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Patent US 11,405,614 B2
Claims 1-9 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-6 of US 11,405,614 B2.
Instant – 19/252,018
US 11,405,614 B2
1. A method for reconstructing a video signal, the method comprising:
1. A method for reconstructing a video signal, the method comprising:
obtaining a transform block by performing an entropy decoding and a dequantization for a current block;
obtaining a transform block by performing an entropy decoding and a dequantization for a current block;
deriving a secondary transform matrix corresponding to a specific area in the transform block, wherein the specific area represents an area including a top-left area of the transform block, and wherein the secondary transform matrix is represented based on an input length and an output length of a secondary transform;
deriving a secondary transform matrix corresponding to a specific area in the transform block, wherein the specific area represents an area including a top-left area of the transform block and wherein the secondary transform matrix is denoted based on an input length and an output length of a secondary transform;
performing an inverse secondary transform for the specific area based on the secondary transform matrix;
performing an inverse secondary transform for the specific area based on the secondary transform matrix;
performing an inverse primary transform for a block which the inverse secondary transform is applied to; and
performing an inverse primary transform for a block which the inverse secondary transform is applied to; and
reconstructing the current block based on a block which the primary inverse transform is applied to,
reconstructing the current block based on a block which the primary inverse transform is applied to,
wherein the input length of the inverse secondary transform is determined as 16, and the output length of the inverse secondary transform is determined as 48, based on that each of the height and the width of the transform block is equal to 16.
wherein the input length of the inverse secondary transform is determined as 16, and the output length of the inverse secondary transform is determined as 48, based on that each of the height and the width of the transform block is equal to 8 or 16.
Although the claims are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because claim 1 the instant application falls within the scope of claim 1 in US 11,405,614 B2.
Regarding claims (2-6), claims (2-6) in the instant application correspond to claims (2-6), respectively, in US 11,405,614 B2.
Regarding claims (7-9), claims (7-9), while each of the claims are drawn to different statutory categories, they all have limitations similar to the method as claimed in claim 1 treated in the above rejections. Therefore, each of claims (7-9) correspond to method claim 1 and are similarly rejected for the same reasons of obviousness as used above.
Patent US 11,889,080 B2
Claims 1-9 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claim 1-6 of US 11,889,080 B2 in view of Lim et al. (US 2019/0141334 A1) (hereinafter Lim).
Instant – 19/252,018
US 11,889,080 B2
1. A method for reconstructing a video signal, the method comprising:
1. A method for reconstructing a video signal, the method comprising:
obtaining a transform block by performing an entropy decoding and a dequantization for a current block;
deriving a secondary transform matrix corresponding to a specific area in the transform block, wherein the specific area represents an area including a top-left area of the transform block, and wherein the secondary transform matrix is represented based on an input length and an output length of a secondary transform;
deriving a secondary transform matrix related to a specific area in a transform block based on the secondary transform index, wherein the specific area represents an area including a top-left area of the transform block, and wherein the secondary transform matrix is denoted based on an input length and an output length of a secondary transform;
performing an inverse secondary transform for the specific area based on the secondary transform matrix;
performing an inverse secondary transform for the specific area based on the secondary transform matrix;
performing an inverse primary transform for a block which the inverse secondary transform is applied to; and
performing an inverse primary transform for a block which the inverse secondary transform is applied to;
reconstructing the current block based on a block which the primary inverse transform is applied to,
obtaining residual samples based on a block which the primary inverse transform is applied to; and
reconstructing the current block based on the residual samples and prediction samples,
wherein the input length of the inverse secondary transform is determined as 16, and the output length of the inverse secondary transform is determined as 48, based on that each of the height and the width of the transform block is equal to 16.
wherein the input length of the inverse secondary transform is determined as 16, and the output length of the inverse secondary transform is determined as 48, based on that each of the height and the width of the transform block is equal to 8 or 16.
Although the claims are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because claim 1 the instant application discloses the limitations of, obtaining a transform block by performing an entropy decoding and a dequantization for a current block. However these limitations are known in the art as evidenced by Lim, wherein Lim teaches of a decoding apparatus containing a memory and processor as discussed in Paragraphs [0064] & [0119]-[0121], Fig. 5, quantized signal output from the quantization unit 130 may be used for generating the prediction signal. For example, inverse quantization and inverse transform are applied to the quantized signal through the dequantization unit 140 and the inverse transform unit 1850 in a loop to reconstruct the residual signal. It would have been obvious to the person of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to modify the instant invention to add the teachings of Lim as above, to enhance encoding/decoding efficiency of an image as explained in Paragraphs [0005]-[0016].
Regarding claims (2-6), claims (2-6) in the instant application correspond to claims (2-6), respectively, in US 11,889,080 B2.
Regarding claims (7-9), claims (7-9), while each of the claims are drawn to different statutory categories, they all have limitations similar to the method as claimed in claim 1 treated in the above rejections. Therefore, each of claims (7-9) correspond to method claim 1 and are similarly rejected for the same reasons of obviousness as used above.
Patent US 12,375,666 B2
Claims 1-9 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claim 1-6 of US 12,375,666 B2 in view of Lim et al. (US 2019/0141334 A1) (hereinafter Lim).
Instant – 19/252,018
US 12,375,666 B2
1. A method for reconstructing a video signal, the method comprising:
1. An image decoding apparatus for reconstructing a video signal, the apparatus comprising:
obtaining a transform block by performing an entropy decoding and a dequantization for a current block;
deriving a secondary transform matrix corresponding to a specific area in the transform block, wherein the specific area represents an area including a top-left area of the transform block, and wherein the secondary transform matrix is represented based on an input length and an output length of a secondary transform;
derive a secondary transform matrix related to a specific area in a transform block based on the transform set and the secondary transform index, wherein the specific area represents an area including a top-left area of the transform block, and wherein the secondary transform matrix is denoted based on an input length and an output length of a secondary transform;
performing an inverse secondary transform for the specific area based on the secondary transform matrix;
perform an inverse secondary transform for the specific area based on the secondary transform matrix;
performing an inverse primary transform for a block which the inverse secondary transform is applied to; and
perform an inverse primary transform for a block which the inverse secondary transform is applied to;
reconstructing the current block based on a block which the primary inverse transform is applied to,
obtain residual samples based on a block which the primary inverse transform is applied to; and reconstruct the current block based on the residual samples,
wherein the input length of the inverse secondary transform is determined as 16, and the output length of the inverse secondary transform is determined as 48, based on that each of the height and the width of the transform block is equal to 16.
wherein the input length of the inverse secondary transform is determined as 16, and the output length of the inverse secondary transform is determined as 48, based on that each of the height and the width of the transform block is equal to 16.
Although the claims are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because claim 1 the instant application discloses the limitations of, obtaining a transform block by performing an entropy decoding and a dequantization for a current block. However these limitations are known in the art as evidenced by Lim, wherein Lim teaches of a decoding apparatus containing a memory and processor as discussed in Paragraphs [0064] & [0119]-[0121], Fig. 5, quantized signal output from the quantization unit 130 may be used for generating the prediction signal. For example, inverse quantization and inverse transform are applied to the quantized signal through the dequantization unit 140 and the inverse transform unit 1850 in a loop to reconstruct the residual signal. It would have been obvious to the person of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to modify the instant invention to add the teachings of Lim as above, to enhance encoding/decoding efficiency of an image as explained in Paragraphs [0005]-[0016].
Regarding claims (2-6), claims (2-6) in the instant application correspond to claims (2-6), respectively, in US 12,375,666 B2.
Regarding claims (7-9), claims (7-9), while each of the claims are drawn to different statutory categories, they all have limitations similar to the method as claimed in claim 1 treated in the above rejections. Therefore, each of claims (7-9) correspond to method claim 1 and are similarly rejected for the same reasons of obviousness as used above.
This is nonstatutory double patenting.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 8 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Lim et al. (US 2019/0141334 A1) (hereinafter Lim).
Regarding claim 8, “non-transitory computer readable recording medium for storing video information which is generated by an image processing method, the image processing method comprising…” is a product by process claim limitation where the product is the video information and the process are the method steps to generate the video information. MPEP §2113 recites “Product-by-Process claims are not limited to the manipulations of the recited steps, only the structure implied by the steps.” Thus, the scope of the claim is the storage medium storing the video information (with the structure implied by the method steps). The structure includes the information and samples manipulated by the steps. “To be given patentable weight, the printed matter and associated product must be in a functional relationship. A functional relationship can be found where the printed matter performs some function with respect to the product to which it is associated.” MPEP §2111.05(I)(A). When a claimed, “non-transitory computer-readable storage medium,” merely serves as a support for information or data, no functional relationship exists. MPEP §2111.05(III). The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in claim 8 merely services as a support for the storage of the video information and provides no functional relationship between the stored video information and storage medium. Therefore the claim scope is just a storage medium storing video information/data and is anticipated by Lim which recites in Paragraph [0110] reconstructed block that passed the filter unit 180 may be stored in the reference picture buffer 190.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-9 would be allowable over prior art upon overcoming the rejections outlined above on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting rejection of the claims and further under 35 USC 102(a)(1) for claim 8.
Conclusion
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