Image encoding device, image decoding device, image encoding method, and image decoding method

US9036713B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9036713-B2
Application numberUS-201414560972-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateDec 4, 2014
Priority dateMay 29, 2009
Publication dateMay 19, 2015
Grant dateMay 19, 2015

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An image encoding device include a predicting unit for adaptively determining the size of each motion prediction unit block according to color component signals, and for dividing each motion prediction unit block into motion, vector allocation regions to search for a motion vector, and a variable length encoding unit for, when a motion vector is allocated to the whole of each motion prediction unit block, performing encoding in mc_skip mode if the motion vector is equal to an estimated vector and a prediction error signal does not exist, and for, when each motion vector allocation region has a size equal to or larger than a predetermined size and a motion vector is allocated to the whole of each motion vector allocation region, performing encoding in sub_mc_skip mode if the motion vector is equal to an estimated vector and a prediction error signal does not exist.

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The invention claimed is: 1. An image decoding device which decodes a predictive-encoded hit stream to acquire a moving image signal, the bit stream being created by dividing each frame of the sieving image signal into a plurality of blocks and by performing a motion prediction for each of the blocks, the image decoding device comprising: a decoding unit for decoding the bit scream to acquire information indicating a size of the block, information indicating a threshold on a block…

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What does patent US9036713B2 cover?
An image encoding device include a predicting unit for adaptively determining the size of each motion prediction unit block according to color component signals, and for dividing each motion prediction unit block into motion, vector allocation regions to search for a motion vector, and a variable length encoding unit for, when a motion vector is allocated to the whole of each motion prediction …
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Mitsubishi Electric Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04N19/513. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
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Publication date Tue May 19 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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