IP Library Granted Patent US 9,635,354
Granted Patent B2
US 9,635,354 · App. 14/359,765 · Granted Apr 25, 2017

Image processing device and method

Inventors: Junichi Tanaka (Kanagawa, JP); Ohji Nakagami (Tokyo, JP); Yoshitaka Morigami (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
H04N19/00096H04N19/103H04N19/126H04N19/463H04N19/59H04N19/593H04N19/70H04N19/30H04N19/597
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Patent No.
US 9,635,354
App. No.
14/359,765
Granted
Apr 25, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method that enable suppression of an increase in the amount of coding of a quantization matrix. An image processing device of the present disclosure includes an up-conversion unit configured to up-convert a quantization matrix limited to a size less than or equal to a transmission size that is a maximum size allowed for transmission, from the transmission size to a size that is identical to a block size that is a processing unit of quantization or dequantization. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, an image processing device for processing image data.

Claims (18)

1. An image processing device comprising:

circuitry configured to

decode a bit stream including image data and a first 8×8 quantization matrix corresponding to an 8×8 transform unit, a second 8×8 quantization matrix associated with a 16×16 quantization matrix corresponding to a 16×16 transform unit, and a third 8×8 quantization matrix, different from the second 8×8 quantization matrix, associated with a 32×32 quantization matrix corresponding to a 32×32 transform unit to generate quantized image data;

set a 16×16 quantization matrix from the second 8×8 quantization matrix in a case where an inverse orthogonal transform is to be performed using the 16×16 transform unit and set a 32×32 quantization matrix from the third 8×8 quantization matrix in a case where the inverse orthogonal transform is to be performed using the 32×32 transform unit; and

dequantize the generated quantized image data using the set 16×16 quantization matrix or the set 32×32 quantization matrix.

2. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry sets the 16×16 quantization matrix by performing an interpolation process on a matrix element in the second 8×8 quantization matrix.

3. The image processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the circuitry sets the 16×16 quantization matrix by performing a nearest neighbor interpolation process on a matrix element in the second 8×8 quantization matrix.

4. The image processing device according to claim 3 , wherein

the circuitry dequantizes the generated quantized image data using the set 32×32 quantization matrix.

5. The image processing device according to claim 4 , wherein the circuitry sets the 32×32 quantization matrix by performing an interpolation process on a matrix element in the third 8×8 quantization matrix.

6. The image processing device according to claim 5 , wherein the circuitry sets the 32×32 quantization matrix by performing a nearest neighbor interpolation process on a matrix element in the third 8×8 quantization matrix.

7. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry dequantizes the generated quantized image data using the first 8×8 quantization matrix in a case where an inverse orthogonal transform is to be performed using the 8×8 transform unit.

8. The image processing device according to claim 7 , wherein the first 8×8 quantization matrix, the second 8×8 quantization matrix, and the third 8×8 quantization matrix are included in a picture parameter set of the bit stream.

9. The image processing device according to claim 8 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to perform an inverse orthogonal transform on a transform coefficient data obtained by dequantizing the quantized image data, using the 8×8 transform unit, the 16×16 transform unit, or the 32×32 transform unit.

10. An image processing method comprising:

decoding a bit stream including a first 8×8 quantization matrix corresponding to an 8×8 transform unit, a second 8×8 quantization matrix associated with a 16×16 quantization matrix corresponding to a 16×16 transform unit, and a third 8×8 quantization matrix, different from the second 8×8 quantization matrix, associated with a 32×32 quantization matrix corresponding to a 32×32 transform unit to generate quantized image data;

setting a 16×16 quantization matrix from the second 8×8 quantization matrix in a case where an inverse orthogonal transform is to be performed using the 16×16 transform unit and setting a 32×32 quantization matrix from the third 8×8 quantization matrix in a case where the inverse orthogonal transform is to be performed using the 32×32 transform unit; and

dequantizing the generated quantized image data using the set 16×16 quantization matrix or the set 32×32 quantization matrix.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2014
From: TANAKA, JUNICHI; NAKAGAMI, OHJI; MORIGAMI, YOSHITAKA
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032981/0866 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2011-277745 · Dec 19, 2011 · national
JP 2012-008462 · Jan 18, 2012 · national
JP 2012-039216 · Feb 24, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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