Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes compressing circuitry. The compressing circuitry is configured to compress, for each of a first data group and a second data group both of which being included in data pertaining to a medical image, each of the first data group and the second data group separately, starting from data corresponding to a boundary between the first data group and the second data group and shifting sequentially to a direction away from the boundary.

Abstract: An image compression device includes: a first encoder that encodes a target block included in a segment in a first encoding mode; a second encoder that encodes the target block in a second encoding mode using a fixed-length coding to obtain a second encoded data; a calculator that calculates an accumulated amount of the first encoded data of the blocks; a selector that selects an encoding mode to be used to encode the target block from among the first encoding mode and the second encoding mode; and a determiner that determines whether to encode encoding mode information according to a predetermined condition. The selector selects the second encoding mode if a sum of an accumulated amount and an amount of the second encoded data of all remaining blocks in a segment exceeds a target value.

Abstract: To manufacture a thin film compound solar cell which can improve the adhesive property of electrodes even when being provided with a base material, and which prevents the base material from being separated. A cell main body configured by laminating a plurality of compound semiconductor layers is formed on a substrate. A rear surface electrode 7 is formed on the cell main body, and a rear surface film 8 as the base material is formed on the rear surface electrode 7. A reinforcing material 9 is attached on the rear surface film 8. The substrate is separated from the cell main body, and the cell main body is mesa-etched. A surface electrode 13 is formed on a contact layer 3 after the etching. The reinforcing material 9 is separated, and the surface electrode 13 is annealed. The formed thin film compound solar cell is separated into a plurality of solar cell elements.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes a processor and a memory. The processor acquires a first image captured at a first timing by an imager that is mounted on a movable body. The processor acquires a range image that represents a distance to a subject. The processor estimates a difference in viewpoint of the imager between at the first timing and at a second timing that is different than the first timing, based on movement information of the movable body. The processor generates a second image that is predicted to be captured by the imager at the second timing based on the first image, the range image, and the difference in viewpoint.

Abstract: First coded data are generated from a target block by a first coding mode. Second coded data having predetermined amount are generated from the target block by a second coding mode. Whether to encode by the first coding mode or the second coding mode is decided. Based on the decision result, any of the first coded data and the second coded data is selected. If a total amount of coded data of a segment is over a target amount, encoding by the second coding mode is decided. The segment comprises blocks including the target block. The total amount is sum of an amount of coded data generated from blocks prior to the target block in the segment, an amount of the first coded data, an amount of coded data to be generated from remained blocks in the segment by the second coding mode.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an encoding device includes a processor and a memory. The processor applies a filter to first and second images included in moving image (video) data. The processor encodes the first and second images to which the filter has been applied and generates encoded data. The processor generates, on the basis of an encoding completion target time of the first image included in the moving image data, a target value of an encoding time spent for encoding the second image to be encoded after the first image. The processor controls the applying of the filter for the second image depending on the target value of the encoding time.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an encoding apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: divide an image included in an image group into a plurality of regions; calculate a priority for each of the regions on the basis of levels of importance of the regions; determine an order of processing for the regions on the basis of the corresponding priority; and encode the regions according to the determined order of processing.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image encoding apparatus includes a key information generator, a key image generator and an image encoder. The key information generator generates key information. The key image generator generates a key image based on a base image and the key information. The base image includes one or more images. The image encoder generates encoded data by encoding an input image using the key image.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a multi-view image encoding device encodes a multi-view image including a plurality of viewpoint images. The device includes an assignor, a predictor, a subtractor, and an encoder. The assignor assigns reference image numbers to the reference images according to a number of reference images used in predicting already-encoded blocks obtained by dividing the viewpoint images. The predictor generates a prediction image with respect to an encoding target block obtained by dividing the viewpoint images by referring to the reference images. The subtractor calculates a residual error between an encoding target image and the prediction image. The encoder encodes: a coefficient of transformation which is obtained by performing orthogonal transformation and quantization with respect to the residual error; and the reference image numbers of the reference images used in generating the prediction image.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a stereoscopic image encode device encodes a stereoscopic image displayed on a display device including a light control unit capable of controlling directions of light beams and including a display for emitting light beams from sub-pixels through the light control unit. The stereoscopic image encode device includes a determining unit, a generating unit, and an encoding unit. The determining unit configured to determine a method of dividing the stereoscopic image for each color component based on mapping information indicating the direction of emitted light beam from each sub-pixel, when the number of sub-pixels corresponding to a single cycle of the light control unit is not an integral multiple of the number of parallaxes in the stereoscopic image. The generating unit configure to generate a plurality of divided image. The encoding unit configured to encode each divided image.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image encoding apparatus includes a parameter selector and an output selector. The parameter selector selects a coding parameter controlling the first encoder. The coding parameter makes a first code amount generated by the first encoder smaller than a target code amount if the coding parameter is applied to the first pixel group. The output selector selects the encoding result from the first encoder provided that the first code amount generated by the first encoder when the selected coding parameter is applied to the second pixel group is smaller than the second code amount generated by the second encoder.

Abstract: First coded data are generated from a target block by a first coding mode. Second coded data having predetermined amount are generated from the target block by a second coding mode. Whether to encode by the first coding mode or the second coding mode is decided. Based on the decision result, any of the first coded data and the second coded data is selected. If a total amount of coded data of a segment is over a target amount, encoding by the second coding mode is decided. The segment comprises blocks including the target block. The total amount is sum of an amount of coded data generated from blocks prior to the target block in the segment, an amount of the first coded data, an amount of coded data to be generated from remained blocks in the segment by the second coding mode.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an encoding device includes a first encoder, a filter processor, a difference image generating unit, and a second encoder. The first encoder encodes an input image by a first encoding process to obtain first encoded data. The filter processor filters a first decoded image included in the first encoded data by cutting off a specific frequency band of frequency components to obtain a base image. The difference image generating unit generates a difference image between the input image and the base image. The second encoder encodes the difference image by a second encoding process to obtain second encoded data.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a decoding device includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire first format information, encoded data, and first filter information, the first format information indicating a resolution of a color-difference component of the encoded data; a decoding unit configured to decode the encoded data to obtain a decoded image; and a converting unit configured to convert a color-difference format of the decoded image represented by a first color-difference format by using a filter identified by the filter information.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an apparatus codes each line of an image. The apparatus includes a segmentation unit and a coding unit. The segmentation unit is configured to segment the image into a first group including at least a head line and a second group including lines except for the first group. The coding unit is configured to code the first group so that a coding amount of the first group is smaller than a first target coding amount, and to code the second group so that a coding amount of each line of the second group is smaller than a second target coding amount smaller than the first target coding amount.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an image encoding device includes a setting unit and an obtaining unit. The setting unit sets an corresponding block corresponding to a target block to be encoded in a first parallax image at a first viewpoint on the basis of first depth information of the first parallax image and a positional relationship between the first viewpoint and a second viewpoint of each of one or more second parallax images, sets a shared block in a search area including the target block and area adjacent to the corresponding block, and generates specifying information that indicates a positional relationship between the shared block and the corresponding block. The corresponding block is in the one or more second parallax images. Encoding information of the shared block is shared. The obtaining unit obtains the encoding information on the basis of the specifying information.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a decoding device includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire first format information, encoded data, and first filter information, the first format information indicating a resolution of a color-difference component of the encoded data; a decoding unit configured to decode the encoded data to obtain a decoded image; and a converting unit configured to convert a color-difference format of the decoded image represented by a first color-difference format by using a filter identified by the filter information.

Abstract: To manufacture a thin film compound solar cell which can improve the adhesive property of electrodes even when being provided with a base material, and which prevents the base material from being separated. A cell main body configured by laminating a plurality of compound semiconductor layers is formed on a substrate. A rear surface electrode 7 is formed on the cell main body, and a rear surface film 8 as the base material is formed on the rear surface electrode 7. A reinforcing material 9 is attached on the rear surface film 8. The substrate is separated from the cell main body, and the cell main body is mesa-etched. A surface electrode 13 is formed on a contact layer 3 after the etching. The reinforcing material 9 is separated, and the surface electrode 13 is annealed. The formed thin film compound solar cell is separated into a plurality of solar cell elements.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a multiview video decoding device decodes a target image to be decoded using a first reference picture. The device includes a determining unit and a selecting unit. The determining unit determines whether or not an image of interest of a base viewpoint is an intra predictive image that has been decoded using intra prediction. The image of interest is included in a coded stream obtained by coding video viewed from a plurality of viewpoints and is earlier in a decoding order than the target image. When the determining unit determines that the image of interest is the intra predictive image, the selecting unit select, as the first reference picture, at least one image from the image of interest and an image that is viewed at a different time than the target image and that is decoded based on the image of interest.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an image encoding apparatus converts bit depth of an input image formed of a plurality of pixels each having an N bit depth into an (N+M) bit depth larger than N bit depth by M bits. An adaptive bit depth converter converts the bit depth of each pixel of the decoded image of the (N+M) bits into the N bits selectively using one of a plurality of conversion systems. The converted image of the N bit depth is stored in a frame memory as a reference image. The bit depth of each pixel of the reference image of the N bit depth read out from the frame memory is converted into the (N+M) bit depth larger than the N bit depth by M bits in accordance with the conversion system by a pixel bit depth inverse converter.