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Panasonac Corporation

Shinya Kadono Kadono

Satoshi Kondo

Makoto Hagai

Kiyofumi Abe

Sheng Mei Shen

Teck Wee Foo

Chong Soon Lim

Tadamasa Toma

Tomoyuki Okada

Chak Joo Lee

Zhong Xue

Martin Schlockermann

Bernhard Schuur

Choong Seng Boon

Tao Chen

Yoshiichiro Kashiwagi

Jiuhuai Lu

Takahiro Nishi

Hiroshi Yahata

Yoshinori Matsui

Tatsuro Juri

Jun Takahashi

Wataru Ikeda

Fumitoshi Yasuo

Youji Shibahara

Kenjiro Tsuda

Masayasu Iguchi

Youji Notoya

Junichi Inukai

Hisao Sasai

Masayuki Kozuka

Masakazu Nishino

Toshiya Takahashi

Takeshi Hara

Tomohiro Kosaka

Kenichi Kitoh

Satoshi Sakaguchi

Shinichi Satou

Viktor Wahadaniah

Kazuhiko Nakamura

Masazumi Yamada

Hideyuki Ohgose

Chiyoko Matsumi

Tomoko Teranishi

Shiro Kato

Hisashi Inoue

Seiichi Takeuchi

Hideki Otaka

Takashi Katsura

Hideki Ohtaka

Hideaki Shibata

Kenichi Noridomi

Hao Li

Hidekatsu Ozeki

Hiroki Inagaki

Kyoko Uchibayashi

Koji Arimura

Tomoko Yasunari

Hiroshi Horikane

Iwao Hidaka

Tatsurou Juri

Naoki Matsuda

Juxian Li

Manabu Daio

A motion vector coding unitexecutes processing including a neighboring block specification step (S) of specifying a neighboring block which is located in the neighborhood of a current block; a judgment step (Steps SS) of judging whether or not the neighboring block has been coded using a motion vector of another block; a prediction step (SS) of deriving a predictive motion vector of the current block using a motion vector calculated from the motion vector of the other block as a motion vector of the neighboring block; and a coding step (S) of coding the motion vector of the current block using the predictive motion vector.

Motion vector coding method and motion vector decoding method

A moving picture coding apparatusincludes: a quantization matrix holding unit () that holds a quantization matrix (WM) which has already been transmitted in a parameter set and a matrix ID for identifying the quantization matrix (WM), which are associated with each other; and a variable length coding unit () that obtains the matrix ID corresponding to the quantization matrix (WM) used for quantization from the quantization matrix holding unit () and places the matrix ID in a coded stream Str.

Moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method

A picture coding method of the present invention codes a picture signal and a ratio of a number of luminance pixels and a number of chrominance pixels for the picture signal, and then one coding method out of at least two coding methods is selected depending on the ratio. Next, data related to a picture size is coded in accordance with the selected coding method. The data related to the picture size indicates a size of the picture corresponding to the picture signal or an output area, which is a pixel area to be outputted in decoding in a whole pixel area coded in the picture signal coding.

Picture coding method, picture decoding method, picture coding apparatus, picture decoding apparatus, and program thereof

A liquid crystal device includes a first substrate (TFT substrate) including a first dielectric substrate, a second substrate (slot substrate) including a second dielectric substrate, a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate and in all of an effective region and a portion of a non-effective region, a sealing seal portion configured to define the maximum value of the area of the liquid crystal layer when viewed from a normal direction of the first or second dielectric substrate, a cell gap control seal portion configured to define the minimum value of the thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the effective region, and a buffer portion provided in contact with the liquid crystal layer in the non-effective region and that deforms more easily due to external force than the first and second dielectric substrates in the effective region. The buffer portion includes a sheet and a joining section that joins the sheet and the first or second dielectric substrate. The sheet deforms more easily due to external force than the first and second dielectric substrates in the effective region, and/or at least a portion of the joining section deforms more easily due to external force than the cell gap control seal portion.

Scanned antenna and liquid crystal device

Provided is a microfluidic device that, as compared with a conventional microfluidic device, (i) is smoother in surface of a water-repellent layer provided above a segment electrode and (ii) makes it easier for microfluid provided in the surface of the water-repellent layer to slide. A microfluidic device () includes: an array substrate () including a plurality of electrodes (); and a counter substrate () including at least one electrode (), the array substrate () and the counter substrate () having therebetween an internal space () in which to cause an electroconductive droplet () to move across the plurality of electrodes (), and the plurality of electrodes () being provided on a first flattening resin layer () and each being a light-blocking metal electrode.

Microfluidic device

A scanning antenna includes a TFT substrate including a plurality of patch electrodes, a slot substrate including a slot electrode, and a liquid crystal layer provided between the TFT substrate and the slot substrate. The slot electrode includes a plurality of slots disposed corresponding to the plurality of patch electrodes and a solid portion not including the plurality of slot. When viewed from a normal direction of the substrate, the patch electrode is disposed across the slot in a first direction and overlaps the solid portion at both ends of the slot in each of a plurality of antenna units, and when viewed from the normal direction of the substrate, at least one of a periphery of the solid portion and a periphery of the patch electrode includes a recessed portion or a protruding portion in at least one antenna unit of the plurality of antenna units.

Scanned antenna and method of inspecting scanned antenna

A coding distortion removing method is provided for removing coding distortion in two adjacent blocks located on both sides of a block boundary between the two adjacent blocks in a reconstructed image. The method includes deriving a difference of pixel values between a pixel in a first block of the reconstructed image and a pixel in a second block of the reconstructed image adjacent to the first block, deriving an average value of the first quantization parameter and the second quantization parameter, and setting a threshold value to the average value of the first quantization parameter and the second quantization parameter. The method also includes comparing the difference of pixel values with the threshold value, and removing a coding distortion in an area disposed on both sides of the block boundary between the first block and the second block, by applying a filter for coding distortion removal.

Image coding and decoding method for removal of coding distortion by comparing pixel difference values with threshold

A motion vector derivation unit includes a comparison unit for comparing a parameter TRfor a reference vector with a predetermined value to determine whether it exceeds the predetermined value or not; a switching unit for switching selection between the maximum value of a pre-stored parameter TR and the parameter TRaccording to the comparison result by the comparison unit; a multiplier parameter table (for multipliers); and a multiplier parameter table (for divisors) for associating the parameter TRwith a value approximate to the inverse value (1/TR) of this parameter TR

Motion vector derivation method, moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method

A picture coding and decoding method includes a picture coding method for coding an input picture and a picture decoding method for decoding coded picture data. The picture coding method includes dividing the input picture into blocks, coding the input picture on a block basis, decoding the coded data of each block on a block basis, removing coding distortion in an area disposed on both sides of a block boundary, each block being adaptively decoded either as a field structure block or a frame structure block, and storing the reconstructed picture as a reference picture. The picture decoding method includes decoding the coded picture data to obtain a reconstructed picture, removing coding distortion in an area disposed on both sides of a block boundary, each block being adaptively decoded either as a field structure block or a frame structure block, and storing the reconstructed picture as a reference picture.

Picture decoding method for decoding coded picture data and performing distortion removal by comparing pixel difference values with threshold

An image decoding apparatus is provided that decodes a coded image, the coded image being generated by coding an image segmented into a plurality of blocks on a block basis. The image decoding apparatus includes a quantization parameter obtaining unit that obtains a quantization parameter for each block of the plurality of blocks, a decoding unit that decodes the coded image to obtain a reconstructed image, and a pixel difference value obtaining unit that obtains a pixel difference value. The image decoding apparatus also includes a comparing unit that compares the pixel difference value with a threshold value, and a removing unit that removes a coding distortion in an area disposed on both sides of a block boundary between the first block and the second block, by applying a filter for coding distortion removal.

Image decoding apparatus for removal of coding distortion by comparing pixel difference value with threshold

A picture coding method provides coding an input picture. The method includes dividing the input picture into a plurality of blocks, coding the input picture on a block basis to obtain coded data of each block, and decoding the coded data of each block on a block basis to obtain a reconstructed picture having a plurality of blocks. The method also includes removing coding distortion in an area disposed on both sides of a block boundary between a first block and an adjacent second block in the reconstructed picture having the plurality of blocks. Each block is adaptively decoded either as a field structure block, including only even field pixels or only odd field pixels, or a frame structure block, including odd field pixels and even field pixels. The method further includes storing the reconstructed picture, for which coding distortion is removed, as a reference picture.

A TFT substrate includes a dielectric substrate and a plurality of antenna unit regions arranged on the dielectric substrate. Each of the plurality of antenna unit regions has a TFT and a patch electrode electrically connected to the drain electrode of the TFT. The patch electrode includes a first electrode layer formed of the same conductive film as the gate electrode of the TFT and a second electrode layer formed of the same conductive film as the source electrode of the TFT.

TFT substrate, scanned antenna having TFT substrate, and method for manufacturing TFT substrate

In a picture coding method for generating a coded signal corresponding to each picture by coding a plurality of coded signals, a switching picture which is capable of switching a plurality of coded signals and subsequent pictures of the switching picture can refer to only a group of pictures of the same time in the coded signals. More specifically, the case where picture numbers of an adjacent picture of an S picture and the S picture are not continuous is not considered as an error.

Picture coding method and picture decoding method

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