Ntt Docomo, Inc.

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Morpho

Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Sun Patent Trust

Choong Seng Boon

Thiow Keng Tan

Yoshinori Suzuki

Sadaatsu Kato

Akira Fujibayashi

Junya Takiue

Satoru Adachi

Shinya Kadono Kadono

Takahiro Nishi

Minoru Etoh

Tsutomu Horikoshi

Jun Takahashi

Mitsuru Kobayashi

Sheng Mei Shen

Toshiya Takahashi

Kazuo Sugimoto

Maki Okuno

Sandeep Kanumuri

Takashi Suzuki

Onur Gonen Guleryuz

Kei Kikuiri

Masaki Hiraga

Mathias Wien

Toshiki Shiino

M Reha Civanlar

Jens-Rainer Ohm

Aleksandar Stojanovic

Fulvio Moschetti

Thiow Kang Tan

A moving image encoding/decoding system may include a video predictive encoding device, which may include: an encoding device which encodes each of a plurality of input pictures to generate compressed picture data including a random access picture, and encodes data about display order information of each picture; a restoration device which decodes the compressed picture data to restore a reproduced picture; a picture storage device which stores the reproduced picture as a reference picture; and a memory management device which controls the picture storage device. Following completion of an encoding process of generating the random access picture, the memory management device refreshes the picture storage device by setting every reference picture in the picture storage device, except for the random access picture, as unnecessary immediately before or immediately after encoding a picture with display order information larger than the display order information of the random access picture.

Moving image prediction encoding/decoding system

A video predictive encoding device includes an input module to receive pictures forming a video sequence, and an encoding module to encode the pictures by either intra prediction or inter prediction to generate compressed picture data, and to packetize the compressed image data along with packet header information. The packet header information includes a picture type. The encoding module determines the picture type so as to uniquely indicate whether encoded picture data is used for reference in decoding of another picture.

Video predictive encoding device and system, video predictive decoding device and system

A video prediction encoding device provided with a picture storage unit storing, as reference pictures to be used for encoding of a subsequent picture, one or more of reconstructed pictures restored from compressed picture data and a memory control unit to control a frame memory in the picture storage unit. When a frame size of input pictures is not more than 1/(2{circumflex over (&#x2003;)}L) (where L is an integer of one or more) of a maximum frame size of pictures, the memory control unit determines that (2{circumflex over (&#x2003;)}L) times the maximum number of reconstructed pictures are storable in the frame memory.

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In image predictive encoding according to an embodiment, one or more motion information sets are derived from plural pieces of motion information stored in a computer readable storage medium. Each of the one or more information sets includes two pieces of motion information between which any one of constituent elements differ in value. A predicted signal of a target region in a picture is generated by motion compensation, using two pieces of motion information in a motion information set selected from the one or more motion information sets. The two pieces of motion information in the selected motion information set are stored in the computer readable storage medium, and are used for generation of a predicted signal of another region.

Image predictive encoding and decoding system

An encoding target region in an image can be partitioned into a plurality of prediction regions. Based on prediction information of a neighboring region neighboring a target region, the number of previously-encoded prediction regions in the target region, and previously-encoded prediction information of the target region, a candidate for motion information to be used in generation of a predicted signal of the target prediction region as a next prediction region is selected from previously-encoded motion information of regions neighboring the target prediction region. According to the number of candidates for motion information selected, merging block information to indicate generation of the predicted signal of the target prediction region using the selected candidate for motion information and motion information detected by prediction information estimation means, or either one of the merging block information or the motion information is encoded.

Image prediction encoding/decoding system

A predictive coding system can encode motion vectors by determining a motion vector of a target partition in a frame picture of an encoding target; determining a first motion vector predictor candidate from a motion vector or motion vectors of one or more partitions belonging to a left-neighboring region to the target partition; determining a second motion vector predictor candidate from a motion vector or motion vectors of one or more partitions belonging to an above-neighboring region to the target partition; selecting an optimum motion vector predictor and outputting motion vector predictor indication information to specify the selected optimum motion vector predictor, the optimum motion vector predictor selected based on comparison between one or more motion vector predictor candidates including the first motion vector predictor candidate and the second motion vector predictor candidate, and the motion vector of the target partition; and encoding the motion vector predictor indication information.

Method and system for predictive coding/decoding with directional scanning

Method and system for predictive decoding with optimum motion vector

The image predictive encoding devicecomprises an intra frame predictive signal generation method determination sectionwhich determines, for adjacent areas comprising regenerated pixel signals and adjacent to the target area, a predictive method which is derived on the basis of data corresponding to the adjacent areas as an R mode predictive method or an L mode predictive method, an intra frame predictive signal generation sectionwhich generates an intra frame predictive signal on the basis of the R mode predictive method thus determined, and a subtractor, a transform section, a quantization section, and an entropy encoding sectionwhich encode a residual signal of a pixel signal of the target area on the basis of the generated intra frame predictive signal.

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A predictive coding system performs predictive encoding by determination of an optimum prediction mode from prediction methods for a pixel signal of a target block. A predicted signal is generated according to the determined mode, and a residual signal is determined. The residual signal and the optimum prediction mode are encoded to generate a compressed signal, which is decoded. The decoded signal is stored as a reconstructed picture sample. During encoding, a candidate prediction mode list is generated that contains elements of optimum prediction modes of previously-reproduced blocks neighboring the target block. A flag indicating whether the list contains an element corresponding to the optimum prediction mode is encoded, and an index to the corresponding element is encoded if the corresponding element is included in the list. The optimum prediction mode can be encoded based on identifying the elements in the list, unless no corresponding element appears on the list.

Mode identification data reducing method for intra-prediction coding

A predicted signal generation unit provided in a video predictive encoding device estimates a zero-th motion vector for derivation of a zero-th predicted signal, selects a zero-th motion vector predictor similar to the zero-th motion vector, and generates zero-th side information containing a zero-th motion vector predictor index to identify the motion vector predictor and a motion vector difference determined from the zero-th motion vector and the zero-th motion vector predictor. The video predictive encoding device selects a motion vector for generation of a first predicted signal having a high correlation with a target region, generates first side information containing a first motion vector predictor index to identify the motion vector as a first motion vector predictor, sets the first motion vector predictor to a first motion vector, and combines the zero-th and first predicted signals to generate a predicted signal of the target region.

Video prediction encoding device, video prediction encoding method, video prediction encoding program, video prediction decoding device, video prediction decoding method, and video prediction decoding program

A video predictive encoding device can include an input device to implement input of pictures constituting a video sequence; an encoder to encode the pictures by intra-prediction or inter-prediction and to encode output order information of each picture and information about a picture type of each picture to generate compressed picture data. The compressed picture data includes a picture to serve as a random access point. The video predictive coding device can also include a reconstruction unit to decode the compressed picture data to reconstruct pictures; a picture storage unit to store one or more of the reconstructed pictures as reference pictures to be used for encoding of a subsequent picture; and a controller to determine the picture type and control the picture storage unit based on the determined picture type. The controller can label each picture as one of following three types: CRA picture, type-1 picture and type-2 picture.

Dynamic image predictive encoding and decoding device, method, and program

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