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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2011
Sadaatsu Kato, Yokosuka, JP;
Choong Seng Boon, Yokohama, JP;
Tsutomu Horikoshi, Kamakura, JP;
Thiow Keng Tan, Jalan Sindor, SG;
Sadaatsu Kato, Yokosuka, JP;
Choong Seng Boon, Yokohama, JP;
Tsutomu Horikoshi, Kamakura, JP;
Thiow Keng Tan, Jalan Sindor, SG;
NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to encode and decode image information more efficiently by generating an appropriate predictive signal. The image encoding device of the present invention comprises an input sectionfor inputting an input image constituting an encoding target; a reference image accumulation sectionfor accumulating a reference image; a reference image accompanying information accumulation sectionfor accumulating reference image accompanying information which accompanies the reference image; an encoding sectionfor modifying the reference image and the reference image accompanying information in accordance with the input image, generating a predictive signal for the input image, and encoding the input image; and an output sectionfor outputting, as encoded data, compressed data obtained by encoding by the encoding means together with modification method information indicating a modification method for the reference image.