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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 52
H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding 25
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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.

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

4.

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

5.

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

6.

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

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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

11.

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

12.

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

13.

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

14.

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

15.

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

16.

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

17.

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

18.

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

19.

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

20.

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

21.

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

22.

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

23.

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

24.

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

25.

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

26.

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

27.

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

28.

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

29.

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

30.

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

31.

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

32.

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

33.

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

34.

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

35.

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

36.

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

37.

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

38.

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

39.

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

40.

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

41.

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

42.

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

43.

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

44.

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

45.

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]

46.

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

47.

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

48.

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

49.

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

50.

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

51.

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

52.

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

53.

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

54.

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

55.

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

56.

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

57.

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

58.

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

59.

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)

60.

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

61.

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

62.

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

      
Application Number 16424148
Grant Number 11212525
Status In Force
Filing Date 2019-05-28
First Publication Date 2019-09-12
Grant Date 2021-12-28
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

63.

Organic thin film and method for manufacturing organic thin film, organic electroluminescence element, display device, illumination device, organic thin film solar cell, thin film transistor, and coating composition

      
Application Number 15573375
Grant Number 11183645
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-03-17
First Publication Date 2019-03-14
Grant Date 2021-11-23
Owner
  • Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japan)
  • Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Fukagawa, Hirohiko
  • Shimizu, Takahisa
  • Morii, Katsuyuki
  • Hasegawa, Munehiro
  • Gohda, Syun

Abstract

An organic thin film that imparts an excellent electron injection property when it is used as an electron injection layer of an organic EL device and a method for producing the organic thin film are provided. An organic thin film at least includes: a first material which is an organic material having an acid dissociation constant pKa of 1 or greater; and a second material which transports an electron. The first material is at least one selected from the group consisting of tertiary amines, phosphazene compounds, guanidine compounds, heterocyclic compounds containing an amidine structure, hydrocarbon compounds having a ring structure, and ketone compounds.

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)
  • H01L 51/52 - 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) - Details of devices
  • 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 51/42 - 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 either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation

64.

Image encoding device, image decoding device, and program thereof

      
Application Number 15899108
Grant Number 11076149
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-02-19
First Publication Date 2018-06-21
Grant Date 2021-07-27
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Sakaida, Shinichi

Abstract

Video coding according to the disclosure of the present application includes generating a predictive signal of a target object either by means of intra-prediction or inter-prediction. The generated predictive signal of the target object then undergoes filtering to smooth out a transition of pixel signals from a neighboring block to the target block. In the disclosure of the present application, the filtering is performed only when the filtering is necessary. A parameter indicating whether to execute or not to execute the filtering is sent from the encoder to the decoder. The present application also discloses provision of multiple types of transformation processes. A selection signal is used to select one type of transformation process from the multiple types of transformation processes. Alternatively, one type of transformation process is selected according to whether to execute or not to execute the filtering.

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 19/117 - 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
  • 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

65.

Image encoding device, image decoding device, and program thereof

      
Application Number 15899130
Grant Number 10681346
Status In Force
Filing Date 2018-02-19
First Publication Date 2018-06-21
Grant Date 2020-06-09
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Iwamura, Shunsuke
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Sakaida, Shinichi

Abstract

An image encoding device is disclosed that performs an operation of generating a predicted image of a target block. The prediction operation is a type of operation that does not use neighboring pixels. The image encoding device further performs operations of performing a low-pass filter process on a prediction signal located at a boundary of the predicted image of the target block, using a decoded neighboring signal, generating a prediction residual signal of target block using the predicted image of the target block, and dividing the prediction residual signal of the target block unit block shapes designated in advance.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 1/66 - TRANSMISSION - Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission for improving efficiency of transmission
  • 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 19/117 - 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

66.

Apparatus and method for generating audio data, and apparatus and method for playing audio data

      
Application Number 15803464
Grant Number 10282160
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-11-03
First Publication Date 2018-03-01
Grant Date 2019-05-07
Owner
  • Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (Republic of Korea)
  • NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yoo, Jae Hyoun
  • Lee, Tae Jin
  • Kang, Kyeong Ok
  • Watanabe, Kaoru
  • Oode, Satoshi
  • Sawaya, Ikuko

Abstract

An apparatus and method for generating audio data and an apparatus and method for playing audio data may be disclosed, in which the apparatus for playing the audio data may extract a descriptor related to a multichannel audio signal from a bitstream generated by the apparatus for generating the audio data, and play the multichannel audio signal, based on the extracted descriptor, and the descriptor may include information on an audio signal included in the multichannel audio signal.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 3/16 - Sound input; Sound output
  • H04S 3/00 - Systems employing more than two channels, e.g. quadraphonic
  • G10L 19/16 - Vocoder architecture
  • G10L 19/008 - Multichannel audio signal coding or decoding using interchannel correlation to reduce redundancy, e.g. joint-stereo, intensity-coding or matrixing

67.

Transmitter, receiver, and semiconductor chip

      
Application Number 15549221
Grant Number 10771132
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-02-09
First Publication Date 2018-02-08
Grant Date 2020-09-08
Owner
  • NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
  • NHK Engineering System, Inc. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Asakura, Shingo
  • Honda, Madoka
  • Murayama, Kenichi
  • Shitomi, Takuya
  • Saito, Susumu
  • Narikiyo, Yoshikazu
  • Miyasaka, Hiroaki
  • Satou, Akihiko
  • Takeuchi, Tomoaki
  • Tsuchida, Kenichi
  • Okano, Masahiro
  • Takada, Masayuki
  • Shibuya, Kazuhiko

Abstract

Disclosed is a MIMO system including a transmitter and a receiver, in which an overall BER characteristic is improved. The transmitter (1) maps data, distributed among transmit antennas, onto an IQ plane to generate carrier symbols, and then, applies an inter-polarization interleave processing in a time direction to the carrier symbols between the transmit antennas, to generate OFDM signals. Receiving the OFDM signals, the receiver (2) demodulates the OFDM signals to generate complex baseband signals, and after that, applies a first deinterleave processing in a time direction to the complex baseband signals to generate time deinterleaved data. Further, the receiver (2) applies a MIMO separation processing to the time deinterleaved data to generate a plurality of sets of MIMO separated data and applies a second deinterleave processing between the receive antennas to the plurality of sets of MIMO separated data, so as to generate carrier symbols.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04L 9/08 - Key distribution
  • H04L 5/02 - Channels characterised by the type of signal

68.

Transmitter, receiver, and semiconductor chip

      
Application Number 15549550
Grant Number 10009078
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-02-09
First Publication Date 2018-02-01
Grant Date 2018-06-26
Owner
  • NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
  • NHK Engineering System, Inc. (Japan)
Inventor
  • Asakura, Shingo
  • Honda, Madoka
  • Murayama, Kenichi
  • Shitomi, Takuya
  • Saito, Susumu
  • Narikiyo, Yoshikazu
  • Miyasaka, Hiroaki
  • Satou, Akihiko
  • Takeuchi, Tomoaki
  • Tsuchida, Kenichi
  • Okano, Masahiro
  • Takada, Masayuki
  • Shibuya, Kazuhiko

Abstract

Disclosed is a MIMO system including a transmitter and a receiver, in which an overall BER characteristic is improved. The transmitter (1) maps data, distributed among transmit antennas, onto an IQ plane to generate carrier symbols, and then, applies an inter-polarization interleave processing in a time direction to the carrier symbols between the transmit antennas, to generate OFDM signals. Receiving the OFDM signals, the receiver (2) demodulates the OFDM signals to generate complex baseband signals, and after that, applies a first deinterleave processing in a time direction to the complex baseband signals to generate time deinterleaved data. Further, the receiver (2) applies a MIMO separation processing to the time deinterleaved data to generate a plurality of sets of MIMO separated data and applies a second deinterleave processing between the receive antennas to the plurality of sets of MIMO separated data, so as to generate carrier symbols.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 27/10 - Frequency-modulated carrier systems, i.e. using frequency-shift keying
  • H04B 7/04 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systems; Multi-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station

69.

Encoder, decoder, transmission device, and reception device

      
Application Number 15035548
Grant Number 10020821
Status In Force
Filing Date 2014-11-13
First Publication Date 2017-10-19
Grant Date 2018-07-10
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Suzuki, Youichi
  • Hashimoto, Akinori
  • Tanaka, Shoji
  • Tsuchida, Kenichi
  • Kimura, Takeshi
  • Matsusaki, Yoshifumi

Abstract

A transmission device and reception device for digital data that have excellent resistance to noise are provided. An encoder (11-1) of this disclosure, included in a transmission device (1) of this disclosure, applies LDPC encoding to digital data using a unique check matrix for each code rate by using a check matrix in which, taking a check matrix initial value table established in advance for each code rate at a code length of 44880 bits as initial values, 1 entries of a partial matrix corresponding to an information length appropriate for a code rate of 93/120 are allocated in the column direction over a cycle of 374 columns. A demodulator (23) of this disclosure, included in a reception device (2) of this disclosure, decodes digital data encoded by the encoder (11-1).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H03M 13/11 - Error detection or forward error correction by redundancy in data representation, i.e. code words containing more digits than the source words using block codes, i.e. a predetermined number of check bits joined to a predetermined number of information bits using multiple parity bits
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H03M 13/00 - Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correction; Coding theory basic assumptions; Coding bounds; Error probability evaluation methods; Channel models; Simulation or testing of codes
  • H03M 13/25 - Error detection or forward error correction by signal space coding, i.e. adding redundancy in the signal constellation, e.g. Trellis Coded Modulation [TCM]
  • H03M 13/03 - Error detection or forward error correction by redundancy in data representation, i.e. code words containing more digits than the source words
  • H03M 13/27 - Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correction; Coding theory basic assumptions; Coding bounds; Error probability evaluation methods; Channel models; Simulation or testing of codes using interleaving techniques
  • H03M 13/29 - Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correction; Coding theory basic assumptions; Coding bounds; Error probability evaluation methods; Channel models; Simulation or testing of codes combining two or more codes or code structures, e.g. product codes, generalised product codes, concatenated codes, inner and outer codes
  • H03M 13/15 - Cyclic codes, i.e. cyclic shifts of codewords produce other codewords, e.g. codes defined by a generator polynomial, Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem [BCH] codes

70.

Method for encoding and decoding scheme using time stamp

      
Application Number 15445387
Grant Number 09942364
Status In Force
Filing Date 2017-02-28
First Publication Date 2017-06-15
Grant Date 2018-04-10
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor Aoki, Shuichi

Abstract

th access unit.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04J 3/24 - Time-division multiplex systems in which the allocation is indicated by an address
  • H04L 29/06 - Communication control; Communication processing characterised by a protocol
  • H04N 21/2368 - Multiplexing of audio and video streams
  • H04N 21/44 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to MPEG-4 scene graphs
  • 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
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process

71.

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

      
Application Number 15084073
Grant Number 11223827
Status In Force
Filing Date 2016-03-29
First Publication Date 2016-07-21
Grant Date 2022-01-11
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

72.

Device and method for generating audio data, and device and method for playing audio data

      
Application Number 14434484
Grant Number 09836269
Status In Force
Filing Date 2013-10-11
First Publication Date 2015-10-01
Grant Date 2017-12-05
Owner
  • Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (Republic of Korea)
  • NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Yoo, Jae Hyoun
  • Lee, Tae Jin
  • Kang, Kyeong Ok
  • Watanabe, Kaoru
  • Oode, Satoshi
  • Sawaya, Ikuko

Abstract

An apparatus and method for generating audio data and an apparatus and method for playing audio data may be disclosed, in which the apparatus for playing the audio data may extract a descriptor related to a multichannel audio signal from a bitstream generated by the apparatus for generating the audio data, and play the multichannel audio signal, based on the extracted descriptor, and the descriptor may include information on an audio signal included in the multichannel audio signal.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 3/00 - Line transmission systems
  • G06F 3/16 - Sound input; Sound output
  • H04S 3/00 - Systems employing more than two channels, e.g. quadraphonic

73.

Encoding device, decoding device, and program

      
Application Number 14566347
Grant Number 09485513
Status In Force
Filing Date 2014-12-10
First Publication Date 2015-08-27
Grant Date 2016-11-01
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Ichigaya, Atsuro
  • Shishikui, Yoshiaki
  • Sakaida, Shinichi
  • Iguchi, Kazuhisa

Abstract

In the present invention, at least two component signals that represent luminance and a color difference in an original signal having a predetermined image format are encoded/decoded. This encoding device (10) is equipped with: a local decoding section (17-1, 17-2, 18-1, 18-2, 23-1, 23-2) that generates a locally decoded signal of a second component signal; a luminance-color difference prediction unit (4) that generates a parameter for normalizing the second component signal by comparing the original signal of a first component signal not yet encoded with the locally decoded signal of the second component signal in order to generate a luminance-color difference prediction signal; a prediction signal generation unit (22-1) that generates a prediction signal for an intra-screen prediction or a prediction signal for an inter-screen prediction regarding the first component signal; a synthesis unit (2) that performs a weighted addition of the prediction signal and the luminance-color difference prediction signal in order to generate a corrected prediction signal for the first component signal; and an encoding section (13-1, 14-1, 15-1, 16-1) that generates and encodes a difference signal between the corrected prediction signal and the original signal of the first component signal.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 7/12 - Systems in which the television signal is transmitted via one channel or a plurality of parallel channels, the bandwidth of each channel being less than the bandwidth of the television signal
  • 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 19/105 - 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 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
  • H04N 19/513 - Processing of motion vectors
  • H04N 19/89 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using pre-processing or post-processing specially adapted for video compression involving methods or arrangements for detection of transmission errors at the decoder

74.

Video signal transmitting device, video signal receiving device, and recording medium

      
Application Number 14425430
Grant Number 09641875
Status In Force
Filing Date 2013-09-04
First Publication Date 2015-08-20
Grant Date 2017-05-02
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor
  • Nishida, Yukihiro
  • Funatsu, Ryohei
  • Kusakabe, Yuichi
  • Yamashita, Takayuki
  • Okui, Makoto
  • Soeno, Takuji

Abstract

In a video signal transmitting device, a basic image generation unit extracts, for each of the color signal component, pixels constituting a frame of the color signal component at a uniform interval two-dimensionally and two-dimensionally arranges the extracted pixels in a prescribed arrangement to generate a prescribed number of color signal basic images. A basic stream generation unit extracts, for each of the color signal basic images, pixels of the color signal basic image generated by the basic image generation unit in a prescribed sequence to generate a basic stream. A link signal generation unit synthesizes a prescribed number of basic streams in the same or different color signal components generated by the basic stream generation unit, encodes bit-length units of the synthesized basic streams to a different bit length, and generates a link signal having a prescribed speed.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 21/2365 - Multiplexing of several video streams
  • 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
  • H04N 21/438 - Interfacing the downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. retrieving MPEG packets from an IP network
  • H04N 21/434 - Disassembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. demultiplexing audio and video streams or extraction of additional data from a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Extraction or processing of SI; Disassembling of packetised elementary stream
  • H04N 21/2343 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams or manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements
  • H04N 21/2381 - Adapting the multiplex stream to a specific network, e.g. an IP [Internet Protocol] network
  • H04N 5/38 - Transmitter circuitry
  • H04N 5/44 - Receiver circuitry

75.

Method for encoding and decoding scheme using time stamp

      
Application Number 14498132
Grant Number 09628590
Status In Force
Filing Date 2014-09-26
First Publication Date 2015-01-08
Grant Date 2017-04-18
Owner NIPPON HOSO KYOKAI (Japan)
Inventor Aoki, Shuichi

Abstract

th access unit.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04J 3/24 - Time-division multiplex systems in which the allocation is indicated by an address
  • H04L 29/06 - Communication control; Communication processing characterised by a protocol
  • H04N 21/2368 - Multiplexing of audio and video streams
  • H04N 21/44 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to MPEG-4 scene graphs
  • 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

76.

Digital data transmitting device and digital data receiving device

      
Application Number 13050434
Grant Number 08942078
Status In Force
Filing Date 2011-03-17
First Publication Date 2011-10-20
Grant Date 2015-01-27
Owner Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hashimoto, Akinori
  • Suzuki, Yoichi
  • Shogen, Kazuyoshi
  • Tanaka, Shoji
  • Sujikai, Hisashi

Abstract

To provide a digital data transmitting apparatus and a digital data receiving apparatus that can realize, even when a transmission channel characteristic changes because of aged deterioration or the like of a relay, improvement of a reception performance following the change. A transmitting apparatus 1 generates a multiplexing frame formed by N slots including control information, data, outer parities, stuff bits, and inner parities and added with synchronization, pilot, and a transmission control signal and a parity and transmits data of the respective slots in a transmission system designated by the transmission control signal. In this case, pilot signals are symbols allocated to all signal points in order determined in advance for each of modulation schemes. A receiving apparatus 2 rewrites a phase error table 214 to calculate a phase error and performs synchronous detection according to the pilot signals. The receiving apparatus 2 also rewrites a likelihood table 235 to perform inner code decoding. Consequently, since reception processing adapted to distortion of a transmission channel characteristic can be performed, improvement of a reception performance can be realized.

IPC Classes  ?

77.

Authentication apparatus, authentication method, and authentication program implementing the method

      
Application Number 12919971
Grant Number 08726356
Status In Force
Filing Date 2008-02-28
First Publication Date 2011-03-10
Grant Date 2014-05-13
Owner
  • Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (Japan)
  • Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japan)
Inventor
  • Konya, Yuko
  • Kawamori, Masahito
  • Yamada, Tomokazu
  • Kawazoe, Katsuhiko
  • Ishikawa, Kiyohiko
  • Fujii, Arisa
  • Sunasaki, Syunji
  • Eto, Ganji
  • Ishikawa, Koichi

Abstract

For enabling single sign-on among applications, a linkage ID indicating connection between the authentication apparatus 1 including the client function and the server apparatus 2 is shared among a plurality of applications. For that, a SV information management unit Aa of the authentication apparatus 1 having the client function manages the linkage ID by storing it in a predetermined storing unit. An AP information management unit Ab manages and stores connection information between applications in a predetermined storing unit, wherein the connection information includes an application name corresponding to an application. Then, an AP decision unit determines whether an application name included in a received linkage ID request is registered in the AP information management unit Ab, obtains the linkage ID from the SV information management unit Aa when the application name is registered in the AP information management unit Ab, and returns the linkage ID to a source of the linkage ID request.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 9/32 - Arrangements for secret or secure communications; Network security protocols including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system

78.

Digital data transmitting apparatus and digital data receiving apparatus

      
Application Number 12528037
Grant Number 08000220
Status In Force
Filing Date 2008-02-22
First Publication Date 2010-07-01
Grant Date 2011-08-16
Owner Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japan)
Inventor
  • Hashimoto, Akinori
  • Suzuki, Yoichi
  • Shogen, Kazuyoshi
  • Tanaka, Shoji
  • Sujikai, Hisashi

Abstract

To provide a digital data transmitting apparatus and a digital data receiving apparatus that can realize, even when a transmission channel characteristic changes because of aged deterioration or the like of a relay, improvement of a reception performance following the change. A transmitting apparatus 1 generates a multiplexing frame formed by N slots including control information, data, outer parities, stuff bits, and inner parities and added with synchronization, pilot, and a transmission control signal and a parity and transmits data of the respective slots in a transmission system designated by the transmission control signal. In this case, pilot signals are symbols allocated to all signal points in order determined in advance for each of modulation schemes. A receiving apparatus 2 rewrites a phase error table 214 to calculate a phase error and performs synchronous detection according to the pilot signals. The receiving apparatus 2 also rewrites a likelihood table 235 to perform inner code decoding. Consequently, since reception processing adapted to distortion of a transmission channel characteristic can be performed, improvement of a reception performance can be realized.

IPC Classes  ?

79.

Electronic watermark embedding method, electronic watermark detecting method, electronic watermark detecting apparatus and program

      
Application Number 10586997
Grant Number 07769197
Status In Force
Filing Date 2005-02-14
First Publication Date 2008-11-06
Grant Date 2010-08-03
Owner
  • Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Japan)
  • Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japan)
Inventor
  • Fujii, Ryousuke
  • Ito, Hiroshi
  • Magai, Kouichi
  • Suzuki, Mitsuyoshi
  • Wada, Minoru
  • Ohtake, Go
  • Goshi, Seiichi

Abstract

An electronic image into which an electronic watermark is to be embedded is divided into a plurality of image regions spatially, and pixels each having a property of being difficult to visually recognize a variation in a pixel value are extracted as adaptive pixels from each of the plurality of image regions. A variation between the pixel values of the adaptive pixels in one of the plurality of image regions and those of the adaptive pixels in an adjacent one of the plurality of image regions is produced, and the pixel values of the adaptive pixels of the plurality of image regions are varied in a time direction according to the value of an embedded bit set of the electronic watermark. An electronic-watermark-embedded image is then generated by making the variation in the pixel values of the adaptive pixels vary step by step at a boundary between the two of the plurality of image regions and/or in the time direction so that the variation makes a slow transition.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06K 9/00 - Methods or arrangements for reading or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns, e.g. fingerprints

80.

Access control method, access control system, metadata controlling device, and transmitting apparatus

      
Application Number 10591619
Grant Number 07937407
Status In Force
Filing Date 2005-03-04
First Publication Date 2007-11-29
Grant Date 2011-05-03
Owner
  • NEC Corporation (Japan)
  • Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japan)
Inventor
  • Goto, Jun
  • Nishimoto, Yusei
  • Baba, Akitsugu
  • Nakamura, Haruyuki
  • Ishikawa, Kiyohiko
  • Kurioka, Tatsuya

Abstract

The present invention provides an access control method of controlling acceptance or rejection of access to content from metadata. The access control method according to the present invention includes a step of producing metadata 3A for content 6A and embedding a digital signature 4A of a producer who has produced the metadata as producer information in the produced metadata 3A, a step of embedding an identifier 5A indicating which metadata are accessible to the content in license information required to play back the content 6A, and an access propriety control step of comparing the digital signature 4A with the identifier 5A to control propriety of access to the content 6A from the produced metadata 3A.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06F 7/00 - Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled

81.

Imaging device and display device

      
Application Number 11255193
Grant Number 07433127
Status In Force
Filing Date 2005-10-21
First Publication Date 2006-05-04
Grant Date 2008-10-07
Owner Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japan)
Inventor
  • Arai, Jun
  • Kobayashi, Masaki
  • Mishina, Tomoyuki
  • Okui, Makoto
  • Okano, Fumio

Abstract

Disclosed are an imaging device and a display device which both have a simple structure without any need of an image conversion. The imaging device includes a lens component group including multiple lens component systems, each of which focuses incident light from the object, thereby creating a non-inverted image of the object, the lens component systems being arranged in an array form and on the same level, and an image capturing mechanism for picking up the created image. In addition, each of the lens component systems includes an afocal optical system and an image-forming system. The afocal optical system includes at least one optical element for inverting an externally incident light ray relative to its optical axis and outputting the light ray. The optical element has uniform refractive index. The image-forming system includes at least one optical element having uniform refractive index throughout its interior.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G02B 27/10 - Beam splitting or combining systems
  • G02B 17/00 - Systems with reflecting surfaces, with or without refracting elements

82.

OFDM transmitting apparatus, receiving apparatus and transmitting system and signal structure of transmission signal for use in the same

      
Application Number 10200329
Grant Number 07301969
Status In Force
Filing Date 2002-07-23
First Publication Date 2003-01-30
Grant Date 2007-11-27
Owner
  • Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc. (Japan)
  • Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japan)
Inventor
  • Miyashita, Atsushi
  • Ikeda, Tetsuomi

Abstract

A transmitting system wherein a transmission signal composed of main data and a TMCC signal having a SYNC pattern indicating the header portion and a bit pattern indicating setting information of the main data is transmitted and received. In the transmitting apparatus, the reference timing for starting the input data scramble process is rendered to coincide substantially with the modulation timing for modulating the scrambled data and generating the main data, and the modulation timing is rendered to coincide substantially with the timing for generating the TMCC signal thereby to generate the TMCC signal. From the transmission signal, the receiving apparatus demodulates the main data, extracts the SYNC pattern indicating the header portion from the TMCC signal and inversely scrambles the main data based on the extracted SYNC pattern.

IPC Classes  ?