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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2024
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Kiyofumi Abe, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Nishi, Nara, JP;
Tadamasa Toma, Osaka, JP;
Ryuichi Kanoh, Osaka, JP;
Chong Soon Lim, Singapore, SG;
Ru Ling Liao, Singapore, SG;
Hai Wei Sun, Singapore, SG;
Sughosh Pavan Shashidhar, Singapore, SG;
Han Boon Teo, Singapore, SG;
Jing Ya Li, Singapore, SG;
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided is an encoder which includes circuitry and memory. The circuitry encodes an image block using the memory. In encoding the image block, the circuitry: obtains one or more size parameters related to a size of the image block; determines whether the one or more size parameters and one or more thresholds satisfy a determined relationship; encodes a split parameter when the one or more size parameters and the one or more thresholds are determined to satisfy the determined relationship, the split parameter indicating whether the image block is to be split into a plurality of partitions including a non-rectangular partition; and encodes the image block after splitting the image block into the plurality of partitions when the split parameter indicates that the image block is to be split into the plurality of partitions.