HUA CAROLYN YANG
Medical Practice in Plainsboro, NJ

2010011, May 6, 2010

Sep 28, 2007

12/311372

Hua Yang - Plainsboro NJ, US
Jill MacDonald Boyce - Manalapan NJ, US

H04N 11/04

37524001, 375E07001

A method is claimed for encoding a group of pictures at a target bit rate. A pre-analysis procedure () is performed for each frame in the group of pictures as to develop a series of parameters. A pre-processing procedure is then performed for a frame selected from said group of pictures (), so that the parameters associated with the selected frame are updated while the parameters associated unencoded frames from the group of pictures remain the same. These two sets of parameters are then used to determine an allocated bit rate () for the frame such that when the frame is actually encoded, the allocated bit rate is reserved for the encoding operation. The allocated bit rate and the target bit rate for the group of pictures may be different, and the quantization level associated with the allocated bit rate may be different than the quantization level associated with the actual bit rate used to encode the frame.

2012024, Oct 4, 2012

Dec 8, 2010

13/515509

Dong Tian - Plainsboro NJ, US
Hua Yang - Plainsboro NJ, US
Jill MacDonald Boyce - Manalapan NJ, US

Thomson Licensing - Issy-les moulineaux

H04N 7/12

3483881, 348E07045

A statistical multiplexing method is provided that comprises accessing a plurality of video sequences, wherein the video sequences are each assigned to a unique channel in a common broadcast system; collecting information from a plurality of the unique channels assigned to encode the corresponding video sequences; applying rho-domain analysis to the video sequences; and determining bitrate allocation for the channels responsive to the information collect and the rho-domain analysis.

2011021, Sep 1, 2011

Feb 16, 2011

12/932062

Hua Yang - Plainsboro NJ, US
Richard Edwin Goedeken - Santa Clarita CA, US
Joan Llach - Cesson-Sevigne Cedex, FR

H04N 7/24

37524026, 375E07011

A method and apparatus are disclosed and described for providing bit rate configuration for multi-view video coding. In the video encoder, the method includes encoding image data for at least one picture for at least two joint views of multi-view video content, the at least two joint views including a base view and at least one dependent view. The bit rate configuration for encoding the image data is determined to include an average bit rate and a maximum bit rate for the base view and the average bit rate and the maximum bit rate for the at least two joint views ().

2011021, Sep 8, 2011

Feb 16, 2011

12/932061

Hua Yang - Plainsboro NJ, US

H04N 7/26

37524002, 375E07126

A method and apparatus are disclosed and described for providing rate control for multi-view video coding. The apparatus includes an encoder () for encoding image data for at least one picture for at least two joint views of multi-view video content. The at least two joint views include a base view and at least one dependent view. A bit allocation for encoding the image data is determined based on bit rate requirements for the base view and bit rate requirements for the at least two joint views.

2010027, Nov 4, 2010

Jun 27, 2007

12/312796

Hua Yang - Plainsboro NJ, US
Jill MacDonald Boyce - Manalapan NJ, US
Xiaohui Wei - Arlington TX, US

H04N 7/26

37524027, 375E0719

According to an implementation, a value of distortion is determined (). The value is associated with at least a portion of a particular picture in a series of pictures. The value is based on distortion () in the particular picture that is attributable to error in the particular picture or in a previous picture in the series. The value is also based on distortion () in a subsequent picture in the series that is attributable to error in the particular picture or in a previous picture.

2010027, Nov 4, 2010

Dec 22, 2008

12/735342

Hua Yang - Plainsboro NJ, US
Jill MacDonald Boyce - Manalapan NJ, US
Gad Moshe Berger - Dayton NJ, US

H04N 7/32

37524013, 375E07243

Various implementations for reducing artifacts such as, for example, I-frame flicker are proposed. Particular implementations produce a no-flicker reference in which a picture intended to be coded as an I-frame is, first, coded as a P-frame using a reference picture from the previous GOP. Thus, continuity with the previous GOP is provided. According to a general aspect, a source image is inter-coded to produce coded source data. The coded source data is decoded to produce a modified source. The modified source is intra-coded to produce coded modified-source data. The coded modified-source data is decoded to produce a reference image.

2011021, Sep 8, 2011

Feb 18, 2011

12/932167

Jiancong Luo - West Windsor NJ, US
Hua Yang - Plainsboro NJ, US

H04N 7/26

37524025, 375E07027

A method and apparatus are provided for encoding with hypothetical reference decoder compliant bit allocation. The apparatus includes an encoder () for encoding image data for a picture in a resultant bitstream by controlling a bit allocation during the encoding of the image data responsive to satisfying requirements for a subsequent decoding of the bitstream. The requirements relate to preventing at least one of an underflow condition and an overflow condition in a buffer during the subsequent decoding of the bitstream.

8265172, Sep 11, 2012

Aug 21, 2007

12/310460

Hua Yang - Plainsboro NJ, US
Jill MacDonald Boyce - Manalapan NJ, US

Thomson Licensing - Boulogne-Billacourt

H04N 11/02, H04N 11/04

37524027, 37524012

There are provided a method and apparatus for analytical and empirical hybrid encoding distortion modeling. An apparatus includes a distortion calculator for modeling video encoding distortion by dividing the video encoding distortion into a first portion and a second portion, calculating the first portion using empirical calculations, and calculating the second portion using analytical calculations.