IP Library Granted Patent US 8,798,147
Granted Patent B2
US 8,798,147 · App. 13/556,583 · Granted Aug 5, 2014

Moving picture coding method, moving picture decoding method, moving picture coding apparatus, moving picture decoding apparatus, and moving picture coding and decoding apparatus

Inventors: Hisao Sasai (Osaka, JP); Takahiro Nishi (Nara, JP); Youji Shibahara (Osaka, JP); Toshiyasu Sugio (Osaka, JP); Kyoko Tanikawa (Osaka, JP); Toru Matsunobu (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
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Patent No.
US 8,798,147
App. No.
13/556,583
Granted
Aug 5, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A moving picture coding method includes (i) transforming, for each of one or more second processing units included in the first processing unit, a moving picture signal in a spatial domain into a frequency domain coefficient and quantizing the frequency domain coefficient, and (ii) performing arithmetic coding on a luminance CBF flag indicating whether or not a quantized coefficient is included in the second processing unit in which transform and quantization are performed, wherein, in the arithmetic coding, a probability table for use in arithmetic coding is determined according to whether or not the size of the first processing unit is identical to the size of the second processing unit and whether or not the second processing unit has a predetermined maximum size.

Claims (18)

1. A decoding method for decoding a coded picture signal for a first unit, the first unit including one or more second units, the decoding method comprising:

obtaining, from the coded picture signal, a luminance CBF flag indicating whether or not a quantized coefficient is included in a second unit from among the one or more second units;

judging whether or not a size of the first unit is identical to a size of the second unit;

selecting a first probability table or a second probability table so that (i) the first probability table is selected when the size of the first unit is identical to the size of the second unit and (ii) the second probability table is selected when the size of the first unit is not identical to the size of the second unit regardless of the size of the second unit;

performing arithmetic decoding on the luminance CBF flag using the selected one of the first probability table and the second probability table; and

reconstructing a picture signal for the first unit using the quantized coefficient of the second unit when the luminance CBF flag indicates that the quantized coefficient is included in the second unit,

wherein when the size of the second unit is a first size which is not identical to the size of the first unit, said selecting selects the second probability table, and

wherein when the size of the second unit is a second size which is not identical to the size of the first unit and not identical to the first size, said selecting selects the second probability table.

2. A decoding apparatus for decoding a coded picture signal for a first unit including one or more second units, the decoding apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory memory having stored thereon executable instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the following:

obtaining, from the coded picture signal, a luminance CBF flag indicating whether or not a quantized coefficient is included in a second unit from among the one or more second units;

judging whether or not a size of the first unit is identical to a size of the second unit;

selecting a first probability table or a second probability table so that (i) the first probability table is selected when the size of the first unit is identical to the size of the second unit and (ii) the second probability table is selected when the size of the first unit is not identical to the size of the second unit regardless of the size of the second unit;

performing arithmetic decoding on the luminance CBF flag using the selected one of the first probability table and the second probability table; and

reconstructing a picture signal for the first unit using the quantized coefficient of the second unit when the luminance CBF flag indicates that the quantized coefficient is included in the second unit,

wherein when the size of the second unit is a first size which is not identical to the size of the first unit, said selecting selects the second probability table, and

wherein when the size of the second unit is a second size which is not identical to the size of the first unit and not identical to the first size, said selecting selects the second probability table.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2016
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
To: SUN PATENT TRUST
Reel/Frame 038299/0213 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 033033/0163 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2012
From: SASAI, HISAO; NISHI, TAKAHIRO; SHIBAHARA, YOUJI; SUGIO, TOSHIYASU; TANIKAWA, KYOKO; MATSUNOBU, TORU
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029100/0514 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61513141 · Jul 29, 2011
Related Publication 20130028319A1 · Jan 31, 2013