Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hyuk Jae Jang

Sung Ho Jun

Jung Yeop Yang

Chang Soo Park

Kil Whan Lee

Young-Beom Jung

Kyung Ah Jeong

Moon Kyu Song

Nyeong Kyu Kwon

Kyung Koo Lee

Young Il Seo

Young Beom Jung

Jungyeop Yang

Sung Ho Roh

Hyung Ju Chun

Sung Jei Kim

Provided is an image processing device configured to compress first image data. The image processing device includes an encoding circuit configured to compress the first image data into second image data including prediction data and residual data, compress the second image data into third image data by performing entropy encoding on the second image data, generate a header representing a compression ratio of the third image data, and store the third image data along with the header in a memory device as compressed first image data.

Image processing device

An image processing device includes a frame buffer compressor, which is configured to: (i) compress source data into compressed data having CRC bits appended thereto, and (ii) decompress the compressed data into output data and use the CRC bits to check for errors in the output data. A multimedia device is provided, which is configured to generate the source data in response to raw data. A memory device is provided, which is configured to store the compressed data. The frame buffer compressor may include an encoder configured to compress the source data into the compressed data with the CRC bits appended thereto, and a decoder configured to decompress the compressed data into the output data. The encoder may include a prediction module, which is configured to generate prediction data including reference data and residual data, from the source data.

Image processing devices having enhanced frame buffer compressors therein

A video decoding apparatus, a computing system including the same, and a video decoding method. The video decoding apparatus may include an entropy decoder and a video decoder. The entropy decoder may be configured to obtain encoding information of a bitstream of an encoded video from a header of the bitstream, the encoding information of the bitstream including a bit depth of the bitstream, and convert a first quantization parameter of the bitstream into a second quantization parameter when the bit depth of the bitstream is different from a reference bit depth. The video decoder may be configured to decode the bitstream based on the second quantization parameter.

Video decoding apparatus, computing system including the same, and video decoding method

A video encoding apparatus includes at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to adjust a size of a first quantization parameter with reference to a characteristic of quantization coefficients generated from input data by using the first quantization parameter, to determine the first quantization parameter of the adjusted size as a final quantization parameter, and to quantize the input data by using the final quantization parameter to generate output data.

Apparatus and method for encoding video

IN a system on chip (SoC) for adaptively adjusting a bit rate, the SoC includes a central processing unit (CPU) configured to compare a first reference bit rate with a bit rate of a previous frame and to output a first parameter, a spatial filter configured to adjust a cutoff frequency using the first parameter, to filter high-frequency components from a current frame using an adjusted cutoff frequency and to output a filtered current frame, and a video codec configured to adjust a bit rate of a current macroblock in the filtered current frame using a second parameter generated according to a result of comparing a second reference bit rate with a bit rate of a previous macroblock in the filtered current frame.

System on chip and data processing system including the same

A decoder includes a parser, an intra predictor, and an inter predictor. The parser parses a bit stream to extract header information and first through third data information, to determine a prediction mode for blocks in a current frame based on the header information, and to selectively output the first and second data information based on the prediction mode. The intra predictor generates a predicted value of a pixel of a current block based on a pixel value of a first reference block in the current frame based on the first data information. The inter predictor predicts a second reference block from a reference frame based on the second data information, converts a pixel value of the second reference block, and generates a predicted value of the pixel of the current block based on a converted pixel value.

Decoder, decoding system including the decoder and method of operating the decoder

A method of operating an encoder is provided. The method includes generating predicted spatial-domain block values for current spatial-domain block pixel values, generating residual spatial-domain block values based on differences between the current spatial-domain block pixel values and the predicted spatial-domain block values, calculating a representative value of the residual spatial-domain block values, selecting a quantization parameter corresponding to the representative value from among a plurality of quantization parameters, and quantizing the residual spatial-domain block values using the selected quantization parameter.

Methods, systems and devices including an encoder for image processing

In an application processor having an encoder configured to reduce flicker occurring in a display, the encoder includes a transformer configured to generate first frequency domain coefficients for individual block values of a current frame, a quantizer configured to quantize the first frequency domain coefficients to generate quantized coefficients, and a coefficient calculator configured to generate first adjusting coefficients for reducing the flicker, where the quantizer is configured to adjust the quantization coefficients based on the first adjusting coefficients and output adjusted quantization coefficients.

Encoding device with flicker reduction

A data processing system includes a first core configured to decode a first picture and generate decoding history information of the decoded first picture, and a second core configured to modify first motion compensation information included in a second picture based on the decoding history information of the decoded first picture and decode the second picture based on the decoded first picture and the modified first motion compensation information.

Data processing system modifying motion compensation information, and method for decoding video data including the same

A system on chip includes a video codec configured to output syntax information and data information, which correspond to each of a plurality of blocks included in each frame of image data, based upon a result of encoding or decoding the image data. A map generator is configured to determine whether each of the blocks is an update block based upon the syntax information and to generate a mapping table based upon a determination result. A display controller is configured to output the mapping table and data information corresponding to the update block to a display device.

System on chip, display system including the same, and method of operating the display system

A codec according to an exemplary embodiment includes a codec processor which receives a current frame, determines a type of a received current frame, and sets rate control parameters of the current frame, and a bit-rate estimator which allocates total target bits to a first group of picture (GOP) including the current frame, and allocates a target bit to each of frames included in the first GOP based on a determined type of the current frame and set rate control parameters.

Codec, system on chip (SOC) including the same, and data processing system including the SOC

A method of individually setting the quantization parameter for each coding unit of a frame in high efficiency video coding (HEVC) is disclosed. The method for setting a quantization parameter for each coding unit in a frame for HEVC encoding includes receiving at least one of partition size information of the coding unit and prediction mode information of the coding unit, performing an adaptive bit allocation operation per each coding unit based on at least one of the unit partition size information of the coding unit and the prediction mode information of the coding unit, and setting a quantization parameter per each coding unit according to the performed adaptive bit allocation operation.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Hyuk Jae Jang