Image decoding device and method thereof using inter-coded predictive encoding code
An image encoding device and corresponding decoding device are disclosed for achieving a high rate of compression. The encoding device includes an image conversion module that converts the direction of the images using right-left symmetry mode convention or up-down symmetry mode conversion. Encoding modules are used to encode both the unconverted and converted images. A mode selector module compares the quantity of codes in the encoded unconverted images and the quantity of codes in the encoded converted images, and selects codes that are smaller in the quantity of codes for output.
1. A decoding method for decoding a signal of an intra-coded image, the decoding method comprising:
a determination step of determining whether a partial area of the image has been converted in an up-down symmetry conversion mode to flip the partial area of the image vertically or in a right-left symmetry conversion mode to flip the partial area of the image horizontally with reference to information sent together with the signal of the image; and
a decoded image creation step of creating a decoded image with executing conversion associated with a conversion mode determined in the determination step after intra-coded predicting, wherein the information includes information indicating a direction of the flip of the partial area of the image and information indicating a position of the flipped partial area, and
wherein the size of the flipped partial area is larger than a block unit.