Predictive Patents (Class 375/240.12)
  • Patent number: 11582449
    Abstract: A set of rough prediction modes including a MPM subset is determined for a code block during image encoding. A first prediction mode having a mode cost less than a first threshold is selected from the set of rough prediction modes, and a second prediction mode having a mode cost less than a second threshold is selected from the MPM subset. A candidate mode subset is determined based on mode types of prediction modes contained in the set of rough prediction modes and a ranking result of mode costs of the prediction modes, when the mode cost of the first prediction mode is different from the mode cost of the second prediction mode. A target prediction mode is determined for the code block from the candidate mode subset. The code block is encoded with the target prediction mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiaojiao Zhang, Wenpeng Ding
  • Patent number: 11582489
    Abstract: A method is disclosed. In the method, color differences are calculated between a current video frame and a motion predicted version of the current video frame based on a human visual system's ability to perceive the color differences. Also, information in a difference frame is discarded based on the color differences. The difference frame includes differences between the current video frame and the motion predicted version of the current video frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Mark Shaw, Albert Parra, Jan Allebach
  • Patent number: 11582443
    Abstract: A mode decision component is configured to determine the costs of different modes for a selected partition of a frame of a video using an estimated compression coding data, which is calculated prior to a corresponding actual compression coding data being calculated based on another partition immediately prior to the selected partition in a partition processing order. The estimated compression coding data is determined based on a previously calculated compression coding data calculated based on a completed partition prior to the selected partition in the partition processing order. The mode decision component is configured to use the determined costs to select one of the modes. An encoder component is configured to use the selected mode to encode the selected partition by using the corresponding actual compression coding data calculated based on the another partition immediately prior to the selected partition in the partition processing order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Gaurang Chaudhari, Hariharan G. Lalgudi, Yunqing Chen, Harikrishna Madadi Reddy
  • Patent number: 11582446
    Abstract: A system for decoding a video bitstream includes receiving a reference picture set associated with a frame including a set of reference picture identifiers. The reference picture set identifies one or more reference pictures to be used for inter-prediction of the frame based upon its associated least significant bits of a picture order count based upon the reference picture identifiers. The one or more reference pictures is a second or greater previous frame to the frame having the matching reference picture identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Velos Media, LLC
    Inventors: Sachin G. Deshpande, Christopher A. Segall
  • Patent number: 11582466
    Abstract: A video coding method using inter-layer prediction or referencing is provided. A video decoder receives data from a bitstream carrying data for video pictures in a plurality of different layers. At least one of the plurality of layers comprises temporal sublayers that correspond to levels in a hierarchical temporal prediction structure. Each temporal sublayer is associated with a temporal identifier. The video decoder receives an inter-layer prediction constraint parameter constraining a maximum temporal sublayer used in inter-layer prediction. The video decoder reconstructs a first picture in a first layer by referencing data of a second picture in a second layer. A temporal identifier of the referenced data satisfies the received inter-layer prediction constraint parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventors: Chen-Yen Lai, Ching-Yeh Chen, Tzu-Der Chuang, Olena Chubach
  • Patent number: 11582455
    Abstract: The disclosure proposes a decoder for decoding coefficients of blocks of a video sequence from a bitstream. The decoder comprises a scan pattern list module for providing one or more pre-defined scan orders, a scan order generator for generating one or more scan orders, a scan order selector for selecting a scan order for each block from the pre-defined and generated scan orders on the basis of scan order information contained in the bitstream, a decoding module for decoding one or more coefficient vectors of each block from the bitstream, a deserializer for inverse scanning, for each block, the one or more coefficient vectors of that block according to the scan order selected for that block so as to obtain a coefficient matrix. The scan order generator generates the one or more scan orders depending on one or more previously obtained coefficient matrices of blocks of the video sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexey Konstantinovich Filippov, Vasily Alexeevich Rufitskiy
  • Patent number: 11575917
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes receiving circuitry and processing circuitry. For example, the processing circuitry decodes prediction information of a current block in a current picture from a coded video bitstream. The prediction information is indicative of an inter prediction mode with a potential usage of a refinement technique based on a first reference picture and a second reference picture. Then, the processing circuitry determines whether a first equal weighting condition of chroma components from the first reference picture and the second reference picture is satisfied. In response to a failure to satisfy the first equal weighting condition of the chroma components from the first reference picture and the second reference picture, the processing circuitry disables the refinement technique in a reconstruction of a sample in the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Guichun Li, Xiang Li, Xiaozhong Xu, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11575890
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus may include determining a chroma array type of a current image, determining an adaptive loop filter (ALF) indicator of a chroma component based on the chroma array type, and performing ALF filtering with respect to a reconstructed image based on a value of the ALF indicator. The value of the ALF indicator may be determined to be a predetermined value without being obtained from a bitstream, based on the chroma array type being a predetermined type, and the value of the ALF indicator may be obtained from the bitstream, based on the chroma array type being not the predetermined type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ling Li, Jung Hak Nam, Jaehyun Lim, Jin Heo, Seung Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11575940
    Abstract: A video processing method is provided to include: performing a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the video, wherein the performing of the conversion includes configuring, based on a characteristic of the current video block of a video, a context model for coding a bin or bypass coding the bin of a bin string corresponding to an index of a secondary transform tool, wherein the index indicates an applicability of the secondary transform tool and/or a kernel information of the secondary transform tool, and wherein the secondary transform tool includes applying, during encoding, a forward secondary transform to an output of a forward primary transform applied to a residual of a video block prior to quantization, or wherein the secondary transform tool includes applying, during decoding, an inverse secondary transform to an output of dequantization to the video block before applying an inverse primary transform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11575900
    Abstract: In a video coding device, a generation unit generates the prediction error signal from an input image, a transformation unit transforms the prediction error signal depending on a color space selected from among the plurality of color spaces, an adaptive chroma quantization offset derivation unit derives an adaptive chroma quantization offset, which is a parameter for adjusting a quantization parameter of a chroma component, for each of the plurality of color spaces, a quantization unit generates a quantization coefficient image based on the prediction error signal or the transformed prediction error signal by the transformation means, and an inverse quantization unit inverse-quantizes the quantization coefficient image by using the adaptive chroma quantization offset for the selected color space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keiichi Chono
  • Patent number: 11575921
    Abstract: The coding efficiency of scalable video coding is increased by substituting missing spatial intra prediction parameter candidates in a spatial neighborhood of a current block of the enhancement layer by use of intra prediction parameters of a co-located block of the base layer signal. By this measure, the coding efficiency for coding the spatial intra prediction parameters is increased due to the improved prediction quality of the set of intra prediction parameters of the enhancement layer, or, more precisely stated, the increased likelihood, that appropriate predictors for the intra prediction parameters for an intra predicted block of the enhancement layer are available thereby increasing the likelihood that the signaling of the intra prediction parameter of the respective enhancement layer block may be performed, on average, with less bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: GE Video Compression, LLC
    Inventors: Tobias Hinz, Haricharan Lakshman, Jan Stegemann, Philipp Helle, Mischa Siekmann, Karsten Suehring, Detlev Marpe, Heiko Schwarz, Christian Bartnik, Ali Atef Ibrahim Khairat Abdelhamid, Heiner Kirchhoffer, Thomas Wiegand
  • Patent number: 11570482
    Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for using flexible and efficient partitioning techniques and in particular, restricting extended quadtree (EQT) partitioning, are described. An exemplary method for visual media decoding includes making a decision, based on one or more conditions, regarding a selective inclusion of one or more signaling bits for a partitioning process in a bitstream representation of a current visual media block of a plurality of visual media blocks, where the partitioning process splits the current visual media block into exactly four sub-blocks including at least one sub-block that has a size different from half of a width of the current visual media block times half of a height of the current visual media block; decoding, based on the bitstream representation, the four sub-blocks; and decoding, based on the four sub-blocks and the partitioning process, the current visual media block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Hsiao Chiang Chuang, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11563942
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus may include obtaining a current block by splitting an image, determining a prediction mode of the current block, generating an intra prediction block of the current block, based on the prediction mode of the current block being an intra prediction mode, generating a residual block of the current block, and reconstructing the current block based on the prediction block and the residual block of the current block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ling Li, Jung Hak Nam
  • Patent number: 11563943
    Abstract: Provided are a method and a device for decoding a video signal to provide stereographic image content with high resolution. The method may include determining motion information of a current block and obtaining a prediction sample of the current block based on a weighted sum operation of a first predicted sample and a second predicted sample of the current block. The method may further include deriving the first predicted sample by using the motion information of the current block and deriving the second predicted sample by using at least one reference sample of the current block, wherein a set of weights applied to the first predicted sample and the second predicted sample is determined based on whether a prediction mode of a neighboring block adjacent to the current block is inter prediction or intra prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: KT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bae Keun Lee, Joo Young Kim
  • Patent number: 11563490
    Abstract: Both a conventional receiver and an HDR-compatible receiver well perform electro-optical conversion processing on transmission video data obtained by using an HDR opto-electronic transfer characteristic. High dynamic range opto-electronic conversion is performed on high dynamic range video data to obtain the transmission video data. Encoding processing is performed on this transmission video data to obtain a video stream. A container of a predetermined format including this video stream is transmitted. Metadata information indicating a standard dynamic range opto-electronic transfer characteristic is inserted into a layer of the video stream, and metadata information indicating a high dynamic range opto-electronic transfer characteristic is inserted into at least one of the layer of the video stream and a layer of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ikuo Tsukagoshi
  • Patent number: 11563940
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a decoder configured to select a filter based on a block size of a first block and a block size of a second block in an image, and change values of pixels in the first block and the second block. The filter includes a first set of multipliers and a first set of offsets for the first block, and a second set of multipliers and a second set of offsets for the second block. The values of the pixels in the first block and the second block are changed by performing multiplication with each multiplier in the first set of multipliers, by performing multiplication with each multiplier in the second set of multipliers, and by using the first set of offsets and the second set of offsets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Ryuichi Kanoh, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma
  • Patent number: 11558643
    Abstract: In some examples, a method of decoding a point cloud includes determining a first slice QP value for a first component of an attribute in a slice of point cloud data. The method also includes decoding a first delta QP value for the first component of the attribute for a region in the slice and determining a first region QP value for the first component of the attribute in the region from the first slice QP value and from the first delta QP value. The method further includes decoding a second delta QP value for the second component of the attribute for the region and determining a second region QP value for the second component of the attribute in the region from the second delta QP value. The method includes decoding the point cloud data based on the first and second region QP values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Adarsh Krishnan Ramasubramonian, Bappaditya Ray, Geert Van der Auwera, Louis Joseph Kerofsky, Marta Karczewicz
  • Patent number: 11558632
    Abstract: A prediction method for an image block comprising a first prediction sub-block and a second prediction sub-block, the prediction method comprising: parsing a first index from a bitstream, wherein the first index is used to obtain prediction information of the first prediction sub-block; parsing a second index from the bitstream; comparing the first index with the second index; adjusting the second index in the event that the second index is equal to or greater than the first index; and obtaining prediction information of the second prediction sub-block according to the adjusted second index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Timofey Mikhailovich Solovyev, Semih Esenlik, Jianle Chen, Anand Meher Kotra, Han Gao, Biao Wang, Roman Igorevich Chernyak, Alexander Alexandrovich Karabutov, Sergey Yurievich Ikonin
  • Patent number: 11556509
    Abstract: Methods and devices for simplifying data collected from assets are provided. An example method involves obtaining raw data from a data source at an asset, determining whether a data logging trigger is satisfied, and, when satisfied, performing a dataset simplification algorithm on the raw data to generate a simplified set of data in which interpolation error is limited by an upper bound that is fixed across the simplified set of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Geotab Inc.
    Inventors: Alexey Sukhov, Cristian Frincu, Darren Marc Lohmann Beams
  • Patent number: 11558639
    Abstract: This application relates to a video encoding method performed at a computer device. The method includes: obtaining an input video frame; determining a processing parameter corresponding to the input video frame; selecting, from candidate processing manners according to the processing parameter, a target processing manner corresponding to the input video frame, the candidate processing manners comprising a full-resolution processing manner and a downsampling processing manner; and encoding the input video frame according to the target processing manner, to obtain encoded data corresponding to the input video frame. Therefore, the target processing manner of the input video frame can be flexibly selected, and the input video frame is encoded according to the target processing manner, to adaptively adjust a resolution of the input video frame, and improve video encoding quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xinwei Gao, Xunan Mao, Chenchen Gu
  • Patent number: 11553209
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for parallel encoding and decoding of moving picture data are provided. The method includes decoding, from a bitstream, a syntax element indicating that a picture can be decoded using wavefront parallel processing and decoding encoded data of the picture. The step of decoding encoded data of the picture includes for a first coding block of a current CTU row encoded in a palette mode, predicting a palette table for the first coding block by using palette data from a first CTU of a previous CTU row and decoding the first coding block in the palette mode using the palette table predicted for the first coding block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Kwangwoon University Industry-Academic Collaboration Foundation
    Inventors: Dong Gyu Sim, Sea Nae Park, Joo Hyung Byeon, Seung Wook Park, Wha Pyeong Lim
  • Patent number: 11553195
    Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry, and memory coupled to the circuitry. The circuitry, in operation, for each of a plurality of sub-bitstreams having mutually different frame rates, encodes identification information into a header of a bitstream including the plurality of sub-bitstreams, the identification information indicating a temporal ID that is an identifier of a temporal layer related to a temporal scalability and corresponds to the sub-bitstream, and encodes level information indicating a conformance level of the sub-bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Virginie Drugeon, Tadamasa Toma, Takahiro Nishi, Kiyofumi Abe, Yusuke Kato
  • Patent number: 11546593
    Abstract: An example method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a picture of a video that comprises one or more sub-pictures and a bitstream representation of the video. The bitstream representation conforms to a format rule that specifies that information about a sub-picture is included in the bitstream representation based on at least one of: (1) one or more corner positions of the sub-picture, or (2) a dimension of the sub-picture. The format rule further specifies that the information about the sub-picture is positioned after information about a coding tree block in the bitstream representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Zhipin Deng, Hongbin Liu, Li Zhang, Jizheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11541308
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods for hosting online video games are provided. One method includes generating a plurality of video frames. The method includes initiating a sending of each one of the plurality of video frames to a client. Each of the video frames that is sent is compressed. The method includes stopping the compression and sending of video frames when one of the plurality of video frames is taking longer than a frame time to compress and send. A frame time is defined as one over a frame rate, and wherein stopping the compression of video frames includes ignoring said video frames by an encoder. The method includes continuing to compress and send audio data to the client when one or more of said plurality of video frames are not sent to the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Roger van der Laan, Stephen G. Perlman
  • Patent number: 11546580
    Abstract: A method of decoding a coded video bitstream is provided. The method includes obtaining a first reference picture list structure and a second reference picture list structure represented in the coded video bitstream; deriving, based on the first reference picture list structure and the second reference picture list structure, a first reference picture list of a current slice and a second reference picture list of the current slice, wherein the current slice comprises an intra (I) slice or a uni-predictive (P) slice; and obtaining at least one reconstructed block of the current slice following derivation of the first reference picture list and the second reference picture list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fnu Hendry, Ye-Kui Wang
  • Patent number: 11546585
    Abstract: An encoding device (1) according to the present invention includes: an encoding processing order determiner (11) configured to determine encoding processing order of blocks to be encoded; an intra-prediction mode candidate generator (12) configured to generate intra-prediction mode candidates of the blocks to be encoded, based on the encoding processing order; an intra-prediction mode determiner (13) configured to determine intra-prediction modes to be applied to the blocks to be encoded from the intra-prediction mode candidates; an intra predictor (14) configured to perform intra-prediction processing on the blocks to be encoded, based on the determined encoding processing order and the intra-prediction modes; and an entropy encoder (15) configured to perform entropy encoding processing on the encoding processing order and the intra-prediction modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI
    Inventors: Shunsuke Iwamura, Shimpei Nemoto, Atsuro Ichigaya
  • Patent number: 11539948
    Abstract: A method of coding implemented by a decoding device, comprising obtaining a bitstream; obtaining a value of an indicator for a current block according to the bitstream; obtaining a value of a first parameter for the current block and a value of a second parameter for the current block, according to the value of the indicator and a predefined lookup table; obtaining a value of a sample distance for a sample which is located in the current block, according to the value of the first parameter and the value of the second parameter; obtaining a prediction value for the sample, according to the value of the sample distance for the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Semih Esenlik, Max Blaeser, Zhijie Zhao, Han Gao, Anand Meher Kotra, Biao Wang, Elena Alexandrovna Alshina
  • Patent number: 11539970
    Abstract: A video processing method includes determining, according to a rule, whether to apply a scaling matrix based on whether a secondary transform matrix is applied to a portion of a video block of a video, wherein the scaling matrix is used to scale at least some coefficients of the video block, and wherein the secondary transform matrix is used to transform at least some residual coefficients of the portion of the video block during the conversion; and performing a conversion between the video block of the video and a bitstream representation of the video using the selected scaling matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Jizheng Xu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11539974
    Abstract: Video compression and decompression techniques are disclosed that provide improved bandwidth control for video compression and decompression systems. In particular, video coding and decoding techniques quantize input video in multiple dimensions. According to these techniques, pixel residuals may be generated from a comparison of an array of input data to an array of prediction data. The pixel residuals may be quantized in a first dimension. After the quantization, the quantized pixel residuals may be transformed to an array of transform coefficients. The transform coefficients may be quantized in a second dimension and entropy coded. Decoding techniques invert these processes. In still other embodiments, multiple quantizers may be provided upstream of the transform stage, either in parallel or in cascade, which provide greater flexibility to video coders to quantize data in different dimensions in an effort to balance the competing interest in compression efficiency and quality of reconstructed video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Alexandros Tourapis, Yeping Su, David Singer, Hsi-Jung Wu
  • Patent number: 11539977
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of Inter prediction for video coding using UMVE (Ultimate Motion Vector Expression) are disclosed. According to this method, a base candidate is selected from an original Inter candidate list, where the base candidate has a base prediction direction. One or more extended candidates are derived by adding one or more offsets to the base candidate, where said one or more extended candidates have a same prediction direction as the base prediction direction. The extended candidates are then inserted into the original Inter candidate list to form an extended Inter candidate list for encoding or decoding. According to another method, the UMVE mode is treated as an additional AMVP (Advanced Motion Vector Prediction) mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: HFI INNOVATION INC.
    Inventors: Chen-Yen Lai, Ching-Yeh Chen, Tzu-Der Chuang
  • Patent number: 11533350
    Abstract: When encoding and transmitting video data comprising regions of interest, different usages of the regions of interest implicate different kinds of combination of region of interest at decoding. By studying the different impacts of the encoding mechanisms depending on other set of tiles data on the different kind of combination, it is possible to define a plurality of tile set coding dependency levels. Each tile set coding dependency level is linked to a set of constraints on encoding. These set of constraints have different impacts on the possibilities allowed when combining the different regions of interest. It is therefore possible, based on a desired usage, to select an encoding with minimal restrictions, as defined by a given tile coding dependency level, compatible with the desired usage. Accordingly, the encoding efficiency is improved, for a given usage, compared to a solution where a complete tile independency solution is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naël Ouedraogo, Jonathan Taquet, Franck Denoual
  • Patent number: 11533505
    Abstract: A method and device for point cloud compression are provided. A bitstream is generated that comprises color information data representative of a texture image from which points of the point cloud are colorized when reconstructing the point cloud. The bitstream also comprises an interpolation texture coding mode indicating that texture interpolation has to be done on points of the reconstructed point cloud that are not colorized from the texture image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL VC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Julien Ricard, Celine Guede, Joan Llach
  • Patent number: 11533488
    Abstract: An image coding method includes: writing, into a sequence parameter set, buffer description defining information for defining a plurality of buffer descriptions; writing, into the sequence parameter set, reference list description defining information for defining a plurality of reference list descriptions corresponding to the buffer descriptions; and writing, into a first header of each processing unit which is included in a coded bitstream, buffer description selecting information for specifying a selected buffer description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Viktor Wahadaniah, Chong Soon Lim, Sue Mon Thet Naing, Hai Wei Sun, Takahiro Nishi, Hisao Sasai, Youji Shibahara, Toshiyasu Sugio, Kyoko Tanikawa, Toru Matsunobu, Kengo Terada
  • Patent number: 11528498
    Abstract: Image coding using alpha channel prediction may include generating a reconstructed image using alpha channel prediction and outputting the reconstructed image. Generating the reconstructed image using alpha channel prediction may include decoding reconstructed color channel values for a current pixel expressed with reference to first color space, obtaining color space converted color channel values for the current pixel by converting the reconstructed color channel values to a second color space, obtaining an alpha channel lower bound for an alpha channel value for the current pixel using the color space converted color channel values, generating a candidate predicted alpha value for the current pixel, obtaining an adjusted predicted alpha value for the current pixel using the candidate predicted alpha value and the alpha channel lower bound, generating a reconstructed pixel for the current pixel using the adjusted predicted alpha value, and including the reconstructed pixel in the reconstructed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Maryla Ustarroz-Calonge, Vincent Rabaud
  • Patent number: 11528480
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus includes determining a splitting structure of a current block composed of chroma components, determining a splitting type of the current block based on the splitting structure, obtaining a plurality of lower-layer blocks by splitting the current block based on the splitting type, and decoding the lower-layer blocks based on a prediction mode of the lower-layer blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jangwon Choi, Jin Heo, Sunmi Yoo, Jungah Choi, Seung Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11528501
    Abstract: A method of video decoding is provided to include maintaining tables, wherein each table includes a set of motion candidates and each motion candidate is associated with corresponding motion information; and performing a conversion between a first video block and a bitstream representation of a video including the first video block, the performing of the conversion including using at least some of the set of motion candidates as a predictor to process motion information of the first video block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BYTEDANCE INC.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Kai Zhang, Hongbin Liu, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11528506
    Abstract: A video coding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes receiving a video signal partitioned into a chroma block and a first neighboring luma block. The mechanism also includes encoding prediction information for chroma samples of the chroma block into a bitstream. The prediction information for the chroma samples is determined via intra-prediction based on down-sampled neighboring luma samples. The down-sampled neighboring luma samples are generated from a single row of luma samples from the first neighboring luma block. A bitstream including the prediction information for the chroma samples is transmitted to support decoding and display of the chroma samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiang Ma, Jianle Chen, Haitao Yang
  • Patent number: 11528490
    Abstract: The invention provides an information preserving coding method based on possibility distribution of value of a sample. The possibility distribution of value of a sample refers to evaluation of the possibility of various values of the sample. The information preserving coding method provided is more in line with the non-stationary probability property of an actual source, and a coding code length is the overhead caused by a prediction error of the possibility distribution of value of the sample. The invention further provides multiple coding methods based on possibility distribution of value of a sample. Through improving the prediction accuracy of the possibility distribution of value of the sample, the coding efficiency is greatly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Lu Yu, Zhichu He
  • Patent number: 11523121
    Abstract: An image encoding apparatus comprises a selector configured to select, from a set of candidate prediction operations each defining at least a prediction direction selected from a set of available prediction directions, a prediction operation for prediction of samples of a current region of a current image, the current region comprising an array of two or more rows and two or more columns of samples; and an intra-image predictor configured to derive predicted samples of the current region with respect to one or more of a group of reference samples of the same image in dependence upon a prediction direction, defined by the selected prediction operation, between a current sample to be predicted and the reference samples; in which for at least some of the candidate prediction operations: the group of reference samples comprises two or more parallel linear arrays of reference samples disposed at different respective separations from the current region, the intra-image predictor being configured to derive the predi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Karl James Sharman, Stephen Mark Keating
  • Patent number: 11523139
    Abstract: A method, computer program, and/or computer system is provided for coding a video sequence. Video data containing one or more faces may be received. One or more virtual boundaries between the one or more faces of the received video data may be selected. In-loop filtering may be disabled between the one or more selected virtual boundaries from among the virtual boundaries, based on the selected boundaries being discontinuous in a three-dimensional geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Byeongdoo Choi, Shan Liu, Stephan Wenger
  • Patent number: 11523106
    Abstract: A picture decoding method which is performed by a decoding apparatus according to an example of the present disclosure includes constructing a Most Probable Modes (MPM) list including intra prediction mode candidates for a current block based on neighboring blocks of the current block, decoding remaining mode information indicating one of remaining intra prediction modes other than the intra prediction mode candidates included in the MPM list from a bitstream, determining an intra prediction mode of the current block based on the decoded remaining mode information, generating prediction samples for the current block based on the determined intra prediction mode, and generating reconstructed samples for the current block based on the prediction samples for the current block, wherein the remaining mode information is decoded based on a truncated binary code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ling Li, Seunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11523114
    Abstract: Provided is a picture encoding device that divides a picture into blocks and performs encoding for each of the divided blocks. A primary signal block divider divides a primary signal of the picture into rectangles having a predetermined size, and generates a primary signal block. A secondary signal block divider divides a secondary signal of the picture into rectangles having a predetermined size, and generates a secondary signal block. A primary signal predictor predicts a primary signal, and a secondary signal predictor predicts a secondary signal. The secondary signal predictor can perform inter prediction of predicting a secondary signal from an encoded primary signal, and the inter prediction is restricted based on at least one of a size of the primary signal block and a size of the secondary signal block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Godo Kaisha IP Bridge1
    Inventors: Shigeru Fukushima, Hiroya Nakamura, Toru Kumakura
  • Patent number: 11523130
    Abstract: Provided is a video decoding method performed by a video decoding apparatus, the video decoding method including: determining prediction mode information of a current block and an index indicating a prediction candidate, from a bitstream; determining a prediction candidate list according to the prediction mode information; when the prediction mode information of the current block indicates a pre-set prediction mode, determining a motion vector indicated by the index indicating the prediction candidate from the prediction candidate list, and determining a prediction motion vector of the current block based on at least one of pieces of motion prediction information related to the motion vector; and determining a motion vector of the current block based on the prediction motion vector, wherein the pre-set prediction mode is a prediction mode different from a skip mode and a merge mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-soo Jeong, Min-woo Park, Jin-Young Lee, Sun-il Lee
  • Patent number: 11516489
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for video coding. In some examples, an apparatus includes processing circuitry that receives a bitstream that includes coded information representing a current bin of a current syntax element of a first syntax element type for a block in a picture. The processing circuitry determines, for the current bin of the current syntax element, a current context model associated with both the first syntax element type and a second syntax element type different from the first syntax element type. The processing circuitry also decodes the coded information according to the current context model to obtain the current bin of the current syntax element, and reconstructs the current block according to a characteristic indicated by the current bin of the current syntax element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Jing Ye, Xiang Li, Cheung Auyeung, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11516508
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video encoding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry determines a maximum transform size for partitioning a block in a coding tree unit (CTU) based on a size of the CTU. Then, the processing circuitry partitions the block into one or more transform blocks based on the maximum transform size, and encodes residues associated with a prediction of the block into bits in a bitstream, according to the one of more transform blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Xin Zhao, Xiang Li, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11516507
    Abstract: Image encoding/decoding methods and apparatuses according to the present invention may generate a prediction block of a current block based on a pre-defined prediction mode, generate a transform block of the current block through predetermined transformation, and reconstruct the current block based on the prediction block and the transform block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bae Keun Lee, Dong San Jun
  • Patent number: 11509901
    Abstract: A method for colour component prediction, an encoder, a decoder and a storage medium are provided. The method includes that: prediction parameters of a current block are determined, the prediction parameters including a prediction mode parameter and a size parameter of the current block; when the prediction mode parameter indicates that a Matrix-based Intra Prediction (MIP) mode is adopted to determine an intra prediction value of the current block, an MIP weight matrix of the current block, a shift factor of the current block and an MIP input sample matrix of the current block are determined; and the intra prediction value of the current block is determined according to the MIP weight matrix, the shift factor and the MIP input sample matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Junyan Huo, Yanzhuo Ma, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11509936
    Abstract: A method of partitioning a video coding block for JVET, comprising representing a JVET coding tree unit as a root node in a quadtree plus binary tree (QTBT) structure that can have a quadtree branching from the root node and binary trees branching from each of the quadtree's leaf nodes using asymmetric binary partitioning to split a coding unit represented by a quadtree leaf node into two child coding units of unequal size, representing the two child coding units as leaf nodes in a binary tree branching from the quadtree leaf node and coding the child coding units represented by leaf nodes of the binary tree with JVET, wherein further partitioning of child coding units split from quadtree leaf nodes via asymmetric binary partitioning is disallowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Krit Panusopone, Limin Wang
  • Patent number: 11509937
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding a video. According to an embodiment, provided is a method of setting a level for each of one or more regions, including decoding a definition syntax element related to level definition and a designation syntax element related to target designation from a bitstream; defining one or more levels based on the definition syntax element; and setting a target level designated by the designation syntax element among the defined levels for a target region designated by the designation syntax element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong-yeon Lim, Jae Seob Shin, Sun Young Lee, Se Hoon Son, Tae Young Na, Jae Il Kim
  • Patent number: 11509910
    Abstract: A method for controlling block intra prediction is provided for a decoder. The method includes: obtaining a coded video bitstream; decoding, prediction information of a current coding unit (CU) in a segment of a current picture from the coded video bitstream; determining, according to the prediction information, a prediction type of a chroma coding block (CB) of the current CU, the prediction type being intra prediction or inter prediction; and reconstructing the chroma CB according to the prediction information, where a width of any reconstructed chroma CB intra-predicted from the coded video bitstream is greater than 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Liang Zhao, Xiang Li, Xin Zhao, Shan Liu, Guichun Li, Xiaozhong Xu