Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090190655 | MOVING PICTURE ENCODING APPARATUS - An encoding circuit ( | 07-30-2009 |
20090296809 | ENCODING/DECODING DEVICE, ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - This is an encoding device for compressing/encoding an input video signal. The encoding device comprises a reduction/conversion unit for converting the format of either a luminance component or a chrominance component according to the characteristic of the input video signal and an encoding unit for compressing/encoding the video signal whose format is converted by the reduction/conversion unit to generate encoded data. | 12-03-2009 |
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 |
20100074338 | VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS - To allow a finer quantization control according to the property of an image within a macroblock, quantization parameter values are allowed to be changed in units of sub-blocks equal to or smaller than the macroblock in a similar manner as in motion compensation and orthogonal transform processes. A finer-tuned quantization control is performed, for example, by selecting fine and coarse quantization parameters respectively for corresponding sub-blocks if a plurality of images having different properties coexist within the macroblock. | 03-25-2010 |
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 |
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 |
20110228840 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING MOVING PICTURE AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DECODING MOVING PICTURE - A device for encoding a picture included in moving picture data, through motion compensation, the device includes, a storage unit for storing a motion vector for motion compensation, the motion vector determined for each of a plurality of encoded pictures, a picture interval comparator for reading from the storage unit a first motion vector as a standard candidate vector, a co-located vector decider for calculating a co-located vector by setting the standard candidate vector to be the co-located vector of the first block, a direct motion vector calculator for calculating a first direct motion vector and a second direct motion vector with respect to the first block by dividing the co-located vector, a prediction image generator for generating a first motion compensation image, and an encoder for encoding an error signal representing a difference between the prediction image and a corresponding pixel on the first block. | 09-22-2011 |
20120069902 | MOVING PICTURE DECODING DEVICE, MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An moving picture decoding device includes a receiver that receives data that has been coded according to multi-view coding of pictures that are included in a moving picture and provided for a plurality of views; a first decoder that decodes coded data that is included in the data coded according to the multi-view coding and provided for a first view; and a second decoder that decodes coded data that is included in the data coded according to the multi-view coding and provided for a second view A detector detects a region of the data that cannot be decoded and is among a plurality of regions to be decoded by the first decoder. A concealing unit conceals the predetermined region detected by the detector using decoded data. | 03-22-2012 |
20120224634 | VIDEO DECODING METHOD, VIDEO CODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING VIDEO DECODING PROGRAM - A video decoding method of decoding coded data of a multi-view video, the method includes, determining, in a case where a decoding target block is coded in a temporal direct-mode, whether or not a block at a same position of a picture that becomes a reference of the temporal direct-mode with respect to the decoding target block has a disparity vector referring to a block of another view point. The method also includes calculating, in a case where the block at the same position has the disparity vector, a motion vector of the decoding target block by using a motion vector belonging to the block of another view point to which the disparity vector refers; and decoding the decoding target block by using the calculated motion vector. | 09-06-2012 |
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 |
20130107961 | VIDEO TRANSCODER AND VIDEO TRANSCODING METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
20130114722 | VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS AND VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS - A video encoding apparatus includes: a reference vector deriving unit to derive as a reference vector a vector used when encoding a block that is near a block to be encoded and is included in a region where a field picture to be encoded is subjected to encode; a scaling unit to scale the reference vector based on a temporal distance between the field picture and a first encoded field picture specified by the reference vector and a temporal distance between the field picture and a second encoded field picture specified by a reference index and referenced by the block to be encoded in the field picture to generate a motion prediction vector; and a motion prediction vector correction unit to correct the motion prediction vector using a parity of the field picture, a parity of the first encoded field picture, and a parity of the second encoded field picture. | 05-09-2013 |
20130128976 | METHOD OF CODING MOVING IMAGE AND METHOD OF DECODING MOVING IMAGE - A method includes extracting a first vector used to code a specific block belonging to a coded field picture arranged chronologically adjacent to a field picture to be coded and to a block to be coded, generating a second vector by scaling the first vector based on a temporal distance between the field picture and a second picture specified by a reference index and referenced for the block and included in the field picture and a temporal distance between a first picture pointed by the first vector and the coded field picture arranged chronologically adjacent to the field picture, and correcting the second vector based on a parity of the field picture, a parity of the first picture, a parity of the second picture and a parity of the coded field picture and forming the corrected second vector. | 05-23-2013 |
20130322540 | MOVING IMAGE DECODING METHOD, MOVING IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND MOVING IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS - A moving image decoding method for decoding encoded data of an image partitioned into a plurality of blocks includes determining a predicted motion vector corresponding to a motion vector of a block to be decoded by using motion vector information, the motion vector information including a motion vector of an already-decoded block and reference destination information designating a reference destination of the motion vector of the already-decoded block; controlling a decoding process of the motion vector of the block to be decoded using the predicted motion vector depending on whether the reference destination information designating the reference destination of the motion vector designates an inter-view reference image; and decoding the motion vector of the block to be decoded with the controlled decoding process. | 12-05-2013 |
20140044177 | MOVING IMAGE REENCODING DEVICE AND MOVING IMAGE REENCODING METHOD - A moving image reencoding device, includes a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute, decoding encoded moving image data that is encoded by a first encoding method that enables switching for a frame encoding mode in which encoding is performed on the basis of a frame or a field encoding mode in which encoding is performed on the basis of a field, in a block unit that is obtained by dividing a picture, and acquiring importance degree information related to an importance degree of an encoding mode that is switched in the block unit, when decoding the encoded moving image data; acquiring an encoding parameter that is set as a second encoding method, the second encoding method enabling switching for the frame encoding mode or the field encoding mode in a picture unit, or statistical information. | 02-13-2014 |
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 |