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US 12,407,856 · App. 18/609,408 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Image decoding device, image decoding method, and program

Inventors: Kyohei Unno (Fujimino, JP); Yoshitaka Kidani (Fujimino, JP); Kei Kawamura (Fujimino, JP); Sei Naito (Fujimino, JP)
Assignee: KDDI CORPORATION
H04N19/593H04N19/105H04N19/159H04N19/176H04N19/182
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Patent No.
US 12,407,856
App. No.
18/609,408
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image decoding device includes: a prediction signal generation unit that generates a prediction signal by intra prediction, wherein in a block to which intra sub-partitions are applied, the prediction signal generation unit refers to a pixel of a decoded block adjacent to the block when generating prediction signals of all sub-blocks in the block.

Claims (11)

1. An image decoding device comprising:

a prediction signal generation unit that generates a prediction signal by intra prediction, wherein

in a block to which intra sub-partitions are applied, the prediction signal generation unit refers to a pixel of a decoded block adjacent to the block when generating prediction signals of all sub-blocks in the block, in a case where sizes of the sub-blocks in a horizontal direction are less than a first threshold value, and

in the block to which intra sub-partitions are applied, the prediction signal generation unit refers to a decoded pixel of a sub-block processed immediately before, in a case where the size of the sub-block in the horizontal direction is equal to or larger than the first threshold value.

2. An image decoding method comprising:

generating a prediction signal by intra prediction, wherein

in the generating, in a block to which intra sub-partitions are applied, a pixel of a decoded block adjacent to the block is referred to, when generating prediction signals of all sub-blocks in the block, in a case where sizes of the sub-blocks in a horizontal direction are less than a first threshold value, and

in the generating, in the block to which intra sub-partitions are applied, the generating of a prediction signal by intra prediction refers to a decoded pixel of a sub-block processed immediately before, in a case where the size of the sub-block in the horizontal direction is equal to or larger than the first threshold value.

3. A program stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium for causing a computer to function as an image decoding device, the image decoding device comprising a prediction signal generation unit that generates a prediction signal by intra prediction, wherein

in a block to which intra sub-partitions are applied, the prediction signal generation unit refers to a pixel of a decoded block adjacent to the block when generating prediction signals of all sub-blocks in the block, in a case where sizes of the sub-blocks in a horizontal direction are less than a first threshold value, and

in the block to which intra sub-partitions are applied, the prediction signal generation unit refers to a decoded pixel of a sub-block processed immediately before, in a case where the size of the sub-block in the horizontal direction is equal to or larger than the first threshold value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 28, 2024
From: UNNO, KYOHEI; KIDANI, YOSHITAKA; KAWAMURA, KEI; NAITO, SEI
To: KDDI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067538/0578 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-043971 · Mar 11, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17437747
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