Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090016621 | MOVING-PICTURE CODING DEVICE AND MOVING-PICTURE CODING METHOD - A moving-picture coding device that performs inter-field motion compensation prediction, includes a reference limit area determining unit that determines to select, for each reference picture, with respect to reference pictures used for coding, a luminance or chrominance reference limit area putting a limit to a reference picture used for generating a prediction picture of a luminance or chrominance of a coding target block belonging to the coding target picture limit area of the case upon each reference picture being previously coded; a selecting inhibit vector determining unit that determines, in a case of coding the coding block belonging to the coding target picture limit area, a selecting inhibit vector that inhibits selecting a luminance and the chrominance are comprised only of pixels of the luminance reference limit area and the chrominance reference limit area. | 01-15-2009 |
20090028246 | MOVING-PICTURE CODING DEVICE AND MOVING-PICTURE CODING METHOD - A moving-picture coding device that divides a moving-picture signal comprised of a plurality of fields into a plurality of blocks and that can select coded area prediction in a current field and inter-field motion compensation prediction by block units, the moving-picture coding device comprises a forced intra block line determining unit, an intra selecting unit, a vector limit block line determining unit, a vector limit unit, a slice division unit a deblocking filter inhibit unit. | 01-29-2009 |
20090178092 | VIDEO PICTURE INFORMATION DELIVERING APPARATUS AND RECEIVING APPARATUS - A video picture information delivering apparatus delivers moving pictures according to a request from a terminal device. The apparatus comprises a determining unit for determining whether or not a predetermined particular picture is included in some of moving pictures to be skipped, upon receipt of a request to skip the some of the moving pictures; and a transmitting unit for transmitting to the terminal device associated information corresponding to the particular picture along with the moving pictures after being skipped, if the particular picture is included in the some of the skipped moving pictures. | 07-09-2009 |
20090185623 | MOTION PICTURE ENCODING DEVICE AND MOTION PICTURE DECODING DEVICE - When a prediction is made between fields with different parity, the predicative efficiency of a chrominance vector is improved by adaptively switching the generation of a chrominance motion vector depending on a encoding/decoding field parity (top/bottom) and a reference field parity (top/bottom), and the coding efficiency is improved accordingly. | 07-23-2009 |
20090190655 | MOVING PICTURE ENCODING APPARATUS - An encoding circuit ( | 07-30-2009 |
20090190663 | MOTION PICTURE ENCODING DEVICE AND MOTION PICTURE DECODING DEVICE - When a prediction is made between fields with different parity, the predicative efficiency of a chrominance vector is improved by adaptively switching the generation of a chrominance motion vector depending on a encoding/decoding field parity (top/bottom) and a reference field parity (top/bottom), and the coding efficiency is improved accordingly. | 07-30-2009 |
20090225225 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - An decomposition filter includes a top-field low-frequency decomposition filter and a bottom-field low-frequency decomposition filter whose coefficient is obtained by vertically inverting the coefficient of the top-field low-frequency decomposition filter. It also includes a top-field high- frequency decomposition filter and a bottom-field high-frequency decomposition filter whose coefficient is obtained by vertically inverting the coefficient of the top-field high-frequency decomposition filter. The above-described filters are switched and used according to which an input signal is for, a top-field or a bottom-field. | 09-10-2009 |
20090231487 | Image processing apparatus and method for format conversion - A signal processing apparatus converts interlaced 4:2:2-format video signals including a luminance component and two chroma components into interlaced 4:2:0 format video signals. A downsampling low-pass filter has such a group delay that a modulo-1 remainder of the group delay at frequency ω=0 is substantially equal to 0.25. The downsampling low-pass filter is designed together with an associated upsampling low-pass filter such that the first downsampling low-pass filter and the upsampling low-pass filter substantially satisfy perfect reconstruction filter bank condition, and such that a sum of the group delay of the first downsampling low-pass filter and a group delay of a normalized filter obtained by making the sum of all the coefficients of the upsampling low-pass filter equal to 1 is substantially equal to an integer number at frequency ω=0. | 09-17-2009 |
20090232199 | Encoding apparatus, decoding apparatus, encoding method, and decoding method - An encoding apparatus encodes image data using a picture order count (POC) that indicates a display order of a picture. The encoding apparatus includes a remainder calculating unit that calculates a remainder by dividing an absolute frame number counted from an instantaneous decoding refresh (IDR) picture by a divisor which is a number of reference frames in one POC cycle, and a remainder code converting unit that coverts the remainder calculated by the remainder calculating unit into a code. A decoding apparatus decodes image data using the POC. The decoding apparatus includes a remainder extracting unit that, when random access decoding is performed, extracts a remainder by decoding a remainder code added to a picture at a random decoding start position, and an initializing unit that initializes an input value of a decoding process for the POC, by using the remainder extracted by the remainder extracting unit. | 09-17-2009 |
20090238261 | Method, apparatus, and system for processing moving image - A moving image processing system includes an encoding apparatus encoding a moving image by encoding a picture order count (POC) while inserting a recovery point, and a decoding apparatus decoding the moving image encoded by the encoding apparatus. The encoding apparatus includes an insertion permission/rejection determining unit that determines whether a decoded frame is a reference frame and its frame number from an instantaneous decoding refresh frame is a positive integer times as large as a number of reference frames within a POC cycle, and a recovery point inserting unit that inserts the recovery point into the frame depending on a result of determination by the insertion permission/rejection determining unit. The decoding apparatus includes a POC decoding unit that decodes the POC by executing an initializing process such that the frame number within the POC cycle used in decoding the POC becomes zero, when decoding by random accessing is started. | 09-24-2009 |
20090252218 | MOVING IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, MOVING IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, MOVING IMAGE CODING METHOD AND MOVING IMAGE DECODING METHOD - In a decoding apparatus in accordance with H.264, when the POC type is determined as “1” and a recovery point SEI is detected, the maximum frame number MaxFrameNum (or its integral multiple) is set as the initial value of the frame number offset (FrameNumOffset). | 10-08-2009 |
20100014764 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING DEVICES AND IMAGE BAND DECOMPOSING/COMPOSING DEVICES - According to the invention, a down-sampler samples down a signal whose low frequency component is cut to ½. A sign inversion unit cyclically multiplies the sampled-down high-frequency sub-band signal by a negative value and outputs a sign-inverted high-frequency sub-band signal. Thus, in the frequency characteristic of the high-frequency sub-band signal, the signal power on the low frequency side can be increased. | 01-21-2010 |
20100054335 | Encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus - An encoding apparatus having a direct mode as a prediction mode, when a pixel with opposite parity from a top field to a bottom field, for example, is referred to for obtaining a reference vector in the direct mode, performs correction by adding or subtracting a value corresponding to a half pixel to or from a value of the obtained reference vector. The encoding apparatus, when a pixel with opposite parity is referred to for obtaining a first and a second direct vector by temporally scaling the corrected reference vector, performs correction by adding or subtracting a value corresponding to a half pixel to or from values of the obtained direct vectors. | 03-04-2010 |
20100061445 | Moving picture editing apparatus - A moving picture editing apparatus includes a picture extracting unit that extracts pictures of a predetermined range including a picture subsequent to a coupling point from encoded data to be coupled; an adjustment-information generating unit that generates adjustment information for adjusting values of information to be continuous from/to inside to/from outside the predetermined range upon decoding, from among information included in headers of the pictures of the predetermined range extracted by the picture extracting unit; and a re-encoding unit that adds the adjustment information generated by the adjustment-information generating unit to the headers of the pictures of the predetermined range extracted by the picture extracting unit, and re-encodes the pictures of the predetermined range. | 03-11-2010 |
20100098170 | Transcoding device and transcoding method - A transcoding device includes a decoding unit that decodes both motion vectors of macroblocks and images from encoded images in a first encoding format; a first decoded image storing unit that stores therein the decoded motion vectors of macroblocks and the decoded images; a vector searching unit that searches for motion vectors of macroblocks in a second encoding format by using the decoded images stored in the first decoded image storing unit as reference images and by using the decoded motion vectors stored in the first decoded image storing unit; and a motion compensating unit that reads, from the first decoded image storing unit, areas in the decoded images, which are indicated by the motion vectors for which the vector searching unit has searched, and performs motion compensation by using the areas in the decoded images and the motion vectors for which the vector searching unit has searched. | 04-22-2010 |
20100172412 | VIDEO ENCODER AND VIDEO DECODER - A video encoder that encodes each of a plurality of blocks obtained by dividing an input image, includes: a definition unit configured to define a valid area which is allowed to be used as reference in a reference image in interframe coding; a detection unit configured to detect a reference area in the reference image for a target block; a predicted image generation unit configured to generate a predicted image by outputting an image of the reference area for the reference area belonging to the valid area and outputting a complementary image for the reference area not belonging to the valid area; and a coding unit configured to encode the input image using the predicted image, wherein valid area information indicating the valid area is transmitted to a video decoder, for each group of a plurality of blocks. | 07-08-2010 |
20100208816 | MOTION PICTURE ENCODING DEVICE AND MOTION PICTURE DECODING DEVICE - When a prediction is made between fields with different parity, the predicative efficiency of a chrominance vector is improved by adaptively switching the generation of a chrominance motion vector depending on a encoding/decoding field parity (top/bottom) and a reference field parity (top/bottom), and the coding efficiency is improved accordingly. | 08-19-2010 |
20100208823 | MOTION PICTURE ENCODING DEVICE AND MOTION PICTURE DECODING DEVICE - When a prediction is made between fields with different parity, the predicative efficiency of a chrominance vector is improved by adaptively switching the generation of a chrominance motion vector depending on a encoding/decoding field parity (top/bottom) and a reference field parity (top/bottom), and the coding efficiency is improved accordingly. | 08-19-2010 |
20100208824 | MOTION PICTURE ENCODING DEVICE AND MOTION PICTURE DECODING DEVICE - When a prediction is made between fields with different parity, the predicative efficiency of a chrominance vector is improved by adaptively switching the generation of a chrominance motion vector depending on a encoding/decoding field parity (top/bottom) and a reference field parity (top/bottom), and the coding efficiency is improved accordingly. | 08-19-2010 |
20100226624 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PLAYBACK DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD - A detecting section in an information processing apparatus is configured to detect an event sound from audio, the audio having been recorded when video was shot. The information processing apparatus also includes a calculating section configured to determine an event playback time at which an image associated with the event sound is played back in a video playback time sequence, the video playback time sequence corresponding to a playback speed lower than a shooting speed of the video and a determining section configured to determine a playback start time of the event sound during the video playback time sequence in accordance with the event playback time. | 09-09-2010 |
20100303370 | VIDEO DECODING DEVICE AND VIDEO DECODING METHOD - A video decoding device includes a decoder configured to decode a plurality of separate partial areas of each of pictures included in encoded video data and a motion vector indicating a positional relationship between each of the partial areas and a partial area of a different picture referenced in order to encode the partial area; an error detector configured to detect, as an error area, a partial area that is unable to be decoded by the decoder from among the plurality of partial areas; a referenced area determiner configured to determine a referenced area of a third picture that has already been decoded, the referenced area corresponding to the error area; a concealment unit configured to conceal the error area using data included in the referenced area; and an image integrator configured to reproduce the first picture. | 12-02-2010 |
20110164681 | MOTION PICTURE ENCODING DEVICE AND MOTION PICTURE DECODING DEVICE - When a prediction is made between fields with different parity, the predicative efficiency of a chrominance vector is improved by adaptively switching the generation of a chrominance motion vector depending on a encoding/decoding field parity (top/bottom) and a reference field parity (top/bottom), and the coding efficiency is improved accordingly. | 07-07-2011 |
20110182304 | Data transmitting device and data receiving device - A data transmitting device transmits section information, a data broadcasting content, and a broadcasting content in a multiplexed manner. The data transmitting device includes a specified-information embedding unit that embeds information related to a specified image into the section information; a multiplexing unit that multiplexes the section information embedded with the specified information by the specified-information embedding unit, the data broadcasting content, and the broadcasting content; and a transmitting unit that transmits data multiplexed by the multiplexing unit to a data receiving device. | 07-28-2011 |
20110187932 | DIGITAL BROADCAST METHOD, DATA RECEIVING DEVICE, AND DATA TRANSMITTING DEVICE - A digital broadcast method includes receiving audio and video data that form a predetermined content for digital broadcasting; receiving related data indicating a content related to the predetermined content; performing a control that transmits the received related data to a data receiving device prior to transmitting the received audio data and video data; receiving the audio and video data that form the predetermined content and the related data of the predetermined content that have been subject to the control; changing a viewing channel in response to a changing instruction of the viewing channel from a viewer; and outputting, when the viewing channel is changed from a first channel number to a second channel number at the changing and then changed to the first channel number again, the received related data with audio and video data corresponding to the first channel number to an output unit. | 08-04-2011 |
20110228849 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a predictive picture generator configured to generate a predictive picture for an encoding target block based on pixel values of pixels included in already-encoded blocks around the encoding target block, a predictive error generator configured to generate predictive error based on a picture expressed by the encoding target block and a weighting unit configured to apply weights to pixel values by conducting a multiplication that multiplies by a constant greater than 1 the pixel values of pixels used to generate a predictive picture for another encoding target block, the pixels being pixels from among a plurality of pixels included in predictive error generated by the predictive error generator. | 09-22-2011 |
20120263237 | VIDEO ENCODER AND VIDEO DECODER - A video encoder includes: a motion compensation signal generator to generate a plurality of motion compensation signals in accordance with an encoding target signal and a plurality of reference pictures; a prediction signal generator to generate a prediction signal of the encoding target signal by utilizing the plurality of motion compensation signals; a prediction error signal generator to generate a prediction error signal; a selector to select, from among a plurality of generation rules for generating encoded information of the prediction error signal, a generation rule that is expected to reduce an information amount of an encoded state of the prediction error signal, in accordance with the plurality of motion compensation signals; and an encoded information generator to generate encoded information of the prediction error signal in accordance with the generation rule selected by the selector. | 10-18-2012 |
20120263238 | VIDEO ENCODER AND VIDEO DECODER - A video encoder includes: a motion compensation picture signal generator to generate a plurality of motion compensation picture signals in accordance with an encoding target signal and a plurality of reference pictures; a prediction signal generator to generate a prediction signal of the encoding target signal by utilizing the plurality of motion compensation picture signals; a prediction error signal generator to generate a prediction error signal; a selector to select, from among a plurality of scan patterns prepared for generating encoded information from the prediction error signal, a scan pattern that is expected to minimize an information amount of an encoded state of the prediction error signal, in accordance with the plurality of motion compensation picture signals; and a zigzag scanner to generate encoded information from the prediction error signal by using the scan pattern selected by the selector. | 10-18-2012 |
20130064297 | ENCODING APPARATUS AND DECODING APPARATUS - An encoding apparatus having a direct mode as a prediction mode, when a pixel with opposite parity from a top field to a bottom field, for example, is referred to for obtaining a reference vector in the direct mode, performs correction by adding or subtracting a value corresponding to a half pixel to or from a value of the obtained reference vector. The encoding apparatus, when a pixel with opposite parity is referred to for obtaining a first and a second direct vector by temporally scaling the corrected reference vector, performs correction by adding or subtracting a value corresponding to a half pixel to or from values of the obtained direct vectors. | 03-14-2013 |
20130128991 | MOVING IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, MOVING IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, MOVING IMAGE CODING METHOD AND MOVING IMAGE DECODING METHOD - In a decoding apparatus in accordance with H.264, when the POC type is determined as “1” and a recovery point SEI is detected, the maximum frame number MaxFrameNum (or its integral multiple) is set as the initial value of the frame number offset (FrameNumOffset). | 05-23-2013 |
20140185677 | ENCODING APPARATUS AND DECODING APPARATUS - An encoding apparatus having a direct mode as a prediction mode, when a pixel with opposite parity from a top field to a bottom field, for example, is referred to for obtaining a reference vector in the direct mode, performs correction by adding or subtracting a value corresponding to a half pixel to or from a value of the obtained reference vector. The encoding apparatus, when a pixel with opposite parity is referred to for obtaining a first and a second direct vector by temporally scaling the corrected reference vector, performs correction by adding or subtracting a value corresponding to a half pixel to or from values of the obtained direct vectors. | 07-03-2014 |
20140369418 | MOTION PICTURE ENCODING DEVICE AND MOTION PICTURE DECODING DEVICE - When a prediction is made between fields with different parity, the predicative efficiency of a chrominance vector is improved by adaptively switching the generation of a chrominance motion vector depending on encoding/decoding field parity (top/bottom) and a reference field parity (top/bottom), and the coding efficiency is improved accordingly. | 12-18-2014 |