def METHOD_NAME(rle, x, y, height, width, h, w):
    import pycocotools.mask as mask_util
    if 'counts' in rle and type(rle['counts']) == list:
        rle = mask_util.frPyObjects(rle, height, width)
    mask = mask_util.decode(rle)
    expanded_mask = np.full((h, w), 0).astype(mask.dtype)
    expanded_mask[y:y + height, x:x + width] = mask
    rle = mask_util.encode(np.array(expanded_mask, order='F', dtype=np.uint8))
    return rle