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The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA . 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. There are a total of 18 claims and claims 1-18 are pending.
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Claim Objections
Claims 1, 7, 13 are objected to because of the following informalities:
Claim 1, at the end of first limitation, recites “the first plurality of coding units all having the same affine motion motion model”. It appears that one of the two motions is redundant.
Same issue exists in claims 7 and 13.
Appropriate correction is required.
Double Patenting
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Claims 1-18 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-7 of U.S. Patent No. 12,368,885 B2. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other.
Claim 1 of the instant application is rejected on the ground of nonstatutory obvious type double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1, 3, 5 of Patent 12,368,885 B2. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the following table describes the double patenting rejection basis of claim 1 between the instant application and the patent.
19265054 (Instant Application)
12,368,885 B2 (Patent)
Claim 1
Claim 1
1
A decoder comprising circuitry configured to:
A method of transmitting an encoded bitstream which is decodable by a decoder, the decoder receiving the bitstream, comprising:
2
receive a bitstream, the bitstream comprising a coded picture, the coded picture comprising a first region with global motion and a second region with local motion bordering the first region, the first region with global motion comprising a first plurality of coding units with most of the coding units of the picture, the second region with local motion comprising a second plurality of coding units of the picture, the first plurality of coding units all having the same affine motion motion model,
receiving an input video; generate an encoded bitstream including a coded picture, the coded picture including a first region comprising a first contiguous plurality of coding blocks having global motion and a second region comprising a second contiguous plurality of coding blocks having local motion; transmit the encoded bitstream over a channel to a decoder,
3
for each block in the first region, determine, a motion model, the motion model being the same for all of the blocks in the first region and being one of 4-parameter affine motion or 6-parameter affine motion, the parameters of the motion model for each block in the first region being determined from at least one motion vector signaled in the bitstream; and
wherein the decoder is configured with instructions to: for each block in the first region, determine a motion model, the motion model being global for all of the blocks in the first region and being one of translational motion, 4-parameter affine motion, or 6-parameter affine motion, the parameters of the motion model for each block in the first region being determined from at least one motion vector signaled in the bitstream; and
4
decode each block in the first region using the parameters of the motion model to reconstruct the global motion in the first region; and
decode each block in the first region using the parameters of the motion model to reconstruct the global motion in the first region; and
5
for each block in the second region, decode each block using motion information determined individually for each block to reconstruct the local motion in the second region.
for each block in the second region, decode each block using motion information determined individually for each block to reconstruct the local motion in the second region.
Claim 3
The method of claim 1, wherein the current block is a coding tree unit.
Claim 5
The method of claim 1, wherein the motion model is an affine motion model and the motion vectors are control point motion vectors.
The subject matter claimed in the instant application is fully disclosed in the patent and is covered by the patent since the patent and the instant application are claiming common subject matter, as follows:
The equivalencies in claim limitations of the instant application and the patent are highlighted in bold italics text. It is to be noted that all the limitations of the instant application are directly or indirectly recited in the patent claims 1, 3 and 5 combined. Therefore, the instant application claim 1 as a whole is not patentably distinct from the patent claims 1, 3 and 5.
Claim 7 of the instant application is rejected on the ground of nonstatutory obvious type double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1, 3, 5 of Patent 12,368,885 B2. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the following table describes the double patenting rejection basis of claim 7 between the instant application and the patent.
19265054 (Instant Application)
12,368,885 B2 (Patent)
Claim 7
Claim 1
1
A method of transmitting an encoded bitstream comprising: receiving a video signal;
A method of transmitting an encoded bitstream which is decodable by a decoder, the decoder receiving the bitstream, comprising: receiving an input video;
2
generating an encoded bitstream representing the video signal comprising a coded picture, the coded picture having a first region with global motion and a second region with local motion bordering the first region, the first region with global motion comprising a first plurality of coding units with most of the coding units of the picture, the second region with local motion comprising a second plurality of coding units of the picture, the first plurality of coding units all having the same affine motion motion model;
generate an encoded bitstream including a coded picture, the coded picture including a first region comprising a first contiguous plurality of coding blocks having global motion and a second region comprising a second contiguous plurality of coding blocks having local motion; transmit the encoded bitstream over a channel to a decoder,
3
the bitstream being further configured to be decodable by a decoding method comprising: for each block in the first region determine a motion model, the motion model being the same for all of the blocks in the first region and being one of 4-parameter affine motion or 6-parameter affine motion, the parameters of the motion model for each block in the first region being determined from at least one motion vector signaled in the bitstream; and
wherein the decoder is configured with instructions to: for each block in the first region, determine a motion model, the motion model being global for all of the blocks in the first region and being one of translational motion, 4-parameter affine motion, or 6-parameter affine motion, the parameters of the motion model for each block in the first region being determined from at least one motion vector signaled in the bitstream; and
4
decode each block in the first region using the parameters of the motion model to reconstruct the global motion in the first region; and
decode each block in the first region using the parameters of the motion model to reconstruct the global motion in the first region; and
5
for each block in the second region, decode each block using motion information determined individually for each block to reconstruct the local motion in the second region; and transmit the encoded bitstream over a channel to a decoder.
for each block in the second region, decode each block using motion information determined individually for each block to reconstruct the local motion in the second region.
Claim 3
The method of claim 1, wherein the current block is a coding tree unit.
Claim 5
The method of claim 1, wherein the motion model is an affine motion model and the motion vectors are control point motion vectors.
The subject matter claimed in the instant application is fully disclosed in the patent and is covered by the patent since the patent and the instant application are claiming common subject matter, as follows:
The equivalencies in claim limitations of the instant application and the patent are highlighted in bold italics text. It is to be noted that all the limitations of the instant application are directly or indirectly recited in the patent claims 1, 3 and 5 combined. Therefore, the instant application claim 7 as a whole is not patentably distinct from the patent claims 1, 3 and 5.
Claim 13 of the instant application is rejected on the ground of nonstatutory obvious type double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1, 3, 5 of Patent 12,368,885 B2. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the following table describes the double patenting rejection basis of claim 13 between the instant application and the patent.
19265054 (Instant Application)
12,368,885 B2 (Patent)
Claim 13
Claim 1
1
An encoder comprising circuitry configured to: receive a video signal;
A method of transmitting an encoded bitstream which is decodable by a decoder, the decoder receiving the bitstream, comprising: receiving an input video;
2
generate an encoded bitstream representing the video signal, the encoded bitstream including a coded picture, the coded picture having a first region with global motion and a second region with local motion bordering the first region, the first region with global motion comprising a first plurality of coding units with most of the coding units of the picture, the second region with local motion comprising a second plurality of coding units of the picture, the first plurality of coding units all having the same affine motion motion model;
generate an encoded bitstream including a coded picture, the coded picture including a first region comprising a first contiguous plurality of coding blocks having global motion and a second region comprising a second contiguous plurality of coding blocks having local motion; transmit the encoded bitstream over a channel to a decoder,
3
the bitstream being further configured by the encoder to be decodable by a decoding method comprising: for each block in the first region determine a motion model, the motion model being the same for all of the blocks in the first region and being one of 4-parameter affine motion or 6-parameter affine motion, the parameters of the motion model for each block in the first region being determined from at least one motion vector signaled in the bitstream; and
wherein the decoder is configured with instructions to: for each block in the first region, determine a motion model, the motion model being global for all of the blocks in the first region and being one of translational motion, 4-parameter affine motion, or 6-parameter affine motion, the parameters of the motion model for each block in the first region being determined from at least one motion vector signaled in the bitstream; and
4
decode each block in the first region using the parameters of the motion model to reconstruct the global motion in the first region; and
decode each block in the first region using the parameters of the motion model to reconstruct the global motion in the first region; and
5
for each block in the second region, decode each block using motion information determined individually for each block to reconstruct the local motion in the second region; and transmit the encoded bitstream over a channel.
for each block in the second region, decode each block using motion information determined individually for each block to reconstruct the local motion in the second region.
Claim 3
The method of claim 1, wherein the current block is a coding tree unit.
Claim 5
The method of claim 1, wherein the motion model is an affine motion model and the motion vectors are control point motion vectors.
The subject matter claimed in the instant application is fully disclosed in the patent and is covered by the patent since the patent and the instant application are claiming common subject matter, as follows:
The equivalencies in claim limitations of the instant application and the patent are highlighted in bold italics text. It is to be noted that all the limitations of the instant application are directly or indirectly recited in the patent claims 1, 3 and 5 combined. Therefore, the instant application claim 13 as a whole is not patentably distinct from the patent claims 1, 3 and 5.
Based on the same rationale and mapping above, claims 1-18 are also rejected on the ground of nonstatutory obvious type double patenting as being unpatentable over combination of claims 1-12 of U.S. Patent No. 11,812,054 B2. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
1. “AFFINE MOTION PREDICTION FOR VIDEO CODING” – Zou et al., US PGPub 2020/0145688 A1.
2. “MOTION VECTOR DIFFERENCE CODING TECHNIQUE FOR VIDEO CODING” – Chien et al., US Pat 10462462 B2.
3. “IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHO” – Kondo, US PGPub 2019/0215534 A1.
4. “Fusion of Global and Local Motion Estimation for Distributed Video Coding” - Abou-Elailah et al., IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS FOR VIDEO TECHNOLOGY, VOL. 23, NO. 1, JANUARY 2013.
5. “Global And Locally Adaptive Warped Motion Compensation In Video Compression” – Parker et al., 978-1-5090-2175-8/17/$31.00 © 2017 IEEE.
6. “MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE CODING APPARATUS, MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS, AND MOVING PICTURE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS” – Sugio et al., US Pat 9456214 B2.
7. “VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING” – Lainema et al., US Pat 10659802 B2.
8. “AFFINE MOTION INFORMATION DERIVATION” – Xiang et al., US PGPub 2018/0270500 A1.
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