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: 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
  • Patent number: 12126806
    Abstract: There is provided a terminal device capable of efficiently performing communication in a communication system in which a base station device and the terminal device communicate with each other. The terminal device that communicates with the base station device by using a plurality of aggregated cells recognizes that a serving cell is stopped in a first state, recognizes that the serving cell is started in a second state, and switches from the first state to the second state based on a received PDCCH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikai, Takeshi Tsukuba
  • Publication number: 20240323408
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi TSUKUBA
  • Patent number: 12081761
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and method capable of suppressing a reduction in encoding efficiency. 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: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamato, Takeshi Tsukuba
  • Publication number: 20240292031
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus and method that can curb deterioration in coding efficiency. An inverse orthogonal transform of chrominance is performed using information regarding the inverse orthogonal transform of chrominance derived on the basis of information regarding an inverse orthogonal transform of luminance. For example, information regarding the orthogonal transform includes an adaptive primary transform flag indicating whether an adaptive primary transform of adaptively selecting one from a plurality of different orthogonal transforms and using the selected transform as a primary transform is to be applied to a transform block to be processed. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing apparatus, an image encoding apparatus, an image decoding apparatus, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi TSUKUBA
  • Publication number: 20240275970
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method capable of suppressing an increase in a processing amount of encoding and decoding. In a case of a high-throughput mode in which a context encoding bin after a last coefficient position of image data is processed as a bypass encoding bin, a prefix portion of the last coefficient position is encoded or decoded as a bypass encoding bin. Furthermore, in the case of the high-throughput mode, encoding or decoding of the last coefficient position is skipped. 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 and reception device, an information processing device, an imaging device, a regeneration device, an electronic device, an image processing method, an information processing method, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi TSUKUBA
  • Publication number: 20240236323
    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: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi TSUKUBA
  • Patent number: 12034948
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Tsukuba, Tomohiro Ikai, Tomoyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11997316
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus and method that can curb deterioration in coding efficiency. An inverse orthogonal transform of chrominance is performed using information regarding the inverse orthogonal transform of chrominance derived on the basis of information regarding an inverse orthogonal transform of luminance. For example, information regarding the orthogonal transform includes an adaptive primary transform flag indicating whether an adaptive primary transform of adaptively selecting one from a plurality of different orthogonal transforms and using the selected transform as a primary transform is to be applied to a transform block to be processed. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an image processing apparatus, an image encoding apparatus, an image decoding apparatus, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Tsukuba
  • Publication number: 20240171746
    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: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi TSUKUBA
  • Publication number: 20240171764
    Abstract: A reference picture information decoding unit (13) omits decoding of a reference list sorting presence or absence flag and/or a reference list sorting order based on the number of current picture referable pictures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Yamamoto, Tomohiro Ikai, Yukinobu Yasugi, Takeshi Tsukuba
  • Publication number: 20240163437
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method capable of suppressing an increase in the amount of coding/decoding processing. A value according to a bit depth of an image is set as the maximum number of context-coded bins obtained by performing variable-length coding on the image. The maximum number of context-coded bins obtained by performing variable-length coding on the image is set according to a control flag indicating a processing speed mode. 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 reproducing device, an electronic apparatus, an image processing method, an information processing method, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi TSUKUBA
  • Publication number: 20240163491
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing device and a method, in which an image quality improvement technology required for reproducing contents can be easily used. Image quality improvement technology information regarding an image quality improvement technology for improving an image quality of an image to be encoded is generated, a content file storing the encoded data of the image is generated, and the image quality improvement technology information is stored in the content file. Furthermore, encoded data of an image to be reproduced is acquired from a content file on the basis of the image quality improvement technology information regarding an image quality improvement technology for improving an image quality of an image, and the encoded data is decoded. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an information processing device, an information processing method, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru KATSUMATA, Mitsuhiro HIRABAYASHI, Masaru IKEDA, Takeshi TSUKUBA, Kenji KONDO
  • Patent number: 11973948
    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: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Tsukuba
  • Publication number: 20240129533
    Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus and method that make it possible to suppress degradation of the encoding efficiency. In the case 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, also secondary transform, which is a transform process for a primary transform coefficient obtained by the primary transform of the prediction residual, is skipped. The present disclosure can be applied, for example, to an image processing apparatus, an image encoding apparatus, an image decoding apparatus and so forth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi TSUKUBA