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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2007
Applicants:
Kazushi Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Ohji Nakagami, Tokyo, JP;
Yiwen Zhu, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichi Yagasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kazushi Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Ohji Nakagami, Tokyo, JP;
Yiwen Zhu, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichi Yagasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01); H04N 11/02 (2006.01); H04N 11/04 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A coding device having a judgment unit configured to judge whether or not a GOP is a GOP where GOP unit flicker is readily visible in an image decoded after encoded the GOP, for each of GOPs forming image data to be coded, and a coding unit configured to apply processing for suppressing the GOP unit flicker when the judgment unit judges that the GOP is a GOP where flicker is readily visible.