Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080267588 | Reproduction Device, Reproduction Method, Program, Program Storage Medium, Data Structure, and Recording Medium Fabrication Method - The present invention relates to a playback apparatus and a playback method which allow setting of picture-in-picture display, a program, a program storage medium, a data structure, and a recording-medium manufacturing method. Pip_metadata states information required for the picture-in-picture display. Pip_horizotal_position indicates, on the frame of a primary video, an X coordinate at the upper left corner of a sub display screen on which a secondary video is displayed. Pip_vertical_position indicates, on the frame of the primary video, a Y coordinate at the upper left corner of the sub display screen on which the secondary video is displayed. Pip_scale states information indicating the size of the sub display screen on which the secondary video is displayed. For example, pip_scale states the size ratio of the secondary video to the primary video, the scale ratio of the secondary video to its original image, or information indicating how many pixels is included in the sub display screen in each of the vertical direction and horizontal direction. The present invention is applicable to playback apparatuses. | 10-30-2008 |
20080285948 | Reproducing Device and Method, Program, Recording Medium, Data Structure, and Recording Medium Manufacturing Method - The present invention relates to a playback apparatus, a playback method, a program, a recording medium, a data structure, and a manufacturing method for a recording medium in which content to be played back can be switched between streams different from a main stream. A PlayList includes Main path for referring to Video and Audio within a main TS, Sub Path-A for referring to Secondary Video and Secondary Audio in a sub TS, and Sub Path-B for referring to Audio in a sub TS. STN_table( ), which is information for selecting Video and Audio in a clip AV stream file- | 11-20-2008 |
20080310267 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method and computer program - An information processing apparatus includes a storage section storing subsequent data subsequently acquired or generated as data corresponding to a medium stored content, a control section executing a management process of managing subsequent data with respect to the storage section, the control section being configured to execute, as the management process of the subsequent data, a process of generating and recording subsequent data descriptive information including medium identification information corresponding to subsequent data and title identification information at a time of executing a process of recording subsequent data in the storage section, a process of generating display data based on the subsequent data descriptive information, and a process of reproducing or deleting subsequent data based on user designation information for the display data based on the subsequent data descriptive information. | 12-18-2008 |
20090254945 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, SERVER, AND SERVER METHOD - A playback apparatus that communicates with a server and plays back data of a content item in accordance with a control file sent from the server includes a medium-information obtaining unit that obtains medium specifying information specifying a recording medium inserted into the medium-information obtaining unit; a playback-mode specifying unit that specifies a playback mode of a content item recorded on the recording medium; a sending unit that sends the medium specifying information and information specifying the playback mode to the server; and a playback control unit that receives a control file sent by the server in accordance with the sent medium specifying information and the sent information specifying the playback mode and controls playback of the content item recorded on the recording medium in accordance with the control file. | 10-08-2009 |
20090269042 | CPS UNIT MANAGEMENT IN THE DISC FOR DOWNLOADED DATA - An information processing device comprising: a data processing unit configured to load a disk, which stores content that is divided into content usage control units, and to execute processes for reading the content; and a local storage unit configured to store subsequential data obtained and/or generated subsequentially, wherein the data processing unit is configured to perform processes to: select a title that is an index for reading the subsequential data from dummy titles stored in advance on the disk; set the title as a title for the subsequential data; and store the subsequential data in the local storage unit. | 10-29-2009 |
20090271411 | BINDING UNIT MANIFEST FILE - An information processing device including: a storage unit for storing a data file including readable content, and a control file including control information corresponding to the data file; and a data processing unit configured to use a filename conversion table, which stores filename conversion information, to convert the filename of a file stored in the storage unit into a virtual file system (VFS) name, to construct a VFS that includes storage data of a disc and storage data of the storage unit, and to perform a data reading process; wherein the data processing unit: compares the control information stored in the control file and data stored in the storage unit, and reads and/or updates the filename conversion table to reconcile the control information stored in the control file and the stored data in the storage unit. | 10-29-2009 |
20100254447 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A circuit includes a setting unit that sets Clip type information that is information indicating a Clip of Base view video to a Clip information file describing information about a Clip that is a playback zone of a stream of the Base view video generated by encoding a plurality of video data with predetermined encoding format, and sets Clip type information indicating a Clip of Dependent view video to a Clip information file of the Clip of the Dependent view video generated by the encoding. | 10-07-2010 |
20100260484 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A playback apparatus includes a first deciding unit configured to decode the stream of a Base view video and the stream of a Dependent view video, a second decoding unit configured to decode the graphic stream of a Base view and the graphic stream of a Dependent view, and a synthesizing unit configured to generate a first synthesizing plane by synthesizing a plane of the Base view video obtained based on the decoding result and a plane of Base view graphics obtained based on the decoding result and to generate a second synthesizing plane by synthesizing a plane of the Dependent view video obtained based on the decoding result and a plane of Dependent view graphics obtained based on the decoding result. | 10-14-2010 |
20100260485 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, REPRODUCING APPARATUS, REPRODUCING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a controller that sets type information, which represents that an application for executing a process using a dependent view video stream is an application for reproducing a 3-D image, in a clip information file which describes information on a transport stream including the dependent view video stream out of a base view video stream and the dependent view video stream obtained by encoding a plurality of video data according to the a predetermined video coding format. | 10-14-2010 |
20110064322 | IMAGE SIGNAL DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL DECODING METHOD, IMAGE SIGNAL ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL ENCODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an image signal decoding apparatus, an image signal decoding method, an image signal encoding apparatus, an image signal encoding method, and a program that allow easy detection of picture boundaries of a Dependent stream on a bit stream. | 03-17-2011 |
20110075989 | PLAYBACK DEVICE, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a playback device, a playback method, and a program, which enable a 3D content to be played by determining which stream of a basic stream and an extended stream is a left image stream in the event of displaying a 3D image for example. | 03-31-2011 |
20110081131 | RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING METHOD, PLAYBACK DEVICE, PLAYBACK METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a recording device, a recording method, a playback device, a playback method, a recording medium, and a program that enable a recording medium, such as a BD, storing a stream of base image and a stream of extended image obtained by encoding video data of a plurality of viewpoints using a predetermined encoding method to be played in a device incompatible with playback of video data of a plurality of viewpoints. | 04-07-2011 |
20110085779 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PLAYBACK DEVICE, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, a playback device, a playback method, and a recording medium, which enable the same information to be added to pictures corresponding to a basic stream and an extended stream to be used for display of a 3D image. | 04-14-2011 |
20110103765 | RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING METHOD,PLAYBACK DEVICE, PLAYBACK METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a recording device, a recording method, a playback device, a playback method, a program, and a recording medium, which enable the GOP structure of a Dependent view video stream obtained by encoding, for example, in accordance with the H.264 AVC/MVC profile standard to be defined and recorded in a recording medium such as a BD or the like. | 05-05-2011 |
20110194844 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND REPRODUCING METHOD, DATA STRUCTURE, RECORDING MEDIUM, RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a reproducing apparatus and a reproducing method, a data structure, a recording medium, a recording apparatus and a recording method, and a program that enable, in a case where offset information of a sub-image is arranged in a stream of a main image, easy realization of 3D display of the sub-image based on the offset information. | 08-11-2011 |
20110200302 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PLAYBACK DEVICE, PLAYBACK METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device includes first encoding means for encoding an image by placing strip-shaped areas in the upper and lower sides, second encoding means for encoding data of first subtitles displayed in a third area formed by joining at least a part of one area of a first area and a second area together with the other area, first generating means for generating information referred to form the third area, and second generating means for generating the contents including the video stream, a stream of the first subtitles, and the control information. | 08-18-2011 |
20110249957 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a data processing unit which performs copy processing for recording recorded data of a first medium in a second medium, wherein the data processing unit receives three-dimensional image restriction information as copy restriction information of a three-dimensional image from a management server, and when a three-dimensional image is included in copy data from the first medium, performs processing for referencing the three-dimensional image restriction information, determining whether or not the copy processing is permitted, and copying recorded data of the first medium to the second medium under the condition it is determined that the copy processing is permitted. | 10-13-2011 |
20120008479 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a data processing unit which executes a copy process for recording data recorded on a first medium onto a second medium, and the data processing unit executes a questionable data discrimination process for discriminating questionable data which is highly likely to be not normally reproduced in a reproduction process in which a reproduction program different from a dedicated reproduction program to the data recorded on the first medium is applied, and executes at least any of processes, which include a questionable data deletion process for deleting the questionable data from a copy target or a warning notification process for notifying a user of a possibility that copied data will not be normally reproduced, according to the discrimination result in the questionable data discrimination process. | 01-12-2012 |
20120008480 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing device including a data processing section which executes control of a copying process where recording data on a first medium is recorded onto a second medium, and a data conversion section which executes data conversion in the copying process, where the data processing section acquires position information of a packet, which corresponds to an angle change point, based on conversion data generated by the data conversion section and executes an updating process on a reproduction control information file where angle change point position information of data before conversion which is recorded in the reproduction control information file included in copy target data is changed to angle change point position information of data after conversion. | 01-12-2012 |
20120008921 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a data processing unit which executes control of a copy process in which data recorded on a first medium is recorded on a second medium, and a data conversion unit which executes data conversion in the copy process, the data processing unit determines whether or not data to be copied recorded on the first medium is multi-angle content for which an angle change process is permitted, and when the data to be copied is determined to be multi-angle content, angle change point information is acquired and provided to the data conversion unit, and the data conversion unit creates converted data for which decoding is possible without referring to at least a preceding picture when the picture on an angle change point location is reproduced as a reproduction start point. | 01-12-2012 |
20120033944 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed is an information processing device including: a communication section that performs data communication; and a data processing section that performs a process of transmitting reproduction data and reproduction control information to a client via the communication section and reproducing the reproduction data based on the reproduction control information in the client, wherein the data processing section performs a process of converting the reproduction control information into a data format analyzable by the client and transmitting the converted reproduction control information to the client. | 02-09-2012 |
20120063508 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, TRANSMITTING METHOD, RECEIVING APPARATUS, RECEIVING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A broadcasting system includes: a transmitting apparatus transmitting contents, and a receiving apparatus receiving the contents transmitted thereto. The transmitting apparatus includes a trigger information generating section, an encoding section, a multiplexing section, and a sending section. The receiving apparatus includes a receiving section, a multiply separating section, a decoding section, and a control section. | 03-15-2012 |
20120087641 | RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING METHOD, PLAYBACK DEVICE, PLAYBACK METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a recoding device, a recording method, a playback device, a playback method, a program, and a recording medium, whereby synchronization between a basic stream and an extended stream obtained by encoding a plurality of video data using a predetermined encoding method to be recoded in a recording medium such as a BD or the like using a predetermined encoding method can be secured. | 04-12-2012 |
20120113217 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and a recording medium that allow a reproducing apparatus to determine which one of a base stream and an enhancement stream obtained by encoding video data obtained from a plurality of viewpoints using a predetermined encoding method is a stream of a left image and which one is a stream of a right image. 3D_PL_type indicates the type of a PlayList. The value of the 3D_PL_type equal to “01” indicates a PLayList for B-D1 reproduction of 3D reproduction. The value of the 3D_PL_type equal to “10” indicates a PLayList for B-D2 reproduction of 3D reproduction. view_type indicates whether the Base view video stream whose reproduction is managed using the PlayList is a stream of an L image (L view) or a stream of an R image (R view). The present invention is applicable to reproducing apparatuses that comply with the BD-ROM standard. | 05-10-2012 |
20130004140 | REPRODUCING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY FOR PLAYING BACK STREAMS - The present invention relates to a playback apparatus, a playback method, a program, a recording medium, a data structure, and a manufacturing method for a recording medium in which content to be played back can be switched between streams different from a main stream. A PlayList includes Main path for referring to Video and Audio within a main TS, Sub Path-A for referring to Secondary Video and Secondary Audio in a sub TS, and Sub Path-B for referring to Audio in a sub TS. STN_table( ) which is information for selecting Video and Audio in a clip AV stream file- | 01-03-2013 |
20130089155 | IMAGE SIGNAL DECODING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SIGNAL DECODING METHOD - A decoding method decodes a base stream generated by encoding a first image signal of a first view and a dependent stream generated by encoding a second image signal of a second view. The method includes detecting, on the basis of a dependent delimiter indicating a picture boundary between pictures in the dependent stream, the picture boundary in the dependent stream configured by inserting the dependent delimiter at the beginning of a picture in the dependent stream. Further, the method includes decoding the base stream and the dependent stream on the basis of the detected picture boundary in the dependent stream. | 04-11-2013 |
20130089267 | IMAGE SIGNAL ENCODING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SIGNAL ENCODING METHOD - An encoding method encodes a first image signal of a first view and a second image signal of a second view. The method includes encoding the first image signal to generate a base stream. The method also includes encoding the second image signal to generate a dependent stream, and inserting a dependent delimiter indicating a picture boundary between pictures in the dependent stream at the beginning of a picture in the dependent stream. | 04-11-2013 |
20130141534 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - A mode determining unit of a reproducing device determines a compatible mode indicating compatibility with an image data format by referring to the format of 3D image data to be used for generating a multi-view image. A 3D information generating unit generates compatibility information indicating the determined compatible mode as 3D information. A communication unit transmits the 3D image data and the 3D information to a display device. A communication unit of the display device receives the transmitted 3D image data, and receives the compatibility information as the 3D information. A mode determining unit determines the compatible mode of the 3D image data from the 3D information. Based on the determined compatible mode, a synchronization control unit controls synchronization of processing of the 3D image data. The technique can be applied to image processing devices, for example, to transmit image data to generate multi-view images. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141535 | ENCODING DEVICE, ENCODING METHOD, 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 suppressing the amount of information without degrading the image quality of an image of a viewpoint that is used when the compatibility is secured in a case where a multi-viewpoint image is encoded. A compatible encoder generates a compatible stream by encoding an image A | 06-06-2013 |
20130142247 | ENCODING DEVICE, ENCODING METHOD, DECODING DEVICE, AND DECODING METHOD - An encoding device and method, and a decoding device and method, capable of encoding and decoding a multi-viewpoint image in accordance with a mode having compatibility with an existing mode. A compatible encoder generates a compatible stream by encoding an image that is a compatible image. An image converting unit converts the resolution of images that are auxiliary images. An auxiliary encoder generates an encoded stream of the auxiliary image by encoding the auxiliary image of which the resolution is converted. A compatibility information generating unit generates, as compatibility information, information that designates the image as a compatible image. A multiplexing unit transmits the compatible stream, the encoded stream of the auxiliary image, and the compatibility information. The encoding device can encode a 3D image of the multi-viewpoint mode. | 06-06-2013 |
20130169751 | ENCODING DEVICE, ENCODING METHOD, DECODING DEVICE, AND DECODING METHOD - The present invention relates to an encoding device, an encoding method, a decoding device, and a decoding method capable of encoding and decoding multi-viewpoint images in accordance with a mode that is compatible with an existing mode. | 07-04-2013 |
20130215227 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, REPRODUCING APPARATUS, REPRODUCING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a controller that sets type information, which represents that an application for executing a process using a dependent view video stream is an application for reproducing a 3-D image, in a clip information file which describes information on a transport stream including the dependent view video stream out of a base view video stream and the dependent view video stream obtained by encoding a plurality of video data according to the a predetermined video coding format. | 08-22-2013 |
20130279601 | IMAGE SIGNAL DECODING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SIGNAL DECODING METHOD - A decoding method decodes a base stream generated by encoding a first image signal of a first view and a dependent stream generated by encoding a second image signal of a second view. The method includes detecting, on the basis of a dependent delimiter indicating a picture boundary between pictures in the dependent stream, the picture boundary in the dependent stream configured by inserting the dependent delimiter at the beginning of a picture in the dependent stream. Further, the method includes decoding the base stream and the dependent stream on the basis of the detected picture boundary in the dependent stream. | 10-24-2013 |
20130307929 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present technique relates to an image processing device and an image processing method for realizing accurate depth image warping operations on the receiving end when depth images with reduced resolutions are transmitted. A partial resolution converting unit reduces resolutions of parallax images of auxiliary images. A partial conversion information generating unit generates partial conversion information. The parallax images having the resolutions reduced by the partial resolution converting unit and the partial conversion information generated by the partial conversion information generating unit are transmitted to a decoding device. The present technique can be applied to encoding devices that encode glasses-free 3D images, for example. | 11-21-2013 |
20130315472 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present technique relates to an image processing device and an image processing method for realizing high-precision image generation of predetermined viewpoints by using depth images on the receiving end when the depth images with reduced resolutions are transmitted. | 11-28-2013 |
20130329008 | ENCODING APPARATUS, ENCODING METHOD, DECODING APPARATUS, AND DECODING METHOD - There is provided an encoding apparatus including a setting unit configured to perform setting in a manner that encoding parameter used when encoding a color image of a multiview 3D image and a depth image of the multiview 3D image is shared in the color image and the depth image, and an encoding unit configured to encode the color image of the multiview 3D image and the depth image of the multiview 3D image by using the encoding parameter set by the setting unit. | 12-12-2013 |
20130335525 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present technique relates to an image processing device and an image processing method for realizing accurate depth image warping operations at the receiving side when depth images with reduced resolutions are transmitted. A parallax image generating unit reduces the resolutions of parallax images B | 12-19-2013 |
20130335527 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technique relates to an image processing device, an image processing method and a program which can calculate a vector which is precisely predicted as a predicted motion vector of a disparity vector. A predicted motion vector generation unit | 12-19-2013 |
20130336589 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program capable of improving the image quality of decoded images of images from multiple viewpoints. A warping unit | 12-19-2013 |
20130342647 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present technique relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method capable of generating a color image of a display viewpoint using a color image and a depth image of a predetermined viewpoint. | 12-26-2013 |
20140002592 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
20140002603 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | 01-02-2014 |
20140028797 | ENCODING DEVICE AND ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING DEVICE AND DECODING METHOD - The present technology relates to an encoding device and encoding method, and a decoding device and a decoding method whereby the data amount of encoded data of images of multiple viewpoints can be reduced. A low-resolution reference image generating unit performs, in the event of encoding a color image of a viewpoint B having lower resolution than the resolution of a color image of a viewpoint A, different from the viewpoint A, resolution reduction processing to reduce resolution on the image of the viewpoint A so that the resolution of the color image of the viewpoint A agrees with the resolution of the color image of the viewpoint B. An inter prediction unit generates a prediction image of the color image of the viewpoint B with reference to the color image of the viewpoint A after resolution reduction processing. A computing unit and so forth encode the color image of the viewpoint B using the prediction image. The present technology may be applied to a 3D-image encoding device, for example. | 01-30-2014 |
20140036032 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - This technology relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, and a program capable of improving an image quality of a decoded image. A correcting unit corrects a pixel value of a decoded image obtained by at least quantizing and inversely quantizing a depth image having a value corresponding to predetermined data such as parallax as a pixel value being the depth image in which a possible value as the pixel value is defined to a predetermined defined value according to a maximum value and a minimum value of the predetermined data to the defined value, for example. This technology is applicable to encoding and decoding of the depth image and the like having depth information regarding the parallax of each pixel of a color image as the pixel value, for example. | 02-06-2014 |
20140036033 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present technology relates to an image processing device and image processing method, enabling improvement of prediction efficiency of disparity prediction. A converting unit converts a reference image, of a different viewpoint from an image to be encoded, which is referenced at the time of generating a prediction image of the image to be encoded which is to be encoded, by controlling filter processing applied to the reference image in accordance with the reference image and resolution information relating to resolution of the image to be encoded, so that the reference image is converted in to a converted reference image of a resolution ratio agreeing with a horizontal and vertical resolution ratio of the image to be encoded. A disparity compensating unit generates a prediction image by performing disparity compensation using the converted reference image, and the image to be encoded is encoded using that reference image. The present technology can be applied to, for example, encoding and decoding of images of multiple viewpoints. | 02-06-2014 |
20140085418 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present technology relates to an image processing device and image processing method whereby prediction efficiency of disparity prediction can be improved. A resolution converting device converts images of two viewpoints or more, out of images of three viewpoints or more, into a packed image, by performing packing following a packing pattern in which images of two viewpoints or more are packed into one viewpoint worth of image, in accordance with a predetermined encoding mode at the time of encoding an image to be encoded which is to be encoded. An encoding device generates a prediction image of the image to be encoded, by performing disparity compensation with the packed image as the image to be encoded or a reference image, and encodes the image to be encoded in the predetermined encoding mode, using the prediction image. The present technology can be applied to encoding and decoding of images of multiple viewpoints, for example. | 03-27-2014 |
20140086322 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present technique relates to an image processing device and a method that can improve encoding efficiency in multi-viewpoint encoding. A reference image index allocation unit alternately allocates a reference image index referred by a motion estimator/compensator to predict an image to be processed to a referable image in a view direction and to a referable image in a time direction. In allocation, the reference image index allocation unit refers to time information and view information of the reference image accumulated in a decoded picture buffer, information such as a sequence parameter set and a slice header from a syntax processing unit, and the like. The present disclosure can be applied to image processing devices, for example. | 03-27-2014 |
20140104383 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present technique relates to an image processing device and method that can increase encoding efficiency in multi-view encoding. A predicted vector generation unit generates a predicted vector by using a motion disparity vector of a peripheral region located in the vicinity of the current region. When a predicted vector of a disparity vector is to be determined, but it is not possible to refer to any of the peripheral regions at this point, the predicted vector generation unit sets the minimum disparity value or the maximum disparity value supplied from a disparity detection unit as the predicted vector. The present disclosure can be applied to image processing devices, for example. | 04-17-2014 |
20140126641 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present technology relates to an image processing device and a method capable of suppressing reduction in encoding efficiency. There are provided a restrictor for restricting, at the time of generating a predicted image for encoding of a multi-viewpoint image, according to a prediction direction of a focused region, use of a correlated region where a candidate for a prediction vector which is a prediction value of a vector of the focused region is to be obtained, and a prediction vector generator for generating the prediction vector by using a vector of a correlated region whose use is not restricted by the restrictor. The present disclosure may be applied to an image processing device. | 05-08-2014 |
20140126642 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present technique relates to an image processing device and method capable of suppressing a decrease in encoding efficiency. The image processing device includes: a predictive vector generating unit that generates a predictive vector of a current parallax vector of a current block used in prediction using correlation in a parallax direction using a reference parallax vector referred when generating a predictive motion vector, when encoding the current parallax vector; and a difference vector generating unit that generates a difference vector between the current parallax vector and the predictive vector generated by the predictive vector generating unit. The present disclosure can be applied to an image processing device. | 05-08-2014 |
20140204177 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PLAYBACK DEVICE, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, a playback device, a playback method, and a recording medium, which enable the same information to be added to pictures corresponding to a basic stream and an extended stream to be used for display of a 3D image. | 07-24-2014 |
20140321546 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method capable of improving an encoding efficiency of a parallax image using information with regard to the parallax image. | 10-30-2014 |
20140341285 | 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 improving the encoding efficiency of a parallax image by using information relating to the parallax image. A correction unit sets a calculation precision of a calculation that is used when performing a depth weighting prediction process that uses a depth weighting coefficient and a depth offset with the depth image as a target. A correction unit performs the depth weighting prediction process in relation to the depth image according to the calculation precision that is set, and generates a depth prediction image. A calculation unit generates a depth stream by encoding the depth image using the depth prediction image. The present technology can be applied to an encoding device of the parallax image, for example. | 11-20-2014 |
20150016547 | LAYER BASED HRD BUFFER MANAGEMENT FOR SCALABLE HEVC - The buffer management methods simplify the complexity of STD buffer management for HEVC and make is easy to implement HEVC in deployed AVC/MPEG-2 networks (as legacy re-multiplexers are able to be used for re-purposing HEVC content). The buffers for base and enhancement layers are also also be managed independently before re-assembly and this simplifies the STD model. Re-assembly is still implemented before decoding an enhanced HEVC video stream. | 01-15-2015 |
20150042753 | ENCODING DEVICE AND ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING DEVICE AND DECODING METHOD - The present technology relates to an encoding device and an encoding method, and a decoding device and a decoding method configured to reduce an encoding amount of the encoded stream when information regarding a depth image is included in the encoded stream. | 02-12-2015 |
20150063465 | DECODING DEVICE AND DECODING METHOD, ENCODING DEVICE, AND ENCODING METHOD - The present disclosure relates to a decoding device, a decoding method, an encoding device, and an encoding method, which are capable of enabling a decoding side to accurately recognize a color gamut of an encoding target image. The decoding device includes circuitry configured to receive an encoded stream including encoded data of an image and color primary information indicating a coordinate of at least one color primary of the image. The circuitry extracts the encoded data and the color primary information from the received encoded stream. The circuitry decodes the encoded data to generate the image. Further, the circuitry adjusts a color space of the generated image based on the extracted color primary information. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a decoding device of a high efficiency video coding (HEVC) scheme. | 03-05-2015 |