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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2019
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Karl James Sharman, East Ilsley, GB;
Magali Kimlee Miri Philippe, Basingstoke, GB;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/13 (2014.01); H04N 19/157 (2014.01); H04N 19/50 (2014.01); H04N 19/61 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/13 (2014.11); H04N 19/157 (2014.11); H04N 19/50 (2014.11); H04N 19/61 (2014.11);
Abstract
A data encoding method comprises: encoding an ordered array of data values as data representing a data value magnitude and data representing a data value sign; predicting, for a set of data values comprising at least some of the data values, the respective data value sign from a property of one or more other data values in the ordered array; and encoding the data value sign for the set of data values in dependence upon the respective predicted value.