IP Library Granted Patent US 9,497,455
Granted Patent B2
US 9,497,455 · App. 14/127,889 · Granted Nov 15, 2016

Offset decoding device, offset coding device, image filtering device, and data structure

Inventors: Takanori Yamazaki (Osaka, JP); Tomohiro Ikai (Osaka, JP); Tomoyuki Yamamoto (Osaka, JP); Yukinobu Yasugi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04N19/00066H04N19/117H04N19/14H04N19/182H04N19/184H04N19/44H04N19/463H04N19/70H04N19/82H04N19/96
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Patent No.
US 9,497,455
App. No.
14/127,889
Granted
Nov 15, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An adaptive offset filter ( 60 ) adds an offset to the pixel value of each pixel forming an input image. The adaptive offset filter ( 60 ) refers to offset-type specifying information, sets offset attributes for a subject unit area of the input image, decodes an offset having a bit width corresponding to an offset value range included in the set offset attributes, and adds the offset to the pixel value of each pixel forming the input image.

Claims (23)

1. An image filtering device, comprising:

an offset attribute setting unit, configured to set an offset value range in accordance with a bit depth of pixel values of pixels forming an input image, wherein the bit depth of pixel values of pixels forming the input image is obtained from coded data;

an offset decoding unit, configured to decode an offset value which is restricted to the set offset value range; and

a filtering unit, configured to add the offset value to a pixel value of each pixel forming the input image which is constituted by a plurality of unit areas;

wherein the offset attribute setting unit is configured to set an offset bit depth of the offset value to be equal to the bit depth of the pixel values in a case in which the bit depth of the pixel values is ten or smaller, and the offset attribute setting unit is configured to set the offset bit depth of the offset value to be ten in a case in which the bit depth of the pixel values is eleven or greater;

wherein the offset attribute setting unit is configured to set a maximum bit length representing offset value range of the offset value to be (the offset bit depth−K) or smaller, wherein the offset value range of the offset value is determined to be(−2 (the offset bit depth−K−1) ) to (2 (the offset bit depth−K−1) −1), and K is an integer greater than 0.

2. The image filtering device according to claim 1 , wherein a value of K is equal to 4.

3. An image filtering method, comprising:

setting, by a Sample Adaptive Offset (SAO) filter, an offset value range in accordance with a bit depth of pixel values of pixels forming an input image, wherein the bit depth of the pixel values of pixels forming the input image is obtained from coded data;

decoding, by a decoder, an offset value which is restricted to the set offset value range; and

adding, by the SAO filter, the offset value to a pixel value of each pixel forming the input image which is constituted by a plurality of unit areas;

wherein an offset bit depth of the offset value is set by the SAO filter to be equal to the bit depth of the pixel values in a case in which the bit depth of the pixel values is ten or smaller, and the offset bit depth of the offset value is set by the SAO filter to be ten in a case in which the bit depth of the pixel values is eleven or greater; and

wherein a maximum bit length representing offset value range of the offset value is set by the SAO filter to be (the offset bit depth—K) or smaller, wherein the offset value range of the offset value is determined to be (−2 (the offset bit depth—K−1) ) to (2 (the offset bit depth—K−1) −1), and K is an integer greater than 0.

4. The image filtering device according to claim 3 , wherein a value of K is equal to 4.

5. An image filtering device comprising:

a non-transitory memory having processor-executable instructions stored thereon; and

a processor in communication with the non-transitory memory, the processor being configured to execute the processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory memory for:

setting an offset value range in accordance with a bit depth of pixel values of pixels forming an input image, wherein the a bit depth of the pixel values of the pixels forming the input image is obtained from coded data;

decoding an offset value which is restricted to the set offset value range; and

adding the offset value to a pixel value of each pixel forming the input image which is constituted by a plurality of unit areas;

wherein an offset bit depth of the offset value is set to be equal to the bit depth of the pixel values in a case in which the bit depth of the pixel values is ten or smaller, and the offset bit depth of the offset value is set to be ten in a case in which the bit depth of the pixel values is eleven or greater; and

wherein a maximum bit length representing offset value range of the offset value is set to be (the offset bit depth—K) or smaller, wherein the offset value range of the offset value is determined to be (−2 the offset bit depth—K−1) ) to (2 (the offset bit depth—K−1) −1), and K is an integer greater than 0.

6. The image filtering device according to claim 5 , wherein a value of K is equal to 4.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2015
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037278/0445 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2014
From: YAMAZAKI, TAKANORI; IKAI, TOMOHIRO; YAMAMOTO, TOMOYUKI; YASUGI, YUKINOBU
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 032105/0304 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2011-139961 · Jun 23, 2011 · national
JP 2011-215476 · Sep 29, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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