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Video encoding method, video decoding method, video encoding apparatus, video decoding apparatus, and programs thereof

US9609318B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 10, 2011
Grant dateMar 28, 2017
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Expiry dateJul 1, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/59
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A reduction in residual energy of inter-frame prediction with motion compensation and improvement in encoding efficiency are achieved by using a region-dividing type adaptive interpolation filter that takes an edge property of a picture into consideration. An edge calculation unit calculates edge information from reference picture data designated by a motion vector. A region dividing unit divides an encoding target frame into a plurality of regions that are units to which interpolation filters are adaptively applied based on the edge information. A filter coefficient optimizing unit optimizes an interpolation filter for a fractional-accuracy pixel for each of the regions. A reference picture interpolating unit interpolates the fractional-accuracy pixel of a reference picture using the optimized interpolation filter, and a predictive encoding unit performs predictive encoding using motion compensation of fractional-accuracy.

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