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US 11,412,219 · App. 17/187,025 · Granted Aug 9, 2022

Image decoding device, image decoding method, and program

Inventors: Kyohei Unno (Fujimino, JP); Kei Kawamura (Fujimino, JP); Sei Naito (Fujimino, JP)
Assignee: KDDI CORPORATION
H04N19/117H04N19/184H04N19/186H04N19/30H04N19/82
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,412,219
App. No.
17/187,025
Filed
Feb 26, 2021
Granted
Aug 9, 2022
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2483
USPC
375/240.02
Abstract

An image decoding device, includes a filter unit using, as an input, a decoded signal prior to the filtering process and output a filtered decoded signal. The filter unit performs clipping processing on the decoded signal prior to the filtering process such that the absolute value of a differential value between a reference pixel value and a pixel value of the decoded signal prior to the filtering process is less than or equal to a predefined threshold value, and to generate the filtered decoded signal through the linear weighted addition of the value after the clipping processing is performed and the pixel value of the decoded signal prior to the filtering process; and a large-small relationship between the threshold value for a luma signal and the threshold value for a chroma signal are defined such that the large-small relationship is unchanged when an internal bit depth is changed.

Claims (25)

1. An image decoding device, comprising:

a circuit configured to use, as an input, a decoded signal prior to the filtering process and output a filtered decoded signal, wherein

the circuit is configured to perform clipping processing on the decoded signal prior to the filtering process such that the absolute value of a differential value between a reference pixel value and a pixel value of the decoded signal prior to the filtering process is less than or equal to a predefined threshold value, and to generate the filtered decoded signal through the linear weighted addition of the value after the clipping processing is performed and the pixel value of the decoded signal prior to the filtering process; and

the threshold value for a luma signal is set to be greater than or equal to the threshold value for a chroma signal regardless of an internal bit depth.

2. The image decoding device according to claim 1 , wherein

the threshold value for the luma signal and the threshold value for the chroma signal are defined so as to be calculated by being respectively multiplied by the same scaling factor according to the change in the internal bit depth.

3. The image decoding device according to claim 2 , wherein

the scaling factor is defined using a power of two.

4. The image decoding device according to claim 2 , wherein

N types of the threshold value for the luma signal and the threshold value for the chroma signal, to which indices 0 to N−1 are respectively assigned (where N is a natural number of 1 or more), are provided; and

the threshold value for the luma signal and the threshold value for the chroma signal, which have the same index, are defined so as to be calculated by being multiplied by the same scaling factor according to the internal bit depth.

5. The image decoding device according to claim 1 , wherein

the threshold value for the luma signal and the threshold value for the chroma signal are defined so as to be the same value.

6. The image decoding device according to claim 4 , wherein

the threshold value for the luma signal and the threshold value for the chroma signal are defined so as to be the same value.

7. The image decoding device according to claim 2 , wherein

the threshold value for the luma signal and the threshold value for the chroma signal are defined so as to be calculated by performing an arithmetic operation according to the current internal bit depth, based on a case where the internal bit depth is ten bits.

8. An image decoding method, comprising:

a step of using, as an input, a decoded signal prior to the filtering process and outputting a filtered decoded signal, wherein

in this step, clipping processing is performed on the decoded signal prior to the filtering process such that the absolute value of a differential value between a reference pixel value and a pixel value of the decoded signal prior to the filtering process is less than or equal to a predefined threshold value, and the filtered decoded signal is generated through the linear weighted addition of the value after the clipping processing is performed and the pixel value of the decoded signal prior to the filtering process, and

the threshold value for a luma signal is set to be greater than or equal to the threshold value for a chroma signal regardless of an internal bit depth.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions comprising executable code, which when executed by at least one processor, cause the processor to:

execute a step of using, as an input, a decoded signal prior to the filtering process and outputting a filtered decoded signal, wherein

in this step, clipping processing is performed on the decoded signal prior to the filtering process such that the absolute value of a differential value between a reference pixel value and a pixel value of the decoded signal prior to the filtering process is less than or equal to a predefined threshold value, and the filtered decoded signal is generated through the linear weighted addition of the value after the clipping processing is performed and the pixel value of the decoded signal prior to the filtering process, and

the threshold value for a luma signal is set to be greater than or equal to the threshold value for a chroma signal regardless of an internal bit depth.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2021
From: UNNO, KYOHEI; KAWAMURA, KEI; NAITO, SEI
To: KDDI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055431/0232 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2019-114961 · Jun 20, 2019 · national
JP JP2020-191512 · Nov 18, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020022975 · Jun 11, 2020
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