IP Library Granted Patent US 11,611,758
Granted Patent B2
US 11,611,758 · App. 16/795,408 · Granted Mar 21, 2023

Image encoder, image decoder, image encoding method, and image decoding method

Inventors: Jing Ya Li (Singapore, SG); Chong Soon Lim (Singapore, SG); Han Boon Teo (Singapore, SG); Hai Wei Sun (Singapore, SG); Che Wei Kuo (Singapore, SG); Kiyofumi Abe (Osaka, JP); Takahiro NIshi (Nara, JP); Tadamasa Toma (Osaka, JP); Yusuke Kato (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
H04N19/159H04N19/126H04N19/156H04N19/18H04N19/52H04N19/61
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Patent No.
US 11,611,758
App. No.
16/795,408
Granted
Mar 21, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image encoder is provided including circuitry and a memory coupled to the circuitry. The circuitry, in operation, responds to a size of a block satisfying a size condition by generating a prediction image using a prediction mode selected from a plurality of prediction modes. The plurality of prediction modes include a first prediction mode in which a prediction process uses a motion vector and a reference block in a same picture as the block. The circuitry encodes the block using the prediction image.

Claims (14)

1. An image encoder comprising:

circuitry; and

a memory coupled to the circuitry;

wherein the circuitry, in operation, performs the following:

in response to a size of a block satisfying a size condition, generating a prediction image using a prediction mode selected from a plurality of prediction modes including a first prediction mode, the first prediction mode including a prediction process using a motion vector and a reference block in a same picture as the block;

in response to the size of the block not satisfying the size condition, generating the prediction image using a prediction mode selected from the plurality of prediction modes excluding the first prediction mode; and

encoding the block using the prediction image.

2. An image decoder comprising:

circuitry;

a memory coupled to the circuitry;

wherein the circuitry, in operation, performs the following:

in response to a size of a block satisfying a size condition, generating a prediction image using a prediction mode selected from a plurality of prediction modes including a first prediction mode, the first prediction mode including a prediction process using a motion vector and a reference block in a same picture as the block;

in response to the size of the block not satisfying the size condition, generating the prediction image using a prediction mode selected from the plurality of prediction modes excluding the first prediction mode; and

decoding the block using the prediction image.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2020
From: LI, JING YA; LIM, CHONG SOON; TEO, HAN BOON; SUN, HAI WEI; KUO, CHE WEI; ABE, KIYOFUMI; NISHI, TAKAHIRO; TOMA, TADAMASA; KATO, YUSUKE
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 052984/0155 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62807923 · Feb 20, 2019
Related Publication 20200267393A1 · Aug 20, 2020
Cited By (1)
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