IP Library Granted Patent US 9,299,133
Granted Patent B2
US 9,299,133 · App. 13/979,357 · Granted Mar 29, 2016

Image encoding device, image decoding device, image encoding method, and image decoding method for generating a prediction image

Inventors: Akira Minezawa (Tokyo, JP); Kazuo Sugimoto (Tokyo, JP); Shunichi Sekiguchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
G06T5/20G06T9/004H04N19/11H04N19/117H04N19/61
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Patent No.
US 9,299,133
App. No.
13/979,357
Granted
Mar 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image encoding device includes an intra predictor for, when a coding mode corresponding to one of coding blocks into which an inputted image is divided is an intra coding mode, carrying out an intra-frame prediction process on each block which is a unit for prediction of the coding block to generate a prediction image; and an encoder for encoding coding mode information and an intra prediction parameter indicating an average prediction. When the intra predictor carries out the average prediction, the intra predictor carries out a filtering process only on a target pixel of the intra prediction located at an upper end or a left end of the bock, the filtering process using an intermediate prediction value, which is an average value of adjacent pixels of the block, and at least one adjacent pixel of the target pixel.

Claims (21)

1. An image encoding device comprising:

an intra predictor for, when a coding mode corresponding to one of coding blocks into which an inputted image is divided is an intra coding mode, carrying out an intra-frame prediction process on each block which is a unit for prediction of the coding block to generate a prediction image; and

an encoder for encoding coding mode information and an intra prediction parameter indicating an average prediction, wherein

when the intra predictor carries out the average prediction, the intra predictor carries out a filtering process only on target pixels of the intra prediction, wherein the target pixels consist of pixels located at an upper end and pixels located at a left end of the bock, the filtering process using an intermediate prediction value, which is an average value of adjacent pixels of the block, and at least one adjacent pixel of the target pixel.

2. An image decoding device comprising:

a decoder for decoding coding mode information and an intra prediction parameter; and

an intra predictor for, when the coding mode information associated with a coding block is an intra coding mode, carrying out an intra-frame prediction process on each block which is a unit for prediction of the coding block to generate a prediction image, wherein

when the intra prediction parameter indicates an average prediction, the intra predictor carries out a filtering process only on target pixels of the intra prediction, wherein the target pixels consist of pixels located at an upper end and pixels located at a left end of the block based on an intermediate prediction value, which is an average value of adjacent pixels of the block, and at least one adjacent pixel of the target pixel.

3. An image encoding method comprising:

carrying out an intra-frame prediction process on each block which is a unit for prediction of a coding block to generate a prediction image, when a coding mode corresponding to the one of coding blocks into which an inputted image is divided is an intra coding mode; and

encoding coding mode information and an intra prediction parameter indicating an average prediction, wherein

when the average prediction is carried out, a filtering process is carried out only on target pixels of the intra prediction, wherein the target pixels consist of pixels located at an upper end and pixels located at a left end of the block which is a unit for prediction of the coding block, the filtering process using an intermediate prediction value, which is an average value of adjacent pixels of the block, and at least one adjacent pixel of the target pixel.

4. An image decoding method comprising:

decoding coding mode information and an intra prediction parameter; and

carrying out an intra-frame prediction process on each block which is a unit for prediction of a coding block to generate a prediction image, when the coding mode information associated with the coding block is an intra coding mode, wherein

when the intra prediction parameter shows an average prediction, a filtering process is carried out only on target pixels of the intra prediction, wherein the target pixels consist of pixels located at an upper end and pixels located at a left end of the block which is a unit for prediction of the coding block, the filtering process using an intermediate prediction value, which is an average value of adjacent pixels of the block, and at least one adjacent pixel of the target pixel.

5. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer-executable program, the computer-executable program, when executed, causing a decoder to perform the following steps:

determining a type of coding mode by coding mode information included in the computer-executable program;

carrying out an intra-frame prediction process on each block which is a unit for prediction of a coding block to generate a prediction image, by the coding mode information associated with the coding block, the coding mode information being included in the computer-executable program and indicating an intra coding mode; and

determining a type of intra prediction by an intra prediction parameter included in the computer-executable program, wherein

when the intra prediction parameter shows an average prediction, a filtering process is carried out only on target pixels of the intra prediction, wherein the target pixels consist of pixels located at an upper end and pixels located at a left end of the block which is a unit for prediction of the coding block, the filtering process using an intermediate prediction value, which is an average value of adjacent pixels of the block, and at least one adjacent pixel of the target pixel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2013
From: MINEZAWA, AKIRA; SUGIMOTO, KAZUO; SEKIGUCHI, SHUNICHI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030786/0693 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-004038 · Jan 12, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130287312A1 · Oct 31, 2013