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1.

ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAM THAT ENCODE OR DECODE EACH TARGET BLOCK BY DIVIDING AN IMAGE THAT INCLUDES THREE OR MORE COMPONENTS

      
Application Number 18531136
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-12-06
First Publication Date 2024-04-18
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

An encoding device encodes each encoding-target block. The encoding device includes: a predictor configured to generate, for each of the components, a prediction block corresponding to the encoding-target block; a residual generator configured to generate, for each of the components, a prediction residual that represents a difference between the encoding-target block and the prediction block; a color space transformer configured to perform a color space transform process on the prediction residual of each of the components; a transformer configured to generate transform coefficients by performing a transform process on the prediction residual; a quantization controller configured to determine a scaling list to be used in a quantization process on the transform coefficients; and a quantizer configured to perform the quantization process on the transform coefficients by using the determined scaling list, wherein the quantization controller is configured to determine the scaling list, based on the color space transform process.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/126 - Quantisation - Details of normalisation or weighting functions, e.g. normalisation matrices or variable uniform quantisers
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding

2.

PREDICTION IMAGE CORRECTING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number 18530018
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-12-05
First Publication Date 2024-04-11
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

A prediction image correcting device comprises a predictor (108) configured to predict a target image block obtained by dividing a present image frame by using a plurality of reference images to generate a prediction image corresponding to the target image block a prediction accuracy evaluator (109) configured to evaluate prediction accuracy of the prediction image based on a degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images used for generating the prediction image and a corrector (110) configured to perform correction processing on the prediction image by using a decoded neighboring block adjacent to the target image block, wherein the corrector is configured to control the correction processing based at least on an evaluation result of the prediction accuracy evaluator.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/513 - Processing of motion vectors
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/139 - Analysis of motion vectors, e.g. their magnitude, direction, variance or reliability
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock

3.

ORGANIC THIN FILM, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, ORGANIC THIN FILM SOLAR CELL, AND ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTOR

      
Application Number JP2023033611
Publication Number 2024/070745
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-09-14
Publication Date 2024-04-04
Owner
  • NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
  • NIPPON SODA CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Oono Taku
  • Fukagawa Hirohiko
  • Okada Takuya
  • Sasaki Tsubasa
  • Shimizu Takahisa
  • Amanokura Natsuki
  • Shibata Hiromoto

Abstract

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an organic thin film that uses an organic material with a high electron affinity as a hole injection material, and that can improve the drive stability of organic devices. The solution is this hole-injectable organic thin film that includes at least two organic acceptor materials that differ in the electron affinity. The organic thin film is characterized: by comprising a first layer that includes an organic acceptor material with a relatively low electron affinity and a second layer that is layered onto the first layer and includes an organic acceptor material with a relatively high electron affinity; and in that the organic acceptor material with the relatively low electron affinity has an electron affinity lower than that of the organic acceptor material with the relatively high electron affinity and is used by disposing the first layer on a positive electrode side.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H10K 50/155 - Hole transporting layers comprising dopants
  • G09F 9/30 - Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements
  • H10K 10/40 - Organic transistors
  • H10K 30/50 - Photovoltaic [PV] devices
  • H10K 30/86 - Layers having high hole mobility, e.g. hole-transporting layers or electron-blocking layers
  • H10K 50/10 - OLEDs or polymer light-emitting diodes [PLED]
  • H10K 50/15 - Hole transporting layers
  • H10K 59/00 - Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one organic light-emitting element covered by group
  • H10K 59/10 - OLED displays
  • H10K 85/10 - Organic polymers or oligomers
  • H10K 85/60 - Organic compounds having low molecular weight
  • H10K 101/30 - Highest occupied molecular orbital [HOMO], lowest unoccupied molecular orbital [LUMO] or Fermi energy values
  • H10K 101/40 - Interrelation of parameters between multiple constituent active layers or sublayers, e.g. HOMO values in adjacent layers

4.

IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number 18504619
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-11-08
First Publication Date 2024-03-07
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

An image encoding device 1 that encodes an encoding target block obtained by dividing an image, the image encoding device including: an intra predictor 172 configured to predict the encoding target block through intra prediction to generate a prediction block; and a transformer 121 configured to perform orthogonal transform processing on a prediction residual representing an error of the prediction block with respect to the encoding target block. The intra predictor includes: a weighted controller 172c configured to control the weighted combining processing dependent on positions of prediction pixels within the prediction block based on a type of transform to be applied in the orthogonal transform processing in the transformer; and a corrector 172b configured to correct the prediction pixels by performing the weighted combining processing on reference pixels adjacent to the encoding target block and the prediction pixels.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/11 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes
  • H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding

5.

PREDICTION IMAGE CORRECTING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number 18500756
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-11-02
First Publication Date 2024-02-29
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

A prediction image correcting device comprises a predictor (108) configured to predict a target image block obtained by dividing a present image frame by using a plurality of reference images to generate a prediction image corresponding to the target image block a prediction accuracy evaluator (109) configured to evaluate prediction accuracy of the prediction image based on a degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images used for generating the prediction image and a corrector (110) configured to perform correction processing on the prediction image by using a decoded neighboring block adjacent to the target image block, wherein the corrector is configured to control the correction processing based at least on an evaluation result of the prediction accuracy evaluator.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/513 - Processing of motion vectors
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/139 - Analysis of motion vectors, e.g. their magnitude, direction, variance or reliability
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock

6.

TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2023030187
Publication Number 2024/043240
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-08-22
Publication Date 2024-02-29
Owner
  • NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
  • NEC CORPORATION (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kambara Kohei
  • Asakura Shingo
  • Takada Masayuki
  • Hashimoto Osamu

Abstract

A transmission apparatus 1 comprises: a control signal generation unit 17 for generating a control signal that includes first frequency offset information indicating an offset value for a carrier wave central frequency of an advanced-scheme signal with respect to a central frequency of a channel; and an RF transmission unit 20 for transmitting a signal in which a carrier wave frequency has been adjusted on the basis of the first frequency offset information. Apart from the first frequency offset information, the transmission apparatus transmits, to each channel, a table that indicates an offset value for the carrier wave central frequency with respect to the central frequency of the channel.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes
  • H04H 60/13 - Arrangements for device control affected by the broadcast information
  • H04H 60/37 - Arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time, e.g. for identifying broadcast stations or for identifying users for identifying segments of broadcast information, e.g. scenes or extracting programme ID
  • H04H 20/28 - Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information

7.

IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM THEREOF

      
Application Number 18489457
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-10-18
First Publication Date 2024-02-08
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Sakaida, Shinichi

Abstract

An image encoding device for block-dividing and encoding an original image of a frame unit constituting a moving image is disclosed that includes a predictor circuitry configured to generate a predicted image, a weighted average processor configured to generate a block of a new predicted image, a prediction residual signal generator circuitry configured to calculate an error of each prediction signal of the block of the predicted image and to generate a prediction residual signal, a sub-block divider circuitry configured to divide the prediction residual signal configured to divide the predict residual signal, and a transformation selection applier circuitry configured to selectively apply a plurality of types of transformation processes for a divided sub-block of the prediction residual signal.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/147 - Data rate or code amount at the encoder output according to rate distortion criteria
  • H04N 19/625 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding using discrete cosine transform [DCT]
  • H04N 19/12 - Selection from among a plurality of transforms or standards, e.g. selection between discrete cosine transform [DCT] and sub-band transform or selection between H.263 and H.264
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding

8.

IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number 18482140
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-10-06
First Publication Date 2024-02-01
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Iguchi, Kazuhisa

Abstract

An image encoding device (1) includes a motion compensation predictor (109) configured to generate a prediction image corresponding to a target image by performing motion compensation prediction using a plurality of reference images, and an evaluator (111) configured to evaluate prediction accuracy of the prediction image for each image portion including one or more pixels by calculating a degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images for each image portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/154 - Measured or subjectively estimated visual quality after decoding, e.g. measurement of distortion
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/60 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding
  • H04N 19/82 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals - Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation involving filtering within a prediction loop
  • G06F 18/22 - Matching criteria, e.g. proximity measures

9.

ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number 18344306
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-06-29
First Publication Date 2023-11-02
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Iguchi, Kazuhisa

Abstract

An encoding device 1 includes: a transformer 13 configured to calculate an orthogonal transform coefficient by performing an orthogonal transformation process on a residual image indicating a difference between the input image and a predicted image of the input image; a quantizer 14 configured to generate quantization coefficient by quantizing the orthogonal transform coefficient based on a quantization parameter; an entropy encoder 24 configured to generate encoded data by encoding the quantization coefficient; an image decoder 10 configured to restore an orthogonal transform coefficient from the quantization coefficient based on the quantization parameter and generate a pre-filtering image by adding the predicted image to a residual image restored by performing inverse orthogonal transformation on the orthogonal transform coefficient; and a deblocking filter 18 configured to perform a filtering process on the pre-filtering image and control a filtering strength depending on a result of comparison between a luminance signal level of the pre-filtering image and a luminance threshold value.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/60 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding
  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

10.

ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD

      
Application Number 18348477
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-07-07
First Publication Date 2023-11-02
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke

Abstract

An encoding device 1 includes: a transformation unit 13 configured to calculate an orthogonal transform coefficient by performing an orthogonal transformation process on a residual image indicating a difference between the input image and a predicted image of the input image; a quantization unit 14 configured to generate a quantization coefficient by quantizing the orthogonal transform coefficient on the basis of a quantization parameter; an entropy encoding unit 24 configured to generate encoded data by encoding the quantization coefficient; an image decoding unit 10 configured to restore an orthogonal transform coefficient from the quantization coefficient on the basis of the quantization parameter and generate a reconstructed image by adding the predicted image to a residual image restored by performing inverse orthogonal transformation on the orthogonal transform coefficient; and a deblocking filtering unit 18 configured to perform a filtering process on the reconstructed image, wherein the deblocking filtering unit 18 controls a filtering strength depending on a luminance signal level of the reconstructed image and the quantization parameter.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding
  • H04N 1/41 - Bandwidth or redundancy reduction
  • H04N 19/82 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals - Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation involving filtering within a prediction loop
  • H04N 19/86 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using pre-processing or post-processing specially adapted for video compression involving reduction of coding artifacts, e.g. of blockiness
  • H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
  • H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties

11.

TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE, AND TRANSFER SYSTEM

      
Application Number JP2023013041
Publication Number 2023/190799
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-03-30
Publication Date 2023-10-05
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kambara, Kohei
  • Asakura, Shingo

Abstract

In the present invention, in a transfer system using a frequency at which there is at least a partial overlap in mutually adjacent first and second areas, a transmission device corresponding to the first area comprises: a transmission unit that transmits a transmission signal in the first area; and an adjustment unit that adjusts the transmission power of the transmission signal for each unit sector. The adjustment unit adjusts the transmission power of the transmission signal in a first unit sector to a first transmission power, and adjusts the transmission power of the transmission signal in a second unit sector to a second transmission power, which is smaller than the first transmission power.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04J 99/00 - Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
  • H04H 20/72 - Wireless systems of terrestrial networks

12.

Decoding device, program, and decoding method

      
Application Number 18310191
Grant Number 11936885
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-05-01
First Publication Date 2023-08-24
Grant Date 2024-03-19
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

A method includes: decoding a bitstream and thereby outputting a transform coefficients for each color component of the block, a first flag indicating for each color component whether the block includes a non-zero transform coefficient, and a second flag indicating whether the block has been encoded using a color space transform that transforming a color space of a prediction residual from a color space of the original image to another color space; performing a color space inverse transform for the prediction residual restored from the transform coefficients, when the second flag indicates that the block has been encoded using the color space transform; and determining whether to perform chroma residual scaling for the prediction residual of the chrominance component, based on the first flag of a chrominance component and the second flag, the chroma residual scaling that performs scaling based on a luminance component corresponding to the chrominance component.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 11/02 - Colour television systems with bandwidth reduction
  • H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/18 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a set of transform coefficients
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
  • H04N 19/30 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 19/60 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

13.

INTRA PREDICTION DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number 18192426
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-03-29
First Publication Date 2023-08-17
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

An intra predictor (181) for performing intra prediction on each of blocks obtained by dividing an original image in the form of a frame, the intra predictor (181) includes; a linear model calculator (1811a) configured to calculate a linear model of the luminance component and the chroma component of the target block using decoded pixel values of the luminance component and decoded pixel values of the chroma component around the target block on which the intra prediction is performed; a chroma component predictor (1811b) configured to predict pixel values of the chroma component of the target block by applying the linear model calculated by the linear model calculator (1811a) to decoded pixel values of a luminance component of the target block; and a chroma component corrector (1812) configured to correct predicted pixel values of the chroma component obtained by the chroma component predictor (1811b) using decoded pixel values that were not used to calculate a linear model by the linear model calculator (1811a) of decoded pixel values around the target block.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component

14.

MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND RECEIVING DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2023004364
Publication Number 2023/153473
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-02-09
Publication Date 2023-08-17
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor Aoki, Shuichi

Abstract

This media processing device is provided with: a renderer that generates, on the basis of viewpoint information, a specific content including at least content having a degree of freedom of viewpoint; an output unit that outputs the specific content generated by the renderer to a user terminal; and an acquisition unit that acquires, from a transmitting device, importance information related to each of two or more objects included in the specific content.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 21/435 - Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data or reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
  • H04L 67/131 - Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
  • H04N 21/235 - Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
  • H04N 21/436 - Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB or inside the home
  • H04N 21/4728 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for selecting a ROI [Region Of Interest], e.g. for requesting a higher resolution version of a selected region

15.

MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND RECEIVING DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2023004363
Publication Number 2023/153472
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-02-09
Publication Date 2023-08-17
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor Aoki, Shuichi

Abstract

This media processing device is provided with: a renderer that generates, on the basis of a configuration of content having a freedom of viewpoint, and specific viewpoint information, a specific content including at least said content; and an output unit that outputs the specific content generated by the renderer to a user terminal.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 21/435 - Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data or reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
  • H04L 67/131 - Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
  • H04N 21/235 - Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
  • H04N 21/436 - Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB or inside the home
  • H04N 21/4728 - End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification or for manipulating displayed content for selecting a ROI [Region Of Interest], e.g. for requesting a higher resolution version of a selected region

16.

IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number 18192592
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-03-29
First Publication Date 2023-08-03
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

An image encoding device encodes a block-based target image. The image encoding device comprises, in a transform skip mode in which orthogonal transform processing of the target image is skipped, a motion compensation predictor configured to generate a prediction image corresponding to the target image by performing motion compensation prediction using a plurality of reference images, an evaluator configured to evaluate a degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images on a pixel-by-pixel basis, a subtractor configured to calculate prediction residuals each indicating a difference between the target image and the prediction image on a pixel-by-pixel basis, a rearranger configured to rearrange the prediction residuals based on a result of evaluation by the evaluator and an encoder configured to encode the prediction residuals rearranged by the rearranger.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/573 - Motion compensation with multiple frame prediction using two or more reference frames in a given prediction direction
  • H04N 19/129 - Scanning of coding units, e.g. zig-zag scan of transform coefficients or flexible macroblock ordering [FMO]
  • H04N 19/137 - Motion inside a coding unit, e.g. average field, frame or block difference
  • H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock

17.

ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number 18192525
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-03-29
First Publication Date 2023-07-27
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

An encoding device comprises: a transformer/quantizer configured to perform a transform process and a quantization process on a residual signal that represents a difference between an encoding-target block and a prediction block obtained by predicting the encoding-target block; an inverse quantizer/inverse transformer configured to restore the residual signal by performing an inverse quantization process and an inverse transform process on transform coefficients obtained by the transformer/quantizer; a combiner configured to reconstruct the encoding-target block by combining the restored residual signal and the prediction block; a deblocking filter configured to perform a filter process on a boundary between two blocks including the reconstructed block and a block adjacent to the reconstructed block; and a filter controller configured to control the deblocking filter, based on a type of the transform process applied with respect to the two blocks.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/86 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using pre-processing or post-processing specially adapted for video compression involving reduction of coding artifacts, e.g. of blockiness
  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/132 - Sampling, masking or truncation of coding units, e.g. adaptive resampling, frame skipping, frame interpolation or high-frequency transform coefficient masking
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/18 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a set of transform coefficients
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

18.

ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number 18192383
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-03-29
First Publication Date 2023-07-27
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

An encoding device encodes each encoding-target block. The encoding device includes: a predictor configured to generate, for each of the components, a prediction block corresponding to the encoding-target block; a residual generator configured to generate, for each of the components, a prediction residual that represents a difference between the encoding-target block and the prediction block; a color space transformer configured to perform a color space transform process on the prediction residual of each of the components; a transformer configured to generate transform coefficients by performing a transform process on the prediction residual; a quantization controller configured to determine a scaling list to be used in a quantization process on the transform coefficients; and a quantizer configured to perform the quantization process on the transform coefficients by using the determined scaling list, wherein the quantization controller is configured to determine the scaling list, based on the color space transform process.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/18 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a set of transform coefficients
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding

19.

IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND THE PROGRAMS THEREOF

      
Application Number 18193436
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-03-30
First Publication Date 2023-07-27
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Morita, Yasuko
  • Sakaida, Shinichi

Abstract

An image coding device is provided with a determination unit which determines whether to apply an orthogonal transform to a transform block obtained by dividing a prediction difference signal indicating a difference between an input image and a predicted image or perform a transform skip by which the orthogonal transform is not applied, and an orthogonal transform unit which performs processing selected on the basis of the determination, the image coding device comprising a quantization unit which, when the transform skip is selected on the basis of the determination, quantizes the transform block using a first quantization matrix in which the quantization roughnesses of all elements previously shared with a decoding side are equal, and when the orthogonal transform is applied to the transform block on the basis of the determination, quantizes the transform block using the first quantization matrix or a second quantization matrix that is transmitted to the decoding side.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/126 - Quantisation - Details of normalisation or weighting functions, e.g. normalisation matrices or variable uniform quantisers
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
  • H04N 19/107 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode between spatial and temporal predictive coding, e.g. picture refresh
  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/139 - Analysis of motion vectors, e.g. their magnitude, direction, variance or reliability
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/18 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a set of transform coefficients
  • H04N 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

20.

Prediction image correcting device, image encoding device, image decoding device, and program

      
Application Number 18172974
Grant Number 11849141
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-02-22
First Publication Date 2023-06-22
Grant Date 2023-12-19
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

A prediction image correcting device comprises a predictor (108) configured to predict a target image block obtained by dividing a present image frame by using a plurality of reference images to generate a prediction image corresponding to the target image block a prediction accuracy evaluator (109) configured to evaluate prediction accuracy of the prediction image based on a degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images used for generating the prediction image and a corrector (110) configured to perform correction processing on the prediction image by using a decoded neighboring block adjacent to the target image block, wherein the corrector is configured to control the correction processing based at least on an evaluation result of the prediction accuracy evaluator.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/513 - Processing of motion vectors
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/139 - Analysis of motion vectors, e.g. their magnitude, direction, variance or reliability
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock

21.

DELIVERY DEVICE AND RECEIVING DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2022044714
Publication Number 2023/106259
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-12-05
Publication Date 2023-06-15
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Kondo, Yuichi
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke

Abstract

This delivery device, for use in a video distribution system, comprises: a first encoding means for outputting a first stream of multi-stream encoding; a second encoding means for outputting a second stream of the multi-stream encoding; and a multiplexing means for multiplexing and outputting the first stream and the second stream. The first encoding means outputs encoded data obtained by encoding a main video, as the first stream. The second encoding means outputs, as the second stream, encoded data obtained by encoding a partial presentation region to be presented overlaid on the main video.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 21/236 - Assembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. transport stream, by combining a video stream with other content or additional data, e.g. inserting a URL [Uniform Resource Locator ] into a video stream, multiplexing software data into a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Insertion of stuffing bits into the multiplex stream, e.g. to obtain a constant bit-rate; Assembling of a packetised elementary stream
  • H04H 20/28 - Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information
  • H04H 40/18 - Arrangements characterised by circuits or components specially adapted for receiving
  • H04N 19/30 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 21/2662 - Controlling the complexity of the video stream, e.g. by scaling the resolution or bitrate of the video stream based on the client capabilities

22.

DEBLOCKING FILTER CONTROL DEVICE AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number 18160785
Status Pending
Filing Date 2023-01-27
First Publication Date 2023-06-08
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

A deblocking filter control device that controls a deblocking filter process performed on a decoded image includes: a parameter deriver configured to derive a parameter value that controls a filter strength in the deblocking filter process; and a parameter transformer configured to output a transformed parameter value by transforming the parameter value based on an input bit depth that is a bit depth of the video signal, wherein when the input bit depth is smaller than a predetermined bit depth, the parameter transformer is configured to output the transformed parameter value by adding an offset value to the parameter value and making a bit shift of a result of the addition, and the parameter transformer is configured to change the offset value based on the input bit depth.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/146 - Data rate or code amount at the encoder output
  • H04N 19/184 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being bits, e.g. of the compressed video stream
  • H04N 19/82 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals - Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation involving filtering within a prediction loop

23.

Encoding device, decoding device and program that encode or decode each target block by dividing an image that includes three or more components

      
Application Number 17938633
Grant Number 11889031
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-10-06
First Publication Date 2023-02-09
Grant Date 2024-01-30
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

An encoding device encodes each encoding-target block. The encoding device includes: a predictor configured to generate, for each of the components, a prediction block corresponding to the encoding-target block; a residual generator configured to generate, for each of the components, a prediction residual that represents a difference between the encoding-target block and the prediction block; a color space transformer configured to perform a color space transform process on the prediction residual of each of the components; a transformer configured to generate transform coefficients by performing a transform process on the prediction residual; a quantization controller configured to determine a scaling list to be used in a quantization process on the transform coefficients; and a quantizer configured to perform the quantization process on the transform coefficients by using the determined scaling list, wherein the quantization controller is configured to determine the scaling list, based on the color space transform process.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/126 - Quantisation - Details of normalisation or weighting functions, e.g. normalisation matrices or variable uniform quantisers
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding

24.

Transmitting device and receiving device

      
Application Number 17757941
Grant Number 11877021
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-12-25
First Publication Date 2023-02-09
Grant Date 2024-01-16
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor Aoki, Shuichi

Abstract

a).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 21/2365 - Multiplexing of several video streams
  • H04N 21/218 - Source of audio or video content, e.g. local disk arrays
  • H04N 21/235 - Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors

25.

IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number 17935857
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-09-27
First Publication Date 2023-01-19
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

An image encoding device (1) encodes a block-based target image. The image encoding device (1) comprises: a predictor (109) configured to generate a prediction image corresponding to the target image by performing prediction using a plurality of reference images; an evaluator (111) configured to evaluate a degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images on a pixel-by-pixel basis; a calculator (101) configured to calculate a prediction residual indicating a pixel-based difference between the target image and the prediction image; a determiner (112) configured to determine a partial area, to which an orthogonal transform and quantization are to be applied, of the prediction residual based on a result of the evaluation by the evaluator; and a transformer/quantizer (102) configured to perform an orthogonal transform and quantization only for the partial area in the prediction residual.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
  • H04N 19/122 - Selection of transform size, e.g. 8x8 or 2x4x8 DCT; Selection of sub-band transforms of varying structure or type
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/167 - Position within a video image, e.g. region of interest [ROI]
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

26.

ORGANIC THIN FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC THIN FILM, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, LIGHTING DEVICE, ORGANIC THIN FILM SOLAR CELL, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, COATING COMPOSITION AND MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENTS

      
Application Number 17640260
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-09-04
First Publication Date 2023-01-05
Owner
  • NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
  • NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Fukagawa, Hirohiko
  • Shimizu, Takahisa
  • Sasaki, Tsubasa
  • Hasegawa, Munehiro
  • Morii, Katsuyuki
  • Fukudome, Hiroki

Abstract

The present invention provides an organic thin film that imparts an excellent electron injection property and an excellent electron transport property when it is used as an electron injection layer of an organic EL device, a coating composition suitable for producing the organic thin film, and an organic EL device material for the organic thin film and the coating composition. The present invention provides an organic thin film, which is a single film containing a first material which is a compound having a structure of the following formula (1) and a second material which transports electrons or a laminate film including a film containing the first material and a film containing the second material, The present invention provides an organic thin film that imparts an excellent electron injection property and an excellent electron transport property when it is used as an electron injection layer of an organic EL device, a coating composition suitable for producing the organic thin film, and an organic EL device material for the organic thin film and the coating composition. The present invention provides an organic thin film, which is a single film containing a first material which is a compound having a structure of the following formula (1) and a second material which transports electrons or a laminate film including a film containing the first material and a film containing the second material, The present invention provides an organic thin film that imparts an excellent electron injection property and an excellent electron transport property when it is used as an electron injection layer of an organic EL device, a coating composition suitable for producing the organic thin film, and an organic EL device material for the organic thin film and the coating composition. The present invention provides an organic thin film, which is a single film containing a first material which is a compound having a structure of the following formula (1) and a second material which transports electrons or a laminate film including a film containing the first material and a film containing the second material, wherein X1 and X2 are the same as or different from each other and are each a nitrogen atom optionally having a substituent group, an oxygen atom optionally having a substituent group, a sulfur atom optionally having a substituent group, or a divalent linking group optionally having a substituent group; L is a direct bond or a linking group having a valence of p; n is a number of 0 or 1; p is a number of 1 to 4; q is a number of 0 or 1, with q being 0 when p is 1; R1 to R3 are the same as or different from each other and are each a monovalent substituent; and m1 to m3 are the same as or different from each other and are each a number of 0 to 3.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)
  • H01L 51/00 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof
  • H01L 51/05 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier; Capacitors or resistors with at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier

27.

Encoding device, decoding device, and program

      
Application Number 17821739
Grant Number 11736728
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-08-23
First Publication Date 2022-12-22
Grant Date 2023-08-22
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Iguchi, Kazuhisa

Abstract

An encoding device 1 includes: a transformer 13 configured to calculate an orthogonal transform coefficient by performing an orthogonal transformation process on a residual image indicating a difference between the input image and a predicted image of the input image; a quantizer 14 configured to generate quantization coefficient by quantizing the orthogonal transform coefficient based on a quantization parameter; an entropy encoder 24 configured to generate encoded data by encoding the quantization coefficient; an image decoder 10 configured to restore an orthogonal transform coefficient from the quantization coefficient based on the quantization parameter and generate a pre-filtering image by adding the predicted image to a residual image restored by performing inverse orthogonal transformation on the orthogonal transform coefficient; and a deblocking filter 18 configured to perform a filtering process on the pre-filtering image and control a filtering strength depending on a result of comparison between a luminance signal level of the pre-filtering image and a luminance threshold value.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/60 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding
  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

28.

INTRA PREDICTION DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number 17817505
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-08-04
First Publication Date 2022-12-01
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

An intra prediction device performing intra prediction on a luminance block and a chrominance block includes: a chrominance candidate specifier configured to specify a mode number of an intra prediction mode applied to the luminance block corresponding to the chrominance block as one of candidates for an intra prediction mode to be applied to the chrominance block; and a chrominance prediction mode converter configured to convert the mode number before conversion specified by the chrominance candidate specifier using a conversion table and output a mode number after conversion. In the conversion table, for directional prediction, a given number of mode numbers in ascending order of the mode number among the mode numbers before conversion are associated with a given number of mode numbers in descending order of the mode number among the mode numbers after conversion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/11 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component

29.

ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number 17849233
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-06-24
First Publication Date 2022-10-13
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

An encoding device performing an encoding process in units of blocks into which images constituted by luminance signals and chrominance signals are divided includes: a predictor configured to predict a target chrominance block which is an encoding target block of the chrominance signals and generate a prediction chrominance block; a residual generator configured to generate a chrominance prediction residual indicating a difference between the target chrominance block and the prediction chrominance block; and a transformer configured to apply a transform process to the chrominance prediction residual and generate transform coefficients, wherein the transformer is configured to control, according to a signal format of the images, a transform type to be applied to the transform process.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding

30.

Image encoding device, image decoding device and program

      
Application Number 17841461
Grant Number 11818360
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-06-15
First Publication Date 2022-10-06
Grant Date 2023-11-14
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Iguchi, Kazuhisa

Abstract

An image encoding device (1) includes a motion compensation predictor (109) configured to generate a prediction image corresponding to a target image by performing motion compensation prediction using a plurality of reference images, and an evaluator (111) configured to evaluate prediction accuracy of the prediction image for each image portion including one or more pixels by calculating a degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images for each image portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/154 - Measured or subjectively estimated visual quality after decoding, e.g. measurement of distortion
  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/60 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding
  • H04N 19/82 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals - Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation involving filtering within a prediction loop
  • G06F 18/22 - Matching criteria, e.g. proximity measures

31.

ORGANIC THIN FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC THIN FILM, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, LIGHTING DEVICE, ORGANIC THIN FILM SOLAR CELL, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, COATING COMPOSITION AND MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENTS

      
Application Number 17640240
Status Pending
Filing Date 2020-09-04
First Publication Date 2022-09-29
Owner
  • NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
  • NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Fukagawa, Hirohiko
  • Shimizu, Takahisa
  • Sasaki, Tsubasa
  • Oono, Taku
  • Hasegawa, Munehiro
  • Morii, Katsuyuki
  • Fukudome, Hiroki

Abstract

The present invention aims to provide an organic thin film that imparts an excellent electron injection property and an excellent electron transport property when it is used as an electron injection layer of an organic EL device. The present invention relates to an organic thin film, which is a single film containing a first material which is a hexahydropyrimidopyrimidine compound having a structure of the following formula (1) and a second material which transports electrons, or a laminate film including a film containing the first material and a film containing the second material, The present invention aims to provide an organic thin film that imparts an excellent electron injection property and an excellent electron transport property when it is used as an electron injection layer of an organic EL device. The present invention relates to an organic thin film, which is a single film containing a first material which is a hexahydropyrimidopyrimidine compound having a structure of the following formula (1) and a second material which transports electrons, or a laminate film including a film containing the first material and a film containing the second material, The present invention aims to provide an organic thin film that imparts an excellent electron injection property and an excellent electron transport property when it is used as an electron injection layer of an organic EL device. The present invention relates to an organic thin film, which is a single film containing a first material which is a hexahydropyrimidopyrimidine compound having a structure of the following formula (1) and a second material which transports electrons, or a laminate film including a film containing the first material and a film containing the second material, wherein R1 is an optionally substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, an optionally substituted aromatic heterocyclic group, an optionally substituted arylalkylene group, an optionally substituted divalent to tetravalent acyclic or cyclic hydrocarbon group, a group of a combination of two or more of these groups, or a group of a combination of one or more of these groups and a nitrogen atom; and n is an integer of 1 to 4.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01L 51/00 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof
  • C07D 519/00 - Heterocyclic compounds containing more than one system of two or more relevant hetero rings condensed among themselves or condensed with a common carbocyclic ring system not provided for in groups or
  • C07D 487/04 - Ortho-condensed systems

32.

Image encoding device, image decoding device and program

      
Application Number 17837727
Grant Number 11695955
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-06-10
First Publication Date 2022-09-22
Grant Date 2023-07-04
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

a) generates a predicted chroma block through cross-component intra prediction in which a chroma block to be encoded is predicted by referring to, as the neighbouring decoded pixels adjacent to the chroma block, decoded luminance pixels and decoded chroma pixels, a candidate generator (181) configured to generate candidates for an orthogonal transform type to be applied to orthogonal transform processing on prediction residuals that represent errors between the predicted chroma block and the chroma block; and a transformer (121) configured to perform the orthogonal transform processing on the chroma prediction residuals by using an orthogonal transform type selected from among the candidates generated by the candidate generator (181). The candidate generator (181) generates the candidates for the orthogonal transform type, depending on whether or not positions of the neighbouring decoded pixels referred to in cross-component intra prediction are to only any one of a top, a bottom, a left, and a right of a chroma block.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/11 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/12 - Selection from among a plurality of transforms or standards, e.g. selection between discrete cosine transform [DCT] and sub-band transform or selection between H.263 and H.264
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding

33.

DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING CODE AMOUNTS TO INTRA PREDICTION MODES

      
Application Number 17805961
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-06-08
First Publication Date 2022-09-22
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

An image encoding device (1) according to a first feature encodes blocks obtained by dividing an original image of a frame included in a video. The image encoding device (1) includes a code amount allocator (180) configured to allocate a code amount to each of a plurality of intra prediction modes defined in advance, a mode selector (171) configured to select an intra prediction mode to be applied to a target block of intra prediction from among the plurality of intra prediction modes, and an encoder (130) configured to encode identification information indicating the selected intra prediction mode in accordance with the allocated code amount. The code amount allocator (180) calculates a feature amount of a plurality of reference pixels adjacent to the target block and changes a manner of allocation of code amounts to the plurality of intra prediction modes based on the calculated feature amount.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/146 - Data rate or code amount at the encoder output
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/11 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes
  • H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques

34.

INTRA PREDICTION DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number 17749446
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-05-20
First Publication Date 2022-09-01
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

An intra prediction device predicts, by intra prediction, a luminance block and a chrominance block obtained by dividing an image. The intra prediction device includes a cross-component linear model predictor configured to predict the chrominance block from a decoded luminance block at a position corresponding to a position of the chrominance block using a linear model calculated from respective luminance and chrominance reference pixels around the chrominance block. The cross-component linear model predictor includes a reference pixel position selector configured to select linear model calculation pixel positions that are positions of the reference pixels to be used to calculate the linear model based on a luminance intra prediction mode that is an intra prediction mode applied to the intra prediction of the decoded luminance block.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock

35.

Prediction image correcting device, image encoding device, image decoding device, and program

      
Application Number 17657280
Grant Number 11877003
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-03-30
First Publication Date 2022-07-14
Grant Date 2024-01-16
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

A prediction image correcting device comprises a predictor (108) configured to predict a target image block obtained by dividing a present image frame by using a plurality of reference images to generate a prediction image corresponding to the target image block a prediction accuracy evaluator (109) configured to evaluate prediction accuracy of the prediction image based on a degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images used for generating the prediction image and a corrector (110) configured to perform correction processing on the prediction image by using a decoded neighboring block adjacent to the target image block, wherein the corrector is configured to control the correction processing based at least on an evaluation result of the prediction accuracy evaluator.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/513 - Processing of motion vectors
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/139 - Analysis of motion vectors, e.g. their magnitude, direction, variance or reliability
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock

36.

Deblocking filter control device and program

      
Application Number 17655745
Grant Number 11595645
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-03-21
First Publication Date 2022-07-07
Grant Date 2023-02-28
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

A deblocking filter control device that controls a deblocking filter process performed on a decoded image includes: a parameter deriver configured to derive a parameter value that controls a filter strength in the deblocking filter process; and a parameter transformer configured to output a transformed parameter value by transforming the parameter value based on an input bit depth that is a bit depth of the video signal, wherein when the input bit depth is smaller than a predetermined bit depth, the parameter transformer is configured to output the transformed parameter value by adding an offset value to the parameter value and making a bit shift of a result of the addition, and the parameter transformer is configured to change the offset value based on the input bit depth.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/146 - Data rate or code amount at the encoder output
  • H04N 19/82 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals - Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation involving filtering within a prediction loop
  • H04N 19/184 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being bits, e.g. of the compressed video stream

37.

DEBLOCKING FILTER DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number 17655948
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-03-22
First Publication Date 2022-07-07
Owner Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Kondo, Yuichi
  • Iguchi, Kazuhisa
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

A deblocking filter device according to a first feature includes: a deblocking filter configured to perform a filter process on a boundary between a first reconstructed block and a second reconstructed block adjacent to the first reconstructed block; and a filter controller configured to control boundary filtering strength of the deblocking filter based on whether or not at least one of the first reconstructed block and the second reconstructed block is encoded using JCCR (Joint coding of chroma residual) in which one joint prediction residual is generated from prediction residuals of a Cb chrominance component and a Cr chrominance component.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/82 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals - Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation involving filtering within a prediction loop
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process

38.

Decoding device, program, and decoding method

      
Application Number 17655991
Grant Number 11677965
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-03-22
First Publication Date 2022-07-07
Grant Date 2023-06-13
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

A method includes: decoding a bitstream and thereby outputting a transform coefficients for each color component of the block, a first flag indicating for each color component whether the block includes a non-zero transform coefficient, and a second flag indicating whether the block has been encoded using a color space transform that transforming a color space of a prediction residual from a color space of the original image to another color space; performing a color space inverse transform for the prediction residual restored from the transform coefficients, when the second flag indicates that the block has been encoded using the color space transform; and determining whether to perform chroma residual scaling for the prediction residual of the chrominance component, based on the first flag of a chrominance component and the second flag, the chroma residual scaling that performs scaling based on a luminance component corresponding to the chrominance component.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 11/02 - Colour television systems with bandwidth reduction
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
  • H04N 19/18 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a set of transform coefficients
  • H04N 19/30 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/60 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

39.

Encoding device, decoding device and program

      
Application Number 17655931
Grant Number 11496739
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-03-22
First Publication Date 2022-07-07
Grant Date 2022-11-08
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

An encoding device encodes each encoding-target block. The encoding device includes: a predictor configured to generate, for each of the components, a prediction block corresponding to the encoding-target block; a residual generator configured to generate, for each of the components, a prediction residual that represents a difference between the encoding-target block and the prediction block; a color space transformer configured to perform a color space transform process on the prediction residual of each of the components; a transformer configured to generate transform coefficients by performing a transform process on the prediction residual; a quantization controller configured to determine a scaling list to be used in a quantization process on the transform coefficients; and a quantizer configured to perform the quantization process on the transform coefficients by using the determined scaling list, wherein the quantization controller is configured to determine the scaling list, based on the color space transform process.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding
  • H04N 19/126 - Quantisation - Details of normalisation or weighting functions, e.g. normalisation matrices or variable uniform quantisers
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock

40.

ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number 17655314
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-03-17
First Publication Date 2022-06-30
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

The encoding device includes: a predictor configured to generate, for each component, a prediction block corresponding to an encoding-target block; a residual generator configured to generate, for each component, a prediction residual representing a difference between the encoding-target block and the prediction block; a mode selector configured to select one mode either an individual encoding mode performing a transform process and a quantization process on a prediction residual of the first component and a prediction residual of the second component for each single component, or a joint encoding mode performing a transform process and a quantization process on a joint prediction residual generated from the prediction residual of the first component and the prediction residual of the second component; a quantization controller configured to determine a quantization matrix to be applied in the quantization process based on the mode selected by the mode selector.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/126 - Quantisation - Details of normalisation or weighting functions, e.g. normalisation matrices or variable uniform quantisers
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction

41.

ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number 17655597
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-03-21
First Publication Date 2022-06-30
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

An encoding device includes: a quantizer configured to perform a quantization process; a loop filter configured to perform an adaptive loop filter process; and an entropy encoder configured to output a bit stream including an adaptive parameter set. The adaptive parameter set includes encoding tool type information indicating which parameter of parameter candidates including one of a scaling list parameter including a parameter of a scaling list that controls the quantization process and an adaptive loop filter parameter including a parameter of a filter coefficient used in the adaptive loop filter process is included in the adaptive parameter set, and a chrominance parameter present flag indicating whether or not a parameter for a chrominance signal is present in the adaptive parameter set, and the chrominance parameter present flag is applied in common to the scaling list parameter and the adaptive loop filter parameter.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/30 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability
  • H04N 19/82 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals - Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation involving filtering within a prediction loop
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component

42.

Encoding device, decoding device and program

      
Application Number 17655711
Grant Number 11647191
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-03-21
First Publication Date 2022-06-30
Grant Date 2023-05-09
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

An encoding device encodes each encoding-target block. The encoding device includes: a predictor configured to generate, for each of the components, a prediction block corresponding to the encoding-target block; a residual generator configured to generate, for each of the components, a prediction residual that represents a difference between the encoding-target block and the prediction block; a color space transformer configured to perform a color space transform process on the prediction residual of each of the components; a transformer configured to generate transform coefficients by performing a transform process on the prediction residual; a quantization controller configured to determine a scaling list to be used in a quantization process on the transform coefficients; and a quantizer configured to perform the quantization process on the transform coefficients by using the determined scaling list, wherein the quantization controller is configured to determine the scaling list, based on the color space transform process.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/18 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a set of transform coefficients
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding

43.

DECODING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND DECODING METHOD

      
Application Number JP2021023481
Publication Number 2022/130663
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-06-21
Publication Date 2022-06-23
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

A decoding method comprising: outputting, by decoding a bitstream, a transformation coefficient for each color component of a block, a first flag that indicates, for each color component, whether the block includes a nonzero transformation coefficient, and a second flag that indicates whether the block is encoded using color space conversion in which a color space of a prediction residual is converted from the color space of an original image to another color space; if the second flag indicates that the block is encoded using the color space conversion, carrying out a color space reverse conversion with respect to the prediction residual restored from the transformation coefficients; and, on the basis of the first flag of a chroma component and the second flag, determining whether to carry out chroma residual scaling in which the prediction residual of the chroma component is scaled on the basis of a luma component corresponding with the chroma component.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/126 - Quantisation - Details of normalisation or weighting functions, e.g. normalisation matrices or variable uniform quantisers
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

44.

ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, LIGHTING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT

      
Application Number JP2021046673
Publication Number 2022/131355
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-12-17
Publication Date 2022-06-23
Owner
  • NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD. (Japan)
  • NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kuwada, Kenji
  • Morii, Katsuyuki
  • Hasegawa, Munehiro
  • Sasaki, Tsubasa
  • Fukagawa, Hirohiko
  • Oono, Taku
  • Shimizu, Takahisa

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a flexible organic electroluminescent element that has higher characteristics at a lower cost. In particular, the present invention aims to solve at least one of the problem of improvement of the service life with driving at a low voltage and the problem of the achievement of an organic electroluminescent element that has good luminescence and excellent stability in the atmosphere. The present invention relates to an organic electroluminescent element which comprises at least a pair of electrodes and an organic layer that is arranged between the electrodes, and which is characterized in that: a metal species that is capable of forming a coordinate bond and an organic material are respectively contained in a metal electron injection layer and an organic electron injection layer, which are adjacent to the negative electrode; and the metal electron injection layer and the organic electron injection layer are configured in this order.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)
  • G09F 9/00 - Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements
  • G09F 9/30 - Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements
  • H01L 27/32 - Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including components using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part with components specially adapted for light emission, e.g. flat-panel displays using organic light-emitting diodes
  • H05B 33/10 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture of electroluminescent light sources
  • H05B 33/26 - Light sources with substantially two-dimensional radiating surfaces characterised by the composition or arrangement of the conductive material used as an electrode

45.

ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number 17680945
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-02-25
First Publication Date 2022-06-09
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

An encoding device that performs encoding on each of blocks obtained by dividing an image includes: a weighted bi-predictor 181a configured to generate a prediction block of an encoding-target block by weighted-averaging a plurality of reference images using weighted coefficients selected from a weighted coefficient set including a plurality of weighted coefficients; and a filter controller 161 configured to control deblocking filter based on the weighted coefficients applied by the weighted bi-predictor 181a to each of the two blocks adjacent blocks.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/82 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals - Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation involving filtering within a prediction loop
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process

46.

ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number 17681296
Status Pending
Filing Date 2022-02-25
First Publication Date 2022-06-09
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

An encoding device 1 includes: a merge predictor 181a configured to generate area prediction images using motion vectors of a plurality of divided areas obtained by dividing an encoding-target block and merge areas at boundaries of a plurality of the generated area prediction images through weighted averaging to generate a prediction block of the encoding-target block: and a filter controller 161 configured to control the deblocking filter based on a position of a merged area merged by the merge predictor 181a through the weighted averaging.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/513 - Processing of motion vectors
  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding
  • H04N 19/86 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using pre-processing or post-processing specially adapted for video compression involving reduction of coding artifacts, e.g. of blockiness
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

47.

NHK

      
Application Number 1662396
Status Registered
Filing Date 2022-02-15
Registration Date 2022-02-15
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
NICE Classes  ?
  • 09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
  • 16 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials
  • 38 - Telecommunications services
  • 41 - Education, entertainment, sporting and cultural services

Goods & Services

Computer programs; computer software applications, downloadable; downloadable music files; downloadable image files; recorded video discs and video tapes; electronic publications; exposed cinematographic films; audio and video recorded CD-ROMs. Paper and cardboard; stationery; printed matter; photographs. Telecommunications; mobile telephone communication; telex transmission; communications by computer terminals; communications by telegrams; communications by telephone; communications by facsimile; radio and telephone paging services; television broadcasting; cable television broadcasting; radio broadcasting; satellite television broadcasting services; providing information in the field of telecommunications; news agency services. Arranging, conducting and organization of seminars; providing electronic publications; providing online electronic publications, not downloadable; publication of books; on-line publication of electronic books and periodicals; arranging and planning of movies, shows, plays or musical performances; providing videos from the Internet, not downloadable; providing digital music from the Internet, not downloadable; presentation of musical performances; production of radio or television programs; providing television programs, not downloadable, via video-on-demand services; production of videotape film in the field of education, culture, entertainment or sports [not for movies or television programs and not for advertising or publicity]; directing of radio and television programs; organization of entertainment events; organization of exhibitions for cultural or educational purposes; dubbing.

48.

Image encoding device, image decoding device and program

      
Application Number 17649474
Grant Number 11647224
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-01-31
First Publication Date 2022-05-19
Grant Date 2023-05-09
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

An image encoding device encodes a block-based target image. The image encoding device comprises, in a transform skip mode in which orthogonal transform processing of the target image is skipped, a motion compensation predictor configured to generate a prediction image corresponding to the target image by performing motion compensation prediction using a plurality of reference images, an evaluator configured to evaluate a degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images on a pixel-by-pixel basis, a subtractor configured to calculate prediction residuals each indicating a difference between the target image and the prediction image on a pixel-by-pixel basis, a rearranger configured to rearrange the prediction residuals based on a result of evaluation by the evaluator and an encoder configured to encode the prediction residuals rearranged by the rearranger.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/137 - Motion inside a coding unit, e.g. average field, frame or block difference
  • H04N 19/573 - Motion compensation with multiple frame prediction using two or more reference frames in a given prediction direction
  • H04N 19/129 - Scanning of coding units, e.g. zig-zag scan of transform coefficients or flexible macroblock ordering [FMO]
  • H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock

49.

Image encoding device, image decoding device, and the programs thereof

      
Application Number 17646832
Grant Number 11647195
Status In Force
Filing Date 2022-01-03
First Publication Date 2022-04-28
Grant Date 2023-05-09
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Morita, Yasuko
  • Sakaida, Shinichi

Abstract

An image coding device is provided with a determination unit which determines whether to apply an orthogonal transform to a transform block obtained by dividing a prediction difference signal indicating a difference between an input image and a predicted image or perform a transform skip by which the orthogonal transform is not applied, and an orthogonal transform unit which performs processing selected on the basis of the determination, the image coding device comprising a quantization unit which, when the transform skip is selected on the basis of the determination, quantizes the transform block using a first quantization matrix in which the quantization roughnesses of all elements previously shared with a decoding side are equal, and when the orthogonal transform is applied to the transform block on the basis of the determination, quantizes the transform block using the first quantization matrix or a second quantization matrix that is transmitted to the decoding side.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/126 - Quantisation - Details of normalisation or weighting functions, e.g. normalisation matrices or variable uniform quantisers
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
  • H04N 19/107 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode between spatial and temporal predictive coding, e.g. picture refresh
  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/139 - Analysis of motion vectors, e.g. their magnitude, direction, variance or reliability
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/18 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a set of transform coefficients
  • H04N 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding
  • H04N 19/12 - Selection from among a plurality of transforms or standards, e.g. selection between discrete cosine transform [DCT] and sub-band transform or selection between H.263 and H.264
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

50.

Intra prediction device, image decoding device and program

      
Application Number 17645916
Grant Number 11431970
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-12-23
First Publication Date 2022-04-21
Grant Date 2022-08-30
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

An intra prediction device performing intra prediction on a luminance block and a chrominance block includes: a chrominance candidate specifier configured to specify a mode number of an intra prediction mode applied to the luminance block corresponding to the chrominance block as one of candidates for an intra prediction mode to be applied to the chrominance block; and a chrominance prediction mode converter configured to convert the mode number before conversion specified by the chrominance candidate specifier using a conversion table and output a mode number after conversion. In the conversion table, for directional prediction, a given number of mode numbers in ascending order of the mode number among the mode numbers before conversion are associated with a given number of mode numbers in descending order of the mode number among the mode numbers after conversion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
  • H04N 19/11 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction

51.

Encoding device, decoding device and program

      
Application Number 17560890
Grant Number 11647233
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-12-23
First Publication Date 2022-04-14
Grant Date 2023-05-09
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

An encoding device comprises: a transformer/quantizer configured to perform a transform process and a quantization process on a residual signal that represents a difference between an encoding-target block and a prediction block obtained by predicting the encoding-target block; an inverse quantizer/inverse transformer configured to restore the residual signal by performing an inverse quantization process and an inverse transform process on transform coefficients obtained by the transformer/quantizer; a combiner configured to reconstruct the encoding-target block by combining the restored residual signal and the prediction block; a deblocking filter configured to perform a filter process on a boundary between two blocks including the reconstructed block and a block adjacent to the reconstructed block; and a filter controller configured to control the deblocking filter, based on a type of the transform process applied with respect to the two blocks.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 11/02 - Colour television systems with bandwidth reduction
  • H04N 19/86 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using pre-processing or post-processing specially adapted for video compression involving reduction of coding artifacts, e.g. of blockiness
  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/132 - Sampling, masking or truncation of coding units, e.g. adaptive resampling, frame skipping, frame interpolation or high-frequency transform coefficient masking
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/18 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a set of transform coefficients
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

52.

Encoding device, decoding device, encoding method, and decoding method

      
Application Number 17457209
Grant Number 11736689
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-12-01
First Publication Date 2022-03-24
Grant Date 2023-08-22
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke

Abstract

An encoding device 1 includes: a transformation unit 13 configured to calculate an orthogonal transform coefficient by performing an orthogonal transformation process on a residual image indicating a difference between the input image and a predicted image of the input image; a quantization unit 14 configured to generate a quantization coefficient by quantizing the orthogonal transform coefficient on the basis of a quantization parameter; an entropy encoding unit 24 configured to generate encoded data by encoding the quantization coefficient; an image decoding unit 10 configured to restore an orthogonal transform coefficient from the quantization coefficient on the basis of the quantization parameter and generate a reconstructed image by adding the predicted image to a residual image restored by performing inverse orthogonal transformation on the orthogonal transform coefficient; and a deblocking filtering unit 18 configured to perform a filtering process on the reconstructed image, wherein the deblocking filtering unit 18 controls a filtering strength depending on a luminance signal level of the reconstructed image and the quantization parameter.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding
  • H04N 1/41 - Bandwidth or redundancy reduction
  • H04N 19/82 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals - Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation involving filtering within a prediction loop
  • H04N 19/86 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using pre-processing or post-processing specially adapted for video compression involving reduction of coding artifacts, e.g. of blockiness
  • H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
  • H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties

53.

Organic electroluminescent element

      
Application Number 17414762
Grant Number 11963433
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-12-06
First Publication Date 2022-03-03
Grant Date 2024-04-16
Owner
  • The University of Tokyo (Japan)
  • Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japan)
  • Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Someya, Takao
  • Yokota, Tomoyuki
  • Fukagawa, Hirohiko
  • Shimizu, Takahisa
  • Morii, Katsuyuki
  • Goya, Tsuyoshi
  • Kuwada, Kenji

Abstract

The present invention provides an organic electroluminescence device capable of having not only a device lifetime comparable to that of an existing organic electroluminescence device but also a small thickness of smaller than 10 μm and excellent flexibility. The present invention relates to an organic electroluminescence device having a structure including: an anode; a cathode on a substrate; and a laminate of multiple layers between the anode and the cathode, the device having a thickness of smaller than 10 μm.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01L 33/00 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof
  • H10K 71/40 - Thermal treatment, e.g. annealing in the presence of a solvent vapour
  • H10K 71/80 - Manufacture or treatment specially adapted for the organic devices covered by this subclass using temporary substrates
  • H10K 71/00 - Manufacture or treatment specially adapted for the organic devices covered by this subclass

54.

NHK

      
Serial Number 79340910
Status Registered
Filing Date 2022-02-15
Registration Date 2023-12-19
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
NICE Classes  ?
  • 38 - Telecommunications services
  • 41 - Education, entertainment, sporting and cultural services

Goods & Services

Telecommunications, namely, mobile telephone communication, electronic bulletin board services, transmission of electronic mail, communications by computer terminals, communications by fiber optic networks, facsimile transmission, local and long distance transmission of voice, data, graphics and video by means of telephone, telegraph, cable, and satellite transmissions, aeronautical digital network telecommunications services, telecommunication access services, local and long distance transmission of voice, data, graphics and video by means of broadband optical or wireless networks; mobile telephone communication; transmission of messages; communications by computer terminals; communications by telegrams; communications by telephone; communications by facsimile; radio and telephone paging services; television broadcasting; cable television broadcasting; radio broadcasting; satellite television broadcasting services; providing information in the field of telecommunications; news agency services for electronic transmission; news agency services, namely, the transmission of news items to news reporting organizations Arranging, conducting and organization of seminars in the field of arts, crafts, fashion, travel, culture, music, producing videos, producing television programs, producing motion pictures, current event news, producing documentaries, commentary on current events, education, history, social studies, science, hobbies, sports, games, cultural events, and producing drama, comedy and entertainment-related programs; providing online non-downloadable electronic publications in the nature of books, magazines, catalogs, manuals, brochures, and e-zines in the field of current event news, dramas, plays, sporting events, concerts, cultural events, television, television entertainment, education, beauty and lifestyle, science and nature; publication of books; on-line publication of electronic books and periodicals; planning arrangement of showing movies, shows, plays or musical performances; providing videos from the Internet, not downloadable, in the field of education, culture, current events, nature, travel, landscapes, concerts, plays, dramas, comedies, movies, cultural events, art, sporting events, entertainment, lifestyle, science, technology, current event news, health and wellness; providing digital music from the Internet, not downloadable; presentation of musical performances; production of radio or television programs; providing television programs, not downloadable, via video-on-demand transmission services; production of videotape film in the field of education, culture, entertainment or sports, not for movies or television programs and not for advertising or publicity; directing of radio and television programs; entertainment services in the nature of organizing social entertainment events; organization of exhibitions for cultural or educational purposes; dubbing

55.

Encoding device, decoding device, and program

      
Application Number 17494010
Grant Number 11750822
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-10-05
First Publication Date 2022-01-27
Grant Date 2023-09-05
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

a generates the predicted image by using a reference pixel positioned on at least one of a right side and a lower side, perform orthogonal transformation processing on the residual signal after inverting a basis of at least one of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding
  • H04N 19/12 - Selection from among a plurality of transforms or standards, e.g. selection between discrete cosine transform [DCT] and sub-band transform or selection between H.263 and H.264
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
  • H04N 19/129 - Scanning of coding units, e.g. zig-zag scan of transform coefficients or flexible macroblock ordering [FMO]

56.

Image encoding device, image decoding device and program

      
Application Number 17471734
Grant Number 11849145
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-09-10
First Publication Date 2021-12-30
Grant Date 2023-12-19
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

b configured to correct the prediction pixels by performing the weighted combining processing on reference pixels adjacent to the encoding target block and the prediction pixels.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding
  • H04N 19/11 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes
  • H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock

57.

DEBLOCKING FILTER DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2021021814
Publication Number 2021/251398
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-06-08
Publication Date 2021-12-16
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Kondo, Yuichi
  • Iguchi, Kazuhisa
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

This deblocking filter device according to a first embodiment comprises: a deblocking filter that performs filtering with respect to the boundary between a first reconstruction block and a second reconstruction block adjacent to the first reconstruction block; and a filter control unit that controls the boundary filtering strength of the deblocking filter on the basis of whether at least one of the first reconstruction block and the second reconstruction block is encoded using joint coding of chroma residuals (JCCR) that generates one joint prediction residual from prediction residuals of the Cb color difference component and of the Cr color difference component.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/86 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using pre-processing or post-processing specially adapted for video compression involving reduction of coding artifacts, e.g. of blockiness

58.

DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2021021816
Publication Number 2021/251400
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-06-08
Publication Date 2021-12-16
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Kondo, Yuichi
  • Iguchi, Kazuhisa
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

Provided is a decoding device for decoding a block obtained by dividing an original image, the decoding device comprising: an entropy decoding unit for outputting a conversion coefficient corresponding to the block by decoding an encoded stream; an inverse quantization/inverse conversion unit for recovering a prediction residual corresponding to the block by performing an inverse quantization process and an inverse conversion process on the conversion coefficient; a synthesizing unit for recovering the block by synthesizing the recovered prediction residual and a predicted block obtained by predicting the block; a deblocking filter for performing a filter process with respect to a boundary of a pair of blocks comprising the recovered block and a previously recovered block adjacent to the block; and a filter control unit for controlling the boundary filtering strength of the deblocking filter on the basis of whether at least one of the pair of blocks is encoded using joint coding of chroma residual (JCCR) where one combined prediction residual is generated from the prediction residual of each of a Cb color difference component and a Cr color difference component.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/86 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using pre-processing or post-processing specially adapted for video compression involving reduction of coding artifacts, e.g. of blockiness

59.

ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2021016100
Publication Number 2021/215454
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-04-20
Publication Date 2021-10-28
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

This encoding device performs encoding on a per-block-to-be-encoded basis and comprises: a prediction unit that generates, on a per-component basis, a prediction block which corresponds to the block to be encoded; a residual generation unit that generates, on a per–component basis, a prediction residual which indicates the difference between the block to be encoded and the prediction block; a color space conversion unit that subjects the prediction residual for each component to a color space conversion process; a conversion unit that subjects the prediction residual to a conversion process so as to generate a conversion coefficient; a quantization control unit that determines a scaling list for use in a quantization process of the conversion coefficient; and a quantization unit that uses the determined scaling list to subject the conversion coefficient to the quantization process, wherein the quantization control unit determines the scaling list on the basis of the color space conversion process.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/126 - Quantisation - Details of normalisation or weighting functions, e.g. normalisation matrices or variable uniform quantisers
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

60.

IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM THEREOF

      
Application Number 17354881
Status Pending
Filing Date 2021-06-22
First Publication Date 2021-10-14
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Sakaida, Shinichi

Abstract

An image encoding device 1 of the present disclosure includes a neighboring pixel non-reference predictor 11 configured to generate a predicted image by a predetermined neighboring pixel non-reference prediction for each pixel signal of an original image in a block unit, a filter processor 12 configured to perform a low-pass filter process on a prediction signal located at a boundary of a block of the predicted image by using a decoded neighboring signal neighboring to the predicted image under a predetermined control, a prediction residual signal generator 55 configured to generate a prediction residual signal of the block unit by using the predicted image, an orthogonal transformer 14 configured to perform an orthogonal transformation process on the prediction residual signal of the block unit under the predetermined control, and an orthogonal transformation selection controller 25 configured to control the filter processor 12 and the orthogonal transformer 14 and generate a predetermined transformation type identification signal. An image decoding device 5 of the present disclosure performs a decoding process based on a transformation type identification signal at the time of the predetermined neighboring pixel non-reference prediction.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation

61.

ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2021014872
Publication Number 2021/206137
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-04-08
Publication Date 2021-10-14
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

An encoding device that performs encoding for each block to be encoded, the encoding device comprising: a prediction unit that generates a prediction block corresponding to the block to be encoded for each component; a residual creation unit that creates a prediction residual representing a difference between the block to be encoded and the prediction block for each component; a color space conversion unit that performs color space conversion processing with respect to the prediction residual for each component; a conversion unit that generates a conversion coefficient by performing conversion processing with respect to the prediction residual; a quantization control unit that determines a scaling list to be used for quantization processing with respect to the conversion coefficient; and a quantization unit that performs the quantization processing with respect to the conversion coefficient using the determined scaling list, the quantization control unit determining the scaling list on the basis of the color space conversion processing.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/126 - Quantisation - Details of normalisation or weighting functions, e.g. normalisation matrices or variable uniform quantisers
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

62.

DEBLOCKING FILTER CONTROL DEVICE AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2021014144
Publication Number 2021/201215
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-04-01
Publication Date 2021-10-07
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

A deblocking filter control device for controlling a deblocking filtering process on decoded images comprises: a parameter derivation unit for deriving a parameter value for controlling filter strength in the deblocking filtering process; and a parameter conversion unit for converting the parameter value on the basis of an input bit depth, which is the bit depth of a video signal, thereby outputting a converted parameter value. When the input bit depth is less than a prescribed bit depth, the parameter conversion unit performs a bit shift on the result of having added an offset value to the parameter value and thereby outputs the converted parameter value. The parameter conversion unit changes the offset value on the basis of the input bit depth.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock

63.

ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2021014155
Publication Number 2021/201222
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-04-01
Publication Date 2021-10-07
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

An encoding device according to the present invention comprises: a quantization unit that performs quantization processing; a loop filter that performs adaptation loop filter processing; and an entropy encoding unit that includes an adaptation parameter set in a bit stream and outputs the result. The adaptation parameter set includes: encoding tool type information indicating which parameter, from among parameter candidates that include either scaling list parameters comprising parameters for a scaling list for controlling the quantization processing or adaptation loop filter parameters comprising parameters for a filter coefficient used in the adaptation loop filter processing, to include in the adaptation parameter set; and a chrominance parameter present flag indicating whether a parameter for a chrominance signal is present in the adaptation parameter set. The chrominance parameter present flag is applied in common to the scaling list parameters and the adaptation loop filter parameters.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

64.

Luminance deblock filtering encoding device, decoding device, and program

      
Application Number 17237780
Grant Number 11457241
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-04-22
First Publication Date 2021-08-05
Grant Date 2022-09-27
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Iguchi, Kazuhisa

Abstract

An encoding device 1 includes: a transformer 13 configured to calculate an orthogonal transform coefficient by performing an orthogonal transformation process on a residual image indicating a difference between the input image and a predicted image of the input image; a quantizer 14 configured to generate quantization coefficient by quantizing the orthogonal transform coefficient based on a quantization parameter; an entropy encoder 24 configured to generate encoded data by encoding the quantization coefficient; an image decoder 10 configured to restore an orthogonal transform coefficient from the quantization coefficient based on the quantization parameter and generate a pre-filtering image by adding the predicted image to a residual image restored by performing inverse orthogonal transformation on the orthogonal transform coefficient; and a deblocking filter 18 configured to perform a filtering process on the pre-filtering image and control a filtering strength depending on a result of comparison between a luminance signal level of the pre-filtering image and a luminance threshold value.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/60 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding
  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

65.

Image encoding device, image decoding device and program

      
Application Number 17205267
Grant Number 11812015
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-03-18
First Publication Date 2021-07-29
Grant Date 2023-11-07
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

An image encoding device that divides an image into blocks and encodes on each of the blocks, the image encoding device includes: a sub-area divider configured to divide a target block to be encoded into a plurality of sub-areas; a reference direction determiner configured to determine a reference direction that indicates in which direction an encoded block to be referenced is located among encoded blocks around the target block; a motion vector deriver configured to derive a motion vector for each of the sub-areas by referencing a motion vector applied in inter prediction of an encoded block located in the determined reference direction; and a prediction image generator configured to generate a prediction image on the target block by performing inter prediction on each of the sub-areas by using the derived motion vector. The image encoding device configured to encode reference direction information that indicates the determined reference direction, and output a stream.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/137 - Motion inside a coding unit, e.g. average field, frame or block difference
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock

66.

ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2020048304
Publication Number 2021/132404
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-12-23
Publication Date 2021-07-01
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

This encoding device for encoding an image formed from a luminance signal and a color difference signal in units of blocks which are obtained by dividing the image, is provided with: a prediction unit for predicting a subject color difference block which is a to-be-encoded block of the color difference signal and generating a prediction color difference block; a residual generation unit that generates a color difference predictive residue representing a difference between the subject color difference block and the prediction color difference block; and a transformation unit that generates a transformation coefficient by applying a transformation process to the color difference predictive residue. The transformation unit controls the type of transformation to be applied for the transformation process in accordance with the signal format of the image.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/12 - Selection from among a plurality of transforms or standards, e.g. selection between discrete cosine transform [DCT] and sub-band transform or selection between H.263 and H.264
  • H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process

67.

TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND RECEIVING DEVICE

      
Application Number JP2020048758
Publication Number 2021/132574
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-12-25
Publication Date 2021-07-01
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor Aoki Shuichi

Abstract

This transmission device (30, 30a), which transmits to a receiving device (40, 40a) multiple video signals imaged from different positions, is provided with: a control unit (32) which, with the video signals having been divided into multiple groups depending on the imaging position, assigns IDs for identifying the group; and a communication interface (37) which transmits to the receiving device (40, 40a) video signals to which an ID has been assigned.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 21/2187 - Live feed
  • H04N 21/235 - Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
  • H04N 21/2365 - Multiplexing of several video streams
  • H04N 21/2668 - Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. by inserting targeted commercials into a video stream based on end-user profiles

68.

Image encoding device, image decoding device and program

      
Application Number 17175098
Grant Number 11368716
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-02-12
First Publication Date 2021-06-10
Grant Date 2022-06-21
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

a) generates a predicted chroma block through cross-component intra prediction in which a chroma block to be encoded is predicted by referring to, as the neighbouring decoded pixels adjacent to the chroma block, decoded luminance pixels and decoded chroma pixels, a candidate generator (181) configured to generate candidates for an orthogonal transform type to be applied to orthogonal transform processing on prediction residuals that represent errors between the predicted chroma block and the chroma block; and a transformer (121) configured to perform the orthogonal transform processing on the chroma prediction residuals by using an orthogonal transform type selected from among the candidates generated by the candidate generator (181). The candidate generator (181) generates the candidates for the orthogonal transform type, depending on whether or not positions of the neighbouring decoded pixels referred to in cross-component intra prediction are to only any one of a top, a bottom, a left, and a right of a chroma block.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/11 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/12 - Selection from among a plurality of transforms or standards, e.g. selection between discrete cosine transform [DCT] and sub-band transform or selection between H.263 and H.264
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding

69.

Encoding device, decoding device, and program

      
Application Number 17178961
Grant Number 11546585
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-02-18
First Publication Date 2021-06-10
Grant Date 2023-01-03
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

An encoding device (1) according to the present invention includes: an encoding processing order determiner (11) configured to determine encoding processing order of blocks to be encoded; an intra-prediction mode candidate generator (12) configured to generate intra-prediction mode candidates of the blocks to be encoded, based on the encoding processing order; an intra-prediction mode determiner (13) configured to determine intra-prediction modes to be applied to the blocks to be encoded from the intra-prediction mode candidates; an intra predictor (14) configured to perform intra-prediction processing on the blocks to be encoded, based on the determined encoding processing order and the intra-prediction modes; and an entropy encoder (15) configured to perform entropy encoding processing on the encoding processing order and the intra-prediction modes.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/11 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction

70.

Intra prediction device, image encoding device, image decoding device and program

      
Application Number 17174882
Grant Number 11647206
Status In Force
Filing Date 2021-02-12
First Publication Date 2021-06-03
Grant Date 2023-05-09
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

a) of decoded pixel values around the target block.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component

71.

INTRA PREDICTION DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2020041100
Publication Number 2021/100450
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-11-02
Publication Date 2021-05-27
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

This intra prediction device uses intra prediction to predict luma blocks and chroma blocks generated by dividing an image. The intra prediction device comprises a cross component linear model prediction unit which uses a linear model computed from the respective reference pixels of the luma and chroma neighboring a chroma block to predict said chroma block from a decoded luma block that is in a position corresponding to the position of the chroma block. The cross component linear model prediction unit has a reference pixel position selection unit which, on the basis of a luma intra prediction mode that is the intra prediction mode applied to the intra prediction of the decoded luma block, selects linear model computation pixel positions that are the positions of the aforementioned reference pixels used to compute the linear model.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques

72.

ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2020035156
Publication Number 2021/054380
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-09-16
Publication Date 2021-03-25
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

A decoding device comprising: a prediction unit that, for each component, generates a predicted block corresponding to a block to be encoded; a residual generation unit that generates, for each component, a predicted residual indicating the difference between the block to be encoded and the predicted block; a mode selection unit that selects either an individual encoding mode in which conversion processing and quantization processing are performed for each single component, on the predicted residual for a first component and the predicted residual for a second component, or a combined encoding mode in which conversion processing and quantization processing are performed on a combined predicted residual generated from the predicted residual for the first component and the predicted residual for the second component; and a quantization control unit that, on the basis of the mode selected by the mode selection unit, determines a quantization matrix to be applied to the quantization processing.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/126 - Quantisation - Details of normalisation or weighting functions, e.g. normalisation matrices or variable uniform quantisers
  • H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

73.

ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2020033129
Publication Number 2021/045059
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-09-01
Publication Date 2021-03-11
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

This encoding device performs encoding in block units produced by dividing an image, the device comprising a filter control unit 161 that controls the filter strength of a deblocking filter on the basis of a quantization parameter and a quantization matrix used in quantization processing and inverse quantization processing. The quantization parameter is configured so that a single value is set for a single block. The quantization matrix is a matrix comprising values set for each component within a single block.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/86 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using pre-processing or post-processing specially adapted for video compression involving reduction of coding artifacts, e.g. of blockiness

74.

CHARGE GENERATION LAYER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, LIGHTING DEVICE, AND ORGANIC THIN FILM SOLAR CELL

      
Application Number JP2020032954
Publication Number 2021/045020
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-08-31
Publication Date 2021-03-11
Owner
  • NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
  • NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Fukagawa Hirohiko
  • Shimizu Takahisa
  • Sasaki Tsubasa
  • Oono Taku
  • Hasegawa Munehiro
  • Morii Katsuyuki

Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a charge generation layer which can be produced by co-deposition and does not easily deteriorate even in the presence of oxygen or moisture. The solution resolving the problem is a charge generation layer (10) comprising a layer (1) composed of a hole-transporting material and an electron-accepting material, and a layer (2) composed of an electron-transporting material and an electron-donating material, the charge generation layer (10) being characterized in that: the electron-accepting material contains a substituent selected from among fluorine, chlorine, a cyano group, a nitro group, and a carbonyl group; and the electron-donating material is selected from among a tertiary amine having an acid dissociation constant pKa of at least 1, a phosphazene compound, a guanidine compound, a heterocyclic compound containing an amidine structure, a hydrocarbon compound having a ring structure, a phenanthroline-based compound, a terpyridine-based compound, and a cyclic pyridine-based compound, and does not contain alkali metal and metal oxide.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01L 51/46 - Selection of materials
  • H01L 51/48 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices or of parts thereof
  • G09F 9/30 - Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements
  • H01L 27/32 - Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including components using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part with components specially adapted for light emission, e.g. flat-panel displays using organic light-emitting diodes
  • H05B 33/10 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture of electroluminescent light sources
  • H05B 33/12 - Light sources with substantially two-dimensional radiating surfaces
  • H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)

75.

ORGANIC THIN FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC THIN FILM, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, LIGHTING DEVICE, ORGANIC THIN FILM SOLAR CELL, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, COATING COMPOSITION AND MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENTS

      
Application Number JP2020033542
Publication Number 2021/045178
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-09-04
Publication Date 2021-03-11
Owner
  • NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
  • NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Fukagawa, Hirohiko
  • Shimizu, Takahisa
  • Sasaki, Tsubasa
  • Oono, Taku
  • Hasegawa, Munehiro
  • Morii, Katsuyuki
  • Fukudome, Hiroki

Abstract

The present invention provides an organic thin film which enables the achievement of excellent electron injection properties and electron transport properties if used in an electron injection layer of an organic EL element. The present invention relates to an organic thin film which is characterized by: being a single film containing a first material that is a hexahydropyrimidopyrimidine compound having a structure represented by general formula (1) and a second material that transports electrons; or being a multilayer film comprising a film that contains the first material and a film that contains the second material. (In general formula (1), R1 represents an optionally substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic heterocyclic group, an aryl alkylene group, a divalent to tetravalent chain or cyclic hydrocarbon group, a group that is obtained by combining two or more of these groups, or a group that is obtained by combining one or more of these groups and a nitrogen atom; and n represents an integer from 1 to 4.)

IPC Classes  ?

  • C09K 11/06 - Luminescent, e.g. electroluminescent, chemiluminescent, materials containing organic luminescent materials
  • H01L 51/46 - Selection of materials
  • G09F 9/30 - Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements
  • H01L 27/32 - Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including components using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part with components specially adapted for light emission, e.g. flat-panel displays using organic light-emitting diodes
  • H01L 51/05 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier; Capacitors or resistors with at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier
  • H01L 51/30 - Selection of materials
  • H01L 29/786 - Thin-film transistors
  • H05B 33/10 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture of electroluminescent light sources
  • H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)

76.

ORGANIC THIN FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC THIN FILM, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, LIGHTING DEVICE, ORGANIC THIN FILM SOLAR CELL, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, COATING COMPOSITION AND MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENTS

      
Application Number JP2020033545
Publication Number 2021/045179
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-09-04
Publication Date 2021-03-11
Owner
  • NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
  • NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Fukagawa, Hirohiko
  • Shimizu, Takahisa
  • Sasaki, Tsubasa
  • Hasegawa, Munehiro
  • Morii, Katsuyuki
  • Fukudome, Hiroki

Abstract

The present invention provides: an organic thin film which is capable of achieving excellent electron injection properties and electron transport properties if used in an electron injection layer of an organic EL element; and a coating composition which is suitable for use in the production of this organic thin film; and a material for organic EL elements, said material serving as a starting material for this organic thin film or this coating composition. The present invention provides an organic thin film which is characterized by being: a single film that contains a first material which is a compound having a structure represented by general formula (1) and a second material which transports electrons; or a multilayer film that is composed of a film containing the first material and another film containing the second material. (In general formula (1), X1and X2may be the same or different, and each represents an optionally substituted nitrogen atom, oxygen atom, sulfur atom or a divalent linking group; L represents a direct bond or a p-valent linking group; n represents a number of 0 or 1; p represents a number from 1 to 4; q represents a number of 0 or 1, and in cases where p is 1, q is 0; R1to R3may be the same or different, and each represents a monovalent substituent; and m1to m3 may be the same or different, and each represents a number from 0 to 3.)

IPC Classes  ?

  • C07D 471/04 - Ortho-condensed systems
  • H01L 51/46 - Selection of materials
  • G09F 9/30 - Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements
  • H01L 27/32 - Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including components using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part with components specially adapted for light emission, e.g. flat-panel displays using organic light-emitting diodes
  • H01L 51/05 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier; Capacitors or resistors with at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier
  • H01L 51/30 - Selection of materials
  • H01L 29/786 - Thin-film transistors
  • H05B 33/10 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture of electroluminescent light sources
  • H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)

77.

ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2020032782
Publication Number 2021/040036
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-08-28
Publication Date 2021-03-04
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

This encoding device for encoding each of blocks obtained by dividing an image, is provided with: a weighted bi-prediction unit 181a that performs a weighted mean process with respect to a plurality of reference images by using a weight coefficient selected from a weight coefficient set comprising a plurality of weight coefficients, and that generates a prediction block of a to-be encoded block; and a filter control unit 161 that controls a deblocking filter on the basis of the weighted coefficient employed by the weighted bi-prediction unit 181a for each of two adjacent blocks.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/86 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using pre-processing or post-processing specially adapted for video compression involving reduction of coding artifacts, e.g. of blockiness

78.

ENCODING APPARATUS, DECODING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2020032783
Publication Number 2021/040037
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-08-28
Publication Date 2021-03-04
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

An encoding apparatus 1 is provided with: a composing/predicting unit 181a which, using a motion vector with respect to each of a plurality of divided regions obtained by dividing a block to be encoded, generates a plurality of region predicting images, and combines, by taking a weighted mean, boundary regions of the plurality of region predicting images that have been generated, to thereby generate a predicted block of the block to be encoded; and a filter control unit 161 which controls a deblocking filter 160 on the basis of the position of a composed region obtained by the weighted-mean composing performed by the composing/predicting unit 181a.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/86 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using pre-processing or post-processing specially adapted for video compression involving reduction of coding artifacts, e.g. of blockiness

79.

Prediction image correcting device, image encoding device, image decoding device, and program

      
Application Number 17062306
Grant Number 11622127
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-10-02
First Publication Date 2021-01-21
Grant Date 2023-04-04
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

A prediction image correcting device comprises a predictor (108) configured to predict a target image block obtained by dividing a present image frame by using a plurality of reference images to generate a prediction image corresponding to the target image block a prediction accuracy evaluator (109) configured to evaluate prediction accuracy of the prediction image based on a degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images used for generating the prediction image and a corrector (110) configured to perform correction processing on the prediction image by using a decoded neighboring block adjacent to the target image block, wherein the corrector is configured to control the correction processing based at least on an evaluation result of the prediction accuracy evaluator.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/513 - Processing of motion vectors
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/139 - Analysis of motion vectors, e.g. their magnitude, direction, variance or reliability
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock

80.

Device and method for allocating code amounts to intra prediction modes

      
Application Number 17036931
Grant Number 11388414
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-09-29
First Publication Date 2021-01-14
Grant Date 2022-07-12
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

An image encoding device (1) according to a first feature encodes blocks obtained by dividing an original image of a frame included in a video. The image encoding device (1) includes a code amount allocator (180) configured to allocate a code amount to each of a plurality of intra prediction modes defined in advance, a mode selector (171) configured to select an intra prediction mode to be applied to a target block of intra prediction from among the plurality of intra prediction modes, and an encoder (130) configured to encode identification information indicating the selected intra prediction mode in accordance with the allocated code amount. The code amount allocator (180) calculates a feature amount of a plurality of reference pixels adjacent to the target block and changes a manner of allocation of code amounts to the plurality of intra prediction modes based on the calculated feature amount.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/146 - Data rate or code amount at the encoder output
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/11 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes
  • H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques

81.

Image encoding device, image decoding device and program

      
Application Number 17035208
Grant Number 11394958
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-09-28
First Publication Date 2021-01-14
Grant Date 2022-07-19
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Iguchi, Kazuhisa

Abstract

An image encoding device (1) includes a motion compensation predictor (109) configured to generate a prediction image corresponding to a target image by performing motion compensation prediction using a plurality of reference images, and an evaluator (111) configured to evaluate prediction accuracy of the prediction image for each image portion including one or more pixels by calculating a degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images for each image portion.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/60 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding
  • H04N 19/82 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals - Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation involving filtering within a prediction loop
  • G06K 9/62 - Methods or arrangements for recognition using electronic means

82.

Image encoding device, image decoding device and program

      
Application Number 17035997
Grant Number 11496735
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-09-29
First Publication Date 2021-01-14
Grant Date 2022-11-08
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

An image encoding device (1) encodes a block-based target image. The image encoding device (1) comprises: a predictor (109) configured to generate a prediction image corresponding to the target image by performing prediction using a plurality of reference images; an evaluator (111) configured to evaluate a degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images on a pixel-by-pixel basis; a calculator (101) configured to calculate a prediction residual indicating a pixel-based difference between the target image and the prediction image; a determiner (112) configured to determine a partial area, to which an orthogonal transform and quantization are to be applied, of the prediction residual based on a result of the evaluation by the evaluator; and a transformer/quantizer (102) configured to perform an orthogonal transform and quantization only for the partial area in the prediction residual.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
  • H04N 19/122 - Selection of transform size, e.g. 8x8 or 2x4x8 DCT; Selection of sub-band transforms of varying structure or type
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/167 - Position within a video image, e.g. region of interest [ROI]
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

83.

Image encoding device, image decoding device and program

      
Application Number 17036854
Grant Number 11259045
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-09-29
First Publication Date 2021-01-14
Grant Date 2022-02-22
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

An image encoding device encodes a block-based target image. The image encoding device comprises, in a transform skip mode in which orthogonal transform processing of the target image is skipped, a motion compensation predictor configured to generate a prediction image corresponding to the target image by performing motion compensation prediction using a plurality of reference images, an evaluator configured to evaluate a degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images on a pixel-by-pixel basis, a subtractor configured to calculate prediction residuals each indicating a difference between the target image and the prediction image on a pixel-by-pixel basis, a rearranger configured to rearrange the prediction residuals based on a result of evaluation by the evaluator and an encoder configured to encode the prediction residuals rearranged by the rearranger.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/137 - Motion inside a coding unit, e.g. average field, frame or block difference
  • H04N 19/573 - Motion compensation with multiple frame prediction using two or more reference frames in a given prediction direction
  • H04N 19/129 - Scanning of coding units, e.g. zig-zag scan of transform coefficients or flexible macroblock ordering [FMO]
  • H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock

84.

INTRA PREDICTION DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2020024675
Publication Number 2020/262408
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-06-23
Publication Date 2020-12-30
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

An intra prediction device that performs intra prediction to a luminance block and a color-difference block, the intra prediction device comprising a color-difference candidate specification unit and a color-difference prediction mode conversion unit. The color-difference candidate specification unit specifies, as one of candidates of an intra prediction mode to be applied to a color-difference block, a mode number of the intra prediction mode applied to a luminance block corresponding to the color-difference block. Using a conversion table, the color-difference prediction mode conversion unit converts an unconverted mode number specified by the color-difference candidate specification unit and outputs the converted mode number when a color-difference format in which horizontal resolution of color-difference signals is lower than that of luminance signals and vertical resolution of the color-difference signals is equal to that of the luminance signals is applied. The conversion table associates, regarding directional prediction, a fixed number of unconverted mode numbers in an ascending order with a fixed number of converted mode numbers in a descending order.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/11 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes
  • H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component

85.

ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2020024676
Publication Number 2020/262409
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-06-23
Publication Date 2020-12-30
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

An encoding device, comprising: a transform-quantization unit for performing a transform process and a quantization process on a residual signal that represents a different between a block to be encoded and a predictive block obtained by predicting the block to be encoded; an inverse transform-inverse quantization unit for performing an inverse transform process and an inverse quantization process on a transform coefficient obtained by the transform-quantization unit and thereby restoring the residual signal; a synthesizing unit for synthesizing the restored residual signal and the predictive block and thereby restoring the block to be encoded; a deblocking filter for performing filtering on a boundary between two blocks made of the restored block and a block adjacent to the restored block; and a filter control unit for controlling the deblocking filter on the basis of the type of transform process applied to the two blocks.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/86 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using pre-processing or post-processing specially adapted for video compression involving reduction of coding artifacts, e.g. of blockiness

86.

IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2020010326
Publication Number 2020/184566
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-03-10
Publication Date 2020-09-17
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

An image encoding device 1 encodes an encoding target block acquired by dividing an image, and the device comprises: an intra-prediction unit 172 for generating a predicted block by predicting the encoding target block via intra-prediction; and a transformation unit 121 for performing orthogonal transformation processing on a prediction residual that represents the discrepancy of the predicted block relative to the encoding target block. The intra-prediction unit includes: a weight control unit 172c that, on the basis of the type of transformation applied to the orthogonal transformation processing performed by the transformation unit, controls a weighted synthesis process that is dependent on the positions of predicted pixels inside the predicted block; and a correction unit 172b for correcting the predicted pixels by performing the weighted synthesis processing on reference pixels adjacent to the encoding target block and on the predicted pixels.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/12 - Selection from among a plurality of transforms or standards, e.g. selection between discrete cosine transform [DCT] and sub-band transform or selection between H.263 and H.264
  • H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding

87.

Image encoding device, image decoding device, and program thereof

      
Application Number 16860421
Grant Number 11843766
Status In Force
Filing Date 2020-04-28
First Publication Date 2020-08-13
Grant Date 2023-12-12
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Sakaida, Shinichi

Abstract

An image encoding device for block-dividing and encoding an original image of a frame unit constituting a moving image is disclosed that includes a predictor circuitry configured to generate a predicted image, a weighted average processor configured to generate a block of a new predicted image, a prediction residual signal generator circuitry configured to calculate an error of each prediction signal of the block of the predicted image and to generate a prediction residual signal, a sub-block divider circuitry configured to divide the prediction residual signal configured to divide the predict residual signal, and a transformation selection applier circuitry configured to selectively apply a plurality of types of transformation processes for a divided sub-block of the prediction residual signal.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/147 - Data rate or code amount at the encoder output according to rate distortion criteria
  • H04N 19/625 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding using discrete cosine transform [DCT]
  • H04N 19/12 - Selection from among a plurality of transforms or standards, e.g. selection between discrete cosine transform [DCT] and sub-band transform or selection between H.263 and H.264
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding

88.

Organic electroluminescent element

      
Application Number 16647717
Grant Number 11183639
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-09-18
First Publication Date 2020-07-09
Grant Date 2021-11-23
Owner
  • Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. (Japan)
  • Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japan)
Inventor
  • Morii, Katsuyuki
  • Maeda, Kaho
  • Kuriyama, Akiko
  • Fukagawa, Hirohiko
  • Shimizu, Takahisa

Abstract

The present invention provides an organic electroluminescence device having excellent luminous efficiency and excellent luminance. The present invention relates to an organic electroluminescence device including a structure in which a plurality of layers is laminated between an anode and a cathode formed on a substrate; wherein the organic electroluminescence device includes a metal oxide layer between the anode and the cathode; and a nitrogen-containing film layer having an average thickness of not less than 0.1 nm but less than 3 nm adjacent to the metal oxide layer and disposed on an anode side.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H01L 51/00 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof
  • H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)

89.

ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT

      
Application Number JP2019047812
Publication Number 2020/129702
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-12-06
Publication Date 2020-06-25
Owner
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO (Japan)
  • NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
  • NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Someya, Takao
  • Yokota, Tomoyuki
  • Fukagawa, Hirohiko
  • Shimizu, Takahisa
  • Morii, Katsuyuki
  • Goya, Tsuyoshi
  • Kuwada, Kenji

Abstract

The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent element that maintains element life to the same extent as conventional organic electroluminescent elements and provides excellent flexibility having a thickness of less than 10 μm. This organic electroluminescent element has a structure wherein a plurality of layers are laminated between a positive electrode and a negative electrode that is formed upon a substrate. The element has a thickness of less than 10 μm.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H05B 33/02 - Electroluminescent light sources - Details
  • H01L 51/50 - Solid state devices using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of such devices, or of parts thereof specially adapted for light emission, e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLED) or polymer light emitting devices (PLED)
  • H01L 27/32 - Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including components using organic materials as the active part, or using a combination of organic materials with other materials as the active part with components specially adapted for light emission, e.g. flat-panel displays using organic light-emitting diodes

90.

ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2019041254
Publication Number 2020/085278
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-10-21
Publication Date 2020-04-30
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Iguchi, Kazuhisa

Abstract

An encoding device 1 is provided with: a transformation unit 13 that performs orthogonal transformation processing on a residual image between an input image and a prediction image and calculates an orthogonal transformation coefficient; a quantization unit 14 that performs, on the basis of a quantization parameter, quantization on the orthogonal transformation coefficient and generates a quantization coefficient; an entropy encoding unit 24 that encodes the quantization coefficient and generates encoded data; an image decoding unit 10 that restores, on the basis of the quantization parameter, the orthogonal transformation coefficient from the quantization coefficient and adds the prediction image to the residual image restored by performing inverse orthogonal transformation on the orthogonal transformation coefficient to generate an image before filter processing; and a deblocking filter unit 18 that performs filter processing on the image before filter processing, compares a luminance signal level of the image before filter processing with a luminance threshold, and controls filter intensity in accordance with a range of the luminance signal level.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
  • H04N 19/82 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals - Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation involving filtering within a prediction loop

91.

IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2019035813
Publication Number 2020/059616
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-09-12
Publication Date 2020-03-26
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

This image encoding device, which divides an image into blocks and encodes each block, includes: a small region dividing unit which divides a target block to be encoded into a plurality of small regions; a reference direction determination unit which determines a reference direction that shows in which direction an encoded block should be referred to among encoded blocks around the target block; a motion vector deriving unit which derives a motion vector for each small region with reference to a motion vector that has been applied to inter-prediction of the encoded block that is positioned in the determined reference direction; and a prediction image generation unit which generates a prediction image of the target block by performing inter-prediction for the small region by using the derived motion vector, wherein reference direction information, which expresses the determined reference direction, is encoded and output as a stream.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 19/96 - Tree coding, e.g. quad-tree coding

92.

Audio guidance generation device, audio guidance generation method, and broadcasting system

      
Application Number 16611276
Grant Number 11404041
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-05-23
First Publication Date 2020-02-27
Grant Date 2022-08-02
Owner
  • NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
  • NHK Engineering System, Inc. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Kumano, Tadashi
  • Yamada, Ichiro
  • Imai, Atsushi
  • Sumiyoshi, Hideki
  • Yamanouchi, Yuko
  • Shimizu, Toshihiro
  • Seiyama, Nobumasa
  • Sato, Shoei
  • Saito, Reiko
  • Miyazaki, Taro
  • Kurihara, Kiyoshi
  • Ichiki, Manon
  • Takagi, Tohru

Abstract

A message management unit receives and accumulates a message, wherein the message is distributed for every update, is the message data representing a latest situation of a competition, an explanation generation unit generates an explanatory text for conveying unconveyed information detected from the message, based on conveyed information, a speech synthesis unit outputs a speech converted from the explanatory text, wherein the explanation generation unit stores the unconveyed information for the explanatory text as the conveyed information, stands by until completion of completion of the speech, and initiates a procedure for generating a new explanatory text based on updated unconveyed information.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G10L 13/00 - Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
  • G10L 15/00 - Speech recognition
  • G10L 15/02 - Feature extraction for speech recognition; Selection of recognition unit
  • G10L 15/26 - Speech to text systems

93.

ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2019032401
Publication Number 2020/040124
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-08-20
Publication Date 2020-02-27
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

An encoding device (10) pertaining to the present invention is provided with: an encoding process sequence determination unit (11) which determines an encoding process sequence for a block to be encoded; an intra-prediction mode candidate generation unit (12) which generates, on the basis of the encoding process sequence, intra-prediction mode candidates of the block to be encoded; an intra-prediction mode determination unit (13) which determines an intra-prediction mode to be applied to the block to be encoded from among the intra-prediction mode candidates; an intra-prediction unit (14) which executes, on the basis of the determined encoding process sequence and the intra-prediction mode, an intra-prediction process on the block to be encoded; and an entropy encoding unit which executes an entropy encoding process on the encoding processing sequence and the intra-prediction mode.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/463 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process by compressing encoding parameters before transmission
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques

94.

INTRA-PREDICTION DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2019031557
Publication Number 2020/036130
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-08-09
Publication Date 2020-02-20
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

According to the present invention, an intra-prediction unit (181) that performs intra-prediction at the level of blocks obtained by partitioning frame-unit source images comprises: a linear model calculation unit (1811a) that, using luminance component decoded pixel values and chrominance component decoded pixel values at the periphery of a block that is targeted for intra-prediction, calculates a linear model for luminance component and chrominance component for the target block; a chrominance component prediction unit (1811b) that applies the linear model calculated by the linear model calculation unit (1811a) to luminance component decoded pixels values for the target block and thereby predicts chrominance component pixel values for the target block; and a chrominance component correction unit (1812) that, using decoded pixel values that, of the decoded pixel values at the periphery of the target block, were not used by the linear model calculation unit (1811a) to calculate the linear model, corrects chrominance component predicted pixel values obtained by the chrominance component prediction unit (1811b).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques

95.

IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2019031561
Publication Number 2020/036132
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-08-09
Publication Date 2020-02-20
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

An image encoding device (1) that comprises: a cross-component intra-prediction part (171a) that generates a predicted chrominance block by cross-component intra-prediction that, by referencing luminance decoded pixels and chrominance decoded pixels as adjacent decoded pixels that are adjacent to a chrominance block that is to be encoded, makes a prediction for the chrominance block; a candidate generation part (181) that generates orthogonal transformation type candidates for orthogonal transformation processing of a chrominance prediction residual that represents the error in the predicted chrominance block relative to the chrominance block; and a transformation part (121) that performs orthogonal transformation processing on the chrominance prediction residual using an orthogonal transformation type selected from the candidates generated by the candidate generation part (181). The candidate generation part (181) generates the orthogonal transformation type candidates in accordance with whether the location of the adjacent decoded pixels that were referenced for the cross-component intra-prediction was only one of above, below, to the right, or to the left of the chrominance block.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/12 - Selection from among a plurality of transforms or standards, e.g. selection between discrete cosine transform [DCT] and sub-band transform or selection between H.263 and H.264
  • H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques

96.

Encoding device, decoding device, and program

      
Application Number 16455097
Grant Number 10757441
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-06-27
First Publication Date 2019-11-07
Grant Date 2020-08-25
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro

Abstract

An encoding device, configured to divide an original image of a frame unit constituting a moving image into blocks and encode the blocks, includes a list generator configured to generate a list including motion vector candidates of a block to be encoded, based on a divided shape of the block to be encoded, and a divided shape and a motion vector of an adjacent block adjacent to the block to be encoded; and an encoder configured to encode a motion vector of the block to be encoded, based on the list. The list generator is configured so as not to add, to the list, a motion vector of a same hierarchy adjacent block which is a same hierarchy block adjacent to the block to be encoded, when the block to be encoded and the same hierarchy adjacent block are integrable. The same hierarchy block is a block that has the same width and height as the block to be encoded and has existed in the same block as the block to be encoded before being finally divided.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/53 - Multi-resolution motion estimation; Hierarchical motion estimation
  • H04N 19/139 - Analysis of motion vectors, e.g. their magnitude, direction, variance or reliability
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/56 - Motion estimation with initialisation of the vector search, e.g. estimating a good candidate to initiate a search

97.

PREDICTION IMAGE CORRECTING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2019014364
Publication Number 2019/194109
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-03-29
Publication Date 2019-10-10
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

This prediction image correcting device is provided with: a prediction unit (108) which predicts, by using a plurality of reference images, a target image block obtained by dividing a current image in frame units, and generates a prediction image corresponding to the target image block; a prediction accuracy evaluating unit (109) which evaluates the prediction accuracy of the prediction image on the basis of the similarities between the plurality of reference images used in the generation of the prediction image; and a correction unit (110) which corrects the prediction image, wherein the correction unit controls the correction on the basis of at least an evaluation result obtained from the prediction accuracy evaluation unit.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock

98.

IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2019014359
Publication Number 2019/189899
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-03-29
Publication Date 2019-10-03
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Nemoto, Shimpei
  • Iguchi, Kazuhisa

Abstract

An image encoding device (1) comprises: a motion-compensated prediction unit (109) which, by using a plurality of reference images to perform a motion-compensated prediction, generates a predicted image corresponding to a target image; and an evaluation unit (111) which, by calculating the degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images for each image part comprising either one or a plurality of pixels, evaluates the prediction accuracy of the predicted image for each image part.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/129 - Scanning of coding units, e.g. zig-zag scan of transform coefficients or flexible macroblock ordering [FMO]
  • H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock

99.

IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2019014362
Publication Number 2019/189901
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-03-29
Publication Date 2019-10-03
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

This image encoding device (1) encodes a target image in a block unit. The image encoding device (1) is provided with: a prediction unit (109) which generates a prediction image corresponding to the target image by performing prediction by using a plurality of reference images; an evaluation unit (111) which evaluates, in pixel units, the similarity between the plurality of reference images; a calculation unit (101) which calculates a prediction residual that indicates the difference in pixel units between the target image and the prediction image; and a determination unit (112) which determines, on the basis of the evaluation result from the evaluation unit, a partial area of the prediction residual, to which an orthogonal transform and quantization are applied; and a transform/quantization unit (102) which performs orthogonal transform and quantization by limiting to the partial area of the prediction residual.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/122 - Selection of transform size, e.g. 8x8 or 2x4x8 DCT; Selection of sub-band transforms of varying structure or type
  • H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/577 - Motion compensation with bidirectional frame interpolation, i.e. using B-pictures

100.

IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number JP2019014360
Publication Number 2019/189900
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-03-29
Publication Date 2019-10-03
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Nemoto, Shimpei

Abstract

This image encoding device encodes a target image in a block unit. The image encoding device is provided with: a motion compensation prediction unit which performs a motion compensation prediction by using a plurality of reference images and generates a prediction image corresponding to the target image in a transform skip mode in which an orthogonal transform process on the target image is skipped; an evaluation unit which evaluates, in pixel units, the similarity between the plurality of reference images; a subtraction unit which calculates, in pixel units, a prediction residual that indicates the difference between the target image and the prediction image; a rearrangement unit which rearranges the prediction residuals on the basis of the evaluation result from the evaluation unit; and an encoding unit which encodes the prediction residuals after the rearrangement by the rearrangement unit.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/129 - Scanning of coding units, e.g. zig-zag scan of transform coefficients or flexible macroblock ordering [FMO]
  • H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
  • H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
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