IP Library Granted Patent US 12,256,091
Granted Patent B2
US 12,256,091 · App. 18/374,260 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Encoder and bitstream for video with frames with global motion

Inventors: Borivoje Furht (Boca Raton, FL); Hari Kalva (Boca Raton, FL); Velibor Adzic (Boca Raton, FL)
H04N19/44H04L65/75H04N19/105H04N19/176H04N19/184
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Patent No.
US 12,256,091
App. No.
18/374,260
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A video encoder s configured to encode a bitstream to be decoded by a compatible decoder, the bitstream including a coded picture with a first region with a first contiguous plurality of coded blocks and signaling information associated with each coded block. For each coded block in the first region, in response to the associated signaling information, the decoder receiving the bitstream constructs a motion vector candidate list including a motion vector candidate enabling the reconstruction of global motion in the first region. If the motion vector candidate is a translational motion vector, the decoder decodes the blocks in the first region using translational motion compensation to reconstruct global motion in the first region. If the one motion vector candidate comprises multiple control point motion vectors, the decoder uses affine motion compensation to reconstruct global motion in the first region.

Claims (18)

1. A video encoder configured to encode a bitstream to be decoded by a decoder, the decoder configured to:

receive a bit stream, the bitstream including a coded picture including a first region comprising a first contiguous plurality of coded blocks and signaling information associated with each coded block;

for each coded block in the first region, in response to the associated signaling information, construct a motion vector candidate list including at least one motion vector candidate for enabling the reconstruction of global motion in the first region, the one motion vector candidate comprising a translational motion vector for translational motion compensation or multiple control point motion vectors for 4-parameter or 6-parameter affine motion compensation;

if the one motion vector candidate comprises a translational motion vector, decode the blocks in the first region using translational motion compensation to reconstruct global motion in the first region, and

if the one motion vector candidate comprises multiple control point motion vectors, decode the blocks in the first region using affine motion compensation to reconstruct global motion in the first region.

2. The encoder of claim 1 wherein the one motion vector candidate comprises three control point motion vectors for 6-parameter affine motion compensation.

3. The encoder of claim 1 wherein the one motion vector candidate comprises two control point motion vectors for 4-parameter affine motion compensation.

4. The encoder of claim 1 wherein the coded picture includes a second region comprising a second contiguous plurality of coded blocks, and wherein the coded blocks of the second region are decoded without using a motion vector candidate in a motion vector candidate list that enables reconstruction of global motion, so that only local motion is reconstructed in the second region.

5. The encoder of claim 4 wherein the first region and second region comprise the entire picture.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an encoded bitstream which is decodable by a decoding method, the method comprising:

receiving a bit stream, the bitstream including a coded picture including a first region comprising a first contiguous plurality of coded blocks and signaling information associated with each coded block;

for each coded block in the first region, in response to the associated signaling information, constructing a motion vector candidate list including at least one motion vector candidate for enabling the reconstruction of global motion in the first region, the one motion vector candidate comprising a translational motion vector for translational motion compensation or multiple control point motion vectors for 4-parameter or 6-parameter affine motion compensation;

if the one motion vector candidate comprises a translational motion vector, decoding the blocks in the first region using translational motion compensation to reconstruct global motion in the first region, and

if the one motion vector candidate comprises multiple control point motion vectors, decoding the blocks in the first region using affine motion compensation to reconstruct global motion in the first region.

7. The computer readable medium of claim 6 wherein the one motion vector candidate comprises three control point motion vectors for 6-parameter affine motion compensation.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 6 wherein the one motion vector candidate comprises two control point motion vectors for 4-parameter affine motion compensation.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 6 wherein the coded picture includes a second region comprising a second contiguous plurality of coded blocks, and wherein the coded blocks of the second region are decoded without using a motion vector candidate in a motion vector candidate list that enables reconstruction of global motion, so that only local motion is reconstructed in the second region.

10. The computer readable medium of encoder of claim 9 wherein the first region and second region comprise the entire picture.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2026
From: OP SOLUTIONS, LLC
To: DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB
Reel/Frame 075332/0047 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2025
From: FURHT, BORIVOJE; KALVA, HARI
To: FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 073482/0048 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2025
From: FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION
To: OP SOLUTIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 073482/0504 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2025
From: ADZIC, VELIBOR
To: OP SOLUTIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 073482/0944 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17698399 · Mar 18, 2022
Continuation 17006661 · Aug 28, 2020
Continuation PCTUS2020029922 · Apr 24, 2020
Provisional Application 62838587 · Apr 25, 2019
Related Publication 20240022745A1 · Jan 18, 2024
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