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Instant Application 19/084,546
PG PUB US 2025/0220227
3. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for causing one or more processors, when programmed thereby, to perform operations comprising: encoding video in a sequence, including switching color spaces, color sampling rates and/or bit depths spatially and/or temporally between at least some units of the video within the sequence during the encoding, the color spaces including an RGB-type color space and a YCoCg color space, wherein the encoding further includes: for a given unit of the units of the video, determining a prediction mode that applies for the given unit; determining whether or not a condition is satisfied, the condition depending on the prediction mode that applies for the given unit and whether the given unit has residual values; based at least in part on the condition being satisfied, setting a flag value for the given unit, the flag value indicating a selection between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit; and entropy coding the flag value using context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding; and outputting encoded data in a bitstream, the encoded data including one or more signals indicating how the color spaces, the color sampling rates and/or the bit depths switch between the at least some units of the video within the sequence, wherein the one or more signals include the flag value for the given unit as part of a syntax structure for the given unit when the prediction mode that applies for the given unit is inter and the given unit has residual values.
2. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for causing one or more processors, when programmed thereby, to perform operations comprising: encoding a picture, including switching color spaces, color sampling rates and/or bit depths spatially and/or temporally between at least some units of the picture during the encoding, the color spaces including an RGB-type color space and a YCoCg color space, wherein the encoding further includes: for a given unit of the units of the picture, determining a prediction mode that applies for the given unit; determining whether or not a condition is satisfied, the condition depending on the prediction mode that applies for the given unit and whether the given unit has residual values; based at least in part on the condition being satisfied, setting a flag value for the given unit, the flag value indicating a selection between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit; and entropy coding the flag value using context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding; and outputting encoded data in a bitstream, the encoded data including one or more signals indicating how the color spaces, the color sampling rates and/or the bit depths switch between the at least some units of the picture, wherein the one or more signals include the flag value for the given unit as part of a syntax structure for the given unit when the prediction mode that applies for the given unit is inter or intra block copy prediction and when the given unit has residual values.
4. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 3, wherein the encoding further includes selecting between: for lossy coding, using color space conversion operations to switch between the RGB- type color space and the YCoCg color space; and for lossless coding, using invertible color space conversion operations to switch between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space.
3. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 2, wherein the encoding further includes selecting between: for lossy coding, using color space conversion operations to switch between the RGB- type color space and the YCoCg color space; and for lossless coding, using invertible color space conversion operations to switch between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space.
5. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 3, wherein the units of the video are coding units of a given picture of the sequence.
4. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 2, wherein the units of the picture are coding units.
6. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 3, wherein the units of the video are transform units of a given picture of the sequence.
5. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 2, wherein the units of the picture are
transform units.
7. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 3, wherein the video is
screen content video.
6. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 2, wherein the picture results from screen capture of a computer desktop.
8. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 3, wherein the switching includes performing color space conversion operations between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit.
7. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 2, wherein the switching includes performing color space conversion operations between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit.
9. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 8, wherein the switching further includes performing right shift operations on at least some results of the color space conversion operations.
8. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 7, wherein the switching further includes performing right shift operations on at least some results of the color space conversion operations.
12. In a computer system that implements a video decoder, a method comprising: receiving encoded data in a bitstream, the encoded data including one or more signals indicating how color spaces, color sampling rates and/or bit depths switch between at least some units of video within a sequence, the color spaces including an RGB-type color space and a YCoCg color space, wherein the one or more signals include a flag value for a given unit of the units of the video as part of a syntax structure for the given unit when a prediction mode that applies for the given unit is inter and
the given unit has residual values, the
flag value having been entropy coded using context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding, and wherein the flag value indicates a selection between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit; and decoding the encoded data, including switching the color spaces, the color sampling rates and/or the bit depths spatially and/or temporally between the at least some units of the video within the sequence during the decoding,
wherein the decoding further includes: for the given unit, determining the prediction mode that applies for the given unit; determining whether or not a condition is satisfied, the condition depending on the prediction mode that applies for the given unit and whether the given unit has residual values; and based at least in part on the condition being satisfied, parsing and entropy decoding the flag value.
11. In a computer system,
a method comprising:
receiving encoded data in a bitstream, the encoded data including one or more signals indicating how color spaces, color sampling rates and/or bit depths switch between at least some units of a picture, the
color spaces including an RGB-type color space and a YCoCg color space, wherein the one or more signals include a flag value for a given unit of the units of the picture as part of a syntax structure for the given unit when a prediction mode that applies for the given unit is inter or intra block copy prediction and when the given unit has residual values, the flag value having been entropy coded using context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding, and wherein the flag value indicates a selection between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit; and decoding the encoded data, including switching the color spaces, the color sampling rates and/or the bit depths spatially and/or temporally between the at least some units of the picture during the decoding,
wherein the decoding further includes: for the given unit, determining the prediction mode that applies for the given unit; determining whether or not a condition is satisfied, the condition depending on the prediction mode that applies for the given unit and whether the given unit has residual values; and based at least in part on the condition being satisfied, parsing and entropy decoding the flag value.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the units of the video are coding units of a given picture of the sequence.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the units of the picture are coding units.
14. The method of claim 12, wherein the units of the video are transform units of a given picture of the sequence.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the units of the picture are transform units.
15. The method of claim 12, wherein the video is screen content video.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein the picture results from screen capture of a computer desktop.
16. The method of claim 12, wherein the switching includes performing color space conversion operations between the YCoCg color space and the RGB-type color space for the given unit.
15. The method of claim 11, wherein the switching includes performing color space conversion operations between the YCoCg color space and the RGB-type color space for the given unit.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the switching further includes performing left shift operations on at least some results of the color space conversion operations.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the switching further includes performing left shift operations on at least some results of the color space conversion operations.
20. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having programmed thereon encoded data in a bitstream, the encoded data including one or more signals indicating how color spaces, color sampling rates and/or bit depths switch between at least some units of video within a sequence, the color spaces including an RGB-type color space and a YCoCg color space, wherein the one or more signals include a flag value for a given unit of the units of the video as part of a syntax structure for the given unit when a prediction mode that applies for the given unit is inter and
the given unit has residual values, the flag value having been entropy coded using context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding, and wherein the flag value indicates a selection between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit, the encoded data being usable to cause a computer-implemented video decoder to perform decoding by operations that include switching the color spaces, the color sampling rates and/or the bit depths spatially and/or temporally between the at least some units of the video within the sequence during the decoding, and wherein the operations further include: for the given unit, determining the prediction mode that applies for the given unit; determining whether or not a condition is satisfied, the condition depending on the prediction mode that applies for the given unit and whether the given unit has residual values; and based at least in part on the condition being satisfied, parsing and entropy decoding the flag value.
19. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having programmed thereon encoded data in a bitstream, the encoded data including one or more signals indicating how color spaces, color sampling rates and/or bit depths switch between at least some units of a picture, the color spaces
including an RGB-type color space and a
YCoCg color space, wherein the one or more signals include a flag value for a given unit of the units of the picture as part of a syntax structure for the given unit when a prediction mode that applies for the given unit is inter or intra block copy prediction and when
the given unit has residual values, the flag value having been entropy coded using context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding, and wherein the flag value indicates a selection between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit, the encoded data being usable to cause
one or more processors to
perform decoding by operations that include switching the color spaces, the color sampling rates and/or the bit depths spatially and/or temporally between the at least some units of the picture during the
decoding, and wherein the operations further include: for the given unit, determining the prediction mode that applies for the given unit; determining whether or not a condition is satisfied, the condition depending on the prediction mode that applies for the given unit and whether the given unit has residual values; and based at least in part on the condition being satisfied, parsing and entropy decoding the flag value.
21. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 20, wherein the units of the video are transform units of a given picture of the sequence.
20. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 19, wherein the units of the picture are transform units.
22. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 20, wherein the switching includes performing color space conversion operations between the YCoCg color space and the RGB -type color space for the given unit.
21. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 19, wherein the switching includes performing color space conversion operations between the YCoCg color space and the RGB-type color space for the given unit.
US Patent No 11,683,522
Instant Application 19/084,546
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for causing one or more processors, when programmed thereby, to perform operations comprising: encoding video in a sequence, including switching color spaces, color sampling rates and/or bit depths spatially and/or temporally between at least some units of the video within the sequence during the encoding, the color spaces including an RGB-type color space and a YCoCg color space, wherein the encoding further includes: for a given unit of the units of the video, determining a prediction mode of the given unit;
determining whether or not a condition is satisfied, the condition depending on one or more of the prediction mode of the given unit and whether the given unit has residual values; based at least in part on the condition being satisfied, setting a flag value for the given unit, the flag value indicating a selection between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit; and entropy coding the flag value using context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding; and outputting encoded data in a bitstream, the encoded data including one or more signals indicating how the color spaces, the color sampling rates and/or the bit depths switch between the at least some units of the video within the sequence, wherein the one or more signals include the flag value for the given unit as part of a syntax structure for the given unit when the prediction mode of
the given unit is intra or when the prediction mode of
the given unit is inter and the given unit has residual values.
3. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for causing one or more processors, when programmed thereby, to perform operations comprising: encoding video in a sequence, including switching color spaces, color sampling rates and/or bit depths spatially and/or temporally between at least some units of the video within the sequence during the encoding, the color spaces including an RGB-type color space and a YCoCg color space, wherein the encoding further includes: for a given unit of the units of the video, determining a prediction mode that applies for the given unit;
determining whether or not a condition is satisfied, the condition depending on the prediction mode that applies for the given unit and whether the given unit has residual values; based at least in part on the condition being satisfied, setting a flag value for the given unit, the flag value indicating a selection between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit; and entropy coding the flag value using context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding; and outputting encoded data in a bitstream, the encoded data including one or more signals indicating how the color spaces, the color sampling rates and/or the bit depths switch between the at least some units of the video within the sequence, wherein the one or more signals include the flag value for the given unit as part of a syntax structure for the given unit when the prediction mode that applies for
the given unit is inter and the given unit has residual values.
2. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the encoding further includes selecting between: for lossy coding, using color space conversion operations to switch between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space; and for lossless coding, using invertible color space conversion operations to switch between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space.
4. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 3, wherein the encoding further includes selecting between: for lossy coding, using color space conversion operations to switch between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space; and for lossless coding, using invertible color space conversion operations to switch between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space.
3. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the units of the video are coding units of a given picture of the sequence.
5. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 3, wherein the units of the video are coding units of a given picture of the sequence.
5. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the switching includes performing color space conversion operations between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit.
8. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 3, wherein the switching includes performing color space conversion operations between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit.
6. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 5, wherein the switching further includes performing right shift operations on at least some results of the color space conversion operations.
9. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 8, wherein the switching further includes performing right shift operations on at least some results of the color space conversion operations.
9. In a computer system that implements a video decoder, a method comprising: receiving encoded data in a bitstream, the encoded data including one or more signals indicating how color spaces, color sampling rates and/or bit depths switch between at least some units of video within a sequence, the color spaces including an RGB-type color space and a YCoCg color space, wherein the one or more signals include a flag value for a given unit of the units of the video as part of a syntax structure for the given unit when a prediction mode of the given
unit is intra or when the prediction mode of the given
unit is inter and the given unit has residual values, the flag value having been entropy coded using context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding, and wherein the flag value indicates a selection between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit; and decoding the encoded data, including switching the color spaces, the color sampling rates and/or the bit depths spatially and/or temporally between the at least some units of the video within the sequence during the decoding, wherein the decoding further includes: for the given unit, determining the prediction mode of the given unit;
determining whether or not a condition is satisfied, the condition depending on one or more of the prediction mode of the given unit and whether the given unit has residual values; and based at least in part on the condition being satisfied, parsing and entropy decoding the flag value.
12. In a computer system that implements a video decoder, a method comprising: receiving encoded data in a bitstream, the encoded data including one or more signals indicating how color spaces, color sampling rates and/or bit depths switch between at least some units of video within a sequence, the color spaces including an RGB-type color space and a YCoCg color space, wherein the one or more signals include a flag value for a given unit of the units of the video as part of a syntax structure for the given unit when a prediction mode that applies for the given
unit is inter and the given unit has residual values, the flag value having been entropy coded using context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding, and wherein the flag value indicates a selection between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit; and decoding the encoded data, including switching the color spaces, the color sampling rates and/or the bit depths spatially and/or temporally between the at least some units of the video within the sequence during the decoding, wherein the decoding further includes: for the given unit, determining the prediction mode that applies for the given unit;
determining whether or not a condition is satisfied, the condition depending on the prediction mode that applies for the given unit and whether the given unit has residual values; and based at least in part on the condition being satisfied, parsing and entropy decoding the flag value.
15. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having stored thereon
encoded data in a bitstream, the encoded data including one or more signals indicating how color spaces, color sampling rates and/or bit depths switch between at least some units of video within a sequence, the color spaces including an RGB-type color space and a YCoCg color space, wherein the one or more signals include a flag value for a given unit of the units of the video as part of a syntax structure for the given unit when a prediction mode of the given unit is intra or when the prediction mode of the
given unit is inter and the given unit has residual values, the flag value having been entropy coded using context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding, and wherein the flag value indicates a selection between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit, the encoded data being organized to facilitate
decoding by operations that include switching the color spaces, the color sampling rates and/or the bit depths spatially and/or temporally between the at least some units of the video within the sequence during the decoding, and wherein the operations further include: for the given unit, determining the prediction mode of the given unit; determining whether or not a condition is satisfied, the condition depending on one or more of the prediction mode of the given unit and whether the given unit has residual values; and based at least in part on the condition being satisfied, parsing and entropy decoding the flag value.
20. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having programmed thereon encoded data in a bitstream, the encoded data including one or more signals indicating how color spaces, color sampling rates and/or bit depths switch between at least some units of video within a sequence, the color spaces including an RGB-type color space and a YCoCg color space, wherein the one or more signals include a flag value for a given unit of the units of the video as part of a syntax structure for the given unit when a prediction mode that applies for the
given unit is inter and the given unit has residual values, the flag value having been entropy coded using context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding, and wherein the flag value indicates a selection between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit, the encoded data being usable to cause a computer-implemented video decoder to perform
decoding by operations that include switching the color spaces, the color sampling rates and/or the bit depths spatially and/or temporally between the at least some units of the video within the sequence during the decoding, and wherein the operations further include: for the given unit, determining the prediction mode that applies for the given unit; determining whether or not a condition is satisfied, the condition depending on the prediction mode that applies for the given unit and whether the given unit has residual values; and based at least in part on the condition being satisfied, parsing and entropy decoding the flag value.
US Patent No 11,184,637
Instant Application 19/084,546
15. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having stored thereon
encoded data in a bitstream, the encoded data including one or more signals indicating how color spaces, color sampling rates and/or bit depths switch between at least some units of video within a sequence, the color spaces including an RGB-type color space and a YCoCg color space, wherein the one or more signals include a flag value for a given unit of the units of the video as part of a syntax structure for the given unit when a prediction mode of the given unit is intra or when the prediction mode of
the given unit is inter and the given unit has residual values, the flag value having been entropy coded using context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding, and wherein the flag value indicates a selection between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit, the encoded data being organized to facilitate
decoding by operations that include:
for the given unit, determining the prediction mode of the given unit;
determining whether or not a condition is satisfied, the condition depending on one or more of the
prediction mode of the given unit and whether the given unit has residual values; based at least in part on the condition being satisfied, parsing and entropy decoding the flag value;
switching the color spaces, the color sampling rates and/or the bit depths spatially and/or temporally between the at least some units of the video within the sequence during the decoding; and
selectively performing deblock filtering of previously reconstructed content according to one or more rules, including adjusting strength of the deblock filtering depending on whether primary components of two adjacent blocks have non-zero residual values.
20. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having programmed thereon encoded data in a bitstream, the encoded data including one or more signals indicating how color spaces, color sampling rates and/or bit depths switch between at least some units of video within a sequence, the color spaces including an RGB-type color space and a YCoCg color space, wherein the one or more signals include a flag value for a given unit of the units of the video as part of a syntax structure for the given unit when a prediction mode that applies for
the given unit is inter and the given unit has residual values, the flag value having been entropy coded using context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding, and wherein the flag value indicates a selection between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit, the encoded data being usable to cause a computer-implemented video decoder to perform
decoding by operations that include switching the color spaces, the color sampling rates and/or the bit depths spatially and/or temporally between the at least some units of the video within the sequence during the decoding, and wherein the operations further include: for the given unit, determining the prediction mode that applies for the given unit;
determining whether or not a condition is satisfied, the condition depending on the prediction mode that applies for the given unit and whether the given unit has residual values; and based at least in part on the condition being satisfied, parsing and entropy decoding the flag value.
16. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the units of the video are coding units of a given picture of the sequence.
21. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 20, wherein the units of the video are transform units of a given picture of the sequence.
18. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the switching includes performing color space conversion operations between the YCoCg color space and the RGB-type color space for the given unit.
22. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 20, wherein the switching includes performing color space conversion operations between the YCoCg color space and the RGB -type color space for the given unit.
19. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 18, wherein the switching further includes performing left shift operations on at least some results of the color space conversion operations.
53. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 52, wherein the switching further includes performing left shift operations on at least some results of the color space conversion operations.
20. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the one or more signals also include the flag value as part of the syntax structure for the given unit when the prediction mode of the given unit is intra block copy prediction and the given unit has residual values
54. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 49, wherein the one or more signals also include the flag value as part of the syntax structure for the given unit when the prediction mode of the given unit is intra block copy prediction and the given unit has residual values.
9. A computer system comprising one or more processors and memory, wherein the computer system implements a video decoder system comprising:
a buffer configured to receive encoded data in a bitstream,
the encoded data including one or more signals indicating how color spaces, color sampling rates and/or bit depths switch between at least some units of video within a sequence, the color spaces including an RGB-type color space and a YCoCg color space, wherein the one or more signals include a flag value for a given unit of the units of the video as part of a syntax structure for the given unit when a prediction mode of the given unit is intra or when the prediction mode of the given unit is inter and the given unit has residual values, the flag value having been entropy coded using context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding, and wherein the flag value indicates a selection between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit; and a video decoder configured to decode the encoded data by performing operations that include:
for the given unit,
determining the prediction mode of the given unit;
determining whether or not a condition is satisfied, the condition depending on one or more of the prediction mode of the given unit and whether the given unit has residual values; based at least in part on the
condition being satisfied, parsing and entropy decoding the flag value;
switching the color spaces, the color sampling rates and/or the bit depths spatially and/or temporally between the at least some units of the video within the sequence during the decoding; and
selectively performing deblock filtering of previously reconstructed content according to one or more rules, including adjusting strength of the deblock filtering depending on whether primary components of two adjacent blocks have non-zero residual values.
12. In a
computer system that implements a video decoder,
a method comprising: receiving encoded data in a bitstream,
the encoded data including one or more signals indicating how color spaces, color sampling rates and/or bit depths switch between at least some units of video within a sequence, the color spaces including an RGB-type color space and a YCoCg color space, wherein the one or more signals include a flag value for a given unit of the units of the video as part of a syntax structure for the given unit when a prediction mode that applies for the given unit
is inter and the given unit has
residual values, the flag value having been entropy coded using context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding, and wherein the flag value indicates a selection between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit; and
decoding the encoded data, including switching the color spaces, the color sampling rates and/or the bit depths spatially and/or temporally between the at least some units of the video within the sequence during the decoding, wherein the decoding further includes: for the given unit,
determining the prediction mode that applies for the given unit;
determining whether or not a condition is satisfied, the condition depending on the prediction mode that applies for the given unit and whether the given unit has residual values; and based at least in part on the condition being satisfied, parsing and entropy decoding the flag value.
10. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the units of the video are coding units of a given picture of the sequence.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the units of the video are coding units of a given picture of the sequence.
12. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the switching includes performing color space conversion operations between the YCoCg color space and the RGB-type color space for the given unit.
16. (New) The method of claim 12, wherein the switching includes performing color space conversion operations between the YCoCg color space and the RGB-type color space for the given unit.
13. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the switching further includes performing left shift operations on at least some results of the color space conversion operations.
17. The method of claim 16,
wherein the switching further includes performing left shift operations on at least some results of the color space conversion operations.
1. A computer system comprising
one or more processors and memory, wherein the computer system implements a video encoder configured to perform operations comprising:
encoding video in a sequence, including: switching color spaces, color sampling rates and/or bit depths spatially and/or temporally between at least some units of the video within the sequence during the encoding, the color spaces including an RGB-type color space and a YCoCg color space; for a given unit of the units of the video,
determining a prediction mode of the given unit; determining whether or not
a condition is satisfied, the condition depending on one or more of the prediction mode of the given unit and whether the
given unit has residual values; based at least in part on the condition being satisfied, setting a flag value for the given unit, the flag value indicating a selection between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit;
entropy coding the flag value using context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding; and selectively performing deblock filtering of previously reconstructed content according to one or more rules, including adjusting strength of the deblock filtering depending on whether primary components of two adjacent blocks have non-zero residual values; and outputting encoded data in a bitstream,
the encoded data including one or more signals indicating how the color spaces, the color sampling rates and/or the bit depths switch between the at least some units of the video within the sequence, wherein the one or more signals include the flag value for the given unit as part of a syntax structure for the given unit when the prediction mode of the
given unit is intra or when the prediction mode of the given
unit is inter and the given unit has residual values.
3. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for causing one or more processors, when programmed thereby, to perform operations comprising:
encoding video in a sequence, including switching color spaces, color sampling rates and/or bit depths spatially and/or temporally between at least some units of the video within the sequence during the encoding, the color spaces including an RGB-type color space and a YCoCg color space, wherein the encoding further includes: for a given unit of the units of the video,
determining a prediction mode that applies for the given unit; determining whether or not a condition is satisfied, the condition depending on the prediction mode that applies for the given unit and whether the given unit has residual values; based at least in part on the condition being satisfied, setting a flag value for the given unit, the flag value indicating a selection between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit; and
entropy coding the flag value using context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding; and
outputting encoded data in a bitstream,
the encoded data including one or more signals indicating how the color spaces, the color sampling rates and/or the bit depths switch between the at least some units of the video within the sequence, wherein the one or more signals include the flag value for the given unit as part of a syntax structure for the given unit when the prediction mode that applies for the given
unit is inter and the given unit has residual values.
2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the encoding further includes selecting between:
for lossy coding, using color space conversion operations to switch between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space; and for lossless coding, using invertible color space conversion operations to switch between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space.
4. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 3, wherein the encoding further includes selecting between:
for lossy coding, using color space conversion operations to switch between the RGB- type color space and the YCoCg color space; and for lossless coding, using invertible color space conversion operations to switch between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space.
3. The computer system of claim 1,
wherein the units of the video are
coding units of a given picture of the sequence.
5. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 3,
wherein the units of the video are
coding units of a given picture of the sequence.
5. The computer system of claim 1,
wherein the switching includes performing color space conversion operations between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit.
8. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 3,
wherein the switching includes performing color space conversion operations between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit.
6. The computer system of claim 5,
wherein the switching further includes performing right shift operations on at least some results of the color space conversion operations.
9. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 8,
wherein the switching further includes performing right shift operations on at least some results of the color space conversion operations.
Claims 3--22 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 11,184,637 B2, 1-20 11,683,522 and claims 2-21 of PG PUB US 2025/0220227. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because most of the limitations of the instant application are similarly recited in the cited patent documents.
A close look at the instant application will show that claim 3, for example, calls for [one] or more non-transitory computer-readable media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for causing one or more processors, when programmed thereby, to perform operations comprising: encoding video in a sequence, including switching color spaces, color sampling rates and/or bit depths spatially and/or temporally between at least some units of the video within the sequence during the encoding, the color spaces including an RGB-type color space and a YCoCg color space, wherein the encoding further includes: for a given unit of the units of the video, determining a prediction mode that applies for the given unit; determining whether or not a condition is satisfied, the condition depending on the prediction mode that applies for the given unit and whether the given unit has residual values; based at least in part on the condition being satisfied, setting a flag value for the given unit, the flag value indicating a selection between the RGB-type color space and the YCoCg color space for the given unit; and entropy coding the flag value using context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding ;and outputting encoded data in a bitstream, the encoded data including one or more signals indicating how the color spaces, the color sampling rates and/or the bit depths switch between the at least some units of the video within the sequence, wherein the one or more signals include the flag value for the given unit as part of a syntax structure for the given unit when the prediction mode that applies for the given unit is inter and the given unit has residual values.
Representative claims 1 of cited Patent No 11,683,522 and Patent No 11,184,637 call for similar limitations. In fact, claim 1 of Patent No 11,184,637 additionally calls for selectively performing deblock filtering of previously reconstructed content according to one or more rules, including adjusting strength of the deblock filtering depending on whether primary components of two adjacent blocks have non-zero residual values.
When comparing claim 3 of the instant application and claims 1 of cited Patent No 11,683,522 and Patent No 11,184,637, it is clear that each and every limitation of claims 3, 12 and 20 of the instant application are included in claims 1-20 of the cited patents.
As evidence shows, the differences between the claims of the instant application and the claims of cited Patent No 11,683,522 and Patent No 11,184,637 do not rise to the patentability level.
Dependent claims 4-9, 13-19, and 21-22 are rejected by dependency from claim 3, 12 and 20.
Conclusion
Prior art not relied upon: Please refer to the references listed in an attached PTO-892 and that are not relied upon for the claim rejections detailed above. The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
In particular: TOURAPIS (US 2014/0355897) teaches adaptive color space transforming;
KIM et al., (US 2014/0376611) teaches adaptive color transforms for video coding;
DESHPANDE et al., (US 2014/0301478) teaches video compression with color bit depth scaling;
KOTTKE (US 2013/0083855) teaches adaptive color space selection for high quality video compression; and
SUN (US 2005/0259730) teaches video coding with residual color conversion using reversible YCoCg.
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