Moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method
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    Moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method 有权
    运动图像编码方法和运动图像解码方法

    公开(公告)号:US07492952B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-02-17

    申请号:US11976843

    申请日:2007-10-29

    IPC分类号: G06T9/00 H04N7/32 H04N7/64

    摘要: According to a picture coding method of the present invention, a coded picture identified by a picture number is stored, as a reference picture, into a storage unit; commands indicating correspondence between picture numbers and reference indices for designating reference pictures and coefficients used for generation of predictive images are generated; a reference picture being used when motion compensation is performed on a current block in a current picture to be coded is designated by a reference index; a predictive image is generated by performing linear prediction on a block being obtained by motion estimation within the designated reference picture, by use of a coefficient corresponding to the reference index; a coded image signal including a coded signal obtained by coding a prediction error being a difference between the current block in the current picture to be coded and the predictive image, the commands, the reference index and the coefficient is outputted. At that time, information indicating the maximum reference index value is coded and included into the coded image signal, and the commands indicating correspondence between at least one picture number and a plurality of reference indices are generated.

    摘要翻译: 根据本发明的图像编码方法,将由图像号码识别的编码图像作为参考图像存储到存储单元中; 生成用于指定用于生成预测图像的参考图像和系数的图像编号和参考索引之间的对应关系的命令; 通过参考索引来指定对当前要编码的图像中的当前块执行运动补偿时使用的参考图像; 通过使用与参考索引相对应的系数对通过指定参考图片内的运动估计获得的块执行线性预测来生成预测图像; 输出编码图像信号,该编码图像信号包括通过编码作为当前编码图像中的当前块与预测图像之间的差的预测误差获得的编码信号,命令,参考索引和系数。 此时,指示最大参考指标值的信息被编码并包括在编码图像信号中,并且生成指示至少一个图像编号和多个参考索引之间的对应关系的命令。

    Motion vector coding and decoding methods

    公开(公告)号:US20080260035A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-10-23

    申请号:US11980531

    申请日:2007-10-31

    IPC分类号: H04N7/12

    摘要: A motion vector coding method and apparatus that improves efficiency of coding motion vectors when a current block is coded using a plurality of motion vectors. The apparatus includes a motion vector coding unit that codes a motion vector inputted from a motion vector detecting unit. A motion vector for each current block is coded based on a difference between the motion vector and a predicted vector obtained from motion vectors for previously coded neighboring blocks. The predicted vector is generated by one of the following processes: (A) the motion vectors which refer to the same picture are selected from among the motion vectors for the neighboring blocks so as to generate the predicted vector; (B) the motion vectors for the respective neighboring blocks are ordered in the predetermined order, and the motion vectors of the same order rank are selected from the ordered motion vectors so as to generate the predicted vector; and (C) the predicted vector for the second motion vector of the current block shall be the first motion vector, and if the second motion vector and the first motion vector refer to different pictures, the first motion vector is scaled according to the temporal distance between the pictures so as to generate the predicted vector.

    Moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method

    公开(公告)号:US20080063087A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-03-13

    申请号:US11976847

    申请日:2007-10-29

    IPC分类号: H04N7/24

    摘要: A moving picture coding apparatus (10a) according to the present invention includes a level analyzer (100a) that decides the maximum number of intra frame pixels which can be coded (Nfpx) and the maximum number of storage pixels which can be stored in a picture memory of a decoding apparatus (Nspx) on the basis of a level identifier (Lst) indicating a coding level that is designated by the user, thereby judging whether coding of an input image is possible or not and calculating the maximum number of reference pictures (Nrpn) as the number of reference candidate pictures which can be referred to at inter picture prediction coding, on the basis of the maximum number of intra frame pixels (Nfpx) and the input image size (the number of vertical pixels (Nhpx) and the number of horizontal pixels (Nwpx)). A decoding apparatus to which a bit stream from the moving picture coding apparatus (10a) is supplied can always decode the bit stream satisfactorily, and perform inter picture prediction decoding corresponding to the inter picture prediction coding on the coding end. Consequently, memory areas of a coding apparatus and a decoding apparatus that are adapted to a coding method in which there is no restraint on the capacity of the memory area can be designed.

    Motion vector coding and decoding methods

    公开(公告)号:US20080063077A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-03-13

    申请号:US11980550

    申请日:2007-10-31

    摘要: A motion vector coding method and apparatus that improves efficiency of coding motion vectors when a current block is coded using a plurality of motion vectors. The apparatus includes a motion vector coding unit that codes a motion vector inputted from a motion vector detecting unit. A motion vector for each current block is coded based on a difference between the motion vector and a predicted vector obtained from motion vectors for previously coded neighboring blocks. The predicted vector is generated by one of the following processes: (A) the motion vectors which refer to the same picture are selected from among the motion vectors for the neighboring blocks so as to generate the predicted vector; (B) the motion vectors for the respective neighboring blocks are ordered in the predetermined order, and the motion vectors of the same order rank are selected from the ordered motion vectors so as to generate the predicted vector; and (C) the predicted vector for the second motion vector of the current block shall be the first motion vector, and if the second motion vector and the first motion vector refer to different pictures, the first motion vector is scaled according to the temporal distance between the pictures so as to generate the predicted vector.