Image processing apparatus and image processing method
There is provided an image processing apparatus including circuitry configured to predict an image of a second layer from an image of a first layer using a lookup table which maps combinations of a luminance component, a first color difference component, and a second color difference component of the first layer to predicted pixel values of the second layer corresponding to the combinations. The second layer has a different color gamut from the first layer. The circuitry uses the lookup table in which granularities of the first and second color difference components are lower than a granularity of the luminance component.
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising:
circuitry configured to
perform a color gamut prediction to predict an image of a second layer from an image of a first layer using a first lookup table when a chroma format for the image of the first layer indicates that resolutions of a first color difference component and a second color difference component of the first layer are lower than a resolution of a luminance component of the first layer; and
perform the color gamut prediction to predict the image of the second layer from the image of the first layer using a second lookup table when the chroma format indicates that the resolutions of the first color difference component and the second color difference component of the first layer are equal to the resolution of the luminance component of the first layer, wherein
the first lookup table maps combinations of the luminance component, the first color difference component, and the second color difference component of the first layer to predicted pixel values of the second layer corresponding to the combinations,
the second layer has a different color gamut from the first layer,
information in the first lookup table indicates that granularities of the first and second color difference components are set to be lower than a granularity of the luminance component, and
granularities of the second lookup table are different from granularities of the first lookup table.
2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
decode lookup table information regarding the granularities of the first and second color difference components of the first lookup table and the second lookup table.
3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:
lookup table buffers configured to buffer the first lookup table and the second lookup table set based on the lookup table information decoded by the circuitry.
4. An image processing method, comprising:
performing, by circuitry of an image processing apparatus, a color gamut prediction to predict an image of a second layer from an image of a first layer using a first lookup table when a chroma format for the image of the first layer indicates that resolutions of a first color difference component and a second color difference component of the first layer are lower than a resolution of a luminance component of the first layer;
performing, by the circuitry, the color gamut prediction to predict the image of the second layer from the image of the first layer using a second lookup table when the chroma format indicates that the resolutions of the first color difference component and the second color difference component of the first layer are equal to the resolution of the luminance component of the first layer, wherein
the first lookup table maps combinations of the luminance component, the first color difference component, and the second color difference component of the first layer to predicted pixel values of the second layer corresponding to the combinations,
the second layer has a different color gamut from the first layer,
information in the first lookup table indicates that granularities of the first and second color difference components are set to be lower than a granularity of the luminance component, and
granularities of the second lookup table are different from granularities of the first lookup table.
5. The image processing method according to claim 4 , further comprising:
decoding lookup table information regarding the granularities of the first and second color difference components of the first lookup table and the second lookup table.
6. The image processing method according to claim 5 , further comprising:
buffering the first lookup table and the second lookup table set based on the lookup table information decoded by the circuitry.
7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon:
encoded image data of a first layer;
encoded image data of a second layer; and
a first lookup table for a color gamut prediction, the first lookup table maps combinations of a luminance component, a first color difference component, and a second color difference component of the first layer to predicted pixel values of the second layer corresponding to the combinations, the second layer having a different color gamut from the first layer, wherein
a decoder performs the color gamut prediction to predict an image of the second layer from an image of the first layer using the first lookup table when a chroma format for the image of the first layer indicates that resolutions of the first color difference component and the second color difference component are lower than a resolution of the luminance component,
the decoder performs the color gamut prediction to predict the image of the second layer from the image of the first layer using second lookup table when the chroma format indicates that the resolutions of the first color difference component and the second color difference component are equal to the resolution of the luminance component,
information in the first lookup table indicates that granularities of the first and second color difference components are set to be lower than a granularity of the luminance component, and
granularities of the second lookup table are different from granularities of the first lookup table.
8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 7 , having further stored thereon:
lookup table information regarding the granularities of the first and second color difference components of the first lookup table and the second lookup table.
9. An encoder, comprising:
circuitry configured to
encode an image of a first layer,
encode an image of a second layer,
generate a first lookup table for a color gamut prediction, the first lookup table mapping combinations of a luminance component, a first color difference component, and a second color difference component of the first layer to predicted pixel values of the second layer corresponding to the combinations, and the second layer having a different color gamut from the first layer, and
generate a second lookup table for the color gamut prediction, wherein
the color gamut prediction is performed to predict the image of the second layer from the image of the first layer using the first lookup table when a chroma format for the image of the first layer indicates that resolutions of the first color difference component and the second color difference component are lower than a resolution of the luminance component,
the color gamut prediction is performed to predict the image of the second layer from the image of the first layer using the second lookup table when the chroma format indicates that the resolutions of the first color difference component and the second color difference component are equal to the resolution of the luminance component,
information in the first lookup table indicates that granularities of the first and second color difference components are set to be lower than a granularity of the luminance component, and
granularities of the second lookup table are different from granularities of the first lookup table.
10. The encoder according to claim 9 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
encode lookup table information regarding the granularities of the first and second color difference components of the first lookup table and the second lookup table.
11. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the data size of each of the first difference components and the second color difference components included in the first lookup table is smaller than the data size of the luminance components included in the first lookup table.
12. The image processing method according to claim 4 , wherein the data size of each of the first difference components and the second color difference components included in the first lookup table is smaller than the data size of the luminance components included in the first lookup table.
13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 7 , wherein the data size of each of the first difference components and the second color difference components included in the first lookup table is smaller than the data size of the luminance components included in the first lookup table.
14. The encoder according to claim 9 , wherein the data size of each of the first difference components and the second color difference components included in the first lookup table is smaller than the data size of the luminance components included in the first lookup table.
15. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein information in the second lookup table indicates that a common granularity is to be set for the luminance component, the first color difference component and the second color difference component.