Patents by Inventor Shimpei NEMOTO
Shimpei NEMOTO 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).
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Publication number: 20240129470Abstract: An encoding device encodes each encoding-target block.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAIInventors: Shunsuke IWAMURA, Shimpei NEMOTO, Atsuro ICHIGAYA
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Publication number: 20240121428Abstract: A prediction image correcting device comprises a predictor (108) configured to predict a target image block obtained by dividing a present image frame by using a plurality of reference images to generate a prediction image corresponding to the target image block a prediction accuracy evaluator (109) configured to evaluate prediction accuracy of the prediction image based on a degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images used for generating the prediction image and a corrector (110) configured to perform correction processing on the prediction image by using a decoded neighboring block adjacent to the target image block, wherein the corrector is configured to control the correction processing based at least on an evaluation result of the prediction accuracy evaluator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAIInventors: Shunsuke IWAMURA, Atsuro ICHIGAYA, Shimpei NEMOTO
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Patent number: 11936885Abstract: A method includes: decoding a bitstream and thereby outputting a transform coefficients for each color component of the block, a first flag indicating for each color component whether the block includes a non-zero transform coefficient, and a second flag indicating whether the block has been encoded using a color space transform that transforming a color space of a prediction residual from a color space of the original image to another color space; performing a color space inverse transform for the prediction residual restored from the transform coefficients, when the second flag indicates that the block has been encoded using the color space transform; and determining whether to perform chroma residual scaling for the prediction residual of the chrominance component, based on the first flag of a chrominance component and the second flag, the chroma residual scaling that performs scaling based on a luminance component corresponding to the chrominance component.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAIInventors: Shunsuke Iwamura, Shimpei Nemoto, Atsuro Ichigaya
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Publication number: 20240080476Abstract: An image encoding device 1 that encodes an encoding target block obtained by dividing an image, the image encoding device including: an intra predictor 172 configured to predict the encoding target block through intra prediction to generate a prediction block; and a transformer 121 configured to perform orthogonal transform processing on a prediction residual representing an error of the prediction block with respect to the encoding target block. The intra predictor includes: a weighted controller 172c configured to control the weighted combining processing dependent on positions of prediction pixels within the prediction block based on a type of transform to be applied in the orthogonal transform processing in the transformer; and a corrector 172b configured to correct the prediction pixels by performing the weighted combining processing on reference pixels adjacent to the encoding target block and the prediction pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAIInventors: Shunsuke IWAMURA, Atsuro ICHIGAYA, Shimpei NEMOTO
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Publication number: 20240073443Abstract: A prediction image correcting device comprises a predictor (108) configured to predict a target image block obtained by dividing a present image frame by using a plurality of reference images to generate a prediction image corresponding to the target image block a prediction accuracy evaluator (109) configured to evaluate prediction accuracy of the prediction image based on a degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images used for generating the prediction image and a corrector (110) configured to perform correction processing on the prediction image by using a decoded neighboring block adjacent to the target image block, wherein the corrector is configured to control the correction processing based at least on an evaluation result of the prediction accuracy evaluator.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAIInventors: Shunsuke IWAMURA, Atsuro ICHIGAYA, Shimpei NEMOTO
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Publication number: 20240040128Abstract: An image encoding device (1) includes a motion compensation predictor (109) configured to generate a prediction image corresponding to a target image by performing motion compensation prediction using a plurality of reference images, and an evaluator (111) configured to evaluate prediction accuracy of the prediction image for each image portion including one or more pixels by calculating a degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images for each image portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAIInventors: Atsuro ICHIGAYA, Shunsuke IWAMURA, Shimpei NEMOTO, Kazuhisa IGUCHI
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Patent number: 11889031Abstract: An encoding device encodes each encoding-target block.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAIInventors: Shunsuke Iwamura, Shimpei Nemoto, Atsuro Ichigaya
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Patent number: 11877003Abstract: A prediction image correcting device comprises a predictor (108) configured to predict a target image block obtained by dividing a present image frame by using a plurality of reference images to generate a prediction image corresponding to the target image block a prediction accuracy evaluator (109) configured to evaluate prediction accuracy of the prediction image based on a degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images used for generating the prediction image and a corrector (110) configured to perform correction processing on the prediction image by using a decoded neighboring block adjacent to the target image block, wherein the corrector is configured to control the correction processing based at least on an evaluation result of the prediction accuracy evaluator.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAIInventors: Shunsuke Iwamura, Atsuro Ichigaya, Shimpei Nemoto
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Patent number: 11849145Abstract: An image encoding device 1 that encodes an encoding target block obtained by dividing an image, the image encoding device including: an intra predictor 172 configured to predict the encoding target block through intra prediction to generate a prediction block; and a transformer 121 configured to perform orthogonal transform processing on a prediction residual representing an error of the prediction block with respect to the encoding target block. The intra predictor includes: a weighted controller 172c configured to control the weighted combining processing dependent on positions of prediction pixels within the prediction block based on a type of transform to be applied in the orthogonal transform processing in the transformer; and a corrector 172b configured to correct the prediction pixels by performing the weighted combining processing on reference pixels adjacent to the encoding target block and the prediction pixels.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAIInventors: Shunsuke Iwamura, Atsuro Ichigaya, Shimpei Nemoto
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Patent number: 11849141Abstract: A prediction image correcting device comprises a predictor (108) configured to predict a target image block obtained by dividing a present image frame by using a plurality of reference images to generate a prediction image corresponding to the target image block a prediction accuracy evaluator (109) configured to evaluate prediction accuracy of the prediction image based on a degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images used for generating the prediction image and a corrector (110) configured to perform correction processing on the prediction image by using a decoded neighboring block adjacent to the target image block, wherein the corrector is configured to control the correction processing based at least on an evaluation result of the prediction accuracy evaluator.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2023Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAIInventors: Shunsuke Iwamura, Atsuro Ichigaya, Shimpei Nemoto
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Patent number: 11818360Abstract: An image encoding device (1) includes a motion compensation predictor (109) configured to generate a prediction image corresponding to a target image by performing motion compensation prediction using a plurality of reference images, and an evaluator (111) configured to evaluate prediction accuracy of the prediction image for each image portion including one or more pixels by calculating a degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images for each image portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAIInventors: Atsuro Ichigaya, Shunsuke Iwamura, Shimpei Nemoto, Kazuhisa Iguchi
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Patent number: 11812015Abstract: An image encoding device that divides an image into blocks and encodes on each of the blocks, the image encoding device includes: a sub-area divider configured to divide a target block to be encoded into a plurality of sub-areas; a reference direction determiner configured to determine a reference direction that indicates in which direction an encoded block to be referenced is located among encoded blocks around the target block; a motion vector deriver configured to derive a motion vector for each of the sub-areas by referencing a motion vector applied in inter prediction of an encoded block located in the determined reference direction; and a prediction image generator configured to generate a prediction image on the target block by performing inter prediction on each of the sub-areas by using the derived motion vector. The image encoding device configured to encode reference direction information that indicates the determined reference direction, and output a stream.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAIInventors: Shunsuke Iwamura, Atsuro Ichigaya, Shimpei Nemoto
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Publication number: 20230353784Abstract: An encoding device 1 includes: a transformer 13 configured to calculate an orthogonal transform coefficient by performing an orthogonal transformation process on a residual image indicating a difference between the input image and a predicted image of the input image; a quantizer 14 configured to generate quantization coefficient by quantizing the orthogonal transform coefficient based on a quantization parameter; an entropy encoder 24 configured to generate encoded data by encoding the quantization coefficient; an image decoder 10 configured to restore an orthogonal transform coefficient from the quantization coefficient based on the quantization parameter and generate a pre-filtering image by adding the predicted image to a residual image restored by performing inverse orthogonal transformation on the orthogonal transform coefficient; and a deblocking filter 18 configured to perform a filtering process on the pre-filtering image and control a filtering strength depending on a result of comparison between aType: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAIInventors: Atsuro ICHIGAYA, Shunsuke IWAMURA, Shimpei NEMOTO, Kazuhisa IGUCHI
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Publication number: 20230269383Abstract: A method includes: decoding a bitstream and thereby outputting a transform coefficients for each color component of the block, a first flag indicating for each color component whether the block includes a non-zero transform coefficient, and a second flag indicating whether the block has been encoded using a color space transform that transforming a color space of a prediction residual from a color space of the original image to another color space; performing a color space inverse transform for the prediction residual restored from the transform coefficients, when the second flag indicates that the block has been encoded using the color space transform; and determining whether to perform chroma residual scaling for the prediction residual of the chrominance component, based on the first flag of a chrominance component and the second flag, the chroma residual scaling that performs scaling based on a luminance component corresponding to the chrominance component.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAIInventors: Shunsuke IWAMURA, Shimpei NEMOTO, Atsuro ICHIGAYA
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Patent number: 11736728Abstract: An encoding device 1 includes: a transformer 13 configured to calculate an orthogonal transform coefficient by performing an orthogonal transformation process on a residual image indicating a difference between the input image and a predicted image of the input image; a quantizer 14 configured to generate quantization coefficient by quantizing the orthogonal transform coefficient based on a quantization parameter; an entropy encoder 24 configured to generate encoded data by encoding the quantization coefficient; an image decoder 10 configured to restore an orthogonal transform coefficient from the quantization coefficient based on the quantization parameter and generate a pre-filtering image by adding the predicted image to a residual image restored by performing inverse orthogonal transformation on the orthogonal transform coefficient; and a deblocking filter 18 configured to perform a filtering process on the pre-filtering image and control a filtering strength depending on a result of comparison between aType: GrantFiled: August 23, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAIInventors: Atsuro Ichigaya, Shunsuke Iwamura, Shimpei Nemoto, Kazuhisa Iguchi
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Publication number: 20230262233Abstract: An intra predictor (181) for performing intra prediction on each of blocks obtained by dividing an original image in the form of a frame, the intra predictor (181) includes; a linear model calculator (1811a) configured to calculate a linear model of the luminance component and the chroma component of the target block using decoded pixel values of the luminance component and decoded pixel values of the chroma component around the target block on which the intra prediction is performed; a chroma component predictor (1811b) configured to predict pixel values of the chroma component of the target block by applying the linear model calculated by the linear model calculator (1811a) to decoded pixel values of a luminance component of the target block; and a chroma component corrector (1812) configured to correct predicted pixel values of the chroma component obtained by the chroma component predictor (1811b) using decoded pixel values that were not used to calculate a linear model by the linear model calculator (181Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAIInventors: Shunsuke IWAMURA, Atsuro ICHIGAYA, Shimpei NEMOTO
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Publication number: 20230247220Abstract: An image encoding device encodes a block-based target image. The image encoding device comprises, in a transform skip mode in which orthogonal transform processing of the target image is skipped, a motion compensation predictor configured to generate a prediction image corresponding to the target image by performing motion compensation prediction using a plurality of reference images, an evaluator configured to evaluate a degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images on a pixel-by-pixel basis, a subtractor configured to calculate prediction residuals each indicating a difference between the target image and the prediction image on a pixel-by-pixel basis, a rearranger configured to rearrange the prediction residuals based on a result of evaluation by the evaluator and an encoder configured to encode the prediction residuals rearranged by the rearranger.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAIInventors: Shunsuke IWAMURA, Atsuro ICHIGAYA, Shimpei NEMOTO
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Publication number: 20230239514Abstract: An encoding device comprises: a transformer/quantizer configured to perform a transform process and a quantization process on a residual signal that represents a difference between an encoding-target block and a prediction block obtained by predicting the encoding-target block; an inverse quantizer/inverse transformer configured to restore the residual signal by performing an inverse quantization process and an inverse transform process on transform coefficients obtained by the transformer/quantizer; a combiner configured to reconstruct the encoding-target block by combining the restored residual signal and the prediction block; a deblocking filter configured to perform a filter process on a boundary between two blocks including the reconstructed block and a block adjacent to the reconstructed block; and a filter controller configured to control the deblocking filter, based on a type of the transform process applied with respect to the two blocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAIInventors: Shunsuke IWAMURA, Atsuro ICHIGAYA, Shimpei NEMOTO
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Publication number: 20230239473Abstract: An encoding device encodes each encoding-target block.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAIInventors: Shunsuke IWAMURA, Shimpei NEMOTO, Atsuro ICHIGAYA
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Patent number: 11695955Abstract: An image encoding device (1) includes the cross-component intra predictor (171a) generates a predicted chroma block through cross-component intra prediction in which a chroma block to be encoded is predicted by referring to, as the neighbouring decoded pixels adjacent to the chroma block, decoded luminance pixels and decoded chroma pixels, a candidate generator (181) configured to generate candidates for an orthogonal transform type to be applied to orthogonal transform processing on prediction residuals that represent errors between the predicted chroma block and the chroma block; and a transformer (121) configured to perform the orthogonal transform processing on the chroma prediction residuals by using an orthogonal transform type selected from among the candidates generated by the candidate generator (181).Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: NIPPON HOSO KYOKAIInventors: Shunsuke Iwamura, Atsuro Ichigaya, Shimpei Nemoto