IP Library Granted Patent US 10,939,137
Granted Patent B2
US 10,939,137 · App. 16/608,238 · Granted Mar 2, 2021

Image decoding device and image encoding device

Inventors: Tomohiro Ikai (Sakai, JP); Tomoko Aono (Sakai, JP); Yukinobu Yasugi (Sakai, JP); Tomonori Hashimoto (Sakai, JP)
Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
H04N19/61H04N9/77H04N19/122H04N19/146H04N19/18H04N19/96
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Patent No.
US 10,939,137
App. No.
16/608,238
Granted
Mar 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image decoding device ( 31 ) includes a transform coefficient decoding unit ( 311 ) configured to decode a transform coefficient for a transform tree included in a coding unit. In the transform tree, the transform coefficient decoding unit splits a transform unit corresponding to luminance and then decodes the transform coefficient related to the luminance, and does not split the transform unit corresponding to chrominance and decodes the transform coefficient related to the chrominance.

Claims (27)

1. An image decoding device for decoding a picture for a coding unit (CU), the image decoding device comprising:

a CU decoding circuit configured to decode PU (prediction unit) information and a quantized prediction residual of a transform unit included in the coding unit;

a transform coefficient decoding circuit configured to decode a transform coefficient for the transform unit included in the coding unit based on the quantized prediction residual;

a prediction image generation circuit configured to generate a prediction image based on the PU information; and

an addition circuit configured to add a prediction residual derived from the transform coefficient and the prediction image, and generate a decoded image,

wherein

the CU decoding circuit decodes a split flag indicating whether or not the transform unit is split,

in a case that the split flag indicates split, the CU decoding circuit splits a transform unit corresponding to luminance, decodes the quantized prediction residual related to the luminance, does not split the transform unit corresponding to chrominance, and decodes the quantized prediction residual related to the chrominance.

2. The image decoding device according to claim 1 ,

wherein

in a prediction tree, the prediction image generation circuit splits a prediction unit corresponding to luminance and then generates the prediction image related to the luminance, and in the prediction tree, the prediction image generation unit splits the prediction unit corresponding to chrominance and then generates the prediction image related to the chrominance.

3. The image decoding device according to claim 2 , wherein

the prediction image generation circuit

generates the prediction image related to the luminance in a target prediction unit, by using a prediction parameter of a reference unit, and

generates the prediction image related to the chrominance in the target prediction unit, with reference to the prediction image related to the luminance in the target prediction unit.

4. The image decoding device according to claim 3 , wherein

the prediction image generation unit determines a mode related to a generation method of the prediction image related to the luminance and the prediction image related to the chrominance, according to a flag.

5. The image decoding device according to claim 1 ,

wherein

in a prediction tree, the prediction image generation unit does not split a prediction unit corresponding to luminance and generates the prediction image related to the luminance, and does not split the prediction unit corresponding to chrominance and generates the prediction image related to the chrominance.

6. An image encoding device for coding a picture for a coding unit, the image encoding device comprising:

a prediction image generation circuit configured to code the coding unit and generate a prediction image;

a transform and quantization circuit configured to calculate a quantization coefficient;

an inverse quantization and inverse transform circuit configured to decode a transform coefficient for a transform unit included in the coding unit; and

an addition circuit configured to add a prediction residual derived from the transform coefficient and the prediction image, and generate a decoded image, wherein

the image encoding device codes a split flag indicating whether or not the transform unit is split,

in a case that the split flag indicates split, the image encoding device splits a transform unit corresponding to luminance, codes the transform coefficient related to the luminance, does not split the transform unit corresponding to chrominance, and codes the transform coefficient related to the chrominance.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2023
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; SHARP CORPORATION
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 063815/0589 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2023
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; SHARP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062389/0715 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2020
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 053248/0064 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2019
From: IKAI, TOMOHIRO; AONO, TOMOKO; YASUGI, YUKINOBU; HASHIMOTO, TOMONORI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 050832/0335 →
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