公开(公告)号：US11575934B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-07

申请号：US17669235

申请日：2022-02-10

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： Alexandros Tourapis ,  Shipeng Li ,  Feng Wu

IPC: H04N19/577 ,  H04N19/87 ,  H04N19/52 ,  H04N19/513 ,  H04N19/105 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/51 ,  H04N19/102 ,  H04N19/61 ,  H04N19/593 ,  H04N19/137 ,  H04N19/142 ,  H04N19/573 ,  H04N19/56 ,  H04N19/58 ,  H04N19/107

Abstract: Several improvements for use with Bidirectionally Predictive (B) pictures within a video sequence are provided. In certain improvements Direct Mode encoding and/or Motion Vector Prediction are enhanced using spatial prediction techniques. In other improvements Motion Vector prediction includes temporal distance and subblock information, for example, for more accurate prediction. Such improvements and other presented herein significantly improve the performance of any applicable video coding system/logic.

公开(公告)号：US09699468B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-04

申请号：US14176510

申请日：2014-02-10

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： Xun Guo ,  Shipeng Li ,  Yan Lu

IPC: H04N19/124 ,  H04N19/186 ,  H04N19/119 ,  G06K9/38 ,  G06K9/46 ,  G06K9/36 ,  H04N19/11 ,  H04N19/10 ,  H04N19/103 ,  H04N19/463 ,  H04N19/85 ,  G06T9/00 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/12 ,  H04N19/14

CPC classification number: H04N19/186 ,  G06K9/36 ,  G06K9/38 ,  G06K9/4642 ,  G06K9/4652 ,  G06T9/00 ,  H04N19/10 ,  H04N19/103 ,  H04N19/11 ,  H04N19/119 ,  H04N19/12 ,  H04N19/124 ,  H04N19/14 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/463 ,  H04N19/85

Abstract: An adaptive screen and video coding system adaptively selects different coding schemes for coding an image block of a screen or video image based on a type of content included in the image block. The adaptive screen and video coding system further includes a screen coding scheme that classifies pixels of the image block into major colors and escape pixels and convert values of the pixels into index values assigned to the major colors and the escape pixels. Since the number of index values is usually less than a normal range of pixel values, using the index values instead of actual pixel values further facilitate compression and coding of the image block, thus improving coding accuracy and efficiency of the screen or video image. In one embodiment, the adaptive screen and video coding system may be used for screen sharing application.

公开(公告)号：US20170118488A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-27

申请号：US15391652

申请日：2016-12-27

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： Alexandros Tourapis ,  Shipeng Li ,  Feng Wu

IPC: H04N19/577 ,  H04N19/58 ,  H04N19/593

CPC classification number: H04N19/577 ,  H04N19/102 ,  H04N19/105 ,  H04N19/107 ,  H04N19/137 ,  H04N19/142 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/51 ,  H04N19/513 ,  H04N19/52 ,  H04N19/56 ,  H04N19/573 ,  H04N19/58 ,  H04N19/593 ,  H04N19/61 ,  H04N19/87

Abstract: Several improvements for use with Bidirectionally Predictive (B) pictures within a video sequence are provided. In certain improvements Direct Mode encoding and/or Motion Vector Prediction are enhanced using spatial prediction techniques. In other improvements Motion Vector prediction includes temporal distance and subblock information, for example, for more accurate prediction. Such improvements and other presented herein significantly improve the performance of any applicable video coding system/logic.

公开(公告)号：US20170099526A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-06

申请号：US15383256

申请日：2016-12-19

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： Xian-Sheng Hua ,  Wei Lai ,  Wei-Ying Ma ,  Shipeng Li

IPC: H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/234 ,  H04N21/2387

CPC classification number: H04N21/812 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/23424 ,  H04N21/2387 ,  H04N21/47202 ,  H04N21/6587 ,  H04N21/8133

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically inserting advertisements into source video content playback streams are described. In one aspect, the systems and methods communicate a source video content playback stream to a video player to present source video to a user. During playback of the source video, and in response to receipt of a request from the user to navigate portions of the source video (e.g., a user command to fast forward the source video, rewind the source video, or other action), the systems and methods dynamically define a video advertisement clip insertion point (e.g., and insertion point based on a current playback position). The systems and methods then insert a contextually relevant and/or targeted video advertisement clip into the playback stream for presentation to the user.

公开(公告)号：US09609338B2

公开(公告)日：2017-03-28

申请号：US14063476

申请日：2013-10-25

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： Jingjing Fu ,  Yan Lu ,  Shipeng Li

IPC: H04N19/60 ,  H04N19/30 ,  H04N19/172 ,  H04N19/103 ,  H04N19/137 ,  H04N19/174 ,  H04N19/187

CPC classification number: H04N19/30 ,  H04N19/103 ,  H04N19/137 ,  H04N19/172 ,  H04N19/174 ,  H04N19/187 ,  H04N19/60

Abstract: In some examples, a layered encoding component and a layered decoding component provide for different ways to encode and decode, respectively, video streams transmitted between devices. For instance, in encoding a video stream, a layered encoding component may analyze the content of successive video frames and determine different types of encoding techniques to use for different ones of the video frames. Further, in some cases, some of the encoding techniques may be used on less than an entire video frame. In another example, in decoding a video stream, a layered decoding component may receive video frames encoded with different types of encoding. The layered decoding component may decode the differently encoded video frames and combine them to reconstruct a video stream.

公开(公告)号：US20160247070A1

公开(公告)日：2016-08-25

申请号：US15145563

申请日：2016-05-03

Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC

Inventor： Shipeng Li ,  Yang Yang ,  Bin Benjamin Zhu ,  Rui Guo ,  Linjun Yang

IPC: G06N5/02 ,  H04L29/06

CPC classification number: G06N5/022 ,  G06F2221/2133 ,  G06N3/12 ,  G06N3/126 ,  G06N5/04 ,  H04L63/1416

Abstract: Technologies for a human computation framework suitable for answering common sense questions that are difficult for computers to answer but easy for humans to answer. The technologies support solving general common sense problems without a priori knowledge of the problems; support for determining whether an answer is from a bot or human so as to screen out spurious answers from bots; support for distilling answers collected from human users to ensure high quality solutions to the questions asked; and support for preventing malicious elements in or out of the system from attacking other system elements or contaminating the solutions produced by the system, and preventing users from being compensated without contributing answers.

公开(公告)号：US20160134890A1

公开(公告)日：2016-05-12

申请号：US14875164

申请日：2015-10-05

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： Alexandros Tourapis ,  Shipeng Li ,  Feng Wu

IPC: H04N19/56 ,  H04N19/137 ,  H04N19/142 ,  H04N19/593 ,  H04N19/513 ,  H04N19/573 ,  H04N19/577 ,  H04N19/105 ,  H04N19/176

CPC classification number: H04N19/577 ,  H04N19/102 ,  H04N19/105 ,  H04N19/107 ,  H04N19/137 ,  H04N19/142 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/51 ,  H04N19/513 ,  H04N19/52 ,  H04N19/56 ,  H04N19/573 ,  H04N19/58 ,  H04N19/593 ,  H04N19/61 ,  H04N19/87

Abstract: Several improvements for use with Bidirectionally Predictive (B) pictures within a video sequence are provided. In certain improvements Direct Mode encoding and/or Motion Vector Prediction are enhanced using spatial prediction techniques. In other improvements Motion Vector prediction includes temporal distance and subblock information, for example, for more accurate prediction. Such improvements and other presented herein significantly improve the performance of any applicable video coding system/logic.

公开(公告)号：US09323429B2

公开(公告)日：2016-04-26

申请号：US14063106

申请日：2013-10-25

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： Yan Lu ,  Wen Sun ,  Shipeng Li

IPC: G06F3/00 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/14 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/60 ,  H04N19/132 ,  H04N19/17 ,  G09G5/14

CPC classification number: G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0425 ,  G06F3/1454 ,  G06F2203/0331 ,  G09G5/14 ,  G09G2340/02 ,  G09G2350/00 ,  G09G2370/20 ,  H04N19/132 ,  H04N19/17 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/60

Abstract: An “Interactive Virtual Display,” as described herein, provides various systems and techniques that facilitate ubiquitous user interaction with both local and remote heterogeneous computing devices. More specifically, the Interactive Virtual Display uses various combinations of small-size programmable hardware and portable or wearable sensors to enable any display surface (e.g., computer display devices, televisions, projected images/video from projection devices, etc.) to act as a thin client for users to interact with a plurality heterogeneous computing devices regardless of where those devices are located relative to the user. The Interactive Virtual Display provides a flexible system architecture that enables communication and collaboration between a plurality of both local and remote heterogeneous computing devices. This communication and collaboration enables a variety of techniques, such as adaptive screen compression, user interface virtualization, real-time gesture detection to improve system performance and overall user experience, etc.

Abstract translation: 如本文所描述的，“交互式虚拟显示器”提供了促进无处不在的用户与本地和远程异构计算设备交互的各种系统和技术。 更具体地，交互式虚拟显示器使用小尺寸可编程硬件和便携式或可穿戴式传感器的各种组合来实现任何显示表面（例如，计算机显示设备，电视，投影图像/来自投影设备的视频等）作为 瘦客户机，用于用户与多个异构计算设备交互，而不管这些设备相对于用户位于何处。 交互式虚拟显示器提供灵活的系统架构，可实现多个本地和远程异构计算设备之间的通信和协作。 这种通信和协作实现了各种技术，例如自适应屏幕压缩，用户界面虚拟化，实时手势检测，以提高系统性能和整体用户体验等。

公开(公告)号：US20160112259A1

公开(公告)日：2016-04-21

申请号：US14985945

申请日：2015-12-31

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： Hsiao-Wuen Hon ,  Shipeng Li ,  Yan Lu ,  Huifeng Shen

IPC: H04L12/24 ,  H04L29/06

CPC classification number: H04L41/0806 ,  H04L12/2809 ,  H04L12/281 ,  H04L12/282 ,  H04L12/2832 ,  H04L65/1069 ,  H04L65/4069 ,  H04L67/04 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L2012/2849 ,  H04N1/00127 ,  H04N1/00244

Abstract: A home cloud computing system employs a virtualization system to virtualize data of a device and adaptively transform type or format of the virtualized data for one or more other devices, thus leveraging resources of the device for the one or more other devices. Through data virtualization and adaptive transformation, devices of heterogeneous types are seamlessly connected to one another and can act as input or output devices for each other to create a home cloud network of devices.

Abstract translation: 家庭云计算系统采用虚拟化系统对设备的数据进行虚拟化，并自适应地转换一个或多个其他设备的虚拟化数据的类型或格式，从而利用该设备的一个或多个其他设备的资源。 通过数据虚拟化和自适应转换，异构类型的设备可以彼此无缝连接，并可以作为彼此的输入或输出设备来创建设备的家庭云网络。

公开(公告)号：US09185427B2

公开(公告)日：2015-11-10

申请号：US14502529

申请日：2014-09-30

Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor： Alexandros Tourapis ,  Shipeng Li ,  Feng Wu

IPC: H04N7/12 ,  H04N11/02 ,  H04N11/04 ,  H04N19/56 ,  H04N19/105 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/51 ,  H04N19/102 ,  H04N19/61 ,  H04N19/593 ,  H04N19/137 ,  H04N19/142 ,  H04N19/573 ,  H04N19/577 ,  H04N19/513

CPC classification number: H04N19/577 ,  H04N19/102 ,  H04N19/105 ,  H04N19/107 ,  H04N19/137 ,  H04N19/142 ,  H04N19/176 ,  H04N19/51 ,  H04N19/513 ,  H04N19/52 ,  H04N19/56 ,  H04N19/573 ,  H04N19/58 ,  H04N19/593 ,  H04N19/61 ,  H04N19/87

Abstract: Several improvements for use with Bidirectionally Predictive (B) pictures within a video sequence are provided. In certain improvements Direct Mode encoding and/or Motion Vector Prediction are enhanced using spatial prediction techniques. In other improvements Motion Vector prediction includes temporal distance and subblock information, for example, for more accurate prediction. Such improvements and other presented herein significantly improve the performance of any applicable video coding system/logic.

Abstract translation: 提供了一些与视频序列中的双向预测（B）图像一起使用的改进。 在某些改进中，使用空间预测技术来增强直接模式编码和/或运动矢量预测。 在其他改进中，运动矢量预测包括时间距离和子块信息，例如用于更准确的预测。 这样的改进和其它呈现显着改善了任何适用的视频编码系统/逻辑的性能。