Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080219348 | DATA EMBEDDING APPARATUS, DATA EXTRACTING APPARATUS, DATA EMBEDDING METHOD, AND DATA EXTRACTING METHOD - A data embedding apparatus including: a selecting unit for selecting, based upon the second data, a prediction system of calculating a prediction value with respect to data to be processed within the first data; a predicting unit for calculating the prediction value of the data to be processed by the prediction system selected by the selecting unit; a difference calculating unit for calculating a prediction error of the data to be processed by employing the prediction value; and a prediction error calculating unit for outputting the coded data, in which the predicting unit includes: a 0-embedding time predicting unit for performing prediction when a bit value of the second data is “0”; a 1-embedding time predicting unit for performing prediction when the bit value of the second data is “1”; and an embedding end time predicting unit for performing prediction when embedding of the second data is accomplished. | 09-11-2008 |
20090003441 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - An encoding device includes a color component separating unit for separating an input bit stream for the respective color components, a block dividing unit for dividing an input color component signal into blocks to generate a signal of an encoding unit area, a predicted image generating unit for generating a predicted image for the signal, a determining unit for determining a prediction mode used for encoding according to a prediction efficiency of the predicted image, a prediction error encoding unit for encoding a difference between the predicted image corresponding to the prediction mode determined by the determining unit and the input color component signal, and an encoding unit for variable length-coding the prediction mode, an output from the prediction error encoding unit, and a color component identification flag indicating the color component to which the input bit stream belongs as a result of the color component separation. | 01-01-2009 |
20090003448 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - An encoding device includes a color component separating unit for separating an input bit stream for the respective color components, a block dividing unit for dividing an input color component signal into blocks to generate a signal of an encoding unit area, a predicted image generating unit for generating a predicted image for the signal, a determining unit for determining a prediction mode used for encoding according to a prediction efficiency of the predicted image, a prediction error encoding unit for encoding a difference between the predicted image corresponding to the prediction mode determined by the determining unit and the input color component signal, and an encoding unit for variable length-coding the prediction mode, an output from the prediction error encoding unit, and a color component identification flag indicating the color component to which the input bit stream belongs as a result of the color component separation. | 01-01-2009 |
20090003449 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - An encoding device includes a color component separating unit for separating an input bit stream for the respective color components, a block dividing unit for dividing an input color component signal into blocks to generate a signal of an encoding unit area, a predicted image generating unit for generating a predicted image for the signal, a determining unit for determining a prediction mode used for encoding according to a prediction efficiency of the predicted image, a prediction error encoding unit for encoding a difference between the predicted image corresponding to the prediction mode determined by the determining unit and the input color component signal, and an encoding unit for variable length-coding the prediction mode, an output from the prediction error encoding unit, and a color component identification flag indicating the color component to which the input bit stream belongs as a result of the color component separation. | 01-01-2009 |
20090003716 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - An encoding device includes a color component separating unit for separating an input bit stream for the respective color components, a block dividing unit for dividing an input color component signal into blocks to generate a signal of an encoding unit area, a predicted image generating unit for generating a predicted image for the signal, a determining unit for determining a prediction mode used for encoding according to a prediction efficiency of the predicted image, a prediction error encoding unit for encoding a difference between the predicted image corresponding to the prediction mode determined by the determining unit and the input color component signal, and an encoding unit for variable length-coding the prediction mode, an output from the prediction error encoding unit, and a color component identification flag indicating the color component to which the input bit stream belongs as a result of the color component separation. | 01-01-2009 |
20090003717 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - An encoding device includes a color component separating unit for separating an input bit stream for the respective color components, a block dividing unit for dividing an input color component signal into blocks to generate a signal of an encoding unit area, a predicted image generating unit for generating a predicted image for the signal, a determining unit for determining a prediction mode used for encoding according to a prediction efficiency of the predicted image, a prediction error encoding unit for encoding a difference between the predicted image corresponding to the prediction mode determined by the determining unit and the input color component signal, and an encoding unit for variable length-coding the prediction mode, an output from the prediction error encoding unit, and a color component identification flag indicating the color component to which the input bit stream belongs as a result of the color component separation. | 01-01-2009 |
20090028427 | IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - There are provided an encoding device, a decoding device, an encoding method, and a decoding method that enhance optimality in a case of encoding moving image signals having no sample ratio distinction between color components such as a 4:4:4 format. In a case of conducting compression encoding by inputting digital moving image signals of the 4:4:4 format, there are prepared a first encoding process of encoding three color component signals of the input moving image signals in a common encoding mode, and a second encoding process of encoding the three color component signals of the input moving image signals in respective independent encoding modes. The encoding process is executed by selecting any one of the first encoding process and the second encoding process, and the compression data contains an identification signal for specifying which process is selected. | 01-29-2009 |
20090046781 | MOVING IMAGE CODING APPARATUS AND MOVING IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS - A macro block size determining unit | 02-19-2009 |
20090080534 | IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE ENCODED BITSTREAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention makes it possible to include, when encoding processing is applied to three color components using a 4:0:0 format, data for one picture in one access unit and makes it possible to set the same time information or the same set encoding modes among the respective color components. In an image encoding system for applying compression processing to an input image signal including a plurality of color components, encoded data obtained by independently subjecting an input image signal of each of the color components to encoding processing and a parameter indicating which color component the encoded data corresponds to are multiplexed with a bit stream. In an image decoding system for inputting a bit stream in which an image signal including a plurality of color components is compressed to perform decoding processing, decoding processing of the encoded data of each of the color components is performed using a parameter indicating which color component the encoded data corresponds to. | 03-26-2009 |
20090097571 | MOTION PICTURE ENCODING APPARATUS AND MOTION PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS - A motion picture encoding apparatus for encoding a motion picture signal includes a plurality of transform units for different transform schemes, and a transform scheme control unit for selecting, from the plurality of the transform units, the transform unit for the transform scheme adapted to the motion picture signal. | 04-16-2009 |
20090110067 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - An encoding device includes a color component separating unit for separating an input bit stream for the respective color components, a block dividing unit for dividing an input color component signal into blocks to generate a signal of an encoding unit area, a predicted image generating unit for generating a predicted image for the signal, a determining unit for determining a prediction mode used for encoding according to a prediction efficiency of the predicted image, a prediction error encoding unit for encoding a difference between the predicted image corresponding to the prediction mode determined by the determining unit and the input color component signal, and an encoding unit for variable length-coding the prediction mode, an output from the prediction error encoding unit, and a color component identification flag indicating the color component to which the input bit stream belongs as a result of the color component separation. | 04-30-2009 |
20090110296 | METHOD OF IMAGE FEATURE CODING AND METHOD OF IMAGE SEARCH - A feature coding unit extracts and encodes a feature of a video signal so as to generate a feature stream. A feature identifying unit checks a decoded feature obtained as a result of decoding the feature stream against a search key from a user for a match so that a video content requested by the user is retrieved. | 04-30-2009 |
20090136084 | DIGITAL WATERMARK DETECTING DEVICE - Provided is a digital watermark detecting device for improving the accuracy of reliability judgment of detected information thereby to prevent misdetection. The digital watermark detecting device includes a pixel extracting unit ( | 05-28-2009 |
20090153378 | DIGITAL SIGNAL CODING APPARATUS, DIGITAL SIGNAL DECODING APPARATUS; DIGITAL SIGNAL ARITHMETIC CODING METHOD, AND DIGITAL SIGNAL ARITHMETIC DECODING METHOD - In a bit stream syntax containing compressed video slice data for compressed video data of a slice structure, a slice header for compressed video slice data has attached thereto a slice start code, a register reset flag indicating whether a register value, which designates a status of a codeword occurring in an arithmetic coding process, should be reset in the next transmission unit, an initial register value which indicates a register value to be used to start arithmetic coding/decoding to build/decompose the next transmission unit, only when the register reset flag indicates that the register should not be reset. | 06-18-2009 |
20090285442 | ELECTRONIC WATERMARK EMBEDDING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC WATERMARK DETECTION DEVICE - A digital watermark embedding device and a digital watermark detecting device are obtained, which can realize stable digital watermark detection using fewer, and embed and detect a larger amount of digital watermark information with an identical number of pixels used for digital watermark embedding in a conventional technology. The digital watermark embedding device includes: an embedding-information converting unit ( | 11-19-2009 |
20100005070 | METADATA EDITING APPARATUS, METADATA REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, METADATA DELIVERY APPARATUS, METADATA SEARCH APPARATUS, METADATA RE-GENERATION CONDITION SETTING APPARATUS, AND METADATA DELIVERY METHOD AND HINT INFORMATION DESCRIPTION METHOD - Multimedia content containing moving pictures and audio is divided into multiple scenes and metadata is generated for each of the scenes obtained as a result of the division. It is possible to generate metadata containing scene structure information metadata that describes the hierarchical structure of the content in addition to scene section information and titles. Also, a name or an identifier of each descriptor contained in the metadata is described as hint information for manipulation of metadata composed of at least one descriptor describing semantic content, a structure, and characteristics of content. | 01-07-2010 |
20100118936 | IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND CODED BIT STREAM CONVERTING APPARATUS - An image decoding apparatus is capable of decoding coded bit streams with different coding schemes. The image decoding apparatus includes a coding scheme decision section for deciding a coding scheme from coding scheme identification information multiplexed into a coded bit stream, a setting unit for setting header information on a second coding scheme in accordance with header information in a first coding scheme, and a decoder for decoding image coded data in the first coding scheme in response to the header information on the second coding scheme, which is set. | 05-13-2010 |
20100118975 | IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND CODED BIT STREAM CONVERTING APPARATUS - An image decoding apparatus is capable of decoding coded bit streams with different coding schemes. The image decoding apparatus includes a coding scheme decision section for deciding a coding scheme from coding scheme identification information multiplexed into a coded bit stream, a setting unit for setting header information on a second coding scheme in accordance with header information in a first coding scheme, and a decoder for decoding image coded data in the first coding scheme in response to the header information on the second coding scheme, which is set. | 05-13-2010 |
20100118976 | IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND CODED BIT STREAM CONVERTING APPARATUS - An image decoding apparatus is capable of decoding coded bit streams with different coding schemes. The image decoding apparatus includes a coding scheme decision section for deciding a coding scheme from coding scheme identification information multiplexed into a coded bit stream, a setting unit for setting header information on a second coding scheme in accordance with header information in a first coding scheme, and a decoder for decoding image coded data in the first coding scheme in response to the header information on the second coding scheme, which is set. | 05-13-2010 |
20100172415 | VIDEO ENCODER, VIDEO DECODER, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, AND VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING SYSTEM - A method and a video decoder for decoding an encoded bitstream of video data in a picture encoding and decoding system are disclosed. The video decoder includes a motion compensation unit for calculating a position for a sample image portion using an encoded bitstream of video data having a motion vector and rounding information. The calculated position of a sample image is rounded with the rounding information. The rounding information indicates the accuracy for rounding, and it is decoded from the bitstream. An image reconstruction unit reconstructs a decoded image portion of the video data from the sample image portion. | 07-08-2010 |
20100208811 | IMAGE CODING APPARATUS WITH SEGMENT CLASSIFICATION AND SEGMENTATION-TYPE MOTION PREDICTION CIRCUIT - A segmenting section divides an input image into a plurality of segments. A hierarchizing section determines classes of the respective segments according to a predetermined criterion, and produces a class identification signal indicating the classes of the respective segments. A coding section encodes the segmented image signal into code data while changing the value of a coding control parameter for each of the segments in accordance with the class identification signal. Examples of the coding control parameter are a coding time interval and precision of quantization. | 08-19-2010 |
20100208812 | IMAGE CODING APPARATUS WITH SEGMENT CLASSIFICATION AND SEGMENTATION-TYPE MOTION PREDICTION CIRCUIT - A segmenting section divides an input image into a plurality of segments. A hierarchizing section determines classes of the respective segments according to a predetermined criterion, and produces a class identification signal indicating the classes of the respective segments. A coding section encodes the segmented image signal into code data while changing the value of a coding control parameter for each of the segments in accordance with the class identification signal. Examples of the coding control parameter are a coding time interval and precision of quantization. | 08-19-2010 |
20100208813 | IMAGE CODING APPARATUS WITH SEGMENT CLASSIFICATION AND SEGMENTATION-TYPE MOTION PREDICTION CIRCUIT - A segmenting section divides an input image into a plurality of segments. A hierarchizing section determines classes of the respective segments according to a predetermined criterion, and produces a class identification signal indicating the classes of the respective segments. A coding section encodes the segmented image signal into code data while changing the value of a coding control parameter for each of the segments in accordance with the class identification signal. Examples of the coding control parameter are a coding time interval and precision of quantization. | 08-19-2010 |
20100232691 | IMAGE CODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - Provided is a method and the like for efficiently compressing information by removing signal correlations more effectively according to local characteristics of a 4:4:4 format video signal to be coded. An image coding device includes: a signal analysis unit for obtaining, for a signal of each of the plurality of color components belonging to the first region, an average in a unit of a second region obtained by dividing the first region, and obtaining an average separated signal corresponding to the second region; an average signal coding unit for applying, independently for the each of the plurality of color components, prediction coding to an average signal formed of the average obtained in the unit of the second region obtained by dividing the first region; and an average separated signal coding unit for transforming the average separated signals of the plurality of color components, which are obtained in the unit of the second region obtained by dividing the first region, by switching among a plurality of inter-color-component transform methods provided, and coding the transformed average separated signals independently of the average signal coding unit, in which the average separated signal coding unit outputs information indicating selected inter-color-component transform methods to the bit stream as a part of coded data. | 09-16-2010 |
20100315270 | DIGITAL SIGNAL CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DIGITAL SIGNAL DECODING APPARATUS, DITIGAL SIGNAL ARITHMETIC CODING METHOD AND DIGITAL SIGNAL ARITHMETIC DECODING METHOD - In a bit stream syntax containing compressed video slice data for compressed video data of a slice structure, a slice header for compressed video slice data has attached thereto a slice start code, a register reset flag indicating whether a register value, which designates a status of a codeword occurring in an arithmetic coding process, should be reset in the next transmission unit, an initial register value which indicates a register value to be used to start arithmetic coding/decoding to build/decompose the next transmission unit, only when the register reset flag indicates that the register should not be reset. | 12-16-2010 |
20110032991 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - To provide a method of efficiently compressing information by performing improved removal of signal correlations according to statistical and local properties of a video signal in a 4:4:4 format which is to be encoded, an image encoding device for dividing each picture of a digital video signal into predetermined unit regions, and carrying out, for each of the predetermined unit regions, compression encoding using a motion compensation prediction includes: a prediction unit for searching for a motion vector based on virtual-pixel-accuracy specification information for specifying an upper limit of an accuracy of a pixel position indicated by the motion vector, and generating, based on the motion vector that is searched for, a motion-compensation predicted image; and an encoding unit for multiplexing the virtual-pixel-accuracy specification information with a bit stream, and multiplexing, based on a magnitude of the motion vector that is searched for and a magnitude of a motion vector used for prediction of the motion vector that is searched for, motion vector data to be encoded with the bit stream. | 02-10-2011 |
20110095922 | DIGITAL SIGNAL CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DIGITAL SIGNAL DECODING APPARATUS, DIGITAL SIGNAL ARITHMETIC CODING METHOD AND DIGITAL SIGNAL ARITHMETIC DECODING METHOD - In a bit stream syntax containing compressed video slice data for compressed video data of a slice structure, a slice header for compressed video slice data has attached thereto a slice start code, a register reset flag indicating whether a register value, which designates a status of a codeword occurring in an arithmetic coding process, should be reset in the next transmission unit, an initial register value which indicates a register value to be used to start arithmetic coding/decoding to build/decompose the next transmission unit, only when the register reset flag indicates that the register should not be reset. | 04-28-2011 |
20110102210 | DIGITAL SIGNAL CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DIGITAL SIGNAL DECODING APPARATUS, DITIGAL SIGNAL ARITHMETIC CODING METHOD AND DIGITAL SIGNAL ARITHMETIC DECODING METHOD - In a bit stream syntax containing compressed video slice data for compressed video data of a slice structure, a slice header for compressed video slice data has attached thereto a slice start code, a register reset flag indicating whether a register value, which designates a status of a codeword occurring in an arithmetic coding process, should be reset in the next transmission unit, an initial register value which indicates a register value to be used to start arithmetic coding/decoding to build/decompose the next transmission unit, only when the register reset flag indicates that the register should not be reset. | 05-05-2011 |
20110102213 | DIGITAL SIGNAL CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DIGITAL SIGNAL DECODING APPARATUS, DIGITAL SIGNAL ARITHMETIC CODING METHOD AND DIGITAL SIGNAL ARITHMETIC DECODING METHOD - In a bit stream syntax containing compressed video slice data for compressed video data of a slice structure, a slice header for compressed video slice data has attached thereto a slice start code, a register reset flag indicating whether a register value, which designates a status of a codeword occurring in an arithmetic coding process, should be reset in the next transmission unit, an initial register value which indicates a register value to be used to start arithmetic coding/decoding to build/decompose the next transmission unit, only when the register reset flag indicates that the register should not be reset. | 05-05-2011 |
20110115656 | DIGITAL SIGNAL CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DIGITAL SIGNAL DECODING APPARATUS, DIGITAL SIGNAL ARITHMETIC CODING METHOD AND DIGITAL SIGNAL ARITHMETIC DECODING METHOD - In a bit stream syntax containing compressed video slice data for compressed video data of a slice structure, a slice header for compressed video slice data has attached thereto a slice start code, a register reset flag indicating whether a register value, which designates a status of a codeword occurring in an arithmetic coding process, should be reset in the next transmission unit, an initial register value which indicates a register value to be used to start arithmetic coding/decoding to build/decompose the next transmission unit, only when the register reset flag indicates that the register should not be reset. | 05-19-2011 |
20110129016 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - Provided are a device and a method for efficiently compressing information by performing improved removal of signal correlations according to statistical and local properties of a video signal in a 4:4:4 format which is to be encoded. The device includes: a prediction unit for determining, for each color component, a motion prediction mode exhibiting a highest efficiency among a plurality of motion prediction modes, and detecting a motion vector corresponding to the determined motion prediction mode, to thereby perform output; and a variable-length encoding unit for determining, when performing arithmetic coding on the motion prediction mode of the each color component, an occurrence probability of a value of the motion prediction mode of the each color component based on a motion prediction mode selected in a spatially-adjacent unit region and a motion prediction mode selected in a temporally-adjacent unit region, to thereby perform the arithmetic coding. | 06-02-2011 |
20110148674 | DIGITAL SIGNAL CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DIGITAL SIGNAL DECODING APPARATUS, DIGITAL SIGNAL ARITHMETIC CODING METHOD AND DIGITAL SIGNAL ARITHMETIC DECODING METHOD - In a bit stream syntax containing compressed video slice data for compressed video data of a slice structure, a slice header for compressed video slice data has attached thereto a slice start code, a register reset flag indicating whether a register value, which designates a status of a codeword occurring in an arithmetic coding process, should be reset in the next transmission unit, an initial register value which indicates a register value to be used to start arithmetic coding/decoding to build/decompose the next transmission unit, only when the register reset flag indicates that the register should not be reset. | 06-23-2011 |
20110258673 | SERVICE INFORMATION PROVISION APPARATUS AND SERVICE INFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS - A service information provision apparatus is provided with a data service information table configured from a service discovery information table showing association of specific information of a service provider and service discovery information as service content information provided by the service provider, and a service offer information table showing association of the service discovery information of the service discovery information table and data contents corresponding to the service discovery information. | 10-20-2011 |
20120044099 | DIGITAL SIGNAL CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DIGITAL SIGNAL DECODING APPARATUS, DIGITAL SIGNAL ARITHMETIC CODING METHOD AND DIGITAL SIGNAL ARITHMETIC DECODING METHOD - A digital decoding apparatus for receiving and decoding a compression-coded digital signal in predetermined transmission units is disclosed. The decoding apparatus includes an initialization unit for initializing an entropy coding process based on information of initializing a table of probability of occurrence which is multiplexed on a header of data for the predetermined transmission units, a context model determination unit for determining a context model to be used for each type of decoded data among a plurality of context models, a probability of occurrence generation unit for providing a probability of occurrence corresponding to the context model, and an entropy decoding unit for entropy decoding based on the generated probability of occurrence. A digital signal coding apparatus for making a compression coding of a digital signal is also disclosed. | 02-23-2012 |
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20120093427 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - A quantizing matrix selecting part 3 for calculating the average and variance of brightness values in a prediction image created by a motion-compensated prediction unit | 04-19-2012 |
20130028326 | MOVING IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND MOVING IMAGE DECODING DEVICE - An encoding controlling unit | 01-31-2013 |
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20150043630 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - An image decoding device and an image decoding method are disclosed. The decoding device includes: a variable length decoder to variable-length-decode an inputted encoded bit stream to obtain a parameter for prediction signal generation, a compressed difference image, and filters; and a filtering processor to carry out a filtering process on a decoded image acquired by adding a prediction image and a difference image, wherein the prediction image is generated by using the parameter for prediction signal generation, and the difference image is acquired by decoding the compressed difference image, wherein the variable length decoder variable-length-decodes class identification information for a block in the decoded image, and wherein the filtering processor refers to the class identification information for the block to determine a class for the block, and carries out a filtering process on the block based on the determined class and the filters. | 02-12-2015 |