公开(公告)号：US20220224904A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-14

申请号：US17590596

申请日：2022-02-01

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: 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：US20210266563A9

公开(公告)日：2021-08-26

申请号：US16459940

申请日：2019-07-02

Applicant: GE Video Compression, LLC

Inventor： 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

IPC: H04N19/159 ,  H04N19/117 ,  H04N19/136 ,  H04N19/176

Abstract: A scalable video decoder is described which is configured to reconstruct a base layer signal from a coded data stream to obtain a reconstructed base layer signal; and reconstruct an enhancement layer signal including spatially or temporally predicting a portion of an enhancement layer signal, currently to be reconstructed, from an already reconstructed portion of the enhancement layer signal to obtain an enhancement layer internal prediction signal; forming, at the portion currently to be reconstructed, a weighted average of an inter-layer prediction signal obtained from the reconstructed base layer signal, and the enhancement layer internal prediction signal to obtain an enhancement layer prediction signal such that a weighting between the inter-layer prediction signal and the enhancement layer internal prediction signal varies over different spatial frequency components; and predictively reconstructing the enhancement layer signal using the enhancement layer prediction signal.

公开(公告)号：US20210160524A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-27

申请号：US17166822

申请日：2021-02-03

Applicant: GE VIDEO COMPRESSION, LLC

Inventor： Philipp MERKLE ,  Christian BARTNIK ,  Haricharan LAKSHMAN ,  Detlev MARPE ,  Karsten MUELLER ,  Thomas WIEGAND ,  Gerhard TECH

IPC: H04N19/51 ,  H04N19/597 ,  H04N19/105 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/70 ,  H04N19/119 ,  H04N19/46 ,  H04N19/196 ,  H04N19/96 ,  H04N19/593 ,  H04N19/157 ,  H04N19/82 ,  H04N19/52

Abstract: In accordance with a first aspect, the intra prediction direction of a neighboring, intra-predicted block is used in order to predict the extension direction of the wedgelet separation line of a current block, thereby reducing the side information rate necessitated in order to convey the partitioning information. In accordance with a second aspect, the idea is that previously reconstructed samples, i.e. reconstructed values of blocks preceding the current block in accordance with the coding/decoding order allow for at least a prediction of a correct placement of a starting point of the wedgelet separation line, namely by placing the starting point of the wedgelet separation line at a position of a maximum change between consecutive ones of a sequence of reconstructed values of samples of a line of samples extending adjacent to the current block along a circumference thereof. Both aspects may be used individually or in combination.

公开(公告)号：US20200112730A1

公开(公告)日：2020-04-09

申请号：US16703918

申请日：2019-12-05

Applicant: GE VIDEO COMPRESSION, LLC

Inventor： Philipp MERKLE ,  Christian BARTNIK ,  Haricharan LAKSHMAN ,  Detlev MARPE ,  Karsten MUELLER ,  Thomas WIEGAND ,  Gerhard TECH

IPC: H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/597 ,  H04N19/105 ,  H04N19/70 ,  H04N19/119 ,  H04N19/46 ,  H04N19/196 ,  H04N19/96 ,  H04N19/593 ,  H04N19/157 ,  H04N19/82 ,  H04N19/126 ,  H04N19/61

Abstract: The way of predicting a current block by assigning constant partition values to the partitions of a bi-partitioning of a block is quite effective, especially in case of coding sample arrays such as depth/disparity maps where the content of these sample arrays is mostly composed of plateaus or simple connected regions of similar value separated from each other by steep edges. The transmission of such constant partition values would, however, still need a considerable amount of side information which should be avoided. This side information rate may be further reduced if mean values of values of neighboring samples associated or adjoining the respective partitions are used as predictors for the constant partition values.

公开(公告)号：US20190327474A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-24

申请号：US16454247

申请日：2019-06-27

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: H04N19/13 ,  H04N19/174 ,  H04N19/61 ,  H04N19/91 ,  H04N19/513 ,  H04N19/52 ,  H04N19/124 ,  H04N19/184 ,  H04N19/50 ,  H04N19/132 ,  H03M7/42 ,  H04N19/70

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：US20190110046A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-11

申请号：US16142195

申请日：2018-09-26

Applicant: GE Video Compression, LLC

Inventor： 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

IPC: H04N19/119 ,  H04N19/86 ,  H04N19/105 ,  H04N19/70 ,  H04N19/615 ,  H04N19/61 ,  H04N19/593 ,  H04N19/59 ,  H04N19/587 ,  H04N19/503 ,  H04N19/48 ,  H04N19/82 ,  H04N19/107 ,  H04N19/33 ,  H04N19/196 ,  H04N19/187 ,  H04N19/18 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/157 ,  H04N19/137 ,  H04N19/117

Abstract: Scalable video coding is rendered more efficient by deriving/selecting a subblock subdivision to be used for enhancement layer prediction, among a set of possible subblock subdivisions of an enhancement layer block by evaluating the spatial variation of the base layer coding parameters over the base layer signal. By this measure, less of the signalization overhead has to be spent on signaling this subblock subdivision within the enhancement layer data stream, if any. The subblock subdivision thus selected may be used in predictively coding/decoding the enhancement layer signal.

公开(公告)号：US20190098295A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-28

申请号：US16198063

申请日：2018-11-21

Applicant: GE Video Compression, LLC

Inventor： Philipp MERKLE ,  Christian BARTNIK ,  Haricharan LAKSHMAN ,  Detlev MARPE ,  Karsten MUELLER ,  Thomas WIEGAND ,  Gerhard TECH

IPC: H04N19/105 ,  H04N19/597 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/70 ,  H04N19/119 ,  H04N19/46 ,  H04N19/96 ,  H04N19/167 ,  H04N19/124 ,  H04N19/157 ,  H04N19/174 ,  H04N19/44 ,  H04N19/82 ,  H04N19/593

CPC classification number: H04N19/105 ,  H04N19/119 ,  H04N19/124 ,  H04N19/157 ,  H04N19/167 ,  H04N19/174 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/44 ,  H04N19/46 ,  H04N19/593 ,  H04N19/597 ,  H04N19/70 ,  H04N19/82 ,  H04N19/96

Abstract: Wedgelet separation lines of neighboring blocks are predicted from each other by aligning the wedgelet separation lines of such neighboring blocks to each other, thereby reducing the side information coding rate that may be used.

公开(公告)号：US20180027233A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-25

申请号：US15723327

申请日：2017-10-03

Applicant: GE VIDEO COMPRESSION, LLC

Inventor： Philipp MERKLE ,  Christian BARTNIK ,  Haricharan LAKSHMAN ,  Detlev MARPE ,  Karsten MUELLER ,  Thomas WIEGAND ,  Gerhard TECH

IPC: H04N19/105 ,  H04N19/82 ,  H04N19/70 ,  H04N19/597 ,  H04N19/593 ,  H04N19/44 ,  H04N19/119 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/174 ,  H04N19/167 ,  H04N19/157 ,  H04N19/124 ,  H04N19/96 ,  H04N19/46

CPC classification number: H04N19/105 ,  H04N19/119 ,  H04N19/124 ,  H04N19/157 ,  H04N19/167 ,  H04N19/174 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/44 ,  H04N19/46 ,  H04N19/593 ,  H04N19/597 ,  H04N19/70 ,  H04N19/82 ,  H04N19/96

Abstract: Wedgelet separation lines of neighboring blocks are predicted from each other by aligning the wedgelet separation lines of such neighboring blocks to each other, thereby reducing the side information coding rate that may be used.

公开(公告)号：US20210185329A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-17

申请号：US17170289

申请日：2021-02-08

Applicant: GE VIDEO COMPRESSION, LLC

Inventor： Philipp MERKLE ,  Christian BARTNIK ,  Haricharan LAKSHMAN ,  Detlev MARPE ,  Karsten MUELLER ,  Thomas WIEGAND ,  Gerhard TECH

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

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.

公开(公告)号：US20200322603A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-08

申请号：US16867181

申请日：2020-05-05

Applicant: GE Video Compression, LLC

Inventor： 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

IPC: H04N19/119 ,  H04N19/105 ,  H04N19/117 ,  H04N19/157 ,  H04N19/187 ,  H04N19/82 ,  H04N19/136 ,  H04N19/159 ,  H04N19/33 ,  H04N19/587 ,  H04N19/59 ,  H04N19/18 ,  H04N19/48 ,  H04N19/61 ,  H04N19/70 ,  H04N19/86 ,  H04N19/107 ,  H04N19/137 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/196 ,  H04N19/503 ,  H04N19/593 ,  H04N19/615

Abstract: A subblock-based coding of transform coefficient blocks of the enhancement layer is rendered more efficient. To this end, the subblock subdivision of the respective transform coefficient block is controlled on the basis of the base layer residual signal or the base layer signal. In particular, by exploiting the respective base layer hint, the subblocks may be made longer along a spatial frequency axis transverse to edge extensions observable from the base layer residual signal or the base layer signal.