to a wearable display device through the communication module, receive gaze information from the wearable display device, determine a first application and a second application corresponding to the gaze information to be displayed on a screen, identify profiles of the determined first application and second application, and combine graphic data corresponding to the first application and graphic data corresponding to the second application and transmit the combined graphic data to the wearable display device, or transmit each of graphic data corresponding to the first application and graphic data corresponding to the second application to the wearable display device, based on the id
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwangmin Byeon, Seungbum Lee, Seungseok Hong, Minki Kim, Hyunsoo Kim, Donghyun Yeom
  • Patent number: 11895287
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device generating a multi-plane image of an arbitrary viewpoint and an operating method thereof. The electronic device includes a memory that stores a plurality of images, and at least one processor that executes a machine learning-based multi-plane image generating module generating an image of an arbitrary viewpoint from the plurality of images stored in the memory. When the multi-plane image generating module is executed, the processor selects at least two images from the plurality of images, by performing geometric calibration on the plurality of images, calculates a plane sweep volume including at least two layer images, performs an operation of a deep neural network to generate a plurality of multi-plane images having probability values, and generates the image of the arbitrary viewpoint by composing the plurality of multi-plane images and stores the image of the arbitrary viewpoint in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Seongjin Park, Do Hyung Kim
  • Patent number: 11895288
    Abstract: An information processing device (10) includes a decision unit (23e) and a generation unit (23f). The decision unit (23e) decides connection order of divided scenes obtained by dividing a free-viewpoint video based on a multi-viewpoint video obtained by imaging content, based on a feature amount of a given sound and similarities between respective connection frames in the divided scenes. The generation unit (23f) generates free-viewpoint content in which the divided scenes are connected in the connection order decided by the decision unit (23e).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato Shimakawa
  • Patent number: 11895289
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an image decoding method, an image decoding apparatus, an image encoding method, an image encoding apparatus and a computer-readable recording medium. An image decoding method according to the present invention may include: decoding information on a prediction method of a current block; based on the information on the prediction method, determining a prediction method of the current block; and generating a prediction block of the current block by performing prediction for the current block based on the determined prediction method. Herein, the information on the prediction method of the current block may include at least one of information on subblock merge, information on MMVD, information on multi hypothesis prediction, and information on partition prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: DIGITALINSIGHTS INC.
    Inventor: Yong Jo Ahn
  • Patent number: 11895290
    Abstract: A video coding method and apparatus for codes a video in a data stream using block-based predictive coding by deriving a collection of one or more primitive predictions for a block using a set of primitive prediction modes adapted for predicting blocks of a picture of the video. Each primitive prediction in the collection of primitive predictions is derived using a respective primitive prediction mode from the set of primitive prediction modes. A composite prediction signal for the block is composed by combining primitive predictions from the collection of one or more primitive predictions, and the block is predicted using the composite prediction signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Wiegand, Detlev Marpe, Heiko Schwarz, Martin Winken, Christian Bartnik, Jonathan Pfaff, Philipp Helle, Mischa Siekmann
  • Patent number: 11895291
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of encoding or decoding for a coding system, where bi-directional CU (coding unit) weighting (BCW) is enabled for the coding system to allow using multiple pairs of weights, are disclosed. According to this method, a Merge candidate list is generated for the current block, where current bi-directional CU weights for a bi-directional predictor of the current block associated with a target Merge candidate in the Merge candidate list are set to a pre-define pair of weights when the target Merge candidate corresponds to a selected Merge candidate. In another method, current bi-directional CU weights for a bi-directional predictor associated with a target Merge candidate in the Merge candidate list are inherited from the target Merge candidate when the target Merge candidate corresponds to a selected Merge candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HFI INNOVATION INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Chi Su, Ching-Yeh Chen, Zhi-Yi Lin, Tzu-Der Chuang
  • Patent number: 11895292
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for encoding and decoding a video are provided. The method includes determining whether at least one of two blocks of an image in a video is predicted with a combined inter-intra prediction (CIIP), where the two blocks include a first block (block Q) and a second block (block P). There is a boundary between the two blocks. The method further includes setting a boundary strength (Bs) for the boundary to a first value when at least one of the two blocks is predicted with the CIIP, and performing deblocking filter based on the Bs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Biao Wang, Anand Meher Kotra, Semih Esenlik, Han Gao, Jianle Chen
  • Patent number: 11895293
    Abstract: An image coding method includes: generating a first flag indicating whether or not a motion vector predictor is to be selected from among one or more motion vector predictor candidates; generating a second flag indicating whether or not a motion vector predictor is to be selected from among the one or more motion vector predictor candidates in coding a current block to be coded in a predetermined coding mode, when the first flag indicates that a motion vector predictor is to be selected; and generating a coded signal in which the first flag and the second flag are included in header information, when the first flag indicates that a motion vector predictor is to be selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Sugio, Takahiro Nishi, Youji Shibahara, Hisao Sasai
  • Patent number: 11895294
    Abstract: A video coding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes receiving a bitstream comprising a slice and a luma mapping with chroma scaling (LMCS) adaptation parameter set (APS) including LMCS parameters. The mechanism further includes determining that the LMCS APS is referenced in data related to the slice. The mechanism further includes decoding the slice using LMCS parameters from the LMCS APS based on the reference to the LMCS APS. The mechanism further includes forwarding the slice for display as part of a decoded video sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ye-Kui Wang, F N U Hendry, Jianle Chen
  • Patent number: 11895295
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are exemplary embodiments of innovations in the area of encoding pictures or portions of pictures (e.g., slices, coding tree units, or coding units) and determining whether and how certain filtering operation should be performed and flagged for performance by the decoder in the bitstream. In particular examples, various implementations for setting the sample adaptive offset (SAO) syntax elements in the H.265/HEVC standard are disclosed. Although these examples concern the H.265/HEVC standard and its SAO filter, the disclosed technology is more widely applicable to other video codecs that involve filtering operations (particularly multi-stage filtering operations) as part of their encoding and decoding processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Bin Li, You Zhou, Jizheng Xu, Chih-Lung Lin, Feng Wu
  • Patent number: 11895296
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for collaborative partition coding for region based filters. An apparatus includes a video encoder (100) for encoding image data for a plurality of regions in a picture. The video encoder (100) includes multiple filters for filtering the image data based on region partition information for the plurality of regions. The region partition information for the plurality of regions is shared between the multiple filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL VC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Sole, Yunfei Zheng, Qian Xu, Peng Yin, Xiaoan Lu
  • Patent number: 11895297
    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: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haitao Yang, Yin Zhao, Lian Zhang
  • Patent number: 11895298
    Abstract: Provided is an encoder which includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry splits an image block into a plurality of partitions, obtains a prediction image for a partition, and encodes the image block using the prediction image. When the partition is not a non-rectangular partition, the circuitry obtains (i) a first prediction image for the partition, (ii) a gradient image for the first prediction image, and (iii) a second prediction image as the prediction image using the first prediction image and the gradient image. When the partition is a non-rectangular partition, the circuitry obtains the first prediction image as the prediction image without using the gradient image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Abe, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Ryuichi Kanoh, Chong Soon Lim, Ru Ling Liao, Hai Wei Sun, Sughosh Pavan Shashidhar, Han Boon Teo, Jing Ya Li
  • Patent number: 11895299
    Abstract: An encoder that encodes a current block in a picture includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry: performs a first transform on a residual signal of the current block using a first transform basis to generate first transform coefficients; and performs a second transform on the first transform coefficients using a second transform basis to generate second transform coefficients and quantizes the second transform coefficients, when the first transform basis is the same as a predetermined transform basis; and quantizes the first transform coefficients without performing the second transform, when the first transform basis is different from the predetermined transform basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Masato Ohkawa, Hideo Saitou, Tadamasa Toma, Takahiro Nishi, Kiyofumi Abe, Ryuichi Kanoh
  • Patent number: 11895300
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document comprises a step of generating residual samples of a current block on the basis of residual information, wherein the residual information comprises a multiple transform selection (MTS) index and information regarding transform coefficients, the residual samples are generated from transform coefficients according to the information regarding the transform coefficients by using a transform kernel set, the transform kernel set is determined by the MTS index from among transform kernel set candidates, at least one of bins of a bin string of the MTS index is derived on the basis of context coding, the context coding is performed based on a value of a context index with respect to the MTS index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Junghak Nam, Moonmo Koo, Jaehyun Lim, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11895301
    Abstract: At least one embodiment relates to provides a method of encoding/decoding attribute of orthogonally projected 3D samples and in-between 3D samples in which an information indicates whether at least one first attribute patch of 2D samples obtained by encoding the attribute of said at least one orthogonally projected 3D samples according to a first attribute coding mode, and at least one second attribute patch of 2D samples of an image obtained by encoding the attribute of at least one in-between 3D sample, are stored in separate images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
    Inventors: Pierre Andrivon, Yannick Olivier, Jean-Claude Chevet, David Gendron
  • Patent number: 11895302
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for processing video data. For example, the systems and techniques can include obtaining a current picture of video data and obtaining reference pictures for the current picture from the video data. A merge mode candidate can be determined for the current picture. First and second motion vectors can be identified for the merge mode candidate. A motion vector search strategy can be selected for the merge mode candidate from a plurality of motion vector search strategies. The selected motion vector search strategy can be associated with one or more constraints corresponding to at least one of the first motion vector or the second motion vector. The selected motion vector search strategy can be used to determine refined motion vectors based on the first motion vector, the second motion vector, and the reference pictures. The merge mode candidate can be processed using the refined motion vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Han Huang, Vadim Seregin, Wei-Jung Chien, Zhi Zhang, Chun-Chi Chen, Marta Karczewicz
  • Patent number: 11895303
    Abstract: A system and method for implementing a distributed source coding quantization scheme is provided. In one example, two independent but statistically correlated data sources can be asymmetrically compressed so that one source is compressed at a higher ratio than the other. The resulting signals are transmitted and decoded by a receiver. The highly compressed source can utilize the non-highly compressed source as side information so as to minimize the compression loss associated with the higher compression ratio. A conditional codebook can be created that not only depends on the highly compressed quantizer, but also depends on the quantized symbol received from the non-highly compressed data source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: The MITRE Corporation
    Inventors: Robert M. Taylor, Jr., Jeffrey P. Woodard
  • Patent number: 11895304
    Abstract: An improved scheme for intra-inter prediction mode and an adaptive intra-inter prediction mode for video coding/decoding, including selecting a set of weightings in an intra-inter mode and applying position dependent intra prediction combination to modify at least one of an inter prediction sample and another sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Liang Zhao, Xin Zhao, Xiang Li, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11895306
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for sub-block based prediction are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video encoding includes partitioning, based on a first rule, a luma component of a block of video data into a first set of sub-blocks. The method also includes partitioning, based on a second rule, a first chroma component of the block of video data into a second set of sub-blocks. The first and the second set of sub-blocks include different numbers of sub-blocks. The method also includes performing a subsequent motion prediction based on the first and the second set of sub-blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11895307
    Abstract: An encoder is configured to compress point cloud information using a blocks of nodes determined from a prediction tree. A prediction tree is generated for a point cloud. Segments of the prediction tree are identified. The segments are divided into blocks that are predicted by predecessor blocks within the segments. The blocks of the prediction tree may then be encoded and may be provided for transmission to a decoder that can regenerate the point cloud from the blocks of the prediction tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Khaled Mammou, David Flynn, Alexandros Tourapis, Jungsun Kim
  • Patent number: 11895308
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a video system. In one aspect, a video encoding/decoding method or apparatus includes segmenting each frame of a sequence of raw image frames to derive objects of interest; ranking the objects of interest to generate a ranks and ranked objects of interest; generating frame keys corresponding to the objects of interest; retrieving a source stored model data; and generating a training metric using the frame keys and the source stored model data. In another aspect, it includes receiving frame keys from a source portion; retrieving a destination stored model data and sending the destination stored model data to a destination contextual video learning system; and retrieving objects of interest from the destination stored model data using the frame keys and the destination contextual video learning system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Portly, INC.
    Inventors: Balaji Lakshmanan, Theodore F. Heieck
  • Patent number: 11895309
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus configured to mix, at a mixing rate, pixels of first video data with pixels of peripheral frames of the first video data and obtain second video data at a first frame rate. The mixing rate for each pixel of a frame of the first video data is based on a luminance value of the pixel. The second video data includes frames having a second frame rate lower than the first frame rate. The apparatus encodes the frames having the second frame rate to obtain a basic stream and encodes remaining frames of the second video data to obtain an extended stream, inserts information about the mixing rate into the basic stream and the extended stream in association with each frame, and transmits the basic stream and the extended stream into which the information about the mixing rate has been inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Ikuo Tsukagoshi
  • Patent number: 11895310
    Abstract: A device may be configured to signal range extension profile information for coded video according to one or more of the techniques described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikai, Sachin G. Deshpande, Christopher Andrew Segall
  • Patent number: 11895312
    Abstract: A method of decoding a coded video bitstream is provided. The method includes receiving the coded video bitstream, wherein the coded video bitstream contains a gradual decoding refresh (GDR) picture and a first flag having a first value; setting a second value of a second flag equal to the first value of the first flag; emptying any previously-decoded pictures from a decoded picture buffer (DPB) based on the second flag having the second value; and decoding a current picture after the DPB has been emptied. A corresponding method of encoding is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ye-Kui Wang
  • Patent number: 11895313
    Abstract: A method of determining one or more candidate prediction modes, the method comprises deriving, by a processor, a first indicator by parsing a bitstream, wherein the first indicator specifies whether any affine model is a candidate motion model for an image block in a preset area; determining, by the processor, that the first indicator is set to 1; deriving, by the processor and based on the determination that the first indicator is set to 1, a second indicator by parsing the bitstream, wherein the second indicator specifies whether a 6-parameter affine model is a candidate motion model for the image block; and determining, by the processor, one or more candidate prediction modes for the image block based on the first indicator and the second indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiang Ma, Haitao Yang, Huanbang Chen, Jianle Chen
  • Patent number: 11895314
    Abstract: A video decoding method by a video decoding apparatus includes: parsing, from a picture parameter set of a bitstream, a first flag related to whether a weighted prediction is applied to slices referring to the picture parameter set; parsing, from the picture parameter set, a second flag related to whether information about the weighted prediction is present in a picture header of the bitstream or is present in a slice header of the bitstream based on the first flag; parsing a prediction weighted table syntax from the picture header or the slice header based on the first flag and the second flag; generating prediction samples for the current block by performing weighted prediction for the current block in a current picture based on syntax elements in the prediction weighted table syntax; and generating reconstructed samples based on the prediction samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seethal Paluri, Hendry Hendry, Jie Zhao, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11895315
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present disclosure includes deriving a history-based motion vector prediction (HMVP) buffer for a current block, deriving motion information of the current block based on an HMVP candidate included in the HMVP buffer, generating prediction samples for the current block based on the motion information, and generating reconstructed samples based on the prediction samples, and the HMVP buffer is initialized when processing a first-ordered CTU in a CTU row in which a current CTU is located, and the current block is included in the current CTU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Naeri Park, Junghak Nam, Hyeongmoon Jang
  • Patent number: 11895316
    Abstract: A decoder that decodes a current block using a motion vector includes: a processor; and memory. Using the memory, the processor: derives a first candidate vector from one or more candidate vectors of one or more neighboring blocks that neighbor the current block; determines, in a first reference picture for the current block, a first adjacent region that includes a position indicated by the first candidate vector; calculates evaluation values of a plurality of candidate regions included in the first adjacent region; and determines a first motion vector of the current block, based on a first candidate region having a smallest evaluation value among the evaluation values. The first adjacent region is included in a first motion estimation region determined based on the position indicated by the first candidate vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Takashi Hashimoto, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Kiyofumi Abe, Ryuichi Kanoh