Patents by Inventor Katsuharu Shimura

Katsuharu Shimura 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: 8422565
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an accumulating unit for accumulating encoded data obtained by encoding image data; a reading unit for reading out the encoded data in data increments; a determining unit for determining whether or not a parameter indicating the accumulated state of the encoded data at the accumulating unit satisfies a predetermined accumulation condition; a forbidding unit for forbidding readout of encoded data to be read out following encoded data being read out by the reading unit in data increments, which serves as a reference, in the case of the determining unit determining that the parameter satisfies the accumulation condition; and a control unit for controlling the reading unit to omit readout of encoded data of which readout is forbidden by the forbidding unit in data increments, and performing readout of encoded data of which readout is not prohibited by the forbidding unit in data increments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Fukuhara, Kazuhisa Hosaka, Katsuharu Shimura, Tsuguna Inagaki, Hiroo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7907785
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an input unit that inputs image data; and an analysis filtering unit that generates coefficient data of a plurality of subbands by performing analysis filtering of the image data input by the input unit for each predetermined number of lines from an upper-end line to a lower-end line such that analysis filtering of a lower-end line of the current picture is completed before analysis filtering of an upper-end line of the next picture starts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Fukuhara, Katsutoshi Ando, Naoto Nishimura, Yuuki Tanaka, Katsuharu Shimura, Hiroo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20080304574
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an accumulating unit for accumulating encoded data obtained by encoding image data; a reading unit for reading out the encoded data in data increments; a determining unit for determining whether or not a parameter indicating the accumulated state of the encoded data at the accumulating unit satisfies a predetermined accumulation condition; a forbidding unit for forbidding readout of encoded data to be read out following encoded data being read out by the reading unit in data increments, which serves as a reference, in the case of the determining unit determining that the parameter satisfies the accumulation condition; and a control unit for controlling the reading unit to omit readout of encoded data of which readout is forbidden by the forbidding unit in data increments, and performing readout of encoded data of which readout is not prohibited by the forbidding unit in data increments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Fukuhara, Kazuhisa Hosaka, Katsuharu Shimura, Tsuguna Inagaki, Hiroo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20070269122
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an input unit that inputs image data; and an analysis filtering unit that generates coefficient data of a plurality of subbands by performing analysis filtering of the image data input by the input unit for each predetermined number of lines from an upper-end line to a lower-end line such that analysis filtering of a lower-end line of the current picture is completed before analysis filtering of an upper-end line of the next picture starts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro FUKUHARA, Katsutoshi Ando, Naoto Nishimura, Yuuki Tanaka, Katsuharu Shimura, Hiroo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6600837
    Abstract: An image compression controller capable of simplifying the quantization coefficient control in an image compression process and attaining a high speed In image compression, including a first quantization circuit for first quantization based on a quantization coefficient on an output signal from a DCT circuit, a second quantization circuit for second quantization based on a second quantization coefficient, counters for counting the number of “0's” in the first quantization data, a quantization coefficient control circuit for generating a plurality of reference control coefficients and generating control coefficients based on counts of the counters and a “0” reference value, a first multiplier for generating a first quantization coefficient based on a reference quantization coefficient and a reference control coefficient, a second multiplier for generating a second quantization coefficient based on a control coefficient and a reference quantization coefficient, and an entropy coding
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuharu Shimura, Takunari Inagaki