Max Bläser, Dr.-Ing.
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Researcher
Image and Video Coding Group
Research Topic
Advanced block partitioning for video coding
Software
Contact Information
email: blaeser@ient.rwth-aachen.de
profiles: LinkedIn, XING, ResearchGate
Publications
M. Bläser, Prediction and Parameter Coding for Non-rectangular Block Partitioning, vol. 22 of Aachen Series on Multimedia and Communications Engineering. Aachen: Shaker Verlag, July 2020. [ bib ]
B. Bross, K. Andersson, M. Bläser, V. Drugeon, S.-H. Kim, J. Lainema, J. Li, S. Liu, J.-R. Ohm, G. J. Sullivan, and R. Yu, “General Video Coding Technology in Responses to the Joint Call for Proposals on Video Compression with Capability beyond HEVC,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 30, pp. 1226–1240, May 2020. [ bib | DOI ]
M. Bläser, H. Gao, S. Esenlik, E. Alshina, Z. Zhao, C. Rohlfing, and E. Steinbach, “Low-Complexity Geometric Inter-Prediction for Versatile Video Coding,” in Proc. of International Picture Coding Symposium PCS '19, IEEE, Piscataway, Nov. 2019. [ bib ]
J. Schneider, M. Bläser, and M. Wien, “Sparse Coding based Frequency Adaptive Loop Filtering for Video Coding,” in Proc. of Packet Video '18, (Amsterdam, Netherlands), ACM, Dec. 2018. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ]
J. Sauer, M. Wien, J. Schneider, and M. Bläser, “Geometry-Corrected Deblocking Filter for 360o Video Coding using Cube Representation,” in Proc. of International Picture Coding Symposium PCS '18, pp. 66–70, IEEE, Piscataway, June 2018. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ]
M. Bläser, J. Schneider, J. Sauer, and M. Wien, “Geometry-based Partitioning for Predictive Video Coding with Transform Adaptation,” in Proc. of International Picture Coding Symposium PCS '18, IEEE, Piscataway, June 2018. [ bib | .pdf ]
M. Bläser, C. Rohlfing, Y. Gao, and M. Wien, “Adaptive coding of non-negative factorization parameters with application to informed source separation,” in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing ICASSP '18, pp. 751–755, IEEE, Piscataway, Apr. 2018. [ bib | DOI | more… | .pdf ]
M. Bläser, C. Heithausen, and M. Wien, “Geometry-Adaptive Motion Partitioning Using Improved Temporal Prediction,” in Proc. of IEEE Visual Communications and Image Processing VCIP '17, (St. Petersburg, USA), IEEE, Piscataway, Dec. 2017. [ bib | .pdf ]
U. S. Thakur, M. Bhat, M. Bläser, M. Wien, D. Bull, and J.-R. Ohm, “Synthesis of Fine Details in B Picture for Dynamic Textures,” in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Image Processing ICIP '17, (Beijing, China), IEEE, Piscataway, Sept. 2017. [ bib ]
C. Heithausen, M. Meyer, M. Bläser, and J.-R. Ohm, “Temporal Prediction of Motion Parameters with Interchangeable Motion Models,” in Proc. of IEEE Data Compression Conference DCC '17, (Snowbird, Utah, USA), IEEE, Piscataway, Apr. 2017. [ bib ]
C. Heithausen, M. Bläser, and M. Wien, “Distance Scaling of Higher Order Motion Parameters in an Extension of HEVC,” in Proc. of International Picture Coding Symposium PCS '16, (Nuremberg, Germany), IEEE, Piscataway, Dec. 2016. (Best Presentation Award). [ bib | .pdf ]
M. Bläser, C. Heithausen, and M. Wien, “Segmentation-based Partitioning for Motion Compensated Prediction in Video Coding,” in Proc. of International Picture Coding Symposium PCS '16, (Nuremberg, Germany), IEEE, Piscataway, Dec. 2016. [ bib | .pdf ]
C. Heithausen, M. Bläser, M. Wien, and J.-R. Ohm, “Improved Higher Order Motion Compensation in HEVC with Block-to-Block Translational Shift Compensation,” in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Image Processing ICIP '16, (Phoenix, Arizona, USA), pp. 2008–2012, IEEE, Piscataway, Sept. 2016. [ bib | DOI | .pdf ]
M. Bläser and J. Becker, “Detection and correction of phase errors in audio signals for application in blind source separation,” in International Student Conference on Electrical Engineering POSTER '14, (Prague, Czech Republic), May 2014. [ bib | .pdf ]
Standard Documents
H. Gao, S. Esenlik, E. Alshina, A. M. Kotra, B. Wang, R.-L. Liao, J. Chen, Y. Ye, J. Luo, K. Reuze, C.-C. Chen, H. Huang, W.-J. Chien, V. Seregin, Z. Deng, L. Zhang, H. Liu, K. Zhang, Y. Wang, J. Li, C. S. Lim, Y.-L. Hsiao, C.-C. Chen, C.-W. Hsu, Y.-W. Huang, S.-M. Lei, L.-F. Chen, X. Li, G. Li, S. Liu, L. P. Van, G. Van der Auwera, A. K. Ramasubramonian, H. Huang, W.-J. Chien, M. Karczewicz, M. Bläser, J. Sauer, H. Chen, and H. Yang, “Integrated Text for GEO,” Doc. JVET-Q0806, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Brussels, Belgium, 17th meeting, Jan. 2020. [ bib | http ]
H. Gao, S. Esenlik, E. Alshina, A. M. Kotra, B. Wang, K. Reuze, C.-C. Chen, H. Huang, W.-J. Chien, V. Seregin, M. Karczewicz, R.-L. Liao, J. Chen, Y. Ye, J. Luo, M. Bläser, and J. Sauer, “CE4 Common Base: Geometric inter prediction,” Doc. JVET-Q0079, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Brussels, Belgium, 17th meeting, Jan. 2020. [ bib | http ]
H. Gao, S. Esenlik, E. Alshina, A. M. Kotra, B. Wang, K. Reuze, H. Huang, T. Hsieh, V. Seregin, C.-C. Chen, H. E. Egilmez, W.-J. Chien, M. Karczewicz, R.-L. Liao, J. Chen, Y. Ye, J. Luo, L. Xu, F. Chen, L. Wang, Z. Deng, L. Zhang, H. Liu, K. Zhang, Y. Wang, M. Bläser, and J. Sauer, “CE4-related: Combined Test of CE4-1, CE4-2 and CE4-3,” Doc. JVET-Q0061, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Brussels, Belgium, 17th meeting, Jan. 2020. [ bib | http ]
H. Gao, S. Esenlik, E. Alshina, A. M. Kotra, B. Wang, M. Bläser, and J. Sauer, “CE4-4: Geometric Inter Prediction with Adaptive Blending for SCC,” Doc. JVET-Q0060, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Brussels, Belgium, 17th meeting, Jan. 2020. [ bib | http ]
H. Gao, S. Esenlik, E. Alshina, A. M. Kotra, B. Wang, R.-L. Liao, J. Chen, Y. Ye, J. Luo, K. Reuze, C.-C. Chen, H. Huang, W.-J. Chien, V. Seregin, M. Bläser, and J. Sauer, “CE4-1: Geometric Inter Prediction with 64 Modes,” Doc. JVET-Q0059, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Brussels, Belgium, 17th meeting, Jan. 2020. [ bib | http ]
J. Sauer and M. Bläser, “Coding of 360o video in non-compact cube layout using uncoded areas,” Doc. JVET-P0316, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Geneva, Switzerland, 16th meeting, Oct. 2019. [ bib | http ]
J. Sauer and M. Bläser, “Modified 360Lib for more flexible cube face arrangements,” Doc. JVET-P0315, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Geneva, Switzerland, 16th meeting, Oct. 2019. [ bib | http ]
K. Reuzé, C.-C. Chen, H. Huang, W.-J. Chien, V. Seregin, M. Karczewicz, R.-L. Liao, J. Chen, Y. Ye, J. Luo, M. Bläser, and J. Sauer, “Simplified GEO without multiplication and minimum blending mask storage (harmonization of JVET-P0107, JVET-P0264 and JVET-P0304),” Doc. JVET-P0885, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Geneva, Switzerland, 16th meeting, Oct. 2019. [ bib | http ]
H. Gao, S. Esenlik, E. Alshina, A. M. Kotra, M. Bläser, and J. Sauer, “Simplified GEO without multiplication and minimum blending mask storage (harmonization of JVET-P0107, JVET-P0264 and JVET-P0304),” Doc. JVET-P0884, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Geneva, Switzerland, 16th meeting, Oct. 2019. [ bib | http ]
H. Gao, S. Esenlik, E. Alshina, A. M. Kotra, B. Wang, M. Bläser, and J. Sauer, “CE4-Related: Geometric Merge Mode (GEO) Simplifications,” Doc. JVET-JVET-P0107, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Geneva, Switzerland, 16th meeting, Oct. 2019. [ bib | http ]
H. Gao, S. Esenlik, E. Alshina, A. M. Kotra, M. Bläser, and J. Sauer, “CE4: CE4-1.7, CE4-1.8: GEO and TPM Blending Off for SCC,” Doc. JVET-P0069, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Geneva, Switzerland, 16th meeting, Oct. 2019. [ bib | http ]
H. Gao, S. Esenlik, E. Alshina, A. M. Kotra, M. Bläser, and J. Sauer, “CE4: CE4-1.1, CE4-1.2 and CE4-1.14: Geometric Merge Mode (GEO),” Doc. JVET-P0068, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Geneva, Switzerland, 16th meeting, Oct. 2019. [ bib | http ]
J. Sauer and M. Bläser, “Crosscheck of JVET-O0925 (Non-CE3: Simplifications of MIP),” Doc. JVET-O1128, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Gothenburg, Sweden, 15th meeting, July 2019. [ bib | http ]
J. Sauer and M. Bläser, “Parameterizable cubemap for 360 degree video coding,” Doc. JVET-O0488, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Gothenburg, Sweden, 15th meeting, July 2019. [ bib | http ]
J. Sauer and M. Bläser, “Geometry padding for cube based 360 degree video using uncoded areas,” Doc. JVET-O0487, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Gothenburg, Sweden, 15th meeting, July 2019. [ bib | http ]
S. Esenlik, H. Gao, A. Filippov, V. Rufitskiy, A. M. Kotra, B. Wang, E. Alshina, M. Bläser, and J. Sauer, “Non-CE4: Geometrical partitioning for inter blocks,” Doc. JVET-O0489, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Gothenburg, Sweden, 15th meeting, July 2019. [ bib | http ]
S. Esenlik, H. Gao, B. Wang, A. M. Kotra, Z. Zhao, E. Alshina, M. Bläser, and J. Sauer, “Non-CE4: Adaptive blending filtering for TPM,” Doc. JVET-O0513, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Gothenburg, Sweden, 15th meeting, July 2019. [ bib | http ]
M. Bläser and J. Sauer, “Crosscheck of JVET-O0653 (Non-CE4: Motion field storage simplification for triangular prediction mode),” Doc. JVET-O1053, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Gothenburg, Sweden, 15th meeting, July 2019. [ bib | http ]
C.-C. Chen, K. Reuze, W.-J. Chien, M. Karczewicz, W. Zhu, L. Zhang, J. Xu, K. Zhang, M. Bläser, and J. Sauer, “Non-CE4/8: On disabling blending process in TPM,” Doc. JVET-O1172, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Gothenburg, Sweden, 15th meeting, July 2019. [ bib | http ]
J. Sauer and M. Bläser, “Coding of 360o video in PHEC using different numbers of tiles per face,” Doc. JVET-N0219, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Geneva, Switzerland, 14th meeting, Mar. 2019. [ bib | http ]
J. Sauer and M. Bläser, “360o coding tools using uncoded areas,” Doc. JVET-M0547, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Marrakech, Morocco, 13th meeting, Jan. 2019. [ bib | http ]
J. Sauer and M. Bläser, “CE13: Results on CE13.2.2 and CE13.5.2,” Doc. JVET-M0355, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Marrakech, Morocco, 13th meeting, Jan. 2019. [ bib | http ]
M. Bläser and J. Sauer, “CE10-related: Triangular prediction with MMVD,” Doc. JVET-M0736, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Marrakesh, Morocco, 13th meeting, Jan. 2019. [ bib | http | .zip ]
M. Bläser and J. Sauer, “CE10-related: Bi-directional motion vector storage for triangular prediction,” Doc. JVET-M0581, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Marrakesh, Morocco, 13th meeting, Jan. 2019. [ bib | http | .zip ]
J. Sauer and M. Bläser, “CE13-related: Results for experiments as CE13.3.2, CE13.4.3 and CE13.7.7 with PHEC and impact of rotation on the coding performance of PHEC,” Doc. JVET-L0212, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Macau SR, China, 12th meeting, Oct. 2018. [ bib | http | .zip ]
J. Sauer and M. Bläser, “CE13: Results on CE13.3.2, CE13.4.3 and CE13.7.7,” Doc. JVET-L0211, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Macau SR, China, 12th meeting, Oct. 2018. [ bib | http | .zip ]
M. Bläser and J. Sauer, “CE10: Results on Geometric Partitioning (Experiments 3.2.a - 3.2.c),” Doc. JVET-L0417, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Macau SR, China, 12th meeting, Oct. 2018. [ bib | http | .zip ]
M. Bläser, “Crosscheck of JVET-L0124: CE10.3.1.b Triangular prediction unit mode,” Doc. JVET-L0463, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Macau SR, China, 12th meeting, Oct. 2018. [ bib | http | .zip ]
J. Sauer, J. Schneider, M. Bläser, and M. Wien, “Reference software extension for coding block statistics,” Doc. JVET-K0149, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 11th meeting, July 2018. [ bib | http | .zip ]
M. Bläser and J. Sauer, “CE10: Results on Geometric block partitioning (Test 3.3),” Doc. JVET-K0146, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 11th meeting, July 2018. [ bib | http | .zip ]
M. Bläser, J. Sauer, and M. Wien, “Description of SDR and 360o video coding technology proposal by RWTH Aachen University,” Doc. JVET-J0023, Joint Video Experts Team of ITU-T VCEG and ISO/IEC MPEG, San Diego, USA, 10th meeting, Apr. 2018. [ bib | http | .zip ]
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