IP Library Granted Patent US 9,743,116
Granted Patent B2
US 9,743,116 · App. 13/457,272 · Granted Aug 22, 2017

High throughput coding for CABAC in HEVC

Inventors: Seung-Hwan Kim (Vancouver, WA); Christopher A. Segall (Vancouver, WA)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04N19/91H04N19/13H04N19/157H04N19/186
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Patent No.
US 9,743,116
App. No.
13/457,272
Granted
Aug 22, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system utilizes a high throughput coding mode for CABAC in HEVC. The system may include an electronic device configured to obtain a bit stream; determine whether to decode level information of the sub-block of a block from the bit stream by using a first or a second decoding based on a characteristic of the sub-block; if the characteristic of the sub-block satisfies a predetermined condition, decoding level information of the sub-block from the bit stream by using the first decoding, and if the characteristic of the sub-block does not satisfy the predetermined condition, decoding level information of the sub-block from the bit stream by using the second decoding that is different from the first decoding.

Claims (11)

1. A method decoding a bit stream using a processor the method, comprising:

obtaining the bit stream;

determining whether to decode level information of the sub-block of a block from the bit stream by using a first or a second decoding based on a characteristic of the sub-block; wherein the characteristic of the sub-block includes a slice level of a corresponding sub-block or a transform unit level of a corresponding sub-block;

if the characteristic of the sub-block satisfies a predetermined condition, decoding level information of the sub-block from the bit stream by using the first decoding, and

if the characteristic of the sub-block does not satisfy the predetermined condition, decoding level information of the sub-block from the bit stream by using the second decoding that is different from the first decoding;

wherein the first decoding comprises a bypass coding and the second decoding comprises a regular coding and the bypass coding;

wherein the predetermined condition indicates whether a number of coefficients with amplitude not equal to zero of the sub-block is equal to or greater than a preset threshold;

wherein if the predetermined condition is met, a sign, level information of any non-zero coefficients of the sub-block whose amplitude is greater than or equal to one, a first flag which indicates whether an amplitude of the non-zero coefficient is greater than one or not and a second flag which indicates whether the amplitude of the non-zero coefficient with the amplitude larger than one is greater than two or not are decoded by a bypass coding of the first decoding respectively;

wherein if the predetermined condition is not met, the first flag, and the second flag are decoded by a regular coding of the second decoding respectively, and

wherein the sign and level information of any non-zero coefficients whose amplitude is greater than or equal to three, are decoded by the bypass coding of the second decoding respectively.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the preset threshold is equal to eight.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2015
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037278/0445 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2014
From: SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA INC.
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 033265/0592 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2012
From: KIM, SEUNG-HWAN; SEGALL, CHRISTOPHER ANDREW
To: SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 028417/0265 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation In Part 13444710 · Apr 11, 2012
Continuation In Part 13365215 · Feb 2, 2012
Continuation In Part 13360615 · Jan 27, 2012
Continuation In Part 13354272 · Jan 19, 2012
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