Abstract: A video processing system 100 is provided with video encoding device 10 and video decoding device 20. The video encoding device 10 implements backward interframe prediction from a temporally subsequent frame and outputs information indicating that an option to eliminate use of a decoded image of the temporally subsequent frame was chosen. The video decoding device 20 eliminates use of the decoded image of the frame on the basis of this information, in conjunction with input of the information for eliminating use of the decoded image of the temporally subsequent frame.

Abstract: In a moving picture encoding apparatus 10, as an embodiment of the present invention, a predicted image generator 16 generates a predicted image with respect to a target image, using a reference image stored in a frame memory 20. A difference image generator 18 performs a difference operation between the target image and the predicted image to generate a difference image. An encoder 22 encodes the difference image to generate an encoded difference signal. A decoder 28 decodes the encoded difference signal to generate a decoded difference image. A reproduced image generator 30 performs a summation of the decoded difference image and the predicted image to generate a reproduced image. An image updater 32 performs a weighted summation of a first image which is one of the reproduced image and the reference image, and a second image which is the other of the reproduced image and the reference image, to generate an updated image.

Abstract: An objective is to provide an image predictive encoding device, image predictive encoding method, image predictive encoding program, image predictive decoding device, image predictive decoding method, and image predictive decoding program for selecting a plurality of candidate prediction signals, without increase in information amount. A weighting unit 234 and an adder 235 process pixel signals extracted by a prediction adjacent region extractor 232 by a predetermined synthesis method, for example, by averaging to generate a comparison signal to an adjacent pixel signal for each combination. A comparison-selection unit 236 selects a combination with a high correlation between the comparison signal generated by the weighting unit 234 and others and the adjacent pixel signal acquired by a target adjacent region extractor 233.

Abstract: An image decoding apparatus has a video data decoder for receiving and decoding encoded video data to acquire a plurality of reconstructed images; a subsidiary data decoder for receiving and decoding subsidiary data to acquire subsidiary motion information; and a resolution enhancer for generating motion vectors representing time-space correspondences between the plurality of reconstructed images, based on the subsidiary motion information acquired by the subsidiary data decoder, and for generating a high-resolution image with a spatial resolution higher than that of the plurality of reconstructed images, using the generated motion vectors and the plurality of reconstructed images acquired by the video data decoder.

Abstract: An aspect of an image signal transforming method is a method of generating one or more transformed samples from a plurality of input samples, which includes a first transformed sample generating step of performing a first filtering process by a filter, on at least one first input sample (an input sample from a terminal) out of a plurality of first input samples used for generation of a first transformed sample, to generate first filtered data, and performing a first arithmetic process (subtraction by a subtractor) on another first input sample not used for the generation of the first filtered data (an input sample from another terminal), and the first filtered data generated, to generate the first transformed sample.

Abstract: A device and method to perform encoding and decoding at a high compression rate even with a video of a mixture of pictures of different bandwidths. In a video encoding device, a predicted signal generator extracts spatial frequency components in a predetermined band from a predetermined extraction reference picture except for a target reference picture used as a picture for prediction of a target picture as an object to be encoded, among reference pictures stored in memory. The predicted signal generator generates a predicted signal for the target picture from the target reference picture and the extracted spatial frequency components.

Abstract: An image decoding apparatus has a video data decoder for receiving and decoding encoded video data to acquire a plurality of reconstructed images; a subsidiary data decoder for receiving and decoding subsidiary data to acquire subsidiary motion information; and a resolution enhancer for generating motion vectors representing time-space correspondences between the plurality of reconstructed images, based on the subsidiary motion information acquired by the subsidiary data decoder, and for generating a high-resolution image with a spatial resolution higher than that of the plurality of reconstructed images, using the generated motion vectors and the plurality of reconstructed images acquired by the video data decoder.

Abstract: A video processing system is provided with video encoding apparatus 1 and video decoding apparatus 2. The encoding apparatus 1 outputs a maximum delay time that is incurred by backward prediction, in addition to encoded data D1 resulting from encoding of video data D0. The decoding apparatus 2 effects input of the maximum delay time that is incurred by backward prediction, in addition to encoded data D1 from the encoding apparatus 1. Then the decoding apparatus 2 decodes the encoded data D1 with reference to the input maximum delay time to generate motion video data D2.

Abstract: An aspect of an image signal transforming method is a method of generating one or more transformed samples from a plurality of input samples, which includes a first transformed sample generating step of performing a first filtering process by a filter, on at least one first input sample (an input sample from a terminal) out of a plurality of first input samples used for generation of a first transformed sample, to generate first filtered data, and performing a first arithmetic process (subtraction by a subtractor) on another first input sample not used for the generation of the first filtered data (an input sample from another terminal), and the first filtered data generated, to generate the first transformed sample.

Abstract: A prediction mode is selected in accordance with a type of a moving picture. When an interframe prediction mode is selected as the prediction mode, a motion vector for the moving picture is detected. Motion compensation for the moving picture is performed based on the type of the moving picture, the prediction mode, and the motion vector. A spatial prediction section performs a spatial prediction for the moving picture based on the type of the moving picture and the prediction mode. An orthogonal transformation for a predictive residue signal obtained as a difference between the picture signal obtained by the motion compensation or the spatial prediction and the input picture signal is performed, based on the type of the moving picture and the prediction mode. Variable length encoding for the picture data after the orthogonal transformation is performed, based on the type of the moving picture and the prediction mode.

Abstract: The object is to compensate motion at high precision even for an image having different characteristics in the horizontal direction and vertical direction, while decreasing code quantity of filter coefficients when a reference image with the fractional image accuracy is generated using a filter of each frame and is encoded and decoded with compensating motion.

Abstract: An image encoding device including an input section inputting an input image constituting an encoding target; a reference image accumulation section accumulating a reference image; a reference image accompanying information accumulation section accumulating reference image accompanying information that accompanies the reference image; an encoding section modifying the reference image and the reference image accompanying information in accordance with the input image, generating a predictive signal for the input image, and encoding the input image; and an output section outputting, as encoded data, compressed data obtained by the encoding by the encoding section together with modification method information indicating a modification method for the reference image. Thereby, image information can be encoded/decoded more efficiently by generating an appropriate predictive signal.

Abstract: A video processing system is provided with video encoding apparatus 1 and video decoding apparatus 2. The encoding apparatus 1 outputs a maximum delay time that is incurred by backward prediction, in addition to encoded data D1 resulting from encoding of video data D0. The decoding apparatus 2 effects input of the maximum delay time that is incurred by backward prediction, in addition to encoded data D1 from the encoding apparatus 1. Then the decoding apparatus 2 decodes the encoded data D1 with reference to the input maximum delay time to generate motion video data D2.

Abstract: An image predictive encoding device including an intra frame predictive signal generation method determination section that determines, for adjacent areas including regenerated pixel signals and adjacent to the target area, a predictive method derived on the basis of data corresponding to the adjacent areas as an R mode predictive method or an L mode predictive method, an intra frame predictive signal generation section that generates an intra frame predictive signal on the basis of the R mode predictive method thus determined, and a subtractor, a transform section, a quantization section, and an entropy encoding section that encode a residual signal of a pixel signal of the target area on the basis of the generated intra frame predictive signal.

Abstract: A video encoding device including a region division section for dividing a frame image constituting video data into a plurality of regions as encoding target regions, an encoding section for encoding an image of each region, an inverse transformation section and an addition section for generating reproduced image of the encoded image, a storage section for storing reproduced images, a prediction generation section for searching a region which is highly correlated to a reproduced image of a template region, which is adjacent to the region of the encoding target image in a predetermined positional relationship and is a part of the reproduced image, from the reproduced image, and determining a prediction signal based on the searched region and the above-mentioned positional relationship, and a subtraction section for generating a difference signal between the prediction signal and the encoding target image as a signal for encoding.

Abstract: A block divider divides an input image into a plurality of regions. A prediction signal generator generates a prediction signal for the pixel signal contained in an object region, which is the object of processing, among the plurality of regions, and generates a prediction signal by using a texture synthesis method for forming a texture signal for the object region. A subtracter determines a residual signal between the pixel signal of the object region and the prediction signal, and a transformer and quantizer encode the residual signal to generate a compressed signal.

Abstract: In an image coding method of the present invention, after a process such as DCT is performed to digital image data, quantization process is performed, and then, to resultant quantized transform coefficients, variable length coding process is performed with reference to a variable length code table showing how variable length codes are allocated, and in a comparison process between an event derived from the quantized transform coefficients and a reference event included in the variable length code table, transformation process is performed to increase a possibility of performing variable length coding with satisfactory coding efficiency.

Abstract: In an image coding method of the present invention, after a process such as DCT is performed to digital image data, quantization process is performed, and then, to resultant quantized transform coefficients, variable length coding process is performed with reference to a variable length code table showing how variable length codes are allocated, and in a comparison process between an event derived from the quantized transform coefficients and a reference event included in the variable length code table, transformation process is performed to increase a possibility of performing variable length coding with satisfactory coding efficiency.

Abstract: A moving image encoding device measures a band of a target image to be encoded and a band of a reference image by a band analyzer, and generates band-related information representing these bands. A prediction signal generator generates a prediction signal such that the signal matches the band of the target image, from the reference image, based on the band-related information. A difference unit obtains a difference between the target image and the prediction signal to generate a differential signal. A converter and a quantizer each encode the differential signal to generate an encoded differential signal. An inverse quantizer and an inverter each decode the encoded differential signal to generate a decoded differential signal. An adder adds the prediction signal to the decoded differential signal to generate a reproduced image. An output terminal outputs at least the encoded differential signal and the band-related information.

Abstract: A video processing system is provided with video encoding apparatus 1 and video decoding apparatus 2. The encoding apparatus 1 outputs a maximum delay time that is incurred by backward prediction, in addition to encoded data D1 resulting from encoding of video data D0. The decoding apparatus 2 effects input of the maximum delay time that is incurred by backward prediction, in addition to encoded data D1 from the encoding apparatus 1. Then the decoding apparatus 2 decodes the encoded data D1 with reference to the input maximum delay time to generate motion video data D2.