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Image Processing Device And Image Processing Method

Abstract: “IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD” An image processing device comprising:a predictive vector generating unit that generates a predictive vector of a current parallax vector of a current block used in prediction using correlation in a parallax direction using a reference parallax vector referred when generating a predictive motion vector, when decoding the current parallax vector; and a reconstructing unit that reconstructs the current parallax vector by adding the predictive vector generated by the predictive vector generating unit to a difference vector between the current parallax vector and the predictive vector to reconstruct the current parallax vector.

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Patent Information

Application #
Filing Date
20 December 2019
Publication Number
01/2020
Publication Type
INA
Invention Field
COMMUNICATION
Status
Email
remfry-sagar@remfry.com
Parent Application
Patent Number
Legal Status
Grant Date
2024-02-16
Renewal Date

Applicants

SONY CORPORATION,
1-7-1, KONAN, MINATO-KU, TOKYO 1080075, JAPAN

Inventors

1. Yoshitomo Takahashi
C/O Sony Corporation,, 1-7-1, Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
2. Shinobu Hattori
C/O Sony Corporation,, 1-7-1, Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Claims

1. An image processing device comprising: circuitry configured to operate as: a predictive motion vector generating unit that: sets a co-located vector to be not available in a candidate list as a condition that a type of a reference picture of a current block is different from a type of the reference picture of a co-located block included in a co-located picture; sets the co-located vector to be available and to be scaled in the candidate list as a condition that both the type of the reference picture of the current block and the type of the reference picture of the co-located block are short-term reference pictures; sets the co-located vector to be available and to be not scaled in the candidate list as a condition that both the type of the reference picture of the current block and the type of the reference picture of the co-located block are long-term reference pictures; and generates a predictive motion vector of a coding vector of the current block using the candidate list; and a reconstructing unit that reconstructs the coding vector by using the predictive motion vector generated by the predictive motion vector generating unit.

2. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the predictive motion vector generating unit sets the co-located vector to be not available in the candidate list as a condition that the type of the reference picture of the current block is a long-term reference picture and the type of the reference picture of the co-located block is a short-term reference picture.

3. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the predictive motion vector generating unit sets the co-located vector to be not available in the candidate list as a condition that the type of the reference picture of the current block is a short-term reference picture and the type of the reference picture of the co-located block is a long-term reference picture.

4. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the predictive motion vector generating unit scales the co-located vector based on a positional 223 relationship between the current picture and a reference picture referred to generate the predictive motion vector of the coding vector.

5. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry comprises a Central Processing Unit (CPU).

6. An image processing method performed by an image processing device, comprising: setting a co-located vector to be not available in a candidate list as a condition that a type of a reference picture of a current block is different from a type of the reference picture of a co-located block included in a co-located picture; setting the co-located vector to be available and to be scaled in the candidate list as a condition that both the type of the reference picture of the current block and the type of the reference picture of the co-located block are short-term reference pictures; setting the co-located vector to be available and to be not scaled in the candidate list as a condition that both the type of the reference picture of the current block and the type of the reference picture of the co-located block are long-term reference pictures; generating a predictive motion vector of a coding vector of the current block using the candidate list; and reconstructing the coding vector by using the generated predictive motion vector.

7. The image processing method according to claim 6, wherein the co-located vector is set to be not available in the candidate list as a condition that the type of the reference picture of the current block is a long-term reference picture and the type of the reference picture of the co-located block is a short-term reference picture.

8. The image processing method according to claim 6, wherein the co-located vector is set to be not available in the candidate list as a condition that the type of the reference picture of the current block is a short-term reference picture and the type of the reference picture of the co-located block is a long-term reference picture.

9. The image processing method according to claim 6, further comprising: scaling the co-located vector based on a positional relationship between the current picture and 224 a reference picture referred to generate the predictive motion vector of the coding vector.

10. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the reconstruction unit uses a merge mode to reconstruct the coding vector.

11. The image processing method according to claim 6, wherein reconstructing comprises using a merge mode to reconstruct the coding vector.

12. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the reconstruction unit uses an AMVP mode to reconstruct the coding vector.

13. The image processing method according to claim 6, wherein reconstructing comprises using an AMVP mode to reconstruct the coding vector.

14. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the predictive motion vector generating unit sets the co-located vector to be not available by excluding the co-located vector from a candidate vector.

15. The image processing method according to claim 6, wherein setting the co-located vector to be not available comprises excluding the co-located vector from a candidate vector. Dated this: December 20, 2019 JAYANTA PAL IN/PA 172 OF REMFRY & SAGAR ATTORNEY FOR THE APPLICANT[S] 225

Specification

We Claim:
1. An image processing device comprising:
circuitry configured to operate as: a predictive motion vector generating unit that: sets a co-located vector to be not available in a candidate list as a condition that a type of a reference picture of a current block is different from a type of the reference picture of a co-located block included in a co-located picture; sets the co-located vector to be available and to be scaled in the candidate list as a condition that both the type of the reference picture of the current block and the type of the reference picture of the co-located block are short-term reference pictures; sets the co-located vector to be available and to be not scaled in the candidate list as a condition that both the type of the reference picture of the current block and the type of the reference picture of the co-located block are long-term reference pictures; and generates a predictive motion vector of a coding vector of the current block using the candidate list; and a reconstructing unit that reconstructs the coding vector by using the predictive motion vector generated by the predictive motion vector generating unit.
2. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the predictive motion vector generating unit sets the co-located vector to be not available in the candidate list as a condition that the type of the reference picture of the current block is a long-term reference picture and the type of the reference picture of the co-located block is a short-term reference picture.
3. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the predictive motion vector generating unit sets the co-located vector to be not available in the candidate list as a condition that the type of the reference picture of the current block is a short-term reference picture and the type of the reference picture of the co-located block is a long-term reference picture.
4. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the predictive motion vector generating unit scales the co-located vector based on a positional
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relationship between the current picture and a reference picture referred to generate the predictive motion vector of the coding vector.
5. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry comprises a Central Processing Unit (CPU).
6. An image processing method performed by an image processing device, comprising:
setting a co-located vector to be not available in a candidate list as a condition that a type of a reference picture of a current block is different from a type of the reference picture of a co-located block included in a co-located picture; setting the co-located vector to be available and to be scaled in the candidate list as a condition that both the type of the reference picture of the current block and the type of the reference picture of the co-located block are short-term reference pictures; setting the co-located vector to be available and to be not scaled in the candidate list as a condition that both the type of the reference picture of the current block and the type of the reference picture of the co-located block are long-term reference pictures; generating a predictive motion vector of a coding vector of the current block using the candidate list; and reconstructing the coding vector by using the generated predictive motion vector.
7. The image processing method according to claim 6, wherein the co-located vector is set to be not available in the candidate list as a condition that the type of the reference picture of the current block is a long-term reference picture and the type of the reference picture of the co-located block is a short-term reference picture.
8. The image processing method according to claim 6, wherein the co-located vector is set to be not available in the candidate list as a condition that the type of the reference picture of the current block is a short-term reference picture and the type of the reference picture of the co-located block is a long-term reference picture.
9. The image processing method according to claim 6, further comprising: scaling
the co-located vector based on a positional relationship between the current picture and
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a reference picture referred to generate the predictive motion vector of the coding vector.
10. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the reconstruction
unit uses a merge mode to reconstruct the coding vector.
11. The image processing method according to claim 6, wherein reconstructing comprises using a merge mode to reconstruct the coding vector.
12. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the reconstruction unit uses an AMVP mode to reconstruct the coding vector.
13. The image processing method according to claim 6, wherein reconstructing comprises using an AMVP mode to reconstruct the coding vector.
14. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the predictive motion vector generating unit sets the co-located vector to be not available by excluding the co-located vector from a candidate vector.
15. The image processing method according to claim 6, wherein setting the co-located vector to be not available comprises excluding the co-located vector from a candidate vector.
Dated this: December 20, 2019
JAYANTA PAL
IN/PA 172
OF REMFRY & SAGAR
ATTORNEY FOR THE APPLICANT[S]
225

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1 201948053190-STATEMENT OF UNDERTAKING (FORM 3) [20-12-2019(online)].pdf 2019-12-20
2 201948053190-REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION (FORM-18) [20-12-2019(online)].pdf 2019-12-20
3 201948053190-PRIORITY DOCUMENTS [20-12-2019(online)].pdf 2019-12-20
4 201948053190-POWER OF AUTHORITY [20-12-2019(online)].pdf 2019-12-20
5 201948053190-FORM 18 [20-12-2019(online)].pdf 2019-12-20
6 201948053190-FORM 1 [20-12-2019(online)].pdf 2019-12-20
7 201948053190-FIGURE OF ABSTRACT [20-12-2019(online)].jpg 2019-12-20
8 201948053190-DRAWINGS [20-12-2019(online)].pdf 2019-12-20
9 201948053190-DECLARATION OF INVENTORSHIP (FORM 5) [20-12-2019(online)].pdf 2019-12-20
10 201948053190-COMPLETE SPECIFICATION [20-12-2019(online)].pdf 2019-12-20
11 201948053190-CLAIMS UNDER RULE 1 (PROVISIO) OF RULE 20 [20-12-2019(online)].pdf 2019-12-20
12 201948053190-Verified English translation [04-02-2020(online)].pdf 2020-02-04
13 201948053190-FORM 3 [06-04-2020(online)].pdf 2020-04-06
14 201948053190-PETITION UNDER RULE 137 [04-10-2021(online)].pdf 2021-10-04
15 201948053190-FER.pdf 2021-10-18
16 201948053190-OTHERS [10-11-2021(online)].pdf 2021-11-10
17 201948053190-FER_SER_REPLY [10-11-2021(online)].pdf 2021-11-10
18 201948053190-DRAWING [10-11-2021(online)].pdf 2021-11-10
19 201948053190-CORRESPONDENCE [10-11-2021(online)].pdf 2021-11-10
20 201948053190-COMPLETE SPECIFICATION [10-11-2021(online)].pdf 2021-11-10
21 201948053190-CLAIMS [10-11-2021(online)].pdf 2021-11-10
22 201948053190-ABSTRACT [10-11-2021(online)].pdf 2021-11-10
23 201948053190-Proof of Right [30-06-2022(online)].pdf 2022-06-30
24 201948053190-US(14)-HearingNotice-(HearingDate-28-11-2023).pdf 2023-11-06
25 201948053190-Correspondence to notify the Controller [27-11-2023(online)].pdf 2023-11-27
26 201948053190-FORM-26 [28-11-2023(online)].pdf 2023-11-28
27 201948053190-PETITION UNDER RULE 138 [13-12-2023(online)].pdf 2023-12-13
28 201948053190-Written submissions and relevant documents [12-01-2024(online)].pdf 2024-01-12
29 201948053190-PatentCertificate16-02-2024.pdf 2024-02-16
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