IP Library Granted Patent US 9,596,487
Granted Patent B2
US 9,596,487 · App. 14/927,961 · Granted Mar 14, 2017

Image coding method, image decoding method, image coding apparatus, image decoding apparatus, and image coding and decoding apparatus

Inventors: Kengo Terada (Osaka, JP); Takahiro Nishi (Nara, JP); Youji Shibahara (Tokyo, JP); Kyoko Tanikawa (Osaka, JP); Hisao Sasai (Osaka, JP); Toshiyasu Sugio (Osaka, JP); Toru Matsunobu (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
H04N19/91H03M7/4006H04N19/176H04N19/18H04N19/463H04N19/60
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Patent No.
US 9,596,487
App. No.
14/927,961
Granted
Mar 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image coding method using arithmetic coding. The method includes: performing arithmetic coding on a first flag that indicates whether or not an absolute value of a target coefficient in a target coefficient block is greater than 1; and performing arithmetic coding on a second flag that indicates whether or not the absolute value is greater than 2. In the arithmetic coding on the first flag and the arithmetic coding on the second flag, it is determined whether or not an immediately-prior coefficient block that has been coded immediately prior to the target coefficient block includes a coefficient having an absolute value greater than a threshold value. Based on a result of the determination, respective contexts to be used in the arithmetic coding on the first and second flags are selected.

Claims (8)

1. An image coding method using arithmetic coding, the image coding method comprising:

performing arithmetic coding on a first flag that indicates whether or not an absolute value of a target coefficient in a target coefficient block is greater than 1; and

performing arithmetic coding on a second flag that indicates whether or not the absolute value is greater than 2,

wherein, in the performing of the arithmetic coding on the first flag and the performing of the arithmetic coding on the second flag, it is determined whether or not an immediately-prior coefficient block that has been coded immediately prior to the target coefficient block includes a coefficient having an absolute value greater than a threshold value, and a context to be used in the arithmetic coding on the first flag and a context to be used in the arithmetic coding on the second flag are selected based on a result of the determination.

2. An image coding apparatus that performs arithmetic coding, the image coding apparatus comprising:

control circuitry; and

storage accessible from the control circuitry,

wherein the control circuitry executes the image coding method according to claim 1 .

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2022
From: VELOS MEDIA, LLC
To: SUN PATENT TRUST
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2022
From: CORTLAND CAPITAL MARKET SERVICES LLC
To: VELOS MEDIA, LLC AND VELOS MEDIA MANAGEMENT, LLC
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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 31, 2017
From: SUN PATENT TRUST
To: VELOS MEDIA, LLC
Reel/Frame 042546/0073 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2016
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
To: SUN PATENT TRUST
Reel/Frame 038299/0213 →
Continuity (3)
Division 13921257 · Jun 19, 2013
Provisional Application 61663121 · Jun 22, 2012
Related Publication 20160050444A1 · Feb 18, 2016