IP Library Granted Patent US 11,758,166
Granted Patent B2
US 11,758,166 · App. 17/468,383 · Granted Sep 12, 2023

Image encoder, image decoder, image encoding method, and image decoding method

Inventors: Kiyofumi Abe (Osaka, JP); Takahiro Nishi (Nara, JP); Tadamasa Toma (Osaka, JP); Ryuichi Kanoh (Osaka, JP); Chong Soon Lim (Singapore, SG); Ru Ling Liao (Singapore, SG); Hai Wei Sun (Singapore, SG); Sughosh Pavan Shashidhar (Singapore, SG); Han Boon Teo (Singapore, SG); Jing Ya Li (Singapore, SG)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
H04N19/44H04N19/105H04N19/139H04N19/176H04N19/521
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Patent No.
US 11,758,166
App. No.
17/468,383
Granted
Sep 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image decoder includes circuitry and a memory, wherein the circuitry, in operation, determines whether inter prediction is to be applied to a current block; in response to determining that the inter prediction is to be applied to the current block, performs a partition prediction process; and, in response to determining that the inter prediction is not to be applied, decodes the current block without using the partition prediction process. The partition prediction process includes predicting first values of a set of pixels between a first partition and a second partition in the current block, using a first motion vector for the first partition; predicting second values of the set of pixels, using a second motion vector for the second partition; weighting the first values and the second values; and generating a prediction image for the current block using the weighted first values and the weighted second values.

Claims (11)

1. An image decoder comprising:

circuitry; and

a memory coupled to the circuitry;

wherein the circuitry, in operation,

determines whether inter prediction is to be applied to a current block,

in response to a determination that the inter prediction is to be applied to the current block, performs a partition prediction process including:

predicting first values of a set of pixels between a first partition having a non-rectangular shape and a second partition in the current block, using a first motion vector for the first partition;

predicting second values of the set of pixels, using a second motion vector for the second partition;

weighting the first values and the second values; and

generating a prediction image for the current block using the weighted first values and the weighted second values, and

in response to a determination that the inter prediction is not to be applied to the current block, decodes the current block without using the partition prediction process.

Continuity (5)
Continuation 16573517 · Sep 17, 2019
Continuation PCTJP2018030061 · Aug 10, 2018
Provisional Application 62698801 · Jul 16, 2018
Provisional Application 62548719 · Aug 22, 2017
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