IP Library Granted Patent US 11,509,920
Granted Patent B2
US 11,509,920 · App. 16/994,004 · Granted Nov 22, 2022

Indication of max sublayer numbers in multilayered video stream

Inventors: Byeongdoo Choi (Palo Alto, CA); Shan Liu (San Jose, CA); Stephan Wenger (Hillsborough, CA)
Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
H04N19/44H04L65/75H04N19/136H04N19/184H04N19/187H04N19/31
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Patent No.
US 11,509,920
App. No.
16/994,004
Granted
Nov 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and device identify a maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed in a coded video sequence referring to a parameter set. A coded video sequence is decoded based on the identified maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed in the coded video sequence referring to the parameter set.

Claims (32)

1. A method of decoding video performed by at least one processor, comprising:

identifying a maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed in a coded video sequence referring to a parameter set in a video parameter set (VPS) field and a sequence parameter set (SPS) field respectively, wherein a first VPS field identifies the maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed presented in a layer of the coded video sequence, wherein the SPS field identifies the maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed in the coded video sequence, wherein a second VPS field indicates whether a number of temporal sublayers is the same for all layers in each coded video sequence, and wherein when it is inferred that the number of temporal sublayers is the same for all layers in each coded video sequence, a value of the first VPS field is equal to a value of the SPS field; and

decoding the coded video sequence based on the identified maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed in the coded video sequence referring to the parameter set.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the temporal sublayers indicate temporal scalable layers of a temporal scalable bitstream.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a maximum number of allowed layers in the coded video sequence; and

decoding the coded video sequence based on the identified maximum number of allowed layers.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed in the coded video sequence is set in a field of a VPS raw byte sequence payload (RBSP).

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the VPS RBSP includes a VPS field comprising vps_max_layers_minus 1.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed in the coded video sequence is set in a field of an SPS raw byte sequence payload (RBSP).

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the SPS RBSP includes the SPS field comprising sps_max_sublayers_minus 1.

8. A device comprising:

at least one memory configured to store program code; and

at least one processor configured to read the program code and operate as instructed by the program code, the program code including:

identifying code configured to cause the at least one processor to identify a maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed in a coded video sequence referring to a parameter set in a video parameter set (VPS) field and a sequence parameter set (SPS) field respectively, wherein a first VPS field identifies the maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed presented in a layer of the coded video sequence, wherein the SPS field identifies the maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed in the coded video sequence, wherein a second VPS field indicates whether a number of temporal sublayers is the same for all layers in each coded video sequence, and wherein when it is inferred that the number of temporal sublayers is the same for all layers in each coded video sequence, a value of the first VPS field is equal to a value of the SPS field; and

decoding code that is configured to cause the at least one processor to decode the coded video sequence based on the identified maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed in the coded video sequence referring to the parameter set.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the temporal sublayers indicate temporal scalable layers of a temporal scalable bitstream.

10. The device of claim 8 , wherein the identifying code is further configured to cause the at least one processor to identify a maximum number of allowed layers in the coded video sequence, and wherein the decoding code is further configured to cause the at least one processor to decode the coded video sequence based on the identified maximum number of allowed layers.

11. The device of claim 8 , wherein the maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed in the coded video sequence is set in a field of a VPS raw byte sequence payload (RBSP).

12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the VPS RBSP includes a VPS field comprising vps_max_layers_minus 1.

13. The device of claim 8 , wherein the maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed in the coded video sequence is set in a field of an SPS raw byte sequence payload (RBSP).

14. The device of claim 13 , wherein the SPS RBSP includes the SPS field comprising sps_max_sublayers_minus 1.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising: one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the one or more processors to:

identify a maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed in a coded video sequence referring to a parameter set in a video parameter set (VPS) field and a sequence parameter set (SPS) field respectively, wherein a first VPS field identifies the maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed presented in a layer of the coded video sequence, wherein the SPS field identifies the maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed in the coded video sequence, wherein a second VPS field indicates whether a number of temporal sublayers is the same for all layers in each coded video sequence, and wherein when it is inferred that the number of temporal sublayers is the same for all layers in each coded video sequence, a value of the first VPS field is equal to a value of the SPS field; and

decode the coded video sequence based on the identified maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed in the coded video sequence referring to the parameter set.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the temporal sublayers indicate temporal scalable layers of a temporal scalable bitstream.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

identify a maximum number of allowed layers in the coded video sequence; and

decode the coded video sequence based on the identified maximum number of allowed layers.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed in the coded video sequence is set in a field of a VPS raw byte sequence payload (RBSP).

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the VPS RBSP includes a VPS field comprising vps_max_layers_minus 1.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the maximum number of temporal sublayers that is allowed in the coded video sequence is set in a field of an SPS raw byte sequence payload (RBSP), wherein the SPS RBSP comprising sps_max_sublayers_minus 1.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2020
From: CHOI, BYEONGDOO; LIU, SHAN; WENGER, STEPHAN
To: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
Reel/Frame 053511/0487 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63000936 · Mar 27, 2020
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