IP Library Granted Patent US 11,076,149
Granted Patent B2
US 11,076,149 · App. 15/899,108 · Granted Jul 27, 2021

Image encoding device, image decoding device, and program thereof

Inventors: Atsuro Ichigaya (Tokyo, JP); Shinichi Sakaida (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI
H04N19/105H04N19/117H04N19/12H04N19/147H04N19/176H04N19/46H04N19/593H04N19/619H04N19/625
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Patent No.
US 11,076,149
App. No.
15/899,108
Granted
Jul 27, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Video coding according to the disclosure of the present application includes generating a predictive signal of a target object either by means of intra-prediction or inter-prediction. The generated predictive signal of the target object then undergoes filtering to smooth out a transition of pixel signals from a neighboring block to the target block. In the disclosure of the present application, the filtering is performed only when the filtering is necessary. A parameter indicating whether to execute or not to execute the filtering is sent from the encoder to the decoder. The present application also discloses provision of multiple types of transformation processes. A selection signal is used to select one type of transformation process from the multiple types of transformation processes. Alternatively, one type of transformation process is selected according to whether to execute or not to execute the filtering.

Claims (16)

1. An image decoding device for decoding a signal encoded by block-dividing a frame constituting a moving image, the image decoding device comprising:

a predictor circuitry configured to generate a predicted image of block unit including a prediction signal by a predetermined prediction that performs a signal prediction for each pixel signal of an original image of the block unit;

a corrector circuitry configured to

acquire a control identification signal indicating a type of selection control selected by an encoding side, wherein the type of selection control corresponds to a selection between different transformations without using a transformation selection flag that indicates a transformation selected by the encoder side,

control, based on the control identification signal, an execution and a non-execution of a modifying process on a prediction signal of a block of the predicted image, and

generate a block of a new predicted image by performing the modifying process by using the decoded neighboring signal neighboring to the block of the predicted image when executing the modifying process;

an inverse quantizer circuitry configured to reconstruct a transformation coefficient signal by performing a corresponding inverse quantization process on a transformation coefficient quantized by a predetermined quantization process as a signal encoded by block-dividing a frame constituting the moving image; and

an inverse transformer circuitry configured to reconstruct a prediction residual signal of the block unit by performing an inverse transformation process determined based on the control identification signal with respect to the reconstructed transformation coefficient signal.

2. The image decoding device according to claim 1 , wherein the inverse transformation selection controller circuitry comprises acquirer circuitry configured to acquire the control identification signal as an encoding parameter indicating whether a discrete cosine transform among the plurality of types of transformation processes is applied to the encoding side.

3. An image decoding method for decoding a signal encoded by block-dividing a frame constituting a moving image, the image decoding method comprising:

generating a predicted image of block unit including a prediction signal by a predetermined prediction that performs a signal prediction for each pixel signal of an original image of the block unit;

acquiring a control identification signal indicating a type of selection control selected by an encoding side, wherein the type of selection control corresponds to a selection between different transformations without using a transformation selection flag that indicates a transformation selected by the encoder side;

controlling, based on the control identification signal, an execution and a non-execution of a modifying process on a prediction signal of a block of the predicted image;

generating a block of a new predicted image by performing the modifying process by using the decoded neighboring signal neighboring to the block of the predicted image when executing the modifying process;

reconstructing a transformation coefficient signal by performing a corresponding inverse quantization process on a transformation coefficient quantized by a predetermined quantization process as a signal encoded by block-dividing a frame constituting the moving image; and

reconstructing a prediction residual signal of the block unit by performing an inverse transformation process determined based on the control identification signal with respect to the reconstructed transformation coefficient signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2018
From: ICHIGAYA, ATSURO; SAKAIDA, SHINICHI
To: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI
Reel/Frame 044967/0368 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP JP2015-163257 · Aug 20, 2015 · national
JP JP2015-163259 · Aug 20, 2015 · national
JP JP2015-163260 · Aug 20, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2016074291 · Aug 19, 2016
Related Publication 20180176557A1 · Jun 21, 2018
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