IP Library Granted Patent US 11,399,177
Granted Patent B2
US 11,399,177 · App. 16/984,636 · Granted Jul 26, 2022

Image decoding apparatus and image coding apparatus

Inventors: Tomohiro Ikai (Sakai, JP); Tomoko Aono (Sakai, JP)
Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG Innovation Company Limited
H04N19/119H04N19/127H04N19/157H04N19/159H04N19/176H04N19/50H04N19/70
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Patent No.
US 11,399,177
App. No.
16/984,636
Granted
Jul 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image decoding apparatus ( 31 ) includes a CT information decoding unit ( 10 ) configured, in each coding tree, to decode a constraint flag indicating whether or not to constrain decoding a prediction unit, and a CU decoding unit ( 20 ) configured, in the coding tree, to decode a prediction unit in a coding node to be decoded first and to not decode a prediction unit in another coding node, in a case that the constraint flag indicates constraint of decoding the prediction unit. According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce a coding amount of PU and complexity of coding/decoding an image while maintaining a split with a high degree of freedom by CT split (QT split and BT split).

Claims (20)

1. An image decoding apparatus for decoding a picture, the image decoding apparatus comprising:

information decoding circuitry that

decodes a syntax element for specifying a prescribed size in a sequence parameter set, and

determines whether or not a size of a current coding unit is greater than the prescribed size, wherein:

the prescribed size is used for determining whether prediction information of the current coding unit is reused or not,

in a case that the size of the current coding unit is greater than the prescribed size, the information decoding circuitry derives prediction information as derived prediction information, and

otherwise, the information decoding circuitry does not derive prediction information and reuses the derived prediction information.

2. An image decoding method for decoding a picture, the image decoding method comprising:

decoding a syntax element for specifying a prescribed size in a sequence parameter set;

determining whether or not a size of a current coding unit is greater than the prescribed size;

in a case that the size of the current coding unit is greater than the prescribed size, deriving prediction information as derived prediction information; and

otherwise, not deriving prediction information and reusing the derived prediction information, wherein

the prescribed size is used for determining whether prediction information of the current coding unit is reused or not.

3. An image encoding apparatus for encoding a picture, the image encoding apparatus comprising:

information encoding circuitry that

encodes a syntax element for specifying a prescribed size in a sequence parameter set, and

determines whether or not a size of a current coding unit is greater than the prescribed size, wherein:

the prescribed size is used for determining whether prediction information of the current coding unit is reused or not,

in a case that the size of the current coding unit is greater than the prescribed size, the information encoding circuitry derives prediction information as derived prediction information, and

otherwise, the information encoding circuitry does not derive prediction information and reuses the derived prediction information.

Assignments (3)
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 Aug 4, 2020
From: IKAI, TOMOHIRO; AONO, TOMOKO
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 053396/0638 →