公开(公告)号：US11297336B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-05

申请号：US17029130

申请日：2020-09-23

Applicant: GE Video Compression, LLC

Inventor： Heiner Kirchhoffer ,  Heiko Schwarz ,  Tung Nguyen ,  Detlev Marpe ,  Thomas Wiegand

IPC: H04N19/18 ,  H04N19/50 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/70 ,  H04N19/46 ,  H04N19/129 ,  H04N19/136 ,  H04N19/13 ,  H04N19/61 ,  H04N19/91 ,  H04N19/124 ,  H04N19/139 ,  H04N19/51 ,  H04N19/59

Abstract: A higher coding efficiency for coding a significance map indicating positions of significant transform coefficients within a transform coefficient block is achieved by the scan order by which the sequentially extracted syntax elements indicating, for associated positions within the transform coefficient block, as to whether at the respective position a significant or insignificant transform coefficient is situated, are sequentially associated to the positions of the transform coefficient block, among the positions of the transform coefficient block depends on the positions of the significant transform coefficients indicated by previously associated syntax elements. Alternatively, the first-type elements may be context-adaptively entropy decoded using contexts which are individually selected for each of the syntax elements dependent on a number of significant transform coefficients in a neighborhood of the respective syntax element, indicated as being significant by any of the preceding syntax elements.

公开(公告)号：US11277614B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-15

申请号：US16867149

申请日：2020-05-05

Applicant: GE Video Compression, LLC

Inventor： Valeri George ,  Benjamin Bross ,  Heiner Kirchhoffer ,  Detlev Marpe ,  Tung Nguyen ,  Matthias Preiss ,  Mischa Siekmann ,  Jan Stegemann ,  Thomas Wiegand ,  Christian Bartnik

IPC: H04B1/66 ,  H04N7/12 ,  H04N11/02 ,  H04N11/04 ,  H04N19/13 ,  H04N19/50 ,  H04N19/70 ,  H04N19/61 ,  H04N19/124 ,  H03M7/42 ,  H04N19/52 ,  H04N19/513 ,  H04N19/91 ,  H04N19/132 ,  H04N19/174 ,  H04N19/184

Abstract: A decoder for decoding a data stream into which media data is coded has a mode switch configured to activate a low-complexity mode or a high-efficiency mode depending on the data stream, an entropy decoding engine configured to retrieve each symbol of a sequence of symbols by entropy decoding using a selected one of a plurality of entropy decoding schemes, a desymbolizer configured to desymbolize the sequence of symbols to obtain a sequence of syntax elements, a reconstructor configured to reconstruct the media data based on the sequence of syntax elements, selection depending on the activated low-complexity mode or the high-efficiency mode. In another aspect, a desymbolizer is configured to perform desymbolization such that the control parameter varies in accordance with the data stream at a first rate in case of the high-efficiency mode being activated and the control parameter is constant irrespective of the data stream or changes depending on the data stream, but at a second lower rate in case of the low-complexity mode being activated.

公开(公告)号：US11252422B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-15

申请号：US16395761

申请日：2019-04-26

Applicant: GE Video Compression, LLC

Inventor： Karsten Suehring ,  Thomas Schierl ,  Detlev Marpe ,  Robert Skupin ,  Yago Sanchez De La Fuente ,  Gerhard Tech

IPC: H04N19/66 ,  H04N19/30 ,  H04N19/65 ,  H04N19/70 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04N19/187 ,  H04N19/423 ,  H04N19/44 ,  H04N19/50 ,  H04N19/85 ,  H04N19/119 ,  H04N19/166 ,  H04N19/174 ,  H04N19/593 ,  H04N19/89 ,  H04N19/91 ,  H04N19/33

Abstract: A number of negatively affected (correctly received) packets due to packet loss is reduced by providing, and analyzing, error resilience in the packets of the sequence of packets and identifying, for each of runs of one or more lost packets of the sequence of packets, a first packet in the sequence of packets after the respective run of one or more lost packets, which carries a beginning of any of the tiles of the video data stream, and concurrently carries a slice, the slice header of which is contained in any of the packets of the sequence of packets not being lost. In particular, the side information overhead for transmitting the error resilience data is comparatively low compared to the reduction in negatively affected packets due to packet loss.

公开(公告)号：US20210274221A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-02

申请号：US17321505

申请日：2021-05-17

Applicant: GE VIDEO COMPRESSION, LLC

Inventor： Thomas Schierl ,  Valeri George ,  Anastasia Henkel ,  Detlev Marpe ,  Karsten Grueneberg ,  Robert Skupin

IPC: H04N19/68 ,  H04N19/70 ,  H04N19/46 ,  H04N19/174 ,  H04N19/167 ,  H04N19/423 ,  H04N19/436 ,  H04N19/169 ,  H04N19/67 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/4728 ,  H04N19/55 ,  H04N19/91

Abstract: Decoder retrieval timing information, ROI information and tile identification information are conveyed within a video data stream at a level which allows for an easy access by network entities such as MANEs or decoder. In order to reach such a level, information of such types are conveyed within a video data stream by way of packets interspersed into packets of access units of a video data stream. In accordance with an embodiment, the interspersed packets are of a removable packet type, i.e. the removal of these interspersed packets maintains the decoder's ability to completely recover the video content conveyed via the video data stream.

公开(公告)号：US11037194B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-15

申请号：US16907861

申请日：2020-06-22

Applicant: GE VIDEO COMPRESSION, LLC

Inventor： Philipp Helle ,  Simon Oudin ,  Martin Winken ,  Detlev Marpe ,  Thomas Wiegand

IPC: G06Q30/02 ,  G06F16/00 ,  H04N19/105 ,  H04N19/147 ,  H04N19/196 ,  H04N19/52 ,  H04N19/139 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/119 ,  H04N19/46 ,  H04N19/61 ,  H04N19/96 ,  H04N19/463 ,  H04N19/14 ,  H04N19/186 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q10/00 ,  G06Q30/00

Abstract: A favorable merging or grouping of simply connected regions into which the array of information samples is sub-divided, is coded with a reduced amount of data. To this end, a predetermined relative locational relationship is defined enabling an identifying, for a predetermined simply connected region, of simply connected regions within the plurality of simply connected regions which have the predetermined relative locational relationship to the predetermined simply connected region. Namely, if the number is zero, a merge indicator for the predetermined simply connected region may be absent within the data stream. In other embodiments, spatial sub-division is performed depending on a first subset of syntax elements, followed by combining spatially neighboring simply connected regions depending on a second subset of syntax elements, to obtain an intermediate sub-division.

公开(公告)号：US20210176473A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-10

申请号：US17113604

申请日：2020-12-07

Applicant: GE Video Compression, LLC

Inventor： Martin WINKEN ,  Heiner KIRCHHOFFER ,  Heiko SCHWARZ ,  Detlev Marpe ,  Thomas WIEGAND

IPC: H04N19/159 ,  H04N19/597 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/70 ,  H04N19/119 ,  H04N19/147 ,  H04N19/46 ,  H04N19/196 ,  H04N19/61 ,  H04N19/96 ,  H04N19/103 ,  H04N19/463 ,  H04N19/186

Abstract: A better rate distortion ratio is achieved by making interrelationships between coding parameters of different planes available for exploitation for the aim of redundancy reduction despite the additional overhead resulting from the need to signal the inter-plane prediction information to the decoder. In particular, the decision to use inter plane prediction or not may be performed for a plurality of planes individually. Additionally or alternatively, the decision may be done on a block basis considering one secondary plane.

公开(公告)号：US11032556B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-08

申请号：US16774880

申请日：2020-01-28

Applicant: GE Video Compression, LLC

Inventor： Heiner Kirchhoffer ,  Heiko Schwarz ,  Tung Nguyen ,  Detlev Marpe ,  Thomas Wiegand

IPC: H04N19/18 ,  H04N19/50 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/70 ,  H04N19/46 ,  H04N19/129 ,  H04N19/59 ,  H04N19/13 ,  H04N19/61 ,  H04N19/91 ,  H04N19/124 ,  H04N19/139 ,  H04N19/51 ,  H04N19/136

Abstract: A higher coding efficiency for coding a significance map indicating positions of significant transform coefficients within a transform coefficient block is achieved by the scan order by which the sequentially extracted syntax elements indicating, for associated positions within the transform coefficient block, as to whether at the respective position a significant or insignificant transform coefficient is situated, are sequentially associated to the positions of the transform coefficient block, among the positions of the transform coefficient block depends on the positions of the significant transform coefficients indicated by previously associated syntax elements. Alternatively, the first-type elements may be context-adaptively entropy decoded using contexts which are individually selected for each of the syntax elements dependent on a number of significant transform coefficients in a neighborhood of the respective syntax element, indicated as being significant by any of the preceding syntax elements.

公开(公告)号：US11025929B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-01

申请号：US16552342

申请日：2019-08-27

Applicant: GE VIDEO COMPRESSION, LLC

Inventor： Karsten Suehring ,  Thomas Schierl ,  Detlev Marpe ,  Robert Skupin ,  Yago Sanchez De La Fuente ,  Gerhard Tech

IPC: H04N19/30 ,  H04N19/65 ,  H04N19/70 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04N19/187 ,  H04N19/423 ,  H04N19/44 ,  H04N19/50 ,  H04N19/85 ,  H04N19/119 ,  H04N19/166 ,  H04N19/174 ,  H04N19/593 ,  H04N19/66 ,  H04N19/89 ,  H04N19/91 ,  H04N19/33

Abstract: An interleaved multi-layered video data stream with interleaved decoding units of different layers is provided with further timing control information in addition to the timing control information reflecting the interleaved decoding unit arrangement. The additional timing control information pertains to either a fallback position according to which all decoding units of an access unit are treated at the decoded buffer access unit-wise, or a fallback position according to which an intermediate procedure is used: the interleaving of the DUs of different layers is reversed according to the additionally sent timing control information, thereby enabling a DU-wise treatment at the decoder's buffer, however, with no interleaving of decoding units relating to different layers. Both fallback positions may be present concurrently. Various advantageous embodiments and alternatives are the subject of the various claims attached herewith.

公开(公告)号：US11012700B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-18

申请号：US16738075

申请日：2020-01-09

Applicant: GE VIDEO COMPRESSION, LLC

Inventor： Karsten Suehring ,  Thomas Schierl ,  Detlev Marpe ,  Robert Skupin ,  Yago Sanchez De La Fuente ,  Gerhard Tech

IPC: H04N19/30 ,  H04N19/70 ,  H04N19/65 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04N19/187 ,  H04N19/423 ,  H04N19/44 ,  H04N19/50 ,  H04N19/85 ,  H04N19/119 ,  H04N19/166 ,  H04N19/174 ,  H04N19/593 ,  H04N19/66 ,  H04N19/89 ,  H04N19/91 ,  H04N19/33

Abstract: A signaling of at least one characteristic for layers of a multi-layered video signal such as, for example, for each layer the indication of dependent layers to which the respective layer directly relates via inter-layer prediction, or the signaling of the afore-mentioned second inter-dependency syntax structure, is described. A maximum syntax element is signaled within the multi-layered video signal to indicate a maximally used value of an extension layer-ID field of the packets of the multi-layered video signal, the scope of the maximum syntax element being, for example, a predetermined portion of the multi-layered video signal extending, for example, across several portions of the multi-layered video signal. Accordingly, it is feasible for devices such as decoders or network elements receiving the multi-layered video signal to gain, for a relatively large predetermined portion of the multi-layered video signal, knowledge about the actually consumed portion of the possible domain of possible values.

公开(公告)号：US10924748B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-16

申请号：US17012506

申请日：2020-09-04

Applicant: GE VIDEO COMPRESSION, LLC

Inventor： Philipp Merkle ,  Christian Bartnik ,  Haricharan Lakshman ,  Detlev Marpe ,  Karsten Mueller ,  Thomas Wiegand ,  Gerhard Tech

IPC: H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/105 ,  H04N19/70 ,  H04N19/119 ,  H04N19/46 ,  H04N19/196 ,  H04N19/96 ,  H04N19/593 ,  H04N19/103 ,  H04N19/157 ,  H04N19/82 ,  H04N19/44 ,  H04N19/23 ,  H04N19/597 ,  H04N19/14

Abstract: Although wedgelet-based partitioning seems to represent a better tradeoff between side information rate on the one hand and achievable variety in partitioning possibilities on the other hand, compared to contour partitioning, the ability to alleviate the constraints of the partitioning to the extent that the partitions have to be wedgelet partitions, enables applying relatively uncomplex statistical analysis onto overlaid spatially sampled texture information in order to derive a good predictor for the bi-segmentation in a depth/disparity map. Thus, in accordance with a first aspect it is exactly the increase of the freedom which alleviates the signaling overhead provided that co-located texture information in form of a picture is present. Another aspect pertains the possibility to save side information rate involved with signaling a respective coding mode supporting irregular partitioning.