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20120211801 | GROUP III NITRIDE LAMINATED SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER AND GROUP III NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - There is provided a normally-off group III nitride semiconductor device having a high breakdown field strength and minimal crystal defects, and a group III nitride laminated semiconductor wafer used to make the group III nitride semiconductor device. The group III nitride laminated semiconductor wafer | 08-23-2012 |
20130220223 | RADICAL GENERATOR AND MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY APPARATUS - [Object] To provide a radical generator which can produce radicals at higher density. | 08-29-2013 |
20140353804 | Method for Producing Group III Nitride Semiconductor and Group III Nitride Semiconductor - A first side surface of post of the first stripe is formed so that a plane which is most parallel to the first side surface among low-index planes of the growing Group III nitride semiconductor is a m-plane (10-10), and a first angle between the first lateral vector obtained by orthogonally projecting a normal vector of the first side surfaces to the main surface and a m-axis projected vector obtained by orthogonally projecting a normal vector of the m-plane of the growing semiconductor to the main surface is from 0.5° to 6°. A second side surface of post of the second stripe is formed so that a plane which is most parallel to the second side surface among low-index planes of the growing semiconductor is an a-plane (11-20), and a second angle between the second lateral vector and an a-axis projected vector of the a-plane is from 0° to 10°. | 12-04-2014 |
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20150214423 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DEVICE AND OPTICAL DEVICE - A method for manufacturing an optical device includes forming a mask on main surface of a first GaN layer such that the mask has one or more openings in first region on the main surface of the first layer, selectively growing first GaN in the opening such that core including the first GaN is formed on exposed portion of the first layer, forming an active layer on the core such that active region is formed, forming a second GaN layer on the active region, removing a portion of the mask covering second region, forming a first electrode in the second region on the first layer, forming a second electrode covering the second layer and extending onto the mask in third region on the first layer, forming a first pad on the first electrode, and forming a second pad in a pad-forming region of the second electrode in the third region. | 07-30-2015 |
20150214429 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ROD-TYPE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND ROD-TYPE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - There is provided a method for manufacturing a rod-type light emitting device, which includes: forming a rod having lateral surfaces and an upper surface on a GaN layer of a first conductivity-type, the rod being made of a GaN of the first conductivity-type; selectively growing a high-resistivity layer on the upper surface of the rod; forming a multi-quantum well layer to cover the lateral surfaces and the upper surface of the rod and the high-resistivity layer; and forming a GaN layer of a second conductivity-type to cover the multi-quantum well layer. | 07-30-2015 |
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20090110077 | IMAGE CODING DEVICE, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND IMAGE CODING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - When compression encoding processing of an image is performed in units of macroblocks using pipeline structure, application of the skip mode or the like according to MPEG4AVC to compression encode an encoding target block requires motion vectors and the like of adjacent blocks of the encoding target block. However, depending on the structure of the pipeline stages, the motion vectors and the like may not be determined. In such cases, the skip mode cannot be applied to compression encode the encoding target block. The present invention aims to solve this problem and (i) calculates all motion information candidates, of the encoding target block, corresponding to all motion information selectable by a previous block of the encoding target block, and (ii) selects, as the motion information of the encoding target block in the skip mode, the motion information corresponding to the motion information determined for the previous block. | 04-30-2009 |
20100195922 | IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING METHOD - To provide an image decoding apparatus that suppresses overhead of parallel processing to improve parallelization efficiency and reduce circuit costs, while solving neighboring macroblock dependencies. The image decoding apparatus ( | 08-05-2010 |
20110116548 | IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING SYSTEM - The transfer unit ( | 05-19-2011 |
20110122952 | MOTION ESTIMATION DEVICE - A motion estimation device configured to estimate motion for blocks included in an input picture using a reference picture includes an internal reference memory configured to store the reference picture transferred from outside the motion estimation device; a motion estimator configured to estimate motion information for a target block that is a block of the input picture and where motion is to be estimated, using pixel data of the reference picture stored in the internal reference memory; a motion compensator configured to perform motion compensation for the target block using the motion information estimated by the motion estimator; and a reference memory manager configured to control the internal reference memory. The reference memory manager is configured to control the internal reference memory to store a luminance reference picture and a color-difference reference picture as the reference picture. | 05-26-2011 |
20110161622 | MEMORY ACCESS CONTROL DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, MEMORY ACCESS CONTROL METHOD, AND DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - A memory access control unit is provided with a storage unit for storing a page table that stores a correspondence between a piece of data, a virtual page number, and a physical page number for all pages, and a conversion unit that includes a buffer for storing, for each of a subset of the pages, the virtual page number and the physical page number in correspondence, and a conversion processing unit operable to convert a virtual address into a physical address in accordance with content stored in the buffer. When the virtual page number of the virtual address included in the access request does not exist in the buffer, the conversion processing unit overwrites, in the buffer, (i) the virtual page number and the physical page number of a page for which a completed conversion count, indicating a number of times the virtual address of the page has been converted to the physical address, has reached a planned conversion count, with (ii) the virtual page number of the virtual address included in the access request and the physical page number corresponding, in the storage unit, to the virtual page number. | 06-30-2011 |
20110200115 | IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CODING APPARATUS - An image decoding apparatus ( | 08-18-2011 |
20110211635 | MOVING PICTURE DECODING DEVICE, MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE DECODING SYSTEM, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND PROGRAM - To provide a moving picture decoding device capable of continuing motion compensation even when an error is included in a filter coefficient for motion compensation. The moving picture decoding device includes: a decoding unit ( | 09-01-2011 |
20110235716 | DECODING APPARATUS, DECODING METHOD, PROGRAM AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A decoding apparatus ( | 09-29-2011 |
20120063693 | IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING CIRCUIT, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - A decoding apparatus ( | 03-15-2012 |
20120147959 | MOVING IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, MOVING IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, MOVING IMAGE DECODING CIRCUIT, AND MOVING IMAGE DECODING METHOD - A moving image decoding apparatus which enables reduction in the memory bandwidth and the memory access latency for the motion compensation filter coefficients for use in inter-picture prediction involving motion compensation using variable coefficients includes: a decoding unit ( | 06-14-2012 |
20130044816 | MOTION COMPENSATION APPARATUS, VIDEO CODING APPARATUS, VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS, MOTION COMPENSATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A motion compensation apparatus performs motion compensation on a current block having a non-rectangular shape, using a reference image stored in a frame memory and includes: a reference block memory for storing part of the reference image; a frame-memory-transfer control unit which identifies, in the reference image, a pixel block having a rectangular shape and including a reference block having a non-rectangular shape and used for motion compensation, and transfers pixel data of the identified pixel block from the frame memory to the reference block memory; and a motion compensation processing unit which generates a prediction block of the current block, using the reference block included in the pixel block stored in the reference block memory. | 02-21-2013 |
20130089149 | IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND PROGRAM - An image decoding device is provided that decodes, without an increase in the circuit size, a coded video sequence including a large-size block. The image decoding apparatus includes: a block division unit which divides a current block that is to be decoded and is included in a picture of the coded video sequence, into sub-blocks; an image obtainment unit which obtains, for each of the sub-blocks, image data corresponding to the sub-block from a recording medium; a prediction unit which generates, for each of the sub-blocks, a predicted image of the sub-block, based on the image data obtained by the image obtainment unit; and a reconstruction unit which reconstructs each of the sub-blocks, by adding the predicted image generated for the sub-block to the sub-block. | 04-11-2013 |
20130188723 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is an image processing device which performs plural processes efficiently, by pipelining, on a coded stream obtained by coding an image based on various coding unit blocks. The image processing device which performs plural first processes, by pipelining, on a coded stream obtained by dividing an image into plural coding unit blocks having at least two sizes, and coding the image on a coding unit block-by-block basis includes: plural first process units which perform, by the pipelining, the plural first processes on the coded stream by each executing one of the plural first processes; and a control unit which divides the coded stream into plural first processing unit blocks each having a first size, and control the plural first process units to cause the plural first processes to be executed for each of the first processing unit blocks. | 07-25-2013 |
20130243096 | VIDEO DECODING DEVICE, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING PROGRAM, AND VIDEO DECODING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - With use of a simplified program or calculating device for motion compensation, a video decoding device decodes video data compressed by motion detection operations on macroblock units, as in the MPEG-4AVC standard. The video decoding device splits compressed data blocks of the prescribed size, 16×16 pixels for instance, to generate sub-blocks, which are smaller than the blocks and on which the video decoding device is able to execute motion compensation operations. The video decoding device duplicates a motion vector assigned to a given block to generate as many motion vectors as there are sub-blocks in the given block, and executes motion compensation on each sub-block using the corresponding duplicate motion vector. Data resulting from the motion compensation operation on each sub-block is combined to obtain a target block corresponding to the given block. | 09-19-2013 |
20130315312 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus for decoding an image coded in coding processes including (i) prediction on at least one prediction unit (PU) and (ii) frequency transform on transform units (TUs) included in a region including the at least one PU includes a processing unit configured to perform image processing for a predictive image of the at least one PU, depending on a transform order predetermined for the TUs. | 11-28-2013 |
20140006665 | RESOURCE REQUEST ARBITRATION DEVICE, RESOURCE REQUEST ARBITRATION SYSTEM, RESOURCE REQUEST ARBITRATION METHOD, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND PROGRAM | 01-02-2014 |
20140010311 | IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING CIRCUIT, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - A decoding apparatus according to the present invention includes: a decoding unit which decodes identification information identifying an orthogonal transform basis for inverse orthogonal transform; an orthogonal transform basis accumulation unit accumulating orthogonal transform bases for inverse orthogonal transform; an orthogonal transform basis storage unit storing an orthogonal transform basis for inverse transform, from among the stored orthogonal transform bases; an inverse orthogonal transform unit which performs inverse orthogonal transform using the identified orthogonal transform basis; and an orthogonal transform basis transfer control unit which transfers the identified orthogonal transfer basis from the orthogonal transform basis accumulation unit to the orthogonal transfer basis storage unit only when the identified orthogonal transform basis is not yet stored therein. With this structure, it is possible to reduce the memory bandwidth for the memory storing the orthogonal transform basis and the memory access latency. | 01-09-2014 |
20140064370 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: a first storing unit for storing a plurality of prediction parameters used in predictive image generation for a plurality of prediction units corresponding in size to at least one picture; a second storing unit for storing two or more prediction parameters used in predictive image generation for two or more prediction units among the plurality of prediction units; and a transferring unit configured to collectively transfer, for predictive image generation, (i) two or more of the prediction parameters from the first storing unit to the second storing unit or collectively transfer (ii) the two or more prediction parameters used in the predictive image generation for the two or more prediction units from the second storing unit to the first storing unit. | 03-06-2014 |
20140169479 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus capable of reducing a capacity of a storage element includes: a first variable-length decoding unit that sequentially outputs, for each first unit of processing, one or more components included in the first unit of processing, by performing a first process on a coded stream; a reordering unit that sequentially outputs, for each second unit of processing different from the first unit of processing, one or more components included in the second unit of processing, by reordering the components outputted from the first variable-length decoding unit; and a second inverse quantization unit that performs a second process on the components outputted from the reordering unit, for each second unit of processing. | 06-19-2014 |
20140294310 | IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND IMAGE ENCODING METHOD - An image decoding device which decodes, by pipeline processing which includes plural processes, an encoded image obtained by encoding plural blocks of at least two sizes divided from the image includes: a first storage unit having a capacity for storing two or more blocks having a largest size of the at least two sizes; a first process unit which performs a first process among the plural processes on the plural blocks sequentially, and sequentially stores the plural blocks on which the first process has been performed into the first storage unit; and a second process unit sequentially extracts the plural blocks from the first storage unit, and performs a second process among the plural processes on the extracted plural blocks sequentially. | 10-02-2014 |
20140369412 | VIDEO DECODING DEVICE, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING PROGRAM, AND VIDEO DECODING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - With use of a simplified program or calculating device for motion compensation, a video decoding device decodes video data compressed by motion detection operations on macroblock units, as in the MPEG-4AVC standard. The video decoding device splits compressed data blocks of the prescribed size, 16×16 pixels for instance, to generate sub-blocks, which are smaller than the blocks and on which the video decoding device is able to execute motion compensation operations. The video decoding device duplicates a motion vector assigned to a given block to generate as many motion vectors as there are sub-blocks in the given block, and executes motion compensation on each sub-block using the corresponding duplicate motion vector. Data resulting from the motion compensation operation on each sub-block is combined to obtain a target block corresponding to the given block. | 12-18-2014 |
20150016507 | IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS FOR DECODING A TARGET BLOCK BY REFERENCING INFORMATION OF AN ALREADY DECODED BLOCK IN A NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE TARGET BLOCK - To provide an image decoding apparatus that suppresses overhead of parallel processing to improve parallelization efficiency and reduce circuit costs, while solving neighboring macroblock dependencies. The image decoding apparatus ( | 01-15-2015 |
20150085918 | IMAGE CODING DEVICE, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND IMAGE CODING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - When compression encoding processing of an image is performed in units of macroblocks using a pipeline structure, an application of a skip mode or the like according to MPEG4AVC to compression encode an encoding target block requires motion vectors and the like of adjacent blocks of the encoding target block. However, depending on a structure of the pipeline stages, the motion vectors may not be determined. In such cases, the skip mode cannot be applied to compression encode the encoding target block. This problem can be solved by (i) calculating all motion information candidates, of the encoding target block, corresponding to all motion information selectable by a previous block of the encoding target block, and (ii) selecting, as the motion information of the encoding target block in the skip mode, the motion information corresponding to the motion information determined for the previous block. | 03-26-2015 |
20150149015 | INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD, INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE, AND INFORMATION OUTPUT SYSTEM - Provided is an information output method that outputs information when swapping a secondary battery for powering a vehicle. The information output method includes comparing a rank related to the performance of a first battery unit (battery unit A) on board a vehicle to a rank related to the performance of a second battery unit (battery unit B) that is installable in the vehicle in place of the first battery unit, and outputting output information according to a result of the comparison in the comparing step. | 05-28-2015 |
20150179057 | INFORMATION NOTIFICATION METHOD, INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND PROGRAM - A usual setting state in accordance with a current in-house state and a device state is selected using an acquired in-house state and a device state from a plurality of setting states classified in advance in accordance with in-house states and device states. When the selected usual setting state and the acquired setting state differ from each other, a first notification that notifies a user of the difference is performed and a state of an information terminal is transitioned to a state where an input for remotely controlling a second device can be accepted. | 06-25-2015 |
20150181303 | INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, TERMINAL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM - An information providing method includes: identifying a product in which a viewer expressed interest, by using an input notification; counting the number of viewers who expressed interest in each product, by using a result of the identifying; obtaining an offered price for each product of a product provider, the price corresponding to the number of viewers counted in the counting, and registering the price as product provider information; selecting a product provider that offers the identified product to the viewer, by using product provider information of one or more product providers that wish to provide one or more products; and causing the viewer's terminal apparatus to present the product provider information of the selected product provider and product information of the identified product in an associated manner. In the selecting, the product provider is selected based on the offered price of the identified product and the number of viewers. | 06-25-2015 |
20150205275 | INFORMATION NOTIFICATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure is an information notification method in an information notification system, including: an acquiring step for acquiring today's required time which is required for traveling from a departure point to a destination included in behavior information; a determining step for determining today's departure time using the acquired today's required time and an arrival time included in the behavior information; a judging step for judging whether or not the determined today's departure time is earlier than a typical departure time included in the behavior information; a notifying step for notifying a notifying apparatus owned by the user of notification information for adjusting the behavior of the user, when it is judged that the determined today's departure time is earlier than the typical departure time; and an output step for causing the notifying apparatus to output the notified notification information. | 07-23-2015 |
20150281010 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - An information management method includes collecting log information of one or more home electrical apparatuses, generating display screen data indicating a status of the log information of the apparatuses corresponding service providers based on the collected log information, where the display screen data includes groups of information each contain information on an apparatus, a service provider corresponding to the apparatus, and log information output from the apparatus, and provision of the log information of each group is individually selectable, providing the display screen data via a network to a display terminal that performs access to a server device, receiving information from the display terminal, which indicates that selection on whether or not provision of the log information is performed, and stopping provision of the log information on the selected group when a determination is made that the refusal of provision of the log information on the selected group is performed. | 10-01-2015 |
20150286965 | CONTROL METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND RESERVATION SYSTEM - A reservation system reserves a charger to charge a power source of an electric automobile. A control method of an information processing device enables a charger to be reserved while taking into consideration arriving at a destination earlier. The information processing device searches for a charger within a predetermined range from a current location if the battery level has fallen below a first threshold value, and if a destination has been set and a plurality of searched chargers exist, calculates a predicted charging end point-in-time at each charger, based on a predicted arrival point-in-time to each charger and the availability state and charging capability of each charger. With the calculated predicted charging end point-in-time for each charger as the departure point-in-time from each charger, a charger of which the predicted destination arrival point-in-time is the earliest of the calculated predicted destination arrival point-in-times for each charger, is reserved. | 10-08-2015 |