IP Library Granted Patent US 12,621,469
Granted Patent B2
US 12,621,469 · App. 18/396,653 · Granted May 5, 2026

Methods for processing chroma signals

Inventors: Mohammed Golam Sarwer (Cupertino, CA); Jiancong Luo (Skillman, NJ); Yan Ye (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
H04N19/186H04N19/132H04N19/136H04N19/174H04N19/184H04N19/70
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Patent No.
US 12,621,469
App. No.
18/396,653
Granted
May 5, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclose provides methods and systems for processing chroma signals. According to some embodiments, the method can include: determining, based on a value of a flag that indicates whether a chroma tool offsets related syntax element is present in a picture parameter set (PPS) raw byte sequence payload (RBSP) syntax structure, whether one or more chroma deblocking parameters are present in a picture header or a slice header associated with the PPS; and in response to the flag having a first value, decoding the one or more chroma deblocking parameters, or in response to the flag having a second value, skipping decoding the one or more chroma deblocking parameters.

Claims (38)

1 . A computer-implemented video decoding method, comprising:

receiving a bitstream; and

decoding, using coded information of the bitstream, one or more pictures,

wherein the decoding comprises:

determining, based on a value of a flag that indicates whether a chroma tool offsets related syntax element is present in a picture parameter set (PPS) raw byte sequence payload (RBSP) syntax structure, whether one or more chroma deblocking parameters are present in the bitstream; and

in response to the flag having a first value, decoding the one or more chroma deblocking parameters, or

in response to the flag having a second value, skipping decoding the one or more chroma deblocking parameters.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first value is equal to 1.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second value is equal to 0.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more chroma deblocking parameters comprise at least one of a beta offset or a tc offset.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more chroma deblocking parameters apply to at least one of a Cb component or a Cr component.

6 . A method of storing a bitstream associated with a video sequence, the method comprising:

generating a flag that indicates whether a chroma tool offsets related syntax element is present in a picture parameter set (PPS) raw byte sequence payload (RBSP) syntax structure;

generating the bitstream based on the flag, wherein:

when the flag has a first value, the bitstream comprises one or more chroma deblocking parameters, and

wherein when the flag has a second value, the bitstream does not comprise the one or more chroma deblocking parameters; and

storing the bitstream in a non-transitory computer-readable medium.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first value is equal to 1.

8 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the second value is equal to 0.

9 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the one or more chroma deblocking parameters comprise at least one of a beta offset or a tc offset.

10 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the one or more chroma deblocking parameters apply to at least one of a Cb component or a Cr component.

11 . A computer-implemented video encoding method, comprising:

receiving a video sequence;

encoding one or more pictures of the video sequence; and

generating a bitstream,

wherein the encoding comprises:

determining, based on a value of a flag that indicates whether a chroma tool offsets related syntax element is present in a picture parameter set (PPS) raw byte sequence payload (RBSP) syntax structure, whether to encode one or more chroma deblocking parameters in the bitstream; and

in response to the flag having a first value, encoding the one or more chroma deblocking parameters in the bitstream,

wherein when the flag having a second value, skipping encoding the one or more chroma deblocking parameters in the bitstream.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the first value is equal to 1.

13 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the second value is equal to 0.

14 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the one or more chroma deblocking parameters comprise at least one of a beta offset or a tc offset.

15 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more chroma deblocking parameters comprise one or more of:

pps_cb_beta_offset_div2, pps_cb_tc_offset_div2, pps_cr_beta_offset_div2, or pps_cr_tc_offset_div2.

16 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the one or more chroma deblocking parameters comprise one or more of:

pps_cb_beta_offset_div2, pps_cb_tc_offset_div2, pps_cr_beta_offset_div2, or pps_cr_tc_offset_div2.

17 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the one or more chroma deblocking parameters comprise one or more of:

pps_cb_beta_offset_div2, pps_cb_tc_offset_div2, pps_cr_beta_offset_div2, or pps_cr_tc_offset_div2.

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 Jan 23, 2026
From: SARWER, MOHAMMED GOLAM; LUO, JIANCONG; YE, YAN
To: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 073569/0923 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17173508 · Feb 11, 2021
Provisional Application 62980120 · Feb 21, 2020
Related Publication 20240129498A1 · Apr 18, 2024
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