Patents by Inventor Takeshi Tsukuba

Takeshi Tsukuba 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: 20250113034
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device and method capable of curbing an increase in the load of coding processing/decoding processing. A fixed context variable is set for a first bin of a bin string of secondary transform control information, which is control information about secondary transformation, and each bin of the secondary transform control information is arithmetically coded with reference to the set fixed context variable. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing device, an image coding device, an image decoding device, a transmitting device, a receiving device, a transmitting/receiving device, an information processing device, an imaging device, a reproduction device, an electronic apparatus, an image processing method, an information processing method, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi TSUKUBA
  • Patent number: 12262016
    Abstract: In encoding an image, a transform skip flag that is flag information indicating, for each component, whether or not to skip transform processing of transforming a residual between an image and a predicted image of the image into coefficient data is generated, the transform skip flag generated is encoded, coded data of the transform skip flag is generated, and a bit stream including the generated coded data of the transform skip flag is generated. The present encoding/decoding can be applied to, for example, an image processing device, an image encoding device, an image decoding device, a transmission device, a reception device, a transmission-reception device, an information processing device, an imaging device, a reproduction device, a bit stream generation method, a coefficient data generation method, a quantization coefficient generation method, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Tsukuba
  • Patent number: 12256078
    Abstract: A predetermined context variable is assigned, according to a device, system, or method, to a first bin of a bin sequence obtained by binarizing an adaptive orthogonal transform identifier indicating a mode of adaptive orthogonal transform in image encoding and context encoding is performed for the first bin of the bin sequence. Furthermore, a predetermined context variable is assigned to a first bin of a bin sequence obtained by binarizing an adaptive orthogonal transform identifier indicating a mode of inverse adaptive orthogonal transform in image decoding and context decoding is performed for the first bin of the bin sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Tsukuba
  • Publication number: 20250088634
    Abstract: An image processing device is provided. The image processing device includes a decoding unit that decodes scaling list data to generate a first quantizing matrix of a first size, a generating unit that generates a second quantizing matrix for a transform block of a second size to which zeroing of a high-frequency component is applied, by referring to only a partial matrix of the first quantizing matrix generated by the decoding unit, and an inverse quantizing unit that inversely quantizes a quantized transform coefficient of the transform block of the second size, using the second quantizing matrix generated by the generating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi TSUKUBA
  • Publication number: 20250080736
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method for enabling control of a value of a quantization parameter within a desired range. A quantization parameter is corrected on the basis of a parameter regarding adaptive color transform and further correcting the quantization parameter on the basis of a parameter regarding transform skip, and coefficient data of an image to be encoded is quantized using a corrected quantization parameter that is the quantization parameter that has been corrected. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing device, an image encoding device, an image decoding device, a transmission device, a reception device, a transmission/reception device, an information processing device, an imaging device, a reproduction device, an electronic device, an image processing method, an information processing method, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi TSUKUBA
  • Publication number: 20250071307
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method that enable the use of an encoding tool for bit-depth extension while maintaining compatibility with a specification that does not extend a bit depth of an image. An operation-range extension flag is encoded in accordance with a bit depth of an image, and operation-range extension tool control information is encoded in accordance with the operation-range extension flag. Alternatively, the operation-range extension flag is encoded, and the operation-range extension tool control information is encoded in accordance with a bit depth of an image. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing device, an image encoding device, an image decoding device, a transmission device, a reception device, a transmission/reception device, an information processing device, an imaging device, a reproduction device, an electronic device, an image processing method, an information processing method, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi TSUKUBA
  • Patent number: 12231658
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method that allow reduction in coding efficiency to be suppressed. A pixel value of a chroma component is predicted by linear prediction from a pixel value of a reference image of a luma component whose pixel location is changed by using a filter, and a prediction image of the chroma component is generated. A chroma component of encoded data in which an image is encoded is decoded by using the generated prediction image. The filter is selected on a basis of information regarding a pixel location of the chroma component and information regarding a color format. The present disclosure is applicable, for example, to an image processing device, an image encoding device, an image decoding device, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi Tsukuba
  • Publication number: 20250039438
    Abstract: Memory required during decoding is reduced. A video image decoding device (1) is equipped with main direction deriving means (1453A) that references a prediction mode definition DEFPM(1), and from a prediction mode number, derives a main direction of a prediction direction corresponding to a prediction mode, and a gradient deriver (1453B) that references a gradient definition table DEFANG(1), and derives a gradient of the prediction direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Tomoyuki YAMAMOTO, Tomohiro IKAI, Yukinobu YASUGI, Takeshi TSUKUBA
  • Publication number: 20250039379
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method for enabling suppression of reduction in encoding efficiency. Encoding of secondary transform control information that is control information related to secondary transform is omitted in a case where a transform skip flag of at least one component among valid components in image encoding is true, and the secondary transform control information is encoded in a case where the transform skip flags of all the components among the valid components in image encoding are false. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing device, an image encoding device, an image decoding device, a transmission device, a reception device, a transmission/reception device, an information processing device, an imaging device, a reproduction device, an electronic device, an image processing method, an information processing method, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi TSUKUBA
  • Patent number: 12212752
    Abstract: Inverse quantization is performed on a quantization coefficient using a quantization parameter depending on whether a transform skip is to be applied, inverse coefficient transformation is performed on a transform coefficient generated by inverse quantization to generate a predicted residual that is a residual between an image and a predicted image of the image when the transform skip is not to be applied, and the inverse coefficient transformation is skipped when the transform skip is to be applied. This can be applied to, for example, an image processing device, an image coding device, an image decoding device, a transmission device, a reception device, a transmission/reception device, an information processing device, an imaging device, a reproduction device, an electronic apparatus, an image processing method, an information processing method, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Tsukuba
  • Patent number: 12200258
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus including circuitry configured to skip, where primary transform that is a transform process for a prediction residual that is a difference between an image and a prediction image of the image is to be skipped, encoding of first information relating to skip of secondary transform that is a transform process for a primary transform coefficient obtained by the primary transform of the prediction residual, and skip encoding of inverse primary transform skip information relating to skip of an inverse primary transform based on a size in a horizontal direction and a size in a vertical direction of a transform block of the inverse primary transform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Tsukuba
  • Patent number: 12192462
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method for enabling suppression of an increase in encoding load. An encoding mode of encoding of an image is set by setting a transform type with a minimum encoding cost in a non-joint chrominance encoding mode as a transform type in a joint chrominance encoding mode, and deriving an encoding cost in the joint chrominance encoding mode. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing device, an image encoding device, an information processing device, an electronic device, an image processing method, an information processing method, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Tsukuba
  • Patent number: 12177435
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method for enabling control of a value of a quantization parameter within a desired range. A quantization parameter is corrected on the basis of a parameter regarding adaptive color transform and further correcting the quantization parameter on the basis of a parameter regarding transform skip, and coefficient data of an image to be encoded is quantized using a corrected quantization parameter that is the quantization parameter that has been corrected. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing device, an image encoding device, an image decoding device, a transmission device, a reception device, a transmission/reception device, an information processing device, an imaging device, a reproduction device, an electronic device, an image processing method, an information processing method, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Tsukuba
  • Patent number: 12177439
    Abstract: An image processing device is provided. The image processing device includes a decoding unit that decodes scaling list data to generate a first quantizing matrix of a first size, a generating unit that generates a second quantizing matrix for a transform block of a second size to which zeroing of a high-frequency component is applied, by referring to only a partial matrix of the first quantizing matrix generated by the decoding unit, and an inverse quantizing unit that inversely quantizes a quantized transform coefficient of the transform block of the second size, using the second quantizing matrix generated by the generating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Tsukuba
  • Publication number: 20240406421
    Abstract: In a conventional art, an output layer set having no output layer is sometimes defined. Consequently, even if the decoder decodes a bit stream to obtain each layer in the output layer set without the output layer, there is no picture to be outputted. There is a possibility that such coded data causes the decoder expecting an output to operate unexpectedly. Output layer sets having the same configuration may be defined. Consequently, the amount of code pertaining to the output layer sets defined in an overlapping manner is redundant. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a specification of a bit stream conformance pertaining to the output layer set prevents occurrence of an output layer set without an output layer and a redundant output layer set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Takeshi Tsukuba, Tomohiro Ikai, Tomoyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12155847
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method capable of suppressing an increase in load of decoding processing. A secondary transform identifier is set such that secondary transform is performed only in a case where information regarding a block size is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, secondary transform is performed on coefficient data derived from image data on the basis of the secondary transform identifier set, and the secondary transform identifier set is encoded and a bitstream is generated. The present disclosure can be applied, for example, to an image processing device, an image encoding device, an image decoding device, an information processing device, an electronic device, an image processing method, an information processing method, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Tsukuba
  • Patent number: 12149735
    Abstract: Memory required during decoding is reduced. A video image decoding device (1) is equipped with main direction deriving means (1453A) that references a prediction mode definition DEFPM(1), and from a prediction mode number, derives a main direction of a prediction direction corresponding to a prediction mode, and a gradient deriver (1453B) that references a gradient definition table DEFANG(1), and derives a gradient of the prediction direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Yamamoto, Tomohiro Ikai, Yukinobu Yasugi, Takeshi Tsukuba
  • Patent number: 12149691
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method for enabling suppression of reduction in encoding efficiency. Encoding of secondary transform control information that is control information related to secondary transform is omitted in a case where a transform skip flag of at least one component among valid components in image encoding is true, and the secondary transform control information is encoded in a case where the transform skip flags of all the components among the valid components in image encoding are false. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing device, an image encoding device, an image decoding device, a transmission device, a reception device, a transmission/reception device, an information processing device, an imaging device, a reproduction device, an electronic device, an image processing method, an information processing method, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Tsukuba
  • Publication number: 20240380888
    Abstract: An upper limit value of the number of bins allocated to a processing target subblock by distributing the number of bins among nonzero subblocks is set, a syntax element value regarding the processing target subblock is derived by using coefficient data derived from image data so that the number of bins does not exceed the upper limit value, and the syntax element value derived is encoded and coded data is generated. The present disclosure can be applied, for example, to an image processing apparatus, an image encode apparatus, an image decode apparatus, a transmitting apparatus, a receiving apparatus, a transmitting/receiving apparatus, an information processing apparatus, an imaging apparatus, a reproducing apparatus, an electronic device, an image processing method, an information processing method, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi YAMATO, Takeshi TSUKUBA
  • Publication number: 20240357129
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and method that enable a specification of a bitstream to correspond to a profile more reliably. In a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied, a moving image as an encoding target is encoded with a picture type of all pictures set as an I-picture. Furthermore, a bitstream of a moving image as a decoding target is decoded, and it is checked whether the picture type of all pictures of the moving image is the I-picture in the bitstream in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi TSUKUBA