Variable length coding method and variable length decoding method
An image coding apparatus provides a run-length encoding unit RLE 1 that subjects quantized coefficients which are obtained by quantizing frequency components of an image signal to a variable length coding process by using a run value Run that indicates the number of successive zero coefficients and a level value Lev that indicates a value of a non-zero coefficient following the zero coefficients. The run-length encoding unit RLE 1 includes a reordering unit Lreodr for reordering level values Lev; a variable length coder LVLC for coding reordered level values ROLev by using a code table that is selected according to the value of a quantization parameter QP; a reordering unit Rreodr for reordering run values Run from high frequency component of the quantized coefficients to low frequency component; and a variable length coder RVLC for coding reordered run values RORun by using a code table that is selected according to the number of already-processed run values.
1. A coding method for coding a coefficient of a frequency component included in a target block to be coded, the coding method comprising:
transforming the coefficient of the frequency component into a run value and a level value;
coding the level value; and
coding the run value,
wherein said coding of the run value includes:
counting a number of zero-value coefficient with a frequency component which is not higher than a frequency component corresponding to a zero-value quantized coefficient related to the run value to be coded;
selecting a code table in accordance with the counted number of zero-value coefficient; and
variable length coding the run value by using the selected code table.
2. The coding method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the coding method for coding the coefficient of the frequency component is performed on a block by block basis.
3. A coding apparatus which codes a coefficient of a frequency component included in a target block to be coded, the coding apparatus comprising:
a transforming unit operable to transform the coefficient of the frequency component into a run value and a level value;
a level value coding unit operable to code the level value; and
a run value coding unit operable to code the run value,
wherein the run value coding unit includes:
a number counting unit operable to count a number of zero-value coefficient with a frequency component which is not higher than a frequency component corresponding to a zero-value quantized coefficient related to the run value to be coded;
a table selecting unit operable to select a code table in accordance with the counted number of zero-value coefficient; and
a variable length coding unit operable to variable length code the run value by using the selected code table.