Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090010568 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing device is provided that includes an image acquisition unit that obtains video data that includes a plurality of consecutive frames, and also obtains image data that correspond to some of the frames and have a higher spatial resolution than the frames. The image processing device also includes a super resolution processing unit that uses a plurality of the frames to perform super resolution processing on the frames, and that generates super resolution images that correspond to the frames. The image processing device further includes a motion estimation unit that uses the video data to detect a motion vector between the super resolution images and an image generation unit that, based on the super resolution images corresponding to the image data and on the motion vector, generates motion compensated image data that corresponds to the frames. | 01-08-2009 |
20090046092 | ENCODING DEVICE, ENCODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A coding device having a judgment unit configured to judge whether or not a GOP is a GOP where GOP unit flicker is readily visible in an image decoded after encoded the GOP, for each of GOPs forming image data to be coded, and a coding unit configured to apply processing for suppressing the GOP unit flicker when the judgment unit judges that the GOP is a GOP where flicker is readily visible. | 02-19-2009 |
20090097556 | Encoding Apparatus, Encoding Method, Program for Encoding Method, and Recording Medium Having Program for Encoding Method Recorded Thereon - An encoding apparatus for generating, in an intra prediction mode, difference data by subtracting prediction values from input image data, and performing encoding processing on the input image data by processing the difference data. The apparatus includes a first prediction mode detecting section for detecting a first best prediction mode, a second prediction mode detecting section for detecting a second best prediction mode, and a prediction value generating section for selecting a best prediction mode. The first prediction mode detecting section detects the first best prediction mode by utilizing processing in the second prediction mode detecting section. | 04-16-2009 |
20100118963 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including an acquiring unit for acquiring moving image data containing a plurality of successive frames, and one or a plurality of image data corresponding to the frames and having a spatial resolution higher than the frames; a motion prediction unit for detecting a motion vector between the frames using the moving image data; and an image generation unit for generating motion compensated image data corresponding to a predetermined frame based on the image data and the motion vector. The image generation unit generates the motion compensated image data being positioned between the predetermined frame and a frame corresponding to the image data and corresponding to the frame, and generates motion compensated image data corresponding to the predetermined frame based on the motion compensated image data and the motion vector. | 05-13-2010 |
20100142835 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing system and an image processing method able to suppress block distortion in the case of decoding image data encoded in unit of blocks. A controlling unit selects a filtering content to be applied to the block image data based on the encoding types of the block image data to be filtered, and a filtering unit applies filtering to the block image data to be processed according to the filtering content selected by the controlling unit. | 06-10-2010 |
20100183072 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, and Program - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a an acquiring unit for acquiring moving image data containing a plurality of successive frames, and one or a plurality of image data corresponding to the frames and having a spatial resolution higher than the frames; a motion prediction unit for detecting a motion vector between the frames using the moving image data; a difference amount calculation unit for calculating a difference amount between a predetermined frame and the frame corresponding to the image data; and an image generation unit capable of generating motion compensated image data corresponding to the predetermined frame based on the frame corresponding to the image data and the motion vector. | 07-22-2010 |
20110122953 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and method that allow the generation of a high-accuracy prediction image without increasing the processing load. | 05-26-2011 |
20110123131 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an image processing device and method that enable generation of a highly precise prediction image without increasing a processing load. | 05-26-2011 |
20110142356 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an image processing apparatus including: a prediction portion to perform an inter-magnification-ratio blur-compensation prediction with respect to a reduced-size reference focus face image, to thereby generate an inter-magnification-ratio blur-compensation predicted image at each of a plurality of focus positions, the reduced-size reference focus face image being obtained by reducing a size of a reference focus face image to be a reference of a plurality of focus face images obtained by imaging a subject at the plurality of focus positions; a differential data generation portion to generate, for each of the plurality of focus positions, differential data between the focus face image and the inter-magnification-ratio blur-compensation predicted image generated by the prediction portion; and an encoding portion to encode the reduced-size reference focus face image and the differential data generated by the differential data generation portion. | 06-16-2011 |
20110175993 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is an image processing apparatus, including: a receiver to receive an all-in-focus image, which is generated through selecting, from focus face images, representative divided images being best-focused images among images in divided regions forming the focus face images, for each of the focus face images correspondingly to the divided regions, the focus face images being obtained through imaging an object at focus positions, and information about the focus positions of the focus face images including the representative divided images; and a predicted-image generator to generate a blur-compensation predicted image corresponding to each of the focus face images through performing a blur-compensation prediction using a blur function with respect to each of the representative divided images based on the information about the focus positions of the focus face images including the representative divided images, the information being received by the receiving means. | 07-21-2011 |
20110286526 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and method that can improve encoding efficiency while preventing an increase in load. | 11-24-2011 |
20110293014 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and method that can generate a high-accuracy prediction image with a small amount of control information. | 12-01-2011 |
20110293195 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an image processing device and method that enable generation of a highly precise prediction image using a small amount of control information. | 12-01-2011 |
20120042041 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing method includes collecting interest information indicating a plurality of responses to a content. The information processing method also includes analyzing the interest information to produce a plurality of groups and generating a plurality of digests of the content for the plurality of groups. | 02-16-2012 |
20120057777 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a two-dimensional orthogonal transform unit configured to perform two-dimensional orthogonal transform on a plurality of images, an one-dimensional orthogonal transform unit configured to perform one-dimensional orthogonal transform in a direction in which the images are arranged on two-dimensional orthogonal transform coefficient data obtained by performing the two-dimensional orthogonal transform on the images using the two-dimensional orthogonal transform unit, and a three-dimensional orthogonal transform coefficient data encoder configured to encode three-dimensional orthogonal transform coefficient data obtained by performing the one-dimensional orthogonal transform on the two-dimensional orthogonal transform coefficient data using the one-dimensional orthogonal transform unit. | 03-08-2012 |
20120269273 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing device is provided that includes an image acquisition unit that obtains video data that includes a plurality of consecutive frames, and also obtains image data that correspond to some of the frames and have a higher spatial resolution than the frames. The image processing device also includes a super resolution processing unit that uses a plurality of the frames to perform super resolution processing on the frames, and that generates super resolution images that correspond to the frames. The image processing device further includes a motion estimation unit that uses the video data to detect a motion vector between the super resolution images and an image generation unit that, based on the super resolution images corresponding to the image data and on the motion vector, generates motion compensated image data that corresponds to the frames. | 10-25-2012 |
20130156110 | Image Processing System, Image Processing Method And Program - There is provided an image processing system and an image processing method able to suppress block distortion in the case of decoding Image data encoded in unit of blocks. A controlling unit selects a filtering content to be applied to the block image data based on the encoding types of the block image data to be filtered, and a filtering unit applies filtering to the block image data to be processed according to the filtering content selected by the controlling unit. | 06-20-2013 |
20130243095 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an image processing device and method that enable generation of a highly precise prediction image using a small amount of control information. | 09-19-2013 |
20140079137 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing system and an image processing method able to suppress block distortion in the case of decoding image data encoded in unit of blocks. A controlling unit selects a filtering content to be applied to the block image data based on the encoding types of the block image data to be filtered, and a filtering unit applies filtering to the block image data to be processed according to the filtering content selected by the controlling unit. | 03-20-2014 |
20140086501 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A filtering operation unit ( | 03-27-2014 |
20140314159 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method that enable improvement in processing efficiency in encoding or decoding. | 10-23-2014 |
20140321539 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method that enable suppression of an increase in the amount of coding of a quantization matrix. | 10-30-2014 |
20140334549 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and method that can improve encoding efficiency while preventing an increase in load. | 11-13-2014 |
20150030074 | DECODING DEVICE AND DECODING METHOD, AND ENCODING DEVICE AND ENCODING METHOD - The present technique relates to a decoding device and a decoding method, and an encoding device and an encoding method, capable of performing encoding and decoding independently in the time direction for each tile. A decoding unit generates a prediction image by performing, for each of tiles, motion compensation of a reference image within a co-located tile based on tile splittable information indicating that decoding is allowed for each of the tiles and motion vector information representing a motion vector used for generating encoded data of a decoding target current image when a picture of the current image is split into the tiles and decoded. The decoding unit decodes the encoded data using the prediction image. The present technique is applicable to a decoding device, for example. | 01-29-2015 |
20150043646 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a an acquiring unit for acquiring moving image data containing a plurality of successive frames, and one or a plurality of image data corresponding to the frames and having a spatial resolution higher than the frames; a motion prediction unit for detecting a motion vector between the frames using the moving image data; a difference amount calculation unit for calculating a difference amount between a predetermined frame and the frame corresponding to the image data; and an image generation unit capable of generating motion compensated image data corresponding to the predetermined frame based on the frame corresponding to the image data and the motion vector. | 02-12-2015 |
20150049813 | INTRA-BLOCK COPYING ENHANCEMENTS FOR HEVC IN-RANGE-EXTENSION (REXT) - High efficiency video coding (HEVC) enhancements are described for intra-block copying for reducing motion vector (MV) coding redundancy and enhancing in range extensions (RExt) by selecting a default block my predictor. In reducing MV data redundancy, the value of MVx and/or MVy can have a baseline at the width (W), or height (H) of the respective block, whereby fewer bits need to be encoded. One embodiment for enhancing RExt provides an improved selection of a default block vector predictor for the first CU performing intra-block copying in a CTU. | 02-19-2015 |
20150063466 | DECODING DEVICE AND DECODING METHOD, AND ENCODING DEVICE AND ENCODING METHOD - The present technology relates to a decoding device and a decoding method, and an encoding device and an encoding method that enable images that configure a packed image to be reliably displayed when an encoded stream is decoded and displayed. A decoding unit decodes an encoded data, the encoded data being an encoded packed image in which a plurality of images is packed, and generates the packed image. A display control unit identifies the images that configure the packed image based on packing SEI preferentially used when the packed image is displayed. The present technology can be applied to a decoding device, for example. | 03-05-2015 |
20150071350 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present technology relates to an image processing device and an image processing method that are capable of efficiently generating a multi-view image. | 03-12-2015 |
20150078439 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing system and an image processing method able to suppress block distortion in the case of decoding image data encoded in unit of blocks. A controlling unit selects a filtering content to be applied to the block image data based on the encoding types of the block image data to be filtered, and a filtering unit applies filtering to the block image data to be processed according to the filtering content selected by the controlling unit. | 03-19-2015 |
20150103914 | VIDEO CODING SYSTEM WITH INTRA PREDICTION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A video coding system, and a method of operation thereof, includes: a source input module for receiving a frame from a video source; and a picture process module, coupled to the source input module, for generating a neighboring coding unit in the frame, for generating an intra block motion vector with a constrained intra prediction flag enabled and the neighboring coding unit generated based on only an intra-picture prediction mode, for generating a current coding unit based on the intra block motion vector, the current coding unit adjacent the neighboring coding unit, and for generating a video bitstream based on the current coding unit for a video decoder to receive and decode for displaying on a device. | 04-16-2015 |
20150103915 | VIDEO CODING SYSTEM WITH SEARCH RANGE AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A video coding system, and a method of operation thereof, includes: a source input module for receiving a frame from a video source; and a picture process module, coupled to the source input module, for generating a reference coding unit in the frame; for generating an intra copy motion vector pointing to the reference coding unit within a search range, wherein the search range does not include an upper coding tree unit of the frame; for generating a current coding unit based on the intra copy motion vector; and for generating a video bitstream based on the current coding unit for a video decoder to receive and decode for displaying on a device. | 04-16-2015 |
20150110195 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and method that can generate a high-accuracy prediction image with a small amount of control information. | 04-23-2015 |
20150110200 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and a method capable of reducing an amount of codes in encoding or decoding. | 04-23-2015 |
20150181222 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an image processing device and method that enable generation of a highly precise prediction image using a small amount of control information. | 06-25-2015 |
20150195532 | IMAGE CODING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image coding apparatus and method capable of suppressing a decrease in coding efficiency. The image coding apparatus includes: a coding unit that codes image data configured by plural layers; an interlayer prediction-related information generating unit that generates information relating to an interlayer prediction of the current slice in a case a layer of the current slice is an enhancement layer, and a slice type of current slice is a P slice or a B slice; and a transmission unit that transmits coded data of the image data generated by the coding unit and the information relating to the interlayer prediction generated by the interlayer prediction-related information generating unit. The apparatus and method, for example, may be applied to an image coding apparatus that scalably codes image data or an image decoding apparatus that decodes coded data acquired by performing scalable coding of the image data. | 07-09-2015 |
20150201217 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to image processing device and method which can suppress block noise. A filter strength determination unit determines the filter strength for every four lines under the control of a control unit. In other words, if a block boundary determination unit has determined to perform filtering, the filter strength determination unit determines at which strength of the strong filter or the weak filter the filtering process is performed, and outputs the determination result to a filter calculation unit. On this occasion, the filter strength determination unit uses the Bs value in the determination formula of the strong filter. For example, in the case of using the Bs value, the threshold of the determination is set in accordance with a linear function of the Bs value from the control unit. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing device. | 07-16-2015 |
20150215652 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to image processing device and method which can suppress block noise. A filter strength determination unit determines the filter strength for every four lines under the control of a control unit. In other words, if a block boundary determination unit has determined to perform filtering, the filter strength determination unit determines at which strength of the strong filter or the weak filter the filtering process is performed, and outputs the determination result to a filter calculation unit. On this occasion, the filter strength determination unit uses the Bs value in the determination formula of the strong filter. For example, in the case of using the Bs value, the threshold of the determination is set in accordance with a linear function of the Bs value from the control unit. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing device. | 07-30-2015 |
20150229945 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - An image processing device including a reception section configured to receive an encoded stream set in syntax of the encoded stream in which motion vector (MV) range limit information is encoded in units in which image data have a hierarchical structure and the MV range limit information, the MV range limit information being information about a limit of a value of a vertical direction of an MV for referring to a view different from a view of a current block in an inter-view MV corresponding to the current block, and a decoding section configured to decode the encoded stream received by the reception section using the MV range limit information received by the reception section. | 08-13-2015 |
20150249843 | STRONG INTRA SMOOTHING FOR IN REXT - Based on conditions or restrictions, Strong Intra Smoothing (SIS) is enabled or disabled. SIS is not allowed for chroma when the chroma format is 444, and SIS is not allowed for chroma when the chroma format is 422 or 444. | 09-03-2015 |
20150288986 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus and a method capable of reducing an amount of codes in encoding or decoding. A type setting unit uses a deblocked pixel value to set a type of a filter which is common between components of Y, Cb, Cr in units of LCUs, and provides the type to a syntax write unit. An offset setting unit uses a deblocked pixel value to set an offset independent for each of components of Y, Cb, Cr in units of LCUs. An SAO control information setting unit provides the offset or a merge flag, which is set by referring to the offset given by the offset setting unit, to the syntax write unit. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing apparatus. | 10-08-2015 |
20150312591 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and a method that enable efficient change of reference relationship of views in multi-view coding. In the present technology, as for inter-view reference images, a used_by_curr flag is also set to an image having a possibility of being referred, in a slice header or syntax of an SPS. Only an image with the used_by_curr flag of 1 is added to a temporal list used in generating a reference list. Therefore, the temporal list (RefPicListTemp0[rldx]) of L0 is generated in an order of a short-term (before) reference image of an index 0, a short-term (after) reference image of an index 1, and inter-view reference images of indexes 2 and 3. The present disclosure can be applied to an image processing apparatus, for example. | 10-29-2015 |
20150319460 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and an image processing method capable of improving the coding efficiency in multi-viewpoint coding. In the case of present technology | 11-05-2015 |
20150319461 | ENCODING DEVICE AND ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING DEVICE AND DECODING METHOD - The present technology relates to an encoding device, an encoding method, a decoding device, and a decoding method capable of improving the coding efficiency of an image of a plurality of viewpoints. A motion parallax prediction/compensation unit sets first image specifying information specifying a first image of a viewpoint present in a first direction from a viewpoint of a current coding image and second image specifying information specifying a second image of a viewpoint present in a second direction opposite to the first direction in a list (L | 11-05-2015 |
20150350659 | REGION OF INTEREST SCALABILITY WITH SHVC - Region of Interest (ROI) scalability with SHVC is able to be implemented where scalability is used for part of a picture but not the whole picture. Applications of ROI scalability include traffic monitoring, security monitoring and tiled streaming. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350684 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and method that enables a reduction in the amount of encoding of a slice header of a non-base view. | 12-03-2015 |