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US 12,069,256 · App. 18/451,690 · Granted Aug 20, 2024

Encoder, decoder, and related non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventors: Ryuichi Kanoh (Osaka, JP); Takahiro Nishi (Nara, JP); Tadamasa Toma (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
H04N19/117H04N19/103H04N19/176H04N19/182
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Patent No.
US 12,069,256
App. No.
18/451,690
Granted
Aug 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various embodiments provide a decoder configured to select a filter based on a block size of a first block and a block size of a second block in an image, and change values of pixels in the first block and the second block. The filter includes a first set of multipliers and a first set of offsets for the first block, and a second set of multipliers and a second set of offsets for the second block. The values of the pixels in the first block and the second block are changed by performing multiplication with each multiplier in the first set of multipliers, by performing multiplication with each multiplier in the second set of multipliers, and by using the first set of offsets and the second set of offsets.

Claims (20)

1. A decoding method comprising:

determining whether to filter a boundary between a first block and a second block adjacent to the first block in an image;

selecting a filter based on a block size of the first block and a block size of the second block, the filter including a first set of multipliers and a first set of offsets for the first block, and a second set of multipliers and a second set of offsets for the second block; and

changing values of pixels in the first block and the second block, by performing multiplication with each multiplier in the first set of multipliers, by performing multiplication with each multiplier in the second set of multipliers, and by using the first set of offsets and the second set of offsets, the pixels in the first block and the second block being arranged along a straight line across the boundary between the first block and the second block,

wherein the first set of multipliers and the second set of multipliers are asymmetrical with respect to the boundary, and

wherein the first set of offsets and the second set of offsets are symmetric with respect to the boundary.

2. An encoding method comprising:

determining whether to filter a boundary between a first block and a second block adjacent to the first block in an image;

selecting a filter based on a block size of the first block and a block size of the second block, the filter including a first set of multipliers and a first set of offsets for the first block, and a second set of multipliers and a second set of offsets for the second block; and

changing values of pixels in the first block and the second block, by performing multiplication with each multiplier in the first set of multipliers, by performing multiplication with each multiplier in the second set of multipliers, and by using the first set of offsets and the second set of offsets, the pixels in the first block and the second block being arranged along a straight line across the boundary between the first block and the second block,

wherein the first set of multipliers and the second set of multipliers are asymmetrical with respect to the boundary, and

wherein the first set of offsets and the second set of offsets are symmetric with respect to the boundary.

3. A method of decoding an image using a bit-stream, the method comprising:

extracting filter information from the bit-stream; and

performing a filtering process using the filter information, the filtering process including:

determining whether to filter a boundary between a first block and a second block adjacent to the first block in the image;

selecting a filter based on a block size of the first block and a block size of the second block, the filter including a first set of multipliers and a first set of offsets for the first block, and a second set of multipliers and a second set of offsets for the second block; and

changing values of pixels in the first block and the second block, by performing multiplication with each multiplier in the first set of multipliers, by performing multiplication with each multiplier in the second set of multipliers, and by using the first set of offsets and the second set of offsets, the pixels in the first block and the second block being arranged along a straight line across the boundary between the first block and the second block,

wherein the first set of multipliers and the second set of multipliers are asymmetrical with respect to the boundary, and

wherein the first set of offsets and the second set of offsets are symmetric with respect to the boundary.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-106947 · May 30, 2017 · national
Continuity (6)
Continuation 18064765 · Dec 12, 2022
Continuation 17490637 · Sep 30, 2021
Continuation 16590773 · Oct 2, 2019
Continuation PCTJP2018014358 · Apr 4, 2018
Provisional Application 62482359 · Apr 6, 2017
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