Sample adaptive offset in the HEVC standard

CM Fu, E Alshina, A Alshin, YW Huang… - … on Circuits and …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper provides a technical overview of a newly added in-loop filtering technique,
sample adaptive offset (SAO), in High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC). The key idea of SAO …

Sample adaptive offset for HEVC

CM Fu, CY Chen, YW Huang… - 2011 IEEE 13th …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new video coding tool, sample adaptive offset (SAO), is introduced in this paper. SAO has
been adopted into the Working Draft of the new video coding standard, High-Efficiency …

A VVC proposal with quaternary tree plus binary-ternary tree coding block structure and advanced coding techniques

YW Huang, CW Hsu, CY Chen… - … on Circuits and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes a video coding technology proposal submitted by MediaTek in April
2018 in response to a joint call for proposals (CfP) issued by ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC …

Method and apparatus for improved in-loop filtering

CM Fu, CY Chen, CY Tsai, YW Huang… - US Patent 9,872,015, 2018 - Google Patents
Video decoding and encoding with in-loop processing of reconstructed video are disclosed.
At the decoder side, a flag is received from the video bitstream and according to the flag …

Sample adaptive offset (SAO) parameter signaling

V Sze, W Kim, M Budagavi, DK Kwon… - US Patent 10,070,152, 2018 - Google Patents
A method for sample adaptive offset (SAO) filtering and SAO parameter signaling in a video
encoder is provided that includes determining SAO parameters for largest coding units …

Method and apparatus of adaptive loop filtering

CY Tsai, CM Fu, CY Chen, YW Huang… - US Patent 9,813,738, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method and apparatus for processing in-loop recon structed video using
an in-loop filter is disclosed. In the recent HEVC development, adaptive loop filtering (ALF) is …

Image processing device and method

K Sato - US Patent 10,187,664, 2019 - Google Patents
(Continued) Primary Examiner—Hee-Yong Kim (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Xsensus, LLP
ABSTRACT An image decoding apparatus includes a brightness adaptive offset processing …

Sample adaptive offset (SAO) parameter signaling

W Kim, DK Kwon, M Zhou - US Patent 9,380,302, 2016 - Google Patents
Related US Application Data filed on Feb. 27, 2012, provisional application No. 61/616,470,
filed on Mar. 28, 2012, provisional appli cation No. 61/619,554, filed on Apr. 3, 2012, provi …

Method and apparatus for sample adaptive offset parameter estimation in video coding

W Kim, M Budagavi, M Zhou - US Patent 10,038,903, 2018 - Google Patents
A method for sample adaptive offset (SAO) filtering in a video encoder is provided that
includes estimating SAO parameters for color components of a largest coding unit (LCU) of a …

Fast sample adaptive offset encoding algorithm for HEVC based on intra prediction mode

J Joo, Y Choi, K Lee - 2013 IEEE Third International …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a fast sample adaptive offset (SAO) encoding algorithm in High
Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC). The key idea of a proposed method is to simplify decision …