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US 11,153,600 · App. 16/076,278 · Granted Oct 19, 2021

Motion vector generation device, prediction image generation device, video decoding device, and video coding device

Inventors: Tomohiro Ikai (Sakai, JP); Tomoyuki Yamamoto (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04N19/533H04N19/105H04N19/176H04N19/513
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Patent No.
US 11,153,600
App. No.
16/076,278
Granted
Oct 19, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

To improve a coding efficiency. There are included a PU level search unit configured to search for a motion vector for each prediction block by using a matching process, and a sub-block level search unit configured to search for a motion vector of each of sub-blocks in the prediction block, wherein a precision of a local search by the PU level search unit is lower than a precision of a local search by the sub-block level search unit.

Claims (20)

1. A motion vector generation device for generating a motion vector in a current picture, the motion vector generation device comprising:

a merge candidate derivation circuitry that derives a first motion vector for a coding block by using (i) a motion vector of a neighboring block neighboring to the coding block and (ii) a merge index for the coding block; and

a matching prediction parameter derivation circuitry that derives a second motion vector of each sub-blocks for the coding block by the first motion vector,

wherein:

the second motion vector is searched by performing a second local search after performing a first local search for the sub-blocks by using the first motion vector and two reference pictures which are on different sides across the current picture, and

a second a precision of the second local search is higher precision than a precision of the first local search.

2. A prediction image generation device comprising:

the motion vector generation device according to claim 1 , and

a generator that generates a prediction image using the motion vector generated by the motion vector generation device.

3. A video decoding device comprising:

the prediction image generation device according to claim 2 , wherein

a coding target image is reconstructed by adding or subtracting a residual image to or from the prediction image.

4. A video coding device comprising:

the prediction image generation device according to claim 2 , wherein

a residual error between the prediction image and a coding target image is coded.

5. The motion vector generation device of claim 1 , wherein

the first local search is performed with an integer pixel precision and

the second local search is performed with a fractional pixel precision.

6. The motion vector generation device of claim 1 , wherein

the second motion vector is derived base on a sum of absolute difference between a first block, which is derived by using a first reference picture of the two reference pictures, and a second block, which is derived by using a second reference picture of the two reference pictures.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: IKAI, TOMOHIRO; YAMAMOTO, TOMOYUKI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 046576/0408 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-022248 · Feb 8, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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