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US 8,654,841 · App. 13/707,147 · Granted Feb 18, 2014

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

Inventors: Kazushi Sato (Chiba, JP); Osamu Sunohara (Tokyo, JP); Teruhiko Suzuki (Chiba, JP); Peter Kuhn (Tokyo, JP); Yoichi Yagasaki (Tokyo, JP); Kuniaki Takahashi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,654,841
App. No.
13/707,147
Granted
Feb 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image decoding apparatus for decoding a bit stream includes a decoding unit that decodes the bit stream and generates a chroma component of quantized coefficients. In addition, the image decoding apparatus includes a setting unit that sets a chroma quantization parameter calculated on the basis of a luma quantization parameter weighted by an addition operation that adds a weight parameter. In addition, the image decoding apparatus includes a dequantization unit that performs dequantization on the chroma component of quantized coefficients using the chroma quantization parameter. Further, the image decoding apparatus includes a transform unit that performs an inverse orthogonal transform.

Claims (13)

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

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

setting a chroma quantization parameter calculated on the basis of a luma quantization parameter weighted by an addition operation that adds a weight parameter;

performing, in a dequantization unit in the image decoding apparatus, dequantization on the chroma component of quantized coefficients using the chroma quantization parameter; and

performing, in a transform unit in the image decoding apparatus, an inverse orthogonal transform.

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

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

means for setting a chroma quantization parameter calculated on the basis of a luma quantization parameter weighted by an addition operation that adds a weight parameter and for performing dequantization on the chroma component of quantized coefficients using the chroma quantization parameter; and

means for performing an inverse orthogonal transform.

3. An image decoding apparatus for decoding a bit stream, the apparatus comprising:

a decoding unit that decodes the bit stream and generates a chroma component of quantized coefficients;

a dequantization unit that sets a chroma quantization parameter calculated on the basis of a luma quantization parameter weighted by an addition operation that adds a weight parameter, the dequantization unit configured to perform dequantization on the chroma component of quantized coefficients using the chroma quantization parameter; and

a transform unit that performs an inverse orthogonal transform.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2001-367868 · Nov 30, 2001 · national
JP 2002-124641 · Apr 25, 2002 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 13370174 · Feb 9, 2012
Continuation 12620431 · Nov 17, 2009
Continuation 11836467 · Aug 9, 2007
Continuation 10304950 · Nov 27, 2002
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