IP Library Granted Patent US 12,095,990
Granted Patent B2
US 12,095,990 · App. 18/139,547 · Granted Sep 17, 2024

Image decoding apparatus and image coding apparatus

Inventors: Tomohiro Ikai (Sakai, JP); Yukinobu Yasugi (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04N19/119H04N19/159H04N19/172H04N19/1883
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Patent No.
US 12,095,990
App. No.
18/139,547
Granted
Sep 17, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Delay based on WPP processing is reduced. An image decoding apparatus ( 31 ) includes: a prediction image generation unit ( 308 ) by using decoded data from a first position to a second position, the first position being, in a CTU row immediately above a CTU row including a target CTU, identical to a position of the target CTU, the second position being a position one CTU forward relative to the first position; and an entropy decoding unit ( 301 ) that performs decoding of the target CTU by using the decoded data from the first position to the second position, the first position being, in the CTU row immediately above the CTU row including the target CTU, identical to the position of the target CTU, the second position being a position one CTU forward relative to the first position.

Claims (10)

1. An image decoding apparatus for decoding a flag indicating whether or not Wavefront Parallel Processing (WPP) is performed, and decoding a picture based on the WPP when the flag shows WPP, the image decoding apparatus comprising:

an entropy decoding circuit configured to perform a context adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) initialization by using a neighboring coding tree unit (CTU) at a start of a CTU row;

a prediction parameter decoding circuit configured to determine an availability of a first neighboring block for deriving a prediction parameter, and derive the prediction parameter of a target block included in a target CTU by using the first neighboring block in a case that the first neighboring block is available; and

a prediction image generation circuit configured to determine an availability of a second neighboring block for deriving a prediction image, and derive the prediction image of the target block by using the prediction parameter and a pixel value of the second neighboring block in a case that the second neighboring block is available,

wherein the availability of the first neighboring block for deriving the prediction parameter and the availability of the second neighboring block for deriving the prediction image are set to FALSE in a case that an x coordinate of the neighboring CTU is greater than or equal to an x coordinate of the target CTU plus 1.

2. An image coding apparatus for coding a flag indicating whether or not Wavefront Parallel Processing (WPP) is performed, and coding a picture based on the WPP when the flag shows WPP, the image coding apparatus comprising:

an entropy coding circuit configured to perform a context adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) initialization by using a neighboring coding tree unit (CTU) at a start of a CTU row;

a prediction parameter coding circuit configured to determine an availability of a first neighboring block for deriving a prediction parameter, and derive the prediction parameter of a target block included in a target CTU by using the first neighboring block in a case that the first neighboring block is available; and

a prediction image generation circuit configured to determine an availability of a second neighboring block for deriving a prediction image, and derive the prediction image of the target block by using the prediction parameter and a pixel value of the second neighboring block in a case that the second neighboring block is available,

wherein the availability of the first neighboring block for deriving the prediction parameter and the availability of the second neighboring block for deriving the prediction image are set to FALSE in a case that an x coordinate of the neighboring CTU is greater than or equal to an x coordinate of the target CTU plus 1.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2023
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 063788/0513 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2023
From: IKAI, TOMOHIRO; YASUGI, YUKINOBU
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 063448/0470 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-106506 · Jun 1, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17549946 · Dec 14, 2021
Continuation 17059278
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