IP Library Granted Patent US 11,831,873
Granted Patent B2
US 11,831,873 · App. 17/526,529 · Granted Nov 28, 2023

Image processing device and image processing method

Inventor: Junichi Tanaka (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
H04N19/124H04N19/103H04N19/126H04N19/157H04N19/174H04N19/31H04N19/44H04N19/463H04N19/50H04N19/70
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,831,873
App. No.
17/526,529
Filed
Nov 15, 2021
Granted
Nov 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Examiner
PHAM, NAM D
Art Unit
2487
USPC
375/240.03
Abstract

An image processing device including an acquiring section configured to acquire quantization matrix parameters from an encoded stream in which the quantization matrix parameters defining a quantization matrix are set within a parameter set which is different from a sequence parameter set and a picture parameter set, a setting section configured to set, based on the quantization matrix parameters acquired by the acquiring section, a quantization matrix which is used when inversely quantizing data decoded from the encoded stream, and an inverse quantization section configured to inversely quantize the data decoded from the encoded stream using the quantization matrix set by the setting section.

Claims (38)

1. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:

receive an encoded bit stream;

decode, from the encoded bit stream, a first information indicating whether or not a current quantization matrix is to be generated by copying a source quantization matrix, wherein the current quantization matrix has a second identification value;

in the case when the first information indicates that the current quantization matrix is to be generated by copying the source quantization matrix:

decode a second information indictive of a first identification value;

in a case when the first identification value is not equal to the second identification value:

identify the source quantization matrix based at least in part on the first identification value, and

based on one or more or none of:

 a matrix size and a matrix type;

in a case when the first identification value is equal to the second identification value:

use a default matrix as the source quantization matrix; generate the current quantization matrix by copying the source quantization matrix; and

use the current quantization matrix to process the image.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the matrix type includes at least one combination of a prediction mode and a color component.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one combination of the prediction mode and the color component includes intra prediction for luma component, intra prediction for chroma component, inter prediction for luma component, and inter prediction for chroma component.

4. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one combination of the prediction mode and the color component includes intra prediction for Y component, intra prediction for Cb component, intra prediction for Cr component, inter prediction for Y component, inter prediction for Cb component, and inter prediction for Cr component.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in the case when the first information indicates that the current quantization matrix having the second identification value is not to be generated by copying the source quantization matrix, further configured to:

decode the current quantization matrix, and

use the decoded current quantization matrix to process the image.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform the steps of:

receiving an encoded bit stream;

decoding, from the encoded bit stream, a first information indicating whether or not a current quantization matrix is to be generated by copying a source quantization matrix, wherein the current quantization matrix has a second identification value;

in the case when the first information indicates that the current quantization matrix is to be generated by copying the source quantization matrix:

decoding a second information indicative of a first identification value;

in a case when the first identification value is not equal to the second identification value:

identifying the source quantization matrix based at least in part on the first identification value, and one or more or none of:

a matrix size and a matrix type;

in a case when the first identification value is equal to the second identification value:

using a default matrix as the source quantization matrix;

generating the current quantization matrix by copying the source quantization matrix; and

use the current quantization matrix to process the image.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 6 , wherein in the step of setting the source quantization matrix, the source quantization matrix is set corresponding to the matrix type including at least one combination of a prediction mode and a color component.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one combination of the prediction mode and the color component includes intra prediction for luma component, intra prediction for chroma component, inter prediction for luma component, and inter prediction for chroma component.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one combination of the prediction mode and the color component includes intra prediction for Y component, intra prediction for Cb component, intra prediction for Cr component, inter prediction for Y component, inter prediction for Cb component, and inter prediction for Cr component.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 6 , wherein in the case when the first information indicates that the current quantization matrix having the second identification value is not to be generated by copying the source quantization matrix:

decoding the current quantization matrix, and

use the decoded current quantization matrix to process the image.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2022
From: VELOS MEDIA, LLC
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060730/0197 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2022
From: CORTLAND CAPITAL MARKET SERVICES LLC
To: VELOS MEDIA, LLC AND VELOS MEDIA MANAGEMENT, LLC
Reel/Frame 060923/0407 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2021
From: TANAKA, JUNICHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058136/0351 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2021
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: VELOS MEDIA, LLC
Reel/Frame 058136/0513 →