Moving picture coding method for quantizing a plurality of pictures using a quantization step and a small quantization step having a size smaller than a size of the quantization step

US8948255B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8948255-B2
Application numberUS-200913054946-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateSep 29, 2009
Priority dateSep 29, 2008
Publication dateFeb 3, 2015
Grant dateFeb 3, 2015

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A moving picture coding device according to the present invention includes: a QP deriving unit which derives, based on a moving picture signal, a quantization step and a small quantization step having a size smaller than a size of the quantization step; a small QP position determining unit which determines a position, within a picture, of a first block group to be quantized by using the small quantization step; and a video encoder which quantizes the first block group at the determined position by using the small quantization step and a second block group at a position within the picture other than the position of the first block group by using the quantization step.

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This invention claimed is: 1. A moving picture coding device which quantizes, per block, a plurality of pictures by using a quantization step and codes the quantized pictures, the plurality of pictures being temporally consecutive and included in a moving picture signal, said moving picture coding device comprising: a quantization step deriving unit configured to derive, based on the moving picture signal, a quantization step and a small quantization step having a size smaller tha…

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What does patent US8948255B2 cover?
A moving picture coding device according to the present invention includes: a QP deriving unit which derives, based on a moving picture signal, a quantization step and a small quantization step having a size smaller than a size of the quantization step; a small QP position determining unit which determines a position, within a picture, of a first block group to be quantized by using the small q…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Kadono Shinya, Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04N19/174. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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