IP Library Granted Patent US 12,108,058
Granted Patent B2
US 12,108,058 · App. 17/805,115 · Granted Oct 1, 2024

Method and apparatus for chroma sampling

Inventors: Ru-Ling Liao (Beijing, CN); Jie Chen (Beijing, CN); Yan Ye (San Mateo, CA); Jiancong Luo (San Mateo, CA)
Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
H04N19/186H04N19/103H04N19/14H04N19/172
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Patent No.
US 12,108,058
App. No.
17/805,115
Granted
Oct 1, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for processing chroma sampled pictures. An exemplary video processing method includes: determining whether a chroma component is included in a sequence of frames; and in response to a determination that the chroma component is included in the sequence, activating a sub-process for processing the sequence, wherein the sub-process comprises one or more of joint coding for chroma residues (JCCR), block differential pulse coded modulation (BDPCM), palette mode, or adaptive color transform (ACT).

Claims (55)

1. A video processing method, comprising:

determining, based on a chroma format, whether a chroma component is included in a sequence of frames; and

signaling, based on the chroma component determination, a sub-process enabled flag to indicate whether a sub-process for processing the sequence is activated, wherein:

the sub-process enabled flag is set to zero in response to the chroma component not being included in the sequence; and

the sub-process enabled flag is set to one in response to the chroma component being included in the sequence, wherein the sub-process enabled flag being set to one indicates that the sub-process for processing the sequence is enabled and the sub-process enabled flag comprises a joint coding for chroma residues (JCCR) sub-process enabled flag or an adaptive color transform (ACT) sub-process enabled flag.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the chroma format comprises any one of: a monochrome type, a 4:2:0 sampling type, a 4:2:2 sampling type, or a 4:4:4 sampling type.

3. The method of claim 2 ,

wherein the sub-process enabled flag comprises any one or more of: the JCCR sub-process enabled flag, the ACT sub-process enabled flag, or a palette mode sub-process enabled flag.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein enabling the sub-process for processing the chroma component comprises:

determining, for the JCCR sub-process, whether the chroma format is the monochrome type; and

in response to the chroma format being the monochrome type, setting the JCCR sub-process enabled flag to zero.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein enabling the sub-process for processing the chroma component comprises:

determining, for the ACT sub-process, whether the chroma format is the 4:4:4 sampling type; and

in response to the chroma format being the 4:4:4 sampling type, setting the ACT sub-process enabled flag to one.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein enabling the sub-process for processing the chroma component comprises:

determining, for the palette mode sub-process, whether the chroma format is one the monochrome type, the 4:2:0 sampling type, the 4:2:2 sampling type, or the 4:4:4 sampling type; and

in response to the chroma format being one of the monochrome type, the 4:2:0 sampling type, the 4:2:2 sampling type, or the 4:4:4 sampling type, setting the palette mode sub-process enabled flag to one.

7. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

processing the sequence using the enabled sub-process.

8. A video processing apparatus, comprising:

at least one memory for storing instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to cause the apparatus to perform:

determining, based on a chroma format, whether a chroma component is included in a sequence of frames; and

signaling, based on the chroma component determination, a sub-process enabled flag to indicate whether a sub-process for processing the sequence is activated, wherein:

the sub-process enabled flag is set to zero in response to the chroma component not being included in the sequence; and

the sub-process enabled flag is set to one in response to the chroma component being included in the sequence, wherein the sub-process enabled flag being set to one indicates that the sub-process for processing the sequence is enabled and the sub-process enabled flag comprises a joint coding for chroma residues (JCCR) sub-process enabled flag or an adaptive color transform (ACT) sub-process enabled flag.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein

the sub-process enabled flag comprises any one or more of: the JCCR sub-process enabled flag, the ACT sub-process enabled flag, or a palette mode sub-process enabled flag.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to cause the apparatus to perform:

determining, for the JCCR sub-process, whether the chroma format is a monochrome type;

in response to the chroma format being the monochrome type, setting the JCCR sub-process enabled flag to zero;

determining, for the ACT sub-process, whether the chroma format is a 4:4:4 sampling type; and

in response to the chroma format being the 4:4:4 sampling type, setting the ACT sub-process enabled flag to one.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to cause the apparatus to perform:

determining, for the palette mode sub-process, whether the chroma format is one a monochrome type, a 4:2:0 sampling type, a 4:2:2 sampling type, or a 4:4:4 sampling type; and

in response to the chroma format being one of the monochrome type, the 4:2:0 sampling type, the 4:2:2 sampling type, or the 4:4:4 sampling type, setting the palette mode sub-process enabled flag to one.

12. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to cause the apparatus to perform:

processing the sequence using the enabled sub-process.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a set of instructions that are executable by one or more processing devices to cause a video processing apparatus to perform:

determining, based on a chroma format, whether a chroma component is included in a sequence of frames; and

signaling, based on the chroma component determination, a sub-process enabled flag to indicate whether a sub-process for processing the sequence is activated, wherein:

the sub-process enabled flag is set to zero in response to the chroma component not being included in the sequence; and

the sub-process enabled flag is set to one in response to the chroma component being included in the sequence, wherein the sub-process enabled flag being set to one indicates that the sub-process for processing the sequence is enabled and the sub-process enabled flag comprises a joint coding for chroma residues (JCCR) sub-process enabled flag or an adaptive color transform (ACT) sub-process enabled flag.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 ,

the sub-process enabled flag comprises any one or more of: the JCCR sub-process enabled flag, the ACT sub-process enabled flag, or a palette mode sub-process enabled flag.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the set of instructions are executable by the one or more processing devices to cause the video processing apparatus to perform:

determining, for the JCCR sub-process, whether the chroma format is a monochrome type;

in response to the chroma format being the monochrome type, setting the JCCR sub-process enabled flag to zero;

determining, for the ACT sub-process, whether the chroma format is a 4:4:4 sampling type; and

in response to the chroma format being the 4:4:4 sampling type, setting the ACT sub-process enabled flag to one.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the set of instructions are executable by the one or more processing devices to cause the video processing apparatus to perform:

determining, for the palette mode sub-process, the chroma format is one of a monochrome type, a 4:2:0 sampling type, a 4:2:2 sampling type, or a 4:4:4 sampling type; and

in response to the chroma format being one of the monochrome type, the 4:2:0 sampling type, the 4:2:2 sampling type, or the 4:4:4 sampling type, setting the palette mode sub-process enabled flag to one.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the set of instructions are executable by the one or more processing devices to cause the video processing apparatus to perform:

processing the sequence using the enabled sub-process.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2026
From: ALIBABA INNOVATION PRIVATE LIMITED
To: HFI INNOVATION INC.
Reel/Frame 075499/0876 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2026
From: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
To: ALIBABA INNOVATION PRIVATE LIMITED
Reel/Frame 074832/0914 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2022
From: LIAO, RU-LING; CHEN, JIE; YE, YAN; LUO, JIANCONG
To: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 060086/0851 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17063064 · Oct 5, 2020
Provisional Application 62944345 · Dec 5, 2019
Related Publication 20220295081A1 · Sep 15, 2022
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