IP Library Granted Patent US 12,425,608
Granted Patent B2
US 12,425,608 · App. 18/262,627 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Information processing device and information processing method

Inventors: Takuro Kawai (Tokyo, JP); Hisashi Kobiki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
H04N19/154G06V10/25
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Patent No.
US 12,425,608
App. No.
18/262,627
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an information processing device including an optimization processing unit. The optimization processing unit optimizes, on a basis of an evaluation result acquired by evaluation of image quality of when image information for streaming distribution is decoded into a reproducible state on a reception side, a parameter of when the image information is generated.

Claims (39)

1. An information processing device, comprising:

a generation unit configured to generate image information:

a preprocessing unit configured to process the generated image information, wherein the process is to improve visibility of the generated image information;

an encoding unit configured to encode the processed image information;

a decoding unit configured to decode the encoded image information; and

an optimization processing unit configured to:

evaluate an image quality for each region of a plurality of regions extracted from the decoded image information;

optimize, based on an evaluation result of the evaluation of the image quality, a first parameter for the generation of the image information, wherein

the evaluation result is based on the evaluation of the image quality of the decoded image information,

the encoded image information, for streaming distribution, is decoded into a reproducible state on a reception side, and

the first parameter is for the generation of the image information;

optimize, based on the evaluation result of the image quality, a second parameter, wherein the second parameter is for the process of the generated image information; and

optimize, based on the evaluation result of the image quality, a third parameter, wherein the third parameter is for the encode of the processed image information.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the optimization processing unit is further configured to optimize the first parameter based on whether the evaluation result of the image quality for the each region of the plurality of regions satisfies a specific threshold for the each region of the plurality of regions, and

the specific threshold is in accordance with a bit rate necessary for the distribution of the image information.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein

the optimization processing unit is further configured to optimize the first parameter by a prioritization on a region of the plurality of regions in which the evaluation result of the image quality is deviated most from the specific threshold, and

the first parameter is optimized based on adjustment values of the first parameter compete between the plurality of regions.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the optimization processing unit is further configured to optimize the first parameter based on whether the evaluation result of the image quality for the each region of the plurality of regions satisfies;

a first threshold, for the each region of the plurality of regions, is in accordance with a bit rate necessary for the distribution of the image information, and

a second threshold for an evaluation of whether the image quality of the image information is equal to or higher than a specific level.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the optimization processing unit is further configured to:

acquire the evaluation result of the image quality on the reception side of the image information; and

optimize the first parameter based on the acquired evaluation result of the image quality.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the image information is a game image for the streaming distribution.

7. An information processing method, comprising:

generating, by a generation unit, image information;

processing, by a preprocessing unit, the generated image information,

wherein the processing is for improving visibility of the generated image information;

encoding, by an encoding unit, the processed image information;

decoding, by a decoding unit, the encoded image information;

evaluating, by an optimization processing unit, an image quality for each region of a plurality of regions extracted from the decoded image information;

optimizing, by the optimization processing unit based on an evaluation result of the evaluation of the image quality, a first parameter for the generation of the image information, wherein

the evaluation result is based on the evaluation of the image quality of the decoded image information,

the encoded image information, for streaming distribution, is decoded into a reproducible state on a reception side, and

the first parameter is for the generation of the image information;

optimizing, by the optimization processing unit based on the evaluation result of the image quality, a second parameter, wherein the second parameter is for the processing of the generated image information; and

optimizing, by the optimization processing unit based on the evaluation result of the image quality, a third parameter, wherein the third parameter is for the encoding of the processed image information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2023
From: KAWAI, TAKURO; KOBIKI, HISASHI
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-014692 · Feb 2, 2021 · national
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