Adaptive Patents (Class 375/240.02)
  • Patent number: 11677946
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and device are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding device according to the present disclosure may comprise the steps of: determining a prediction mode of the current block on the basis of prediction information obtained from a bitstream; on the basis of the prediction mode of the current block, obtaining a flag indicating whether a color space transform is applied to a residual sample of the current block; determining a quantization parameter of the current block on the basis of the flag; and determining a transform coefficient of the current block on the basis of the quantization parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jie Zhao, Seung Hwan Kim, Hendry Hendry, Seethal Paluri
  • Patent number: 11678025
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method including applying a first format modification to an audio and video input content in a first format to output a content complying with a second format, information about the first format modification being associated to the output content. The disclosure also relates to a method including obtaining an audio and video input content complying with an input format and information about a first format modification applied to the input content and determining a second format modification to apply to the input content by taking account of the first format modification. It also relates to corresponding signal, devices, electronic assembly, system, computer readable program products and storage media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Jurgen Stauder, Erik Reinhard, Catherine Serre
  • Patent number: 11677935
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for video processing are described. An exemplary method for video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, that a neighboring block of the current block that is coded in a palette mode is processed as an intra-coded block having a default mode during a construction of a list of most probable modes (MPM) candidates of the current block in case the neighboring block is located above or left of the current block. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Weijia Zhu, Li Zhang, Jizheng Xu, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11677926
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for decoding an image. A method includes receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding the image; dividing a first coding block into a plurality of second coding blocks; generating a prediction block of a second coding block based on syntax information obtained from the bitstream; and reconstructing the second coding block based on the prediction block and a residual block of the second coding block, the residual block being obtained by performing a dequantization and an inverse-transform on quantized transform coefficients from the bitstream. The first coding block has a recursive division structure. The first coding block is divided based on at least one of a quad tree division, a binary tree division or a triple tree division.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Ki Baek Kim
  • Patent number: 11671607
    Abstract: An image transmission device (100) includes a compression unit (16) to generate first compression images (5) which are obtained by irreversibly compressing divided images, and to generate second compression images (6) which are obtained by reversibly compressing each of the first compression images (5), a decompression unit (17) to decompress each of the first compression images (5) as decompression images (7), a division sum image generation unit (12) to generate a division sum image (imgSUM), an error sum image generation unit (13) to generate an error sum image (?imgSUM), a judgment unit (14) to generate judgment data (Dj), and a transmission unit (15) to transmit the second compression images (6), the division sum image (imgSUM), the error sum image (?imgSUM) and the judgment data (Dj).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Miyazawa, Shinya Hirakuri
  • Patent number: 11665339
    Abstract: A video coder is configured to form, in a symmetric motion vector difference mode, a List 0 (L0) base vector using a L0 Advanced Motion Vector Prediction (AMVP) candidate list and a List 1 (L1) base vector using a L1 AMVP candidate list; determine a refined L0 motion vector and a refined L1 motion vector by performing a decoder-side motion vector refinement process that refines the L0 base vector and the L1 base vector; and use the refined L0 motion vector and the refined L1 motion vector to determine a prediction block for a current block of a current picture of the video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Chun-Chi Chen, Wei-Jung Chien, Han Huang, Yao-Jen Chang, Kevin Pascal Andre Reuze, Marta Karczewicz
  • Patent number: 11659205
    Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus according to the present disclosure includes receiving a bitstream including residual information; deriving quantized transform coefficients for a current block based on the residual information included in the bitstream; deriving residual samples for the current block based on the quantized transform coefficients; and generating a reconstructed picture based on the residual samples for the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jungah Choi, Sunmi Yoo, Jin Heo, Ling Li, Jangwon Choi, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11659164
    Abstract: A method for visual media processing, including: computing, during a conversion between a current video block of visual media data and a bitstream representation of the current video block, a cross-component linear model (CCLM) and/or a chroma residual scaling (CRS) factor for the current video block based, at least in part, on neighboring samples of a corresponding luma block which covers a top-left sample of a collocated luma block associated with the current video block, wherein one or more characteristics of the current video block are used for identifying the corresponding luma block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Zhipin Deng, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Kai Zhang, Jizheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11659187
    Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure disclose a method for determining a prediction direction, a decoder and a computer storage medium. The method is implemented by a decoder. The method includes that: a Direct Mode (DM) in a chroma intra prediction mode of a block to be decoded is acquired (S101); and an index number of a prediction direction in a DM derived mode is determined based on an offset N and an index number M of a prediction direction in the DM to determine the DM derived mode (S102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Junyan Huo, Yanzhuo Ma, Jianglin Wang, Shuai Wan, Fuzheng Yang
  • Patent number: 11659166
    Abstract: A method for decoding an image by a decoding apparatus comprises the steps of: obtaining merge with motion vector difference (MMVD) flag information of a current block from a bit stream; determining whether or not the current block is a current picture referencing (CPR) coding block; if the current block is a CPR coding block, deriving base motion information; deriving motion information of the current block on the basis of the base motion information; generating prediction samples of the current block on the basis of the motion information; and generating reconstruction samples of the current block on the basis of the prediction samples, wherein the MMVD flag information indicates whether or not motion information is derived when the MMVD is applied to the current block, and the CPR coding block is a block coded by using a current picture including the current block as a reference picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyeongmoon Jang, Junghak Nam
  • Patent number: 11652995
    Abstract: Provided are an encoding method and apparatus, and a decoding method and apparatus for adaptively selecting a context model used to entropy-encode and entropy-decode a syntax element, based on various shapes of coding units. The image decoding method includes: determining a context model based on block shape information including at least one of a shape, direction, width, ratio of width and height, or size of a coding unit; obtaining, from a bitstream based on the context model, information about a split shape mode for splitting the coding unit; and determining a split shape mode of the coding unit, based on the information about the split shape mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-soo Park, Min-woo Park, Bo-ra Jin
  • Patent number: 11653001
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a decoder may receive, from a bit stream for a block vector, an indication of a block vector predictor and a block vector difference. A sign of a directional component of the block vector difference may be determined based on: a directional component of the block vector, and a directional component of the block vector predictor. The decoder may decode the block vector based on the block vector predictor and the block vector difference. The decoder may generate an intra block compensated prediction of a block based on the block vector. The decoder may decode the block based on the intra block compensated prediction of the block and a prediction residual of the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Tae Meon Bae, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Kalyan Goswami
  • Patent number: 11653000
    Abstract: A video decoding method performed by a video decoding device according to the present document may comprise the steps of: acquiring image information from a bitstream, the image information including a picture header associated with the current picture including a plurality of slices; parsing, from the picture header, at least one of a first flag indicating whether information necessary for an inter-prediction operation for a decoding process is present in the picture header, or a second flag indicating whether information necessary for an intra-prediction operation for the decoding process is present in the picture header; generating prediction samples by performing at least one of intra-prediction or inter-prediction for the slices in the current picture on the basis of at least one of the first flag or the second flag; and generating reconstructed samples on the basis of the prediction samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seethal Paluri, Hendry Hendry, Seunghwan Kim, Jie Zhao
  • Patent number: 11647233
    Abstract: An encoding device comprises: a transformer/quantizer configured to perform a transform process and a quantization process on a residual signal that represents a difference between an encoding-target block and a prediction block obtained by predicting the encoding-target block; an inverse quantizer/inverse transformer configured to restore the residual signal by performing an inverse quantization process and an inverse transform process on transform coefficients obtained by the transformer/quantizer; a combiner configured to reconstruct the encoding-target block by combining the restored residual signal and the prediction block; a deblocking filter configured to perform a filter process on a boundary between two blocks including the reconstructed block and a block adjacent to the reconstructed block; and a filter controller configured to control the deblocking filter, based on a type of the transform process applied with respect to the two blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI
    Inventors: Shunsuke Iwamura, Atsuro Ichigaya, Shimpei Nemoto
  • Patent number: 11641465
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for loop-filter processing of reconstructed video are disclosed. According to this method, if a loop-filter is disallowed for a target boundary, the target loop filter is disabled at top, bottom, left and right of the target boundary. According to another method, CC-ALF (cross-component adaptive loop filter) shape is changed across a virtual boundary. According to yet another method, CC-ALF and luma ALF handle unavailable samples in a same way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: HFI INNOVATION INC.
    Inventors: Chen-Yen Lai, Ching-Yeh Chen, Tzu-Der Chuang
  • Patent number: 11641464
    Abstract: An example method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current picture of a video and a bitstream of the video, a scaling ratio based on a first window in the current picture and a second window in a reference picture associated with the current picture; resampling the reference picture by using the determined scaling ratio; and performing the conversion based on the result of the resampling, wherein a dimension of the first window is W×H and a dimension of the second window is W?×H?, where W, H, W? and H? are integers, and wherein W, H, W? and H? satisfy a constraint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Zhipin Deng, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11638019
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium for processing video data. According to certain disclosed embodiments, a method includes: determining a set of parameters from a plurality of sets of parameters wherein the set of parameters includes a scaling factor; determining a predicted sample value of a first chroma component based on the set of the parameters, a reconstructed sample value of a luma component and a reconstructed sample value of a second chroma component; and signaling an index associated with the set of parameters in a bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Jie Chen, Ru-Ling Liao, Yan Ye, Xinwei Li
  • Patent number: 11636640
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can identify a virtual character being presented to a user within a real-time immersive environment. A first animation to be applied to the virtual character is determined. A nonverbal communication animation to be applied to the virtual character simultaneously with the first animation is determined. The virtual character is animated in real-time based on the first animation and the nonverbal communication animation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Baobab Studios Inc.
    Inventors: Nathaniel Christopher Dirksen, Michael Scott Hutchinson, Eric Richard Darnell, Lawrence David Cutler, Daniel Tomas Steamer, Apostolos Lerios
  • Patent number: 11638009
    Abstract: The present invention is related to processing a video signal. A method for decoding a video according to the present invention may comprise checking a merge coding unit which is generated by merging a plurality of coding units neighboring each other based on an encoded syntax element, and decoding the checked merge coding unit, wherein a same motion vector is shared in the merge coding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: KT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bae Keun Lee
  • Patent number: 11627328
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry determines an area with sample values available in a reference sample memory for use in a reconstruction of a current block. Further, the processing circuitry updates a history based list for storing locations of previously reconstructed samples of a single value string mode. The locations are limited within the area. Then, the processing circuitry reconstructs, based on the history based list, a string of the single value string mode within the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Xiaozhong Xu, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11622116
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method receives a current encoding stream of a video. A first measurement for a reference encoding stream is selected to measure a quality of the reference encoding stream. The method compares a second measurement of the current encoding stream to the first measurement of the reference encoding stream and outputs whether the current encoding stream is validated based on the comparing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: HULU, LLC
    Inventors: Chen Liu, Wenhao Zhang, Deliang Fu, Xiaobo Liu, Xuchang Huangfu
  • Patent number: 11622119
    Abstract: A method includes maintaining a set of parameters or weights derived through online learning for a neural net; transmitting an update of the parameters or weights to a decoder; deriving a first prediction block based on an output of the neural net using the parameters or weights; deriving a first encoded prediction error block through encoding a difference of the first prediction block and a first input block; encoding the first encoded prediction error block into a bitstream; deriving a reconstructed prediction error block based on the first encoded prediction error block; deriving a second prediction block based on an output of the neural net using the parameters or weights and the reconstructed prediction error block; deriving a second encoded prediction error block through encoding a difference of the second prediction block and a second input block; and encoding the second encoded prediction error block into a bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Miska Hannuksela, Mikko Honkala, Jani Lainema, Francesco Cricri, Emre Aksu
  • Patent number: 11622132
    Abstract: A video coding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes receiving a bitstream including a first slice of a coded image. The coded image is associated with a picture parameter set (PPS) in the bitstream. The first slice is associated with a slice header in the bitstream. A list of identifiers (IDs) is parsed from the PPS. A first ID is parsed from the slice header of the first slice. The first ID matches one of the IDs in the list of IDs in the PPS. A list of tiles coded in the first slice is determined based on the first ID. The first slice is determined to generate a reconstructed sub-image of the coded image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ye-Kui Wang, FNU Hendry, Jianle Chen
  • Patent number: 11619935
    Abstract: Implementations of the disclosed subject matter provide methods of transmitting, from a first user device, an authorization to one or more other user devices to receive one or more images captured by a first sensor of a mobile robot device, where the first user device controls the mobile robot device. The first user device may receive acknowledgement from the one or more other user devices to receive the one or more images captured by the first sensor of the mobile robot device. The mobile robot device may transmit, to the first user device and the one or more other user devices based on the acknowledgement, the one or more first images captured by the first sensor of the mobile robot as the mobile robot device moves within the area based on at least one first control operation received from the first user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Blue Ocean Robotics ApS
    Inventors: Laust Randeris Thomsen, Efraim Vitzrabin, John Erland Østergaard, Thomas Rubæk
  • Patent number: 11615556
    Abstract: A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for decoding point cloud data. Data corresponding to a point cloud is received. A number of contexts associated with the received data is reduced based on occupancy data corresponding to one or more parent nodes and one or more child nodes within the received data. The data corresponding to the point cloud is decoded based on the reduced number of contexts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Xiang Zhang, Wen Gao, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11616973
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems for intra-block coding based decoding or encoding of video while using block vector signaling and/or merge candidates are disclosed. An example method for video processing includes performing a conversion between a video region of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, wherein the bitstream representation selectively includes motion vector difference (MVD) related syntax elements for an intra block copy (IBC) advanced motion vector prediction (AMVP) mode based on a maximum number of a first type of IBC candidates used during the conversion of the video region, wherein, when an IBC mode is applied, samples of the video region are predicted from other samples in a video picture corresponding to the video region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Jizheng Xu, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu
  • Patent number: 11611753
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for video processing are described. An exemplary method for video processing includes determining, for a block of a video, a quantization parameter associated with the block, coding the block of the video into a bitstream representation of the video as a palette coded block in part based on a modified value of the quantization parameter, and signaling coded information related to the quantization parameter in the bitstream representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Weijia Zhu, Li Zhang, Jizheng Xu, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11611747
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for adaptive loop filtering are described. In an exemplary aspect, a method for video processing includes performing, for a current video block of a video, a filtering process that uses filter coefficients and comprises two or more operations with at least one intermediate result, applying a clipping operation to the at least one intermediate result, and performing, based on the at least one intermediate result, a conversion between the current video block and a bitstream representation of the video, wherein the at least one intermediate result is based on a weighted sum of the filter coefficients and differences between a current sample of the current video block and neighboring samples of the current sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Hongbin Liu, Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hsiao Chiang Chuang, Zhipin Deng
  • Patent number: 11611798
    Abstract: To reduce latency in streaming media a playlist requested from a content delivery network may be modified to have modified segmentation. After receiving the playlist from the content delivery network, the location of one or more I-frames in each segment in the playlist may be determined and these locations may be used to generate the modified playlist. The modified playlist may then be sent to a client device. Media segments may be modified in accordance with the modified segmentation of the modified playlist to generate modified media segments that can be sent to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Alex Hwang, Bhumik Sanghavi, Joel Freeman
  • Patent number: 11611770
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums for video encoding/decoding. An apparatus includes processing circuitry that determines directionality information of a restoration filter unit included in a video frame based on at least one of a constrained directional enhancement filter (CDEF) process or an intra prediction mode. The processing circuitry determines one of a plurality of sets of filter parameters of a restoration filter process based on the directionality information of the restoration filter unit. The processing circuitry performs the restoration filter process on the restoration filter unit based on the one of the plurality of sets of filter parameters. The processing circuitry reconstructs the video frame based on the filtered restoration filter unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Sehoon Yea, Yixin Du, Xin Zhao, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11606573
    Abstract: Methods are provided for inter-prediction candidate index coding independent of the construction of the corresponding inter-prediction candidate list, i.e., a merging candidate list or an advanced motion vector predictor list. A maximum allowed number of inter-prediction candidates for an inter-prediction candidate list is used for encoding the inter-prediction candidate index in an encoded bit stream. The maximum allowed number may be pre-determined or may be selected by the encoder and encoded in the bit stream. A decoder may then decode the index using the maximum allowed number of inter-prediction candidates independent of the construction of the corresponding inter-prediction candidate list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Minhua Zhou
  • Patent number: 11606566
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for decoding a video signal and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, a method for decoding an image based on an inter-prediction mode may include: configuring a merge candidate list by using motion information of a spatial candidate and a temporal candidate adjacent to a current block; parsing a first syntax element indicating a particular candidate applied to inter-prediction of the current block among a predefined number of candidates in the merge candidate list; deriving a refined candidate by adding a motion vector offset to a motion vector of a candidate indicated by the first syntax element; and generating a prediction block of the current block by using the motion information of the refined candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Jaeho Lee
  • Patent number: 11606561
    Abstract: A method of adaptive point cloud attribute coding is performed by at least one processor and includes determining a centroid of k candidate points of a point cloud, k being a predetermined sampling rate of all points of the point cloud, and selecting one of the k candidate points that is closest to the centroid. The method further includes determining a first levels-of-detail (LoD) layer comprising the one of the k candidate points, and a second LoD layer without the one of the k candidate points, and performing coding of attributes of the all points, based on the first LoD layer and the second LoD layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Birendra Kathariya, Sehoon Yea, Arash Vosoughi, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11601686
    Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for signaling the usage of adaptive loop filtering in image and video coding are described. An example method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current region of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, whether a luma adaptive loop filter is used during the conversion and whether luma adaptive loop filter coefficients are included in the bitstream representation, wherein a single syntax element in the bitstream representation is indicative of use of the luma adaptive loop filter and signaling of the luma adaptive loop filter coefficients, and performing, based on the determining, the conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Kai Zhang, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11601641
    Abstract: A video signal processing method comprises the steps of: receiving information for prediction of a current block; determining whether or not a merge mode is applied to the current block on the basis of the information for prediction; when a merge mode is applied to the current block, obtaining a first syntax element indicating whether or not a combined prediction is applied to the current block, wherein the combined prediction indicates a prediction mode that combines inter-prediction and intra-prediction; generating an inter-prediction block and an intra-prediction block of the current block when the first syntax element indicates that the combined prediction is applied to the current block; and generating a combined prediction block of the current block by weighted-summing the inter-prediction block and the intra-prediction block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Geonjung Ko, Dongcheol Kim, Juhyung Son, Jaehong Jung, Jinsam Kwak
  • Patent number: 11595662
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry decodes prediction information for a current block in a current coded picture that is a part of a coded video sequence. The prediction information indicates a first prediction mode used for the current block. The processing circuitry determines whether a neighboring block that neighbors the current block and is reconstructed prior to the current block uses the first prediction mode. Then the processing circuitry inserts prediction information from the neighboring block into a predictor list for the first prediction mode in response to the determination that the neighboring block uses the first prediction mode. Finally the processing circuitry reconstructs the current block in accordance with the predictor list for the first prediction mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Tencent America LLC
    Inventors: Xiaozhong Xu, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11595691
    Abstract: An image decoding method according to the present document comprises the steps of: updating an intra-prediction mode of a chroma block on the basis of an intra-prediction mode of a luma block corresponding to the chroma block on the basis of the intra-prediction mode of the chroma block being a cross-component linear model (CCLM) mode; and determining a LFNST set including LFNST matrixes on the basis of the updated intra-prediction mode, wherein the updated intra-prediction mode is derived as an intra-prediction mode corresponding to a specific position in the luma block, and the updated intra-prediction mode is updated as an intra-DC mode on the basis of the intra-prediction mode, that corresponds to the specific position, being an intra-block copy (IBC) mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Hyeongmoon Jang, Seunghwan Kim, Jaehyun Lim
  • Patent number: 11595697
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present document, filtering for chroma blocks can be performed on the basis of luma blocks. For example, a cross component adaptive loop filtering process can be performed. Therefore, the accuracy of in-loop filtering can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Junghak Nam, Jangwon Choi
  • Patent number: 11595639
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for processing video signals and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, the method for processing video signals on the basis of inter prediction comprises the steps of: inducing a motion vector predictor using motion data of a neighboring block of the current block; parsing layer data indicating the current layer to which a motion vector difference used in inter prediction of the current block belongs, in a previously defined layer structure in which the combination of one or more horizontal and vertical components of motion vector differences are divided into multiple layers; parsing index data indicating a particular combination within the current layer; inducing a motion vector difference of the current block using the layer data and index data; and inducing the motion vector for the current block by adding the motion vector difference to the motion vector predictor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jane Zhao, Seethal Paluri, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11589078
    Abstract: A method of three-dimensional (3D)-Tree coding for neural network model compression, is performed by at least one processor, and includes reshaping a four-dimensional (4D) parameter tensor of a neural network into a 3D parameter tensor of the neural network, the 3D parameter tensor comprising a convolution kernel size, an input feature size, and an output feature size, partitioning the 3D parameter tensor along a plane that is formed by the input feature size and the output feature size into 3D coding tree units (CTU3Ds), partitioning each of the CTU3Ds into a plurality of 3D coding units (CU3Ds) recursively until a predetermined depth, using a quad-tree, and constructing a 3D tree for each of the plurality of CU3Ds, wherein the 3D tree for each of the plurality of CU3Ds is a 3D-Unitree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Wei Jiang, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11589050
    Abstract: Video processing methods comprise receiving input data of a current block, checking whether the current block is a root block by considering one or more predefined criteria, applying a mode constraint, a chroma split constraint, or both the mode and chroma split constraints to the current block if the current block is set to be a root block, and encoding or decoding the current block. The mode constraint restricts all blocks split from the current block to be processed by a same prediction mode and the chroma split constraints prohibits chroma components of the current block to be further partitioned while allowing a luma component of the current block to be partitioned into smaller blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HFI INNOVATION INC.
    Inventors: Zhi-Yi Lin, Tzu-Der Chuang, Ching-Yeh Chen, Chia-Ming Tsai
  • Patent number: 11589051
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for video signal processing. A method for decoding an image signal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include determining an input length and an output length of a non-separable transform based on a height and a width of a current block; determining a non-separable transform matrix corresponding to the input length and the output length of a non-separable transform; and applying the non-separable transform matrix to coefficients by a number of the input length in the current block, wherein the height and the width of a current block is greater than or equal to 8, wherein, if each of the height and the width of a current block is equal to 8, the input length of the non-separable transform is determined as 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Moonmo Koo, Mehdi Salehifar, Seunghwan Kim, Jaehyun Lim
  • Patent number: 11589055
    Abstract: An intra prediction method is described. The method can include determining a prediction value for a sample of a current block from one or more reference samples outside the current block by using an intra predication mode. The method can also include deriving a weighted prediction value, when one or more predefined conditions are not satisfied, wherein the one or more predefined conditions relate to at least one of a width and/or a height of the current block and the intra prediction mode. Furthermore, the method can include coding the current block using the weighted prediction value, when the one or more predefined conditions are not satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Alexey Konstantinovich Filippov, Vasily Alexeevich Rufitskiy, Jianle Chen
  • Patent number: 11589076
    Abstract: A method of and a device for decoding a coded picture coded according to a video codec technology or standard that uses a syntax structure including a Picture Header and at least one Picture Parameter Set (PPS) are provided. The method includes decoding, by a decoder, the Picture Header, the Picture Header including transient information pertaining to a plurality of Coding Units of the coded picture, and the transient information of the Picture Header including at least one reference to the at least one PPS, and further including at least one first syntax element pertaining to an aspect of the video codec technology or standard for decoding. The method further includes activating, by the decoder, a PPS of the at least one PPS that is decoded, the PPS including a second syntax element pertaining to the aspect of the video codec technology or standard for decoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Stephan Wenger, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11589064
    Abstract: A video decoding method includes: when a current block satisfies a preconfigured condition, parsing a first syntax element indicating whether the current block is split into a plurality of sub-blocks; when the first syntax element indicates that the current block is split, parsing a second syntax element indicating whether the current block is split using a quad-tree structure; when the second syntax element indicates that the current block is not split using the quad-tree structure, parsing at least one of a third syntax element indicating whether the current block is split using a binary-tree structure or a ternary-tree structure and a fourth syntax element indicating a split direction of the current block; and determining a split mode of the current block based on at least one of the first syntax element, the second syntax element, the third syntax element and the fourth syntax element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Junghak Nam, Seunghwan Kim, Jaehyun Lim
  • Patent number: 11582451
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for coefficient scaling for high-precision image and video coding are described. A example method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video according to a rule, wherein the rule specifies that the conversion includes during encoding, skipping applying a forward transform to residual coefficients of the current block prior to including in the bitstream representation, or during decoding, reconstructing residual coefficients of the current block from the bitstream representation without applying an inverse transform, and wherein the rule further specifies that a scale factor is applied to the residual coefficients independent of a size of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Jizheng Xu, Kai Zhang, Li Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Zhipin Deng, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11575902
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for video processing are described. An exemplary method for video processing includes determining, for a block of a video, a quantization parameter associated with the block, coding the block of the video into a bitstream representation of the video as a palette coded block in part based on a modified value of the quantization parameter, and signaling coded information related to the quantization parameter in the bitstream representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Weijia Zhu, Li Zhang, Jizheng Xu, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11575894
    Abstract: In one example, a processing system including at least one processor may obtain a predicted viewport of a mobile computing device for an immersive visual stream, identify a first plurality of blocks of a frame of the immersive visual stream that are associated with the predicted viewport, encode the first plurality of blocks at a first encoding quality level, and encode a second plurality of blocks of the frame at a second encoding quality level, where the second encoding quality level is associated with a lesser visual quality as compared to the first encoding quality level and where the second plurality of blocks are outside of the predicted viewport. The processing system may then transmit the frame having the first plurality of blocks encoded at the first encoding quality level and the second plurality of blocks encoded at the second encoding quality level to the mobile computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Bo Han, Tan Xu, Zhengye Liu
  • Patent number: 11575904
    Abstract: A method of inter-predicting a current block using any one of a plurality of bi-prediction modes is disclosed. The method comprises decoding, from a bitstream, mode information indicating whether a first mode included in the plurality of bi-prediction modes is applied to the current block. When the mode information indicates that the first mode is applied to the current block, the method further comprises: decoding, from the bitstream, first motion information including differential motion vector information and predicted motion vector information for a first motion vector and second motion information not including at least a portion of predicted motion vector information and differential motion vector information for a second motion vector; and deriving the first motion vector based on the first motion information and deriving the second motion vector based on both at least a portion of the first motion information and the second motion information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Il Kim, Sun Young Lee, Tae Young Na, Se Hoon Son, Jae Seob Shin
  • Patent number: 11575920
    Abstract: An encoder which encodes a video including a plurality of pictures includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry performs: encoding a first picture among the plurality of pictures; and performing (i) a first operation for encoding a parameter set for a second picture which follows the first picture in coding order among the plurality of pictures after encoding the first picture, and encoding the second picture after encoding the parameter set, or (ii) a second operation for encoding the second picture without encoding the parameter set after encoding the first picture. The circuitry performs the first operation when the second picture is a determined picture, in the performing of the first operation or the second operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Kiyofumi Abe, Ryuichi Kanoh