IP Library Granted Patent US 9,402,077
Granted Patent B2
US 9,402,077 · App. 14/554,343 · Granted Jul 26, 2016

Image processing system, image processing method and program

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Patent No.
US 9,402,077
App. No.
14/554,343
Granted
Jul 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an image processing system and an image processing method able to suppress block distortion in the case of decoding image data encoded in unit of blocks. A controlling unit selects a filtering content to be applied to the block image data based on the encoding types of the block image data to be filtered, and a filtering unit applies filtering to the block image data to be processed according to the filtering content selected by the controlling unit.

Claims (22)

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

processing circuitry configured to:

perform filtering processing on an image having a plurality of blocks, based on whether or not an edge of the block on which the filtering processing is performed is a transform block edge; and

generate a bit stream using the image on which the filtering processing is performed.

2. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

a filtering strength of the filtering processing is stronger when an encoding type of a first block of the image is not different from an encoding type of a second block of the image adjacent to the first block of the image.

3. The image processing apparatus of claim 2 , wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to provide an encoded image for transmission via a transmission medium.

4. An image processing method of encoding an image having a plurality of blocks, wherein the image processing method is performed via control by a processor of an image processing apparatus, and the method comprises:

performing filtering processing on the image having the plurality of blocks, based on whether or not an edge of the block on which the filtering processing is performed is a transform block edge; and

generating a bit stream using the image on which the filtering processing is performed.

5. The image processing method of claim 4 , wherein

a filtering strength of the filtering processing is stronger when an encoding type of a first block of the image is not different from an encoding type of a second block of the image adjacent to the first block of the image.

6. The image processing method of claim 5 , further comprising:

providing, via control by the processor, an encoded image for transmission via a transmission medium.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute an image processing method of encoding an image having a plurality of blocks, the method comprising:

performing filtering processing on the image having the plurality of blocks, based on whether or not an edge of the block on which the filtering processing is performed is a transform block edge; and

generating a bit stream using the image on which the filtering processing is performed.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein

a filtering strength of the filtering processing is stronger when an encoding type of a first block of the image is not different from an encoding type of a second block of the image adjacent to the first block of the image.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:

providing an encoded image for transmission via a transmission medium.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2022
From: VELOS MEDIA, LLC
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061902/0867 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2022
From: CORTLAND CAPITAL MARKET SERVICES LLC
To: VELOS MEDIA, LLC AND VELOS MEDIA MANAGEMENT, LLC
Reel/Frame 060923/0407 →
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMBER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 2, 2018
From: VELOS MEDIA MANAGEMENT, LLC; VELOS MEDIA, LLC
To: CORTLAND CAPITAL MARKET SERVICES LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 045806/0030 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: VELOS MEDIA, LLC
Reel/Frame 042517/0073 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 26, 2014
From: NAKAGAMI, OHJI; SATO, KAZUSHI; YAGASAKI, YOICHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034268/0895 →