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`Approved for use through 10/31/2024. OMB 0651-0009
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it contains a valid OMB control number
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`Trademark/Service Mark Application, Principal Register
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`Serial Number: 97619167
`Filing Date: 10/04/2022
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`The table below presents the data as entered.
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`Input Field
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`Entered
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`SERIAL NUMBER
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`MARK INFORMATION
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`*MARK
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`STANDARD CHARACTERS
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`USPTO-GENERATED IMAGE
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`LITERAL ELEMENT
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`MARK STATEMENT
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`REGISTER
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`APPLICANT INFORMATION
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`*OWNER OF MARK
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`*MAILING ADDRESS
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`*CITY
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`*STATE
`(Required for U.S. applicants)
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`97619167
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`VISIONULAR
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`YES
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`YES
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`VISIONULAR
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`The mark consists of standard characters, without claim to any
`particular font style, size, or color.
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`Principal
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`Visionular Inc.
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`280 2nd St Suite C
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`Los Altos
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`California
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`*COUNTRY/REGION/JURISDICTION/U.S. TERRITORY
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`United States
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`*ZIP/POSTAL CODE
`(Required for U.S. and certain international addresses)
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`PHONE
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`*EMAIL ADDRESS
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`WEBSITE ADDRESS
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`LEGAL ENTITY INFORMATION
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`TYPE
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`94022
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`650-279-7578
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`XXXX
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`https://www.visionular.com
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`corporation
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`STATE/COUNTRY/REGION/JURISDICTION/U.S. TERRITORY OF
`INCORPORATION
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`California
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`GOODS AND/OR SERVICES AND BASIS INFORMATION
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`INTERNATIONAL CLASS
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`042 
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`*IDENTIFICATION
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`Providing network bridging software-as-a-service (SAAS)
`services featuring software for low-latency dissemination of
`digital video streams across multiple networks; software-as-a-
`service (SAAS) services featuring software for centrally
`controlling the distribution of video content to multiple
`devices; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring
`software for monitoring, analyzing, and enabling online video
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`FILING BASIS
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`       FIRST USE ANYWHERE DATE
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`       FIRST USE IN COMMERCE DATE
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`       SPECIMEN FILE NAME(S)
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`       ORIGINAL PDF FILE
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`       CONVERTED PDF FILE(S)
`       (26 pages)
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`streaming; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring
`software for real-time monitoring, analyzing, and error-
`tracking of video playback
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`SECTION 1(a)
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`At least as early as 07/17/2018
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`At least as early as 07/17/2018
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`Houst Consulting
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`XXX
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`XXXX
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`XX
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`Houst Consulting
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`P.O. Box 700092
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`San Jose
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`California
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`United States
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`95170
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`408-921-6160
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`thou@houstconsulting.com
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`       SPECIMEN DESCRIPTION
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`        WEBPAGE URL
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`        WEBPAGE DATE OF ACCESS
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`ATTORNEY INFORMATION
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`NAME
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NUMBER
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`ATTORNEY BAR MEMBERSHIP NUMBER
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`YEAR OF ADMISSION
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`U.S. STATE/ COMMONWEALTH/ TERRITORY
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`FIRM NAME
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`STREET
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`CITY
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`STATE
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`COUNTRY/REGION/JURISDICTION/U.S. TERRITORY
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`ZIP/POSTAL CODE
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`PHONE
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`EMAIL ADDRESS
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`CORRESPONDENCE INFORMATION
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`NAME
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`Houst Consulting
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`PRIMARY EMAIL ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE
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`thou@houstconsulting.com
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`SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES)
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`docket@houstconsulting.com
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`FEE INFORMATION
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`APPLICATION FILING OPTION
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`NUMBER OF CLASSES
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`TEAS Standard
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`APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION PER CLASS
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`*TOTAL FEES DUE
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`*TOTAL FEES PAID
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`SIGNATURE INFORMATION
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`SIGNATURE
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`SIGNATORY'S NAME
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`SIGNATORY'S POSITION
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`SIGNATORY'S PHONE NUMBER
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`DATE SIGNED
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`SIGNATURE METHOD
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`350
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`350
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`350
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`/Tianjun Hou/
`
`Tianjun Hou
`
`Attorney of record
`
`408-921-6160
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`10/04/2022
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`Signed directly within the form
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`

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`PTO- 1478
`
`Approved for use through 10/31/2024. OMB 0651-0009
`
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it contains a valid OMB control number
`
`Trademark/Service Mark Application, Principal Register
`
`To the Commissioner for Trademarks:
`
`Serial Number: 97619167
`Filing Date: 10/04/2022
`
`MARK: VISIONULAR (Standard Characters, see mark)
`The literal element of the mark consists of VISIONULAR. The mark consists of standard characters, without claim to any particular font style,
`size, or color.
`The applicant, Visionular Inc., a corporation of California, having an address of
`      280 2nd St Suite C
`      Los Altos, California 94022
`      United States
`      650-279-7578(phone)
`      XXXX
`
`requests registration of the trademark/service mark identified above in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on the Principal Register
`established by the Act of July 5, 1946 (15 U.S.C. Section 1051 et seq.), as amended, for the following:
`
`International Class 042:  Providing network bridging software-as-a-service (SAAS) services featuring software for low-latency dissemination of
`digital video streams across multiple networks; software-as-a-service (SAAS) services featuring software for centrally controlling the distribution
`of video content to multiple devices; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for monitoring, analyzing, and enabling online
`video streaming; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for real-time monitoring, analyzing, and error-tracking of video
`playback
`
`In International Class 042, the mark was first used by the applicant or the applicant's related company or licensee or predecessor in interest at
`least as early as 07/17/2018, and first used in commerce at least as early as 07/17/2018, and is now in use in such commerce. The applicant is
`submitting one(or more) specimen(s) showing the mark as used in commerce on or in connection with any item in the class of listed
`goods/services, consisting of a(n) Screenshots; webpages.
`
`Original PDF file:
`SPE0-739237189-2022100414 2116876471_._Specimen.pdf
`Converted PDF file(s) (26 pages)
`Specimen File1
`Specimen File2
`Specimen File3
`Specimen File4
`Specimen File5
`Specimen File6
`Specimen File7
`Specimen File8
`Specimen File9
`Specimen File10
`Specimen File11
`Specimen File12
`Specimen File13
`Specimen File14
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`Specimen File16
`Specimen File17
`Specimen File18
`Specimen File19
`Specimen File20
`Specimen File21
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`Specimen File22
`Specimen File23
`Specimen File24
`Specimen File25
`Specimen File26
`Webpage URL: https://www.visionular.com
`Webpage Date of Access: 10/04/2022
`
`For informational purposes only, applicant's website address is: https://www.visionular.com
`
`The owner's/holder's proposed attorney information: Houst Consulting. Houst Consulting of Houst Consulting, is a member of the XX bar,
`admitted to the bar in XXXX, bar membership no. XXX, is located at
`      P.O. Box 700092
`      San Jose, California 95170
`      United States
`      408-921-6160(phone)
`      thou@houstconsulting.com
`The docket/reference number is VNLR-T002.
`Houst Consulting submitted the following statement: The attorney of record is an active member in good standing of the bar of the highest court
`of a U.S. state, the District of Columbia, or any U.S. Commonwealth or territory.
`The applicant's current Correspondence Information:
`      Houst Consulting
`       PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: thou@houstconsulting.com
`       SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES): docket@houstconsulting.com
`
`Requirement for Email and Electronic Filing: I understand that a valid email address must be maintained by the applicant owner/holder and
`the applicant owner's/holder's attorney, if appointed, and that all official trademark correspondence must be submitted via the Trademark
`Electronic Application System (TEAS).
`A fee payment in the amount of $350 has been submitted with the application, representing payment for 1 class(es).
`
`Basis:
`If the applicant is filing the application based on use in commerce under 15 U.S.C. § 1051(a):
`
`Declaration
`
`The signatory believes that the applicant is the owner of the trademark/service mark sought to be registered;
`The mark is in use in commerce and was in use in commerce as of the filing date of the application on or in connection with the
`goods/services in the application;
`The specimen(s) shows the mark as used on or in connection with the goods/services in the application and was used on or in
`connection with the goods/services in the application as of the application filing date; and
`To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, the facts recited in the application are accurate.
`
`And/Or
`If the applicant is filing the application based on an intent to use the mark in commerce under 15 U.S.C. § 1051(b), § 1126(d),
`and/or § 1126(e):
`
`The signatory believes that the applicant is entitled to use the mark in commerce;
`The applicant has a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce and had a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce as
`of the application filing date on or in connection with the goods/services in the application; and
`To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, the facts recited in the application are accurate.
`
`To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, no other persons, except, if applicable, concurrent users, have the right to use the
`mark in commerce, either in the identical form or in such near resemblance as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the
`goods/services of such other persons, to cause confusion or mistake, or to deceive.
`
`To the best of the signatory's knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances, the
`allegations and other factual contentions made above have evidentiary support.
`
`The signatory being warned that willful false statements and the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. §
`
`

`

`1001, and that such willful false statements and the like may jeopardize the validity of the application or submission or any registration
`resulting therefrom, declares that all statements made of his/her own knowledge are true and all statements made on information and
`belief are believed to be true.
`Declaration Signature
`
`Signature: /Tianjun Hou/   Date: 10/04/2022
`Signatory's Name: Tianjun Hou
`Signatory's Position: Attorney of record
`Signatory's Phone Number: 408-921-6160
`Signature method: Signed directly within the form
`Payment Sale Number: 97619167
`Payment Accounting Date: 10/04/2022
`
`Serial Number: 97619167
`Internet Transmission Date: Tue Oct 04 17:21:33 ET 2022
`TEAS Stamp: USPTO/BAS-XX.XX.XX.XXX-20221004172134703
`048-97619167-820e7da7ec95579475985fbfa4b
`d3c2bf547f4c611f834b1dee5782bd197e266818
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`How to get a clean encodewith naturallooking film grain.
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`Visionular has applied the film grain encoding technology that the AV1 standard supports with their Aurora1 AV1 Encoderin a
`unique way. Traditional encoding techniques can generate unevengrain distribution or even just poorretention of the grain
`itself. The Aurora1 encodertakesfull advantage of the film grain processing capabilities of the AV1 standard resulting in faster
`encoding times and smallerfile sizes without quality loss.
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`Encodevs.Film Grain: No longer one or the other
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`Grain Synthesis
`This process removesthe grain in the video through a denoising
`process and estimates the grain parameters. The encoderretains.
`these parameters and then sends them to the decoder along with
`the compressedvideo stream. At this point, the grain is re-generated
`using the estimated parameters and then added back to the
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`Grain Preservation
`This process re-evaluates and adjusts key algorithmsin the video
`encoder, including Motion Estimation, Intra Prediction, Mode
`decision, RDO, and post processes. Aurora1’s grain preservation
`capabilities can makethe grainsdistributed uniformly in one frame
`and acrossdifferent frames but with the sameoriginal pattern, This
`is a unique capability and not found in other AV1 encoders.
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`Preservation + Synthesis
`The first two methods have complementary strengths. Grain
`synthesis is good at synthesizing high-frequency Gaussian noise but
`struggles with complex or irregular grain. Grain preservation can
`preserve irregular-difficult-to-preserve fine-grain noise (butit will
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`Behind TheCurtain
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`Grain Synthesis
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`DERGAINED
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`This method allows one to preserve the grain while still achieving a lowerbit rate and higher quality than directly encoding the grain.
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`Whenre-applying the noise, the decoding process uses a 32x32 block which is randomly selected from a 64x64 template. These 32x32
`blocks are re-assembled in the same orientation next to each other and can often produce patterns and noticeable artifacts.
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`For complexsituationslike this, Visionular combines the methods which look somethinglike this:
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`1, Decomposethe grain.
`2. Retain and encodethe grain thatis difficult to generate with the Grain Preservation.
`3. Use the Grain Synthesis methodfor the morefine-grain.
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`In the example below,the grain synthesis method canretain the high-frequency gaussian noise. In contrast, the grain preservation method
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`Preservation + Synthesis
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`can retain complex/irregular grains. You end up getting the best of both worlds!
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`Left: Retains the grain in the encode. Right: Combines both methods ofretention and synthesis.
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`As you can see, combining both methods to address complex grain patterns results in a natural-looking grain that is evenly distributed
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`How to get aclean screen content with AV1 Screen Content Coding
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`Click the orange play button to watch what AV1 will do to text for your RTC app. Learn howit can deliver sharper and clearer
`text at lower bitrates than any other AV1 encoder. You'll never go back to H.264.
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`More about AV1 Screen Content Coding
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`Screen contentis unique from standard video in the RTC use case. For example, almost every pixelwill change when
`switching from oneslide to the next. However, practically no changes occur once onthat slide until the following slide change.
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`Applying the encoding algorithms for standard video to screen contentis ineffective. The trade-off between quality and
`encoding efficiency is not the same. However, combining AV1’s core coding tools with ourintelligent algorithms delivers higher-
`quality screen content using 50% fewerbits.
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`Screen Content Coding: fewerbits, higher quality
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`You no longer have to worry about screen content quality in your remote worker presentations. Take your online team
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`Our team has workedhard to ensure that the Aurora1 AV1 encoder dynamically applies the best tools in the best way, to
`screen content. Unlike other codecs, AV1 supports special tools for screen content coding in the main profile, giving unparallel
`performance compatible with all compliant decoders. These tools include:
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`Intra Block Copy(IntraBC)
`This tool allows data to be copied within the same frame,justlike
`motion compensation and can produce hugebit rate savings. We use
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`Palette Coding
`Palette coding provides an extra block prediction that uses a small
`palette of individual colors and codes labels instead of pixel values.
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`a highly-optimized hash-based searchto identify suitable blocks.
`requires intelligent optimization to be used effectively, however.
`Weusefastroutines for identifying suitable blocks and palette sizes.
`from the lumais often helpful.
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`Warping, Rotation, and Zoom
`Common in animations, non-translational motion is not effectively
`codedin prior standards to AV1. Expanding the motion search space
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`Chroma from Luma
`Chromaand luma samplesare often correlated, especially in the
`colorful imagestypical of screen content, and predicting the chroma
`
`Screen Content Coding (SCC) is more thanjust a set of tools, however. We need to makeuse of these tools without excessive
`complexity, and SCC can require a different approach to how the video is coded, evenif specific screen tools are not used:
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`Adaptive ModeDecisions for Screen
`Content
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`lowers bandwidth greatly.
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`Categorization & Identification of
`Screen Content-specific Motion
`Motion compensation has been the mainstay of MPEG
`encoding for a long time. Screen content presents its own specific
`kind of motion, which is found more rarely in general video — like
`scrolling, sliding, and rotating. Exploiting these motionsefficiently
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`Behind The Curtain
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`The Comparisons
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`Auroral vs. x264 (-tune zerolatency, 1 thread) - SVC
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`A tool that the Auroral AV1 encoderleverages is single and compound motion compensation modes. Altogether there are 128 different
`methods to detect motion when you switch ta compound mode, enabling Auroral to stabilize an image and reduce unnecessary movement,
`reducing the number of constantly changing pixels.
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`Enabling SCC in Aurora’ can reduce screen content bitrates by mare than 50% or up to 500kbps, whichis impossible with any other video
`codec standard, or AV1 encoder implementation including libaom RT.
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