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US 11,949,860 · App. 17/855,218 · Granted Apr 2, 2024

Image decoding device, image decoding method, and program

Inventors: Kyohei Unno (Fujimino, JP); Kei Kawamura (Fujimino, JP); Sei Naito (Fujimino, JP)
Assignee: KDDI Corporation
H04N19/117H04N19/184H04N19/186H04N19/30H04N19/82
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Patent No.
US 11,949,860
App. No.
17/855,218
Granted
Apr 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image decoding device, includes a filter unit using, as an input, a decoded signal prior to the filtering process and output a filtered decoded signal. The filter unit performs clipping processing on the decoded signal prior to the filtering process such that the absolute value of a differential value between a reference pixel value and a pixel value of the decoded signal prior to the filtering process is less than or equal to a predefined threshold value, and to generate the filtered decoded signal through the linear weighted addition of the value after the clipping processing is performed and the pixel value of the decoded signal prior to the filtering process; and a large-small relationship between the threshold value for a luma signal and the threshold value for a chroma signal are defined such that the large-small relationship is unchanged when an internal bit depth is changed.

Claims (12)

1. An image decoding device, comprising:

a filter unit configured to use, as an input, a decoded signal prior to the filtering process and output a filtered decoded signal, wherein

the filter unit is configured to perform clipping processing on a differential value between a reference pixel value and a pixel value of the decoded signal prior to the filtering process such that an absolute value of the differential value is less than or equal to a predefined threshold value, and to generate the filtered decoded signal through the linear weighted addition of the value after the clipping processing is performed, a filter coefficient and the pixel value of the decoded signal prior to the filtering process; and

the threshold value for a luma signal is set to be greater than or equal to the threshold value for a chroma signal regardless of an internal bit depth.

2. An image decoding method, comprising:

a step of using, as an input, a decoded signal prior to the filtering process and outputting a filtered decoded signal, wherein

in this step, clipping processing is performed on a differential value between a reference pixel value and a pixel value of the decoded signal prior to the filtering process such that the absolute value of a differential value between a reference pixel value and a pixel value of the decoded signal prior to the filtering process is less than or equal to a predefined threshold value, and the filtered decoded signal is generated through the linear weighted addition of the value after the clipping processing is performed, a filter coefficient and the pixel value of the decoded signal prior to the filtering process, and

the threshold value for a luma signal is set to be greater than or equal to the threshold value for a chroma signal regardless of an internal bit depth.

3. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions comprising executable code, which when executed by at least one processor, cause the processor to:

execute a step of using, as an input, a decoded signal prior to the filtering process and outputting a filtered decoded signal, wherein

in this step, clipping processing is performed on a differential value between a reference pixel value and a pixel value of the decoded signal prior to the filtering process such that the absolute value of a differential value between a reference pixel value and a pixel value of the decoded signal prior to the filtering process is less than or equal to a predefined threshold value, and the filtered decoded signal is generated through the linear weighted addition of the value after the clipping processing is performed, a filter coefficient and the pixel value of the decoded signal prior to the filtering process, and

the threshold value for a luma signal is set to be greater than or equal to the threshold value for a chroma signal regardless of an internal bit depth.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2022
From: UNNO, KYOHEI; KAWAMURA, KEI; KAWAMURA, SEI
To: KDDI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060375/0758 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2019-114961 · Jun 20, 2019 · national
JP 2020-191512 · Nov 18, 2020 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17187025 · Feb 26, 2021
Continuation PCTJP2020022975 · Jun 11, 2020
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