Patents by Inventor Hideo Saitou
Hideo Saitou has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
-
Publication number: 20240146925Abstract: An encoder that encodes a current block in a picture includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry: performs a first transform on a residual signal of the current block using a first transform basis to generate first transform coefficients; and performs a second transform on the first transform coefficients using a second transform basis to generate second transform coefficients and quantizes the second transform coefficients, when the first transform basis is the same as a predetermined transform basis; and quantizes the first transform coefficients without performing the second transform, when the first transform basis is different from the predetermined transform basis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Masato OHKAWA, Hideo SAITOU, Tadamasa TOMA, Takahiro NISHI, Kiyofumi ABE, Ryuichi KANOH
-
Patent number: 11895299Abstract: An encoder that encodes a current block in a picture includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry: performs a first transform on a residual signal of the current block using a first transform basis to generate first transform coefficients; and performs a second transform on the first transform coefficients using a second transform basis to generate second transform coefficients and quantizes the second transform coefficients, when the first transform basis is the same as a predetermined transform basis; and quantizes the first transform coefficients without performing the second transform, when the first transform basis is different from the predetermined transform basis.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Masato Ohkawa, Hideo Saitou, Tadamasa Toma, Takahiro Nishi, Kiyofumi Abe, Ryuichi Kanoh
-
Publication number: 20240031581Abstract: An encoder which encodes a current block of a picture includes a processor and memory. Using the memory, the processor: determines whether intra prediction is to be used for the current block; and when it is determined that intra prediction is to be used for the current block, generates first transform coefficients by performing first transform of residual signals of the current block using a first transform basis; quantizes the first transform coefficients when an intra prediction mode for the current block is a determined mode and the first transform basis is different from a determined transform basis; and generates second transform coefficients by performing second transform of the first transform coefficients using a second transform basis, and quantizes the second transform coefficients, when the intra prediction mode for the current block is not the determined mode or when the first transform basis matches the determined transform basis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Masato OHKAWA, Hideo SAITOU, Tadamasa TOMA, Takahiro NISHI, Kiyofumi ABE, Ryuichi KANOH
-
Publication number: 20240007621Abstract: An encoder that encodes a current block in a picture includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry: determines whether to use intra prediction for the current block; and when determining to use intra prediction, (i) performs a first transform on a residual signal of the current block using a first transform basis to generate first transform coefficients; and (ii-1) performs a second transform on the first transform coefficients using a second transform basis to generate second transform coefficients and quantizes the second transform coefficients, when an intra prediction mode of the current block is a predetermined mode or when the first transform basis is same as a predetermined transform basis; and (ii-2) quantizes the first transform coefficients without performing the second transform when the intra prediction mode is different from the predetermined mode and the first transform basis is different from the predetermined transform basis.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Masato OHKAWA, Hideo SAITOU, Tadamasa TOMA, Takahiro NISHI, Kiyofumi ABE, Ryuichi KANOH
-
Publication number: 20230388549Abstract: Provided is an encoder including: circuitry; and memory coupled to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry: performs a mapping process of Luma Mapping with Chroma Scaling (LMCS) for transforming a first pixel value space applied to a luma display image signal into a second pixel value space applied to a luma encoding process signal, using line segments forming a transform curve, each of which corresponds to a different one of sections obtained by partitioning the first pixel value space; and encodes an image, and in the performing of the LMCS, the circuitry determines the transform curve so that among boundary values in the second pixel value space, a first value obtained by dividing a boundary value by a base width defined according to a bit depth of the image is not equal to a second value obtained by dividing another boundary value by the base width.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Masato OHKAWA, Hideo SAITOU, Kiyofumi ABE, Takahiro NISHI, Tadamasa TOMA, Yusuke KATO
-
Patent number: 11818362Abstract: An encoder which encodes a current block of a picture includes a processor and memory. Using the memory, the processor: determines whether intra prediction is to be used for the current block; and when it is determined that intra prediction is to be used for the current block, generates first transform coefficients by performing first transform of residual signals of the current block using a first transform basis; quantizes the first transform coefficients when an intra prediction mode for the current block is a determined mode and the first transform basis is different from a determined transform basis; and generates second transform coefficients by performing second transform of the first transform coefficients using a second transform basis, and quantizes the second transform coefficients, when the intra prediction mode for the current block is not the determined mode or when the first transform basis matches the determined transform basis.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Masato Ohkawa, Hideo Saitou, Tadamasa Toma, Takahiro Nishi, Kiyofumi Abe, Ryuichi Kanoh
-
Publication number: 20230345000Abstract: When a transform-basis adaptive selection mode is enabled, an encoder that transforms residuals of a current block to encode an image: adaptively selects a first horizontal transform basis from among one or more transform basis candidates when a horizontal size of the current block is greater than a first horizontal threshold size; otherwise selects a fixed horizontal transform basis as a first horizontal transform basis; adaptively selects a first vertical transform basis from among the one or more transform basis candidates when a vertical size of the current block is greater than a first vertical threshold size; otherwise selects a fixed vertical transform basis as a first vertical transform basis; and generates first transform coefficients by performing a first horizontal transform and a first vertical transform on the residuals of the current block, using the first horizontal transform basis selected and the first vertical transform basis selected, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Masato OHKAWA, Hideo SAITOU, Tadamasa TOMA, Takahiro NISHI, Kiyofumi ABE, Ryuichi KANOH
-
Patent number: 11800093Abstract: An encoder that encodes a current block in a picture includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry: determines whether to use intra prediction for the current block; and when determining to use intra prediction, (i) performs a first transform on a residual signal of the current block using a first transform basis to generate first transform coefficients; and (ii-1) performs a second transform on the first transform coefficients using a second transform basis to generate second transform coefficients and quantizes the second transform coefficients, when an intra prediction mode of the current block is a predetermined mode or when the first transform basis is same as a predetermined transform basis; and (ii-2) quantizes the first transform coefficients without performing the second transform when the intra prediction mode is different from the predetermined mode and the first transform basis is different from the predetermined transform basis.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Masato Ohkawa, Hideo Saitou, Tadamasa Toma, Takahiro Nishi, Kiyofumi Abe, Ryuichi Kanoh
-
Publication number: 20230336741Abstract: When intra prediction is to be used, an encoder determines whether an adaptive basis selection mode is to be used and whether a size of the current block matches a determined size. When the adaptive basis selection mode is to be used and the size matches the determined size, the encoder fixes the first transform basis for the current block to a first determined transform basis in the adaptive basis selection mode, and generates first transform coefficients by performing first transform of residual signals of the current block using the first determined transform basis; quantizes the first transform coefficients when an intra prediction mode for the current block is a determined mode; and generates second transform coefficients by performing second transform of the first transform coefficients using a second transform basis, and quantizes the second transform coefficients, when the intra prediction mode is not the determined mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Masato OHKAWA, Hideo SAITOU, Tadamasa TOMA, Takahiro NISHI, Kiyofumi ABE, Ryuichi KANOH
-
Patent number: 11770561Abstract: Provided is an encoder including: circuitry; and memory coupled to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry: performs a mapping process of Luma Mapping with Chroma Scaling (LMCS) for transforming a first pixel value space applied to a luma display image signal into a second pixel value space applied to a luma encoding process signal, using line segments forming a transform curve, each of which corresponds to a different one of sections obtained by partitioning the first pixel value space; and encodes an image, and in the performing of the LMCS, the circuitry determines the transform curve so that among boundary values in the second pixel value space, a first value obtained by dividing a boundary value by a base width defined according to a bit depth of the image is not equal to a second value obtained by dividing another boundary value by the base width.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Masato Ohkawa, Hideo Saitou, Kiyofumi Abe, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Yusuke Kato
-
Patent number: 11729386Abstract: When a transform-basis adaptive selection mode is enabled, an encoder that transforms residuals of a current block to encode an image: adaptively selects a first horizontal transform basis from among one or more transform basis candidates when a horizontal size of the current block is greater than a first horizontal threshold size; otherwise selects a fixed horizontal transform basis as a first horizontal transform basis; adaptively selects a first vertical transform basis from among the one or more transform basis candidates when a vertical size of the current block is greater than a first vertical threshold size; otherwise selects a fixed vertical transform basis as a first vertical transform basis; and generates first transform coefficients by performing a first horizontal transform and a first vertical transform on the residuals of the current block, using the first horizontal transform basis selected and the first vertical transform basis selected, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Masato Ohkawa, Hideo Saitou, Tadamasa Toma, Takahiro Nishi, Kiyofumi Abe, Ryuichi Kanoh
-
Patent number: 11729398Abstract: When intra prediction is to be used, an encoder determines whether an adaptive basis selection mode is to be used and whether a size of the current block matches a determined size. When the adaptive basis selection mode is to be used and the size matches the determined size, the encoder fixes the first transform basis for the current block to a first determined transform basis in the adaptive basis selection mode, and generates first transform coefficients by performing first transform of residual signals of the current block using the first determined transform basis; quantizes the first transform coefficients when an intra prediction mode for the current block is a determined mode; and generates second transform coefficients by performing second transform of the first transform coefficients using a second transform basis, and quantizes the second transform coefficients, when the intra prediction mode is not the determined mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Masato Ohkawa, Hideo Saitou, Tadamasa Toma, Takahiro Nishi, Kiyofumi Abe, Ryuichi Kanoh
-
Publication number: 20230040759Abstract: Provided is an encoder including: circuitry; and memory coupled to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry: performs a mapping process of Luma Mapping with Chroma Scaling (LMCS) for transforming a first pixel value space applied to a luma display image signal into a second pixel value space applied to a luma encoding process signal, using line segments forming a transform curve, each of which corresponds to a different one of sections obtained by partitioning the first pixel value space; and encodes an image, and in the performing of the LMCS, the circuitry determines the transform curve so that among boundary values in the second pixel value space, a first value obtained by dividing a boundary value by a base width defined according to a bit depth of the image is not equal to a second value obtained by dividing another boundary value by the base width.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Masato OHKAWA, Hideo SAITOU, Kiyofumi ABE, Takahiro NISHI, Tadamasa TOMA, Yusuke KATO
-
Patent number: 11575896Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and memory coupled to the circuitry. The circuitry, in operation: generates (i) a first quantization matrix for transform coefficients included in a current block to be processed and (ii) a second quantization matrix for transform coefficients included in a low frequency domain among the transform coefficients included in the current block; and quantizes the transform coefficients included in the current block using at least one of the first quantization matrix or the second quantization matrix, in accordance with a size of the current block.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Hideo Saitou, Masato Ohkawa, Kiyofumi Abe, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Yusuke Kato
-
Patent number: 11533511Abstract: Provided is an encoder including: circuitry; and memory coupled to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry: performs a mapping process of Luma Mapping with Chroma Scaling (LMCS) for transforming a first pixel value space applied to a luma display image signal into a second pixel value space applied to a luma encoding process signal, using line segments forming a transform curve, each of which corresponds to a different one of sections obtained by partitioning the first pixel value space; and encodes an image, and in the performing of the LMCS, the circuitry determines the transform curve so that among boundary values in the second pixel value space, a first value obtained by dividing a boundary value by a base width defined according to a bit depth of the image is not equal to a second value obtained by dividing another boundary value by the base width.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2022Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Masato Ohkawa, Hideo Saitou, Kiyofumi Abe, Takahiro Nishi, Tadamasa Toma, Yusuke Kato
-
Publication number: 20220394296Abstract: An encoder which transforms a current block to be encoded in an image to encode the current block includes circuitry and memory. The circuitry, using the memory: determines a plurality of first transform basis candidates and transforms the current block using a transform basis included in the plurality of first transform basis candidates determined, when the current block has a first size; and determines one or more second transform basis candidates different from the plurality of first transform basis candidates and transforms the current block using a transform basis included in the one or more second transform basis candidates determined, when the current block has a second size larger than the first size.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Ryuichi KANOH, Tadamasa TOMA, Kiyofumi ABE, Takahiro NISHI, Masato OHKAWA, Hideo SAITOU
-
Publication number: 20220394249Abstract: An encoder performs a determination process of determining a boundary strength for controlling deblocking filtering to be applied to a block boundary in a generated reconstructed picture. The determination process includes: a first processing, which is performed in a case where a current block is a luma block, of (i) determining whether a condition is satisfied, the condition being that a coding mode of the current block is different from a coding mode of a neighboring block of the current block, and the coding mode of the current block and the coding mode of the neighboring block are ones of three coding modes that are an intra block copy mode, a palette mode, and an inter mode, and (ii) determining the boundary strength to be either the first value or the second value based on the determining whether the condition is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Masato OHKAWA, Hideo SAITOU, Kiyofumi ABE, Takahiro NISHI, Tadamasa TOMA
-
Publication number: 20220368950Abstract: For a location displaced by four samples in a vertical direction or a horizontal direction from a current location, the encoder performs a first determination of determining only whether the location displaced by four samples is a TU boundary, where the current location is a sample location of a current sub-block boundary on which the determination process is to be performed. In the first determination, when it is determined that the location displaced by four samples is a TU boundary, the encoder sets a maximum filter length to a first value, and in the case otherwise, the encoder performs a second determination of determining whether a location displaced by eight samples in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction from the current location is a TU boundary.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Masato OHKAWA, Hideo SAITOU, Kiyofumi ABE, Takahiro NISHI, Tadamasa TOMA
-
Patent number: 11457240Abstract: An encoder which transforms a current block to be encoded in an image to encode the current block includes circuitry and memory. The circuitry, using the memory: determines a plurality of first transform basis candidates and transforms the current block using a transform basis included in the plurality of first transform basis candidates determined, when the current block has a first size; and determines one or more second transform basis candidates different from the plurality of first transform basis candidates and transforms the current block using a transform basis included in the one or more second transform basis candidates determined, when the current block has a second size larger than the first size.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: Ryuichi Kanoh, Tadamasa Toma, Kiyofumi Abe, Takahiro Nishi, Masato Ohkawa, Hideo Saitou
-
Publication number: 20220264112Abstract: An encoder which encodes a current block of a picture includes a processor and memory. Using the memory, the processor: determines whether intra prediction is to be used for the current block; and when it is determined that intra prediction is to be used for the current block, generates first transform coefficients by performing first transform of residual signals of the current block using a first transform basis; quantizes the first transform coefficients when an intra prediction mode for the current block is a determined mode and the first transform basis is different from a determined transform basis; and generates second transform coefficients by performing second transform of the first transform coefficients using a second transform basis, and quantizes the second transform coefficients, when the intra prediction mode for the current block is not the determined mode or when the first transform basis matches the determined transform basis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Masato OHKAWA, Hideo SAITOU, Tadamasa TOMA, Takahiro NISHI, Kiyofumi ABE, Ryuichi KANOH