Image decoding apparatus
US6697433B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 1, 2000 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 1, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N19/89
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A lateral directional difference calculating unit 21 calculates a change degree between pixel levels of pixels adjacent to each other through a boundary of a decoded block and a block adjacent to the decoded block in a lateral direction and calculates a change degree between pixel levels of pixels placed in the block adjacent to the decoded block in the lateral direction, a lateral directional continuity judging unit 23 judges the continuity between the decoded block and the block adjacent to the decoded block in the lateral direction. A longitudinal directional difference calculating unit 22 and a longitudinal directional continuity judging unit 24 are operated in the same manner, a block continuity judging unit 25 judges the continuity between the decoded block and each block adjacent to the decoded block, and an error macro-block judging unit 26 detects an error macro-block according to a judging result of the block continuity judging unit 25.
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