IP Library Granted Patent US 9,667,976
Granted Patent B2
US 9,667,976 · App. 14/848,010 · Granted May 30, 2017

Image encoding device, image encoding method, image decoding device, image decoding method, program, and storage medium

Inventors: Takeshi Tsukuba (Osaka, JP); Yasuaki Tokumo (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04N19/174H04N19/103H04N19/139H04N19/159H04N19/176H04N19/19H04N19/593H04N19/61
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Patent No.
US 9,667,976
App. No.
14/848,010
Granted
May 30, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A prediction set determining section selects a prediction set from a prediction set group including a plurality of prediction sets having different combinations of prediction modes corresponding to different prediction directions. Further, a prediction mode determining section selects a prediction mode from the prediction set thus selected. An entropy encoding section encodes the prediction set thus selected, the prediction mode thus selected, and residual data between an input image and a predicted image formed on the basis of the prediction set and the prediction mode. This allows an image encoding device to carry out predictions from more various angles, thereby improving prediction efficiency.

Claims (16)

1. An image decoder for decoding encoded data so as to form a decoded image, comprising:

a decoding circuit configured to decode, from the encoded data,

(i) an encode parameter including prediction mode information and

(ii) prediction residual data;

a first selecting circuit configured to select, from a plurality of prediction sets, one prediction set to be used with respect to each target block to be intra-predicted, wherein the prediction set includes, as prediction mode candidates, a plurality of prediction modes including at least one direction prediction mode, wherein each of the plurality of prediction sets includes the same number of the plurality of prediction modes;

a second selecting circuit configured to select one prediction mode from the plurality of prediction modes included in the prediction set selected by the first selector;

a predicting circuit configured to form, on the basis of the prediction mode thus selected, a predicted image of the each target block to be intra-predicted; and

an adding circuit configured to form a decoded image of the each target block to be intra-predicted by adding the predicted image formed by the predicting circuit and the prediction residual data obtained by decoding the encoded data,

the predicting circuit referring to a lowermost pixel in a case where a decoded block that is adjacent to the each target block to be intra-predicted is positioned on the top of the each target block to be intra-predicted.

2. An image encoder for encoding an input image, comprising:

a determining circuit configured to determine a prediction mode to be used for forming a predicted image of a target block to be intra-predicted;

a selecting circuit configured to select, from a plurality of prediction sets, one prediction set with respect to each target block to be intra-predicted, wherein the prediction set includes, as prediction mode candidates, a plurality of prediction modes including at least one direction prediction mode, wherein each of the plurality of prediction sets includes the same number of the plurality of prediction modes;

a prediction mode encoder configured to encode, with respect to the each target block to be intra-predicted and by use of the prediction set thus selected by the selector, the prediction mode thus determined;

a predicting circuit configured to form, on the basis of the prediction mode thus determined, a predicted image of the each target block to be intra-predicted; and

a residual data encoding circuit configured to encode residual data between the input image and the predicted image,

the predicting circuit referring to a lowermost pixel in a case where an encoded block that is adjacent to the each target block to be intra-predicted is positioned on the top of the each target block to be intra-predicted.

Assignments (3)
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 Jun 30, 2017
From: SHARP CORPORATION
To: VELOS MEDIA, LLC
Reel/Frame 042876/0098 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2007-173379 · Jun 29, 2007 · national
JP 2007-268429 · Oct 15, 2007 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14109444 · Dec 17, 2013
Division 12667004
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