Abstract

Decoding of a merge-predicted block is carried out, for triangular partitions of the block, using a combination of inter-prediction and intra-prediction. The combination of inter-prediction and intra-prediction to be used is signalled on a received bitstream. Combination may be algorithmic, for example arithmetic.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
• H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
• H04N 19/17 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object

Abstract

This disclosure generally relates to RSMA systems, and more particularly to a transmitter comprising: an encoder to encode incoming messages from respective said users of the transmitter; a stream splitter to split each encoded message to form a common part and a private part each having one or more elements such as bits of symbols, wherein the splitting is based on a splitting order that determines which one or more elements of an encoded message form the common part; a stream combiner to combine the common parts of the encoded messages to form a common stream, wherein the combining is based on a combining order that determines where each element of each common part is positioned in the common stream; and an output stage for outputting signals for transmission based on the common stream and private parts.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04B 7/0452 - Multi-user MIMO systems
• H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
• H04L 1/1812 - Hybrid protocolsHybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]

Abstract

Encoding of video data in a video codec involves a transform of residuals. This can be composed of a primary transform and a secondary transform. The selection of the secondary transform is effected by considering the characteristics of a block to be encoded. The selection of secondary transform can be signalled to the decoder, or inferred therein.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/12 - Selection from among a plurality of transforms or standards, e.g. selection between discrete cosine transform [DCT] and sub-band transform or selection between H.263 and H.264
• H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
• H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
• H04N 19/625 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding using discrete cosine transform [DCT]

Goods & Services

Non-medicated toilet preparations; soaps; shampoos; talcum powder; preparations for use in the bath or shower; bubble baths; bath foam; bath salts; bath bombs and bath fizzers; bath oil; shower gel; preparations for the hair; hair gel; preparations for cleaning the teeth; perfumes; eau de cologne; deodorants for personal use; essential oils; toiletries; skin care preparations; cosmetics; perfuming sachets; scented wood Articles of precious metal and their alloys, and articles coated with precious metal and their alloys; jewellery; horological and chronometric instruments; badges, coasters, jewellery boxes, key fobs, key rings and key chains, all of precious metal or coated with precious metal; cuff links, trinkets, watch straps, ornamental pins; watches and clocks; cases of precious metal or coated therewith Printed publications; paper; cardboard; printed matter; magazines; books; catalogues; printed programmes; photographs; stationery; artists' materials; paint brushes; instructional and teaching material; printing blocks; posters; cards; postcards; greetings cards; trading cards; invitations; diaries; calendars; photograph albums; prints; gift bags, gift boxes, gift tags and gift wrap; notepads; writing instruments and crayons; stickers; transfers; stamps; personal organisers; address books; note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; embroidery, sewing and knitting patterns; postage stamps; coasters made of cardboard and paper Bags and backpacks; umbrellas, parasols; suitcases, travelling bags, garment bags, vanity cases, rucksacks, satchels, holdalls, handbags, shoulder bags, camera cases, shopping bags; purses, pouches, wallets, key holders, card holders; pochettes; luggage tags; cosmetic cases and bags Household or kitchen utensils and containers; combs and sponges; brushes; glassware, porcelain and earthenware; ornaments, statuettes and figurines; tableware; plates and ornamental plates; wall plaques; drinking vessels; mugs; jugs; tankards; stems; bottles, insulated bottles and flasks; picnic baskets and boxes; jars; egg cups; egg timers; lunch boxes; coasters; serving trays; candlesticks; napkin rings and holders; soap boxes; tooth brushes; cleaning instruments, hand-operated; cleaning cloths; dusters; polishing cloths and leathers; chamois leathers; polishing gloves; buckets; ice scrapers for windscreens; windscreen wiping and demisting pads and cloths; car cleaning sponges; car wash mitts, car drying towels (made of chamois leather) Clothing; footwear; headgear; T-shirts; sweaters; jumpers; knitwear; vests; caps; hats; shirts; shorts; trousers; socks Toys, games, playthings; sporting articles; board games; Christmas crackers, tree decorations and ornaments; novelties; puzzles Non-alcoholic beverages; syrups, extracts and essences and other preparations for making non-alcoholic beverages Telecommunications; communications services; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; video-on-demand and near on demand telecommunications; providing a video sharing portal; provision of communications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; webcasting and podcasting services; electronic mail services; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; provision of access to interactive polling services; providing access to and leasing of access time to a computer database; provision of connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to the aforesaid Provision of entertainment, education, recreation, instruction, tuition and training; production, presentation and distribution of television and radio programmes, audio, video, still and moving images and data including on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema, music, news, current affairs, sports and educational information; personalized and interactive entertainment services; interactive television and radio selection services for viewers; publishing services (including electronic publishing services); non-downloadable electronic publications; organisation, production and presentation of shows, competitions, games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, exhibitions and events; language teaching; provision of information and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services

Goods & Services

Non-medicated toilet preparations; soaps; shampoos; talcum powder; preparations for use in the bath or shower; bubble baths; bath foam; bath salts; bath bombs and bath fizzers; bath oil; shower gel; preparations for the hair; hair gel; preparations for cleaning the teeth; perfumes; eau de cologne; deodorants for personal use; essential oils; toiletries; skin care preparations; cosmetics; perfuming sachets; scented wood. Articles of precious metal and their alloys, and articles coated with precious metal and their alloys; jewellery; horological and chronometric instruments; badges, coasters, jewellery boxes, key fobs, key rings and key chains, all of precious metal or coated with precious metal; cuff links, trinkets, watch straps, ornamental pins; watches and clocks; cases of precious metal or coated therewith. Printed publications; paper; cardboard; printed matter; magazines; books; catalogues; printed programmes; photographs; stationery; artists' materials; paint brushes; instructional and teaching material; printing blocks; posters; cards; postcards; greetings cards; trading cards; invitations; diaries; calendars; photograph albums; prints; gift bags, gift boxes, gift tags and gift wrap; notepads; writing instruments and crayons; stickers; transfers; stamps; personal organisers; address books; note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; embroidery, sewing and knitting patterns; postage stamps; coasters made of cardboard and paper. Bags and backpacks; umbrellas, parasols; suitcases, travelling bags, garment bags, vanity cases, rucksacks, satchels, holdalls, handbags, shoulder bags, camera cases, shopping bags; purses, pouches, wallets, key holders, card holders; pochettes; luggage tags; cosmetic cases and bags. Household or kitchen utensils and containers; combs and sponges; brushes; glassware, porcelain and earthenware; ornaments, statuettes and figurines; tableware; plates and ornamental plates; drinking vessels; mugs; jugs; tankards; stems; bottles, insulated bottles and flasks; picnic baskets and boxes; jars; egg cups; lunch boxes; coasters; serving trays; candlesticks; napkin rings and holders; soap boxes; tooth brushes; cleaning instruments, hand-operated; cleaning cloths; dusters; polishing cloths and leathers; chamois leathers; polishing gloves; buckets; ice scrapers for windscreens; windscreen wiping and demisting pads and cloths; car cleaning sponges; car wash mitts, car drying towels (made of chamois leather). Clothing; footwear; headgear; T-shirts; sweaters; jumpers; knitwear; vests; caps; hats; shirts; shorts; trousers; socks. Toys, games, playthings; sporting articles; board games; Christmas crackers, tree decorations and ornaments; novelties; puzzles. Non-alcoholic beverages; syrups, extracts and essences and other preparations for making non-alcoholic beverages. Telecommunications; communications services; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand and near on demand telecommunications; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming (by any means); streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; personalised and interactive telecommunications, broadcasting and transmission services; broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user-generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet or other computer and communications networks; providing a video sharing portal; television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; television screen based information, broadcasting and retrieval services; provision of communications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; webcasting and podcasting services; electronic mail services; news information and news agency services; rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; provision of access to web logs (blogs); provision of access to interactive polling services; providing access to and leasing of access time to a computer database; provision of connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets. Provision of entertainment, education, recreation, instruction, tuition and training; production, presentation and distribution of television and radio programmes, audio, video, still and moving images and data including on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema, music, news, current affairs, sports and educational information; personalized and interactive entertainment services; interactive television and radio selection services for viewers; publishing services (including electronic publishing services); provision of non-downloadable electronic publications; organisation, production and presentation of shows, competitions, games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, exhibitions and events; language teaching; provision of information and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets.

Abstract

A method of delivering object based media, comprises providing computational tasks as compute fragments and providing media as resource fragments. The compute and resource fragments may be asserted in various combinations to present audio or video to a user. A manifest is provided defining how to assert valid combinations of compute fragments and resource fragments and can be used to retrieve the compute and resource fragments to present media. The separation of object-based media into the compute and resource fragments allows fragments to be executed at appropriate points within a network of nodes for delivery to a user.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 21/232 - Content retrieval operation within server, e.g. reading video streams from disk arrays
• H04N 21/2662 - Controlling the complexity of the video stream, e.g. by scaling the resolution or bitrate of the video stream based on the client capabilities
• H04N 21/6338 - Control signals issued by server directed to the network components or client directed to network
• H04N 21/647 - Control signaling between network components and server or clientsNetwork processes for video distribution between server and clients, e.g. controlling the quality of the video stream, by dropping packets, protecting content from unauthorised alteration within the network, monitoring of network load or bridging between two different networks, e.g. between IP and wireless
• H04N 21/658 - Transmission by the client directed to the server
• H04N 21/845 - Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments
• H04N 21/858 - Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object or by creating a hotspot
• G06F 9/50 - Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]
• H04N 21/2343 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements

Goods & Services

Cinematographic and photographic films; sound and video recordings; recorded television and radio programmes; motion pictures; animated cartoons; data recordings, including audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format; programmes and web-based audiovisual content for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers, including in 3D format; apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata; magnetic data carriers, recording discs, memory carriers, compact discs, optical discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, CD-Is, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards and other carriers, all bearing or for use in bearing sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or programs; software; computer programs; computer software; computer software, including software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; application software; application software, including application software for mobile phones, wearable digital electronic devices and other portable digital devices; virtual and augmented reality software, hardware and apparatus; educational and learning software, electronic educational and learning apparatus and instruments; IP-based computer software platforms for the production, formatting, management and distribution of sound, images and data; computer software for mobile phone games and quizzes; computer software for digital games and quizzes; DVD's containing games and quizzes; computer games software; computer software for personalized and interactive television; downloadable electronic publications; ring tones and graphics (downloadable) for mobile phones; downloadable graphics for computers; digital music, audio and video recordings (downloadable) from the internet; mobile phone cases and covers; computer cases and covers; power packs; ear phones; speakers; dashboard mounts for mobile phones; electronic bulletin boards; mouse mats; spectacles (glasses), sunglasses; camera cases; egg timers; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods. Printed publications; paper; cardboard; printed matter; magazines; books; catalogues; programmes; photographs; stationery; artists' materials; paint brushes; instructional and teaching material; printing blocks; posters; cards; postcards; greetings cards; trading cards; invitations; diaries; calendars; photograph albums; prints; gift bags, gift boxes, gift tags and gift wrap; notepads; writing instruments and crayons; stickers; transfers; stamps; personal organisers; address books; note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; embroidery, sewing and knitting patterns; postage stamps; coasters made of cardboard and paper. Telecommunications; communications services; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand and near on demand telecommunications; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming (by any means); streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; personalised and interactive telecommunications, broadcasting and transmission services; broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user-generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet or other computer and communications networks; providing access to a video sharing portal; television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; provision of communications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; webcasting and podcast broadcasting services; electronic mail services; transmission of news and current affairs information and news agency services; rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; provision of access to web logs (blogs); provision of access to interactive polling services; providing access to and leasing of access time to a computer database; provision of connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets. Provision of entertainment, education, recreation, instruction, tuition and training; production, presentation and distribution of television and radio programmes, audio, video, still and moving images and data including on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; development of formats for television and radio programmes and films; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema, music, news, current affairs, sports and educational information; personalized and interactive entertainment services; interactive television and radio selection services for viewers; publishing services (including electronic publishing services); provision of non-downloadable electronic publications; organisation, production and presentation of shows, competitions, games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, workshops, roadshows, concerts, club entertainment services, exhibitions and events; provision of information, consultancy, and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets.

Abstract

Decoding of a merge-predicted block is carried out, for triangular partitions of the block, using a combination of inter-prediction and intra-prediction. The combination of inter-prediction and intra-prediction to be used is signalled on a received bitstream. Combination may be algorithmic, for example arithmetic.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
• H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
• H04N 19/17 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object

Goods & Services

Exposed cinematographic and photographic films; sound and video recordings featuring music, drama, comedy, current event news, documentaries, history, sports, current affairs, fiction, non-fiction, and entertainment; recorded television and radio programmes featuring music, drama, comedy, current event news, documentaries, history, sports, current affairs, fiction, non-fiction, and entertainment; motion pictures films about music, drama, comedy, current event news, documentaries, sports, current affairs, history, fiction, non-fiction, and entertainment; video disks with recorded animated cartoons; data recordings featuring audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format, namely, audio and video recordings featuring music, drama, comedy, current event news, documentaries, sports, current affairs, history, fiction, non-fiction, and entertainment; programmes and web-based audiovisual content for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers, including in 3D format, in the nature of recorded programs about how the environmental impact of media productions can be reduced; apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata, and structural parts therefor; blank magnetic data carriers, recording discs, memory carriers, compact discs, optical discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, CDIs, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards and other carriers, all bearing or for use in bearing sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or programs; recorded and downloadable computer software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and redistributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; virtual and augmented reality hardware and apparatus, namely, virtual and augmented reality glasses, headsets and controllers, and structural parts therefor; downloadable IP-based computer software platforms for the production, formatting, management and distribution of sound, images and data; downloadable computer software for playing mobile phone games and quizzes; downloadable computer software for playing digital games and quizzes; prerecorded DVDs containing games and quizzes; downloadable computer games software; downloadable computer software for searching personalized and interactive television content; downloadable electronic publications, namely, magazines in the field of sustainability and reducing carbon footprint; downloadable ring tones and graphics for mobile phones; downloadable graphics for computers; downloadable digital music; downloadable audio and video recordings downloadable from the internet featuring music, drama, comedy, current event news, documentaries, history, sports, current affairs, fiction, non-fiction, and entertainment; mobile phone cases and covers; computer cases and covers and structural parts therefor; power packs, namely, electrical power supplies and structural parts therefor; ear phones and structural parts therefor; audio speakers and structural parts therefor; dashboard mounts for mobile phones and structural parts therefor; electronic bulletin boards, namely, electronic messaging display unit with multinetworking (TCP/IP) capabilities and remote connectivity and structural parts therefor; mouse mats and structural parts therefor Printed publications, namely, magazines in the field of sustainability and reducing carbon footprint; paper; cardboard; printed books in the field of sustainability and reducing carbon footprint; printed catalogues in the field of sustainability and reducing carbon footprint; printed events programmes; printed photographs; stationery; printed instructional and teaching material in the field of sustainability and reducing carbon footprint; printing blocks; printed posters; printed index cards; printed postcards; printed greetings cards; printed trading cards, other than for games; printed invitations; printed diaries; printed calendars; photograph albums; pictorial prints; gift bags, gift boxes, paper gift tags and gift wrap paper; blank notepads; writing instruments and crayons; stickers and transfers; sealing stamps; personal organisers; printed address books; printed note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; coasters made of cardboard and paper Telecommunications, namely, electronic transmission of messages and data; communications services, namely, electronic transmission of messages and data; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand and near on demand telecommunications transmission services; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming by any means and by means of telecommunications networks, wireless communication networks, and the Internet; streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; personalised and interactive telecommunications, broadcasting and transmission services, namely, streaming of audio and video content over the Internet; Internet broadcasting services and broadcasting programs via computer network; providing telecommunications access to a video sharing portal; television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; provision of telecommunications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; webcasting and transmission of podcasts; electronic mail services in the nature of transmission of electronic mail; transmission of news and current affairs information and news agency services, namely, gathering and dissemination of news; rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; provision of telecommunications access to web logs and blogs; provision of telecommunications access to electronic sites that feature interactive polling services; providing telecommunications access to a computer database; provision of telecommunications connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets Provision of entertainment, namely, radio and television programming featuring music, drama, comedy, current event news, sports, current affairs, documentaries, history, fiction, and non-fiction; education, namely, providing workshops, courses of instruction, and training in the field of sustainability and reduction of carbon footprint of audio output; production and distribution of television and radio programmes; production and distribution of audio, video, still and moving images in the nature of motion picture films including on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; development of formats in the nature of concepts for television and radio programmes and films; production and distribution of films for television and cinema; providing music, news, current affairs, and sports information; providing educational information in the fields of sustainability and reduction of carbon footprint of audio input, namely, ways in which producers of media content can minimize environmental impact of productions; organisation, production and presentation of live show performances; entertainment services, namely, production of a quiz show; organisation, production and presentation of studio entertainment and audience participation events, namely live comedy shows and stage shows; organisation production and presentation of roadshows, namely, live musical performances; organisation and production of concerts; night club entertainment services; organizing exhibitions for entertainment purposes; organisation, production and presentation of social entertainment events; provision of information, consultancy, and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets

Goods & Services

(1) Non-medicated toilet preparations; soaps; shampoos; talcum powder; preparations for use in the bath or shower; bubble baths; bath foam; bath salts; bath bombs and bath fizzers; bath oil; shower gel; preparations for the hair; hair gel; preparations for cleaning the teeth; perfumes; eau de cologne; deodorants for personal use; essential oils; toiletries; skin care preparations; cosmetics; perfuming sachets; scented wood (2) Cinematographic and photographic films; sound and video recordings; recorded television and radio programmes; motion pictures; animated cartoons; data recordings, including audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format; programmes and web-based audiovisual content for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers, including in 3D format; apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata; magnetic data carriers, recording discs, memory carriers, compact discs, optical discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, CD-Is, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards and other carriers, all bearing or for use in bearing sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or programs; software; computer programs; computer software, including software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; downloadable software, namely non-fungible tokens used with blockchain technology; application software, including application software for mobile phones, wearable digital electronic devices and other portable digital devices; virtual reality software, hardware and apparatus; educational and learning software, electronic educational and learning apparatus and instruments; IP-based computer software platforms for the production, formatting, management and distribution of sound, images and data; mobile phone games; digital games; DVD games; computer games software and equipment; computer software for personalized and interactive television; downloadable electronic publications; ring tones and graphics (downloadable) for mobile phones; downloadable graphics for computers; digital music, audio and video recordings (downloadable) from the internet; electronic bulletin boards; mouse mats; radio signal transmitters and receivers; apparatus and instruments for the reception of radio and television broadcasts including the reception of cable, satellite and digital broadcasts; spectacles (glasses),sunglasses; egg timers; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods (3) Articles of precious metal and their alloys, and articles coated with precious metal and their alloys; jewellery; horological and chronometric instruments; badges, coasters, jewellery boxes, key fobs, key rings and key chains, all of precious metal or coated with precious metal; cuff links, trinkets, watch straps, ornamental pins; watches and clocks; cases of precious metal or coated therewith (4) Printed publications; paper; cardboard; printed matter; magazines; books; comics; comic books; comic strips; comic magazines; catalogues; printed programmes; photographs; stationery; artists' materials; paint brushes; instructional and teaching material; printing blocks; posters; cards; postcards; greetings cards; trading cards; invitations; diaries; calendars; photograph albums; prints; gift bags, gift boxes, gift tags and gift wrap; notepads; writing instruments and crayons; stickers; transfers; stamps; personal organisers; address books; note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; embroidery, sewing and knitting patterns; postage stamps; coasters made of cardboard and paper (5) Bags and backpacks; umbrellas, parasols; suitcases, travelling bags, garment bags, vanity cases, rucksacks, satchels, holdalls, handbags, shoulder bags, camera cases, shopping bags; purses, pouches, wallets, key holders, card holders; pochettes; luggage tags; cosmetic cases and bags (6) Household and kitchen utensils and containers; combs and sponges; brushes; glassware, porcelain and earthenware; ornaments, statuettes and figurines; tableware; plates and ornamental plates; wall plaques; drinking vessels; mugs; cups; jugs; tankards; stems; bottles, insulated bottles and flasks; picnic baskets and boxes; jars; egg cups; lunch boxes; coasters; serving trays; candlesticks; napkin rings and holders; soap boxes; tooth brushes; paper plates and cups; plastic cups; cleaning instruments, hand-operated; cleaning cloths; dusters; polishing cloths and leathers; chamois leathers; polishing gloves; buckets; ice scrapers for windscreens; windscreen wiping and demisting pads and cloths; car cleaning sponges; car wash mitts, car drying towels (made of chamois leather) (7) Woven fabrics and textile articles; bedding and blankets; table linen; curtains; table mats; textile doormats, fabric doormats; sheets, pillow cases, covers for cushions, duvet covers; bed spreads, sleeping bags for children; towels; face towels; facial tissues; wall hangings of textiles; banners; handkerchiefs; cushion covers; textile coasters (8) Clothing; footwear; headgear (9) Toys, games, playthings; board games; sporting articles (1) Telecommunications; communications services; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand and near on demand telecommunications; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming (by any means); streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; personalised and interactive telecommunications, broadcasting and transmission services; broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user-generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet or other computer and communications networks; providing a video sharing portal; television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; television screen based information, broadcasting and retrieval services; provision of communications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; webcasting and podcasting services; electronic mail services; news information and news agency services; rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; provision of access to web logs (blogs); provision of access to interactive polling services; providing access to and leasing of access time to a computer database; provision of connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets (2) Provision of entertainment, education, recreation, instruction, tuition and training; production, presentation and distribution of television and radio programmes, audio, video, still and moving images and data including on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema, music, news, current affairs, sports and educational information; personalized and interactive entertainment services; interactive television and radio selection services for viewers; publishing services (including electronic publishing services); provision of non-downloadable electronic publications; organisation, production and presentation of shows, competitions, games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, exhibitions and events; language teaching; provision of information and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to: a method of decoding, in a decoder, a bitstream representing an image, wherein the bitstream comprises a plurality of blocks of residual samples, and one or more reconstructed image frames of the image are obtained by adding a respective block of residual samples to a combined hypotheses block of intra-predictions, the combined hypotheses block of intra-predictions being formed by applying a method comprising: receiving the bitstream; for each block of residual samples: determining if a combined intra-prediction hypothesis is indicated and/or inferred from the bitstream and, if so: for each block of residual samples of a block for which a combined intra- prediction hypothesis is indicated and/or inferred: determining a first intra-prediction mode from information extracted from the bitstream; determining or inferring at least a second, different, intra-prediction mode; applying the first intra-prediction mode to at least one reference sample to form a first hypothesis prediction sample; applying the at least one second intra-prediction mode to said at least one reference sample to form a second hypothesis prediction sample; and forming a said combined hypotheses block of predictions by combining the first and second hypothesis prediction samples formed for the block.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/11 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes
• H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
• H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
• H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
• H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques

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programmes for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers, including in 3D format, namely, audio and video recordings featuring music, entertainment, instruction, and education; apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata, namely, computers and computer hardware; magnetic data carriers, recording discs, memory carriers, compact discs, optical discs, interactive compact discs, CD- ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, CD-Is, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards, all prerecorded with sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, and text in the field of entertainment; downloadable computer programs for providing entertainment content; downloadable computer software, namely, software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; 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textile banners; handkerchiefs of textile; cushion covers; textile coasters Clothing, namely, tops, t-shirts, shirts, blouses, sweaters, sweatshirts, vests, pants, jeans, sweatpants, overalls, shorts, skirts, dresses, bottoms, trousers, coats, jackets, robes, ties, belts, gloves, mittens, scarfs, socks, pajamas, swimwear, head wear, footwear and masquerade costumes Textile doormats, fabric doormats Toys, games and playthings, namely, plush toys, puppets, bath toys, toy masks, toy musical boxes, toy musical instruments, toy model figurines, action figures, playsets for action figures, remote controlled toy model figurines, jigsaw puzzles, playing cards; board games; gymnastic and sporting articles, namely, baseball gloves, handball gloves, skateboards, roller skates, in-line skates, baseball bats, tennis and squash rackets; Christmas crackers; kites; play balls and play balloons; swim fins; floats and inflatable toys for play purposes; electronic and video game apparatus, namely, handheld units for playing electronic and video games Broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand and near on demand telecommunications transmission services; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming by means of telecommunications networks, wireless communication networks, and the Internet; streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; personalised and interactive telecommunications, broadcasting and transmission services, namely, streaming of audio and video content over the internet; broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user-generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet and other computer and communications networks; television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; television broadcasting in the nature of providing television screen based information and retrieval services; provision of telecommunications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; webcasting and podcasting services in the nature of transmission of podcasts; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; provision of access to web logs, namely, websites featuring blogs; provision of access to electronic sites that feature interactive polling services; providing access to a computer database; provision of telecommunications connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services Entertainment services, namely, organization, production, and presentation of ongoing television programs, exhibitions, competitions, contests, games, quizzes, fun days, shows, road shows, stage events, theatrical performances, concerts, live performances, and audience participation events, relating to science fiction, drama, film, art, fiction, science and technology, all for entertainment purposes; production, presentation and distribution of television and radio programmes, and audio, video, still and moving images in the nature of television and radio programs on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite and mobile networks; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema, and providing music information; production of television and radio shows featuring interactive television and radio selection services for viewers; electronic publishing services, namely, publication of text and graphic works of others on CD, DVD, the internet featuring science fiction and drama; provision of non-downloadable electronic publications in the nature of books, magazines, brochures in the field of science fiction and entertainment; provision of information relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network and via the Internet or extranets; providing web-based audiovisual content for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers, including in 3D format, namely, providing online non-downloadable videos in the fields of science fiction and drama

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Non-medicated toilet preparations; soaps; shampoos; talcum powder; preparations for use in the bath or shower; bubble baths; bath foam; bath salts; bath bombs and bath fizzers; bath oil; shower gel; preparations for the hair; hair gel; preparations for cleaning the teeth; perfumes; eau de cologne; deodorants for personal use; essential oils; toiletries; skin care preparations; cosmetics; perfuming sachets; scented wood. Cinematographic and photographic films; sound and video recordings; recorded television and radio programmes; motion pictures; animated cartoons; data recordings, including audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format; programmes and web-based audiovisual content for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers, including in 3D format; apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata; magnetic data carriers, recording discs, memory carriers, compact discs, optical discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, CD-Is, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards and other carriers, all bearing or for use in bearing sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or programs; software; computer programs; computer software, including software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; downloadable software, namely non-fungible tokens used with blockchain technology; application software, including application software for mobile phones, wearable digital electronic devices and other portable digital devices; virtual reality software, hardware and apparatus; educational and learning software, electronic educational and learning apparatus and instruments; IP-based computer software platforms for the production, formatting, management and distribution of sound, images and data; mobile phone games; digital games; DVD games; computer games software and equipment; computer software for personalized and interactive television; downloadable electronic publications; ring tones and graphics (downloadable) for mobile phones; downloadable graphics for computers; digital music, audio and video recordings (downloadable) from the internet; electronic bulletin boards; mouse mats; radio signal transmitters and receivers; apparatus and instruments for the reception of radio and television broadcasts including the reception of cable, satellite and digital broadcasts; spectacles (glasses),sunglasses; egg timers; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods; camera cases. 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Telecommunications; communications services; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand and near on demand telecommunications; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming (by any means); streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; personalised and interactive telecommunications, broadcasting and transmission services; broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user-generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet or other computer and communications networks; providing a video sharing portal; television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; television screen based broadcasting services; provision of communications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; webcasting and podcasting services; electronic mail services; news information and news agency services; rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; provision of access to web logs (blogs); provision of access to interactive polling services; providing access to and leasing of access time to a computer database; provision of connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets. Provision of entertainment, education, recreation, instruction, tuition and training; production, presentation and distribution of television and radio programmes, audio, video, still and moving images and data including on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema, music, news, current affairs, sports and educational information; personalized and interactive entertainment services; interactive television and radio selection services for viewers; publishing services (including electronic publishing services); provision of non-downloadable electronic publications; organisation, production and presentation of shows, competitions, games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, exhibitions and events; language teaching; provision of information and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets.

Abstract

An intra-prediction mode is provided for chroma data, in which a neural network implemented attention module directs the encoding of a block of chroma data with respect to luma data for the collocated luma block.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
• G06N 3/02 - Neural networks
• G06N 3/08 - Learning methods
• H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
• H04N 19/132 - Sampling, masking or truncation of coding units, e.g. adaptive resampling, frame skipping, frame interpolation or high-frequency transform coefficient masking
• H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
• H04N 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
• G06N 3/0455 - Auto-encoder networksEncoder-decoder networks
• G06N 3/0464 - Convolutional networks [CNN, ConvNet]
• G06N 3/0499 - Feedforward networks
• G06N 3/0985 - Hyperparameter optimisationMeta-learningLearning-to-learn

Abstract

Methods and Apparatus for conversion of HDR signals are described. For example, a method of processing a video signal from a source having a source colour gamut to produce a signal usable by target devices having a target colour gamut is provided. The source colour gamut defines a region that encompasses the target colour gamut. The boundaries of the source colour gamut are defined on a chromaticity diagram by straight lines connecting source colour primaries and the boundaries of the target colour gamut are defined by straight lines connecting target colour primaries. The method comprises receiving the video signal from the source, the video signal comprising a pixel, and converting using a converter that implements the following or an equivalent function. An intermediate colour gamut defining a region in colour space that encompasses the target gamut is provided, in which at least one of the primaries of the intermediate colour gamut lies on a boundary of the source colour gamut and has a hue that is between the hue of a corresponding primary of the source colour gamut and the hue of a corresponding primary of the target gamut. The position of the at least one primary is such that a portion of the source colour gamut lies outside of the intermediate colour gamut ace. Further, the colour components of the pixel are provided, the colour components indicating a position of the pixel on the chromaticity diagram relative to the source colour gamut. The colour components are processed so as to indicate the position of the pixel on the chromaticity diagram relative to the intermediate colour gamut. If the pixel is a chromatic pixel and the processed colour components indicate a position of the pixel in the source colour gamut that lies in the portion of the source colour gamut that is outside of the intermediate colour gamut, the position of the pixel is adjusted to a position on the boundary of the intermediate colour gamut that is between the original position in the source gamut and the boundary of the target colour gamut. The pixel is then converted to provide an output signal in the target colour gamut. The converting the pixel to the target colour gamut comprises, if the pixel is positioned outside of the target colour gamut, adjusting the position of the pixel to a position on the boundary or inside the target colour gamut along a line of constant hue.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 9/64 - Circuits for processing colour signals
• H04N 1/60 - Colour correction or control

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Exposed cinematographic and photographic films; sound and video recordings featuring music and entertainment; recorded, downloadable television and radio programmes about the election process, social media, and disinformation campaigns; motion picture films about the election process, social media, and disinformation campaigns; video disks with recorded animated cartoons; data recordings, including audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format, namely, audio and video recordings featuring information about the election process, social media, and disinformation campaigns ; programmes for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers, including in 3D format, namely, audio and video recordings featuring information about the election process, social media, and disinformation campaigns; apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata, namely, computers and computer hardware; magnetic data carriers, recording discs, memory carriers, compact discs, optical discs, interactive compact discs, CD- ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, CD-Is, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards, all prerecorded with sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, and text in the field of entertainment; downloadable computer software namely, software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; downloadable application software, namely, application software for mobile phones, wearable digital electronic devices and other portable digital devices for viewing information about the election process, social media, and disinformation campaigns; downloadable virtual and augmented reality software for playing computer games; computer hardware and computer peripheral apparatus; downloadable educational and learning software about the election process, social media, and disinformation campaigns, electronic educational and learning apparatus and instruments, namely, manipulative blocks used as teaching aids for the visualization of math concepts; downloadable IP-based computer software platforms for the production, formatting, management and distribution of sound, images and data; downloadable mobile phone game software; downloadable digital game software; DVDs featuring video games; downloadable computer games software; downloadable computer software for providing personalized and interactive television; downloadable electronic publications in the nature of articles in the field of entertainment; downloadable ring tones and graphics for mobile phones; downloadable graphics for computers; digital music, audio and video recordings in the field of music, all downloadable from the internet; mobile phone cases and covers; computer cases and protective covers; power packs being batteries; ear phones; audio speakers; dashboard mounts for mobile phones in the nature of cell phone mounts for vehicles; downloadable electronic bulletin boards; mouse mats; radio signal transmitters and receivers; apparatus and instruments for the reception of radio and television broadcasts including the reception of cable, satellite and digital broadcasts, namely, radio receivers, television receivers; glasses in the nature of spectacles, sunglasses; replacement and structural parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods Printed publications, namely, books, hand-outs, workbooks in the fields of the election process, social media, and disinformation campaigns; paper; cardboard; printed magazines in the field of the election process, social media, and disinformation campaigns; printed comics; printed comic books; printed comic strips; printed comic magazines; printed event programmes; printed photographs; stationery; artists' materials, namely, molds for modeling clays; paint brushes; paper instructional and teaching materials in the fields of the election process, social media, and disinformation campaigns ; printing blocks; printed posters; printed recipe, filing, note, picture cards; printed postcards; printed greetings cards; printed trading cards, other than for games; printed invitations; printed diaries; printed calendars; photograph albums; art prints; gift bags, gift boxes, paper gift tags and gift wrap paper; printed notepads; writing instruments and crayons; writing cases being pencil cases; pencil sharpeners; stickers; plastic transfers; stamps, namely, postage stamps; personal organisers; printed address books; printed note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; printed embroidery, sewing and knitting patterns; postage stamps; coasters made of cardboard and paper; badges made of cardboard and paper; replacement parts and fittings for all the aforementioned Telecommunications services, namely, telecommunications gateway services; communications services by fiber-optic networks, mobile phones; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand and near on demand telecommunications transmission services; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming by means of telecommunications networks, wireless communication networks, and the Internet; streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; personalised and interactive telecommunications, broadcasting and transmission services, namely, streaming of audio and video content over the internet; broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user- generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet and other computer and communications networks; video teleconferencing in the nature of providing access to video sharing portals; television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; television broadcasting in the nature of providing television screen based information and retrieval services; provision of telecommunications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; webcasting and podcasting services in the nature of transmission of podcasts; electronic mail services in the nature of transmission of electronic mail; news information and news agency services, namely, transmission of news; rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; provision of access to web logs, namely, websites featuring blogs; provision of access to electronic sites that feature interactive polling services; providing access to a computer database; provision of telecommunications connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to any of the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network and via the Internet or extranets Provision of entertainment, education, recreation, instruction, tuition and training, namely, providing ongoing television programs, classes, courses of instruction in the fields of the election process, social media, and disinformation campaigns; production, presentation and distribution of television and radio programmes, and audio, video, still and moving images in the nature of television and radio programs on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite and mobile networks; development of formats in the nature of concepts for television and radio programmes and films; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema, and providing music, news, current affairs, and sports information; personalized and interactive entertainment services, namely, providing on-line interactive children's stories; production of television and radio shows featuring interactive television and radio selection services for viewers; electronic publishing services, namely, publication of text and graphic works of others on CD, DVD, the internet featuring information about the election process, social media, and disinformation campaigns; provision of non-downloadable electronic publications in the nature of books, magazines, brochures in the fields of the election process, social media, and disinformation campaigns; organisation, production and presentation of shows, competitions, games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, night club entertainment services, exhibitions and events, all for entertainment purposes; language teaching; provision of information, consultancy, and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network and via the Internet or extranets

Abstract

Intra-prediction modes are defined in that, predictions obtained in accordance with those modes are based on a sum of a first component dependent on a set of reference samples and a second component not dependent on the reference samples.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/132 - Sampling, masking or truncation of coding units, e.g. adaptive resampling, frame skipping, frame interpolation or high-frequency transform coefficient masking
• H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
• H04N 19/11 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes
• H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
• H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
• H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process

Goods & Services

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broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user- generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet and other computer and communications networks; video teleconferencing in the nature of providing access to video sharing portals; television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; television broadcasting in the nature of providing television screen based information and retrieval services; provision of telecommunications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; webcasting and podcasting services in the nature of transmission of podcasts; 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development of formats in the nature of concepts for television and radio programmes and films; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema, and providing music, news, current affairs, and sports information; personalized and interactive entertainment services, namely, providing on-line interactive children's stories; production of television and radio shows featuring interactive television and radio selection services for viewers; electronic publishing services, namely, publication of text and graphic works of others on CD, DVD, the internet featuring topics about outer space; provision of non-downloadable electronic publications in the nature of books, magazines, brochures in the field of outer space; organisation, production and presentation of shows, competitions, games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, night club entertainment services, exhibitions and events, all for entertainment purposes; language teaching; provision of information, consultancy, and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network and via the Internet or extranets

Abstract

Encoding of video data in a video codec involves a transform of residuals. This can be composed of a primary transform and a secondary transform. The selection of the secondary transform is effected by considering the characteristics of a block to be encoded. The selection of secondary transform can be signaled to the decoder, or inferred therein.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/12 - Selection from among a plurality of transforms or standards, e.g. selection between discrete cosine transform [DCT] and sub-band transform or selection between H.263 and H.264
• H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
• H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
• H04N 19/625 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding using discrete cosine transform [DCT]

Abstract

A method of processing image data, comprises receiving one or more target images and at least one reference source. The method processes the at least one reference source and the one or more target images to extract features using a convolutional neural network. In addition the method processes the features of the one or more target images and the at least one reference source using a transformer network to provide an attention output. The attention output is provided as an input to a convolutional neural network decoder. In addition skip connections are provided from the convolutional neural network encoder to provide features of the one or more target images to the convolutional neural network decoder at one or more decoder layers. Finally, the extracted features of the one or more target images and the attention output are processed using the convolutional neural network decoder to produce one or more output images. The output images take the style of the reference source. In one example, this style is by taking colourisation from the reference source. In another example interpolation is provided between two images and the reference source itself comprises two images.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06N 3/04 - Architecture, e.g. interconnection topology
• G06N 3/08 - Learning methods
• G06T 11/00 - 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation

Abstract

Decoding of a merge-predicted block is carried out, for triangular partitions of the block, using a combination of inter-prediction and intra-prediction. The combination of inter-prediction and intra-prediction to be used is signalled on a received bitstream. Combination may be algorithmic, for example arithmetic.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
• H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
• H04N 19/17 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object

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Provision of entertainment, education, recreation, instruction, tuition and training; production, presentation and distribution of audio, video, still and moving images; production, presentation, distribution, syndication, networking and rental of television, radio, cable, satellite and Internet programmes and of films, sound recordings, video recordings, animated cartoons, animated videos, animated films, animated movies and DVDs; educational services relating to entertainment; information relating to entertainment or education, provided on-line from a computer database or the Internet or by communications satellite, microwave or other electronic, digital or analogue media; publishing services (including electronic publishing services); non-downloadable electronic publications; live entertainment; organisation, production and presentation of shows, competitions, games, concerts, exhibitions and events, game shows, quizzes, fun days, shows, road shows, staged events, theatrical performances, live performances and participation events; amusement park and theme park services; online entertainment services; entertainment information services; online game services; digital video, audio and multimedia entertainment; publishing services; publication of multimedia material online; language teaching; provision of information and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including on-line from a database or the Internet; providing non-downloadable electronic publications featuring stories for children.

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(1) Pre-recorded digital and downloadable videos, films, movies, radio programmes and television programmes; pre-recorded and downloadable digital materials being animations, animated cartoons,animated videos, animated films, animated movies and animated television programmes; downloadable publications in the nature of magazines, electronic books, electronic magazines, featuring an animated character and stories in the field of children's entertainment; books recorded on disc and on tape and downloadable electronic books, magazines, brochures, graphic novels, comic books, cartoons, posters, photographs, graphics, images, leaflets and newspapers, educational and teaching materials; computer software, namely software for accessing, streaming, downloading, receiving or transmitting videos, films, movies, radio programmes, television programmes, animated cartoons, games, publications, educational and teaching materials; downloadable educational software for children; downloadable ring tones and graphics for mobile phones; mouse mats; sports helmets; pre-recorded vinyl records, video game discs, pre-recorded audio tapes, video game cassettes, video game cartridges, USB cards and sticks; CDs, and DVDs containing recordings of television shows and movies; recorded or downloadable digital music; computer games; video games; electronic games for mobile phones, mobile devices, personal computers, consoles and tablets; downloadable electronic game programs; electronic game software; interactive multimedia computer games; downloadable interactive software for playing video games; mobile phone covers; baby monitors; baby scales; digital video eyewear; virtual reality and augmented reality goggles; eyeglasses; spectacles (optics); sunglasses; eyeglass cases; spectacle cases; spectacle chains; spectacle lenses; 3D spectacles; pre-recorded video tapes featuring cartoons, downloadable animated cartoons, animated movies for children, television programmes, computer games, computer game software, mobile applications, downloadable image files containing artworks, text, graphics and photographs (2) Precious metals, unwrought or semi-wrought; boxes of precious metal; jewellery; precious stones; works of art of precious metal; clocks; watches; key chains (small decorations or short chain accessories) (3) Printed publications, namely graphic novels and magazines and books featuring an animated character and stories in the field of children's entertainment; magazines; books; activity books; printed children's activity flash cards; graphic novels, comic books, cartoons, printed instructional and educational materials, namely teaching tiles and trivia cards being teaching materials, work books, educational books, and exercise books; photographs; paper stationery; paint brushes; printing blocks; posters; blank cards, bookmark cards; postcards; greetings cards; trading cards; printed invitations; diaries; calendars; photograph albums; scrap books; art prints, cartoon prints, lithographic prints, and photographic prints; gift bags of paper or plastic, gift boxes, gift tags of paper and gift wrap; pastes and glues for stationery and household purposes; writing instruments; stickers and transfers; decalcomanias; commemorative stamp sheets, impression stamps; stencils; printed personal organisers; address books; note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; paper table mats; stationery folders and file folders; paper and cardboard coasters; crayons; sewing and knitting patterns; cardboard coasters; trading cards, other than for games; art pads, calendar pads, desk pads,drawing pads, note pads, painting pads, stamp pads and scribble pads; bunting of paper; embroidery designs (patterns); paper tissues; artists' materials, namely paintbrushes, painting sets for artists, artists' pastels, artists' pencils, artists' pens, and artists' sketch books; paint trays; canvas for painting; palettes for painters; moulds for modelling clays (artists' materials); books, magazines (4) Leather; imitations of leather; trunks and travelling bags; umbrellas and parasols; tote bags, kit bags, weekend bags, sling bags, carry-all bags; luggage; suitcases; rucksacks; satchels; purses; wallets (5) Outdoor furniture, nursery furniture, children's bedroom furniture, furniture for children, namely play chairs and play tables; containers, not of metal for storage, and for transport; mirrors (looking glasses);furniture fittings, not of metal; high chairs for babies; infant walkers; chests for toys; picture frames; figurines of wood, wax, plaster or plastic; statuettes of wood, wax, plaster or plastic; mobiles (decoration); decorations of plastic for foodstuffs; baby changing mats; mats for infant playpens; sleeping pads and sleeping mats (6) Household and kitchen utensils and containers, namely kitchen ladles, spatulas for kitchen use, mixing spoons, kitchen tongs, bottle openers, jar openers, sponge holders, barbecue forks, barbecue tongs, barbecue turners, lunch boxes, beverage containers for household use, all-purpose portable household containers; hair combs and bath sponges, body sponges, make-up sponges, and all-purpose scouring sponges; bottle brushes, cleaning brushes for household use, hair brushes, make-up brushes; beverage glassware, porcelain and earthenware; ornaments, statuettes and figurines of ceramic, china, crystal, glass, earthenware, terra cotta and porcelain; dinnerware and serving dishes; plates and ornamental plates; drinking glasses and cups, drinking steins, reusable water bottles sold empty, sports water bottles; mugs; jugs; tankards; glass bottles, shaker bottles sold empty, insulated bottles and flasks; jars; egg cups; lunch boxes; drink coasters; serving trays; candlesticks; napkin rings and holders; soap boxes; tooth brushes; paper plates and cups; ceramic coasters (7) Textiles and textile goods, namely textile fabrics and textile quilts; household linen; bed linen; table linen; curtains; table mats of textile; sheets, pillow cases, duvet covers; bed spreads, sleeping bags for children; bath towels, hand towels, beach towels, hooded towels, towels for children, textile face towels; face towels; wall hangings of textiles; banners of textile or plastic; handkerchiefs; cushion covers; textile coasters (8) Clothing, namely casual wear in the form of tops and bottoms, shirts, pants and dresses; athletic footwear, beach footwear, children's footwear, casual footwear; headgear, namely hats, caps, toques, sun hats, visors; outerwear jackets, coats, hats, gloves, scarves, ear muffs, mittens; rainwear; sleepwear; swimwear; underwear; clothing, footwear and hats, caps, toques, sun hats, visors for children; costumes for use in children's dress up play and Halloween costumes; costumes being children's playthings (9) Toy figures, toy action figures and molded toy figures, board games, card games, puzzles, toy face masks, puppets and puppet theatres, fantasy character toys; sporting articles, namely elbow pads for sports use and knee pads for sports use, basketballs, baseballs, footballs, slingshots; Christmas crackers, tree decorations and ornaments; novelties, namely ornamental novelty badges, novelty face masks, novelty foam fingers and hands, novelty noisemaker toys, novelty plush toys; dolls; soft toys; plush toys; toy and novelty face masks; toy musical boxes; toy musical instruments; toy models; puzzles; board games; kites; play balls and play balloons; swimming flippers; swim floats and pool floats and inflatable toys for play purposes; playing cards; computer, electronic and video game equipment, namely video game consoles; electronic board games, electronic hand-held games; apparatus for use with an external display screen or monitor, namely video game consoles adapted for use with television receivers; electronic handheld computer games; puppets; plastic toys; bath toys; doll playsets, kitchen playsets, playsets for action figures, playsets for toy vehicles and playset buildings; infant developmental toys and children's educational toys for developing fine motor, reading, oral language, numbers, counting, colours and alphabet skills; wheeled toys; scooters, bicycles and tricycles (playthings); ride-on toys; baby gyms (10) Meat, fish, poultry and game; meat extracts; preserved, frozen, dried and cooked fruits and vegetables; jellies, jams, compotes; eggs; milk and milk products; animal oils and fats for food, vegetable oils for food, olive oils for food (11) Coffee, tea, cocoa and artificial coffee; rice; tapioca and sago; flour and preparations made from cereals, namely breakfast cereals, cereal-based snack foods, ready-to-eat cereals, cereal bars; bread, pastries and confectionery, namely candy and chocolate; edible ices; sugar, honey, treacle; yeast, baking-powder; salt; mustard; vinegar, sauces, namely dessert sauces, fruit sauces, salad sauces, ketchup sauce, plum sauce, hot sauce; spices; ice [frozen water]; chocolate; chocolate confectionery; chocolate eggs; candies; chocolate beverages with milk; chocolate mousse; chocolate decorations for cakes; chocolate spreads containing nuts; chocolate-based beverages; chocolate-based spreads; chocolate-coated nuts; ice cream; biscuits; cakes (12) Non-alcoholic beverages, namely carbonated beverages and soft drinks; concentrates, syrups and powders for making non-alcoholic beverages and soft drinks; alcohol-free liqueurs and non-alcoholic fruit extracts for use in the preparation of beverages; fruit beverages and fruit juices; fruit juice; lemonades; smoothies; syrups for beverages (1) Broadcasting of radio and television programmes; transmission, broadcast, delivery, and dissemination of live or digitally recorded audio and video content, still and moving images, namely digital photos, GIFs, downloadable illustrations and memes, information in the field of children's television programs, text and messages via the Internet, via a website and via social media platforms; interactive broadcasting services, namely providing films and television programmes, not downloadable, transmitted via the Internet and video-on-demand services, video-on-demand transmission services; television screen based information, broadcasting and retrieval services, namely, electronic transmission of data, audio and images by television and video broadcasting; the provision of access to Internet discussion forums; webcasting of shows in the field of children's entertainment; providing access to and leasing of access time to a computer database; streaming of audio and video content via the Internet, other computer networks, wireless networks and electronic communications networks; streaming of video and audio recordings on the internet in the field of children's television programs; broadcasting of video and audio programming, namely movies, animations, animated cartoons, television programmes, radio programmes via a video-on-demand service; broadcasting of video and audio programming, namely movies, animations, cartoons, television programmes, radio programmes, via the Internet; and the provision of information and advisory services relating to all of the aforesaid services (2) Provision of entertainment, education, recreation, and instruction in the fields of music, movies and television shows; production, presentation, distribution, syndication, networking and rental of television, radio, cable, satellite and Internet programmes and of films, sound recordings, video recordings, animated cartoons, animated videos, animated films, animated movies and DVDs; educational services, namely providing training and courses in the field of children's entertainment; information in the field of children's entertainment provided on-line from a computer database, the Internet or by communications network; providing online non-downloadable electronic publications in the nature of articles, newsletters in the field of children's entertainment; live entertainment in the nature of live musical performances and theatrical performances; organization, production and presentation of musical variety shows, competitions, role-playing games, musical concerts, exhibitions and cultural events, game shows, quiz shows, carnivals and funfairs, puppet shows, road shows, staged events in the nature of live meet-and-greet performances by costumed characters, live theatrical performances, live musical performances and audience participation events; amusement park and theme park services; online entertainment services, namely providing online computer and online electronic games; entertainment information services, namely, providing information in the field of children's entertainment, animated cartoons, comics, television programming, online programming and scheduling information for events via the Internet and via a website; online video game services, providing online educational computer games; digital video, audio and multimedia entertainment, namely children's television programmes and movies; publishing services, namely publishing of books, articles, magazines, and online publication of electronic books, articles and magazines; multimedia publishing of books, magazines, and electronic publications; language teaching; the provision of information and advisory services relating to all of the aforesaid services, including on-line from a database or the Internet; production, presentation and distribution of audio, video, still and moving images, namely children's television programmes and movies; production, presentation, distribution, syndication, networking and rental of television, radio, cable, satellite and Internet programmes and of films, sound recordings, video recordings, animated cartoons, animated videos, animated films, animated movies and DVDs; non-downloadable electronic publications featuring stories for children

Abstract

Efficient prediction of samples within a block in a video encoder and decoder by means of computing both an inter-predicted prediction hypothesis as well as an intra-predicted prediction-hypothesis. The two prediction hypotheses are then combined together by means of parametric transformation to form a new prediction hypothesis which may be more accurate in predicting the content of the original block.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
• H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
• H04N 19/51 - Motion estimation or motion compensation
• H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques

Goods & Services

Cinematographic and photographic films; sound and video recordings; recorded television and radio programmes; motion pictures; animated cartoons; data recordings, including audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format; programmes and web-based audiovisual content for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers, including in 3D format; apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata; magnetic data carriers, recording discs, memory carriers, compact discs, optical discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, CD-Is, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards and other carriers, all bearing or for use in bearing sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or programs; software; computer programs; computer software, including software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; application software, including application software for mobile phones, wearable digital electronic devices and other portable digital devices; virtual reality software, hardware and apparatus; educational and learning software, electronic educational and learning apparatus and instruments; IP-based computer software platforms for the production, formatting, management and distribution of sound, images and data; mobile phone games; digital games; DVD games; computer games software; computer software for personalized and interactive television; downloadable electronic publications; ring tones and graphics (downloadable) for mobile phones; downloadable graphics for computers; digital music, audio and video recordings (downloadable) from the internet; electronic bulletin boards; mouse mats; radio signal transmitters and receivers; apparatus and instruments for the reception of radio and television broadcasts including the reception of cable, satellite and digital broadcasts; spectacles (glasses), sunglasses; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods. Printed publications; paper; cardboard; printed matter; magazines; books; catalogues; printed programmes; photographs; stationery; artists' materials; paint brushes; instructional and teaching material; printing blocks; posters; cards; postcards; greetings cards; trading cards; invitations; diaries; calendars; photograph albums; prints; gift bags, gift boxes, gift tags and gift wrap; notepads; writing instruments and crayons; stickers; transfers; stamps; personal organisers; address books; note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; embroidery, sewing and knitting patterns; postage stamps; coasters made of cardboard and paper. Clothing; footwear; headgear. Toys, games, playthings; sporting articles; computer games equipment. Telecommunications; communications services; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand and near on demand telecommunications; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming (by any means); streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; personalised and interactive telecommunications, broadcasting and transmission services; broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user-generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet or other computer and communications networks; providing access to a video sharing portal; television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; television screen based information, broadcasting and retrieval services; provision of communications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; webcasting and podcasting services; electronic mail services; news information and news agency services; rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; provision of access to web logs (blogs); provision of access to interactive polling services; providing access to and leasing of access time to a computer database; provision of connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets. Provision of entertainment, education, recreation, instruction, tuition and training; production, presentation and distribution of television and radio programmes, audio, video, still and moving images including on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; production, presentation and distribution of data which relates to education and entertainment including on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema, music, news, current affairs, sports and educational information; personalized and interactive entertainment services; interactive television and radio selection services for viewers; publishing services (including electronic publishing services); provision of non-downloadable electronic publications; organisation, production and presentation of shows, competitions, games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, exhibitions and events; language teaching; provision of information and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets.

Goods & Services

Exposed cinematographic and photographic films; Sound and video recordings in the nature of reality TV shows and nonfiction programming; Recorded television programmes featuring reality shows and nonfiction programming; Motion picture films about dating, dance and reality TV shows; Data recordings featuring audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format in the field of television programs; Downloadable computer software for downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing, and redistributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; Downloadable computer programs for viewing non-fiction programming; Downloadable computer software for viewing reality TV shows and non-fiction programming; Downloadable computer software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; Downloadable application software for viewing non-fiction programming; Downloadable application software for mobile phones, wearable digital electronic devices and other portable digital devices for viewing TV programmes; Downloadable IP-based computer software platforms for the production, formatting, management and distribution of sound, images and data; Downloadable mobile phone game software; Downloadable computer games software; Downloadable video game software Broadcasting and transmission of television, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; Broadcasting and transmission of television, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; Video-on-demand and video near-on-demand transmission services; Transmission of audio, video and audio visual programming by any means; Streaming of audio and video content over the internet; Streaming delivery of video-on-demand streams to viewers; Personalised and interactive telecommunications, broadcasting and transmission services, namely, video broadcasting and transmission services via the Internet featuring TV programmes; Video broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, pictures, images, text, photos, generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet or other computer and communications networks; Television screen based information, broadcasting, and retrieval services, namely, electronic transmission of voice, data and images by television and video broadcasting; Provision of communications services for accessing and retrieving television programmes; Provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; Webcasting services and transmission of podcasts; Provision of access to web logs being blogs; Provision of access to interactive polling services; Providing access to computer databases; information services relating to any of the aforesaid provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets and via telephone and offline methods of communication; transmission and distribution of data and audiovisual images from a database over the internet, by satellite, and by mobile network Entertainment services, namely, the provision of continuing shows featuring dancing, dating, and reality television delivered by television, satellite, and the internet; Production and distribution of television programmes; Development of formats for television programmes and films, namely, creating and developing concepts for television programs; Production and distribution of films for television and cinema; entertainment in the nature of ongoing television shows in the field of music; Personalized and interactive entertainment services, namely, providing online interactive television programs in the fields of dancing, dating and reality television; Interactive television and selection services for viewers, namely, providing recommendations on television shows for entertainment purposes via a website; Publishing and electronic publishing services, namely, publishing of electronic publications; Organisation, production and presentation of live shows, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, exhibitions and events for entertainment purposes; Provision of information relating to any of the aforesaid services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets and via telephone and offline methods of communication; Entertainment in the nature of ongoing television programmes and web-based audiovisual content in the field of dance, dating and reality shows entertainment for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers in 3D and non-3D formats

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to: a method of decoding, in a decoder, a bitstream representing an image, wherein the bitstream comprises a plurality of blocks of residual samples, and one or more reconstructed image frames of the image are obtained by adding a respective block of residual samples to a combined hypotheses block of intra-predictions, the combined hypotheses block of intra-predictions being formed by applying a method comprising: receiving the bitstream; for each block of residual samples: determining if a combined intra-prediction hypothesis is indicated and/or inferred from the bitstream and, if so: for each block of residual samples of a block for which a combined intra-prediction hypothesis is indicated and/or inferred: determining a first intra-prediction mode from information extracted from the bitstream; determining or inferring at least a second, different, intra-prediction mode; applying the first intra-prediction mode to at least one reference sample to form a first hypothesis prediction sample; applying the at least one second intra-prediction mode to said at least one reference sample to form a second hypothesis prediction sample; and forming a said combined hypotheses block of predictions by combining the first and second hypothesis prediction samples formed for the block.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/11 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes
• H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
• H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
• H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
• H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques

Goods & Services

Exposed Cinematographic and photographic films; sound and video recordings featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to music, drama, film news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, comedies, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology and foreign and English language instruction; recorded television and radio programmes featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to music, drama, film news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, comedies, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology and foreign and English language instruction; data recordings, data recordings featuring audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format in the field of music, drama, film news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, comedies, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology and foreign and English language instruction; apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata; magnetic data carriers, recording discs, memory carriers being memory cards, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, CD-Is, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards all featuring sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or programs in the field of music, drama, film news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, comedies, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology and foreign and English language instruction; downloadable computer software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; downloadable podcasts featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to music, drama, film news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, comedies, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology and foreign and English language instruction; virtual reality headsets; downloadable DVD game software; downloadable computer games software; downloadable computer software for personalizing and interacting with television; ring tones and graphics being downloadable for mobile phones; mobile phone cases and covers; computer cases and covers; power packs being batteries; ear phones; bass speakers; dashboard mounts for mobile phones; downloadable graphics for computers; digital music, audio and video recordings featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to music, drama, film news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, comedies, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology and foreign and English language instruction being downloadable from the internet; electronic bulletin boards being signs; mouse mats; radio signal transmitters and receivers; apparatus and instruments for the reception of radio and television broadcasts including for the reception of cable, satellite and digital broadcasts, namely, radio receivers; spectacles being glasses, sunglasses; egg timers; replacement parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods Telecommunications gateway services; communications services, namely, transmitting streamed sound and audiovisual recordings via the Internet; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand and near on demand telecommunications; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming by any means; streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; personalised and interactive telecommunications, namely, gateway services, broadcasting and transmission services; video, wireless, audio broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user-generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet or other computer and communications networks; providing access to video sharing portals; television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; provision of communications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; webcasting and podcasting transmission services; transmission of electronic mail services; news agency services for electronic transmission; rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; provision of access to web logs being blogs; provision of access to interactive polling services; providing access to and leasing of access time to a computer database; provision of telecommunications connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to any of the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets Provision of entertainment, education, recreation, instruction, tuition and training, featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to music, drama, film news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, comedies, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology and foreign and English language instruction; production, presentation and distribution of television and radio programmes, audio, video, still and moving images and data including on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; development of formats for television and radio programmes and films, namely, creating and developing concepts for television programs; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema featuring music, news, current affairs, sports and educational information; book publishing services; electronic publishing services of books and periodicals; provision of nondownloadable electronic publications in the nature of books, magazines, brochures in the field of publications; organisation, production and presentation of music shows, sports competitions, sports games, game show quizzes, live studio entertainment and audience participation shows, roadshows featuring music, live music concerts; Providing classes, seminars to teach language; provision of information, consultancy and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets

Goods & Services

Exposed Cinematographic and photographic films; sound and video recordings featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to music, drama, film news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, comedies, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology and foreign and English language instruction; recorded television and radio programmes featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to music, drama, film news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, comedies, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology and foreign and English language instruction; data recordings, data recordings featuring audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format in the field of music, drama, film news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, comedies, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology and foreign and English language instruction; apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata; magnetic data carriers, recording discs, memory carriers being memory cards, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, CD-Is, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards all featuring sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or programs in the field of music, drama, film news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, comedies, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology and foreign and English language instruction; downloadable computer software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; downloadable podcasts featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to music, drama, film news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, comedies, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology and foreign and English language instruction; virtual reality headsets; downloadable DVD game software; downloadable computer games software; downloadable computer software for personalizing and interacting with television; ring tones and graphics being downloadable for mobile phones; mobile phone cases and covers; computer cases and covers; power packs being batteries; ear phones; bass speakers; dashboard mounts for mobile phones; downloadable graphics for computers; digital music, audio and video recordings featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to music, drama, film news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, comedies, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology and foreign and English language instruction being downloadable from the internet; electronic bulletin boards being signs; mouse mats; radio signal transmitters and receivers; apparatus and instruments for the reception of radio and television broadcasts including for the reception of cable, satellite and digital broadcasts, namely, radio receivers; spectacles being glasses, sunglasses; egg timers; replacement parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods Telecommunications gateway services; communications services, namely, transmitting streamed sound and audiovisual recordings via the Internet; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand and near on demand telecommunications; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming by any means; streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; personalised and interactive telecommunications, namely, gateway services, broadcasting and transmission services; video, wireless, audio broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user-generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet or other computer and communications networks; providing access to video sharing portals; television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; provision of communications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; webcasting and podcasting transmission services; transmission of electronic mail services; news agency services for electronic transmission; rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; provision of access to web logs being blogs; provision of access to interactive polling services; providing access to and leasing of access time to a computer database; provision of telecommunications connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to any of the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets Provision of entertainment, education, recreation, instruction, tuition and training, featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to music, drama, film news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, comedies, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology and foreign and English language instruction; production, presentation and distribution of television and radio programmes, audio, video, still and moving images and data including on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; development of formats for television and radio programmes and films, namely, creating and developing concepts for television programs; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema featuring music, news, current affairs, sports and educational information; book publishing services; electronic publishing services of books and periodicals; provision of nondownloadable electronic publications in the nature of books, magazines, brochures in the field of publications; organisation, production and presentation of music shows, sports competitions, sports games, game show quizzes, live studio entertainment and audience participation shows, roadshows featuring music, live music concerts; Providing classes, seminars to teach language; provision of information, consultancy and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets

Goods & Services

Exposed cinematographic and photographic films; Sound and video recordings featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, animated cartoons, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; Recorded television and radio programming featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, animated cartoons, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; Motion picture films featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, animated cartoons, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; Data recordings featuring audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format in the field of outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, animated cartoons, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; Apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata; Pre-recorded magnetic data carriers, digital video discs, memory cards, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, CD-Is, audio and video tapes, audio and video cassettes, video game cartridges, and memory cards all featuring sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or software programs in the field of outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, animated cartoons, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; Downloadable computer software for downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing, and redistributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; Downloadable computer software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; Downloadable application software for mobile phones, wearable digital electronic devices and other portable digital devices for downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing, and redistributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; Downloadable virtual reality game software; Virtual reality headsets; Downloadable children's educational and learning software; Downloadable IP-based computer software for the production, formatting, management and distribution of sound, images and data; Recorded DVD game software; Downloadable computer games software; Downloadable computer software for personalized and interactive television; Downloadable electronic publications in the nature of magazines in the field of entertainment; Downloadable ring tones and graphics for mobile phones; Mobile phone cases and covers; Computer cases and covers; Power packs in the nature of batteries; Ear phones; Audio speakers; Dashboard mounts for mobile phones; Downloadable computer graphics; Digital music, audio and video recordings downloadable from the internet; Mouse mats; Radio signal transmitters and receivers; Apparatus and instruments for the reception of radio and television broadcasts including the reception of cable, satellite and digital broadcasts, namely, television and radio receivers and transmitters; Spectacles being glasses; Sunglasses; Egg timers; Replacement parts for all the aforesaid goods Telecommunications access services; Communications services, namely, electronic and online transmission of audio, video, still and moving images and data; Broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; Broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; Video-on-demand and video near-on-demand transmission services; Transmission of audio, video and audio visual programming by any means; Streaming of audio and video content over the internet; Streaming delivery of video-on-demand streams to viewers; Personalised and interactive telecommunications, broadcasting and transmission services, namely, audio and video broadcasting and transmission services via the Internet featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, animated cartoons, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; Video and audio broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user- generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet or other computer and communications networks; Providing access to video sharing portals; Television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; Provision of communications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; Provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; Webcasting services and transmission of podcasts; Electronic mail services, namely, transmission of electronic mail; News information and news agency services, namely, the transmission of news items to news reporting organizations; Rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; Provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; Provision of access to web logs being blogs; Provision of access to interactive polling services; Providing user access to computer databases; Provision of telecommunications connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; Advisory, consultancy and information services relating to any of the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets Provision of entertainment in the nature of ongoing television programs, radio programs in the fields of instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science and technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers, and in 3D format; provision of educational services, namely, providing courses of instruction in the fields of music, drama, film, news reporting, travel planning, gardening, developing educational and entertainment television programs for children, history, natural history, fiction writing, science, technology, English language instruction, and foreign language instruction, via the Internet, extranets, and computer networks; Production of television radio, and audio-video programmes presented on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; Development of formats for television and radio programmes and films, namely, creating and developing concepts for television and radio programs; Production of films for television and cinema featuring music, news, current affairs, sports and educational information; Interactive television and radio selection services for viewers, namely, providing recommendations on television and radio shows via a website; Publishing and electronic publishing services, namely, publishing of books, electronics publications; Provision of non-downloadable electronic publications in the nature of books, magazines, and articles in the fields of instructional content, entertainment content, and educational content relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction; Organisation, production and presentation of live shows, sports competitions, trivia games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, exhibition and events for entertainment purposes; Language instruction; Provision of information, consultancy and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets

Goods & Services

Exposed cinematographic and photographic films; Sound and video recordings featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, animated cartoons, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; Recorded television and radio programming featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, animated cartoons, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; Motion picture films featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, animated cartoons, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; Data recordings featuring audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format in the field of outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, animated cartoons, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; Apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata; Pre-recorded magnetic data carriers, digital video discs, memory cards, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, CD-Is, audio and video tapes, audio and video cassettes, video game cartridges, and memory cards all featuring sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or software programs in the field of outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, animated cartoons, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; Downloadable computer software for downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing, and redistributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; Downloadable computer software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; Downloadable application software for mobile phones, wearable digital electronic devices and other portable digital devices for downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing, and redistributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; Downloadable virtual reality game software; Virtual reality headsets; Downloadable children's educational and learning software; Downloadable IP-based computer software for the production, formatting, management and distribution of sound, images and data; Recorded DVD game software; Downloadable computer games software; Downloadable computer software for personalized and interactive television; Downloadable electronic publications in the nature of magazines in the field of entertainment; Downloadable ring tones and graphics for mobile phones; Mobile phone cases and covers; Computer cases and covers; Power packs in the nature of batteries; Ear phones; Audio speakers; Dashboard mounts for mobile phones; Downloadable computer graphics; Digital music, audio and video recordings downloadable from the internet; Mouse mats; Radio signal transmitters and receivers; Apparatus and instruments for the reception of radio and television broadcasts including the reception of cable, satellite and digital broadcasts, namely, television and radio receivers and transmitters; Spectacles being glasses; Sunglasses; Egg timers; Replacement parts for all the aforesaid goods Telecommunications access services; Communications services, namely, electronic and online transmission of audio, video, still and moving images and data; Broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; Broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; Video-on-demand and video near-on-demand transmission services; Transmission of audio, video and audio visual programming by any means; Streaming of audio and video content over the internet; Streaming delivery of video-on-demand streams to viewers; Personalised and interactive telecommunications, broadcasting and transmission services, namely, audio and video broadcasting and transmission services via the Internet featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, animated cartoons, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; Video and audio broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user- generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet or other computer and communications networks; Providing access to video sharing portals; Television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; Provision of communications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; Provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; Webcasting services and transmission of podcasts; Electronic mail services, namely, transmission of electronic mail; News information and news agency services, namely, the transmission of news items to news reporting organizations; Rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; Provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; Provision of access to web logs being blogs; Provision of access to interactive polling services; Providing user access to computer databases; Provision of telecommunications connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; Advisory, consultancy and information services relating to any of the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets Provision of entertainment in the nature of ongoing television programs, radio programs in the fields of instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science and technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers, and in 3D format; provision of educational services, namely, providing courses of instruction in the fields of music, drama, film, news reporting, travel planning, gardening, developing educational and entertainment television programs for children, history, natural history, fiction writing, science, technology, English language instruction, and foreign language instruction, via the Internet, extranets, and computer networks; Production of television radio, and audio-video programmes presented on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; Development of formats for television and radio programmes and films, namely, creating and developing concepts for television and radio programs; Production of films for television and cinema featuring music, news, current affairs, sports and educational information; Interactive television and radio selection services for viewers, namely, providing recommendations on television and radio shows via a website; Publishing and electronic publishing services, namely, publishing of books, electronics publications; Provision of non-downloadable electronic publications in the nature of books, magazines, and articles in the fields of instructional content, entertainment content, and educational content relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction; Organisation, production and presentation of live shows, sports competitions, trivia games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, exhibition and events for entertainment purposes; Language instruction; Provision of information, consultancy and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of decoding in a decoder 1 a bitstream representing an image comprising: receiving the bitstream; for each block in the bitstream: forming predictions; and adding a respective prediction to each residual sample to form a reconstructed image sample; providing a reconstructed image from the reconstructed image samples; and outputting the reconstructed image; wherein the step of forming a prediction comprises: applying a first directional or non-directional prediction mode to reference samples to form at least a first set of one or more predictions for the current block; and applying one or more subsequent, different, directional or non-directional prediction modes to the same reference samples to form at least one subsequent set of one or more predictions for the current block, where any subsequent directional prediction mode differs from any first directional prediction mode in the spatial direction of prediction.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
• H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
• H04N 19/11 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes
• H04N 19/132 - Sampling, masking or truncation of coding units, e.g. adaptive resampling, frame skipping, frame interpolation or high-frequency transform coefficient masking
• H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock

Abstract

Transform skip is signalled in a bitstream and a decoder is configured, on the basis that transform skip is enabled, to suppress reference sample filtering and PDPC. If transform skip is disabled, then the decoder is able to invoke RSF and PDPC as required.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
• H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
• H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
• H04N 19/82 - Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation involving filtering within a prediction loop
• H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter

Abstract

Video decoding is implemented using a combined inter-picture merge and intra-picture prediction facility, operable to predict samples of a block of video sample data. The combined inter-picture merge and intra-picture prediction facility is operable in one of a plurality of modes wherein, in at least one of said modes, decoding involves generating a prediction of samples of a block of video sample data by the application of a blending mask, the blending mask governing partitioning of the block into two parts, wherein the blending mask is applied to a first prediction generated by an inter-picture merge prediction process and to a second prediction generated by an intra-picture prediction process.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
• H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
• H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
• H04N 19/503 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving temporal prediction
• H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of decoding a video bitstream, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a bitstream representing: residual samples produced by subtracting encoder filtered motion compensated prediction samples from image samples; and motion vectors used in forming the motion compensated prediction samples; the encoder filtering process conducted on the motion compensated prediction samples at an encoder having at least one parameter; using said motion vectors to provide motion compensated prediction samples from a previously reconstructed image; decoder filtering said motion compensated prediction samples in accordance with said at least one parameter; and adding said filtered motion compensated prediction samples to said residual samples to reconstruct images. A system and apparatus corresponding to this method are also disclosed.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
• H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
• H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
• H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding
• H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
• H04N 19/82 - Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation involving filtering within a prediction loop

Abstract

Intra-prediction modes are defined in that, predictions obtained in accordance with those modes are based on a sum of a first component dependent on a set of reference samples and a second component not dependent on the reference samples.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques

Abstract

Encoding of video data in a video codec involves a transform of residuals. This can be composed of a primary transform and a secondary transform. The selection of the secondary transform is effected by considering the characteristics of a block to be encoded. The selection of secondary transform can be signalled to the decoder, or inferred therein.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/12 - Selection from among a plurality of transforms or standards, e.g. selection between discrete cosine transform [DCT] and sub-band transform or selection between H.263 and H.264
• H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding
• H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
• H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
• H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock

Goods & Services

Broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand and near video on demand telecommunications transmissions; streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user-generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet or other computer and communications networks

Goods & Services

(1) Cinematographic and photographic films; sound and video recordings; recorded television and radio programmes; motion pictures; animated cartoons; data recordings, data recordings in audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format; programmes and web-based audiovisual content for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers, and in 3D format; apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata; magnetic data carriers, recording discs, memory carriers, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, CD-Is, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards and other carriers, all bearing or for use in bearing sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or programs; software; computer programs; computer software; computer software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; application software; application software for mobile phones, wearable digital electronic devices and other portable digital devices; virtual reality software; virtual reality headsets; educational and learning software, electronic educational and learning apparatus and instruments; IP-based computer software for the production, formatting, management and distribution of sound, images and data; DVD game software; computer games software; computer software for personalized and interactive television; downloadable electronic publications; ring tones and graphics (downloadable) for mobile phones; mobile phone cases and covers; computer cases and covers; power packs; ear phones; speakers; dashboard mounts for mobile phones; downloadable graphics for computers; digital music, audio and video recordings (downloadable) from the internet; electronic bulletin boards; mouse mats; radio signal transmitters and receivers; apparatus and instruments for the reception of radio and television broadcasts including the reception of cable, satellite and digital broadcasts; spectacles (glasses), sunglasses; egg timers; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods (1) Telecommunications; communications services; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand and near on demand telecommunications; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming (by any means); streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; personalised and interactive telecommunications, broadcasting and transmission services; broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user-generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet or other computer and communications networks; providing access to video sharing portals; television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; provision of communications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; webcasting and podcasting services; electronic mail services; news information and news agency services; rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; provision of access to web logs (blogs); provision of access to interactive polling services; providing access to and leasing of access time to a computer database; provision of connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to any of the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets (2) Provision of entertainment, education, recreation, instruction, tuition and training; production, presentation and distribution of television and radio programmes, audio, video, still and moving images and data including on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; development of formats for television and radio programmes and films; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema, music, news, current affairs, sports and educational information; personalized and interactive entertainment services; interactive television and radio selection services for viewers; publishing services (including electronic publishing services); provision of non-downloadable electronic publications; organisation, production and presentation of shows, competitions, games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, club entertainment services, exhibitions and events; language teaching; provision of information, consultancy and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets

Abstract

Signalling of an intra-prediction mode is achieved by indicating whether or not to compile an MPM list, on the basis of a test as to the expectation that the MPM list will bear useful information. If an MPM list is not convenient, then the mode is directly signalled. If the MPM list is to be constructed, then the mode can be signalled as a member of the MPM list or, if not a member, can be signalled directly or as a member of a mode list comprising all modes not on the MPM list.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/463 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process by compressing encoding parameters before transmission
• H04N 19/11 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes
• H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
• H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
• H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
• H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

Goods & Services

Cinematographic and photographic films featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; sound and video recordings featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, animated cartoons, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; pre-recorded records, discs, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards and magnetic data carriers containing sound recordings, video recordings, data files, image files, graphics files, and text files, all of which feature instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images; apparatus for broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, reproducing, encoding and decoding of audio and video content in the nature of radio programs, still and moving images, data and metadata; blank magnetic data carriers, and recording discs all for use in bearing sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or programs; sound, video and data recording and reproducing apparatus; prerecorded memory carriers, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, and mini-disks featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction; downloadable electronic publications in the nature of magazines, books, booklets, and comic strip books all in the fields of outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; downloadable digital music provided from the Internet; downloadable computer game software; downloadable video games software; downloadable video games software for mobile devices, personal computers, consoles, and tablets; recorded electronic computer game programs; downloadable electronic computer game programs; downloadable electronic game software; recorded computer game programs; downloadable computer game programs; downloadable interactive computer game programs; downloadable interactive game software; computer hardware, namely, central processing units for processing data, sound and images; downloadable computer software and firmware for use in downloading, storing, reproducing and organizing audio, video, still and moving images and data; downloadable ringtones and computer graphics for mobile phones; downloadable educational software featuring instruction in the subjects of mathematics, geography, history, physical education, business studies, science, art, music, drama, film, news, travel, reporting, gardening, developing children's education and entertainment television programs, history, natural history, science, technology, the English language and foreign languages; downloadable computer software in electronic form for use in downloading, storing, reproducing and organizing audio, video, still and moving images and data, supplied on-line from databases or from facilities on the Internet; downloadable computer software to enable connection to computer databases and the Internet; downloadable computer software to enable searching of data; instructional and teaching material, namely, downloadable electronic instructional and teaching apparatus and instruments in the nature of downloadable educational course materials, in the field of instruction, entertainment, education and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports, games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; downloadable computer games programs, downloadable electronic computer game programs, and downloadable computer programs for video games, all adapted for use with an external display screen or monitor; radio receivers and transmitters Printed publications, namely, booklets, books, magazines, catalogues, and event programs, all in the fields of instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; stationery; artists' materials, namely, artists' brushes, artists' pastels, and artists' pens; printed event programs; paint brushes; printing blocks; posters; cards, namely, printed Christmas cards, printed flash cards, printed holiday cards, printed musical greeting cards, printed place cards, printed picture cards; postcards; printed greetings cards; collectible printed trading cards; printed invitations; diaries; calendars; photograph albums; prints; gift bags, gift boxes, paper gift tags and paper and plastic gift wrap; paper notepads; writing instruments and crayons; stickers and transfers; stamps, namely, postage stamps; personal organizers; address books; note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; printed embroidery, sewing and knitting design patterns; postage stamps; paper and cardboard coasters Toys, games and playthings, namely, dolls, plush toys, soft sculpture toys, namely, soft toys in the shape of animals and imaginary animals, puppets, bath toys, costume masks, toy musical boxes, toy musical instruments, toy models, namely, figures made from toy modeling dough, action figures, vehicles, and playsets therefor; sporting articles, namely, baseball gloves, handball gloves, skateboards, roller skates, in line skates, baseball bats, tennis and squash rackets, knee pads, elbow pads for athletic use; dolls; soft sculpture toys; plush toys; toy and novelty face masks; toy musical boxes; toy musical instruments; toy models, namely, figures made from toy modeling dough, toy model cars, toy model train sets; puzzles; kites; play balls and play balloons; flippers for swimming; swim floats for recreational use and inflatable toys for play purposes; playing cards; puppets; plastic toys, namely, plastic scale models sold in kit form; plastic character toys, plastic toys for use in the bath; bath toys; playsets for dolls, playsets containing infant toys; developmental toys, namely, infant developmental toys; wheeled toys, namely, toy cars, toy bicycles other than for transport, and toy tricycles and ride-on toys; toy scooters, children's toy bicycles other than for transport; ride-on toys; sit-on rides, namely, ride-on toys; doll costumes being children's playthings; handheld units for playing electronic games Television and radio broadcasting services; broadcasting, namely, radio broadcasting, cable television broadcasting, digital television broadcasting, satellite television broadcasting and interactive radio broadcasting; communications and telecommunications, namely, transmission of podcasts, transmission of voice, data, graphics, images, audio and video by means of telecommunications networks, wireless communication networks, and the Internet, featuring natural history, nature documentaries, environmental documentaries, sports, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, and television programs; Video broadcasting services over the Internet or other communications network featuring the uploaded, posted and tagged videos of others; streaming of audio and visual programming across the Internet, featuring natural history, nature documentaries, environmental documentaries, sports, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, and television programs; broadcasting of audio, video, still and moving images, text and data, featuring natural history, nature documentaries, environmental documentaries, sports, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, and television programs, rendered through terrestrial broadcasting, satellites, webcasting, and transmission to wireless communication devices, handheld computers, personal digital assistants, and mobile and cellular phones; transmission of electronic mail services; providing television screen-based information, broadcasting and retrieval services, namely, video on demand transmissions via television, satellite and global computer network; electronic bulletin board services, namely, provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; news agencies, namely, the transmission of news items to news reporting organizations; rental of telecommunication facilities, namely, radio and television broadcasting facilities; providing access to and providing user access to a global computer network; and providing information and advisory services in connection with the aforesaid services Provision of ongoing television programs and radio programs in the field of children's entertainment; provision of entertainment in the nature of ongoing television programs and radio programs featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science and technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction; educational services, namely, providing courses of instruction in the fields of music, drama, film, news reporting, travel planning, gardening, developing educational and entertainment television programs for children, history, natural history, fiction writing, science, technology, English language instruction, and foreign language instruction, via the Internet, extranets, and computer networks; organizing exhibitions for entertainment, educational, cultural and sporting purposes in the fields of music, drama, film, art, comedy, video games, news reporting, television and radio programming including children's radio and television programs, sporting events, sport documentaries, history, televised works of fiction, televised works of non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, science, technology; production, presentation, distribution, syndication, rental of television, radio, cable television, satellite television and IPTV programs as well as films, sound recordings, and video recordings all featuring outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, comedy films, news, travel, gardening, children's entertainment, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, science, technology, foreign language instruction and English language instruction; providing information in the field of entertainment and education on-line from a computer database or the Internet or by communications satellite, microwave or other electronic, digital or analogue media; publishing of books, magazines and articles for others; providing a website featuring blogs and non-downloadable electronic publications in the nature of books, magazines, and articles featuring instructional content, entertainment content, and educational content relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction; organisation, production and presentation of sports competitions, sports games, concerts, exhibitions, game shows, quiz shows, raves, theatrical performances, concerts, and live performances by musical groups, actors, dancers, gymnasts, all for cultural or entertainment purposes; provision of information and advisory services relating to the aforesaid services, including the provision of such services via online from a computer network, via the Internet, or via extranets

Goods & Services

Entertainment in the form of a children's animated television show and web show.

Abstract

Decoding of a merge-predicted block is carried out, for triangular partitions of the block, using a combination of inter-prediction and intra-prediction. The combination of inter- prediction and intra-prediction to be used is signalled on a received bitstream. Combination may be algorithmic, for example arithmetic.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/54 - Motion estimation other than block-based using feature points or meshes
• H04N 19/103 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode
• H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
• H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
• H04N 19/503 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving temporal prediction
• H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
• H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to: a method of decoding, in a decoder, a bitstream representing an image, wherein the bitstream comprises a plurality of blocks of residual samples, and one or more reconstructed image frames of the image are obtained by adding a respective block of residual samples to a combined hypotheses block of intra-predictions, the combined hypotheses block of intra-predictions being formed by applying a method comprising: receiving the bitstream; for each block of residual samples: determining if a combined intra-prediction hypothesis is indicated and/or inferred from the bitstream and, if so: for each block of residual samples of a block for which a combined intra- prediction hypothesis is indicated and/or inferred: determining a first intra-prediction mode from information extracted from the bitstream; determining or inferring at least a second, different, intra-prediction mode; applying the first intra-prediction mode to at least one reference sample to form a first hypothesis prediction sample; applying the at least one second intra-prediction mode to said at least one reference sample to form a second hypothesis prediction sample; and forming a said combined hypotheses block of predictions by combining the first and second hypothesis prediction samples formed for the block.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
• H04N 19/11 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes
• H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
• H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
• H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
• H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction

Abstract

Efficient prediction of samples within a block in a video encoder and decoder by means of computing both an inter-predicted prediction hypothesis as well as an intra-predicted prediction-hypothesis. The two prediction hypotheses are then combined together by means of parametric transformation to form a new prediction hypothesis which may be more accurate in predicting the content of the original block.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/51 - Motion estimation or motion compensation
• H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques

Goods & Services

Sound and video recordings featuring instructional content, educational content, entertainment content and information relating to gender, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, political representation, racial diversity, cultural inclusion of minorities, aging, ethnicity and physical and mental disability; prerecorded DVDS featuring television and radio programmes in the fields of instructional content, educational content, entertainment content and information relating to relating to gender, sex, sexual orientation, political representation, racial diversity, cultural inclusion of minorities, aging, ethnicity and physical and mental disability; downloadable television and radio programmes featuring instructional content, educational content, entertainment content and information relating to gender, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, political representation, racial diversity, cultural inclusion of minorities, aging, ethnicity and physical and mental disability via television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; prerecorded educational software featuring instructional content, educational content and information relating to gender, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, political representation, racial diversity, cultural inclusion of minorities, aging, ethnicity and physical and mental disability; recorded application software for collating, recording, monitoring and displaying statistical data relating to gender, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, political representation, racial diversity, cultural inclusion of minorities, age, aging, ethnicity and physical and mental disability; downloadable electronic publications, namely, magazines in the field of gender, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, political representation, racial diversity, cultural inclusion of minorities, aging, ethnicity and physical and mental disability; electronic bulletin boards, namely, signs; mouse mats; replacement parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods Paper; cardboard; printed publications, namely, booklets, books, magazines, catalogues, and event programs in the field of gender, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, political representation, racial diversity, cultural inclusion of minorities, aging, ethnicity and physical and mental disability; photographs; stationery; artists' materials, namely, artists' pastels, artists' pens, painting sets for artists; printed instructional and teaching material in the field of gender, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, political representation, racial diversity, cultural inclusion of minorities, aging, ethnicity and physical and mental disability; printing blocks; posters; blank note cards; postcards; greetings cards; trading cards, other than for games; printed invitations; diaries; calendars; photograph albums; graphic art prints; gift bags, gift boxes, gift tags and gift wrap; notepads; writing instruments and crayons; stickers; transfers; stamps; personal organisers; address books; note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; postage stamps; coasters made of cardboard and paper Broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; broadcasting services via the Internet or other computer and communications networks of content of others, namely, electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, electronic games, user-generated content, audio content, and information that users are uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, and reproducing; streaming of audio and video material on the Internet between an interactive website portal and television viewers; webcasting and transmission of podcasts services; news agencies, namely, the transmission of news items to news reporting organizations; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users in the field of gender, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, political representation, racial diversity, cultural inclusion of minorities, aging, ethnicity and physical and mental disability; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets Provision of entertainment, namely, providing ongoing television programs and radio programs featuring entertainment content, in the field of gender, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, political representation, racial diversity, cultural inclusion of minorities, aging, ethnicity and physical and mental disability; production and distribution of television and radio programs, audio recordings, videos, films and photographic capture services, including over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks; Provision of non-downloadable films and television programmes via a video-on-demand service over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital network; Provision of non-downloadable audio recordings, video recordings, and still images in the field of gender, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, political representation, racial diversity, cultural inclusion of minorities, aging, ethnicity and physical and mental disability over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital network; Providing an on-line computer database in the field of television programs and radio programs featuring entertainment content, and in the field of gender, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, political representation, racial diversity, cultural inclusion of minorities, aging, ethnicity and physical and mental disability; entertainment services, namely, development of formats for television and radio programs and films; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema in the fields of news, current affairs, sports and in the fields of gender, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, political representation, racial diversity, cultural inclusion of minorities, aging, ethnicity and physical and mental disability and music, production of music; production and distribution of television and radio programmes, audio recordings, video recordings, photographs; provision of non-downloadable audio recordings, video recordings, and still images in the field of gender, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity political representation, racial diversity, cultural inclusion of minorities, aging, ethnicity and physical and mental disability over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital network; provision of non-downloadable electronic publications, namely, magazines in the field of gender, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, political representation, racial diversity, cultural inclusion of minorities, aging, ethnicity and physical and mental disability; organization, production and presentation of live shows, competitions, games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, club entertainment services, exhibitions and events featuring entertainment content in the field of gender, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, political representation, racial diversity, cultural inclusion of minorities, age, aging, ethnicity and physical and mental disability; language teaching; provision of information, consultancy and advisory services relating to any all of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets

Goods & Services

Cinematographic and photographic films; sound and video recordings; recorded television and radio programmes; motion pictures; animated cartoons; data recordings, data recordings in audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format; programmes and web-based audiovisual content for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers, and in 3D format; apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, collecting, receiving, processing, monitoring, sharing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata; magnetic data carriers, recording discs, memory carriers, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, CD-Is, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards and other carriers, all bearing or for use in bearing sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or programs; software; computer programs; computer software; computer software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; digital dashboard software; application software; application software for mobile phones, wearable digital electronic devices and other portable digital devices; virtual reality software; virtual reality headsets; educational and learning software, electronic educational and learning apparatus and instruments; IP-based computer software for the production, formatting, management and distribution of sound, images and data; DVD game software; computer games software; computer software for personalized and interactive television; downloadable electronic publications; ring tones and graphics (downloadable) for mobile phones; mobile phone cases and covers; computer cases and covers; power packs; ear phones; speakers; dashboard mounts for mobile phones; downloadable graphics for computers; digital music, audio and video recordings (downloadable) from the internet; electronic bulletin boards; mouse mats; radio signal transmitters and receivers; apparatus and instruments for the reception of radio and television broadcasts including the reception of cable, satellite and digital broadcasts; spectacles (glasses), sunglasses; egg timers; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods. Printed publications; paper; cardboard; printed matter; graphs; magazines; books; catalogues; programmes; photographs; stationery; instructional and teaching material; printing blocks; posters; cards; postcards; greetings cards; trading cards; invitations; diaries; calendars; photograph albums; prints; gift bags, gift boxes, gift tags and gift wrap; notepads; writing instruments and crayons; writing cases; pencil sharpeners; stickers; transfers; stamps; personal organisers; address books; note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; embroidery, sewing and knitting patterns; postage stamps; coasters made of cardboard and paper; badges made of cardboard and paper; parts and fittings for all the aforementioned. Telecommunications; communications services; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand and near on demand telecommunications; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming (by any means); streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; personalised and interactive telecommunications, broadcasting and transmission services; broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user-generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet or other computer and communications networks; providing access to video sharing portals; television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; provision of communications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; webcasting and podcasting services; electronic mail services; news information and news agency services; rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; provision of access to web logs (blogs); provision of access to interactive polling services; providing access to and leasing of access time to a computer database; provision of connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to any of the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets. Provision of entertainment, education, recreation, instruction, tuition and training; production, presentation and distribution of television and radio programmes, audio, video, still and moving images and data including on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; development of formats for television and radio programmes and films; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema, music, news, current affairs, sports and educational information; personalized and interactive entertainment services; interactive television and radio selection services for viewers; publishing services (including electronic publishing services); educational services and information in the fields of gender, ethnicity and disability; provision of non-downloadable electronic publications; organisation, production and presentation of shows, competitions, games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, club entertainment services, exhibitions and events; language teaching; provision of information, consultancy and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets.

Abstract

Described are concepts, systems and techniques related to processing an input video signal intended for a first display to produce an output signal appropriate for a second display. The concepts, systems and techniques include converting using one or more transfer functions arranged to provide relative scene light values and remove or apply rendering intent of the input or output video signal, wherein the removing or applying rendering intent alters luminance.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 9/77 - Circuits for processing the brightness signal and the chrominance signal relative to each other, e.g. adjusting the phase of the brightness signal relative to the colour signal, correcting differential gain or differential phase
• G09G 5/02 - Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the way in which colour is displayed
• G06T 5/00 - Image enhancement or restoration
• H04N 5/202 - Gamma control
• H04N 9/68 - Circuits for processing colour signals for controlling the amplitude of colour signals, e.g. automatic chroma control circuits
• G09G 5/10 - Intensity circuits

Goods & Services

Sound and video recordings featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to music, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live music concerts, history, natural history, science fiction, science, technology and foreign and English language instruction; video recordings of television and radio programmes featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to music, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live music, history, natural history, science fiction, science, technology and foreign and English language instruction; data recordings, data recordings in audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format, namely, pre-recorded memory cards, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, and mini-disks all featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to music, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live music concerts, history, natural history, science fiction, science, technology and foreign and English language instruction; audiovisual apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata, sound, pre-recorded magnetic data carriers, recording discs, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, Interactive CDs, audio tapes, video cassettes, audio tape cartridges, memory cards, all featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to music, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live music concerts, history, natural history, science fiction, science, technology and foreign and English language instruction; blank magnetic data carriers, recording discs, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, Interactive CDs, audio tapes, video cassettes, audio tape cartridges, memory cards for use in bearing sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or software programs; recorded computer game software; recorded computer programs for use in downloading, storing, reproducing and organizing audio, video, still and moving images and data; recorded educational software featuring instruction in the subjects of music, drama, film, news, travel, news reporting, gardening, developing children's education and entertainment television programs, history, natural history, science, technology, the English language and foreign languages; recorded computer software in electronic form for use in downloading, storing, reproducing and organizing audio, video, still and moving images and data, supplied on-line from databases or from facilities on the Internet; recorded computer software to enable connection to computer databases and the Internet; recorded computer software to enable searching of data; downloadable computer software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organizing, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; downloadable music software for recording music; downloadable music composition software; recorded computer software for processing digital music files; downloadable computer software for creating, manipulating and editing music; recorded virtual reality software for instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to music, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live music, history, natural history, science fiction, science, technology and foreign and English language instruction; virtual reality headsets; downloadable IP-based computer software for the production, formatting, management and distribution of sound, images and data; downloadable electronic publications, namely, magazines in the field of instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to music, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live music concerts, history, natural history, science fiction, science, technology and foreign and English language instruction; downloadable ring tones and graphics for mobile phones; downloadable graphics for computers; downloadable digital music files, audio and video recordings featuring music from the internet; mouse mats; radio signal transmitters and receivers; apparatus and instruments for the reception of radio and television broadcasts including the reception of cable, satellite and digital broadcasts; replacement parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods Paper; cardboard; printed publications, namely, booklets, books, magazines, catalogues, and event programs, all in the fields of music, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live music, history, natural history, science fiction, science, technology and foreign and English language instruction; photographs; stationery; artists' materials, namely, artists' brushes, artists' pastels, artists' pens, painting sets for artists; paint brushes; printed instructional and teaching material all in the fields of music, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live music concerts , history, natural history, science fiction, science, technology and foreign and English language instruction; printing blocks; posters; blank note cards; postcards; greetings cards; Trading cards, other than for games; printed invitations; diaries; calendars; photograph albums; Graphic art prints; gift bags, gift boxes, gift tags and gift wrap; notepads; writing instruments and crayons; stickers; transfers; stamps; personal organisers; address books; note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; postage stamps; coasters made of cardboard and paper Broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand transmission and provision of telecommunication access to video and audio content provided via a video on-demand service via the Internet; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming by means of telecommunications networks, wireless communication networks, and the Internet; streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; Telecommunications services, namely, transmission, broadcast, and reception of audio, video, still and moving images, text, and data, by means of broadband power line or wireless networks, whether in real or delayed time; broadcasting services via the Internet or other computer and communications networks of content of others, namely, electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, electronic games, user-generated content, audio content, and information that users are uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, and reproducing; television broadcasting services incorporating transmission of interactive television program guides and transmission of intelligent automated selections for television program recordings; transmission and broadcasting of television screen based information; provision of communications services, namely, transmitting streamed sound and audiovisual recordings via the Internet for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; streaming of audio and video material on the Internet between an interactive website portal and television viewers; webcasting and transmission of podcasts services; transmission of electronic mail services; news agencies, namely, the transmission of news items to news reporting organizations; rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users in the field of music, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live music concerts, history, natural history, science fiction, science, technology and foreign and English language instruction; provision telecommunications connections to interactive polling services; provision telecommunications connections to a computer database; Providing telecommunications connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronized broadcast services; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets Provision of entertainment in the nature of ongoing television programs and radio programs featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to music, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live music concerts, history, natural history, science fiction, science and technology and foreign and English language instruction; production and distribution of television and radio programmes, audio recordings, video recordings, photographs; Provision of non-downloadable audio recordings, in the field of entertainment and education, namely, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live music concerts history, natural history, science fiction over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital network; interactive television and radio selection services for viewers, namely, providing television and radio programs, including music television and radio programs, not downloadable, via video on- demand transmission services; provision of non-downloadable electronic publications, namely, magazines in the field of entertainment and education, namely, music, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live music concerts, history, natural history, science fiction; provision of information and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets

Abstract

A method of encoding image or video content within a set of targets such as a time, a complexity, quality, and bitrate, using an encoder having a plurality of coding configurations, comprises setting an initial coding configuration in the encoder, where coding configurations differ one from the other in the number of options tested for each of one or more tools. A first part of the content is encoded in the initial configuration and measures are made of the number of times a specified tool is used and a representative time taken to test an option for that specified tool. From those measures a prediction is made of the time difference between the time taken to encode content using the initial coding configuration and the time taken to encode content using another coding configuration in which a different number of options are tested for that specified tool.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/50 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding
• H04N 19/103 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode
• H04N 19/127 - Prioritisation of hardware or computational resources
• H04N 19/154 - Measured or subjectively estimated visual quality after decoding, e.g. measurement of distortion
• H04N 19/156 - Availability of hardware or computational resources, e.g. encoding based on power-saving criteria
• H04N 19/179 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a scene or a shot
• H04N 19/10 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding

Goods & Services

Cinematographic and photographic films; sound and video recordings; recorded television and radio programmes; motion pictures; animated cartoons; data recordings, data recordings in audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format; programmes and web-based audiovisual content for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers, and in 3D format; apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata; magnetic data carriers, recording discs, memory carriers, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, CD-Is, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards and other carriers, all bearing or for use in bearing sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or programs; software; computer programs; computer software; computer software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; application software; application software for mobile phones, wearable digital electronic devices and other portable digital devices; virtual reality software; virtual reality headsets; educational and learning software, electronic educational and learning apparatus and instruments; IP-based computer software for the production, formatting, management and distribution of sound, images and data; DVD game software; computer games software; computer software for personalized and interactive television; downloadable electronic publications; ring tones and graphics (downloadable) for mobile phones; mobile phone cases and covers; computer cases and covers; power packs; ear phones; speakers; dashboard mounts for mobile phones; downloadable graphics for computers; digital music, audio and video recordings (downloadable) from the internet; electronic bulletin boards; mouse mats; radio signal transmitters and receivers; apparatus and instruments for the reception of radio and television broadcasts including the reception of cable, satellite and digital broadcasts; spectacles (glasses), sunglasses; egg timers; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods. Printed publications; paper; cardboard; printed matter; magazines; books; catalogues; programmes; photographs; stationery; artists' materials; paint brushes; instructional and teaching material; printing blocks; posters; cards; postcards; greetings cards; trading cards; invitations; diaries; calendars; photograph albums; prints; gift bags, gift boxes, gift tags and gift wrap; notepads; writing instruments and crayons; writing cases; pencil sharpeners; stickers; transfers; stamps; personal organisers; address books; note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; embroidery, sewing and knitting patterns; postage stamps; coasters made of cardboard and paper; badges made of cardboard and paper; parts and fittings for all the aforementioned. Telecommunications; communications services; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand and near on demand telecommunications; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming (by any means); streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; personalised and interactive telecommunications, broadcasting and transmission services; broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user-generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet or other computer and communications networks; providing access to video sharing portals; television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; provision of communications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; webcasting and podcasting services; electronic mail services; news information and news agency services; rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; provision of access to web logs (blogs); provision of access to interactive polling services; providing access to and leasing of access time to a computer database; provision of connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to any of the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets. Provision of entertainment, education, recreation, instruction, tuition and training; production, presentation and distribution of television and radio programmes, audio, video, still and moving images and data including on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; development of formats for television and radio programmes and films; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema, music, news, current affairs, sports and educational information; personalized and interactive entertainment services; interactive television and radio selection services for viewers; publishing services (including electronic publishing services); provision of non-downloadable electronic publications; organisation, production and presentation of shows, competitions, games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, club entertainment services, exhibitions and events; language teaching; provision of information, consultancy and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets.

Goods & Services

provision of entertainment, namely, podcasts in the field of true crime

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of decoding a video bitstream, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a bitstream representing: residual samples produced by subtracting encoder filtered motion compensated prediction samples from image samples; and motion vectors used in forming the motion compensated prediction samples; the encoder filtering process conducted on the motion compensated prediction samples at an encoder having at least one parameter; using said motion vectors to provide motion compensated prediction samples from a previously reconstructed image; decoder filtering said motion compensated prediction samples in accordance with said at least one parameter; and adding said filtered motion compensated prediction samples to said residual samples to reconstruct images. A system and apparatus corresponding to this method are also disclosed.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/82 - Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation involving filtering within a prediction loop
• H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
• H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
• H04N 19/51 - Motion estimation or motion compensation
• H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
• H04N 19/196 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the adaptation method, adaptation tool or adaptation type used for the adaptive coding being specially adapted for the computation of encoding parameters, e.g. by averaging previously computed encoding parameters

Goods & Services

Downloadable voice command and recognition software; downloadable voice-controlled software; downloadable speech to text conversion software; downloadable personal assistant software; downloadable wireless communication software for voice, audio, video, and data transmission; downloadable search engine software; downloadable computer software for controlling stand-alone voice controlled information and personal assistant devices; downloadable computer software for personal information management; downloadable computer software for accessing, browsing and searching online databases, information, text, data, audio, video, and multi-media content, games and software applications; downloadable computer software for accessing, browsing and searching online databases in connection with television programmes, radio programmes, podcasts, audio content, video content, multi-media content, games, text, information, data, and music, news, current affairs, entertainment, sports, cultural and educational content, information and commentary; downloadable computer software for accessing, monitoring, tracking, searching, saving, and sharing information; downloadable electronic databases of information, text, data, audio, video and multi-media content, games and software applications; downloadable electronic databases of television programmes, radio programmes, podcasts, music, news, current affairs, entertainment, sports, cultural and educational content, information and commentary; downloadable personal vehicle integration software; downloadable computer software for use to connect and control internet of things (IoT) electronic devices; software development kits (SDKs) consisting of downloadable computer software development tools for the development of voice service delivery and natural language understanding technology across global computer networks; downloadable computer application software for handheld wireless devices, namely, software for controlling, integrating, operating, connecting, and managing voice controlled information devices, namely, cloud-connected and voice-controlled smart consumer electronic devices and electronic personal assistant devices; downloadable voice-enabled software applications for accessing, browsing and searching online databases, information, text, data, audio, video, and multi-media content and games; voice command and recognition mobile application software; computer software development tools Advertising, marketing and promotional services; advertising and marketing services, namely, promoting the goods and services of others; development of advertising concepts in the nature of advertisements and advertising material for others; computerized database and file management; data processing services; promoting the goods and services of others by providing, searching, browsing and retrieving information, sites, and other resources available on global computer networks and other electronic and communications networks for others; provision of information, consultancy and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the internet Communication and telecommunication services, namely, transmission of television programmes, radio programmes, podcasts, audio content, video content, multi-media content, games, text, information and data over the internet or other computer or communications networks; communication and telecommunication services, namely, transmission of music, news, current affairs, entertainment, sports, cultural and educational content, information and commentary over the internet or other computer or communications networks; streaming of television programmes, radio programmes, podcasts, audio content, video content, multi-media content, games, text, information and data over the internet; streaming of music, news, current affairs, entertainment, sports, cultural and educational content, information and commentary over the internet; providing access to electronic databases; providing internet access to online marketplaces; provision of internet access that allows users to access television programmes, radio programmes, podcasts, audio content, video content, multi-media content, games, text, information and data; provision of internet access that allows users to access music, news, current affairs, entertainment, sports, cultural and educational content, information and commentary; podcasting services, namely, transmission of podcasts; interactive telecommunications and transmission services, namely, interactive transmission of television programmes, radio programmes, podcasts, audio content, video content, multi-media content, games, text, information and data; personalised telecommunications and transmission services, namely, transmission of television programmes, radio programmes, podcasts, audio content, video content, multi-media content, games, text, information and data tailored to the personal preferences of audiences; news information and news agency services, namely, transmission of news items to news reporting organizations; electronic messaging services; provision of information, consultancy and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the internet Provision of entertainment in the nature of ongoing television programs and radio programs featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science and technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction; provision of education, namely, providing courses of instruction in the fields of music, drama, film, news reporting, travel planning, gardening, developing educational and entertainment television programs for children, history, natural history, fiction writing, science, technology, English language instruction, and foreign language instruction, via the Internet, extranets, and computer networks; production and presentation of television programmes, radio programmes, podcasts, audio recordings, video recordings, ongoing news programs over the internet or other computer or communications networks; providing online computer games; interactive entertainment services, namely, interactive provision of television programmes, radio programmes, podcasts featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science and technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction; personalised entertainment services, namely, provision of television programmes, radio programmes, podcasts tailored to the personal preferences of audiences featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science and technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction; provision of information, consultancy and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the internet Design, development and maintenance of computer software in the field of natural language and voice recognition; design, development and maintenance of computer software for accessing, creating, distributing, downloading, transmitting, receiving, playing, editing, extracting, encoding, decoding, displaying, storing and organizing music, radio, audio, video, multi-media and text content; design, development and maintenance of computer software for personal information management, database management, voice recognition, speech to text conversion, processing voice commands and creating audio responses to voice commands; provision of information, news and commentary in the field of computer and information technology; weather forecasting; provision of customized computer searching services, namely, searching and retrieving information at the user's specific request via the internet; software as a service (SaaS) featuring computer software used for controlling stand-alone voice controlled information and personal assistant devices; software as a service (SaaS) featuring computer software for accessing, creating, distributing, downloading, transmitting, receiving, playing, editing, extracting, encoding, decoding, displaying, storing and organizing music, radio, video, audio, multi-media and text content; software as a service (SaaS) featuring computer software for personal information management, database management, voice recognition, speech to text conversion, processing voice commands and creating audio responses to voice commands; software as a service (SaaS) featuring computer software for connecting, operating, integrating, controlling, and managing networked consumer electronic devices via wireless networks; software as a service (SaaS) featuring computer software for accessing, browsing, and searching online databases, music, radio, audio, video and multi-media and text content, games, and software applications, and software application marketplaces; software as a service (SaaS) featuring computer software for use to connect and control internet of things (IoT) electronic devices; platform as a service (PaaS) featuring computer software platforms for voice command and recognition software, speech to text conversion software, voice-enabled software applications for personal information management; platform as a service (PaaS) featuring computer software platforms for personal assistant software; platform as a service (PaaS) featuring computer software platforms for home automation and home device integration software; platform as a service (PaaS) featuring computer software platforms for wireless communication software for voice, audio, video, and data transmission; provision of information and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the internet

Goods & Services

Downloadable voice command and recognition software; downloadable voice-controlled software; downloadable speech to text conversion software; downloadable personal assistant software; downloadable wireless communication software for voice, audio, video, and data transmission; downloadable search engine software; downloadable computer software for controlling stand-alone voice controlled information and personal assistant devices; downloadable computer software for personal information management; downloadable computer software for accessing, browsing and searching online databases, information, text, data, audio, video, and multi-media content, games and software applications; downloadable computer software for accessing, browsing and searching online databases in connection with television programmes, radio programmes, podcasts, audio content, video content, multi-media content, games, text, information, data, and music, news, current affairs, entertainment, sports, cultural and educational content, information and commentary; downloadable computer software for accessing, monitoring, tracking, searching, saving, and sharing information; downloadable electronic databases of information, text, data, audio, video and multi-media content, games and software applications; downloadable electronic databases of television programmes, radio programmes, podcasts, music, news, current affairs, entertainment, sports, cultural and educational content, information and commentary; downloadable personal vehicle integration software; downloadable computer software for use to connect and control internet of things (IoT) electronic devices; software development kits (SDKs) consisting of downloadable computer software development tools for the development of voice service delivery and natural language understanding technology across global computer networks; downloadable computer application software for handheld wireless devices, namely, software for controlling, integrating, operating, connecting, and managing voice controlled information devices, namely, cloud-connected and voice-controlled smart consumer electronic devices and electronic personal assistant devices; downloadable voice-enabled software applications for accessing, browsing and searching online databases, information, text, data, audio, video, and multi-media content and games; voice command and recognition mobile application software; computer software development tools Advertising, marketing and promotional services; advertising and marketing services, namely, promoting the goods and services of others; development of advertising concepts in the nature of advertisements and advertising material for others; computerized database and file management; data processing services; promoting the goods and services of others by providing, searching, browsing and retrieving information, sites, and other resources available on global computer networks and other electronic and communications networks for others; provision of information, consultancy and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the internet Communication and telecommunication services, namely, transmission of television programmes, radio programmes, podcasts, audio content, video content, multi-media content, games, text, information and data over the internet or other computer or communications networks; communication and telecommunication services, namely, transmission of music, news, current affairs, entertainment, sports, cultural and educational content, information and commentary over the internet or other computer or communications networks; streaming of television programmes, radio programmes, podcasts, audio content, video content, multi-media content, games, text, information and data over the internet; streaming of music, news, current affairs, entertainment, sports, cultural and educational content, information and commentary over the internet; providing access to electronic databases; providing internet access to online marketplaces; provision of internet access that allows users to access television programmes, radio programmes, podcasts, audio content, video content, multi-media content, games, text, information and data; provision of internet access that allows users to access music, news, current affairs, entertainment, sports, cultural and educational content, information and commentary; podcasting services, namely, transmission of podcasts; interactive telecommunications and transmission services, namely, interactive transmission of television programmes, radio programmes, podcasts, audio content, video content, multi-media content, games, text, information and data; personalised telecommunications and transmission services, namely, transmission of television programmes, radio programmes, podcasts, audio content, video content, multi-media content, games, text, information and data tailored to the personal preferences of audiences; news information and news agency services, namely, transmission of news items to news reporting organizations; electronic messaging services; provision of information, consultancy and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the internet Provision of entertainment in the nature of ongoing television programs and radio programs featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science and technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction; provision of education, namely, providing courses of instruction in the fields of music, drama, film, news reporting, travel planning, gardening, developing educational and entertainment television programs for children, history, natural history, fiction writing, science, technology, English language instruction, and foreign language instruction, via the Internet, extranets, and computer networks; production and presentation of television programmes, radio programmes, podcasts, audio recordings, video recordings, ongoing news programs over the internet or other computer or communications networks; providing online computer games; interactive entertainment services, namely, interactive provision of television programmes, radio programmes, podcasts featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science and technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction; personalised entertainment services, namely, provision of television programmes, radio programmes, podcasts tailored to the personal preferences of audiences featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science and technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction; provision of information, consultancy and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the internet Design, development and maintenance of computer software in the field of natural language and voice recognition; design, development and maintenance of computer software for accessing, creating, distributing, downloading, transmitting, receiving, playing, editing, extracting, encoding, decoding, displaying, storing and organizing music, radio, audio, video, multi-media and text content; design, development and maintenance of computer software for personal information management, database management, voice recognition, speech to text conversion, processing voice commands and creating audio responses to voice commands; provision of information, news and commentary in the field of computer and information technology; weather forecasting; provision of customized computer searching services, namely, searching and retrieving information at the user's specific request via the internet; software as a service (SaaS) featuring computer software used for controlling stand-alone voice controlled information and personal assistant devices; software as a service (SaaS) featuring computer software for accessing, creating, distributing, downloading, transmitting, receiving, playing, editing, extracting, encoding, decoding, displaying, storing and organizing music, radio, video, audio, multi-media and text content; software as a service (SaaS) featuring computer software for personal information management, database management, voice recognition, speech to text conversion, processing voice commands and creating audio responses to voice commands; software as a service (SaaS) featuring computer software for connecting, operating, integrating, controlling, and managing networked consumer electronic devices via wireless networks; software as a service (SaaS) featuring computer software for accessing, browsing, and searching online databases, music, radio, audio, video and multi-media and text content, games, and software applications, and software application marketplaces; software as a service (SaaS) featuring computer software for use to connect and control internet of things (IoT) electronic devices; platform as a service (PaaS) featuring computer software platforms for voice command and recognition software, speech to text conversion software, voice-enabled software applications for personal information management; platform as a service (PaaS) featuring computer software platforms for personal assistant software; platform as a service (PaaS) featuring computer software platforms for home automation and home device integration software; platform as a service (PaaS) featuring computer software platforms for wireless communication software for voice, audio, video, and data transmission; provision of information and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the internet

Goods & Services

Cinematographic and photographic films; sound and video recordings; recorded television and radio programmes; motion pictures; animated cartoons; data recordings, data recordings in audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format; programmes and web-based audiovisual content for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers, and in 3D format; apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata; magnetic data carriers, recording discs, memory carriers, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, CD-Is, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards and other carriers, all bearing or for use in bearing sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or programs; computer software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; virtual reality headsets; IP-based computer software for the production, formatting, management and distribution of sound, images and data; DVD game software; computer games software; computer software for personalized and interactive television; downloadable electronic publications; ring tones and graphics (downloadable) for mobile phones; mobile phone cases and covers; computer cases and covers; power packs; ear phones; speakers; dashboard mounts for mobile phones; downloadable graphics for computers; digital music, audio and video recordings (downloadable) from the internet; electronic bulletin boards; mouse mats; radio signal transmitters and receivers; apparatus and instruments for the reception of radio and television broadcasts including the reception of cable, satellite and digital broadcasts; spectacles (glasses), sunglasses; egg timers; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods. Printed publications; paper; cardboard; printed matter; magazines; books; catalogues; programmes; photographs; stationery; artists' materials; paint brushes; instructional and teaching material; printing blocks; posters; cards; postcards; greetings cards; trading cards; invitations; diaries; calendars; photograph albums; prints; gift bags, gift boxes, gift tags and gift wrap; notepads; writing instruments and crayons; writing cases; pencil sharpeners; stickers; transfers; stamps; personal organisers; address books; note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; embroidery, sewing and knitting patterns; postage stamps; coasters made of cardboard and paper; badges made of cardboard and paper; parts and fittings for all the aforementioned. Clothing; footwear; headgear; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods. Toys; games; playthings; playing cards; sporting articles; Christmas decorations; novelty toys; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods. Communications services; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand and near on demand telecommunications; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming (by any means); streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; personalised and interactive telecommunications, broadcasting and transmission services; broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user-generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet or other computer and communications networks; provision of access to a video sharing portal; television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; provision of communications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; webcasting and podcasting services; electronic mail services; news information and news agency services; rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; provision of access to web logs (blogs); provision of access to interactive polling services; providing access to and leasing of access time to a computer database; provision of connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets. Provision of entertainment and recreation; production, presentation and distribution of television and radio programmes, audio, video, still and moving images and data including on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; development of formats for television programmes and films; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema, music, news, current affairs and sports information; personalized and interactive entertainment services; interactive television and radio selection services for viewers; publishing services (including electronic publishing services); provision of non-downloadable electronic publications; organisation, production and presentation of shows, competitions, games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, club entertainment services, exhibitions and events; provision of information, consultancy and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets.

Abstract

A system for delivering content at varying qualities from a server to multiple client across a network has a server side converter and a client side converter. The server side converter makes unicast requests to a server for representations of content and converts these to multiple representations to be delivered as multicast streams. The client side converter receives a request for content from clients, determines a representation of content to obtain and subscribes to an appropriate multicast stream. The client side then converts the multicast stream back into segments available to a client by unicast request. In this way, data is delivered efficiently across a network from a server side to a client side whilst maintaining compatibility that client devices can issue traditional unicast requests.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06F 15/16 - Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs
• H04L 29/06 - Communication control; Communication processing characterised by a protocol
• H04L 29/08 - Transmission control procedure, e.g. data link level control procedure

Goods & Services

Non-medicated toilet preparations; soaps; shampoos; talcum powder; preparations for use in the bath or shower; bubble baths; bath foam; bath salts; bath bombs and bath fizzers; bath oil; shower gel; preparations for the hair; hair gel; preparations for cleaning the teeth; perfumes; eau de cologne; deodorants for personal use; essential oils; toiletries; skin care preparations; disposable wipes impregnated with cleansing compounds for use on the face; cosmetics; perfuming sachets; room fragrance preparations; nail art stickers.

Abstract

A method and device for converting a video signal from a lower dynamic range source to produce a signal usable by target devices of a higher dynamic range comprises converting with a convertor that implements a process in which a received signal is received as a luminance component and separate colour components, A modified luminance component is then produced by applying an expansion function to the luminance component for luminance values above a threshold, applying a gamma function and then applying a scaling function. The modified luminance and separate colour components are then provided as an output signal for display on a target device of a higher dynamic range. The expansion of luminance ensures that the luminance range appropriately matches the range for a target display. By applying the expansion luminance values above a threshold, values below a threshold can be maintained with appropriate values for display.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 11/20 - Conversion of the manner in which the individual colour picture signal components are combined, e.g. conversion of colour television standards
• G06T 5/00 - Image enhancement or restoration
• H04N 5/202 - Gamma control
• H04N 9/67 - Circuits for processing colour signals for matrixing
• H04N 9/77 - Circuits for processing the brightness signal and the chrominance signal relative to each other, e.g. adjusting the phase of the brightness signal relative to the colour signal, correcting differential gain or differential phase

Goods & Services

Cinematographic and photographic films; sound and video recordings; recorded television and radio programmes; motion pictures; animated cartoons; data recordings, data recordings in audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format; programmes and web-based audiovisual content for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers, and in 3D format; apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata; magnetic data carriers, recording discs, memory carriers, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, CD-Is, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards and other carriers, all bearing or for use in bearing sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or programs; software; computer programs; computer software; computer software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; application software; application software for mobile phones, wearable digital electronic devices and other portable digital devices; virtual reality software; virtual reality headsets; educational and learning software; electronic educational and learning apparatus and instruments; IP-based computer software for the production, formatting, management and distribution of sound, images and data; DVD game software; computer games software; computer software for personalized and interactive television; downloadable electronic publications; ring tones and graphics (downloadable) for mobile phones; mobile phone cases and covers; computer cases and covers; power packs; ear phones; speakers; dashboard mounts for mobile phones; downloadable graphics for computers; digital music, audio and video recordings (downloadable) from the internet; electronic bulletin boards; mouse mats; radio signal transmitters and receivers; apparatus and instruments for the reception of radio and television broadcasts including the reception of cable, satellite and digital broadcasts; spectacles (glasses), sunglasses; egg timers; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods. Printed publications; paper; cardboard; printed matter; magazines; books; catalogues; programmes; photographs; stationery; artists' materials; paint brushes; instructional and teaching material; printing blocks; posters; cards; postcards; greetings cards; trading cards; invitations; diaries; calendars; photograph albums; prints; gift bags, gift boxes, gift tags and gift wrap; notepads; writing instruments and crayons; writing cases; pencil sharpeners; stickers; transfers; stamps; personal organisers; address books; note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; embroidery, sewing and knitting patterns; postage stamps; coasters made of cardboard and paper; badges made of cardboard and paper; parts and fittings for all the aforementioned. Clothing; footwear; headgear; parts and fittings for all the aforementioned. Telecommunications; communications services; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand and near on demand telecommunications; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming (by any means); streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; personalised and interactive telecommunications, broadcasting and transmission services; broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user-generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet or other computer and communications networks; provision of access to a video sharing portal; television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; provision of communications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; webcasting and podcasting services; electronic mail services; news information and news agency services; rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; provision of access to web logs (blogs); provision of access to interactive polling services; providing access to and leasing of access time to a computer database; provision of connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets. Provision of entertainment, education, recreation, instruction, tuition and training; production, presentation and distribution of television and radio programmes, audio, video, still and moving images and data including on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; development of formats for television programmes and films; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema, music, news, current affairs, sports and educational information; personalized and interactive entertainment services; interactive television and radio selection services for viewers; publishing services (including electronic publishing services); provision of non-downloadable electronic publications; organisation, production and presentation of shows, competitions, games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, club entertainment services, exhibitions and events; language teaching; provision of information, consultancy and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets.

Goods & Services

Cinematographic and photographic films featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; sound and video recordings featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, animated cartoons, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; pre-recorded records, discs, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards and magnetic data carriers containing sound recordings, video recordings, data files, image files, graphics files, and text files, all of which feature instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images; apparatus for broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, reproducing, encoding and decoding of audio and video content in the nature of radio programs, still and moving images, data and metadata; blank magnetic data carriers, and recording discs all for use in bearing sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or programs; sound, video and data recording and reproducing apparatus; prerecorded memory carriers, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, and mini-disks featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction; downloadable electronic publications in the nature of magazines, books, booklets, and comic strip books all in the fields of outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; downloadable digital music provided from the Internet; computer game software; video games software; video games software for mobile devices, personal computers, consoles, and tablets; electronic computer game programs; downloadable electronic computer game programs; electronic game software; computer game programs; downloadable computer game programs; interactive computer game programs; interactive game software; computer hardware, namely, central processing units for processing data, sound and images; computer software and firmware for use in downloading, storing, reproducing and organizing audio, video, still and moving images and data; downloadable ringtones and computer graphics for mobile phones; educational software featuring instruction in the subjects of mathematics, geography, history, physical education, business studies, science, art, music, drama, film, news, travel, reporting, gardening, developing children's education and entertainment television programs, history, natural history, science, technology, the English language and foreign languages; computer software in electronic form for use in downloading, storing, reproducing and organizing audio, video, still and moving images and data, supplied on-line from databases or from facilities on the Internet; computer software to enable connection to computer databases and the Internet; computer software to enable searching of data; mouse mats; instructional and teaching material, namely, downloadable electronic instructional and teaching apparatus and instruments in the nature of downloadable educational course materials, in the field of instruction, entertainment, education and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports, games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; computer games programs, electronic computer game programs, and computer programs for video games, all adapted for use with an external display screen or monitor; radio receivers and transmitters; spectacles and sunglasses Printed publications, namely, booklets, books, magazines, catalogues, and event programs, all in the fields of instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; stationery; artists' materials, namely, artists' brushes, artists' pastels, artists' pens, painting sets for artists; event programmes; printed event programmes; paint brushes; printing blocks; posters; cards, namely, Christmas cards, flash cards, holiday cards, musical greeting cards, place cards, picture cards; postcards; greetings cards; trading cards other than for games; printed invitations; diaries; calendars; photograph albums; prints; gift bags, gift boxes, paper gift tags and paper and plastic gift wrap; paper notepads; writing instruments and crayons; stickers and transfers; stamps, namely, postage stamps, ink stamps, rubber stamps, address stamps, sealing stamps; personal organisers; address books; note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; printed embroidery, sewing and knitting design patterns; postage stamps; paper and cardboard coasters Television and radio broadcasting; broadcasting, namely, radio broadcasting, cable television broadcasting, digital television broadcasting, satellite television broadcasting and interactive radio broadcasting; communications and telecommunications, namely, transmission of podcasts, transmission of voice, data, graphics, images, audio and video by means of telecommunications networks, wireless communication networks, and the Internet, featuring natural history, nature documentaries, environmental documentaries, sports, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, and television programs; Video broadcasting services over the Internet or other communications network featuring the uploaded, posted and tagged videos of others; streaming of audio and visual programming across the Internet, featuring natural history, nature documentaries, environmental documentaries, sports, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, and television programs; broadcasting of audio, video, still and moving images, text and data, featuring natural history, nature documentaries, environmental documentaries, sports, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, and television programs, rendered through terrestrial broadcasting, satellites, webcasting, and transmission to wireless communication devices, handheld computers, personal digital assistants, and mobile and cellular phones; transmission of electronic mail services; providing television screen-based information, broadcasting and retrieval services, namely, video on demand transmissions via television, satellite and global computer network; electronic bulletin board services, namely, provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; news agencies, namely, the transmission of news items to news reporting organizations; rental of telecommunication facilities, namely, radio and television broadcasting facilities; providing access to and providing user access to a global computer network; and providing information and advisory services in connection with the aforesaid services Provision of ongoing television programs and radio programs in the field of children's entertainment; provision of entertainment in the nature of ongoing television programs and radio programs in the fields of instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science and technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction; educational services, namely, providing courses of instruction in the fields of music, drama, film, news reporting, travel planning, gardening, developing educational and entertainment television programs for children, history, natural history, fiction writing, science, technology, English language instruction, and foreign language instruction, via the Internet, extranets, and computer networks; organizing exhibitions for entertainment, educational, cultural and sporting purposes in the fields of music, drama, film, art, comedy, video games, news reporting, television and radio programming including children's radio and television programs, sporting events, sport documentaries, history, televised works of fiction, televised works of non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, science, technology; production, presentation, distribution, syndication, rental of television, radio, cable television, satellite television and IPTV programs as well as films, sound recordings, and video recordings all in the fields of outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, comedy films, news, travel, gardening, children's entertainment, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, science, technology, foreign language instruction and English language instruction; providing information in the field of entertainment and education on-line from a computer database or the Internet or by communications satellite, microwave or other electronic, digital or analogue media; publishing of books, magazines and articles for others; providing non-downloadable electronic publications in the nature of books, magazines, and articles in the fields of instructional content, entertainment content, and educational content relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction; providing non-downloadable electronic publications, namely, a website featuring blogs in the fields of instructional content, entertainment content, and educational content relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction; organisation, production and presentation of sports competitions, sports games, concerts, exhibitions, game shows, quiz shows, raves, theatrical performances, concerts, and live performances by musical groups, actors, dancers, gymnasts, all for cultural or entertainment purposes; provision of information and advisory services relating to the aforesaid services, including the provision of such services via online from a computer network, via the Internet, or via extranets

Abstract

A method of encoding image or video content within a set of targets such as a time, a complexity, quality, and bitrate, using an encoder having a plurality of coding configurations, comprises setting an initial coding configuration in the encoder, where coding configurations differ one from the other in the number of options tested for each of one or more tools. A first part of the content is encoded in the initial configuration and measures are made of the number of times a specified tool is used and a representative time taken to test an option for that specified tool. From those measures a prediction is made of the time difference between the time taken to encode content using the initial coding configuration and the time taken to encode content using another coding configuration in which a different number of options are tested for that specified tool.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/127 - Prioritisation of hardware or computational resources
• H04N 19/156 - Availability of hardware or computational resources, e.g. encoding based on power-saving criteria
• H04N 19/179 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a scene or a shot
• H04N 19/50 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding

Abstract

A controller for controlling the output of an audio-video feed has an input for receiving audio-video content and a vector engine arranged to produce a continuous metadata value of M dimensions at intervals from the audio-video content. The metadata value may indicate aspect of the video content such as rate, pace, tone or other such information. A low pass filter and hysteresis filter are then provided to filter the continuous metadata value to produce a binary output. The binary output is provided to a retrieval module arranged to control the audio-video content in dependence upon the binary output. In this way, automated segmentation of audio-video content may be reliably achieved.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 21/84 - Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors
• H04N 21/234 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs
• G11B 27/10 - IndexingAddressingTiming or synchronisingMeasuring tape travel
• G11B 27/28 - IndexingAddressingTiming or synchronisingMeasuring tape travel by using information detectable on the record carrier by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording
• G11B 27/031 - Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• G11B 27/34 - Indicating arrangements
• H04N 21/266 - Channel or content management, e.g. generation and management of keys and entitlement messages in a conditional access system or merging a VOD unicast channel into a multicast channel

Abstract

A method and apparatus for delivering multimedia content on the user device comprises obtaining objects each having meta data defining a step expected duration and dependencies to other objections at least some of the objects having associated multimedia content. An ordering algorithm operates on the objects and associated multimedia using the expected duration and dependencies of the objects and that the multimedia is rendered on the user device. These objects are arranged into multiple threads each comprising multiple objects, one of the threads being defined as a user thread being defined as a user thread that contains objects defined as user objects. The user thread requires interaction from a user and so provides a way for ordering and retrieval of the objects to operate in response to user interaction.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 21/854 - Content authoring
• H04N 21/845 - Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments
• H04N 21/8543 - Content authoring using a description language, e.g. MHEG [Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group] or XML [eXtensible Markup Language]
• H04N 21/44 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs
• H04N 21/262 - Content or additional data distribution scheduling, e.g. sending additional data at off-peak times, updating software modules, calculating the carousel transmission frequency, delaying a video stream transmission or generating play-lists
• H04N 21/8541 - Content authoring involving branching, e.g. to different story endings

Abstract

A method of operating a wireless network operating on a single frequency across a geographical area involves dividing the network into regions and arranging that the transmission of signals in subsets of adjacent regions on the same frequency is such that a receiver does not receive signals from more regions than can be separated using demapping techniques. The transmission method evolves a pattern of time slots such that the number of adjacent regions of a subset of regions transmitting simultaneously on a single frequency is less than the number of signals that each receiver is capable of demapping. The demapping arrangements may include MIMO techniques, constellation schemes, QAM.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04H 20/67 - Common-wave systems, i.e. using separate transmitters operating on substantially the same frequency
• H04H 20/42 - Arrangements for resource management
• H04L 5/22 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path using time-division multiplexing
• H04B 7/0413 - MIMO systems
• H04L 27/34 - Amplitude- and phase-modulated carrier systems, e.g. quadrature-amplitude modulated carrier systems

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for processing an OFDM MIMO signal in a system having at least two transmitters arranged to transmit an output signal pair that includes operating a series of transformations on a pair of input signals so that each stream of the output signal pair contains decodable information from both streams of the input signal pair.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
• H04B 7/0413 - MIMO systems
• H04B 7/10 - Polarisation diversityDirectional diversity

Goods & Services

Non-medicated toilet preparations; soaps; shampoos; talcum powder; preparations for use in the bath or shower; bubble baths; bath foam; bath salts; bath bombs and bath fizzers; bath oil; shower gel; preparations for the hair; hair gel; preparations for cleaning the teeth; perfumes; eau de cologne; deodorants for personal use; essential oils; toiletries; skin care preparations; disposable wipes impregnated with cleansing compounds for use on the face; cosmetics; perfuming sachets; room fragrance preparations; nail art stickers. Cinematographic and photographic films; sound and video recordings; recorded television and radio programmes; motion pictures; animated cartoons; data recordings, data recordings in audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format; programmes and web-based audiovisual content for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers, and in 3D format; apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata; magnetic data carriers, recording discs, memory carriers, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, CD-Is, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards and other carriers, all bearing or for use in bearing sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or programs; software; computer programs; computer software, computer software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; application software, application software for mobile phones, wearable digital electronic devices and other portable digital devices; virtual reality software; virtual reality headsets; educational and learning software, electronic educational and learning apparatus and instruments; IP-based computer software for the production, formatting, management and distribution of sound, images and data; DVD game software; computer games software; computer software for personalized and interactive television; downloadable electronic publications; ring tones and graphics (downloadable) for mobile phones; mobile phone cases and covers; computer cases and covers; power packs; ear phones; speakers; dashboard mounts for mobile phones; downloadable graphics for computers; digital music, audio and video recordings (downloadable) from the internet; electronic bulletin boards; mouse mats; radio signal transmitters and receivers; apparatus and instruments for the reception of radio and television broadcasts including the reception of cable, satellite and digital broadcasts; spectacles (glasses), sunglasses; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods, egg timers. Articles of precious metal and their alloys; jewellery; horological and chronometric instruments; badges, coasters, jewellery boxes, key fobs, key rings, key chains, all of precious metal or coated with precious metal; cuff links, tie pins, tie clips, trinkets, watch straps, ornamental pins; watches and clocks. Printed publications; paper; cardboard; tissue; printed matter; magazines; books; catalogues; programmes; photographs; stationery; artists' materials; paint brushes; instructional and teaching material; printing blocks; posters; cards; postcards; greetings cards; trading cards; invitations; diaries; calendars; photograph albums; prints; gift bags, gift boxes, gift tags and gift wrap; notepads; writing instruments and crayons; writing cases; pencil sharpeners; stickers; transfers; stamps; personal organisers; address books; note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; embroidery, sewing and knitting patterns; postage stamps; coasters made of cardboard and paper; badges made of cardboard and paper; toilet paper. Bags and backpacks; umbrellas, parasols; suitcases, travelling bags, garment bags, vanity cases, rucksacks, satchels, holdalls, handbags, shoulder bags, camera cases, shopping bags; purses, pouches, wallets, pocket wallets, key holders, card holders; pochettes; luggage tags; cosmetic cases and bags; clothing for pets, pet collars and leads. Household or kitchen utensils and containers; cupcake baking cups and moulds; combs and sponges; brushes; glassware, porcelain and earthenware; ornaments of china, porcelain, glass, earthenware or terracotta, statuettes and figurines; tableware; plates and ornamental plates; wall plaques; drinking vessels; mugs; jugs; tankards; bottles, insulated bottles and flasks; picnic baskets and boxes; jars; egg cups; lunch boxes; coasters; serving trays; candlesticks; napkin rings and holders; soap boxes; tooth brushes; cleaning instruments, hand-operated; cleaning cloths; cleaning cloths for mobile phone screens; dusters; polishing cloths and leathers; chamois leathers; polishing gloves; buckets; ice scrapers for windscreens; windscreen wiping and demisting pads and cloths; car cleaning sponges; car wash mitts, car drying towels (made of chamois leather); piggy banks; gardening gloves. Textiles and textile goods; badges made of fabric material; table linen; bed linen; bed covers; pillow and cushion covers; curtains, sleeping bags. Clothing; footwear; headgear. Lace and embroidery, ribbons and braid; badges for wear [not of precious metals]; buttons, hooks and eyes, pins and needles; artificial flowers; hair decorations, barrettes and hairbands, charms (other than for jewellery). Toys, games, playthings; playing cards; sporting articles, Christmas decorations, novelty toys. Meat, sausages, fish, poultry and game; prepared meals consisting primarily of meat, fish, poultry, game or vegetables; preserved, frozen, dried and cooked fruits and vegetables; jellies, jams, compotes; eggs and egg products; milk and milk products; fruit desserts, yoghurt desserts, dairy desserts, desserts made from milk products, articifical milk-based desserts, dairy products, yoghurt. Cocoa and cocoa products; chocolate and chocolate-based products; tea and tea-based beverages; sugar; cereals and cereal-based products; bread; pasta, pasta products and prepared meals consisting primarily of pasta; rice and prepared meals consisting primarily of rice; pizza and prepared meals in the form of pizzas; pastry and pastry products; cakes; biscuits; confectionery; ice cream and confectionery ices; rice pudding; custard and custard mixes; frozen yogurt; honey; treacle; vinegar sauces (condiments). Fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh herbs; natural plants and flowers; bulbs, seedlings and seeds for planting. Non-alcoholic beverages; mineral and aerated waters, fruit beverages and fruit juices, syrups, extracts and essences and other preparations for making non-alcoholic beverages. Retail services in relation to badges, keyrings, jewellery, ornaments, printed matter, books, greetings cards, stickers, stationery, household containers and utensils, textile goods, bags, clothing, footwear, headgear, wrist bands, toys, games and playthings, air fresheners. Charitable fundraising services; management and monitoring of charitable funds; provision of information and advice relating to the aforesaid services. Telecommunications; communications services; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand and near on demand telecommunications; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming (by any means); streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; personalised and interactive telecommunications, broadcasting and transmission services; broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user-generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet or other computer and communications networks; providing a video sharing portal; television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; provision of communications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; webcasting and podcasting services; electronic mail services; news information and news agency services; rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; provision of access to web logs (blogs); provision of access to interactive polling services; providing access to and leasing of access time to a computer database; provision of connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets. Provision of entertainment, education, recreation, instruction, tuition and training; production, presentation and distribution of television and radio programmes, audio, video, still and moving images and data including on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema, music, news, current affairs, sports and educational information; personalized and interactive entertainment services; interactive television and radio selection services for viewers; publishing services (including electronic publishing services); provision of non-downloadable electronic publications; organisation, production and presentation of shows, competitions, games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, exhibitions and events; language teaching; provision of information, consultancy and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets.

Goods & Services

Soaps; shampoos; talcum powder; preparations for use in the bath or shower; bubble baths; bath foam; bath salts; bath bombs and bath fizzers; bath oil; shower gel; preparations for the hair; hair gel; preparastions for cleaning the teeth; perfumes; eau de cologne; deodorants for personal use; essential oils; disposable wipes impregnated with cleansing compounds for use on the face; perfuming sachets; room fragrance preparations; nail art stickers; eve liner; mascara; eyebrow pencils. Cinematographic and photographic films; sound and video recordings; recorded television and radio programmes; motion pictures; animated cartoons; data recordings, data recordings in audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format; programmes and web-based audiovisual content for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers, and in 3D format; apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata; magnetic data carriers, recording discs, memory carriers, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, CD-Is, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards and other carriers, all bearing or for use in bearing sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or programs; software; computer programs; computer software, computer software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; application software, application software for mobile phones, wearable digital electronic devices and other portable digital devices; virtual reality software; virtual reality headsets; educational and learning software, electronic educational and learning apparatus and instruments; IP-based computer software for the production, formatting, management and distribution of sound, images and data; DVD game software; computer games software; computer software for personalized and interactive television; downloadable electronic publications; ring tones and graphics (downloadable) for mobile phones; mobile phone cases and covers; computer cases and covers; power packs; ear phones; speakers; dashboard mounts for mobile phones; downloadable graphics for computers; digital music, audio and video recordings (downloadable) from the internet; electronic bulletin boards; mouse mats; radio signal transmitters and receivers; apparatus and instruments for the reception of radio and television broadcasts including the reception of cable, satellite and digital broadcasts; spectacles (glasses), sunglasses; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods; egg timers. Cuff links; tie pins; tie clips; trinkets; ornamental pins. Printed publications; paper; cardboard; tissue; printed matter; magazines; books; catalogues; programmes; photographs; stationery; artists' materials; paint brushes; instructional and teaching material; printing blocks; posters; cards; postcards; greetings cards; trading cards; invitations; diaries; calendars; photograph albums; prints; gift bags, gift boxes, gift tags and gift wrap; notepads; writing instruments and crayons; writing cases; pencil sharpeners; stickers; transfers; stamps; personal organisers; address books; note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; embroidery, sewing and knitting patterns; postage stamps; coasters made of cardboard and paper; badges made of cardboard and paper; toilet paper. Bags and backpacks; umbrellas, parasols; suitcases, travelling bags, garment bags, vanity cases, rucksacks, satchels, holdalls, handbags, shoulder bags, camera cases, shopping bags; purses, pouches, wallets, pocket wallets, key holders, card holders; pochettes; luggage tags; cosmetic cases and bags; clothing for pets, pet collars and leads. Household or kitchen utensils and containers; cupcake baking cups and moulds; combs and sponges; brushes; glassware, porcelain and earthenware; ornaments of china, porcelain, glass, earthenware or terracotta, statuettes and figurines; tableware; plates and ornamental plates; wall plaques; drinking vessels; mugs; jugs; tankards; bottles, insulated bottles and flasks; picnic baskets and boxes; jars; egg cups; lunch boxes; coasters; serving trays; candlesticks; napkin rings and holders; soap boxes; tooth brushes; cleaning instruments, hand-operated; cleaning cloths; cleaning cloths for mobile phone screens; dusters; polishing cloths and leathers; chamois leathers; polishing gloves; buckets; ice scrapers for windscreens; windscreen wiping and demisting pads and cloths; car cleaning sponges; car wash mitts, car drying towels (made of chamois leather); piggy banks; gardening gloves. Textiles and textile goods; badges made of fabric material; table linen; bed linen; bed covers; pillow and cushion covers; curtains, sleeping bags. Clothing; footwear; headgear; all these products being exclusively related to a mascot of a charitable association. Lace and embroidery, ribbons and braid; badges for wear [not of precious metals]; buttons, hooks and eyes, pins and needles; artificial flowers; hair decorations, barrettes and hairbands, charms (other than for jewellery). Toys, games, playthings; none of the aforesaid being toy cosmetics; playing cards; sporting articles, Christmas decorations, novelty toys. Meat, sausages, fish, poultry and game; prepared meals consisting primarily of meat, fish, poultry, game or vegetables; preserved, frozen, dried and cooked fruits and vegetables; jellies, jams, compotes; eggs and egg products; milk and milk products; fruit desserts, yoghurt desserts, dairy desserts, desserts made frokm milk products, artifical milk-based desserts, dairy products, yoghurt. Cocoa and cocoa products; chocolate and chocolate-based products; tea and tea-based beverages; sugar; cereals and cereal-based products; bread; pasta, pasta products and prepared meals consisting primarily of pasta; rice and prepared meals consisting primarily of rice; pizza and prepared meals in the form of pizzas; pastry and pastry products; cakes; biscuits; confectionery; ice cream and confectionery ices; rice pudding; custard and custard mixes; frozen yogurt; honey; treacle; vinegar sauces (condiments). Fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh herbs; bulbs for planing, excluding flower bulbs; seedlings and seeds for planting. Non-alcoholic beverages; mineral and aerated waters, fruit beverages and fruit juices, syrups, extracts and essences and other preparations for making non-alcoholic beverages. Charitable fundraising services; management and monitoring of charitable funds; provision of information and advice relating to the aforesaid services. Telecommunications; communications services; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand and near on demand telecommunications; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming (by any means); streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; personalised and interactive telecommunications, broadcasting and transmission services; broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user-generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet or other computer and communications networks; providing a video sharing portal; television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; provision of communications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; webcasting and podcasting services; electronic mail services; news information and news agency services; rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; provision of access to web logs (blogs); provision of access to interactive polling services; providing access to and leasing of access time to a computer database; provision of connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets. Provision of entertainment, education, recreation, instruction, tuition and training; production, presentation and distribution of television and radio programmes, audio, video, still and moving images and data including on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema, music, news, current affairs, sports and educational information; personalized and interactive entertainment services; interactive television and radio selection services for viewers; publishing services (including electronic publishing services); provision of non-downloadable electronic publications; organisation, production and presentation of shows, competitions, games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, exhibitions and events; language teaching; provision of information, consultancy and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets.

Goods & Services

Non-medicated toilet preparations; soaps; shampoos; talcum powder; preparations for use in the bath or shower; bubble baths; bath foam; bath salts; bath bombs and bath fizzers; bath oil; shower gel; preparations for the hair; hair gel; preparations for cleaning the teeth; perfumes; eau de cologne; deodorants for personal use; essential oils; toiletries; skin care preparations; disposable wipes impregnated with cleansing compounds for use on the face; cosmetics; perfuming sachets; room fragrance preparations; nail art stickers. Cinematographic and photographic films; sound and video recordings; recorded television and radio programmes; motion pictures; animated cartoons; data recordings, data recordings in audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format; programmes and web-based audiovisual content for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers, and in 3D format; apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata; magnetic data carriers, recording discs, memory carriers, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, CD-Is, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards and other carriers, all bearing or for use in bearing sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or programs; software; computer programs; computer software, computer software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; application software, application software for mobile phones, wearable digital electronic devices and other portable digital devices; virtual reality software; virtual reality headsets; educational and learning software, electronic educational and learning apparatus and instruments; IP-based computer software for the production, formatting, management and distribution of sound, images and data; DVD game software; computer games software; computer software for personalized and interactive television; downloadable electronic publications; ring tones and graphics (downloadable) for mobile phones; mobile phone cases and covers; computer cases and covers; power packs; ear phones; speakers; dashboard mounts for mobile phones; downloadable graphics for computers; digital music, audio and video recordings (downloadable) from the internet; electronic bulletin boards; mouse mats; radio signal transmitters and receivers; apparatus and instruments for the reception of radio and television broadcasts including the reception of cable, satellite and digital broadcasts; spectacles (glasses), sunglasses; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods, egg timers. Articles of precious metal and their alloys; jewellery; horological and chronometric instruments; badges, coasters, jewellery boxes, key fobs, key rings, key chains, all of precious metal or coated with precious metal; cuff links, tie pins, tie clips, trinkets, watch straps, ornamental pins; watches and clocks. Printed publications; paper; cardboard; tissue; printed matter; magazines; books; catalogues; programmes; photographs; stationery; artists' materials; paint brushes; instructional and teaching material; printing blocks; posters; cards; postcards; greetings cards; trading cards; invitations; diaries; calendars; photograph albums; prints; gift bags, gift boxes, gift tags and gift wrap; notepads; writing instruments and crayons; writing cases; pencil sharpeners; stickers; transfers; stamps; personal organisers; address books; note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; embroidery, sewing and knitting patterns; postage stamps; coasters made of cardboard and paper; badges made of cardboard and paper; toilet paper. Bags and backpacks; umbrellas, parasols; suitcases, travelling bags, garment bags, vanity cases, rucksacks, satchels, holdalls, handbags, shoulder bags, camera cases, shopping bags; purses, pouches, wallets, pocket wallets, key holders, card holders; pochettes; luggage tags; cosmetic cases and bags; clothing for pets, pet collars and leads. Household or kitchen utensils and containers; cupcake baking cups and moulds; combs and sponges; brushes; glassware, porcelain and earthenware; ornaments of china, porcelain, glass, earthenware or terracotta, statuettes and figurines; tableware; plates and ornamental plates; wall plaques; drinking vessels; mugs; jugs; tankards; bottles, insulated bottles and flasks; picnic baskets and boxes; jars; egg cups; lunch boxes; coasters; serving trays; candlesticks; napkin rings and holders; soap boxes; tooth brushes; cleaning instruments, hand-operated; cleaning cloths; cleaning cloths for mobile phone screens; dusters; polishing cloths and leathers; chamois leathers; polishing gloves; buckets; ice scrapers for windscreens; windscreen wiping and demisting pads and cloths; car cleaning sponges; car wash mitts, car drying towels (made of chamois leather); piggy banks; gardening gloves. Textiles and textile goods; badges made of fabric material; table linen; bed linen; bed covers; pillow and cushion covers; curtains, sleeping bags. Clothing; footwear; headgear. Lace and embroidery, ribbons and braid; badges for wear [not of precious metals]; buttons, hooks and eyes, pins and needles; artificial flowers; hair decorations, barrettes and hairbands, charms (other than for jewellery). Toys, games, playthings; playing cards; sporting articles, Christmas decorations, novelty toys. Meat, sausages, fish, poultry and game; prepared meals consisting primarily of meat, fish, poultry, game or vegetables; preserved, frozen, dried and cooked fruits and vegetables; jellies, jams, compotes; eggs and egg products; milk and milk products; fruit desserts, yoghurt desserts, dairy desserts, desserts made from milk products, articifical milk-based desserts, dairy products, yoghurt. Cocoa and cocoa products; chocolate and chocolate-based products; tea and tea-based beverages; sugar; cereals and cereal-based products; bread; pasta, pasta products and prepared meals consisting primarily of pasta; rice and prepared meals consisting primarily of rice; pizza and prepared meals in the form of pizzas; pastry and pastry products; cakes; biscuits; confectionery; ice cream and confectionery ices; rice pudding; custard and custard mixes; frozen yogurt; honey; treacle; vinegar sauces (condiments). Fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh herbs; natural plants and flowers; bulbs, seedlings and seeds for planting. Non-alcoholic beverages; mineral and aerated waters, fruit beverages and fruit juices, syrups, extracts and essences and other preparations for making non-alcoholic beverages. Charitable fundraising services; management and monitoring of charitable funds; provision of information and advice relating to the aforesaid services. Telecommunications; communications services; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand and near on demand telecommunications; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming (by any means); streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; personalised and interactive telecommunications, broadcasting and transmission services; broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user-generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet or other computer and communications networks; providing a video sharing portal; television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; provision of communications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; webcasting and podcasting services; electronic mail services; news information and news agency services; rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; provision of access to web logs (blogs); provision of access to interactive polling services; providing access to and leasing of access time to a computer database; provision of connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets. Provision of entertainment, education, recreation, instruction, tuition and training; production, presentation and distribution of television and radio programmes, audio, video, still and moving images and data including on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema, music, news, current affairs, sports and educational information; personalized and interactive entertainment services; interactive television and radio selection services for viewers; publishing services (including electronic publishing services); provision of non-downloadable electronic publications; organisation, production and presentation of shows, competitions, games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, exhibitions and events; language teaching; provision of information, consultancy and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets.

Goods & Services

Non-medicated toilet preparations; soaps; shampoos; talcum powder; preparations for use in the bath or shower; bubble baths; bath foam; bath salts; bath bombs and bath fizzers; bath oil; shower gel; preparations for the hair; hair gel; preparations for cleaning the teeth; perfumes; eau de cologne; deodorants for personal use; essential oils; toiletries; skin care preparations; disposable wipes impregnated with cleansing compounds for use on the face; cosmetics; perfuming sachets; room fragrance preparations; nail art stickers. Cinematographic and photographic films; sound and video recordings; recorded television and radio programmes; motion pictures; animated cartoons; data recordings, data recordings in audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format; programmes and web-based audiovisual content for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers, and in 3D format; apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata; magnetic data carriers, recording discs, memory carriers, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, CD-Is, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards and other carriers, all bearing or for use in bearing sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or programs; software; computer programs; computer software, computer software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; application software, application software for mobile phones, wearable digital electronic devices and other portable digital devices; virtual reality software; virtual reality headsets; educational and learning software, electronic educational and learning apparatus and instruments; IP-based computer software for the production, formatting, management and distribution of sound, images and data; DVD game software; computer games software; computer software for personalized and interactive television; downloadable electronic publications; ring tones and graphics (downloadable) for mobile phones; mobile phone cases and covers; computer cases and covers; power packs; ear phones; speakers; dashboard mounts for mobile phones; downloadable graphics for computers; digital music, audio and video recordings (downloadable) from the internet; electronic bulletin boards; mouse mats; radio signal transmitters and receivers; apparatus and instruments for the reception of radio and television broadcasts including the reception of cable, satellite and digital broadcasts; spectacles (glasses), sunglasses; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods; egg timers. Articles of precious metal and their alloys; jewellery; horological and chronometric instruments; badges, coasters, jewellery boxes, key fobs, key rings, key chains, all of precious metal or coated with precious metal; cuff links, tie pins, tie clips, trinkets, watch straps, ornamental pins; watches and clocks. Printed publications; paper; cardboard; tissue; printed matter; magazines; books; catalogues; programmes; photographs; stationery; artists' materials; paint brushes; instructional and teaching material; printing blocks; posters; cards; postcards; greetings cards; trading cards; invitations; diaries; calendars; photograph albums; prints; gift bags, gift boxes, gift tags and gift wrap; notepads; writing instruments and crayons; writing cases; pencil sharpeners; stickers; transfers; stamps; personal organisers; address books; note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; embroidery, sewing and knitting patterns; postage stamps; coasters made of cardboard and paper; badges made of cardboard and paper; toilet paper. Bags and backpacks; umbrellas, parasols; suitcases, travelling bags, garment bags, vanity cases, rucksacks, satchels, holdalls, handbags, shoulder bags, camera cases, shopping bags; purses, pouches, wallets, pocket wallets, key holders, card holders; pochettes; luggage tags; cosmetic cases and bags; clothing for pets, pet collars and leads. Household or kitchen utensils and containers; cupcake baking cups and moulds; combs and sponges; brushes; glassware, porcelain and earthenware; ornaments of china, porcelain, glass, earthenware or terracotta, statuettes and figurines; tableware; plates and ornamental plates; wall plaques; drinking vessels; mugs; jugs; tankards; bottles, insulated bottles and flasks; picnic baskets and boxes; jars; egg cups; lunch boxes; coasters; serving trays; candlesticks; napkin rings and holders; soap boxes; tooth brushes; cleaning instruments, hand-operated; cleaning cloths; cleaning cloths for mobile phone screens; dusters; polishing cloths and leathers; chamois leathers; polishing gloves; buckets; ice scrapers for windscreens; windscreen wiping and demisting pads and cloths; car cleaning sponges; car wash mitts, car drying towels (made of chamois leather); piggy banks; gardening gloves. Textiles and textile goods; badges made of fabric material; table linen; bed linen; bed covers; pillow and cushion covers; curtains, sleeping bags. Clothing; footwear; headgear. Lace and embroidery, ribbons and braid; badges for wear [not of precious metals]; buttons, hooks and eyes, pins and needles; artificial flowers; hair decorations, barrettes and hairbands, charms (other than for jewellery). Toys, games, playthings; playing cards; sporting articles, Christmas decorations, novelty toys. Meat, sausages, fish, poultry and game; prepared meals consisting primarily of meat, fish, poultry, game or vegetables; preserved, frozen, dried and cooked fruits and vegetables; jellies, jams, compotes; eggs and egg products; milk and milk products; fruit desserts, yoghurt desserts, dairy desserts, desserts made from milk products, articifical milk-based desserts, dairy products, yoghurt. Cocoa and cocoa products; chocolate and chocolate-based products; tea and tea-based beverages; sugar; cereals and cereal-based products; bread; pasta, pasta products and prepared meals consisting primarily of pasta; rice and prepared meals consisting primarily of rice; pizza and prepared meals in the form of pizzas; pastry and pastry products; cakes; biscuits; confectionery; ice cream and confectionery ices; rice pudding; custard and custard mixes; frozen yogurt; honey; treacle; vinegar sauces (condiments). Fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh herbs; natural plants and flowers; bulbs, seedlings and seeds for planting. Non-alcoholic beverages; mineral and aerated waters, fruit beverages and fruit juices, syrups, extracts and essences and other preparations for making non-alcoholic beverages. Charitable fundraising services; management and monitoring of charitable funds; provision of information and advice relating to the aforesaid services. Telecommunications; communications services; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand and near on demand telecommunications; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming (by any means); streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; personalised and interactive telecommunications, broadcasting and transmission services; broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user-generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet or other computer and communications networks; providing a video sharing portal; television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; provision of communications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; webcasting and podcasting services; electronic mail services; news information and news agency services; rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; provision of access to web logs (blogs); provision of access to interactive polling services; providing access to and leasing of access time to a computer database; provision of connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets. Provision of entertainment, education, recreation, instruction, tuition and training; production, presentation and distribution of television and radio programmes, audio, video, still and moving images and data including on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema, music, news, current affairs, sports and educational information; personalized and interactive entertainment services; interactive television and radio selection services for viewers; publishing services (including electronic publishing services); provision of non-downloadable electronic publications; organisation, production and presentation of shows, competitions, games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, exhibitions and events; language teaching; provision of information, consultancy and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets.

Goods & Services

Recorded data; information technology and audiovisual equipment; magnets, magnetizing and demagnetizing devices; apparatus for physical reactions by means of electricity; apparatus, instruments and cables for electricity; optical apparatus and equipment, amplifiers and correctors; security, safety, protection and signaling devices and equipment; navigation, orientation, location tracking, tracking and mapping devices; measuring, detection and monitoring instruments, apparatus and controllers; scientific research and laboratory apparatus, educational apparatus and simulators; parts and accessories for all the aforesaid goods, included in this class; optical apparatus; devices for recording, transmission and reproduction of sound and images; electronic devices for video on demand [vod] and for other viewing offers; electronic devices for pay-per-view tv, interactive television and teleshopping; cinematographic apparatus; cameras; mechanisms for coin-operated apparatus, included in this class; computer software; phonograph records, compact discs [sound, picture], dvds [sound, picture] and blu-ray discs [sound, image], all the above goods in recorded and unrecorded form. Precious stones, pearls and precious metals and imitations thereof; jewelry; chronometric instruments; other goods of precious metal and precious stones, and imitations thereof, namely statues or figurines made from or coated with precious metal or semi-precious metal or stones or imitations thereof, ornaments, coins and tokens made from or coated with precious metal or semi-precious metal or stones or imitations thereof, works of art of precious metal, key rings [jewelry or key rings]; jewelry boxes and watch boxes; parts and accessories for all the aforesaid goods, included in this class. Works of art and figurines of paper or cardboard and architectural models; decorating and art materials and media; bags and articles for packaging, wrapping and storage purposes of paper, cardboard or plastic; stationery and educational supplies; adhesives for stationery or household purposes; disposable paper products, namely, packaging materials; printed matter; paper and cardboard; parts and accessories for all the aforesaid goods, included in this class; books; newspapers; magazines; paper; cardboard; letterhead; pamphlets; folders for documents; paper sheets for notes; paper or cardboard advertising signs; place mats of paper; placards of paper; photographs; money holders; paper folders. Umbrellas and parasols; walking sticks; luggage, bags, wallets and other carriers; leather and leather imitations, fur and animal skins and goods made thereof, namely, shopping bags, handbags, toiletry bags, traveling bags and rucksacks, trunks and travelling bags; skins and hides; clothing for animals; parts and accessories for all the aforesaid goods, included in this class. Clothing; footwear; headgear; parts and accessories for all the aforesaid goods, included in this class. Sporting articles and equipment; Christmas tree decorations; fairground and playground apparatus; toys, games, playthings and curiosities; coin-operated gaming machines; slot machines and coin-operated entertainment machines; playing cards; parts and accessories for all the aforesaid goods, included in this class. Prepared meals and savory snacks, in particular snacks based on corn, cereals, flour and sesame, biscuits and crackers, dumplings, pancakes, pasta, rice and cereal dishes, pies and farinaceous foods, sandwiches and pizzas, spring and seaweed rolls, steamed bread rolls, tortilla dishes; edible salt; seasonings, flavorings and condiments for beverages; pastry and confectionery, including pastry, confectionery, chocolate and desserts, dessert mousses [confectionary]; ice cream desserts; sugar, natural sweeteners, sweet coatings and fillings as well as bee products for food purposes; ice, ice cream, frozen yogurt, sorbets; coffee, tea, cocoa and substitutes therefor; processed grains and starches for foodstuffs, and products thereof, baking preparations and yeast; honey; fruit gum; liquorice [confectionery]; chewing gum; sweets; sauces [condiments]; spices. Advertising, marketing and sales promotion; commercial services and consumer information services, namely auctioneering services, rental of automatic vending machines, commercial intermediation services, organising business contacts, collective buying, commercial evaluation services, preparation of competitions, agency services, import and export services, negotiation and commercial intermediation services, ordering services, price comparison services, procurement services for third parties, subscription services; retail services relating to the products of classes 9, 14, 16, 18, 25, 28 and 30 referred to in this class index; psychological testing for the selection of employees, namely psychological testing for the selection of personnel; arranging and conducting of casting events for advertising and promotional purposes; market research for marketing purposes, media monitoring [market analysis] and advertising research, as included in this class; distribution and demonstration of goods for advertising purposes; ticket sales for advertising events. Telecommunications; telecommunications services; transmission of electronic mail; collecting and providing news [press agencies]; collecting and providing press reports; broadcast and transmission of television and radio broadcasts, transmission of broadcasts, data and data collection, as well as apps on the internet and other audiovisual media for reception on stationary or mobile terminal devices; telecommunication services in the area of video on demand, interactive television, free tv, pay-per-view tv, all of the above services provided by using all available distribution channels, in particular terrestrial distribution, cable distribution, satellite distribution, dsl, digital distribution; broadcasting of teleshopping programmes; providing access to electronic programmer guides in data networks; rental, letting and leasing of objects in connection with the provision of the aforesaid services included in this class; consultancy and information relating to the aforesaid services included in this class. Publishing and reporting; education and sports; training; entertainment, namely the organization and presentation of show, quiz, music and dance events; organization of competitions in the fields of education, entertainment and sports; organization and conducting of cultural, entertainment and sporting events for charity purposes; services for the promotion of talent, namely the search for talents for third parties by means of seminars, trainings, conferences and shows; advance sale of tickets for cultural and sporting events; conducting prize games; design and production of television and radio broadcasts as well as of the program and presentations in online access media, in particular the internet and mobile terminal devices; sporting activities; cultural activities; arranging and conducting of casting activities, namely the organization and conducting of shows for cultural and entertainment purposes; demonstration, leasing and rental of cinema, video films and other films. Development of database software [programming services] to provide information on the internet and other audiovisual media, as well as the creation of homepages and websites on the internet and other audiovisual media; technical consultancy with regard to the development, design, production and transmission of television and radio programs and databases, as well as presentations on the internet and in other audiovisual media; technical advice on the use of programs for data processing; technical consultancy services relating to telecommunications, the internet, extranets and intranets; hardware and software consultancy, in particular consultancy on the conception, implementation and configuration of hardware, software and computer networks as a service; preparation of data processing programmes; implementation and configuration of software, namely individual intranet, extranet and internet solutions, as far as included in this class; technical development of electronic program guides [software]; updating of websites for third parties, monitoring of computer systems by remote access; design services.

Abstract

In video coding or decoding, coding blocks in a current frame are predicted from blocks in previously encoded frames with prediction samples and associated information organised in a prediction unit. A decision on which prediction unit type to consider for coding is made upon analysis of the distribution of a sum of absolute difference or other function of the residual signal over the block.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
• H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
• H04N 19/109 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of temporal predictive coding modes
• H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
• H04N 19/179 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a scene or a shot
• H04N 19/14 - Coding unit complexity, e.g. amount of activity or edge presence estimation
• H04N 19/31 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability in the temporal domain
• H04N 19/137 - Motion inside a coding unit, e.g. average field, frame or block difference

Goods & Services

Computers; computer hardware and software and parts and accessories therefor in International Class 9; computer peripherals; computer hardware; personal computers; hand held computers; microcomputers; computer networks; computer programs; interfaces for computers; downloadable computer software; downloadable computer programs; mounts for integrated circuits and microprocessors; flash memory; flash memory cards; USB sticks; SD card; computer games; USB flash drives; microprocessors; memory boards; keyboards; cables; modems; solid state drives; remote control for computers; circuit boards; integrated circuits; buses for computers; ports for computers; expansion cards for computers; magnetic, optical, and electronic data storage materials and devices; computer memory devices; batteries; chargers; global positioning systems; communications equipment; apparatus for data storage; computer cases; parts and accessories for mobile telephones; bags and cases adapted or shaped to contain tablet computers, notebook computers, hand held computers, personal digital assistants, electronic organisers and electronic notepads; computer programs for accessing, browsing and searching online databases; operating system software; application software; data synchronisation software; software development tool programs; computer desktop utility software; software for data encryption; software for analysing and recovering data; computer software used for document management, file management and database management; software for computer system backup and data storage; software for telecommunication and communication via local or global communications networks, including the Internet, intranets, extranets, television, mobile communication, cellular and satellite networks; software for access to communications networks including the Internet; software for social media platforms; computer software to enable uploading, downloading, accessing, posting, displaying, tagging, blogging, streaming, linking, sharing or otherwise providing electronic media or information via computer and communication networks; software for mobile telephone and portable computer applications; instructional material relating to the foregoing; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods; user manuals in electronically readable, machine readable or computer readable form. Paper, cardboard; printed matter; photographs; instructional and teaching material (except apparatus); plastic materials for packaging (not included in other classes); instructional and teaching material; printed matter relating to computers, computer peripherals computer hardware, computer software or computing services; documents and publications relating to computers, computer peripherals computer hardware, computer software or computing services; manuals; printed publications; books; magazines; periodicals; newspapers; booklets; pamphlets; printed advertising and promotional material; catalogues; handbooks; operating manuals; brochures; computer hardware users guide; computer instruction manuals; bookmarks; stickers; posters; diagrams; graphic prints; paper badges; paper bags; pens; pencils; writing instruments; erasers; pencil sharpeners; pen cases; pencil cases; rulers; pen holders; pencil holders. Games and playthings; gymnastic and sporting articles not included in other classes; decorations for Christmas trees; toys; electronic hand-held game units; playing cards; dice; board games; battery operated toys; electronic toys; electronic computer games; arcade video games; video game machines; computer gaming machines; soft toys; teddy bears; puppets; dolls; toy vehicles; masks; party favours; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods. Telecommunications; communications services; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television), DSL (Digital Subscriber Line), satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand and near on demand telecommunications; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming (by any means); streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; personalised and interactive telecommunications, broadcasting and transmission services; broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user-generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet or other computer and communications networks; providing a video sharing portal; television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; television screen based information broadcasting and retrieval services; provision of communications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; webcasting and podcasting services; electronic mail services; news information and news agency services; rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; provision of access to web logs (blogs); provision of access to interactive polling services; providing access to and leasing of access time to a computer database; provision of connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets. Education; providing of training; entertainment; sporting and cultural activities; charitable services, namely providing education and training; organisation of sporting and cultural activities for charitable purposes; arranging and conducting of conferences and seminars; education services in relation to computers; the publication of books, texts and magazines; production of course materials distributed at seminars, exhibitions and classes; providing on-line electronic publications, not downloadable; publication of electronic books, manuals and journals on-line; developing and conducting educational programs in relation to computers; organisation of quizzes; organisation of conferences; organisation of competitions; arranging for students to participate in educational activities; organisation of fundraising activities and events; organisation of charity activities and events; production and presentation of television programmes, films, sound and video recordings; organisation, production and presentation of shows and audience participation events; game services provided on-line from a computer network; instruction services in the field of computers; teaching and tuition services in the field of computers; online tutorials in the field of computers; providing instructional videos in the field of computers; online publishing in relation to computers; providing online electronic publications (non-downloadable) relating to computers; photo sharing and video sharing services; publication of electronic journals and web logs, featuring user generated or specified content; providing webinars in the field of computers. Design and development of computer hardware and software; research and development of computer hardware and software; support and consultation services for design and development of computer systems, databases and applications; installation, maintenance and repair of computer software; computer software programming; design and development of computers, computer peripherals, computer media, computer memory devices, digital data storage devices and systems, hard disk drives, solid state disk drives, miniature fixed disk drives and computer storage disks; technical information relating to computer hardware or software provided on-line from a global computer network or the Internet; computer systems analysis; computer programming services; creating and maintaining web-sites; application service provider (ASP) services; computer services, namely, creating virtual communities for users to participate in discussions and forums, engage in social, business and community networking and share information, photographs and videos; information, advisory and consultancy services relating to all the aforesaid; technical online information and technical database information services relating to computers; production of computer programmes; providing online electronic information relating to computers.

Abstract

A method and device for converting a video signal from a lower dynamic range source to produce a signal usable by target devices of a higher dynamic range comprises converting with a convertor that implements a process in which a received signal is received as a luminance component and separate colour components, A modified luminance component is then produced by applying an expansion function to the luminance component for luminance values above a threshold, applying a gamma function and then applying a scaling function. The modified luminance and separate colour components are then provided as an output signal for display on a target device of a higher dynamic range. The expansion of luminance ensures that the luminance range appropriately matches the range for a target display. By applying the expansion luminance values above a threshold, values below a threshold can be maintained with appropriate values for display.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06T 5/00 - Image enhancement or restoration
• H04N 5/202 - Gamma control
• H04N 9/67 - Circuits for processing colour signals for matrixing

Goods & Services

(1) Cinematographic and photographic films featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; pre-recorded CDs and DVDs featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, motion pictures and television programs, news, travel, gardening, animated cartoons, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events in the form of dance performances, live theater productions, cosplay entertainment events, and personal appearances by a theatrical celebrity or movie star, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction books, science, computer technology, medical technology and environmental technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; pre-recorded phonograph records, discs, tapes, secure digital (SD) memory cards containing sound recordings, video recordings, data files, image files, graphics files, and text files, all of which feature instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, motion pictures and television programs, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events in the form of dance performances, live theater productions, cosplay entertainment events, and personal appearances by a theatrical celebrity or movie star, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction books, science, computer technology, medical technology and environmental technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; computer hardware and software for recording, transmission and reproduction of audio recordings relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events in the form of dance performances, live theater productions, cosplay entertainment events, and personal appearances by a theatrical celebrity or movie star, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, computer technology, medical technology and environmental technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction, and digital images; computer hardware and software to enable broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, reproducing, encoding and decoding of radio programs, still and moving images, data and metadata in the field of outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events in the form of dance performances, live theater productions, cosplay entertainment events, and personal appearances by a theatrical celebrity or movie star, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, computer technology, medical technology and environmental technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction; blank secure digital (SD) memory cards, and blank CD-ROMs for sound or video recording; sound, video and data recording and reproducing apparatus, namely personal video recorders (PVRs); prerecorded secure digital (SD) memory cards , compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, and mini-disks featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, motion pictures and television programs, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events in the form of dance performances, live theater productions, cosplay entertainment events, and personal appearances by a theatrical celebrity or movie star, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction books, science, computer technology, medical technology and environmental technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction; downloadable electronic publications in the nature of magazines, books, booklets, and comic strip books all in the fields of outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, motion pictures and television programs, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events in the form of dance performances, live theater productions, cosplay entertainment events, and personal appearances by a theatrical celebrity or movie star, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction books, science, computer technology, medical technology and environmental technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; downloadable digital music provided from the Internet; computer games, computer video games, and computer games downloadable from a global computer network; video games; video games for mobile devices, personal computers, consoles, and tablets; electronic game cartridges; downloadable electronic games and downloadable electronic games for use with mobile telephones, handheld computers and tablet computers; computer video games; downloadable computer games, downloadable applications for mobile phones to download video games via the Internet, downloadable applications for handheld computers to download video games, downloadable applications for tablet computers to download video games; interactive multimedia computer games; computer hardware; computer software and firmware for use in downloading, storing, reproducing and organizing audio recordings, video, still and moving images and data relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events in the form of dance performances, live theater productions, cosplay entertainment events, and personal appearances by a theatrical celebrity or movie star, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, computer technology, medical technology and environmental technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction; downloadable ringtones and computer graphics for mobile phones; educational software featuring instruction in the subjects of mathematics, geography, history, physical education, business studies, science, art, music, drama, movies and television programs, news, travel, gardening, developing children's education and entertainment television programs, history, natural history, science, computer technology and environmental technology, the English language and foreign languages; computer software in electronic form for use in downloading, storing, reproducing and organizing audio recordings, video, still and moving images and data, relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events in the form of dance performances, live theater productions, cosplay entertainment events, and personal appearances by a theatrical celebrity or movie star, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, computer technology, medical technology and environmental technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction supplied on-line from databases and from facilities on the Internet; computer programs for connecting to remote computers and computer networks and the Internet; computer search engine software; mouse mats; downloadable electronic instructional and teaching apparatus and instruments, namely, pre-recorded audio cassette tapes, compact discs and DVD's, accessible via the internet and remote databases, all featuring instruction, entertainment, education and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, motion pictures and television programs, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports, interactive board games and computer games, and virtual reality games, live concerts and entertainment events in the form of dance performances, live theater productions, cosplay entertainment events, and personal appearances by a theatrical celebrity or movie star, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction books, science, computer technology and environmental technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; downloadable computer games, electronic games, and video games, all for use with mobile telephones, handheld computer and tablet computers; radio receivers and transmitters; spectacles and sunglasses (2) Printed publications, namely, booklets, books, magazines, catalogues, and event programs, all featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; paper stationery and writing stationery; artists' materials namely, artists' brushes, artists' pastels, artists' pens, painting sets for artists; event programmes; printed event programmes; paint brushes; printing blocks; posters; cards namely, Christmas cards, flash cards, holiday cards, musical greeting cards, place cards, picture cards; postcards; greetings cards; trading cards; printed invitations; diaries; calendars; photograph albums; art prints and photographic prints; gift bags, gift boxes, paper gift tags and paper and plastic gift wrap; paper notepads; writing instruments and crayons; stickers and transfers; ink stamps and rubber stamps; personal organisers; address books; note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; embroidery, sewing and knitting design patterns; paper and cardboard coasters (3) Leather and imitation leather bags and shopping bags; backpacks; umbrellas, parasols; suitcases, travelling bags, garment bags for travel, vanity cases sold empty, rucksacks, satchels, holdalls, handbags, shoulder bags, textile shopping bags; canvas shopping bags; purses, pouches, wallets, business card holders; credit card holders; pochettes; luggage tags; cosmetic cases sold empty and cosmetic bags sold empty (4) Clothing, namely, shirts, hooded tops, fleece tops and knit tops, sweaters, sweatshirts, vests pants, jeans, shorts, sweatpants, overalls, skirts, dresses, swim suits, jackets, coats, robes, ties, belts, gloves, mittens, pajamas, underwear, footwear, namely slippers, shoes, boots, and athletic footwear; headgear, namely, caps, visors, hats, earmuffs, berets (5) Toys, games and playthings, namely, dolls, plush toys, soft sculpture toys, namely, soft toys in the shape of animals and imaginary animals, puppets, bath toys, costume masks, toy musical boxes, toy musical instruments, toy models, namely, figures made from toy modeling dough, action figures, vehicles, and playsets therefor; sporting articles, namely, baseball gloves, handball gloves, skateboards, roller skates, in line skates, baseball bats, tennis and squash rackets, knee pads, elbow pads for athletic use; dolls; soft sculpture toys; plush toys; toy and novelty face masks; toy musical boxes; toy musical instruments; toy models, namely, figures made from toy modeling dough, toy model cars, toy model train sets; puzzles; kites; play balls and play balloons; flippers for swimming; swim floats for recreational use and inflatable toys for play purposes; playing cards; puppets; plastic toys, namely, plastic scale models sold in kit form; plastic character toys, plastic toys for use in the bath; bath toys; playsets for dolls, playsets containing infant toys; infant development toys; wheeled toys, namely, toy cars, toy bicycles, and toy tricycles and ride-on toys; toy scooters, children's toy bicycles other than for transport; ride-on toys; sit-on rides, namely, ride-on toys; doll costumes being children's playthings; handheld units for playing electronic games; electronic hand-held games (6) Cocoa; cocoa products, namely, chocolate, and chocolate used in confectionery products; sugar; preparations made from cereals, namely, cereal based snack foods, cereal bars, instant oatmeal, oatmeal, breakfast cereal; bread; pastry and pastry products, namely, Danish pastries, toaster pastries; cakes; biscuits; confectionery, namely, candy and confectionery chips for baking; ice cream and confectionery ices; frozen yogurt; honey; treacle; vinegar sauces in the nature of condiments, namely, barbecue sauce, dipping sauce, chili sauce; pasta and pasta products, namely, dried pasta, fresh pasta, pasta for soup, pasta shells, noodles, spaghetti, pasta sauce (1) Television and radio broadcasting, broadcasting, namely, radio broadcasting, cable television broadcasting, digital television broadcasting, satellite television broadcasting and interactive radio broadcasting, communications and telecommunications, namely, transmission of podcasts, transmission of voice, data, graphics, images, audio and video by means of telecommunications networks, wireless communication networks, and the Internet, featuring natural history, nature documentaries, environmental documentaries, sports, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, and television programs, Video broadcasting services over the Internet or via a computer communications network featuring the uploaded, posted and tagged videos of others; streaming of audio and audio visual programming across broadband networks and the Internet, featuring natural history, nature documentaries, environmental documentaries, sports, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, and television programs, broadcasting of audio, video, still and moving images, text and data, featuring natural history, nature documentaries, environmental documentaries, sports, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, and television programs, rendered through radio signal antennas, satellites, webcasting, and transmission to tablet computers, handheld computers, personal digital assistants, and mobile and cellular phones, electronic mail services, providing television screen-based information, broadcasting and retrieval services, namely, video on demand transmissions via television, satellite and global computer network, providing on-line electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among computer users; news agencies, namely, the transmission of news items to news reporting organizations; rental of telecommunication facilities, namely, radio and television broadcasting facilities; providing access to and providing user access to a global computer network, and providing information and advisory services in connection with the aforesaid services; providing access to a website featuring blogs and non-downloadable electronic publications in the nature of books, magazines, and articles featuring instructional content, entertainment content, and educational content relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events events in the form of dance performances, live theater productions, cosplay entertainment events, and personal appearances by a theatrical celebrity or movie star, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, computer technology, medical technology and environmental technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction (2) Provision of ongoing television programs and radio programs in the field of children's entertainment, provision of entertainment in the nature of ongoing television programs and radio programs featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events in the form of dance performances, live theater productions, cosplay entertainment events, and personal appearances by a theatrical celebrity or movie star, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction books, science and computer technology, medical technology and environmental technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction; educational services, namely providing courses of instruction in the fields of music, drama, film, news reporting, travel planning, gardening, developing educational and entertainment television programs for children, history, natural history, writing of fiction books and screenplays, science, computer technology and environmental technology, English language instruction, and foreign language instruction, via the Internet, extranets, and computer networks; organizing exhibitions for entertainment, educational, cultural and sporting purposes in the fields of music, drama, film, art, comedy, video games, news reporting, television and radio programming including children's radio and television programs, sporting events, sport documentaries, history, televised works of fiction in the nature of movies and plays based on fictional characters and events, televised works of non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, science, computer technology, medical technology and environmental technology, production, presentation, distribution, syndication, rental of television, radio, cable television, satellite television and IPTV programs as well as films, audio recordings, and video recordings all featuring outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, comedy films, news, travel, gardening, children's entertainment, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events in the form of dance performances, live theater productions, cosplay entertainment events, and personal appearances by a theatrical celebrity or movie star, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction books, non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, science, computer technology, medical technology and environmental technology, foreign language instruction and English language instruction, providing information in the field of entertainment and education relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events in the form of dance performances, live theater productions, cosplay entertainment events, and personal appearances by a theatrical celebrity or movie star, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, computer technology, medical technology and environmental technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction via a global computer network, via the Internet and by satellite transmission, microwave transmission, fibre optic cables, digital and analogue transmission; publishing of books, magazines and articles for others, organisation, production and presentation of sports competitions, sports games, concerts, exhibitions, game shows, quiz shows, raves, theatrical performances, concerts, and live performances by musical groups, actors, dancers, gymnasts, all for cultural or entertainment purposes, provision of information and advisory services relating to the aforesaid services, namely the provision of such services via online from a computer network, via the Internet, and via extranets

Goods & Services

Cinematographic and photographic films; sound and video recordings; recorded television and radio programmes; motion pictures; animated cartoons; data recordings, including audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format; programmes and web-based audiovisual content for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers, including in 3D format; apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata; magnetic data carriers, recording discs, memory carriers, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, CD-Is, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards and other carriers, all bearing or for use in bearing sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or programs; software; computer programs; computer software, including software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; application software, including application software for mobile phones, wearable digital electronic devices and other portable digital devices; virtual reality software, hardware and apparatus; educational and learning software, electronic educational and learning apparatus and instruments; IP-based computer software platforms for the production, formatting, management and distribution of sound, images and data; mobile phone games; digital games; DVD games; computer games software and equipment; computer software for personalized and interactive television; downloadable electronic publications; ring tones and graphics (downloadable) for mobile phones; downloadable graphics for computers; digital music, audio and video recordings (downloadable) from the internet; electronic bulletin boards; mouse mats; radio signal transmitters and receivers; apparatus and instruments for the reception of radio and television broadcasts including the reception of cable, satellite and digital broadcasts; spectacles (glasses), sunglasses; camera cases; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods. Printed publications; paper; cardboard; printed matter; magazines; books; catalogues; programmes; photographs; stationery; artists' materials; paint brushes; instructional and teaching material; printing blocks; posters; cards; postcards; greetings cards; trading cards; invitations; diaries; calendars; photograph albums; prints; gift bags, gift boxes, gift tags and gift wrap; notepads; writing instruments and crayons; stickers; transfers; stamps; personal organisers; address books; note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; embroidery, sewing and knitting patterns; postage stamps; coasters made of cardboard and paper. Bags and backpacks; umbrellas, parasols; suitcases, travelling bags, garment bags, vanity cases, rucksacks, satchels, holdalls, handbags, shoulder bags, shopping bags; purses, pouches, wallets, key holders, card holders; pochettes; luggage tags; cosmetic cases and bags. Clothing; footwear; headgear. Toys, games, playthings; sporting articles. Cocoa and cocoa products; chocolate and chocolate-based products; sugar; preparations made from cereals; bread; pastry and pastry products; cakes; biscuits; confectionery; ice cream and confectionery ices; frozen yogurt; honey; treacle; vinegar sauces (condiments); pasta and pasta products. Telecommunications; communications services; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand and near on demand telecommunications; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming (by any means); streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; personalised and interactive telecommunications, broadcasting and transmission services; broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user-generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet or other computer and communications networks; providing a video sharing portal; television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; television screen based information, broadcasting and retrieval services; provision of communications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; provision of a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; webcasting and podcasting services; electronic mail services; news information and news agency services; rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; provision of access to web logs (blogs); provision of access to interactive polling services; providing access to and leasing of access time to a computer database; provision of connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets. Provision of entertainment, education, recreation, instruction, tuition and training; production, presentation and distribution of television and radio programmes, audio, video, still and moving images and data including on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema, music, news, current affairs, sports and educational information; personalized and interactive entertainment services; interactive television and radio selection services for viewers; publishing services (including electronic publishing services); provision of non-downloadable electronic publications; organisation, production and presentation of shows, competitions, games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, exhibitions and events; language teaching; provision of information and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets.

Goods & Services

(Based on 44(e)) Television and radio broadcasting; broadcasting, namely, radio broadcasting, cable television broadcasting, digital television broadcasting, satellite television broadcasting and interactive radio broadcasting; communications and telecommunications, namely, transmission of podcasts, transmission of voice, data, graphics, images, audio and video by means of telecommunications networks, wireless communication networks, and the Internet, featuring natural history, nature documentaries, environmental documentaries, sports, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, and television programs; Video broadcasting services over the Internet or other communications network featuring the uploaded, posted and tagged videos of others; streaming of audio and visual programming across broadband networks and the Internet, featuring natural history, nature documentaries, environmental documentaries, sports, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, and television programs; broadcasting of audio, video, still and moving images, text and data, featuring natural history, nature documentaries, environmental documentaries, sports, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, and television programs, rendered through terrestrial broadcasting, satellites, webcasting, and transmission to wireless communication devices, handheld computers, personal digital assistants, and mobile and cellular phones;[ electronic transmission of e-mail services; ] providing television screen-based information, broadcasting and retrieval services, namely, video on demand transmissions via television, satellite and global computer network; electronic bulletin board services [ ; news agencies, namely, the transmission of news items to news reporting organizations; rental of telecommunication facilities, namely, radio and television broadcasting facilities; providing access to and providing user access to a global computer network; and providing information and advisory services in connection with the aforesaid services ] (Based on 44(e)) Cinematographic and photographic films featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; sound and video recordings featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, animated cartoons, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; pre-recorded records, discs, tapes, cards and magnetic data carriers containing sound recordings, video recordings, data files, image files, graphics files, and text files, all of which feature instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; [ apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images; apparatus for broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, reproducing, encoding and decoding of radio programs, still and moving images, data and metadata; ] blank magnetic data carriers, and recording discs; [ sound, video and data recording and reproducing apparatus; ] prerecorded memory carriers, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, and mini-disks featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction; downloadable electronic publications in the nature of magazines, books, booklets, and comic strip books all in the fields of outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; [ downloadable digital music provided from the Internet; ] computer game software; video games software; video games software for mobile devices, personal computers, consoles, and tablets; electronic game programs; downloadable electronic game programs; electronic game software; computer game programs; downloadable computer game programs; interactive game programs; interactive game software; [ computer hardware; ] computer software and firmware for use in downloading, storing, reproducing and organizing audio, video, still and moving images and data; downloadable ringtones and computer graphics for mobile phones; educational software featuring instruction in the subjects of mathematics, geography, history, physical education, business studies, science, art, music, drama, film, news, travel, reporting, gardening, developing children's education and entertainment television programs, history, natural history, science, technology, the English language and foreign languages; computer software in electronic form for use in downloading, storing, reproducing and organizing audio, video, still and moving images and data, supplied on-line from databases or from facilities on the Internet; [ computer software to enable connection to computer databases and the Internet; computer software to enable searching of data; mouse mats; ] downloadable electronic instructional and teaching apparatus and instruments, namely, pre-recorded audio cassette tapes, compact discs and DVD's, accessible via the internet or remote databases, all featuring instruction, entertainment, education and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports, games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; computer games programs, electronic game programs, and video game programs, all adapted for use with an external display screen or monitor [ ; radio receivers and transmitters; spectacles and sunglasses ] (Based on 44(e)) Printed publications, namely, booklets, books, magazines, catalogues, and event programs, all featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, and foreign and English language instruction; [ bookmarks; stationery; artists' materials namely, artists' brushes, artists' pastels, artists' pens, painting sets for artists; event programmes; printed event programmes; paint brushes; printing blocks; posters; cards namely, Christmas cards, flash cards, holiday cards, musical greeting cards, place cards, picture cards; postcards; greetings cards; collectable trading cards; printed invitations; diaries; calendars; photograph albums; prints; gift bags, gift boxes, paper gift tags and paper and plastic gift wrap; paper notepads; writing instruments and crayons; stickers and transfers; stamps; personal organisers; address books; note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; embroidery, sewing and knitting design patterns; postage stamps; paper and cardboard coasters ] (Based on 44(e)) Provision of ongoing television programs and radio programs in the field of children's entertainment and entertainment and educational content relating to science, fiction, and popular culture; provision of entertainment in the nature of ongoing television programs and radio programs featuring instructional content, entertainment content, educational content and information relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science and technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction; educational services, namely, providing courses of instruction in the fields of music, drama, film, news reporting, travel planning, gardening, developing educational and entertainment television programs for children, history, natural history, fiction writing, science, technology, English language instruction, and foreign language instruction, via the Internet, extranets, and computer networks; organizing exhibitions for entertainment, educational, cultural and sporting purposes in the fields of music, drama, film, art, comedy, video games, news reporting, television and radio programming including children's radio and television programs, sporting events, sport documentaries, history, televised works of fiction, televised works of non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, science, technology; production, presentation, distribution, syndication, rental of television, radio, cable television, satellite television and IPTV programs as well as films, sound recordings, and video recordings all featuring outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, comedy films, news, travel, gardening, children's entertainment, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel, science, technology, foreign language instruction and English language instruction; providing information in the field of entertainment and education on-line from a computer database or the Internet or by communications satellite, microwave or other electronic, digital or analogue media specifically featuring instructional content, entertainment content, and educational content relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction; publishing of books, magazines and articles for others in the fields of entertainment and educational content relating to science, fiction, and popular culture; providing a website featuring blogs and non-downloadable electronic publications in the nature of books, magazines, and articles specifically featuring instructional content, entertainment content, and educational content relating to outdoor recreational activities, music, drama, film, news, travel, gardening, children's educational and entertainment television programming, sports games, live concerts and entertainment events, documentaries, history, natural history, fiction, science, technology, and non-fiction in the nature of news, comedy, music, history, crime, gambling, politics, popular culture, sports, travel and foreign and English language instruction; [ organisation, production and presentation of sports competitions, sports games, concerts, exhibitions, game shows, quiz shows, raves, theatrical performances, concerts, and live performances by musical groups, actors, dancers, gymnasts, all for cultural or entertainment purposes; ] provision of information and advisory services relating to the aforesaid services, including the provision of such services via online from a computer network, via the Internet, or via extranets; all of the foregoing excluding in the field of automobiles

Goods & Services

Cinematographic and photographic films; sound and video recordings; recorded television and radio programmes; motion pictures; animated cartoons; data recordings, data recordings in audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format; programmes and web-based audiovisual content for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers, and in 3D format; apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata; magnetic data carriers, recording discs, memory carriers, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, cartridges, cards and other carriers, all bearing or for use in bearing sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or programs; software; computer programs; computer software, computer software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; application software, application software for mobile phones, wearable digital electronic devices and other portable digital devices; virtual reality software; educational and learning software, electronic educational and learning apparatus and instruments; computer games software; downloadable electronic publications; downloadable graphics for computers; digital music, audio and video recordings (downloadable) from the internet; electronic bulletin boards; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods. Printed publications; paper; cardboard; printed matter; magazines; books; catalogues; programmes; photographs; instructional and teaching material; posters; coasters made of cardboard and paper. Provision of entertainment, education, recreation, instruction, tuition and training; production, presentation and distribution of television and radio programmes, audio, video, still and moving images and data including on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema, music, news, current affairs and educational information; publishing services (including electronic publishing services); provision of non-downloadable electronic publications; organisation, production and presentation of shows, competitions, games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, exhibitions, workshops, seminars and training courses and events; provision of information and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets. Consultancy and advisory services relating to building, architectural and interior design, office layouts and environmental planning; consultancy and advisory services relating to product design; providing a website featuring information in the field of building, architectural and interior design, office layouts, environmental planning and product design; design and development of computer hardware and software; computer technology and software consultancy services; installation, maintenance, repair and upgrading of computer software; hosting of digital content on the Internet, namely on-line journals and blogs. Consultancy and advisory services relating to disability, neurodiversity and accessibility in the workplace.

Goods & Services

[ Provision of entertainment in the nature of ongoing television programs and radio programs featuring instructional content, educational content and information related to disability, neurodiversity, accessibility, and accommodations the workplace, building, architectural and interior design, office layouts, environmental planning and product design; ] educational services, namely, providing courses of instruction in the fields of employment skills, disability in the workplace, neurodiversity in the workplace, accommodations and accessibility in the workplace, building, architectural and interior design, office layouts and environmental planning, product design, via the Internet, extranets, and computer networks; organizing exhibitions for educational and cultural purposes in the fields of disability, neurodiversity, accessibility and accommodations in the workplace; [ production, presentation, distribution, syndication, rental of television, radio, cable television, satellite television and IPTV programs as well as films, sound recordings, and video recordings all featuring content and information related to disability, neurodiversity, accessibility, and accommodations in the workplace, building, architectural and interior design, office layouts, environmental planning and product design; ] providing information in the field of entertainment and education on-line from a computer database or the Internet or by communications satellite, microwave or other electronic, digital or analogue media; publishing of books, magazines and articles for others; providing non-downloadable electronic publications in the nature of books, magazines, and articles featuring instructional and educational content relating to disability, neurodiversity, accessibility, and accommodations in the workplace, building, architectural and interior design, office layouts, environmental planning and product design; [ organization, production and presentation of concerts, exhibitions, game shows, quiz shows, theatrical performances, concerts, and live performances by musical groups, actors, dancers, gymnasts, all for cultural, instructional, educational or entertainment purposes; ] provision of information and advisory services relating to the aforesaid services, including the provision of such services via online from a computer network, via the Internet, or via extranets Consultancy and advisory services relating to building, architectural and interior design, office layouts and environmental planning; consultancy and advisory services relating to product design; providing a website featuring information in the field of building, architectural and interior design, office layouts, environmental planning and product design; design and development of computer hardware and software; computer technology and software consultancy services; installation, maintenance, repair and upgrading of computer software; hosting of digital content on the Internet, namely, on-line journals and blogs Cinematographic and photographic films featuring instructional content, educational content and information relating to disability, neurodiversity, accessibility and accommodations in the workplace, building, architectural and interior design, office layouts, environmental planning and product design; sound and video recordings featuring instructional content, educational content and information relating to disability, neurodiversity, accessibility and accommodations in the workplace, building, architectural and interior design, office layouts, environmental planning and product design; pre-recorded records, [ discs, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards and magnetic data carriers ] containing sound recordings, video recordings, data files, image files, graphics files, and text files, all of which feature instructional content, educational content and information relating to disability, neurodiversity, accessibility and accommodations in the workplace, building, architectural and interior design, office layouts, environmental planning and product design; [ pre-recorded memory carriers, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, and mini-disks featuring instructional content, educational content and information relating to disability and neurodiversity, and accessibility and accommodations in the workplace, building, architectural and interior design, office layouts, environmental planning and product design; ] downloadable electronic publications in the nature of magazines, [ brochures, books, ] booklets, [ pamphlets, newsletters and comic strip books, ] all in the fields of disability and neurodiversity, and accessibility and accommodations in the workplace, building, architectural and interior design, office layouts, environmental planning and product design [ ; downloadable digital music provided from the Internet; downloadable digital music provided from MP3 Internet websites; computer game software; video games software; video games software for mobile devices, personal computers, consoles, and tablets; electronic game programs; downloadable electronic game programs; electronic game software; computer game programs; downloadable computer game programs; interactive game programs; interactive game software; computer hardware; computer software and firmware for use in downloading, storing, reproducing and organizing audio, video, still and moving images and data; educational software featuring instruction in the subjects of disability, neurodiversity, and accessibility and accommodations in the workplace, building, architectural and interior design, office layouts, environmental planning and product design; computer software in electronic form for use in downloading, storing, reproducing and organizing audio, video, still and moving images and data, supplied on-line from databases or from facilities on the Internet; computer software to enable searching of data; downloadable electronic instructional and teaching apparatus and instruments, namely, pre-recorded audio cassette tapes, compact discs and DVD's, accessible via the internet or remote databases, all featuring instruction, education and information relating to disability, neurodiversity, accessibility, and accommodations in the workplace, building, architectural and interior design, office layouts, environmental planning and product design; computer games programs, electronic game programs, and video game programs, all adapted for use with an external display screen or monitor ] [ Printed publications, namely, booklets, brochures, newsletters, pamphlets, books, magazines, catalogues, event programs and guides, all featuring instructional content, educational content and information relating to disability, neurodiversity, accessibility, and accommodations in the workplace, building, architectural and interior design, office layouts and environmental planning, product design; photographs; posters; paper and cardboard coasters ]

Goods & Services

Cinematographic and photographic films; sound and video recordings; recorded television and radio programmes; motion pictures; animated cartoons; data recordings, data recordings in audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format; programmes and web-based audiovisual content for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers, and in 3D format; apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata; magnetic data carriers, recording discs, memory carriers, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, cartridges, cards and other carriers, all bearing or for use in bearing sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or programs; software; computer programs; computer software, computer software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; application software, application software for mobile phones, wearable digital electronic devices and other portable digital devices; virtual reality software; educational and learning software, electronic educational and learning apparatus and instruments; computer games software; downloadable electronic publications; downloadable graphics for computers; digital music, audio and video recordings (downloadable) from the internet; electronic bulletin boards; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods. Printed publications; paper; cardboard; printed matter; magazines; books; catalogues; programmes; photographs; instructional and teaching material; posters; coasters made of cardboard and paper. Provision of entertainment, education, recreation, instruction, tuition and training; production, presentation and distribution of television and radio programmes, audio, video, still and moving images and data including on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema, music, news, current affairs and educational information; publishing services (including electronic publishing services); provision of non-downloadable electronic publications; organisation, production and presentation of shows, competitions, games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, exhibitions, workshops, seminars and training courses and events; provision of information and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets; all such services provided in the field of and in relation to disability, neurodiversity and accessibility in the workplace. Consultancy and advisory services relating to building, architectural and interior design, office layouts and environmental planning, all such services provided in the field of and in relation to disability, neurodiversity and accessibility in the workplace; consultancy and advisory services relating to product design; providing a website featuring information in the field of building, architectural and interior design, office layouts, environmental planning, all such services provided in the field of and in relation to disability, neurodiversity and accessibility in the workplace; providing a website featuring information in the field of product design; design and development of computer hardware and software for use in the field of disability, neurodiversity and accessibility in the workplace; computer technology and software consultancy services; installation, maintenance, repair and upgrading of computer software; hosting of digital content on the Internet, namely on-line journals and blogs, all in relation to disability, neurodiversity and accessibility in the workplace. Consultancy and advisory services relating to disability, neurodiversity and accessibility in the workplace.

Goods & Services

(1) All-purpose cleaning preparations, all purpose scouring liquids, powders and solutions, general use abrasives, degreasing preparations for household use, degreasing preparations for vehicles, polishing creams and wax, preparations for cleaning, washing and polishing vehicles, car shampoos, car polishes and car waxes, windscreen cleaning liquids and sprays, detergents for vehicles, rust removing preparations, car cleaning kits featuring the foregoing.

Abstract

A method for processing an input video signal intended for a first display to produce an output signal appropriate for a second display comprises converting using one or more transfer functions. The transfer functions are arranged to provide relative scene light values to then remove or apply rendering intent. The rendering intent being the rendering intent of the input signal or rendering intent for the output signal. The removing or applying the rendering intent alters the luminance. Significantly, the conversion is arranged to alter the luminance but not colour components so that colour is unchanged.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 5/202 - Gamma control
• H04N 19/00 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals
• G09G 5/02 - Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the way in which colour is displayed
• G06T 5/00 - Image enhancement or restoration
• G09G 5/10 - Intensity circuits

Abstract

Described are concepts, systems and techniques related to processing an input video signal intended for a first display to produce an output signal appropriate for a second display. The concepts, systems and techniques include converting using one or more transfer functions arranged to provide relative scene light values and remove or apply rendering intent of the input or output video signal, wherein the removing or applying rendering intent alters luminance.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 9/77 - Circuits for processing the brightness signal and the chrominance signal relative to each other, e.g. adjusting the phase of the brightness signal relative to the colour signal, correcting differential gain or differential phase
• G09G 5/02 - Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the way in which colour is displayed
• H04N 5/202 - Gamma control
• G06T 5/00 - Image enhancement or restoration
• H04N 9/68 - Circuits for processing colour signals for controlling the amplitude of colour signals, e.g. automatic chroma control circuits
• G09G 5/10 - Intensity circuits

Abstract

A controller for controlling the output of an audio-video feed has an input for receiving audio-video content and a vector engine arranged to produce a continuous metadata value of M dimensions at intervals from the audio-video content. The metadata value may indicate aspect of the video content such as rate, pace, tone or other such information. A low pass filter and hysteresis filter are then provided to filter the continuous metadata value to produce a binary output. The binary output is provided to a retrieval module arranged to control the audio-video content in dependence upon the binary output. In this way, automated segmentation of audio-video content may be reliably achieved.

IPC Classes  ?

• G11B 27/10 - IndexingAddressingTiming or synchronisingMeasuring tape travel
• G11B 27/28 - IndexingAddressingTiming or synchronisingMeasuring tape travel by using information detectable on the record carrier by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording
• H04N 21/233 - Processing of audio elementary streams
• H04N 21/234 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating encoded video stream scene graphs
• H04N 5/14 - Picture signal circuitry for video frequency region

Abstract

A method of operating a wireless network operating on a single frequency across a geographical area involves dividing the network into regions and arranging that the transmission of signals in subsets of adjacent regions on the same frequency is such that a receiver does not receive signals from more regions than can be separated using demapping techniques. The transmission method evolves a pattern of time slots such that the number of adjacent regions of a subset of regions transmitting simultaneously on a single frequency is less than the number of signals that each receiver is capable of demapping. The demapping arrangements may include MIMO techniques, constellation schemes, QAM.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04H 20/67 - Common-wave systems, i.e. using separate transmitters operating on substantially the same frequency
• H04H 20/42 - Arrangements for resource management
• H04L 5/22 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path using time-division multiplexing

Goods & Services

Advertising, marketing, public relations and promotional services; advertising analysis and research; developing advertising campaigns for others; statistical analysis and reporting services for business purposes, namely, reporting advertisement campaign activities data of others; promotional advertising services; online and internet advertising; digital advertising; services of advertising agencies; advertising consultancy services; promotional marketing services; marketing analysis and research; marketing consultation services, namely, developing marketing campaigns for others; marketing consultation services in the field of online and internet-based marketing services; statistical analysis and reporting services for business purposes, namely, reporting marketing campaign activity data of others; marketing consultation services in the field of digital technology based marketing; developing promotional campaigns for business; brand concept and brand development services for corporate and individual clients; brand consultancy services; brand positioning services; public relations consultancy; marketing services, namely, conducting consumer tracking behavior research and consumer trend analysis provision of information in the fields of advertising, marketing, and public relations; production of film and television advertising; publishing of advertising texts; design of advertising materials Designing websites for advertising purposes; graphic design services

Abstract

A system for delivering content at varying qualities from a server to multiple client across a network has a server side converter and a client side converter. The server side converter makes unicast requests to a server for representations of content and converts these to multiple representations to be delivered as multicast streams. The client side converter receives a request for content from clients, determines a representation of content to obtain and subscribes to an appropriate multicast stream. The client side then converts the multicast stream back into segments available to a client by unicast request. In this way, data is delivered efficiently across a network from a server side to a client side while maintaining compatibility that client devices can issue traditional unicast requests.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06F 15/16 - Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs
• H04L 29/06 - Communication control; Communication processing characterised by a protocol
• H04L 29/08 - Transmission control procedure, e.g. data link level control procedure

Abstract

An efficient high quality video coding and decoding technique is described. A prediction block is generated that contains modified coefficients. The modified coefficients improve the efficiency of the compression process once the prediction block is subtracted from the original block to generate a residual signal for quantisation and encoding. A similar process operates at the decoder side. The processes may operate in both the frequency and the spatial domain.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/103 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode
• H04N 19/18 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a set of transform coefficients
• H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
• H04N 19/132 - Sampling, masking or truncation of coding units, e.g. adaptive resampling, frame skipping, frame interpolation or high-frequency transform coefficient masking
• H04N 19/182 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a pixel
• H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
• H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
• H04N 19/50 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding

Abstract

A method of processing a video signal from a higher dynamic range source having a source colour scheme to produce a signal usable by target devices of lower dynamic range having a target colour scheme used as a converter to implement a function. The function provides the received signal as a luminance component and separate colour components for each pixel and determines a maximum allowable luminance value for the colour components in the lower dynamic range scheme. A compression function is applied to the luminance component of each pixel. The compress luminance component and separate colour components are then provided as an output signal in the target colour scheme. The compression function depends upon the maximum allowable luminance value for the corresponding colour components of each pixel. In this way, the arrangement ensure no colours are distorted in the target lower dynamic range scheme.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 1/60 - Colour correction or control

Abstract

An encoder for encoding an MPEG transport stream of MPEG sections comprises means for processing the MPEG sections using a hash function to provide multiple hash outputs each hash output being associated with one or more MPEG sections. The hash outputs and corresponding section identifying information are signed using a private key corresponding to a public key available at receivers to produce signatures. The hash output section identifying information and signatures are then coded into one or more MPEG sections themselves which are designated as signature MPEG sections. The signature MPEG sections and MPEG transport stream are broadcast together. A receiver is able to verify using the signature MPEG sections that the MPEG transport stream has been provided by a known source and has not been tampered with.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 21/835 - Generation of protective data, e.g. certificates
• H04N 21/2389 - Multiplex stream processing, e.g. multiplex stream encrypting
• H04N 21/2362 - Generation or processing of SI [Service Information]
• H04N 21/236 - Assembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. transport stream, by combining a video stream with other content or additional data, e.g. inserting a URL [Uniform Resource Locator ] into a video stream, multiplexing software data into a video streamRemultiplexing of multiplex streamsInsertion of stuffing bits into the multiplex stream, e.g. to obtain a constant bit-rateAssembling of a packetised elementary stream
• H04N 21/6334 - Control signals issued by server directed to the network components or client directed to client for authorisation, e.g. by transmitting a key
• H04N 21/434 - Disassembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. demultiplexing audio and video streams or extraction of additional data from a video streamRemultiplexing of multiplex streamsExtraction or processing of SIDisassembling of packetised elementary stream
• H04N 21/442 - Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed or the storage space available from the internal hard disk
• H04N 21/443 - OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB

Abstract

In video encoding, a quantisation operation comprises addition of a rounding offset, division by a quantisation step and reduction to integer values. Blocks of the image prone to contouring are identified and, for a contouring-prone block only, the rounding offset is varied between values of the block.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
• H04N 19/126 - Details of normalisation or weighting functions, e.g. normalisation matrices or variable uniform quantisers
• H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
• H04N 19/18 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a set of transform coefficients
• H04N 19/182 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a pixel

Abstract

In video coding or decoding, multiple reference frames are permitted for a frame in one or more reference lists. The number of reference frames to evaluate for each list is selected by, in a first phase, collecting statistics over a number of initial frames on the usage of reference frames for each list and, in a second phase determining, based on the statistics, how many reference frames should be evaluated for each frame and for each reference list.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/31 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability in the temporal domain
• H04N 19/179 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a scene or a shot
• H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
• H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
• H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
• H04N 19/109 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of temporal predictive coding modes
• H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
• H04N 19/14 - Coding unit complexity, e.g. amount of activity or edge presence estimation
• H04N 19/137 - Motion inside a coding unit, e.g. average field, frame or block difference

Abstract

In video coding or decoding,coding blocks are split hierarchically in a coding tree and a block split decision is taken whether or not to split the block. That decision for a current block may be predicted from the block split decisions taken on predictor blocks having a defined spatial or temporal relationship to the current block.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
• H04N 19/14 - Coding unit complexity, e.g. amount of activity or edge presence estimation
• H04N 19/137 - Motion inside a coding unit, e.g. average field, frame or block difference
• H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
• H04N 19/109 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of temporal predictive coding modes
• H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks

Abstract

In video coding or decoding, coding blocks in a current frame are predicted from blocks in previously encoded frames with prediction samples and associated information organised in a prediction unit. A decision on which prediction unit type to consider for coding is made upon analysis of the distribution of a sum of absolute difference or other function of the residual signal over the block.

IPC Classes  ?

• H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
• H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
• H04N 19/109 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of temporal predictive coding modes
• H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
• H04N 19/14 - Coding unit complexity, e.g. amount of activity or edge presence estimation
• H04N 19/137 - Motion inside a coding unit, e.g. average field, frame or block difference

Abstract

A method of retrieving supplementary data related to audio-video content with reference to a reference version of that content involves deriving an audio signature from audio-video content. The audio signature is searched against reference audio signatures of reference versions of the audio-video content. If a match is found, supplementary data related to the reference audio-video content is retrieved. The search is a directed search using data extracted from the transmission route by which the audio-video content is to be delivered to a consumer. The search process is thereby more efficient as the search may be started at an appropriate location or conducted in an appropriate direction, rather than searching blindly.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06F 17/30 - Information retrieval; Database structures therefor

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Cinematographic and photographic films; sound and video recordings; recorded television and radio programmes; motion pictures; animated cartoons; data recordings, including audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format; programmes and web-based audiovisual content for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers, including in 3D format; apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata; magnetic data carriers, recording discs, memory carriers, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, CD-Is, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards and other carriers, all bearing or for use in bearing sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or programs; software; computer programs; computer software, including software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; application software, including application software for mobile phones, wearable digital electronic devices and other portable digital devices; virtual reality software, hardware and apparatus; educational and learning software, electronic educational and learning apparatus and instruments; IP-based computer software platforms for the production, formatting, management and distribution of sound, images and data; mobile phone games; digital games; DVD games; computer games software; computer software for personalized and interactive television; downloadable electronic publications; ring tones and graphics (downloadable) for mobile phones; downloadable graphics for computers; digital music, audio and video recordings (downloadable) from the internet; electronic bulletin boards; mouse mats; radio signal transmitters and receivers; apparatus and instruments for the reception of radio and television broadcasts including the reception of cable, satellite and digital broadcasts; spectacles (glasses), sunglasses; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods. Printed publications; paper; cardboard; printed matter; magazines; books; catalogues; event and souvenir programmes; photographs; stationery; artists' materials; paint brushes; instructional and teaching material; printing blocks; posters; cards; postcards; greetings cards; trading cards; invitations; diaries; calendars; photograph albums; prints; gift bags, gift boxes, gift tags and gift wrap; notepads; writing instruments and crayons; stickers; transfers; stamps; personal organisers; address books; note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; embroidery, sewing and knitting patterns; postage stamps; coasters made of cardboard and paper. Clothing; footwear; headgear. Telecommunications; communications services; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand and near on demand telecommunications; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming (by any means); streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; personalised and interactive telecommunications, broadcasting and transmission services; broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user-generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet or other computer and communications networks; providing access to a video sharing portal; television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; provision of communications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; provision of access to a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; webcasting and podcasting services; electronic mail services; news information and news agency services; rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; provision of access to web logs (blogs); provision of access to interactive polling services; providing access to and leasing of access time to a computer database; provision of connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets. Provision of entertainment, education, recreation, instruction, tuition and training; production, presentation and distribution of television and radio programmes, audio, video, still and moving images and data including on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema, music, news, current affairs, sports and educational information; personalized and interactive entertainment services; publishing services (including electronic publishing services); provision of non-downloadable electronic publications; organisation, production and presentation of shows, competitions, games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, exhibitions and events; language teaching; provision of information and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets.

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Cinematographic and photographic films; sound and video recordings; recorded television and radio programmes; motion pictures; animated cartoons; data recordings, including audio, video, still and moving images and text, also in interactive format; programmes and web-based audiovisual content for broadcast or other transmission on television, radio, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers, including in 3D format; apparatus for recording, broadcasting, transmission, receiving, processing, generating, reproducing, distributing, re-distributing, tracking, tagging, encoding and decoding of audio and video content, still and moving images, data and metadata; magnetic data carriers, recording discs, memory carriers, compact discs, interactive compact discs, CD-ROMs and DVDs, mini-disks, CD-Is, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards and other carriers, all bearing or for use in bearing sound recordings, video recordings, data, metadata, images, graphics, text or programs; software; computer programs; computer software, including software for use in downloading, storing, processing, reproducing, organising, distributing and re-distributing audio, video, still and moving images and data; application software, including application software for mobile phones, wearable digital electronic devices and other portable digital devices; virtual reality software, hardware and apparatus; educational and learning software, electronic educational and learning apparatus and instruments; IP-based computer software platforms for the production, formatting, management and distribution of sound, images and data; mobile phone games; digital games; DVD games; computer games software; computer software for personalized and interactive television; downloadable electronic publications; ring tones and graphics (downloadable) for mobile phones; downloadable graphics for computers; digital music, audio and video recordings (downloadable) from the internet; electronic bulletin boards; mouse mats; radio signal transmitters and receivers; apparatus and instruments for the reception of radio and television broadcasts including the reception of cable, satellite and digital broadcasts; spectacles (glasses), sunglasses; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods. Printed publications; paper; cardboard; printed matter; magazines; books; catalogues; event and souvenir programmes; photographs; stationery; artists' materials; paint brushes; instructional and teaching material; printing blocks; posters; cards; postcards; greetings cards; trading cards; invitations; diaries; calendars; photograph albums; prints; gift bags, gift boxes, gift tags and gift wrap; notepads; writing instruments and crayons; stickers; transfers; stamps; personal organisers; address books; note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; embroidery, sewing and knitting patterns; postage stamps; coasters made of cardboard and paper. Clothing; footwear; headgear. Telecommunications; communications services; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, music, audio and video content by cable, DTT, DSL, satellite and over the internet and mobile networks; broadcasting and transmission of television, radio, film, audio and video content to mobile telephones, personal digital assistants and personal computers; video-on-demand and near on demand telecommunications; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming (by any means); streaming of audio and video content over the internet; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; personalised and interactive telecommunications, broadcasting and transmission services; broadcasting services via the uploading, downloading, capturing, posting, showing, editing, playing, streaming, viewing, previewing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing, manipulating, distributing, publishing, reproducing, of electronic media, multimedia content, videos, movies, pictures, images, text, photos, games, user-generated content, audio content, and information via the Internet or other computer and communications networks; providing access to a video sharing portal; television broadcasting services incorporating interactive services for viewing guides and intelligent automated selection for programme recordal; provision of communications services for accessing and retrieving radio and television programmes; provision of access to a connection between a website and television viewers via an interactive television portal; webcasting and podcasting services; electronic mail services; news information and news agency services; rental of radio and television broadcasting facilities; provision of on-line electronic bulletin boards for the transmission of messages among computer users; provision of access to web logs (blogs); provision of access to interactive polling services; providing access to and leasing of access time to a computer database; provision of connections between multiple devices able to receive synchronised broadcast services; advisory, consultancy and information services relating to the aforesaid, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets. Provision of entertainment, education, recreation, instruction, tuition and training; production, presentation and distribution of television and radio programmes, audio, video, still and moving images and data including on-line from a database, over the internet, by satellite or mobile networks or any other electronic or digital media; production, presentation and distribution of films for television and cinema, music, news, current affairs, sports and educational information; personalized and interactive entertainment services; publishing services (including electronic publishing services); provision of non-downloadable electronic publications; organisation, production and presentation of shows, competitions, games, quizzes, studio entertainment and audience participation events, roadshows, concerts, exhibitions and events; language teaching; provision of information and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services, including such services provided online from a computer network or via the Internet or extranets.

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Computer games; computer games programmes downloaded from the Internet; hand held computer, electronic and video games (for use with television receivers); electronic and video games programmes and equipment (adapted for use with television receivers); mouse mats; electronic instructional and teaching apparatus and instruments; parts for all the aforesaid goods. Stationery; artists' materials; paint brushes; instructional and teaching material; printing blocks; printed invitations; diaries; photograph albums; gift bags, gift boxes, gift tags and gift wrap; notepads; writing instruments and crayons; stickers; transfers; stamps; personal organisers; address books; note books; pen and pencil holders; desk mats; embroidery, sewing and knitting patterns; postage stamps. Clothing; footwear; headgear. Games; sporting articles; knee pads; hand held units for playing electronic, mobile and video games. Live performances by a television personality; live entertainment, namely, personal appearances by a television personality; publishing services (including electronic publishing services); organisation, production and presentation of concerts, provision of information and advisory services relating to any of the aforesaid services.

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Sound, video and data recording and reproducing apparatus; computer software; computer games; electronic game software; video game software; games cartridges for use with electronic games apparatus; sound and video recordings; cinematographic and photographic films; sunglasses; instructional and teaching apparatus and instruments; records, discs, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, cards and other carriers, all bearing or for use in bearing sound recordings, video recordings, data, images, games, graphics, text, programs or information; memory carriers, interactive compact discs and CD-ROMs; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods. Paper; printed matter; printed publications; periodical publications; books; booklets; magazines; catalogues; guides; carrier bags; paper bags; pamphlets; brochures; news sheets; printed programmes; stationery; book-binding materials; artists' materials (other than colours or varnish); paint brushes; instructional and teaching material (other than apparatus); writing instruments; pens, pencils, crayons; erasers; rulers; pencil sharpeners; pencil boxes and cases; pencil holders; posters; photographs; photograph albums; ring binders; folders; notebooks; notepads; diaries; calendars; postcards; greetings cards; drawings (graphic); stickers; transfers (decalcomanias); stencils; printed computer programs; paper tape and cards for use in data processing; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods. Articles of clothing; articles of underclothing; coats, jackets, suits, skirts, dresses, jumpers, pullovers, blouses, trousers, slacks, jeans, shorts, dungarees, shirts, T-shirts, sweatshirts, sweaters, smocks, waistcoats, hats, stockings, neckties, scarves, headsquares, aprons, jeans, caps, berets, tights, belts, socks, gloves, swimwear and beachwear, pyjamas, nightdresses, bathing and shower caps, bath robes, bath sandals and bath slippers, clothing for babies and for toddlers, bibs, overalls; footwear; slippers, boots and shoes. Games, toys and playthings; gymnastic and sporting articles; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods; amusement apparatus for use with a television screen or video monitor; game apparatus adapted for use with a television screen or video monitor; coin or token operated electrical or electronic amusement apparatus; ordinary playing cards. Entertainment, education and instruction by or relating to radio and television; production, presentation, distribution, syndication and rental of television and radio programmes and of films and sound and video recordings; production and rental of educational and instructional materials; publishing; organisation, production and presentation of events for educational, cultural or entertainment purposes; organisation, production and presentation of competitions, contests, games, quizzes, fun days, exhibitions, sporting events, shows, roadshows, staged events, theatrical performances, concerts, live performances and audience participation events; provision of entertainment and education for accessing via communication and computer networks; provision of information relating to any of the aforesaid services. Accommodation services; catering services; hotel, restaurant, cafe and bar services.