Patents by Inventor Sei Naito

Sei Naito 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: 11962801
    Abstract: An image decoding device includes: a prediction signal generation unit that generates a prediction signal by intra prediction, wherein in a block to which intra sub-partitions are applied, the prediction signal generation unit refers to a pixel of a decoded block adjacent to the block when generating prediction signals of all sub-blocks in the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyohei Unno, Yoshitaka Kidani, Kei Kawamura, Sei Naito
  • Publication number: 20240114165
    Abstract: An image decoding device includes a prediction unit configured to generate a prediction signal included in a prediction block based on a motion vector. The prediction unit is configured to perform refinement processing of setting a search range based on a reference position specified by the motion vector, specifying a corrected reference position having the smallest predetermined cost from the search range, and correcting the motion vector based on the corrected reference position. When a block size of the prediction block is larger than a predetermined block size, the prediction unit is configured to divide the prediction block into sub-block groups and perform the refinement processing for each sub-block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyohei UNNO, Kei KAWAMURA, Sei NAITO
  • Patent number: 11949860
    Abstract: An image decoding device, includes a filter unit using, as an input, a decoded signal prior to the filtering process and output a filtered decoded signal. The filter unit performs clipping processing on the decoded signal prior to the filtering process such that the absolute value of a differential value between a reference pixel value and a pixel value of the decoded signal prior to the filtering process is less than or equal to a predefined threshold value, and to generate the filtered decoded signal through the linear weighted addition of the value after the clipping processing is performed and the pixel value of the decoded signal prior to the filtering process; and a large-small relationship between the threshold value for a luma signal and the threshold value for a chroma signal are defined such that the large-small relationship is unchanged when an internal bit depth is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: KDDI Corporation
    Inventors: Kyohei Unno, Kei Kawamura, Sei Naito
  • Publication number: 20240107044
    Abstract: A decoding device includes a transformer sets a decoded luminance component of a prediction target block to the same number of samples as that of the chrominance component corresponding to the decoded luminance component of the prediction target block and generates a luminance reference signal. A specificator specifies luminance pixels having minimum and maximum pixel values of the decoded luminance component adjacent to the decoded luminance component of the prediction target block, respectively, outputs luminance pixel values obtained from specified luminance pixels, and outputs chrominance pixel values from pigment pixels corresponding to the luminance pixels. A derivator derives a linear prediction parameter from the two pixel values and a linear prediction model. A chrominance linear predictor obtains chrominance prediction signal applying the linear prediction model based on the linear prediction parameter to the luminance reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei KAWAMURA, Sei NAITO
  • Patent number: 11882308
    Abstract: An image decoding device includes a prediction unit configured to generate a prediction signal included in a prediction block based on a motion vector. The prediction unit is configured to perform refinement processing of setting a search range based on a reference position specified by the motion vector, specifying a corrected reference position having the smallest predetermined cost from the search range, and correcting the motion vector based on the corrected reference position. When a block size of the prediction block is larger than a predetermined block size, the prediction unit is configured to divide the prediction block into sub-block groups and perform the refinement processing for each sub-block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyohei Unno, Kei Kawamura, Sei Naito
  • Patent number: 11871021
    Abstract: A decoding device includes a transformer sets a decoded luminance component of a prediction target block to the same number of samples as that of the chrominance component corresponding to the decoded luminance component of the prediction target block and generates a luminance reference signal. A specificator specifies luminance pixels having minimum and maximum pixel values of the decoded luminance component adjacent to the decoded luminance component of the prediction target block, respectively, outputs luminance pixel values obtained from specified luminance pixels, and outputs chrominance pixel values from pigment pixels corresponding to the luminance pixels. A derivator derives a linear prediction parameter from the two pixel values and a linear prediction model. A chrominance linear predictor obtains chrominance prediction signal applying the linear prediction model based on the linear prediction parameter to the luminance reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei Kawamura, Sei Naito
  • Publication number: 20230328237
    Abstract: Provided is a moving image processing apparatus. A moving image processing apparatus includes: a detection unit configured to detect a boundary of blocks; a determination unit configured to determine a strength of the boundary detected by the detection unit; and a deciding unit configured to decide whether or not a filter is to be applied to the boundary based on the strength of the boundary determined by the determination unit. The determination unit is further configured to use a size of a transformation block to determine the strength of the boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Kei Kawamura, Sei Naito
  • Patent number: 11750829
    Abstract: A decoding device includes a transformer sets a decoded luminance component of a prediction target block to the same number of samples as that of the chrominance component corresponding to the decoded luminance component of the prediction target block and generates a luminance reference signal. A specificator specifies luminance pixels having minimum and maximum pixel values of the decoded luminance component adjacent to the decoded luminance component of the prediction target block, respectively, outputs luminance pixel values obtained from specified luminance pixels, and outputs chrominance pixel values from pigment pixels corresponding to the luminance pixels. A derivator derives a linear prediction parameter from the two pixel values and a linear prediction model. A chrominance linear predictor obtains chrominance prediction signal by applying linear prediction model based on the linear prediction parameter to the luminance reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: KDDI Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Kawamura, Sei Naito
  • Publication number: 20230224458
    Abstract: An image decoding device includes: a motion vector decoding unit that decodes a motion vector from encoded data; a refinement unit that performs refinement processing to correct the decoded motion vector; and a predictive signal generation unit that generates a predictive signal on the basis of the corrected motion vector outputted from the refinement unit. The predictive signal generation unit determines whether or not to apply BDOF processing for each block, on the basis of information calculated in the course of the refinement processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyohei UNNO, Kei KAWAMURA, Sei NAITO
  • Publication number: 20230209086
    Abstract: An image decoding device includes a prediction unit configured to generate a prediction signal included in a prediction block based on a motion vector. The prediction unit is configured to perform refinement processing of setting a search range based on a reference position specified by the motion vector, specifying a corrected reference position having the smallest predetermined cost from the search range, and correcting the motion vector based on the corrected reference position. When a block size of the prediction block is larger than a predetermined block size, the prediction unit is configured to divide the prediction block into sub-block groups and perform the refinement processing for each sub-block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyohei UNNO, Kei KAWAMURA, Sei NAITO
  • Publication number: 20230199206
    Abstract: An image decoding device (200) includes: an inverse transform unit (220B/220C) configured to generate a prediction residual signal by inverse transform, the inverse transform unit (220B/220C) is configured to control a method of decoding a secondary transform index of a target block according to information indicating a position where a non-zero coefficient is generated in the target block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka KIDANI, Kyohei UNNO, Kei KAWAMURA, Sei NAITO
  • Publication number: 20230109719
    Abstract: An image decoding device (200) includes: a merge unit (241A2) configured to apply geometric block partitioning merge to a target block divided in a rectangular shape, wherein the merge unit (241A2) includes: a merge mode specifying unit (241A21) configured to specify whether or not the geometric block partitioning merge is applied; a geometric block partitioning unit (241A22) configured to specify a geometric block partitioning pattern and further perform geometric block partitioning on the target block divided in the rectangular shape by using the specified geometric block partitioning pattern; and a merge list construction unit (241A23) configured to construct a merge list for the target block subjected to the geometric block partitioning and decode motion information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka KIDANI, Kei KAWAMURA, Kyohei UNNO, Sei NAITO
  • Patent number: 11627311
    Abstract: An image decoding device includes: a motion vector decoding unit that decodes a motion vector from encoded data; a refinement unit that performs refinement processing to correct the decoded motion vector; and a predictive signal generation unit that generates a predictive signal on the basis of the corrected motion vector outputted from the refinement unit. The predictive signal generation unit determines whether or not to apply BDOF processing for each block, on the basis of information calculated in the course of the refinement processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyohei Unno, Kei Kawamura, Sei Naito
  • Patent number: 11627336
    Abstract: An image decoding device includes a prediction unit configured to generate a prediction signal included in a prediction block based on a motion vector. The prediction unit is configured to perform refinement processing of setting a search range based on a reference position specified by the motion vector, specifying a corrected reference position having the smallest predetermined cost from the search range, and correcting the motion vector based on the corrected reference position. When a block size of the prediction block is larger than a predetermined block size, the prediction unit is configured to divide the prediction block into sub-block groups and perform the refinement processing for each sub-block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyohei Unno, Kei Kawamura, Sei Naito
  • Publication number: 20230091030
    Abstract: A point-cloud decoding device 200 according to the present invention includes: a geometry information decoding unit 2010 configured to decode a flag that controls whether to apply “Implicit QtBt” or not; and an attribute-information decoding unit 2060 configured to decode a flag that controls whether to apply “scalable lifting” or not; wherein, a restriction is set not to apply the “scalable lifting” when the “Implicit QtBt” is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyohei UNNO, Kei KAWAMURA, Sei NAITO
  • Publication number: 20230023488
    Abstract: In an image decoding device 200 according to the present invention, a decoding unit 210 is configured to decode a flag indicating whether chroma-related syntax is included in a picture parameter set, and in a case where the flag indicates that chroma-related syntax is included in the picture parameter set, the decoding unit 210 is configured to decode syntax for controlling deblocking filter processing of a Cb signal and a Cr signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyohei UNNO, Kei KAWAMURA, Sei NAITO
  • Publication number: 20220417530
    Abstract: An image decoding device includes: a block structure decoding unit configured to decode the coded data to acquire luminance block division information and chrominance block division information; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a cross-component linear model method is applicable based on the luminance block division information and the chrominance block division information; and a chrominance intra-prediction method decoding unit configured to decode a chrominance intra-prediction method according to a result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei KAWAMURA, Kyohei UNNO, Sei NAITO
  • Publication number: 20220368931
    Abstract: A decoding device includes a transformer sets a decoded luminance component of a prediction target block to the same number of samples as that of the chrominance component corresponding to the decoded luminance component of the prediction target block and generates a luminance reference signal. A specificator specifies luminance pixels having minimum and maximum pixel values of the decoded luminance component adjacent to the decoded luminance component of the prediction target block, respectively, outputs luminance pixel values obtained from specified luminance pixels, and outputs chrominance pixel values from pigment pixels corresponding to the luminance pixels. A derivator derives a linear prediction parameter from the two pixel values and a linear prediction model. A chrominance linear predictor obtains chrominance prediction signal applying the linear prediction model based on the linear prediction parameter to the luminance reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei KAWAMURA, Sei NAITO
  • Publication number: 20220368932
    Abstract: A decoding device includes a transformer sets a decoded luminance component of a prediction target block to the same number of samples as that of the chrominance component corresponding to the decoded luminance component of the prediction target block and generates a luminance reference signal. A specificator specifies luminance pixels having minimum and maximum pixel values of the decoded luminance component adjacent to the decoded luminance component of the prediction target block, respectively, outputs luminance pixel values obtained from specified luminance pixels, and outputs chrominance pixel values from pigment pixels corresponding to the luminance pixels. A derivator derives a linear prediction parameter from the two pixel values and a linear prediction model. A chrominance linear predictor obtains chrominance prediction signal by applying linear prediction model based on the linear prediction parameter to the luminance reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei KAWAMURA, Sei NAITO
  • Publication number: 20220345740
    Abstract: An image decoding device includes a prediction unit configured to generate a prediction signal included in a prediction block based on a motion vector. The prediction unit is configured to perform refinement processing of setting a search range based on a reference position specified by the motion vector, specifying a corrected reference position having the smallest predetermined cost from the search range, and correcting the motion vector based on the corrected reference position. When a block size of the prediction block is larger than a predetermined block size, the prediction unit is configured to divide the prediction block into sub-block groups and perform the refinement processing for each sub-block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: KDDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyohei UNNO, Kei KAWAMURA, Sei NAITO