Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Katata

Hiroyuki Katata 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).

  • Patent number: 9609327
    Abstract: An image decoding apparatus that includes a motion compensation prediction circuit configured to conduct motion compensation prediction for each of blocks to be decoded by using the reconstructed image, an inverse transformation circuit configured to conduct inverse orthogonal transformation for the data of the blocks to be decoded, and a determination circuit configured to determine a filtering strength and whether or not to conduct filtering, with respect to each of the boundaries. In addition, the determining circuit is configured to determine filtering is conducted when at least one of the two adjacent blocks is intra-coded, and filtering is not conducted when both of the two adjacent blocks are not intra-coded, a non-zero transformation coefficient is not coded in both of the two adjacent blocks, the two adjacent blocks are predicted by the same reference frame, and an absolute value of a difference between motion vectors of the two adjacent blocks is smaller than a specified threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Dolby Laboartories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Shijun Sun, Shawmin Lei, Hiroyuki Katata
  • Publication number: 20170078660
    Abstract: An image decoding apparatus that includes a motion compensation prediction circuit configured to conduct motion compensation prediction for each of blocks to be decoded by using the reconstructed image, an inverse transformation circuit configured to conduct inverse orthogonal transformation for the data of the blocks to be decoded, and a determination circuit configured to determine a filtering strength and whether or not to conduct filtering, with respect to each of the boundaries. In addition, the determining circuit is configured to determine filtering is conducted when at least one of the two adjacent blocks is intra-coded, and filtering is not conducted when both of the two adjacent blocks are not intra-coded, a non-zero transformation coefficient is not coded in both of the two adjacent blocks, the two adjacent blocks are predicted by the same reference frame, and an absolute value of a difference between motion vectors of the two adjacent blocks is smaller than a specified threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Shijun Sun, Shawmin Lei, Hiroyuki Katata
  • Patent number: 9503759
    Abstract: An image decoding apparatus that includes a motion compensation prediction circuit configured to conduct motion compensation prediction for each of blocks to be decoded by using the reconstructed image, an inverse transformation circuit configured to conduct inverse orthogonal transformation for the data of the blocks to be decoded, and a determination circuit configured to determine a filtering strength and whether or not to conduct filtering, with respect to each of the boundaries. In addition, the determining circuit is configured to determine filtering is conducted when at least one of the two adjacent blocks is intra-coded, and filtering is not conducted when both of the two adjacent blocks are not intra-coded, a non-zero transformation coefficient is not coded in both of the two adjacent blocks, the two adjacent blocks are predicted by the same reference frame, and an absolute value of a difference between motion vectors of the two adjacent blocks is smaller than a specified threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Shijun Sun, Shawmin Lei, Hiroyuki Katata
  • Publication number: 20160261890
    Abstract: An image decoding apparatus that includes a motion compensation prediction circuit configured to conduct motion compensation prediction for each of blocks to be decoded by using the reconstructed image, an inverse transformation circuit configured to conduct inverse orthogonal transformation for the data of the blocks to be decoded, and a determination circuit configured to determine a filtering strength and whether or not to conduct filtering, with respect to each of the boundaries. In addition, the determining circuit is configured to determine filtering is conducted when at least one of the two adjacent blocks is intra-coded, and filtering is not conducted when both of the two adjacent blocks are not intra-coded, a non-zero transformation coefficient is not coded in both of the two adjacent blocks, the two adjacent blocks are predicted by the same reference frame, and an absolute value of a difference between motion vectors of the two adjacent blocks is smaller than a specified threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Shijun Sun, Shawmin Lei, Hiroyuki Katata
  • Patent number: 9407914
    Abstract: Adjacent regions are identified in an image. Coding parameters for the adjacent regions are identified. Selective filtering is performed at the region between the identified adjacent regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Shijun Sun, Shawmin Lei, Hiroyuki Katata
  • Patent number: 9407913
    Abstract: Adjacent regions are identified in an image. Coding parameters for the adjacent regions are identified. Selective filtering is performed at the region between the identified adjacent regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Shijun Sun, Shawmin Lei, Hiroyuki Katata
  • Publication number: 20160142707
    Abstract: Adjacent regions are identified in an image. Coding parameters for the adjacent regions are identified. Selective filtering is performed at the region between the identified adjacent regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Shijun Sun, Shawmin Lei, Hiroyuki Katata
  • Publication number: 20160142708
    Abstract: Adjacent regions are identified in an image. Coding parameters for the adjacent regions are identified. Selective filtering is performed at the region between the identified adjacent regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Shijun Sun, Shawmin Lei, Hiroyuki Katata
  • Patent number: 9344730
    Abstract: An image decoding apparatus that includes a motion compensation prediction circuit configured to conduct motion compensation prediction for each of blocks to be decoded by using the reconstructed image, an inverse transformation circuit configured to conduct inverse orthogonal transformation for the data of the blocks to be decoded, and a determination circuit configured to determine a filtering strength and whether or not to conduct filtering, with respect to each of the boundaries. In addition, the determining circuit is configured to determine filtering is conducted when at least one of the two adjacent blocks is intra-coded, and filtering is not conducted when both of the two adjacent blocks are not intra-coded, a non-zero transformation coefficient is not coded in both of the two adjacent blocks, the two adjacent blocks are predicted by the same reference frame, and an absolute value of a difference between motion vectors of the two adjacent blocks is smaller than a specified threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Shijun Sun, Shawmin Lei, Hiroyuki Katata
  • Publication number: 20150341666
    Abstract: An image decoding apparatus that includes a motion compensation prediction circuit configured to conduct motion compensation prediction for each of blocks to be decoded by using the reconstructed image, an inverse transformation circuit configured to conduct inverse orthogonal transformation for the data of the blocks to be decoded, and a determination circuit configured to determine a filtering strength and whether or not to conduct filtering, with respect to each of the boundaries. In addition, the determining circuit is configured to determine filtering is conducted when at least one of the two adjacent blocks is intra-coded, and filtering is not conducted when both of the two adjacent blocks are not intra-coded, a non-zero transformation coefficient is not coded in both of the two adjacent blocks, the two adjacent blocks are predicted by the same reference frame, and an absolute value of a difference between motion vectors of the two adjacent blocks is smaller than a specified threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shijun SUN, Shawmin LEI, Hiroyuki KATATA
  • Patent number: 9124888
    Abstract: Adjacent regions are identified in an image. Coding parameters for the adjacent regions are identified. Selective filtering is performed at the region between the identified adjacent regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shijun Sun, Shawmin Lei, Hiroyuki Katata
  • Publication number: 20150103889
    Abstract: Adjacent regions are identified in an image. Coding parameters for the adjacent regions are identified. Selective filtering is performed at the region between the identified adjacent regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shijun Sun, Shawmin Lei, Hiroyuki Katata
  • Patent number: 8891634
    Abstract: Adjacent regions are identified in an image. Coding parameters for the adjacent regions are identified. Selective filtering is performed at the region between the identified adjacent regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shijun Sun, Shawmin Lei, Hiroyuki Katata
  • Patent number: 8798173
    Abstract: Adjacent regions are identified in an image. Coding parameters for the adjacent regions are identified. Selective filtering is performed at the region between the identified adjacent regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shijun Sun, Shawmin Lei, Hiroyuki Katata
  • Patent number: 8274555
    Abstract: A stereoscopic image supplier acquires stereoscopic image data in a side-by-side layout format. Visual information supplier acquires visual information to be added to a stereoscopic image. Based on a 3D display for displaying a stereoscopic image, a 3D display information supplier acquires the coordinates of portions that are not used for 3D display representation as the coordinates of the pixels with which visual information is combined. An image synthesizer combines visual information obtained at Step S2 with the pixel at the coordinates set at Step S3. Visual information is combined with all the portions at the coordinates to be processed, and the image with visual information synthesized is stored in a stereo image storage. In this way, if additional information is added to the stereoscopic image, no uncomfortable feeling will occur when the image is viewed in stereoscopic vision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroaki Yabe, Hiroyuki Katata
  • Publication number: 20120213278
    Abstract: A frequency transformation determination unit determines whether a plurality of adjacent transformation target regions with the partition boundary interposed therebetween are integrated or not. A transformation coefficient generation unit generates, by applying one frequency transformation, a transformation coefficient for the transformation target regions where the frequency transformation determination unit determined to integrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Yukinobu Yasugi, Hiroyuki Katata
  • Patent number: 8040957
    Abstract: Adjacent regions are identified in an image. Coding parameters for the adjacent regions are identified. Selective filtering is performed at the region between the identified adjacent regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shijun Sun, Shawmin Lei, Hiroyuki Katata
  • Patent number: 7907667
    Abstract: Adjacent regions are identified in an image. Coding parameters for the adjacent regions are identified. Selective filtering is performed at the region between the identified adjacent regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shijun Sun, Shawmin Lei, Hiroyuki Katata
  • Publication number: 20100260264
    Abstract: Adjacent regions are identified in an image. Coding parameters for the adjacent regions are identified. Selective filtering is performed at the region between the identified adjacent regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Shijun SUN, Shawmin Lei, Hiroyuki Katata
  • Patent number: 7787542
    Abstract: Adjacent regions are identified in an image. Coding parameters for the adjacent regions are identified. Selective filtering is performed at the region between the identified adjacent regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shijun Sun, Shawmin Lei, Hiroyuki Katata