Samsung patents video decoding that adjusts motion tracking by frame depth
Samsung has filed a patent for a method that uses neural networks to decode video by estimating how objects move between frames. The system adjusts how it processes this motion data based on the specific 'temporal layer' of the video, which helps in accurately reconstructing the image.
In the filing’s own words
There is provided a method for neural network-based video decoding. The method includes estimating a motion vector between an input image and a reference image based on a temporal layer of the input image, transforming the motion vector into a latent representation, scaling the latent representation of the motion vector based on the temporal layer of the input image, obtaining a temporal context of the input image based on the scaled latent representation of the motion vector and the reference image, and reconstructing the input image based on the temporal context.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method for neural network-based video decoding, the method comprising: estimating a motion vector between an input image and a reference image based on a temporal layer of the input image; transforming the motion vector into a latent representation; scaling the latent representation of the motion vector based on the temporal layer of the input image; obtaining a temporal context of the input image based on the scaled latent representation of the motion vector and the reference image; and reconstructing the input image based on the temporal context.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- METHOD FOR NEURAL NETWORK-BASED VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING, AND VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS
- Publication number
- US20260261692A1
- Application number
- 19654637
- Filed
- Apr 22, 2026
- Published
- Sep 3, 2026
- Inventors
- 7
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04N 19/42 Electricity & electronicsH04N 19/105 Electricity & electronicsH04N 19/124 Electricity & electronicsH04N 19/13 Electricity & electronicsH04N 19/139 Electricity & electronicsH04N 19/31 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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