IP Library Granted Patent US 11,843,766
Granted Patent B2
US 11,843,766 · App. 16/860,421 · Granted Dec 12, 2023

Image encoding device, image decoding device, and program thereof

Inventors: Shunsuke Iwamura (Tokyo, JP); Atsuro Ichigaya (Tokyo, JP); Shinichi Sakaida (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI
H04N19/105H04N19/117H04N19/12H04N19/124H04N19/147H04N19/176H04N19/45H04N19/46H04N19/593H04N19/619H04N19/625
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,843,766
App. No.
16/860,421
Granted
Dec 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image encoding device for block-dividing and encoding an original image of a frame unit constituting a moving image is disclosed that includes a predictor circuitry configured to generate a predicted image, a weighted average processor configured to generate a block of a new predicted image, a prediction residual signal generator circuitry configured to calculate an error of each prediction signal of the block of the predicted image and to generate a prediction residual signal, a sub-block divider circuitry configured to divide the prediction residual signal configured to divide the predict residual signal, and a transformation selection applier circuitry configured to selectively apply a plurality of types of transformation processes for a divided sub-block of the prediction residual signal.

Claims (13)

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 an inter predicted block corresponding to a decoding target block by an inter prediction that performs signal prediction for each pixel signal of the decoding target block;

a weighted average filter processor configured to perform a weighted average filter process to the inter predicted block before performing a block configuring process that generates a decoded block, wherein the weighted average filter processor is configured to modify the inter predicted block by using weighting factors and decoded neighboring pixels neighboring to the inter predicted block;

an inverse orthogonal transformer comprising:

an inverse transformation selection applier circuitry configured to selectively apply a plurality of types of inverse transformation processes according to a sub-block division to transformation coefficients of a prediction residual block that has been sub-block-divided by an image encoding side, and to generate a sub-block of the prediction residual block; and

a block reconfigurer circuitry configured to perform the block configuring process that generates the decoded block corresponding to the decoding target block based on the sub-block of the prediction residual block; and

the image decoding device further comprises a decoded image generator configured to generate and output the decoded block by receiving, as inputs: the inter predicted block and an output of the block reconfigurer circuitry.

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

generating an inter predicted block corresponding to a decoding target block by an inter prediction that performs signal prediction for each pixel signal of the decoding target block;

performing a weighted average filter process to the inter predicted block before performing a block configuring process that generates a decoded block, wherein the weighted average filter process is configured to modify the inter predicted block by using weighting factors and decoded neighboring pixels neighboring to the inter predicted block;

selectively applying, by an inverse orthogonal transformer, a plurality of types of inverse transformation processes according to a sub-block division to transformation coefficients of a prediction residual block that has been sub-block-divided by an image encoding side, and generating a sub-block of the prediction residual block;

performing, by the inverse orthogonal transformer, the block configuring process that generates the decoded block corresponding to the decoding target block based on the sub-block of the prediction residual block; and

generating the decoded block by using, as inputs: the inter predicted block and an output of the block configuring process.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 15899130 · Feb 19, 2018
Continuation PCTJP2016074293 · Aug 19, 2016
Related Publication 20200260073A1 · Aug 13, 2020
Cited By (1)
US 12,634,444