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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2024
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Inventors:
Tomohiro Ikai, Sakai, JP;
Tomoyuki Yamamoto, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/533 (2014.01); H04N 19/105 (2014.01); H04N 19/176 (2014.01); H04N 19/513 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/533 (2014.11); H04N 19/105 (2014.11); H04N 19/176 (2014.11); H04N 19/513 (2014.11);
Abstract
To improve a coding efficiency. There are included a PU level search unit configured to search for a motion vector for each prediction block by using a matching process. and a sub-block level search unit configured to search for a motion vector of each of sub-blocks in the prediction block, wherein a precision of a local search by the PU level search unit is lower than a precision of a local search by the sub-block level search unit.