IP Library Granted Patent US 12,010,339
Granted Patent B2
US 12,010,339 · App. 17/674,347 · Granted Jun 11, 2024

Image decoding device, image decoding method, and program

Inventors: Kyohei Unno (Saitama, JP); Kei Kawamura (Saitama, JP); Sei Naito (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: KDDI CORPORATION
H04N19/577H04N19/137H04N19/176H04N19/64H04N19/513
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Patent No.
US 12,010,339
App. No.
17/674,347
Granted
Jun 11, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image decoding device ( 200 ) includes: a prediction signal generation unit ( 241 D) configured to determine whether or not an application condition of BDOF processing is satisfied for each block, generate a prediction signal by executing the BDOF processing in a case where it is determined that the application condition is satisfied, and set the application condition based on a weight coefficient in a case where calculation is performed using pixel values of two reference frames or values calculated from the pixel values in the BDOF processing such that the application condition includes a condition on time distances between the two reference frames and a target frame.

Claims (18)

1. An image decoding device comprising a circuit, wherein:

the circuit:

determines whether or not an application condition of BDOF (Bi-Directional Optical Flow) processing is satisfied for each block, and

generates a prediction signal by executing the BDOF processing in a case where it is determined that the application condition is satisfied,

a condition on time distances between two reference frames and a target frame based on a weight coefficient in a case where calculation is performed using pixel values of the two reference frames or values calculated from the pixel values in the BDOF processing is set as the application condition, and

a ratio between each of the two reference frames and the target frame in the time distances is determined so as to be proportional to a reciprocal of the weight coefficient.

2. The image decoding device according to claim 1 , wherein

in a case where the weight coefficients are the same, the application condition includes a condition on the time distances indicating that time distances between each of the two reference frames and the target frame are the same.

3. An image decoding method comprising:

determining whether or not an application condition of BDOF processing is satisfied for each block; and

generating a prediction signal by executing the BDOF processing in a case where it is determined that the application condition is satisfied; wherein

a condition on time distances between two reference frames and a target frame based on a weight coefficient in a case where calculation is performed using pixel values of the two reference frames or values calculated from the pixel values in the BDOF processing is set as the application condition, and

a ratio between each of the two reference frames and the target frame in the time distances is determined so as to be proportional to a reciprocal of the weight coefficient.

4. A non-transitory computer readable medium with instructions thereon that when executed by a processor of an image decoding device, cause the processor to:

determine whether or not an application condition of bi-directional optical flow (BDOF) processing is satisfied for each block, and

generate a prediction signal by executing the BDOF processing in a case where it is determined that the application condition is satisfied, wherein

a condition on time distances between two reference frames and a target frame based on a weight coefficient in a case where calculation is performed using pixel values of the two reference frames or values calculated from the pixel values in the BDOF processing is set as the application condition, and

a ratio between each of the two reference frames and the target frame in the time distances is determined so as to be proportional to a reciprocal of the weight coefficient.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2022
From: UNNO, KYOHEI; KAWAMURA, KEI; NAITO, SEI
To: KDDI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059036/0604 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-172133 · Sep 20, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020031563 · Aug 21, 2020
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