Patents by Inventor Yukinobu Yasugi

Yukinobu Yasugi 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: 20230328292
    Abstract: Object There is the problem in the related art that the relationship between a patch size which is a unit of processing of a neural network and the sizes of input and output pictures is not clearly defined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Takeshi CHUJOH, Tomohiro IKAI, Yukinobu YASUGI, Yasuaki TOKUMO, Tomonori HASHIMOTO, Tomoko AONO, Keiichiro TAKADA
  • Publication number: 20230319305
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an inter prediction unit configured to decode multiple reference picture list structures and to select one reference picture list structure from the multiple reference picture list structures on a per picture basis or on a per slice basis, wherein in the multiple reference picture list structures, the number of all reference pictures is one or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: TAKESHI CHUJOH, TOMOHIRO IKAI, TOMOKO AONO, EIICHI SASAKI, TOMONORI HASHIMOTO, TIANYANG ZHOU, YUKINOBU YASUGI
  • Publication number: 20230319274
    Abstract: Complexity of coding/decoding of a video is reduced. An image decoding apparatus (31) includes a CN information decoder (10) configured to hierarchically split a coding node by at least any of binary tree split and ternary tree split. The CN information decoder refers to a method of splitting an immediately higher node, which is a node one generation higher than a target node, to restrict a method of splitting the target node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Yukinobu YASUGI, Tomoko AONO, Tomohiro IKAI
  • Publication number: 20230300377
    Abstract: An image decoding device (31) includes a transform coefficient decoding unit (311) configured to decode a transform coefficient for a transform tree included in a coding unit. In the transform tree, the transform coefficient decoding unit splits a transform unit corresponding to luminance and then decodes the transform coefficient related to the luminance, and does not split the transform unit corresponding to chrominance and decodes the transform coefficient related to the chrominance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Tomohiro IKAI, Tomoko AONO, Yukinobu YASUGI, Tomonori HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230300365
    Abstract: A load in processing of searching for a motion vector is reduced. In order to solve the problem described above, a motion vector derivation apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention that derives a motion vector to be referred to for generating a prediction image to be used for coding or decoding of a video includes a motion vector search unit configured to search for a motion vector on a prediction unit basis through matching processing. The motion vector search unit is configured to stop search of the motion vector, depending on whether or not a conditional expression according to a pixel bit-depth is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Takeshi CHUJOH, Tomoko AONO, Tomohiro IKAI, Eiichi SASAKI, Yukinobu YASUGI
  • Patent number: 11765350
    Abstract: An adaptive offset filter (60) adds an offset to the pixel value of each pixel forming an input image. The adaptive offset filter (60) refers to offset-type specifying information, sets offset attributes for a subject unit area of the input image, decodes an offset having a bit width corresponding to an offset value range included in the set offset attributes, and adds the offset to the pixel value of each pixel forming the input image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Yamazaki, Tomohiro Ikai, Tomoyuki Yamamoto, Yukinobu Yasugi
  • Publication number: 20230262215
    Abstract: Delay based on WPP processing is reduced. An image decoding apparatus (31) includes: a prediction image generation unit (308) by using decoded data from a first position to a second position, the first position being, in a CTU row immediately above a CTU row including a target CTU, identical to a position of the target CTU, the second position being a position one CTU forward relative to the first position; and an entropy decoding unit (301) that performs decoding of the target CTU by using the decoded data from the first position to the second position, the first position being, in the CTU row immediately above the CTU row including the target CTU, identical to the position of the target CTU, the second position being a position one CTU forward relative to the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Tomohiro IKAI, Yukinobu YASUGI
  • Publication number: 20230262224
    Abstract: A moving image decoding method is provided for generating a prediction image using an intra-frame prediction mode. The moving image decoding method includes deriving a first parameter and a second parameter by using a sampled luminance value down-sampled according to a chrominance format and the intra-frame prediction mode; and deriving the prediction image by using the first parameter and the second parameter, wherein: the first parameter is derived by: deriving a logarithmic value of a luminance difference value, deriving a first value by right-shifting a second value related to the luminance difference value by the logarithmic value, and using a third value acquired by multiplying a fourth value by a chrominance difference value, wherein the fourth value is determined from a reference table by using the first value, and the second parameter is derived by using the first parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: YUKINOBU YASUGI, TOMOHIRO IKAI
  • Patent number: 11722696
    Abstract: The amount of memory required for CCLM prediction is reduced. The CCLM prediction parameter derivation unit (310442) derives a scale shift value corresponding to a luma difference value, and derives a CCLM prediction parameter, by shifting, by using the scale shift value, a value obtained by multiplying a value of a table referred to with a value obtained by performing right shift of the luma difference value by the scale shift value as an index and a chroma difference value. In addition, in a case of deriving a prediction image, a bit width is reduced by adaptively deriving a shift amount of a linear prediction parameter from the chroma difference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinobu Yasugi, Eiichi Sasaki, Tomohiro Ikai, Tomoko Aono
  • Patent number: 11722664
    Abstract: Complexity of coding/decoding of a video is reduced. An image decoding apparatus (31) includes a CN information decoder (10) configured to hierarchically split a coding node by at least any of binary tree split and ternary tree split. The CN information decoder refers to a method of splitting an immediately higher node, which is a node one generation higher than a target node, to restrict a method of splitting the target node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukinobu Yasugi, Tomoko Aono, Tomohiro Ikai
  • Publication number: 20230247213
    Abstract: A moving image decoding method is provided for decoding encoded data of a tile group generated by splitting a picture into one or more rectangular regions. The tile group includes one or more segments. The moving image decoding method includes decoding a wavefront parallel processing (WPP) enabled flag indicating whether a rectangular tile or a coding tree unit (CTU) row having a height of one CTU exists in a segment in an object tile group; and decoding an end bit of the segment. When the WPP enabled flag is 1, after decoding a CTU at a right end of the CTU row, an end bit of a first segment having a first fixed value is decoded. When the WPP enabled flag is 0, after decoding a CTU at a bottom right of a tile, an end bit of a second segment having a second fixed value is decoded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: SACHIN G. DESHPANDE, EIICHI SASAKI, TAKESHI CHUJOH, YUKINOBU YASUGI, TOMOHIRO IKAI, TOMOKO AONO
  • Patent number: 11716486
    Abstract: A video decoding apparatus is provided. The video decoding apparatus includes a parameter decoding circuit, a prediction parameter derivation circuit, a motion compensation circuit, and a weighted prediction circuit to derive weight coefficients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Chujoh, Tomohiro Ikai, Tomoko Aono, Eiichi Sasaki, Tomonori Hashimoto, Tianyang Zhou, Yukinobu Yasugi
  • Patent number: 11706452
    Abstract: An image decoding device (31) includes a transform coefficient decoding unit (311) configured to decode a transform coefficient for a transform tree included in a coding unit. In the transform tree, the transform coefficient decoding unit splits a transform unit corresponding to luminance and then decodes the transform coefficient related to the luminance, and does not split the transform unit corresponding to chrominance and decodes the transform coefficient related to the chrominance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikai, Tomoko Aono, Yukinobu Yasugi, Tomonori Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20230224485
    Abstract: In conventional cases that different trees are used between luma and chroma and that luma chroma prediction including multiplication in chroma intra prediction is used, there is a problem in that a processing delay caused by the chroma intra prediction is increased in small blocks. In a case that two different trees are used between luma and chroma, in a case of an 8×8 block in a luma size, 0 is derived without decoding qt_split_cu_flag, and in a case of an 8×4/4×8 block in a luma size, 0 is derived without decoding mtt_split_cu_flag. In a case that the size of a target block is smaller than a prescribed size, a chroma intra mode is derived from any one of DC, leftward prediction, and upward prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: TIANYANG ZHOU, TOMOHIRO IKAI, EIICHI SASAKI, YUKINOBU YASUGI
  • Publication number: 20230209074
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an image decoding apparatus for decoding information specifying a neural network includes: header decoding circuitry that decodes an input tensor identification parameter specifying a process for deriving an input tensor input for a post filter of the neural network. The input tensor identification parameter is a parameter related to a color component channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Keiichiro TAKADA, YUKINOBU YASUGI, TOMOHIRO IKAI, TAKESHI CHUJOH, TOMOKO AONO
  • Publication number: 20230199218
    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: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Tomoyuki YAMAMOTO, Tomohiro IKAI, Yukinobu YASUGI, Takeshi TSUKUBA
  • Publication number: 20230199181
    Abstract: An image decoding apparatus includes: a first filter unit configured to apply a first filter to an image (a luminance image and a chrominance image); a second filter unit configured to apply a second filter to an output image of the first filter; a filter set derivation unit configured to decode a filter coefficient from coded data; and a third filter unit configured to apply a third filter to an output image of the second filter by using the filter coefficient. In a case that the third filter unit performs filter processing for the luminance image by using a luminance output image of the second filter, the third filter unit performs processing of clipping an amount of change of a pixel value through the filter processing within a prescribed range of value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: YUKINOBU YASUGI, EIICHI SASAKI, TOMOHIRO IKAI
  • Patent number: 11683494
    Abstract: The present invention includes: a CCLM prediction derivation portion, for deriving a first parameter and a second parameter by using a sampled luminance value downsampled according to a chrominance format and an intra-frame prediction mode; and a CCLM prediction filter portion, for deriving a prediction image by using the first parameter and the second parameter, wherein the CCLM prediction derivation portion derives the first parameter by deriving a logarithmic value of a luminance difference value, deriving a first value by right-shifting a second value related to the luminance difference value by the logarithmic value, and using a third value acquired by multiplying a fourth value by a chrominance difference value and derives the second parameter by using the first parameter. The fourth value is determined from a reference table by using the first value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, FG Innovation Company Limited
    Inventors: Yukinobu Yasugi, Tomohiro Ikai
  • Publication number: 20230188706
    Abstract: In a case that two reference picture lists are selected with one index value, the reference picture lists may not be determinable depending on the number of two reference picture list structures. Provided is a prediction unit that decodes a reference picture list structure including multiple reference picture lists and selects two reference picture lists from the reference picture list structure for each picture or for each slice. The prediction unit selects two reference picture lists with one index value depending on the number of two reference picture list structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Takeshi CHUJOH, Tomohiro IKAI, Tomoko AONO, Eiichi SASAKI, Tomonori HASHIMOTO, Tianyang ZHOU, Yukinobu YASUGI
  • Patent number: 11677943
    Abstract: Delay based on WPP processing is reduced. An image decoding apparatus (31) includes: a prediction image generation unit (308) by using decoded data from a first position to a second position, the first position being, in a CTU row immediately above a CTU row including a target CTU, identical to a position of the target CTU, the second position being a position one CTU forward relative to the first position; and an entropy decoding unit (301) that performs decoding of the target CTU by using the decoded data from the first position to the second position, the first position being, in the CTU row immediately above the CTU row including the target CTU, identical to the position of the target CTU, the second position being a position one CTU forward relative to the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikai, Yukinobu Yasugi