公开(公告)号：US20250008149A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-02

申请号：US18215897

申请日：2023-06-29

Applicant: ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC

Inventor： Wei Gao ,  Ihab Amer ,  Haibo Liu ,  Gabor Sines ,  Feng Pan ,  Crystal Sau ,  Dong Liu ,  Minghao Zhu

IPC: H04N19/53

Abstract: To leverage an amount of unused bandwidth at a hardware encoder to generate motion estimation data, a processing unit includes a hardware encoder configured to perform a first encoding job including encoder sessions to encode a captured frame, determine motion estimation data for a rendered frame, and encode the rendered frame. Further, the processing unit includes a pre-processing circuitry configured to determine a set of motion estimation parameters based on an encoder delay associated with the performance of the first encoding job by the hardware encoder. The hardware encoder is then configured to perform a second encoding job using the determined set of motion estimation parameters.

公开(公告)号：US12132917B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-29

申请号：US17029730

申请日：2020-09-23

Applicant: ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC

Inventor： Wei Gao ,  Yang Liu ,  Ihab Amer ,  Ying Luo ,  Shu-Hsien Wu ,  Edward Harold ,  Feng Pan ,  Crystal Sau ,  Gabor Sines

IPC: H04N19/119 ,  H04N19/136 ,  H04N19/147 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/186 ,  H04N19/30 ,  H04N19/96

CPC classification number: H04N19/186 ,  H04N19/119 ,  H04N19/136 ,  H04N19/147 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/30 ,  H04N19/96

Abstract: An encoder encodes an image portion by recursively partitioning the portion into a partitioning hierarchy of levels. The top level has a single block representing the entire portion and each lower level has four smaller blocks representing a corresponding larger block at a higher level. A palette table is generated for each bottom-level block based on the pixels of the associated block. For each successively higher level, the encoder generates a palette table for each current-level block by selecting palette colors based on the palette colors from the four palette tables for the associated four blocks at the next-lowest level. A color index map is then generated based on a final palette table selected from the palette tables generated for the partitioning hierarchy. A representation of the portion is then encoded using the final palette table and the color index map to generate a corresponding segment of an encoded bitstream.

公开(公告)号：US20210397874A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-23

申请号：US17465712

申请日：2021-09-02

Applicant: ATI Technologies ULC

Inventor： Feng Pan ,  Wei Gao ,  Yang Liu ,  Crystal Yeong-Pian Sau ,  Haibo Liu ,  Edward A. Harold ,  Ying Luo ,  Ihab Amer ,  Gabor Sines

IPC: G06K9/46 ,  G06T5/40 ,  H04N19/423 ,  H04N19/186 ,  G06K9/62

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing parallel histogram calculation with application to palette table derivation are disclosed. An encoder calculates a first histogram for a first portion of pixel component value bits of a block of pixels. Then, the encoder selects a first number of the highest pixel count bins from the first histogram. Also, the encoder calculates a second histogram for a second portion of pixel component value bits of the block. The encoder selects a second number of the highest pixel count bins from the second histogram. A third histogram is calculated from the concatenation of bits assigned to the first and second number of bins, and the highest pixel count bins are selected from the third histogram. A palette table is derived based on these highest pixel count bins selected from the third histogram, and the block of pixels is encoded using the palette table.

公开(公告)号：US20210352282A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-11

申请号：US17385030

申请日：2021-07-26

Applicant: ATI Technologies ULC

Inventor： Feng Pan ,  Wei Gao ,  Yang Liu ,  Crystal Yeong-Pian Sau ,  Haibo Liu ,  Edward A. Harold ,  Ying Luo ,  Ihab Amer ,  Gabor Sines

IPC: H04N19/115 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/182 ,  H04N19/186

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for calculating multi-pass histograms for palette table derivation are disclosed. An encoder calculates a first histogram for a first portion of most significant bits (MSBs) of pixel component values of a block of an image or video frame. Then, the encoder selects a given number of the highest pixel count bins from the first histogram. The encoder then increases the granularity of these selected highest pixel count bins by evaluating one or more additional bits from the pixel component values. A second histogram is calculated for the concatenation of the original first portion MSBs from the highest pixel count bins and the one or more additional bits, and the highest pixel count bins are selected from the second histogram. A palette table is derived based on these highest pixel count bins selected from the second histogram, and the block is encoded using the palette table.

公开(公告)号：US20210097327A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-01

申请号：US16588810

申请日：2019-09-30

Applicant: ATI Technologies ULC

Inventor： Feng Pan ,  Wei Gao ,  Yang Liu ,  Crystal Yeong-Pian Sau ,  Haibo Liu ,  Edward A. Harold ,  Ying Luo ,  Ihab Amer ,  Gabor Sines

IPC: G06K9/46 ,  G06T5/40 ,  G06K9/62 ,  H04N19/186 ,  H04N19/423

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing parallel histogram calculation with application to palette table derivation are disclosed. An encoder calculates a first histogram for a first portion of pixel component value bits of a block of pixels. Then, the encoder selects a first number of the highest pixel count bins from the first histogram. Also, the encoder calculates a second histogram for a second portion of pixel component value bits of the block. The encoder selects a second number of the highest pixel count bins from the second histogram. A third histogram is calculated from the concatenation of bits assigned to the first and second number of bins, and the highest pixel count bins are selected from the third histogram. A palette table is derived based on these highest pixel count bins selected from the third histogram, and the block of pixels is encoded using the palette table.

公开(公告)号：US20200382801A1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-03

申请号：US16428909

申请日：2019-05-31

Applicant: ATI Technologies ULC

Inventor： Yubao Zheng ,  Gabor Sines

IPC: H04N19/23 ,  G06K9/00 ,  H04N19/186 ,  G06T7/194

Abstract: A video keying processing device is provided which comprises memory configured to store data and a processor configured to determine, which pixel portions, in a YUV color space of a first video comprising a foreground object and a background color, represent the foreground object and the background color of the first video. The processor is also configured to, for each pixel portion of the first video determined to represent the foreground object and the background color, convert YUV values of the pixel portion to red-green-blue (RGB) color component value and determine a blended display value for each RGB color component of the pixel portion based on a blending factor. The processor is also configured to generate a composite video for display using the blended display values of each pixel portion determined to represent the foreground object and the background color.

公开(公告)号：US10334276B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-25

申请号：US14981835

申请日：2015-12-28

Applicant: ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC

Inventor： Ihab Amer ,  Gabor Sines ,  Khaled Mammou ,  Haibo Liu ,  Edward Harold ,  Lei Zhang ,  Fabio Gulino ,  Ehsan Mirhadi ,  Ho Hin Lau

IPC: H04N19/44 ,  H04N19/65 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/6375

Abstract: An encoder encodes pixels representative of a picture in a multimedia stream, generates a first approximate signature based on approximate values of pixels in a reconstructed copy of the picture, and transmits the encoded pixels and the first approximate signature. A decoder receives a first packet including the encoded pixels and the first approximate signature, decodes the encoded pixels, and transmits a first signal in response to comparing the first approximate signature and a second approximate signature generated based on approximate values of the decoded pixels. If a corrupted packet is detected, the multimedia application requests an intra-coded picture in response to the first approximate signature differing from the second approximate signature. The second signal instructs the decoder to bypass requesting an intra-coded picture and to continue decoding received packets in response to the first approximate signature being equal to the second approximate signature.

公开(公告)号：US20160234491A1

公开(公告)日：2016-08-11

申请号：US14620036

申请日：2015-02-11

Applicant: ATI Technologies ULC

Inventor： Khaled Mammou ,  Ihab M.A. Amer ,  Gabor Sines

IPC: H04N19/105 ,  H04N19/172 ,  H04N19/174 ,  H04N19/126 ,  H04N19/159

CPC classification number: H04N19/174 ,  H04N19/119 ,  H04N19/124 ,  H04N19/15 ,  H04N19/156

Abstract: A method and apparatus to maximize video slice size is described herein. The method packs as many macroblocks as possible within a capped-size slice, while preserving user-defined quality constraints. The probability to conform to the maximum slice size constraint may be adjusted according to a user-defined parameter. The method may be integrated into a rate control process of a video encoder. The method predicts whether encoding a macroblock with a quantization parameter exceeds a current slice size constraint. It further predicts whether encoding a given number of macroblocks with a given configuration of quantization parameters exceeds the current slice size constraint. The method then proceeds to encode the current macroblock either on a condition that encoding the given number of macroblocks with the given configuration of quantization parameters falls below the size constraint of the current slice or after determining that a new slice is needed.

Abstract translation: 本文描述了使视频片段大小最大化的方法和装置。 该方法在限幅片段内尽可能多地封装宏块，同时保留用户定义的质量约束。 可以根据用户定义的参数来调整符合最大片大小约束的概率。 该方法可以被集成到视频编码器的速率控制过程中。 该方法预测是否对具有量化参数的宏块进行编码超过当前的片大小约束。 它进一步预测用给定的量化参数配置对给定数量的宏块进行编码是否超过当前的片大小约束。 该方法然后在编码给定数量的宏块的量化参数的配置下降到低于当前分片的大小约束的条件下或在确定需要新的分片之后继续对当前宏块进行编码。

公开(公告)号：US12075065B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-27

申请号：US17465712

申请日：2021-09-02

Applicant: ATI Technologies ULC

Inventor： Feng Pan ,  Wei Gao ,  Yang Liu ,  Crystal Yeong-Pian Sau ,  Haibo Liu ,  Edward A. Harold ,  Ying Luo ,  Ihab Amer ,  Gabor Sines

IPC: G06K9/46 ,  G06T5/40 ,  H04N19/182 ,  H04N19/186 ,  H04N19/423

CPC classification number: H04N19/182 ,  G06T5/40 ,  H04N19/186 ,  H04N19/423

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing parallel histogram calculation with application to palette table derivation are disclosed. An encoder calculates a first histogram for a first portion of pixel component value bits of a block of pixels. Then, the encoder selects a first number of the highest pixel count bins from the first histogram. Also, the encoder calculates a second histogram for a second portion of pixel component value bits of the block. The encoder selects a second number of the highest pixel count bins from the second histogram. A third histogram is calculated from the concatenation of bits assigned to the first and second number of bins, and the highest pixel count bins are selected from the third histogram. A palette table is derived based on these highest pixel count bins selected from the third histogram, and the block of pixels is encoded using the palette table.

公开(公告)号：US12047565B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-23

申请号：US17385030

申请日：2021-07-26

Applicant: ATI Technologies ULC

Inventor： Feng Pan ,  Wei Gao ,  Yang Liu ,  Crystal Yeong-Pian Sau ,  Haibo Liu ,  Edward A. Harold ,  Ying Luo ,  Ihab Amer ,  Gabor Sines

IPC: H04N19/115 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/182 ,  H04N19/186

CPC classification number: H04N19/115 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/182 ,  H04N19/186

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for calculating multi-pass histograms for palette table derivation are disclosed. An encoder calculates a first histogram for a first portion of most significant bits (MSBs) of pixel component values of a block of an image or video frame. Then, the encoder selects a given number of the highest pixel count bins from the first histogram. The encoder then increases the granularity of these selected highest pixel count bins by evaluating one or more additional bits from the pixel component values. A second histogram is calculated for the concatenation of the original first portion MSBs from the highest pixel count bins and the one or more additional bits, and the highest pixel count bins are selected from the second histogram. A palette table is derived based on these highest pixel count bins selected from the second histogram, and the block is encoded using the palette table.