Patents by Inventor Toshiyasu Sugio

Toshiyasu Sugio 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: 20250150614
    Abstract: With an image coding method which allows reduction of processing loads, when pictures included in a video signal are classified into layers so as to belong to their respective layers, a picture that belongs to the second layer that is located in a range restricted according to the first layer to which a current picture to be coded that is one of the pictures belongs, is referred to as a reference picture for the current picture, and the current picture is coded based on the reference picture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Takahiro NISHI, Youji Shibahara, Hisao Sasai, Toshiyasu Sugio
  • Publication number: 20250150602
    Abstract: The image decoding method includes: determining a context for use in a current block to be processed, from among a plurality of contexts; and performing arithmetic decoding on a bit sequence corresponding to the current block, using the determined context, wherein in the determining: the context is determined under a condition that control parameters of neighboring blocks of the current block are used, when the signal type is a first type, the neighboring blocks being a left block and an upper block of the current block; and the context is determined under a condition that the control parameter of the upper block is not used, when the signal type is a second type, and the second type is one of “ref_idx_l0” and “ref_idx_l1”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Hisao SASAI, Takahiro NISHI, Youji SHIBAHARA, Toshiyasu SUGIO, Kyoko TANIKAWA, Toru MATSUNOBU
  • Publication number: 20250150616
    Abstract: An image coding method includes: deriving a candidate for a motion vector of a current block from a co-located motion vector; adding the candidate to a list; selecting the motion vector of the current block from the list; and coding the current block, wherein the deriving includes: deriving the candidate by a first derivation scheme in the case of determining that each of a current reference picture and a co-located reference picture is a long-term reference picture; and deriving the candidate by a second derivation scheme in the case of determining that each of the current reference picture and the co-located reference picture is a short-term reference picture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Viktor WAHADANIAH, Chong Soon Lim, Sue Mon Thet Naing, Hai Wei Sun, Takahiro Nishi, Hisao Sasai, Youji Shibahara, Kyoko Tanikawa, Toshiyasu Sugio, Kengo Terada, Toru Matsunobu
  • Publication number: 20250148650
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data decoding method includes: obtaining three-dimensional space information including encoded three-dimensional points; calculating an angle formed by a line segment connecting a predetermined position in the three-dimensional space information and a first base point and a line segment connecting the first base point and a second base point different from the first base point; determining whether the angle calculated satisfies a predetermined condition; and decoding the encoded three-dimensional points included in the three-dimensional space information when the angle calculated is determined to satisfy the predetermined condition, and not decoding the encoded three-dimensional points included in the three-dimensional space information when the angle calculated is determined not to satisfy the predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Chung Dean HAN, Pongsak LASANG, Pradit MITTRAPIYANURUK, Keng Liang LOI, Noritaka IGUCHI, Toshiyasu SUGIO
  • Publication number: 20250150582
    Abstract: An image coding method includes: adding, to a candidate list, a first adjacent motion vector as a candidate for a predicted motion vector to be used for coding the current motion vector; selecting the predicted motion vector from the candidate list; and coding the current motion vector, wherein in the adding, the first adjacent motion vector indicating a position in a first reference picture included in a first reference picture list is added to the candidate list for the current motion vector indicating a position in a second reference picture included in a second reference picture list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Toshiyasu SUGIO, Takahiro Nishi, Youji Shibahara, Hisao Sasai
  • Publication number: 20250150590
    Abstract: An image coding method includes: performing context arithmetic coding to consecutively code (i) first information indicating whether or not to perform sample adaptive offset (SAO) processing for a first region of an image and (ii) second information indicating whether or not to use, in the SAO processing for the first region, information on SAO processing for a region other than the first region, the context arithmetic coding being arithmetic coding using a variable probability, the SAO processing being offset processing on a pixel value; and performing bypass arithmetic coding to code other information which is information on the SAO processing for the first region and different from the first information or the second information, after the first information and the second information are coded, the bypass arithmetic coding being arithmetic coding using a fixed probability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Toru MATSUNOBU, Takahiro Nishi, Youji Shibahara, Hisao Sasai, Kyoko Tanikawa, Toshiyasu Sugio, Kengo Terada
  • Publication number: 20250150594
    Abstract: An image coding method includes: writing, into a sequence parameter set, buffer description defining information for defining a plurality of buffer descriptions; writing, into the sequence parameter set, reference list description defining information for defining a plurality of reference list descriptions corresponding to the buffer descriptions; and writing, into a first header of each processing unit which is included in a coded bitstream, buffer description selecting information for specifying a selected buffer description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Viktor WAHADANIAH, Chong Soon LIM, Sue Mon Thet NAING, Hai Wei SUN, Takahiro NISHI, Hisao SASAI, Youji SHIBAHARA, Toshiyasu SUGIO, Kyoko TANIKAWA, Toru MATSUNOBU, Kengo TERADA
  • Patent number: 12294698
    Abstract: An image coding method includes: generating a first flag indicating whether or not a motion vector predictor is to be selected from among one or more motion vector predictor candidates; generating a second flag indicating whether or not a motion vector predictor is to be selected from among the one or more motion vector predictor candidates in coding a current block to be coded in a predetermined coding mode, when the first flag indicates that a motion vector predictor is to be selected; and generating a coded signal in which the first flag and the second flag are included in header information, when the first flag indicates that a motion vector predictor is to be selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Sugio, Takahiro Nishi, Youji Shibahara, Hisao Sasai
  • Patent number: 12294717
    Abstract: A moving picture coding apparatus includes an intra-inter prediction unit which calculates a second motion vector by performing a scaling process on a first motion vector of a temporally neighboring corresponding block, when selectively adding, to a list, a motion vector of each of one or more corresponding blocks each of which is either a block included in a current picture to be coded and spatially neighboring a current block to be coded or a block included in a picture other than the current picture and temporally neighboring the current block, determines whether the second motion vector has a magnitude that is within a predetermined magnitude or not within the predetermined magnitude, and adds the second motion vector to the list when the intra-inter prediction unit determines that the second motion vector has a magnitude that is within the predetermined magnitude range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Sugio, Takahiro Nishi, Youji Shibahara, Kyoko Tanikawa, Hisao Sasai, Toru Matsunobu, Kengo Terada
  • Patent number: 12294733
    Abstract: A moving picture coding method includes: making a determination as to whether or not to code all blocks in a current picture in the skip mode; setting, based on a result of the determination, a first flag indicating whether or not a temporally neighboring block is to be referenced, a value of a parameter for determining a total number of merging candidates, and a second flag for each block included in the current picture, the second flag indicating whether or not the block is to be coded in the skip mode; calculating, as a merging candidate, a neighboring block usable for merging; and coding an index which indicates a merging candidate to be used for coding of the current block and attaching the coded index to a bitstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Sugio, Takahiro Nishi, Youji Shibahara, Kyoko Tanikawa, Hisao Sasai, Toru Matsunobu, Kengo Terada
  • Patent number: 12294740
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: generating a first predicted value for an item of position information of a first three-dimensional point included in point cloud data, using an item of position information of a reference three-dimensional point included in the point cloud data and angle information; calculating a first difference value between the item of position information of the first three-dimensional point and the first predicted value; and generating a bitstream including the first difference value and the angle information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Sugio, Noritaka Iguchi, Pongsak Lasang, Chung Dean Han, Keng Liang Loi, Pradit Mittrapiyanuruk
  • Publication number: 20250142109
    Abstract: A moving picture coding method includes: coding a coding target block using a motion vector; generating motion vector predictors; and coding the motion vector using one of the motion vector predictors generated in the generating of the motion vector predictors. In the generating of the motion vector predictors, a replacement vector which replaces a temporal motion vector predictor is added to the motion vector predictors when it is impossible to obtain the temporal motion vector predictor from a block which is included in a coded picture different from the coding target picture and corresponds to the coding target block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Toshiyasu SUGIO, Takahiro Nishi, Youji Shibahara, Hisao Sasai
  • Publication number: 20250142078
    Abstract: A decoding method includes: receiving a bitstream generated by encoding three-dimensional points each including first attribute information and second attribute information; and predicting the first attribute information by referring to the second attribute Information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Masato OHKAWA, Noritaka IGUCHI, Toshiyasu SUGIO, Takahiro NISHI, Fabio DALLA LIBERA
  • Patent number: 12289469
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: encoding pieces of attribute information of respective three-dimensional points, using parameters; and generating a bitstream including the pieces of attribute information encoded, control information, and pieces of first attribute control information. The control information corresponds to the pieces of attribute information and includes pieces of type information each indicating a type of different attribute information, the pieces of first attribute control information correspond one-to-one with the pieces of attribute information, and each of the pieces of first attribute control information includes first identification information indicating that the first attribute control information is associated with one of the pieces of type information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Noritaka Iguchi, Toshiyasu Sugio
  • Patent number: 12289464
    Abstract: A method of performing motion vector prediction for a current block in a picture is provided which includes: deriving a candidate for a motion vector predictor to code a current motion vector of the current block, from a first motion vector of a first block that is spatially adjacent or temporally adjacent to the current block; adding the derived candidate to a list of candidates; and deriving at least one motion vector predictor based on a selected candidate from the list of candidates, wherein the deriving of the candidate includes determining whether to derive the candidate from the first motion vector, based on a type of a current reference picture and a type of a first reference picture, the current reference picture being referred to from the current block using the current motion vector, the first reference picture being referred to from the first block using the first motion vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Chong Soon Lim, Sue Mon Thet Naing, Takahiro Nishi, Hisao Sasai, Youji Shibahara, Toshiyasu Sugio, Kyoko Tanikawa, Toru Matsunobu, Kengo Terada
  • Patent number: 12289470
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: obtaining geometry information which includes first three-dimensional positions on a measurement target, and is generated by a measurer that radially emits an electromagnetic wave in different directions and obtains a reflected wave which is the electromagnetic wave that is reflected by the measurement target; generating a two-dimensional image including first pixels corresponding to the directions, based on the geometry information; and encoding the two-dimensional image to generate a bitstream. Each of the first pixels has a pixel value indicating a first three-dimensional position or attribute information of a three-dimensional point which is included in a three-dimensional point cloud and corresponds to a direction to which the first pixel corresponds among the directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Toshiyasu Sugio, Noritaka Iguchi, Pongsak Lasang, Chi Wang, Chung Dean Han
  • Patent number: 12284353
    Abstract: An image coding method includes: performing context arithmetic coding to consecutively code (i) first information indicating whether or not to perform sample adaptive offset (SAO) processing for a first region of an image and (ii) second information indicating whether or not to use, in the SAO processing for the first region, information on SAO processing for a region other than the first region, the context arithmetic coding being arithmetic coding using a variable probability, the SAO processing being offset processing on a pixel value; and performing bypass arithmetic coding to code other information which is information on the SAO processing for the first region and different from the first information or the second information, after the first information and the second information are coded, the bypass arithmetic coding being arithmetic coding using a fixed probability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Toru Matsunobu, Takahiro Nishi, Youji Shibahara, Hisao Sasai, Kyoko Tanikawa, Toshiyasu Sugio, Kengo Terada
  • Publication number: 20250126262
    Abstract: The image coding method includes: determining a context in a current block in the image, from among a plurality of contexts; and performing arithmetic coding on the control parameter for the current block to generate a bitstream corresponding to the current block, wherein in the determining: the context is determined under a condition that control parameters of neighboring blocks of the current block are used, when the signal type is a first type, the neighboring blocks being a left block and an upper block of the current block; and the context is determined under a condition that the control parameter of the upper block is not used, when the signal type is a second type, and the second type is (i) “merge_flag”, (ii) “ref_idx_l0” or “ref_idx_l1”, (iii) “inter_pred_flag”, (iv) “mvd_l0” or “mvd_l1”, (v) “no_residual_data_flag”, (vi) “intra_chroma_pred_mode”, (vii) “cbf_luma”, and (viii) “cbf_cb” or “cbf_cr”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Hisao SASAI, Takahiro NISHI, Youji SHIBAHARA, Toshiyasu SUGIO, Kyoko TANIKAWA, Toru MATSUNOBU
  • Patent number: 12278987
    Abstract: An image coding method includes coding a motion vector difference indicating a difference between the motion vector and a predicted motion vector, wherein the coding includes: coding a first portion that is a part of a first component which is one of a horizontal component and a vertical component of the motion vector difference; coding a second portion that is a part of a second component which is different from the first component and is the other one of the horizontal component and the vertical component; coding a third portion that is a part of the first component and is different from the first portion; coding a fourth portion that is a part of the second component and is different from the second portion; and generating a code string which includes the first portion, the second portion, the third portion, and the fourth portion in the stated order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
    Inventors: Hisao Sasai, Takahiro Nishi, Youji Shibahara, Toshiyasu Sugio, Kyoko Tanikawa, Toru Matsunobu
  • Patent number: 12273561
    Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: shifting point cloud data indicating three-dimensional positions in a three-dimensional space by a first shift amount; dividing the point cloud data into pieces of sub point cloud data; shifting each of the pieces of sub point cloud data by a second shift amount based on a position of one of the subspaces that includes the sub point cloud data, the pieces of sub point cloud data being included in the point cloud data shifted by the first shift amount; and encoding the pieces of sub point cloud data shifted, to generate a bitstream. The bitstream includes first shift information for calculating the first shift amount, and pieces of second shift information each for calculating a corresponding one of second shift amounts by which the pieces of sub point cloud data are shifted and each of which is the second shift amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Noritaka Iguchi, Toshiyasu Sugio