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US 8,351,501 · App. 13/370,174 · Granted Jan 8, 2013

Method and apparatus for coding image information, method and apparatus for decoding image information, method and apparatus for coding and decoding image information, and system of coding and transmitting image information

Assignee: Sony Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,351,501
App. No.
13/370,174
Granted
Jan 8, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image decoding method is for decoding a bit stream in an image decoding apparatus. The method includes receiving the bit stream and a weight parameter that is added to a luma quantization parameter by an addition operation. The method also includes decoding, in a decoding unit in the image decoding apparatus, the bit stream and generating a chroma component of quantized coefficients. In addition, the method includes performing, in a dequantization unit in the image decoding apparatus, dequantization on the chroma component of quantized coefficients using the chroma quantization parameter calculated on the basis of a luma quantization parameter weighted by the weight parameter.

Claims (16)

1. An image decoding method for decoding a bit stream in an image decoding apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving the bit stream and a weight parameter that is added to a luma quantization parameter by an addition operation;

decoding, in a decoding unit in the image decoding apparatus, the bit stream and generating a chroma component of quantized coefficients; and

performing, in a dequantization unit in the image decoding apparatus, dequantization on the chroma component of quantized coefficients using the chroma quantization parameter calculated on the basis of a luma quantization parameter weighted by the weight parameter.

2. An image decoding apparatus for decoding a bit stream comprising:

means for receiving the bit stream and a weight parameter that is added to a luma quantization parameter by an addition operation;

means for decoding the bit stream and generating a chroma component of quantized coefficients; and

means for performing dequantization on the chroma component of quantized coefficients using the chroma quantization parameter calculated on the basis of a luma quantization parameter weighted by the weight parameter.

3. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with a computer program, which when executed by an image decoding apparatus including a processor causes the image decoding apparatus to implement an image decoding method for decoding a bit stream, the method comprising:

receiving the bit stream and a weight parameter that is added to a luma quantization parameter by an addition operation;

decoding, in a decoding unit in the image decoding apparatus, the bit stream and generating a chroma component of quantized coefficients; and

performing, in a dequantization unit in the image decoding apparatus, dequantization on the chroma component of quantized coefficients using the chroma quantization parameter calculated on the basis of a luma quantization parameter weighted by the weight parameter.

4. An image decoding apparatus for decoding a bit stream comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive the bit stream and a weight parameter that is added to a luma quantization parameter by an addition operation;

a decoding unit configured to decode the bit stream and to generate a chroma component of quantized coefficients; and

a dequantization unit configured to perform dequantization on the chroma component of quantized coefficients using the chroma quantization parameter calculated on the basis of a luma quantization parameter weighted by the weight parameter.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2001-367868 · Nov 30, 2001 · national
JP 2002-124641 · Apr 25, 2002 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 12620431 · Nov 17, 2009
Continuation 11836467 · Aug 9, 2007
Continuation 10304950 · Nov 27, 2002
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