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US 12,469,179 · App. 18/679,515 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

System and methods for upsampling of decompressed data after lossy compression using a neural network

Inventors: Zhu Li (Overland Park, KS); Brian R. Galvin (Silverdale, WA)
Assignee: ATOMBEAM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
G06T9/001G06T9/002
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Patent No.
US 12,469,179
App. No.
18/679,515
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) image compression integrates AI-based techniques to enhance compression quality. It incorporates a novel AI deblocking network composed of convolutional layers for feature extraction and a channel-wise transformer with attention to capture complex inter-channel dependencies. The convolutional layers extract multi-dimensional features from the LIDAR, while the channel-wise transformer learns global inter-channel relationships. This hybrid approach addresses both local and global features, mitigating compression artifacts and improving image quality. The model's outputs enable effective LIDAR image reconstruction, achieving advanced compression while preserving crucial information for accurate analysis.

Claims (23)

1 . A system for upsampling of decompressed data after lossy compression using a neural network, comprising:

a trained deep learning algorithm configured to recover range and intensity information associated with a LIDAR image; and

a decoder comprising a first plurality of programming instructions stored in the memory and operable on the processor, wherein the first plurality of programming instructions, when operating on the processor, cause the computing device to:

receive a compressed bit stream, the compressed bit stream comprising single-channel LIDAR image data;

decode the compressed bit stream to predict both a range channel and an intensity channel; and

use both the range channel and the intensity channel as inputs into the trained deep learning algorithm to recover both phase and amplitude information associated with the LIDAR image data.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the trained deep learning algorithm is a neural network that can recover signals from a compressed bitstream.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the trained deep learning algorithm further comprises a multi-channel transformer with attention.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein training the deep learning algorithm comprises two stages, wherein each stage comprises a specific loss function.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the loss function is mean squared error.

6 . The system of claim 4 , wherein one stage of the two stages is associated with a loss function for the range and intensity channels.

7 . The system of claim 4 , wherein one stage of the two stages is associated with the range loss and intensity loss.

8 . A method for upsampling of decompressed data after lossy compression using a neural network, comprising the steps of:

training a deep learning algorithm configured to recover range and intensity information associated with a LIDAR image;

receiving a compressed bit stream, the compressed bit stream comprising single-channel LIDAR image data;

decoding the compressed bit stream to predict both a range channel and an intensity channel; and

using both the range channel and the intensity channel as inputs into the trained deep learning algorithm to recover both range and intensity information associated with the LIDAR image data.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the trained deep learning algorithm is a neural network that can recover signals from a compressed bitstream.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the trained deep learning algorithm further comprises a multi-channel transformer with attention.

11 . The method of claim 8 , wherein training the deep learning algorithm comprises two stages, wherein each stage comprises a specific loss function.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the loss function is mean squared error.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein one stage of the two stages is associated with a loss function for the range and intensity channels.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein one stage of the two stages is associated with the range loss and intensity loss.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2024
From: LI, ZHU; GALVIN, BRIAN R.
To: ATOMBEAM TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 068994/0803 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 18537728 · Dec 12, 2023
Related Publication 20250191231A1 · Jun 12, 2025
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