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- the present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and method, and more particularly, to an image processing apparatus and method that realizes improvement in encoding efficiency in a color difference signal and reduction in address calculation for memory access.
- MPEG2 (ISO / IEC 13818-2) is defined as a general-purpose image encoding system, and is a standard that covers both interlaced scanning images and progressive scanning images, as well as standard resolution images and high-definition images.
- MPEG2 is currently widely used in a wide range of applications for professional and consumer applications.
- a code amount (bit rate) of 4 to 8 Mbps is assigned to an interlaced scanned image having a standard resolution of 720 ⁇ 480 pixels.
- a high resolution interlaced scanned image having 1920 ⁇ 1088 pixels is assigned a code amount (bit rate) of 18 to 22 Mbps.
- bit rate code amount
- MPEG2 was mainly intended for high-quality encoding suitable for broadcasting, but it did not support encoding methods with a lower code amount (bit rate) than MPEG1, that is, a higher compression rate. With the widespread use of mobile terminals, the need for such an encoding system is expected to increase in the future, and the MPEG4 encoding system has been standardized accordingly. Regarding the image coding system, the standard was approved as an international standard in December 1998 as ISO / IEC 14496-2.
- H. The standardization of 26L (ITU-T Q6 / 16 ⁇ VCEG) is in progress.
- H. 26L is known to achieve higher encoding efficiency than the conventional encoding schemes such as MPEG2 and MPEG4, although a large amount of calculation is required for encoding and decoding.
- this H. Based on 26L, H. Standardization to achieve higher coding efficiency by incorporating functions that are not supported by 26L is performed as JointJModel of Enhanced-Compression Video Coding.
- H. H.264 and MPEG-4 Part 10 Advanced Video Coding, hereinafter referred to as H.264 / AVC).
- motion prediction / compensation processing with 1/2 pixel accuracy is performed by linear interpolation processing.
- H. In the H.264 / AVC system, prediction / compensation processing with 1/4 pixel accuracy is performed using a 6-tap FIR (Finite Impulse Response Filter) filter as an interpolation filter.
- FIR Finite Impulse Response Filter
- Figure 1 shows H. It is a figure explaining the prediction and compensation process of the 1/4 pixel precision in a H.264 / AVC system.
- H. In the H.264 / AVC format, 1/4 pixel accuracy prediction / compensation processing using a 6-tap FIR (Finite Impulse Response Filter) filter is performed.
- FIR Finite Impulse Response Filter
- the position A indicates the position of the integer precision pixel
- the positions b, c, and d indicate the positions of the 1/2 pixel precision
- the positions e1, e2, and e3 indicate the positions of the 1/4 pixel precision.
- max_pix When the input image has 8-bit precision, the value of max_pix is 255.
- the pixel values at the positions b and d are generated by the following equation (2) using a 6-tap FIR filter.
- the pixel value at the position c is generated as in the following Expression (3) by applying a 6-tap FIR filter in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction.
- the clip process is executed only once at the end after performing both the horizontal and vertical product-sum processes.
- the positions e1 to e3 are generated by linear interpolation as in the following equation (4).
- FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining prediction / compensation processing related to a color difference signal in the H.264 / AVC format.
- FIG. H In the H.264 / AVC format, as described above with reference to FIG. 1, the prediction / compensation processing with 1/4 pixel accuracy is performed. In the case of 4: 2: 0 signal, the color difference signal is 1/8. Pixel accuracy prediction / compensation processing is performed.
- black circles are pixels with integer pixel precision stored in the frame memory, and A to D attached to each black circle represent the pixel value of each pixel.
- the position of the white circle (d x , dy ) is the position indicated by the motion vector information with 1/8 pixel accuracy within the rectangular area surrounded by the pixels A to D
- the pixel value v is generated as in the following equation (5).
- JM Joint Model
- pixels A to I represent pixels having pixel values with integer pixel accuracy (hereinafter referred to as integer pixel accuracy pixels).
- Pixels 1 to 8 represent pixels having pixel values with 1/2 pixel accuracy around the pixel E (hereinafter referred to as pixels with 1/2 pixel accuracy).
- Pixels a to h represent pixels having a pixel value of 1/4 pixel accuracy around the pixel 6 (hereinafter referred to as 1/4 pixel accuracy pixels).
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- a motion vector with integer pixel accuracy that minimizes a cost function value such as SAD (Sum Absolute Difference) is obtained within a predetermined search range. Accordingly, it is assumed that the pixel corresponding to the obtained motion vector is the pixel E.
- a pixel having a pixel value that minimizes the above-described cost function value is obtained from the pixel E and the pixels 1 to 8 having 1 ⁇ 2 pixel accuracy around the pixel E, and this pixel ( In the case of the example of FIG. 2, the pixel 6) is a pixel for the optimum motion vector with 1/2 pixel accuracy.
- a pixel having a pixel value that minimizes the above-described cost function value is obtained from the pixel 6 and the pixels a to h with a 1/4 pixel accuracy around the pixel 6.
- the motion vector for the obtained pixel becomes the optimal motion vector with 1 ⁇ 4 pixel accuracy.
- Non-Patent Document 3 it is proposed to adaptively switch this filter coefficient for each target frame so that the prediction residual is minimized.
- Non-Patent Document 3 first, as a first step, the normal H.264 standard is used. H.264 / AVC motion prediction processing is performed, and a motion vector value is calculated for each motion compensation block.
- the filter is optimized so as to minimize the motion residual with respect to the motion vector value obtained in the first step.
- the motion coefficient is updated again using the filter coefficient obtained in the second step, and the motion vector value is updated. Thereby, encoding efficiency can be improved.
- the macroblock size is 16 ⁇ 16 pixels.
- the macroblock size of 16 ⁇ 16 pixels is not optimal for a large image frame such as UHD (Ultra High Definition: 4000 ⁇ 2000 pixels) that is the target of the next-generation encoding method.
- Non-Patent Document 4 it is also proposed to expand the macroblock size to a size of 32 ⁇ 32 pixels, for example.
- or FIG. 3 mentioned above is used also as a figure explaining this invention hereafter.
- the motion compensation block of the luminance signal is 4 ⁇ 4 pixels and the input signal is 4: 2: 0, the motion compensation block of the color difference signal is 2 ⁇ 2 pixels.
- the motion compensation block is 2 ⁇ 2 pixels, it is necessary to perform address calculation for memory access in that unit, and the memory bandwidth is reduced in both the encoding side and decoding side devices. End up.
- the present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and can realize improvement in coding efficiency in color difference signals and reduction in address calculation for memory access.
- An image processing apparatus includes a motion prediction unit that performs motion prediction of a luminance block to be encoded and generates a motion vector, and the luminance block in which the motion vector is generated by the motion prediction unit. And a block discriminating unit that classifies the color difference blocks corresponding to the category according to the block size of orthogonal transform by the block discriminating unit, and the color difference block is classified into a category having a size smaller than the block size of the orthogonal transform.
- a color difference motion vector generation unit that generates a motion vector of the single color difference block by associating a single color difference block with the plurality of luminance blocks is provided.
- the chrominance motion vector generation means can generate the motion vector of the single chrominance block using at least one of the plurality of luminance block motion vectors generated by the motion prediction means.
- the chrominance motion vector generation means can generate a motion vector of the single chrominance block by a function using at least one of the motion vectors of the plurality of luminance blocks generated by the motion prediction means.
- Coding means for coding motion vector information of the luminance block generated by the motion prediction means is further provided, wherein the chrominance motion vector generation means uses the predicted motion vector of the single chrominance block as the motion prediction. Generated by a function using at least one of the motion vectors of the plurality of luminance blocks obtained by the means, and the generated predicted motion vector and the single unit searched in a predetermined range centered on the predicted motion vector. The difference with the motion vector of one chrominance block is obtained, and the encoding means can also encode the difference information obtained by the chrominance motion vector generation means.
- the motion prediction unit generates a motion vector of the color difference block by a method of an encoding standard when the color difference block is classified into a category having a size equal to or larger than the orthogonal transform block size by the block determination unit. Can do.
- the image processing apparatus performs motion prediction of a luminance block to be encoded, generates a motion vector, and a color difference corresponding to the luminance block from which the motion vector is generated.
- the blocks are classified into categories according to the block size of the orthogonal transform, and the color difference block is classified into a category having a size smaller than the block size of the orthogonal transform, a single block is used for the plurality of luminance blocks. And generating a motion vector of the single color difference block.
- the image processing apparatus includes a decoding unit that decodes prediction mode information of a luminance block to be decoded, and a size of the luminance block indicated by the prediction mode information decoded by the decoding unit. And a block discriminating unit for classifying the chrominance block corresponding to the luminance block into a category corresponding to an orthogonal transform block size, and the chrominance block is smaller than the block size of the orthogonal transform by the block discriminating unit. And a chrominance motion vector generation means for generating a motion vector of the single chrominance block by associating a single chrominance block with the plurality of luminance blocks.
- the decoding means decodes information on the motion vector of the luminance block, and the chrominance motion vector generation means moves the motion vector of the single chrominance block to the motions of the plurality of luminance blocks decoded by the decoding means. It can be generated using at least one of the vectors.
- the chrominance motion vector generation means can generate the motion vector of the single chrominance block by a function using at least one of the motion vectors of the plurality of luminance blocks decoded by the decoding means.
- the decoding means includes a predicted motion vector of the single chrominance block generated by calculating an average value using motion vectors of the plurality of luminance blocks obtained and encoded on the encoding side, and Decoding the difference information from the motion vector of the single chrominance block searched in a predetermined range centered on the prediction motion vector, and the chrominance motion vector generating means predicts the single chrominance block
- a motion vector is generated by a function using at least one of the motion vectors of the plurality of luminance blocks obtained by the motion prediction unit, and the generated predicted motion vector and the difference decoded by the decoding unit By adding the information, a motion vector of the single color difference block can be generated.
- Predictive image generation means for generating a prediction image of the luminance block using the motion vector of the luminance block is further provided, wherein the prediction image generation means is configured such that the color difference block is a block size of the orthogonal transform by the block determination means.
- the motion vector of the chrominance block can be generated by the encoding standard method to generate the predicted image of the chrominance block.
- the image processing apparatus decodes the prediction mode information of the luminance block to be decoded, and based on the size of the luminance block indicated by the decoded prediction mode information.
- the color difference block corresponding to the luminance block is classified into a category corresponding to the block size of orthogonal transform, and the color difference block is classified into a category having a size smaller than the block size of the orthogonal transform, a plurality of the A step of associating a single color difference block with a luminance block to generate a motion vector of the single color difference block is included.
- motion prediction of a luminance block to be encoded is performed to generate a motion vector, and a color difference block corresponding to the luminance block from which the motion vector is generated is subjected to orthogonal transformation.
- the color difference block is classified into a category having a size smaller than the orthogonal transform block size, the single color difference block is associated with the plurality of luminance blocks, and the single color difference block Motion vectors are generated.
- the prediction mode information of the luminance block to be decoded is decoded, and based on the size of the luminance block indicated by the decoded prediction mode information, the color difference corresponding to the luminance block
- the blocks are classified into categories according to the block size of the orthogonal transform.
- the single color difference block is associated with the plurality of luminance blocks, and the single color difference block Motion vectors are generated.
- each of the above-described image processing apparatuses may be an independent apparatus, or may be an internal block constituting one image encoding apparatus or image decoding apparatus.
- the first aspect of the present invention it is possible to improve the coding efficiency in the color difference signal. Further, according to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to reduce address calculation for memory access.
- the second aspect of the present invention it is possible to improve the coding efficiency in the color difference signal. In addition, according to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to reduce address calculation for memory access.
- H. It is a figure explaining the motion prediction / compensation process of 1/4 pixel precision in a H.264 / AVC system.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining motion prediction / compensation processing for color difference signals in the H.264 / AVC format.
- H. 2 is a diagram illustrating a motion search method in the H.264 / AVC format.
- FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of one Embodiment of the image coding apparatus to which this invention is applied. It is a figure explaining variable block size motion prediction and compensation processing. It is a figure explaining the motion prediction and compensation system of a multi reference frame. It is a figure explaining the example of the production
- 5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a motion prediction / compensation unit and a color difference motion vector determination unit in FIG. 4. It is a figure explaining the motion prediction process of a color difference signal.
- 5 is a flowchart for describing an encoding process of the image encoding device in FIG. 4. It is a flowchart explaining the prediction process of step S21 of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the intra prediction process of step S31 of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the inter motion prediction process using the luminance signal of step S32 of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the motion estimation process with respect to the color difference signal of step S34 of FIG. FIG.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating another configuration example of the motion prediction / compensation unit and the chrominance motion vector determination unit in FIG. 4.
- 12 is a flowchart illustrating another example of the motion prediction process for the color difference signal in step S34 in FIG. 11. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of one Embodiment of the image decoding apparatus to which this invention is applied.
- FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a motion prediction / compensation unit and a color difference motion vector determination unit in FIG. 17. It is a flowchart explaining the decoding process of the image decoding apparatus of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the prediction process of step S138 of FIG. 21 is a flowchart for describing motion compensation processing for a color difference signal in step S176 of FIG.
- 20. 21 is a flowchart illustrating another example of motion compensation for the color difference signal in step S176 of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the expanded block size. It is a figure which shows the example in case an input signal is 4: 2: 2. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the hardware of a computer. It is a block diagram which shows the main structural examples of the television receiver to which this invention is applied. It is a block diagram which shows the main structural examples of the mobile telephone to which this invention is applied. It is a block diagram which shows the main structural examples of the hard disk recorder to which this invention is applied. It is a block diagram which shows the main structural examples of the camera to which this invention is applied.
- FIG. 4 shows the configuration of an embodiment of an image encoding apparatus as an image processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied.
- This image encoding device 51 receives, for example, an image of an input signal in 4: 2: 0 format.
- the input image is compressed and encoded based on the H.264 and MPEG-4 Part 10 (Advanced Video Coding) (hereinafter referred to as H.264 / AVC) system.
- H.264 / AVC Advanced Video Coding
- the image encoding device 51 includes an A / D conversion unit 61, a screen rearrangement buffer 62, a calculation unit 63, an orthogonal transformation unit 64, a quantization unit 65, a lossless encoding unit 66, an accumulation buffer 67, Inverse quantization unit 68, inverse orthogonal transform unit 69, operation unit 70, deblock filter 71, frame memory 72, switch 73, intra prediction unit 74, motion prediction / compensation unit 75, color difference block determination unit 76, color difference motion vector determination The unit 77, the predicted image selection unit 78, and the rate control unit 79 are configured.
- the A / D converter 61 A / D converts the input image, outputs it to the screen rearrangement buffer 62, and stores it.
- the screen rearrangement buffer 62 rearranges the stored frames in the display order in the order of frames for encoding in accordance with GOP (Group of Picture).
- the calculation unit 63 subtracts the prediction image from the intra prediction unit 74 or the prediction image from the motion prediction / compensation unit 75 selected by the prediction image selection unit 78 from the image read from the screen rearrangement buffer 62, The difference information is output to the orthogonal transform unit 64.
- the orthogonal transform unit 64 subjects the difference information from the calculation unit 63 to orthogonal transform such as discrete cosine transform and Karhunen-Loeve transform, and outputs the transform coefficient.
- the quantization unit 65 quantizes the transform coefficient output from the orthogonal transform unit 64.
- the quantized transform coefficient that is the output of the quantization unit 65 is input to the lossless encoding unit 66, where lossless encoding such as variable length encoding and arithmetic encoding is performed and compressed.
- the lossless encoding unit 66 acquires information indicating intra prediction from the intra prediction unit 74 and acquires information indicating inter prediction mode from the motion prediction / compensation unit 75. Note that the information indicating intra prediction and the information indicating inter prediction are also referred to as intra prediction mode information and inter prediction mode information, respectively.
- the lossless encoding unit 66 encodes the quantized transform coefficient, encodes information indicating intra prediction, information indicating inter prediction mode, and the like, and uses it as a part of header information in the compressed image.
- the lossless encoding unit 66 supplies the encoded data to the accumulation buffer 67 for accumulation.
- lossless encoding processing such as variable length encoding or arithmetic encoding is performed.
- variable length coding include H.264.
- CAVLC Context-Adaptive Variable Length Coding
- arithmetic coding include CABAC (Context-Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding).
- the accumulation buffer 67 converts the data supplied from the lossless encoding unit 66 to H.264. As a compressed image encoded by the H.264 / AVC format, for example, it is output to a recording device or a transmission path (not shown) in the subsequent stage.
- the quantized transform coefficient output from the quantization unit 65 is also input to the inverse quantization unit 68, and after inverse quantization, the inverse orthogonal transform unit 69 further performs inverse orthogonal transform.
- the output subjected to the inverse orthogonal transform is added to the predicted image supplied from the predicted image selection unit 78 by the calculation unit 70, and becomes a locally decoded image.
- the deblocking filter 71 removes block distortion from the decoded image, and then supplies the deblocking filter 71 to the frame memory 72 for accumulation.
- the image before the deblocking filter processing by the deblocking filter 71 is also supplied to the frame memory 72 and accumulated.
- the switch 73 outputs the reference image stored in the frame memory 72 to the motion prediction / compensation unit 75 or the intra prediction unit 74.
- an I picture, a B picture, and a P picture from the screen rearrangement buffer 62 are supplied to the intra prediction unit 74 as images to be intra predicted (also referred to as intra processing). Further, the B picture and the P picture read from the screen rearrangement buffer 62 are supplied to the motion prediction / compensation unit 75 as an image to be inter-predicted (also referred to as inter-processing).
- the intra prediction unit 74 performs intra prediction processing of all candidate intra prediction modes based on the image to be intra predicted read from the screen rearrangement buffer 62 and the reference image supplied from the frame memory 72, and performs prediction. Generate an image.
- the intra prediction unit 74 calculates cost function values for all candidate intra prediction modes, and selects an intra prediction mode in which the calculated cost function value gives the minimum value as the optimal intra prediction mode. Details of the cost function value will be described later with reference to FIG.
- the intra prediction unit 74 supplies the predicted image generated in the optimal intra prediction mode and its cost function value to the predicted image selection unit 78.
- the intra prediction unit 74 supplies information indicating the optimal intra prediction mode to the lossless encoding unit 66.
- the lossless encoding unit 66 encodes this information and uses it as a part of header information in the compressed image.
- the motion prediction / compensation unit 75 is supplied with the inter-processed image read from the screen rearrangement buffer 62 and the reference image from the frame memory 72 via the switch 73.
- the motion prediction / compensation unit 75 performs motion prediction of all candidate inter prediction modes using the luminance signal, and generates and accumulates motion vectors of each block.
- the motion prediction / compensation unit 75 calculates cost function values for all candidate inter prediction modes using the predicted motion vector of each block.
- the motion prediction / compensation unit 75 determines the prediction mode of the block that gives the minimum value among the calculated cost function values as the optimal inter prediction mode, and supplies information on the determined prediction mode to the color difference block determination unit 76.
- the motion prediction / compensation unit 75 performs compensation processing on the reference image based on the motion vector in the optimal inter prediction mode, and obtains a predicted image of a target luminance signal block (hereinafter also referred to as a luminance block or luminance signal block as appropriate). Generate.
- the motion prediction / compensation unit 75 A motion vector of a target color difference signal block (hereinafter also referred to as a color difference block or a color difference signal block as appropriate) is generated by the H.264 / AVC format. Then, the motion prediction / compensation unit 75 generates a predicted image of the color difference signal block using the generated motion vector.
- the motion prediction / compensation unit 75 generates a predicted image of the color difference signal block using the motion vector of the color difference signal indicated by the information.
- the motion prediction / compensation unit 75 supplies the predicted image of the generated target block (luminance signal and chrominance signal block) in the optimal inter prediction mode and its cost function value to the predicted image selection unit 78.
- the motion prediction / compensation unit 75 sends information indicating the optimal inter prediction mode (inter prediction mode information) to the lossless encoding unit 66. Output.
- the lossless encoding unit 66 performs lossless encoding processing such as variable length encoding and arithmetic encoding on the information from the motion prediction / compensation unit 75 and inserts the information into the header portion of the compressed image.
- the chrominance block determination unit 76 determines the block size of the chrominance signal block according to the block size of the luminance signal block indicated by the prediction mode information from the motion prediction / compensation unit 75.
- the color difference block determination unit 76 supplies information about the determined color difference block size to the color difference motion vector determination unit 77.
- the block size of the corresponding chrominance signal block Is determined to be 4 ⁇ 4 pixels.
- the color difference motion vector determination unit 77 classifies which color difference signal block belongs to which of the two categories based on the color difference block size information from the color difference block determination unit 76.
- the first category includes blocks having a block size of 4 ⁇ 4 pixels or more among color difference signal blocks.
- the second category belongs to blocks having a block size smaller than 4 ⁇ 4 pixels among color difference signal blocks.
- the color difference motion vector determination unit 77 supplies a control signal to the motion prediction / compensation unit 75.
- the motion prediction of the color difference signal by the H.264 / AVC format is performed.
- the color difference motion vector determination unit 77 associates a single color difference signal block with a plurality of luminance signal blocks when the color difference signal block is classified into the second category, and the color difference signal in units thereof.
- the generated color difference motion vector information is supplied to the motion prediction / compensation unit 75.
- a motion search is performed on a single color difference signal block corresponding to a plurality of luminance signal blocks, and difference information from the motion vector generated using the motion vectors of the plurality of luminance signal blocks as described above. May be generated and sent to the decoding side.
- the generated difference information is supplied to the lossless encoding unit 66 as indicated by a dotted line.
- the predicted image selection unit 78 determines the optimal prediction mode from the optimal intra prediction mode and the optimal inter prediction mode based on each cost function value output from the intra prediction unit 74 or the motion prediction / compensation unit 75. Then, the predicted image selection unit 78 selects a predicted image in the determined optimal prediction mode and supplies the selected predicted image to the calculation units 63 and 70. At this time, the predicted image selection unit 78 supplies the selection information of the predicted image to the intra prediction unit 74 or the motion prediction / compensation unit 75.
- the rate control unit 79 controls the rate of the quantization operation of the quantization unit 65 based on the compressed image stored in the storage buffer 67 so that overflow or underflow does not occur.
- a block when simply referred to as a block, a luminance signal block, a chrominance signal block, etc., it represents a motion prediction / compensation block.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a block size for motion prediction / compensation in the H.264 / AVC format.
- macroblocks composed of 16 ⁇ 16 pixels divided into 16 ⁇ 16 pixels, 16 ⁇ 8 pixels, 8 ⁇ 16 pixels, and 8 ⁇ 8 pixel partitions are sequentially shown from the left. ing.
- 8 ⁇ 8 pixel partitions divided into 8 ⁇ 8 pixel, 8 ⁇ 4 pixel, 4 ⁇ 8 pixel, and 4 ⁇ 4 pixel subpartitions are sequentially shown. Yes.
- one macroblock is divided into any partition of 16 ⁇ 16 pixels, 16 ⁇ 8 pixels, 8 ⁇ 16 pixels, or 8 ⁇ 8 pixels, and independent motion vector information is obtained. It is possible to have.
- an 8 ⁇ 8 pixel partition is divided into 8 ⁇ 8 pixel, 8 ⁇ 4 pixel, 4 ⁇ 8 pixel, or 4 ⁇ 4 pixel subpartitions and has independent motion vector information. Is possible.
- Figure 6 shows H. 6 is a diagram for describing prediction / compensation processing of a multi-reference frame in the H.264 / AVC format.
- a target frame Fn to be encoded from now and encoded frames Fn-5,..., Fn-1 are shown.
- the frame Fn-1 is a frame immediately before the target frame Fn on the time axis
- the frame Fn-2 is a frame two frames before the target frame Fn
- the frame Fn-3 is the frame of the target frame Fn. This is the previous three frames.
- the frame Fn-4 is a frame four times before the target frame Fn
- the frame Fn-5 is a frame five times before the target frame Fn.
- a smaller reference picture number (ref_id) is added to a frame closer to the time axis than the target frame Fn. That is, frame Fn-1 has the smallest reference picture number, and thereafter, the reference picture numbers are smallest in the order of Fn-2,..., Fn-5.
- a block A1 and a block A2 are shown in the target frame Fn.
- the block A1 is considered to be correlated with the block A1 'of the previous frame Fn-2, and the motion vector V1 is searched.
- the block A2 is considered to be correlated with the block A1 'of the previous frame Fn-4, and the motion vector V2 is searched.
- the block indicates any of the 16 ⁇ 16 pixel, 16 ⁇ 8 pixel, 8 ⁇ 16 pixel, and 8 ⁇ 8 pixel partitions described above with reference to FIG.
- the reference frames within the 8x8 sub-block must be the same.
- FIG. It is a figure explaining the production
- a target block E to be encoded (for example, 16 ⁇ 16 pixels) and blocks A to D that have already been encoded and are adjacent to the target block E are shown.
- the block D is adjacent to the upper left of the target block E
- the block B is adjacent to the upper side of the target block E
- the block C is adjacent to the upper right of the target block E
- the block A is , Adjacent to the left of the target block E.
- the blocks A to D are not divided represent blocks having any one of the 16 ⁇ 16 pixels to 4 ⁇ 4 pixels described above with reference to FIG.
- the predicted motion vector information for the current block E pmv E is block A, B, by using the motion vector information on C, is generated as in the following equation by median prediction (6).
- the motion vector information related to the block C may be unavailable (unavailable) because it is at the edge of the image frame or is not yet encoded. In this case, the motion vector information regarding the block C is substituted with the motion vector information regarding the block D.
- the data mvd E added to the header portion of the compressed image as motion vector information for the target block E is generated as in the following equation (7) using pmv E.
- mvd E mv E -pmv E (7)
- processing is performed independently for each of the horizontal and vertical components of the motion vector information.
- the motion vector information is generated by generating the motion vector information and adding a difference between the motion vector information and the motion vector information generated by the correlation with the adjacent block to the header portion of the compressed image. Reduced.
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration example of the motion prediction / compensation unit 75 and the chrominance motion vector determination unit 77. In FIG. 8, the switch 73 in FIG. 4 is omitted.
- the motion prediction / compensation unit 75 includes a motion search unit 81, a mode determination unit 82, and a motion compensation unit 83.
- the color difference motion vector determination unit 77 includes a block categorization unit 91 and a color difference motion vector generation unit 92.
- the reference image pixel value from the frame memory 72 is supplied to the motion search unit 81, the mode determination unit 82, and the motion compensation unit 83. Also, the image (input image) pixel value to be inter-processed from the screen rearrangement buffer 62 is supplied to the motion search unit 81 and the mode determination unit 82.
- the motion search unit 81 performs a motion search of each target block of the luminance signal for all candidate inter prediction modes, using an image to be inter-processed and a reference image pixel value with integer pixel accuracy.
- the motion search unit 81 obtains a motion vector with integer pixel accuracy based on the motion search method implemented in the JM (Joint Model) described above with reference to FIG. Is required.
- JM Joint Model
- the mode determination unit 82 uses the inter-processed image and the reference image pixel value with integer pixel accuracy for all the inter prediction modes that are candidates for which the motion vector is obtained by the motion search unit 81 with reference to FIG. A cost function value to be described later is calculated.
- the mode determination unit 82 determines the inter prediction mode in which the calculated cost function value gives the minimum value as the optimal inter prediction mode of the target block.
- the mode determination unit 82 supplies the determined optimal inter prediction mode information and the corresponding motion vector information to the motion compensation unit 83.
- the mode determination unit 82 also supplies the determined optimal inter prediction mode information to the color difference block determination unit 76.
- the mode determination unit 82 sets the optimal inter prediction mode obtained when calculating the information of the optimal inter prediction mode and the cost function value.
- Corresponding motion vector difference information, reference frame information, and the like are supplied to the lossless encoding unit 66.
- the motion compensation unit 83 performs a compensation process on the reference image based on the motion vector in the optimal inter prediction mode from the mode determination unit 82, and generates a predicted image of the target luminance signal block.
- the motion compensating unit 83 is The motion vector of the color difference signal is generated by the H.264 / AVC method, and compensation processing is performed using the generated motion vector to generate a predicted image of the target color difference signal block.
- the motion compensation unit 83 performs compensation processing using the motion vector of the chrominance signal indicated by the information, and predicts the target chrominance signal block image. Is generated.
- the motion compensation unit 83 supplies the generated predicted image of the target block in the optimal inter prediction mode and its cost function value to the predicted image selection unit 78.
- the cost function value may be supplied from the mode determination unit 82 or may be obtained again by the motion compensation unit 83 and supplied to the predicted image selection unit 78. Good.
- the block categorizing unit 91 classifies which of the two categories the color difference signal block belongs to based on the information on the color difference block size from the color difference block determination unit 76.
- the block categorizing unit 91 supplies a control signal to the motion compensation unit 83, and The motion prediction of the color difference signal by the H.264 / AVC format is performed.
- the block categorizing unit 91 supplies a control signal to the color difference motion vector generation unit 92 to perform motion prediction of the color difference signal.
- the chrominance motion vector generation unit 92 associates a single chrominance signal block with a plurality of luminance signal blocks based on the control signal from the block categorizing unit 91. Then, the color difference motion vector generation unit 92 uses the motion vector information of the plurality of luminance signal blocks acquired from the mode determination unit 82 to generate a motion vector of the corresponding single color difference signal block. The color difference motion vector generation unit 92 supplies the generated motion vector information of the color difference signal to the motion compensation unit 83.
- motion prediction / compensation processing is performed according to any of the motion partition (block) sizes shown in FIG.
- the size shown in FIG. 5 relates to the luminance signal.
- the block size for the color difference signal is the same as that for the luminance signal, both horizontally and vertically. 1/2 of the block size.
- the color difference block determination unit 76 Information regarding which block size is used for motion prediction based on the luminance signal, that is, information on the prediction mode is supplied to the color difference block determination unit 76.
- the block size of the target block of the chrominance signal is discriminated in accordance with the block size of the target block of the luminance signal indicated by the prediction mode information, and the discriminated chrominance block size information is used as the block categorizing unit. 91.
- the target blocks are classified into the two categories described above. That is, among the block sizes in the luminance signal, the first category belongs to a block having a size of 16 ⁇ 16 pixels, 16 ⁇ 8 pixels, 8 ⁇ 16 pixels, or 8 ⁇ 8 pixels in FIG. . Of the block sizes in the luminance signal, blocks of other sizes belong to the second category.
- the first category of the block size in the color difference signal includes any of 8 ⁇ 8 pixels, 8 ⁇ 4 pixels, 4 ⁇ 8 pixels, and 4 ⁇ 4 pixels.
- Block of size belongs.
- blocks of other sizes that is, 4 ⁇ 2 pixels, 2 ⁇ 4 pixels, 2 ⁇ 2 pixels
- the block size of the orthogonal transform performed by the orthogonal transform unit 64 is 4 ⁇ 4 pixels. That is, the block categorizing unit 91 classifies the blocks of the color difference signals into categories according to the orthogonal transform block size.
- the first category is a category to which a block having a size equal to or larger than the orthogonal transform block size belongs
- the second category is a category to which a block having a size smaller than the orthogonal transform block size belongs.
- the block categorizing unit 91 performs H.264 on the target block classified in the first category in this way.
- a control signal for performing motion prediction of the color difference signal by the H.264 / AVC format is supplied to the motion compensation unit 83.
- the block categorizing unit 91 outputs a control signal for performing motion prediction of the color difference signal described next with reference to FIG. 9 for the target block classified into the second category. This is supplied to the motion vector generation unit 92.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the color difference signal motion prediction processing in the color difference motion vector generation unit 92.
- FIG. 9A shows an example of the color difference signal when the macro block of the luminance signal is composed of four 4 ⁇ 4 pixel blocks.
- FIG. 9B shows an example of the color difference signal in the case where the macro block of the luminance signal is composed of two 8 ⁇ 4 pixel blocks.
- C of FIG. 9 shows an example of the color difference signal in the case where the macro block of the luminance signal is composed of two 4 ⁇ 8 pixel blocks.
- the color difference signal is composed of four 2 ⁇ 2 blocks. That is, the 4 luminance signal blocks are made to correspond to the 4 ⁇ 4 block of a single color difference signal instead of the 2 ⁇ 2 block of the four color difference signals corresponding to the encoding standard. In other words, a 4 ⁇ 4 block of a single color difference signal is newly associated with four luminance signal blocks.
- the color difference motion vector generation unit 92 calculates the motion vector information mv c of the color difference signal of one 4 ⁇ 4 block as shown in the following equation (8).
- mv c f (mv 0 , mv 1 , mv 2 , mv 3 ) ... (8)
- equation (8) for example, processing by averaging is performed as f ().
- the color difference motion vector generation unit 92 a horizontal component, for each vertical component, the motion vector information mv c is calculated by the following equation (9).
- the color difference signal has only half the resolution with respect to the luminance signal, so the right side of equation (9) is not divided by 4 (/ 4). , Division by 8 (/ 8).
- the motion vector difference information dmv c is obtained as in (11).
- This motion vector difference information may be sent to the decoding side. The details will be described later with reference to FIGS. 15 and 16.
- the color difference signal motion prediction process described above may be performed for both Cb / Cr or may be performed independently for each of Cb / Cr. That is, the single motion vector information mv c may be provided for both Cb / Cr, or the motion vector information mv cb and mv cr may be provided independently for Cb / CR. You may do it.
- the target block for the luminance signal is 4 ⁇ 4 pixels (in the case of A in FIG. 9), but in the case where the target block for the luminance signal is 8 ⁇ 4 pixels, As indicated by B in 9, a block of two luminance signals to which 0 and 1 are assigned is associated with a 4 ⁇ 4 block of one color difference signal to which C is assigned. Then, using the motion vector information of two 8 ⁇ 4 blocks, motion vector information mv c of the color difference signal of one 4 ⁇ 4 block is calculated.
- the target block for the luminance signal is 4 ⁇ 8 pixels, as shown in C of FIG. 9, two luminance signal blocks with 0 and 1 are assigned 1 with C. 4 ⁇ 4 blocks of two color difference signals are made to correspond. Then, the motion vector information mv c of the color difference signal of one 4 ⁇ 4 block is calculated using the motion vector information of two 4 ⁇ 8 blocks.
- the luminance signal is composed of two 4 ⁇ 8 pixels, whereas the color difference signal is composed of two blocks of 2 ⁇ 4 pixels.
- the luminance signal is composed of two 8 ⁇ 4 pixels, whereas the color difference signal is composed of two 4 ⁇ 2 pixel blocks.
- f () in the above equation (8) in addition to the processing by averaging, for example, the processing shown in the following equation (12) may be performed.
- the processing shown in the equation (12) may be performed as f ().
- This flag may be transmitted separately in the horizontal and vertical directions, or a single flag may be transmitted in both the horizontal and vertical directions.
- decode the compressed image by acquiring this flag, it is possible to reconstruct the mv c.
- the motion vector of the single chrominance signal block corresponding to the plurality of luminance signal blocks is converted to the plurality of luminances. It was made to generate using the motion vector of the block of the signal.
- H. In the H.264 / AVC format if the target block of the luminance signal is 4 ⁇ 4 pixels, it is necessary to perform memory access by calculating the address of the four 2 ⁇ 2 pixel blocks for the color difference signal. . On the other hand, by performing the above-described processing, the memory access calculation can be performed only once, and the required memory bandwidth can be reduced.
- step S11 the A / D converter 61 performs A / D conversion on the input image.
- step S12 the screen rearrangement buffer 62 stores the image supplied from the A / D conversion unit 61, and rearranges the picture from the display order to the encoding order.
- step S13 the calculation unit 63 calculates the difference between the image rearranged in step S12 and the predicted image.
- the predicted image is supplied from the motion prediction / compensation unit 75 in the case of inter prediction and from the intra prediction unit 74 in the case of intra prediction to the calculation unit 63 via the predicted image selection unit 78.
- ⁇ Difference data has a smaller data volume than the original image data. Therefore, the data amount can be compressed as compared with the case where the image is encoded as it is.
- step S14 the orthogonal transformation unit 64 orthogonally transforms the difference information supplied from the calculation unit 63. Specifically, orthogonal transformation such as discrete cosine transformation and Karhunen-Loeve transformation is performed, and transformation coefficients are output.
- step S15 the quantization unit 65 quantizes the transform coefficient. At the time of this quantization, the rate is controlled as described in the process of step S25 described later.
- step S ⁇ b> 16 the inverse quantization unit 68 inversely quantizes the transform coefficient quantized by the quantization unit 65 with characteristics corresponding to the characteristics of the quantization unit 65.
- step S ⁇ b> 17 the inverse orthogonal transform unit 69 performs inverse orthogonal transform on the transform coefficient inversely quantized by the inverse quantization unit 68 with characteristics corresponding to the characteristics of the orthogonal transform unit 64.
- step S ⁇ b> 18 the calculation unit 70 adds the predicted image input via the predicted image selection unit 78 to the locally decoded difference information, and outputs the locally decoded image (input to the calculation unit 63. Corresponding image).
- step S ⁇ b> 19 the deblock filter 71 filters the image output from the calculation unit 70. Thereby, block distortion is removed.
- step S20 the frame memory 72 stores the filtered image. Note that an image that has not been filtered by the deblocking filter 71 is also supplied to the frame memory 72 from the computing unit 70 and stored therein.
- step S21 the intra prediction unit 74 and the motion prediction / compensation unit 75 each perform image prediction processing. That is, in step S21, the intra prediction unit 74 performs an intra prediction process in the intra prediction mode.
- the motion prediction / compensation unit 75 performs inter prediction mode motion prediction / compensation processing.
- step S21 Details of the prediction process in step S21 will be described later with reference to FIG. 11. First, by this process, prediction processes in all candidate intra prediction modes are performed, and all candidate intra prediction modes are performed. The cost function value at is calculated. Then, based on the calculated cost function value, the optimal intra prediction mode is selected, and the predicted image generated by the intra prediction in the optimal intra prediction mode and its cost function value are supplied to the predicted image selection unit 78.
- prediction processing in all candidate inter prediction modes is performed, and cost function values in all candidate inter prediction modes are calculated. Based on the calculated cost function value, the optimum inter prediction mode is determined from the inter prediction modes.
- motion prediction, cost function value calculation, and optimum inter prediction mode are determined for the luminance signal. Based on the block size indicated in the optimal inter prediction mode, category classification of the target block is performed, and motion prediction according to the classified category is performed on the color difference signal. Then, a predicted image in the optimal inter prediction mode is generated, and the generated predicted image and its cost function value are supplied to the predicted image selection unit 78.
- step S ⁇ b> 22 the predicted image selection unit 78 optimizes one of the optimal intra prediction mode and the optimal inter prediction mode based on the cost function values output from the intra prediction unit 74 and the motion prediction / compensation unit 75. Determine the prediction mode. Then, the predicted image selection unit 78 selects the predicted image in the determined optimal prediction mode and supplies it to the calculation units 63 and 70. As described above, this predicted image is used for the calculations in steps S13 and S18.
- the prediction image selection information is supplied to the intra prediction unit 74 or the motion prediction / compensation unit 75.
- the intra prediction unit 74 supplies information indicating the optimal intra prediction mode (that is, intra prediction mode information) to the lossless encoding unit 66.
- the motion prediction / compensation unit 75 further includes information indicating the optimal inter prediction mode and, if necessary, information corresponding to the optimal inter prediction mode as a lossless encoding unit. 66.
- Information according to the optimal inter prediction mode includes motion vector information and reference frame information.
- step S23 the lossless encoding unit 66 encodes the quantized transform coefficient output from the quantization unit 65. That is, the difference image is subjected to lossless encoding such as variable length encoding and arithmetic encoding, and is compressed.
- the intra prediction mode information from the intra prediction unit 74 or the information corresponding to the optimal inter prediction mode from the motion prediction / compensation unit 75, which is input to the lossless encoding unit 66 in step S22 described above, is also encoded. And added to the header information.
- information indicating the inter prediction mode is encoded for each macroblock.
- Motion vector information and reference frame information are encoded for each target block.
- the motion vector difference information of the generated color difference signal is supplied from the color difference motion vector determination unit 77.
- the color difference motion vector determination unit 77 are also encoded. This will be described in detail later with reference to FIGS. 15 and 16.
- step S24 the accumulation buffer 67 accumulates the difference image as a compressed image.
- the compressed image stored in the storage buffer 67 is appropriately read and transmitted to the decoding side via the transmission path.
- step S25 the rate control unit 79 controls the quantization operation rate of the quantization unit 65 based on the compressed image stored in the storage buffer 67 so that overflow or underflow does not occur.
- the decoded image to be referred to is read from the frame memory 72, and the intra prediction unit 74 via the switch 73. To be supplied. Based on these images, in step S31, the intra prediction unit 74 performs intra prediction on the pixels of the block to be processed in all candidate intra prediction modes. Note that pixels that have not been deblocked filtered by the deblocking filter 71 are used as decoded pixels that are referred to.
- intra prediction is performed in all candidate intra prediction modes, and for all candidate intra prediction modes.
- a cost function value is calculated.
- the optimal intra prediction mode is selected, and the predicted image generated by the intra prediction in the optimal intra prediction mode and its cost function value are supplied to the predicted image selection unit 78.
- the processing target image supplied from the screen rearrangement buffer 62 is an image to be inter-processed
- the referenced image is read from the frame memory 72 and supplied to the motion search unit 81 via the switch 73.
- the motion search unit 81 performs an inter motion prediction process using a luminance signal. That is, the motion search unit 81 refers to the image supplied from the frame memory 72 and performs motion prediction processing in all candidate inter prediction modes using the luminance signal.
- step S32 Details of the inter motion prediction process in step S32 will be described later with reference to FIG. With this processing, motion prediction processing is performed in all candidate inter prediction modes using the luminance signal, and the cost determination value is calculated by the mode determination unit 82 for all candidate inter prediction modes. .
- step S33 the mode determination unit 82 determines the optimal inter prediction mode based on the calculated cost function value from all the candidate inter prediction modes. That is, the mode determination unit 82 determines the prediction mode with the minimum cost function value as the optimal intra prediction mode.
- the mode determination unit 82 supplies the determined optimal inter prediction mode information and the corresponding motion vector information to the motion compensation unit 83. In addition, the mode determination unit 82 also supplies the determined optimal inter prediction mode information to the color difference block determination unit 76.
- step S34 the color difference block determination unit 76, the color difference motion vector determination unit 77, and the motion compensation unit 83 execute a motion prediction process on the color difference signal.
- motion prediction process for the color difference signal in step S34 will be described later with reference to FIG.
- motion prediction of the color difference signal is performed according to the block size of the optimal intra prediction mode.
- the color difference signal block is classified into categories, and a motion vector of the color difference signal block is generated according to the classified category. .
- step S35 the motion compensation unit 83 performs compensation processing on the reference image based on the motion vector in the optimal inter prediction mode from the mode determination unit 82, and generates a predicted image of the target block.
- the motion compensation unit 83 performs compensation processing on the reference image based on the motion vector in the optimal inter prediction mode from the mode determination unit 82, and generates a predicted image of the target luminance signal block.
- the control signal is supplied from the block categorizing unit 91
- the motion compensating unit 83 is A motion vector of the color difference signal is generated by the H.264 / AVC method, and a predicted image of the target color difference signal block is generated using the generated motion vector.
- the chrominance motion vector information is supplied from the chrominance motion vector generation unit 92
- the motion compensation unit 83 performs compensation processing using the motion vector of the chrominance signal indicated by the information, and the motion compensation unit 83 determines the target chrominance signal block.
- a prediction image is generated.
- the prediction image of the optimal inter prediction mode generated as described above and its cost function value are supplied to the prediction image selection unit 78.
- step S41 the intra prediction unit 74 performs intra prediction for each of the 4 ⁇ 4 pixel, 8 ⁇ 8 pixel, and 16 ⁇ 16 pixel intra prediction modes.
- the luminance signal intra prediction modes include nine types of 4 ⁇ 4 pixel and 8 ⁇ 8 pixel block units, and four types of 16 ⁇ 16 pixel macroblock unit prediction modes. There are four types of prediction modes in units of 8 ⁇ 8 pixel blocks.
- the color difference signal intra prediction mode can be set independently of the luminance signal intra prediction mode.
- the 4 ⁇ 4 pixel and 8 ⁇ 8 pixel intra prediction modes of the luminance signal one intra prediction mode is defined for each block of the luminance signal of 4 ⁇ 4 pixels and 8 ⁇ 8 pixels.
- the 16 ⁇ 16 pixel intra prediction mode for luminance signals and the intra prediction mode for color difference signals one prediction mode is defined for one macroblock.
- the intra prediction unit 74 refers to a decoded image read from the frame memory 72 and supplied via the switch 73, and performs intra prediction on the pixel of the processing target block. By performing this intra prediction process in each intra prediction mode, a prediction image in each intra prediction mode is generated. Note that pixels that have not been deblocked filtered by the deblocking filter 71 are used as decoded pixels that are referred to.
- the intra prediction unit 74 calculates a cost function value for each intra prediction mode of 4 ⁇ 4 pixels, 8 ⁇ 8 pixels, and 16 ⁇ 16 pixels.
- the cost function value is determined based on a method of either High Complexity mode or Low Complexity mode. These modes are H.264. It is defined by JM, which is reference software in the H.264 / AVC format.
- the encoding process is temporarily performed for all candidate prediction modes as the process in step S41. Then, the cost function value represented by the following equation (13) is calculated for each prediction mode, and the prediction mode that gives the minimum value is selected as the optimum prediction mode.
- D a difference (distortion) between the original image and the decoded image
- R a generated code amount including up to the orthogonal transform coefficient
- ⁇ a Lagrange multiplier given as a function of the quantization parameter QP.
- step S41 generation of predicted images and header bits such as motion vector information, prediction mode information, and flag information are calculated for all candidate prediction modes. The Then, the cost function value represented by the following equation (13) is calculated for each prediction mode, and the prediction mode that gives the minimum value is selected as the optimum prediction mode.
- Cost (Mode) D + QPtoQuant (QP) ⁇ Header_Bit (14)
- D is a difference (distortion) between the original image and the decoded image
- Header_Bit is a header bit for the prediction mode
- QPtoQuant is a function given as a function of the quantization parameter QP.
- the intra prediction unit 74 determines an optimum mode for each of the 4 ⁇ 4 pixel, 8 ⁇ 8 pixel, and 16 ⁇ 16 pixel intra prediction modes. That is, as described above, in the case of the intra 4 ⁇ 4 prediction mode and the intra 8 ⁇ 8 prediction mode, there are nine types of prediction modes, and in the case of the intra 16 ⁇ 16 prediction mode, there are types of prediction modes. There are four types. Therefore, the intra prediction unit 74 selects the optimal intra 4 ⁇ 4 prediction mode, the optimal intra 8 ⁇ 8 prediction mode, and the optimal intra 16 ⁇ 16 prediction mode from among the cost function values calculated in step S42. decide.
- the intra prediction unit 74 calculates the cost calculated in step S42 from among the optimal modes determined for the 4 ⁇ 4 pixel, 8 ⁇ 8 pixel, and 16 ⁇ 16 pixel intra prediction modes in step S44.
- the optimal intra prediction mode is selected based on the function value. That is, the mode having the minimum cost function value is selected as the optimum intra prediction mode from among the optimum modes determined for 4 ⁇ 4 pixels, 8 ⁇ 8 pixels, and 16 ⁇ 16 pixels.
- the intra prediction unit 74 supplies the predicted image generated in the optimal intra prediction mode and its cost function value to the predicted image selection unit 78.
- step S61 the motion search unit 81 uses the luminance signal and motion vectors and reference images for each of the eight types of inter prediction modes including 16 ⁇ 16 pixels to 4 ⁇ 4 pixels described above with reference to FIG. Respectively.
- the motion search unit 81 is supplied with an image to be inter-processed from the screen rearrangement buffer 62 and a reference image pixel value with integer pixel accuracy from the frame memory 72.
- the motion search unit 81 uses the luminance signals of these images to perform integer pixel precision motion that minimizes a cost function value such as SAD within a predetermined search range of a candidate reference image for each inter prediction mode. Find vectors and reference images.
- the motion search unit 81 obtains sub-pixel precision motion vector information with 1 ⁇ 2 pixel accuracy that minimizes a cost function such as SAD, and further 1 ⁇ 4 pixel precision that minimizes a cost function such as SAD. Obtain motion vector information with decimal pixel precision.
- the motion vector and the reference image are determined for the target block to be processed in each inter prediction mode of the luminance signal.
- Each motion vector information obtained for each target block of the luminance signal by the motion search unit 81 is supplied to the mode determination unit 82.
- the mode determination unit 82 performs the processes of the following steps S62 to S64 in order to calculate the cost function value represented by the above formula (13) or formula (14).
- the mode determination unit 82 performs compensation processing on the reference image based on the motion vector from the motion search unit 81 in step S62. Specifically, the mode determination unit 82 uses the reference image pixel value with integer pixel accuracy from the frame memory 72, the motion vector information with decimal pixel accuracy, and the filter coefficient of the interpolation filter to obtain a pixel with decimal pixel accuracy. A predicted image of the target block is generated by interpolating the values.
- step S63 the mode determination unit 82 generates differential motion vector information mvd E for the motion vectors determined for each of the eight types of inter prediction modes including 16 ⁇ 16 pixels to 4 ⁇ 4 pixels. At this time, the motion vector generation method described above with reference to FIG. 7 is used.
- the mode determination unit 82 uses the adjacent block motion vector information to calculate predicted motion vector information pmv E for the target block E by the median prediction of Equation (6) described above. The mode determination unit 82 then calculates the difference motion vector information mvd based on the difference between the motion vector information mv E from the mode determination unit 82 and the calculated predicted motion vector information pmv E , as shown in the equation (7) described above. Find E.
- the obtained difference motion vector information is used when the cost function value is calculated in the next step S64, and finally when the corresponding predicted image is selected by the predicted image selection unit 78, the prediction mode information, and The reference frame information and the like are supplied to the lossless encoding unit 66.
- step S64 the mode determination unit 82 calculates the cost function value represented by the above-described equation (13) or equation (14) for each of the eight types of inter prediction modes including 16 ⁇ 16 pixels to 4 ⁇ 4 pixels. calculate.
- the mode determination unit 82 performs an inter-processing image from the screen rearrangement buffer 62, a reference image pixel value with integer pixel accuracy, a motion vector information with decimal pixel accuracy, and difference motion vector information from the frame memory 72.
- the cost function value is calculated by appropriately using information such as The cost function value calculated here is used when determining the optimal inter prediction mode in step S33 of FIG. 11 described above.
- the chrominance block determination unit 76 determines the block size of the chrominance signal block according to the block size of the luminance signal block indicated by the information on the optimal inter prediction mode, and supplies the determined chrominance block size information to the block categorizing unit 91. To do.
- the color difference block determination unit 76 sets the block size in the color difference signal to 8 ⁇ 8 pixels, respectively. , 8 ⁇ 4 pixels, 4 ⁇ 8 pixels, and 4 ⁇ 4 pixels. Further, the color difference block discriminating unit 76, when the block size in the luminance signal is 8 ⁇ 4 pixels, 4 ⁇ 8 pixels, and 4 ⁇ 4 pixels, the block sizes in the color difference signal are 4 ⁇ 2 pixels and 2 ⁇ 4 pixels, respectively. It is determined that the pixel is 2 ⁇ 2 pixels.
- the block categorizing unit 91 categorizes the color difference signal blocks. For example, when the block size in the color difference signal is any of 8 ⁇ 8 pixels, 8 ⁇ 4 pixels, 4 ⁇ 8 pixels, and 4 ⁇ 4 pixels, the block categorizing unit 91 determines the color difference signal block as the first color difference signal block. Classify into one category. On the other hand, the block categorizing unit 91 classifies the color difference signal block into the second category when the block size in the color difference signal is any of 4 ⁇ 2 pixels, 2 ⁇ 4 pixels, and 2 ⁇ 2 pixels. To do.
- step S72 the block categorizing unit 91 determines whether or not the color difference signal block is a block belonging to the first category.
- step S72 If it is determined in step S72 that the block does not belong to the first category, that is, the block belongs to the second category, the process proceeds to step S73.
- the block categorizing unit 91 supplies a control signal for performing motion compensation of the color difference signal to the color difference motion vector generating unit 92.
- the color difference motion vector generation unit 92 generates color difference motion vector information in step S73. That is, as described above with reference to FIG. 9A, the chrominance motion vector generation unit 92 generates a single unit for a plurality of luminance signal blocks (for example, four 4 ⁇ 4 blocks) that are assumed to belong to the second category. Corresponding color difference signal blocks (for example, one 4 ⁇ 4 block). The color difference motion vector generation unit 92 generates motion vector information of the single color difference signal block using the motion vector information acquired from the mode determination unit 82.
- the generated color difference motion vector information is supplied to the motion compensation unit 83, and is used for generating a predicted image of the color difference signal in step S35 of FIG.
- step S72 if it is determined in step S72 that the block belongs to the first category, the process proceeds to step S74.
- a control signal for performing motion prediction of the color difference signal by the H.264 / AVC format is supplied to the motion compensation unit 83.
- the motion compensation unit 83 determines the H. Performs color difference motion prediction processing using the H.264 / AVC format. For example, when the luminance signal block is an 8 ⁇ 8 pixel block, the motion compensation unit 83 performs the motion prediction process described above with reference to FIG. 2 for the color difference signal block of the 4 ⁇ 4 pixel block.
- the generated color difference motion vector information is used for generating a predicted image of the color difference signal in step S35 of FIG.
- the chrominance motion vector information is generated by using the motion vector information of the luminance signal block, so it is not necessary to send it to the decoding side.
- predicted motion vector information may be obtained, the motion vector of the color difference signal block may be searched, and the difference information may be sent to the decoding side.
- FIG. 15 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration example of the motion prediction / compensation unit 75 and the color difference motion vector determination unit 77 when the color difference motion vector difference information is sent to the decoding side.
- the motion prediction / compensation unit 75 in FIG. 15 is common to the motion prediction / compensation unit 75 in FIG. 8 in that it includes a motion search unit 81, a mode determination unit 82, and a motion compensation unit 83.
- the chrominance motion vector determination unit 77 in FIG. 15 is common to the motion prediction / compensation unit 75 in FIG. 8 in that the block categorization unit 91 is provided.
- the color difference motion vector determination unit 77 in FIG. 15 is different in that the color difference motion vector generation unit 92 is replaced with a color difference prediction motion vector generation unit 95 and a color difference motion vector search unit 96 is added.
- the chrominance motion vector predictor generation unit 95 differs only in name and performs basically the same processing as the chrominance motion vector generator 92 of FIG.
- the chrominance motion vector predictor generating unit 95 associates a single chrominance signal block with a plurality of luminance signal blocks based on the control signal from the block categorizing unit 91. Then, using the motion vector information of the plurality of luminance signal blocks acquired from the mode determination unit 82, the color difference prediction motion vector generation unit 95 uses the motion vector information of a single color difference signal block as described in the above equation (10). Prediction motion vector information is generated.
- the predicted motion vector information (color difference predicted motion vector information) of the generated color difference signal is supplied to the color difference motion vector search unit 96.
- the color difference motion vector search unit 96 uses the reference image pixel value from the frame memory 72 to obtain motion vector information for the color difference signal block that the color difference prediction motion vector generation unit 95 corresponds to a plurality of luminance signals. At this time, the chrominance motion vector search unit 96 obtains a motion vector for the chrominance signal within a predetermined search range around the chrominance prediction motion vector generated by the chrominance prediction motion vector generation unit 95.
- the color difference motion vector search unit 96 supplies the color difference motion vector information obtained for the color difference signal block to the motion compensation unit 83.
- the color difference motion vector search unit 96 obtains a difference between the color difference motion vector information and the color difference prediction motion vector information from the color difference prediction motion vector generation unit 95, and the obtained color difference motion vector difference information is converted into a lossless encoding unit. 66.
- the chrominance block determination unit 76 determines the block size of the chrominance signal block according to the block size of the luminance signal block indicated by the information on the optimal inter prediction mode, and supplies the determined chrominance block size information to the block categorizing unit 91. To do.
- step S91 the block categorizing unit 91 classifies the color difference signal blocks. For example, when the block size in the color difference signal is any of 8 ⁇ 8 pixels, 8 ⁇ 4 pixels, 4 ⁇ 8 pixels, and 4 ⁇ 4 pixels, the block categorizing unit 91 determines the color difference signal block as the first color difference signal block. Classify into one category. On the other hand, the block categorizing unit 91 classifies the color difference signal block into the second category when the block size in the color difference signal is any of 4 ⁇ 2 pixels, 2 ⁇ 4 pixels, and 2 ⁇ 2 pixels. To do.
- step S92 the block categorizing unit 91 determines whether or not the color difference signal block is a block belonging to the first category.
- step S92 If it is determined in step S92 that the block does not belong to the first category, that is, the block belongs to the second category, the process proceeds to step S93.
- a control signal for performing motion prediction of the color difference signal is supplied from the block categorizing unit 91 to the color difference predicted motion vector generation unit 95.
- the color difference prediction motion vector generation unit 95 generates color difference prediction motion vector information in step S93. That is, the color difference prediction motion vector generation unit 95 associates a single color difference signal block with a plurality of luminance signal blocks that belong to the second category, as described above with reference to FIG. 9A. Then, the color difference prediction motion vector generation unit 95 generates motion prediction vector information of the single color difference signal block using the motion vector information acquired from the mode determination unit 82.
- the generated color difference motion vector information is supplied to the color difference motion vector search unit 96.
- the color difference motion vector search unit 96 calculates a color difference motion vector difference. That is, the chrominance motion vector search unit 96 uses the reference image pixel value from the frame memory 72 to search for the chrominance signal block in the search range centered on the prediction motion vector information generated by the chrominance prediction motion vector generation unit 95. Find motion vector information. Then, the color difference motion vector search unit 96 calculates a difference between the color difference motion vector information and the color difference predicted motion vector information from the color difference predicted motion vector generation unit 95.
- the obtained color difference motion vector information is supplied to the motion compensation unit 83, and is used to generate a color difference signal predicted image in step S35 of FIG.
- the calculated color difference motion vector difference information is supplied to the lossless encoding unit 66, and when a predicted image by inter prediction is selected in step S22 of FIG. 10, the encoded color difference motion vector difference information is encoded in step S23. It is added to the header and transmitted to the decoding side.
- step S92 determines whether the block belongs to the first category. If it is determined in step S92 that the block belongs to the first category, the process proceeds to step S95.
- a control signal for performing motion prediction of the color difference signal by the H.264 / AVC format is supplied to the motion compensation unit 83.
- the motion compensation unit 83 determines whether the motion compensation unit 83 Performs color difference motion prediction processing using the H.264 / AVC format. For example, when the target block of the luminance signal is an 8 ⁇ 8 pixel block, the motion compensation unit 83 performs the motion prediction process described above with reference to FIG. 2 for the target block of the color difference signal of the 4 ⁇ 4 pixel block.
- the generated color difference motion vector information is used for generating a predicted image of the color difference signal in step S35 of FIG.
- the encoded compressed image is transmitted via a predetermined transmission path and decoded by an image decoding device.
- FIG. 17 shows the configuration of an embodiment of an image decoding apparatus as an image processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied.
- the image decoding apparatus 101 includes a storage buffer 111, a lossless decoding unit 112, an inverse quantization unit 113, an inverse orthogonal transform unit 114, a calculation unit 115, a deblock filter 116, a screen rearrangement buffer 117, a D / A conversion unit 118, a frame
- the memory 119, the switch 120, the intra prediction unit 121, the motion prediction / compensation unit 122, the color difference motion vector determination unit 123, the color difference block determination unit 124, and the switch 125 are configured.
- the accumulation buffer 111 accumulates the transmitted compressed image.
- the lossless decoding unit 112 decodes the information supplied from the accumulation buffer 111 and encoded by the lossless encoding unit 66 of FIG. 4 by a method corresponding to the encoding method of the lossless encoding unit 66.
- the inverse quantization unit 113 inversely quantizes the image decoded by the lossless decoding unit 112 by a method corresponding to the quantization method of the quantization unit 65 in FIG.
- the inverse orthogonal transform unit 114 performs inverse orthogonal transform on the output of the inverse quantization unit 113 by a method corresponding to the orthogonal transform method of the orthogonal transform unit 64 in FIG.
- the output subjected to inverse orthogonal transform is added to the prediction image supplied from the switch 125 by the arithmetic unit 115 and decoded.
- the deblocking filter 116 removes block distortion of the decoded image, and then supplies the frame to the frame memory 119 for storage and outputs it to the screen rearrangement buffer 117.
- the screen rearrangement buffer 117 rearranges images. That is, the order of frames rearranged for the encoding order by the screen rearrangement buffer 62 in FIG. 4 is rearranged in the original display order.
- the D / A conversion unit 118 performs D / A conversion on the image supplied from the screen rearrangement buffer 117, and outputs and displays the image on a display (not shown).
- the switch 120 reads an image to be inter-processed and a reference image from the frame memory 119 and outputs them to the motion prediction / compensation unit 122, and also reads an image used for intra prediction from the frame memory 119 and sends it to the intra prediction unit 121. Supply.
- the information indicating the intra prediction mode obtained by decoding the header information is supplied from the lossless decoding unit 112 to the intra prediction unit 121.
- the intra prediction unit 121 generates a prediction image based on this information, and outputs the generated prediction image to the switch 125.
- the motion prediction / compensation unit 122 is supplied with inter prediction mode information, motion vector information, reference frame information, and the like from the lossless decoding unit 112.
- the inter prediction mode information is transmitted for each macroblock. Motion vector information and reference frame information are transmitted for each target block.
- the motion prediction / compensation unit 122 generates a predicted image pixel value for the target block in the prediction mode indicated by the inter prediction mode information supplied from the lossless decoding unit 112.
- the motion prediction / compensation unit 122 receives the control signal when the control signal from the color difference block determination unit 124 is supplied.
- a motion vector of the color difference signal is generated by the H.264 / AVC method, and a predicted image of the target color difference signal block is generated using the generated motion vector.
- the motion prediction / compensation unit 122 generates a prediction image of the target color difference signal block using the motion vector of the color difference signal indicated by the information. .
- the pixel value of the generated prediction image is supplied to the calculation unit 115 via the switch 125.
- the color difference motion vector determination unit 123 determines which of the two categories the color difference signal block is based on the color difference block size information from the color difference block determination unit 124. Classify if it belongs.
- the color difference motion vector determination unit 123 supplies a control signal to the motion prediction / compensation unit 122.
- the motion prediction of the color difference signal by the H.264 / AVC format is performed.
- the color difference motion vector determining unit 123 associates a single color difference signal block with a plurality of luminance signal blocks when the color difference signal block is classified into the second category, and the color difference signal in units thereof.
- the generated color difference motion vector information is supplied to the motion prediction / compensation unit 122.
- color difference motion vector difference information is generated and sent from the image encoding device 51 (in the case of FIG. 16)
- the color difference motion vector difference information is received from the lossless decoding unit 112 as indicated by a dotted line. This is supplied to the vector determination unit 123.
- the chrominance motion vector determination unit 123 calculates a prediction motion vector of a single chrominance signal block corresponding to a plurality of luminance signal blocks, and calculates the calculated prediction motion vector and the supplied chrominance motion vector difference information. To obtain a color difference motion vector.
- the color difference block determination unit 124 sets the block size of the color difference signal block according to the block size of the luminance signal block indicated by the prediction mode information from the motion prediction / compensation unit 122. Determine.
- the color difference block determination unit 124 supplies information about the determined color difference block size to the color difference motion vector determination unit 7123.
- the switch 125 selects the prediction image generated by the motion prediction / compensation unit 122 or the intra prediction unit 121 and supplies the selected prediction image to the calculation unit 115.
- motion vector information and encoding mode information are obtained inside the device as a result of motion search and mode determination.
- these pieces of information are added to the compressed image information transmitted after being encoded, and are obtained as a result of the lossless decoding process. Except for this difference, the operation principles of the image encoding device 51 and the image decoding device 101 in FIG. 4 are the same.
- FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration example of the motion prediction / compensation unit 122 and the chrominance motion vector determination unit 123. In FIG. 18, the switches 120 and 125 in FIG. 17 are omitted.
- the motion prediction / compensation unit 122 includes a motion vector buffer 131, a mode information buffer 132, and a predicted image generation unit 133.
- the color difference motion vector determination unit 123 includes a block categorization unit 141 and a color difference motion vector generation unit 142.
- the motion vector buffer 131 stores the motion vector information of the target block from the lossless decoding unit 112.
- the mode information buffer 132 stores the inter prediction mode information for each macroblock from the lossless decoding unit 112.
- the predicted image generation unit 133 acquires the motion vector information of the target block from the motion vector buffer 131 and acquires the corresponding inter prediction mode information from the mode information buffer 132.
- the predicted image generation unit 133 generates a pixel value of the predicted image for the target luminance signal block using the acquired information and the reference image pixel value obtained from the frame memory 119.
- the predicted image generating unit 133 is connected to the H.264 image.
- the motion vector of the color difference signal is generated by the H.264 / AVC method, and compensation processing is performed using the generated motion vector to generate a predicted image of the target color difference signal block.
- the predicted image generation unit 133 performs compensation processing using the motion vector of the color difference signal indicated by the information, and becomes a target. A prediction image of the color difference signal block is generated.
- the block categorizing unit 141 classifies which of the two categories the color difference signal block belongs to based on the information on the color difference block size from the color difference block determination unit 124.
- the block categorizing unit 141 supplies a control signal to the predicted image generation unit 133, and The motion prediction of the color difference signal by the H.264 / AVC format is performed.
- the block categorizing unit 141 supplies a control signal to the color difference motion vector generation unit 142 to perform motion prediction of the color difference signal.
- the color difference motion vector generation unit 142 associates a single color difference signal block with a plurality of luminance signal blocks based on the control signal from the block categorizing unit 141. Then, the chrominance motion vector generation unit 142 uses the motion vector information of the plurality of luminance signal blocks acquired from the motion vector buffer 131 to generate a motion vector of the corresponding single chrominance signal block. The color difference motion vector generation unit 142 supplies motion vector information of the generated color difference signal to the predicted image generation unit 133.
- color difference motion vector difference information is generated and sent from the image encoding device 51 (in the case of FIG. 16)
- the color difference motion vector difference information is received from the lossless decoding unit 112 as indicated by a dotted line. This is supplied to the vector generation unit 142.
- the chrominance motion vector generation unit 142 calculates a predicted motion vector of a single chrominance signal block corresponding to a plurality of luminance signal blocks, as in Expression (10) described above. Then, the color difference motion vector generation unit 142 obtains a color difference motion vector using the calculated predicted motion vector and the supplied color difference motion vector difference information.
- step S131 the storage buffer 111 stores the transmitted image.
- step S132 the lossless decoding unit 112 decodes the compressed image supplied from the accumulation buffer 111. That is, the I picture, P picture, and B picture encoded by the lossless encoding unit 66 in FIG. 4 are decoded.
- motion vector information reference frame information
- prediction mode information information indicating an intra prediction mode or an inter prediction mode
- the prediction mode information is intra prediction mode information
- the prediction mode information is supplied to the intra prediction unit 121.
- the prediction mode information is inter prediction mode information
- motion vector information and reference frame information corresponding to the prediction mode information are supplied to the motion prediction / compensation unit 122.
- color difference motion vector difference information is added to the header of the image transmitted after the processing of FIG. 16 is performed.
- the color difference motion vector difference information is also decoded and supplied to the color difference motion vector determination unit 123. Is done.
- step S133 the inverse quantization unit 113 inversely quantizes the transform coefficient decoded by the lossless decoding unit 112 with characteristics corresponding to the characteristics of the quantization unit 65 in FIG.
- step S134 the inverse orthogonal transform unit 114 performs inverse orthogonal transform on the transform coefficient inversely quantized by the inverse quantization unit 113 with characteristics corresponding to the characteristics of the orthogonal transform unit 64 in FIG. As a result, the difference information corresponding to the input of the orthogonal transform unit 64 in FIG. 4 (the output of the calculation unit 63) is decoded.
- step S135 the calculation unit 115 adds the prediction image selected in the process of step S139 described later and input via the switch 125 to the difference information. As a result, the original image is decoded.
- step S136 the deblocking filter 116 filters the image output from the calculation unit 115. Thereby, block distortion is removed.
- step S137 the frame memory 119 stores the filtered image.
- step S138 the intra prediction unit 121 or the motion prediction / compensation unit 122 performs image prediction processing corresponding to the prediction mode information supplied from the lossless decoding unit 112, respectively.
- the intra prediction unit 121 performs an intra prediction process in the intra prediction mode.
- the motion prediction / compensation unit 122 performs a motion prediction / compensation process in the inter prediction mode.
- the motion prediction / compensation unit 122 generates a pixel value of the predicted image for the target block according to the category classified by the block size indicated by the inter prediction mode.
- step S138 The details of the prediction processing in step S138 will be described later with reference to FIG. 20, but the prediction image generated by the intra prediction unit 121 or the prediction image generated by the motion prediction / compensation unit 122 is switched by this process. To be supplied.
- step S139 the switch 125 selects a predicted image. That is, a prediction image generated by the intra prediction unit 121 or a prediction image generated by the motion prediction / compensation unit 122 is supplied. Therefore, the supplied predicted image is selected and supplied to the calculation unit 115, and is added to the output of the inverse orthogonal transform unit 114 in step S134 as described above.
- step S140 the screen rearrangement buffer 117 performs rearrangement. That is, the order of frames rearranged for encoding by the screen rearrangement buffer 62 of the image encoding device 51 is rearranged to the original display order.
- step S141 the D / A conversion unit 118 D / A converts the image from the screen rearrangement buffer 117. This image is output to a display (not shown), and the image is displayed.
- step S171 the intra prediction unit 121 determines whether the target block is intra-coded.
- the intra prediction unit 121 determines in step S171 that the target block is intra-coded, and the process proceeds to step S172. .
- the intra prediction unit 121 acquires the intra prediction mode information in step S172, and performs intra prediction in step S173.
- the intra prediction unit 121 performs intra prediction according to the intra prediction mode information acquired in step S172, and generates a predicted image.
- the generated prediction image is output to the switch 125.
- step S171 determines whether the intra encoding has been performed. If it is determined in step S171 that the intra encoding has not been performed, the process proceeds to step S174.
- the inter prediction mode information, the reference frame information, and the motion vector information are supplied from the lossless decoding unit 112 to the motion prediction / compensation unit 122.
- step S174 the motion prediction / compensation unit 122 acquires the prediction mode information from the lossless decoding unit 112 and the like. That is, inter prediction mode information, reference frame information, and motion vector information are acquired.
- the acquired motion vector information is stored in the motion vector buffer 131, and the inter prediction mode information is stored in the mode information buffer 132.
- step S175 the predicted image generation unit 133 generates a predicted image for the luminance signal. That is, the predicted image generation unit 133 acquires the motion vector information of the target block from the motion vector buffer 131 and acquires the corresponding inter prediction mode information from the mode information buffer 132. The predicted image generation unit 133 generates a pixel value of the predicted image for the target luminance signal block using the acquired information and the reference image pixel value obtained from the frame memory 119.
- step S176 motion prediction processing for the color difference signal is performed. Details of the motion prediction processing for this color difference signal will be described later with reference to FIG.
- the target color difference signal block is classified into the first or second category according to the block size indicated by the inter prediction mode information, and the motion vector of the color difference signal block is obtained according to the classified category. .
- step S177 the predicted image generation unit 133 performs a compensation process using the motion vector of the color difference signal obtained by the process in step S176, and generates a predicted image for the target color difference signal block.
- the generated predicted image is supplied to the calculation unit 115 via the switch 125, and is added to the output of the inverse orthogonal transform unit 114 in step S134.
- the color difference block determination unit 124 determines the block size of the color difference signal block according to the block size of the luminance signal block indicated by the prediction mode information from the mode information buffer 132.
- the color difference block discriminating unit 124 supplies the discriminated color difference block size information to the block categorizing unit 141.
- step S181 the block categorizing unit 141 classifies which color difference signal block belongs to which of the two categories based on the color difference block size information from the color difference block determining unit 124.
- the block categorizing unit 141 selects the color difference signal block Classify into one category.
- the block categorizing unit 141 classifies the color difference signal block into the second category when the block size in the color difference signal is any of 4 ⁇ 2 pixels, 2 ⁇ 4 pixels, and 2 ⁇ 2 pixels. To do.
- step S182 the block categorizing unit 141 determines whether the color difference signal block is a block belonging to the first category. If it is determined in step S182 that the block does not belong to the first category, that is, the block belongs to the second category, the process proceeds to step S183. In this case, the block categorizing unit 141 supplies a control signal for performing motion compensation of the color difference signal to the color difference motion vector generating unit 142.
- the color difference motion vector generation unit 142 generates color difference motion vector information in step S183. That is, as described above with reference to FIG. 9A, the chrominance motion vector generation unit 142 applies a single to a plurality of luminance signal blocks (for example, four 4 ⁇ 4 blocks) that are determined to belong to the second category. Corresponding color difference signal blocks (for example, one 4 ⁇ 4 block). Then, the chrominance motion vector generation unit 142 uses the motion vector information acquired from the motion vector buffer 131 to generate motion vector information of the single chrominance signal block.
- a plurality of luminance signal blocks for example, four 4 ⁇ 4 blocks
- Corresponding color difference signal blocks for example, one 4 ⁇ 4 block.
- the generated color difference motion vector information is supplied to the predicted image generation unit 133, and is used to generate a predicted image of a color difference signal in step S177 in FIG.
- step S182 if it is determined in step S182 that the block belongs to the first category, the process proceeds to step S184.
- a control signal for performing motion prediction of the color difference signal by the H.264 / AVC format is supplied to the predicted image generation unit 133.
- the predicted image generation unit 133 determines the H.264 image. Performs color difference motion prediction processing using the H.264 / AVC format. For example, when the luminance signal block is an 8 ⁇ 8 pixel block, the predicted image generation unit 133 performs the motion prediction process described above with reference to FIG. 2 for the color difference signal block of the 4 ⁇ 4 pixel block.
- the generated color difference motion vector information is used to generate a predicted image of the color difference signal block in step S177 in FIG.
- the color difference motion vector information is generated using the motion vector information of the luminance signal block.
- the color difference motion vector difference information is sent from the encoding side, the color difference motion generated by using the motion vector information of the luminance signal block from the difference information.
- the vector prediction information is differentiated to generate a color difference motion vector.
- the color difference block determination unit 124 determines the block size of the color difference signal block according to the block size of the luminance signal block indicated by the prediction mode information from the mode information buffer 132.
- the color difference block discriminating unit 124 supplies the discriminated color difference block size information to the block categorizing unit 141.
- step S191 the block categorizing unit 141 classifies which color difference signal block belongs to which of the two categories based on the color difference block size information from the color difference block determining unit 124.
- step S192 the block categorizing unit 141 determines whether the color difference signal block is a block belonging to the first category. If it is determined in step S192 that the block does not belong to the first category, that is, the block belongs to the second category, the process proceeds to step S193. In this case, the block categorizing unit 141 supplies a control signal for performing motion compensation of the color difference signal to the color difference motion vector generating unit 142.
- the color difference motion vector generation unit 142 generates color difference prediction motion vector information in step S193. That is, as described above with reference to FIG. 9A, the color difference motion vector generation unit 142 associates a single color difference signal block with a plurality of luminance signal blocks that belong to the second category. Then, the chrominance motion vector generation unit 142 uses the motion vector information acquired from the motion vector buffer 131 to generate predicted motion vector information of the single chrominance signal block.
- step S194 the color difference motion vector generation unit 142 acquires the color difference motion vector difference information from the lossless decoding unit 112.
- step S195 the color difference motion vector generation unit 142 generates the color difference motion vector information by adding the generated color difference prediction motion vector information and the acquired color difference motion vector difference information.
- the generated color difference motion vector information is supplied to the predicted image generation unit 133, and is used to generate a predicted image of a color difference signal in step S177 in FIG.
- step S192 determines whether the block belongs to the first category. If it is determined in step S192 that the block belongs to the first category, the process proceeds to step S196.
- a control signal for performing motion prediction of the color difference signal by the H.264 / AVC format is supplied to the predicted image generation unit 133.
- step S196 the predicted image generation unit 133 determines the H.264 image. Performs color difference motion prediction processing using the H.264 / AVC format.
- the generated color difference motion vector information is used for generating a predicted image of the color difference signal in step S177 in FIG.
- the motion prediction of the color difference signal is performed according to the category classified based on the block size of motion prediction / compensation of the color difference signal. That is, in the case of a target block in which the color difference signal motion prediction / compensation block size is smaller than the orthogonal transform block size, the motion vector of a single color difference signal block corresponding to the plurality of luminance signal blocks becomes a plurality of luminance signals. It is generated using the motion vector of the block.
- the color difference signal needs to be subjected to memory access by calculating an address for four 2 ⁇ 2 pixel blocks.
- the memory access calculation can be performed only once, and the required memory bandwidth can be reduced.
- FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of a block size proposed in Non-Patent Document 4.
- the macroblock size is expanded to 32 ⁇ 32 pixels.
- a macro block composed of 32 ⁇ 32 pixels divided into blocks (partitions) of 32 ⁇ 32 pixels, 32 ⁇ 16 pixels, 16 ⁇ 32 pixels, and 16 ⁇ 16 pixels from the left. They are shown in order.
- blocks from 16 ⁇ 16 pixels divided into 16 ⁇ 16 pixels, 16 ⁇ 8 pixels, 8 ⁇ 16 pixels, and 8 ⁇ 8 pixel blocks are sequentially shown from the left. Yes.
- an 8 ⁇ 8 pixel block divided into 8 ⁇ 8 pixel, 8 ⁇ 4 pixel, 4 ⁇ 8 pixel, and 4 ⁇ 4 pixel blocks is sequentially shown from the left. .
- the 32 ⁇ 32 pixel macroblock can be processed in the 32 ⁇ 32 pixel, 32 ⁇ 16 pixel, 16 ⁇ 32 pixel, and 16 ⁇ 16 pixel blocks shown in the upper part of FIG.
- the 16 ⁇ 16 pixel block shown on the right side of the upper row is H.264. Similar to the H.264 / AVC format, processing in blocks of 16 ⁇ 16 pixels, 16 ⁇ 8 pixels, 8 ⁇ 16 pixels, and 8 ⁇ 8 pixels shown in the middle stage is possible.
- the 8 ⁇ 8 pixel block shown on the right side of the middle row Similar to the H.264 / AVC format, processing in blocks of 8 ⁇ 8 pixels, 8 ⁇ 4 pixels, 4 ⁇ 8 pixels, and 4 ⁇ 4 pixels shown in the lower stage is possible.
- the block of 32 ⁇ 32 pixels, 32 ⁇ 16 pixels, and 16 ⁇ 32 pixels shown in the upper part of FIG. 23 is referred to as a first layer.
- the block of 16 ⁇ 16 pixels shown on the right side of the upper stage and the block of 16 ⁇ 16 pixels, 16 ⁇ 8 pixels, and 8 ⁇ 16 pixels shown in the middle stage are called a second hierarchy.
- the 8 ⁇ 8 pixel block shown on the right side of the middle row and the 8 ⁇ 8 pixel, 8 ⁇ 4 pixel, 4 ⁇ 8 pixel, and 4 ⁇ 4 pixel blocks shown on the lower row are called the third layer.
- H. A larger block is defined as a superset while maintaining compatibility with the H.264 / AVC format.
- the minimum unit of luminance signal encoding is H.264.
- 4 ⁇ 4 pixels that is, the minimum unit for encoding the color difference signal is 2 ⁇ 2 pixels. Therefore, when the minimum unit of orthogonal transformation is 4 ⁇ 4 pixels, the method shown in FIG. 9A can be applied.
- a block size of less than 8 ⁇ 8 pixels is not used in the hierarchical structure shown in FIG. 23, and the minimum unit of orthogonal transformation is 8 ⁇ 8 pixels including color difference signals.
- the minimum unit of the color difference signal block is 4 ⁇ 4 pixels, which is smaller than the minimum unit of orthogonal transformation.
- the minimum unit of the color difference block can be obtained by applying the method shown in FIG. It can be suppressed from becoming smaller than the minimum unit of orthogonal transformation.
- the luminance signal block and the chrominance signal block have the same size, and as described above, the minimum unit of the chrominance block is smaller than the minimum unit of orthogonal transformation. None become.
- the corresponding color difference signal block is 4 ⁇ 4 pixels
- the minimum unit of the color difference block is never smaller than the minimum unit of orthogonal transformation.
- the present invention can be applied when the luminance signal block is 4 ⁇ 4 pixels or 4 ⁇ 8 pixels as shown in FIG.
- the motion vector information mv 0 and mv 1 for the two luminance signal blocks to which 0 and 1 are attached the motion vector information mv c to the block of the color difference signal to which C is attached, or Predicted motion vector information pmv c can be generated.
- motion vector information mv c for the color difference signal block with C, from the motion vector information mv 0 , mv 1 for the two luminance signal blocks with 0 and 1 attached, Alternatively, predicted motion vector information pmv c can be generated.
- the size of the color difference signal block with C is 4 ⁇ 8
- the size of orthogonal transformation is 4 ⁇ 4 as shown in FIG. 24B.
- H.264 / AVC format is used as a base, but the present invention is not limited to this.
- One macroblock is divided into a plurality of motion partitions, motion compensation is performed, and orthogonal transformation is performed on the difference value.
- the encoding method / decoding method can be applied.
- the present invention includes, for example, MPEG, H.264, and the like.
- image information bitstream
- orthogonal transformation such as discrete cosine transformation and motion compensation, such as 26x
- network media such as satellite broadcasting, cable television, the Internet, or mobile phones.
- the present invention can be applied to an image encoding device and an image decoding device used in the above. Further, the present invention can be applied to an image encoding device and an image decoding device used when processing on a storage medium such as an optical, magnetic disk, and flash memory. Furthermore, the present invention can also be applied to motion prediction / compensation devices included in such image encoding devices and image decoding devices.
- the series of processes described above can be executed by hardware or software.
- a program constituting the software is installed in the computer.
- the computer includes a computer incorporated in dedicated hardware, a general-purpose personal computer capable of executing various functions by installing various programs, and the like.
- FIG. 25 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of a computer that executes the above-described series of processing by a program.
- a CPU Central Processing Unit
- ROM Read Only Memory
- RAM Random Access Memory
- An input / output interface 205 is further connected to the bus 204.
- An input unit 206, an output unit 207, a storage unit 208, a communication unit 209, and a drive 210 are connected to the input / output interface 205.
- the input unit 206 includes a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, and the like.
- the output unit 207 includes a display, a speaker, and the like.
- the storage unit 208 includes a hard disk, a nonvolatile memory, and the like.
- the communication unit 209 includes a network interface and the like.
- the drive 210 drives a removable medium 211 such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or a semiconductor memory.
- the CPU 201 loads the program stored in the storage unit 208 to the RAM 203 via the input / output interface 205 and the bus 204 and executes it, thereby executing the above-described series of processing. Is done.
- the program executed by the computer (CPU 201) can be provided by being recorded in the removable medium 211 as a package medium or the like, for example.
- the program can be provided via a wired or wireless transmission medium such as a local area network, the Internet, or digital broadcasting.
- the program can be installed in the storage unit 208 via the input / output interface 205 by attaching the removable medium 211 to the drive 210.
- the program can be received by the communication unit 209 via a wired or wireless transmission medium and installed in the storage unit 208.
- the program can be installed in the ROM 202 or the storage unit 208 in advance.
- the program executed by the computer may be a program that is processed in time series in the order described in this specification, or in parallel or at a necessary timing such as when a call is made. It may be a program for processing.
- the image encoding device 51 and the image decoding device 101 described above can be applied to any electronic device. Examples thereof will be described below.
- FIG. 26 is a block diagram illustrating a main configuration example of a television receiver using the image decoding device to which the present invention has been applied.
- the television receiver 300 shown in FIG. 1 includes a terrestrial tuner 313, a video decoder 315, a video signal processing circuit 318, a graphic generation circuit 319, a panel drive circuit 320, and a display panel 321.
- the television receiver 300 shown in FIG. 1 includes a terrestrial tuner 313, a video decoder 315, a video signal processing circuit 318, a graphic generation circuit 319, a panel drive circuit 320, and a display panel 321.
- the terrestrial tuner 313 receives a broadcast wave signal of terrestrial analog broadcast via an antenna, demodulates it, acquires a video signal, and supplies it to the video decoder 315.
- the video decoder 315 performs a decoding process on the video signal supplied from the terrestrial tuner 313 and supplies the obtained digital component signal to the video signal processing circuit 318.
- the video signal processing circuit 318 performs predetermined processing such as noise removal on the video data supplied from the video decoder 315, and supplies the obtained video data to the graphic generation circuit 319.
- the graphic generation circuit 319 generates video data of a program to be displayed on the display panel 321, image data based on processing based on an application supplied via a network, and the generated video data and image data to the panel drive circuit 320. Supply.
- the graphic generation circuit 319 generates video data (graphic) for displaying a screen used by the user for selecting an item, and superimposing the video data on the video data of the program.
- a process of supplying data to the panel drive circuit 320 is also performed as appropriate.
- the panel drive circuit 320 drives the display panel 321 based on the data supplied from the graphic generation circuit 319, and causes the display panel 321 to display the video of the program and the various screens described above.
- the display panel 321 includes an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or the like, and displays a program video or the like according to control by the panel drive circuit 320.
- LCD Liquid Crystal Display
- the television receiver 300 also includes an audio A / D (Analog / Digital) conversion circuit 314, an audio signal processing circuit 322, an echo cancellation / audio synthesis circuit 323, an audio amplification circuit 324, and a speaker 325.
- an audio A / D (Analog / Digital) conversion circuit 3144 an audio signal processing circuit 322, an echo cancellation / audio synthesis circuit 323, an audio amplification circuit 324, and a speaker 325.
- the terrestrial tuner 313 acquires not only the video signal but also the audio signal by demodulating the received broadcast wave signal.
- the terrestrial tuner 313 supplies the acquired audio signal to the audio A / D conversion circuit 314.
- the audio A / D conversion circuit 314 performs A / D conversion processing on the audio signal supplied from the terrestrial tuner 313, and supplies the obtained digital audio signal to the audio signal processing circuit 322.
- the audio signal processing circuit 322 performs predetermined processing such as noise removal on the audio data supplied from the audio A / D conversion circuit 314 and supplies the obtained audio data to the echo cancellation / audio synthesis circuit 323.
- the echo cancellation / voice synthesis circuit 323 supplies the voice data supplied from the voice signal processing circuit 322 to the voice amplification circuit 324.
- the audio amplification circuit 324 performs D / A conversion processing and amplification processing on the audio data supplied from the echo cancellation / audio synthesis circuit 323, adjusts to a predetermined volume, and then outputs the audio from the speaker 325.
- the television receiver 300 also has a digital tuner 316 and an MPEG decoder 317.
- the digital tuner 316 receives a broadcast wave signal of digital broadcasting (terrestrial digital broadcasting, BS (Broadcasting Satellite) / CS (Communications Satellite) digital broadcasting) via an antenna, demodulates, and MPEG-TS (Moving Picture Experts Group). -Transport Stream) and supply it to the MPEG decoder 317.
- digital broadcasting terrestrial digital broadcasting, BS (Broadcasting Satellite) / CS (Communications Satellite) digital broadcasting
- MPEG-TS Motion Picture Experts Group
- the MPEG decoder 317 releases the scramble applied to the MPEG-TS supplied from the digital tuner 316, and extracts a stream including program data to be played (viewing target).
- the MPEG decoder 317 decodes the audio packet constituting the extracted stream, supplies the obtained audio data to the audio signal processing circuit 322, decodes the video packet constituting the stream, and converts the obtained video data into the video
- the signal processing circuit 318 is supplied.
- the MPEG decoder 317 supplies EPG (Electronic Program Guide) data extracted from the MPEG-TS to the CPU 332 via a path (not shown).
- the television receiver 300 uses the above-described image decoding device 101 as the MPEG decoder 317 that decodes the video packet in this way. Therefore, as in the case of the image decoding apparatus 101, the MPEG decoder 317 has a single color difference corresponding to a plurality of luminance signal blocks when the block size of the color difference signal is smaller than the block size of the orthogonal transform. A motion vector of the signal block is generated using the motion vectors of the plurality of luminance signal blocks. Thereby, since the appearance of non-zero coefficients due to orthogonal transformation is reduced, coding efficiency can be improved. Further, since the memory access calculation only needs to be performed once, the required memory bandwidth can be reduced.
- the video data supplied from the MPEG decoder 317 is subjected to predetermined processing in the video signal processing circuit 318 as in the case of the video data supplied from the video decoder 315.
- the video data that has been subjected to the predetermined processing is appropriately superposed on the generated video data in the graphic generation circuit 319 and supplied to the display panel 321 via the panel drive circuit 320 to display the image. .
- the audio data supplied from the MPEG decoder 317 is subjected to predetermined processing in the audio signal processing circuit 322 as in the case of the audio data supplied from the audio A / D conversion circuit 314.
- the audio data that has been subjected to the predetermined processing is supplied to the audio amplifying circuit 324 via the echo cancel / audio synthesizing circuit 323, and subjected to D / A conversion processing and amplification processing.
- sound adjusted to a predetermined volume is output from the speaker 325.
- the television receiver 300 also has a microphone 326 and an A / D conversion circuit 327.
- the A / D conversion circuit 327 receives the user's voice signal captured by the microphone 326 provided in the television receiver 300 for voice conversation.
- the A / D conversion circuit 327 performs A / D conversion processing on the received audio signal, and supplies the obtained digital audio data to the echo cancellation / audio synthesis circuit 323.
- the echo cancellation / audio synthesis circuit 323 When the audio data of the user (user A) of the television receiver 300 is supplied from the A / D conversion circuit 327, the echo cancellation / audio synthesis circuit 323 performs echo cancellation on the audio data of the user A. . The echo cancellation / speech synthesis circuit 323 then outputs voice data obtained by synthesizing with other voice data after echo cancellation from the speaker 325 via the voice amplification circuit 324.
- the television receiver 300 also includes an audio codec 328, an internal bus 329, an SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory) 330, a flash memory 331, a CPU 332, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) I / F 333, and a network I / F 334.
- SDRAM Serial Dynamic Random Access Memory
- USB Universal Serial Bus
- the A / D conversion circuit 327 receives the user's voice signal captured by the microphone 326 provided in the television receiver 300 for voice conversation.
- the A / D conversion circuit 327 performs A / D conversion processing on the received audio signal, and supplies the obtained digital audio data to the audio codec 328.
- the audio codec 328 converts the audio data supplied from the A / D conversion circuit 327 into data of a predetermined format for transmission via the network, and supplies the data to the network I / F 334 via the internal bus 329.
- the network I / F 334 is connected to the network via a cable attached to the network terminal 335.
- the network I / F 334 transmits the audio data supplied from the audio codec 328 to another device connected to the network.
- the network I / F 334 receives, for example, audio data transmitted from another device connected via the network via the network terminal 335, and receives it via the internal bus 329 to the audio codec 328. Supply.
- the voice codec 328 converts the voice data supplied from the network I / F 334 into data of a predetermined format and supplies it to the echo cancellation / voice synthesis circuit 323.
- the echo cancellation / speech synthesis circuit 323 performs echo cancellation on the voice data supplied from the voice codec 328 and synthesizes voice data obtained by synthesizing with other voice data via the voice amplification circuit 324. And output from the speaker 325.
- the SDRAM 330 stores various data necessary for the CPU 332 to perform processing.
- the flash memory 331 stores a program executed by the CPU 332.
- the program stored in the flash memory 331 is read out by the CPU 332 at a predetermined timing such as when the television receiver 300 is activated.
- the flash memory 331 also stores EPG data acquired via digital broadcasting, data acquired from a predetermined server via a network, and the like.
- the flash memory 331 stores MPEG-TS including content data acquired from a predetermined server via a network under the control of the CPU 332.
- the flash memory 331 supplies the MPEG-TS to the MPEG decoder 317 via the internal bus 329 under the control of the CPU 332, for example.
- the MPEG decoder 317 processes the MPEG-TS similarly to the MPEG-TS supplied from the digital tuner 316. In this way, the television receiver 300 receives content data including video and audio via the network, decodes it using the MPEG decoder 317, displays the video, and outputs audio. Can do.
- the television receiver 300 also includes a light receiving unit 337 that receives an infrared signal transmitted from the remote controller 351.
- the light receiving unit 337 receives infrared rays from the remote controller 351 and outputs a control code representing the contents of the user operation obtained by demodulation to the CPU 332.
- the CPU 332 executes a program stored in the flash memory 331, and controls the overall operation of the television receiver 300 according to a control code supplied from the light receiving unit 337.
- the CPU 332 and each part of the television receiver 300 are connected via a path (not shown).
- the USB I / F 333 transmits and receives data to and from an external device of the television receiver 300 connected via a USB cable attached to the USB terminal 336.
- the network I / F 334 is connected to the network via a cable attached to the network terminal 335, and transmits / receives data other than audio data to / from various devices connected to the network.
- the television receiver 300 uses the image decoding apparatus 101 as the MPEG decoder 317, so that the processing speed can be increased and the encoding efficiency can be improved. As a result, the television receiver 300 can obtain and display a higher-definition decoded image at a higher speed from a broadcast wave signal received via an antenna or content data obtained via a network. it can.
- FIG. 31 is a block diagram illustrating a main configuration example of a mobile phone using an image encoding device and an image decoding device to which the present invention is applied.
- a mobile phone 400 shown in FIG. 31 includes a main control unit 450, a power supply circuit unit 451, an operation input control unit 452, an image encoder 453, a camera I / F unit 454, an LCD control, which are configured to control each unit in an integrated manner.
- the mobile phone 400 includes an operation key 419, a CCD (Charge Coupled Devices) camera 416, a liquid crystal display 418, a storage unit 423, a transmission / reception circuit unit 463, an antenna 414, a microphone (microphone) 421, and a speaker 417.
- CCD Charge Coupled Devices
- the power supply circuit unit 451 starts up the mobile phone 400 to an operable state by supplying power from the battery pack to each unit.
- the mobile phone 400 transmits / receives voice signals, sends / receives e-mails and image data in various modes such as a voice call mode and a data communication mode based on the control of the main control unit 450 including a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like. Various operations such as shooting or data recording are performed.
- the cellular phone 400 converts a voice signal collected by the microphone (microphone) 421 into digital voice data by the voice codec 459, performs a spectrum spread process by the modulation / demodulation circuit unit 458, and transmits and receives
- the unit 463 performs digital / analog conversion processing and frequency conversion processing.
- the cellular phone 400 transmits the transmission signal obtained by the conversion process to a base station (not shown) via the antenna 414.
- the transmission signal (voice signal) transmitted to the base station is supplied to the mobile phone of the other party via the public telephone line network.
- the cellular phone 400 amplifies the received signal received by the antenna 414 by the transmission / reception circuit unit 463, further performs frequency conversion processing and analog-digital conversion processing, and performs spectrum despreading processing by the modulation / demodulation circuit unit 458. Then, the audio codec 459 converts it into an analog audio signal. The cellular phone 400 outputs an analog audio signal obtained by the conversion from the speaker 417.
- the mobile phone 400 when transmitting an e-mail in the data communication mode, receives the text data of the e-mail input by operating the operation key 419 in the operation input control unit 452.
- the cellular phone 400 processes the text data in the main control unit 450 and displays it on the liquid crystal display 418 as an image via the LCD control unit 455.
- the cellular phone 400 generates e-mail data in the main control unit 450 based on text data received by the operation input control unit 452, user instructions, and the like.
- the cellular phone 400 subjects the electronic mail data to spread spectrum processing by the modulation / demodulation circuit unit 458 and performs digital / analog conversion processing and frequency conversion processing by the transmission / reception circuit unit 463.
- the cellular phone 400 transmits the transmission signal obtained by the conversion process to a base station (not shown) via the antenna 414.
- the transmission signal (e-mail) transmitted to the base station is supplied to a predetermined destination via a network and a mail server.
- the mobile phone 400 when receiving an e-mail in the data communication mode, receives and amplifies the signal transmitted from the base station by the transmission / reception circuit unit 463 via the antenna 414, and further performs frequency conversion processing and Analog-digital conversion processing.
- the mobile phone 400 performs spectrum despreading processing on the received signal by the modulation / demodulation circuit unit 458 to restore the original e-mail data.
- the cellular phone 400 displays the restored e-mail data on the liquid crystal display 418 via the LCD control unit 455.
- the mobile phone 400 can record (store) the received e-mail data in the storage unit 423 via the recording / playback unit 462.
- the storage unit 423 is an arbitrary rewritable storage medium.
- the storage unit 423 may be a semiconductor memory such as a RAM or a built-in flash memory, a hard disk, or a removable disk such as a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, an optical disk, a USB memory, or a memory card. It may be media. Of course, other than these may be used.
- the mobile phone 400 when transmitting image data in the data communication mode, the mobile phone 400 generates image data with the CCD camera 416 by imaging.
- the CCD camera 416 includes an optical device such as a lens and a diaphragm and a CCD as a photoelectric conversion element, images a subject, converts the intensity of received light into an electrical signal, and generates image data of the subject image.
- the image data is converted into encoded image data by compression encoding with a predetermined encoding method such as MPEG2 or MPEG4 by the image encoder 453 via the camera I / F unit 454.
- the cellular phone 400 uses the above-described image encoding device 51 as the image encoder 453 that performs such processing. Therefore, as in the case of the image encoding device 51, the image encoder 453 has a single corresponding to a plurality of luminance signal blocks when the block size of the color difference signal is smaller than the block size of the orthogonal transform.
- the motion vector of the color difference signal block is generated using the motion vectors of the plurality of luminance signal blocks.
- the mobile phone 400 converts the sound collected by the microphone (microphone) 421 during imaging by the CCD camera 416 from analog to digital by the audio codec 459 and further encodes it.
- the cellular phone 400 multiplexes the encoded image data supplied from the image encoder 453 and the digital audio data supplied from the audio codec 459 by a predetermined method.
- the cellular phone 400 performs spread spectrum processing on the multiplexed data obtained as a result by the modulation / demodulation circuit unit 458 and digital / analog conversion processing and frequency conversion processing by the transmission / reception circuit unit 463.
- the cellular phone 400 transmits the transmission signal obtained by the conversion process to a base station (not shown) via the antenna 414.
- a transmission signal (image data) transmitted to the base station is supplied to a communication partner via a network or the like.
- the mobile phone 400 can also display the image data generated by the CCD camera 416 on the liquid crystal display 418 via the LCD control unit 455 without passing through the image encoder 453.
- the cellular phone 400 when receiving data of a moving image file linked to a simple homepage or the like, transmits a signal transmitted from the base station via the antenna 414 to the transmission / reception circuit unit 463. Receive, amplify, and further perform frequency conversion processing and analog-digital conversion processing. The cellular phone 400 performs spectrum despreading processing on the received signal by the modulation / demodulation circuit unit 458 to restore the original multiplexed data. In the cellular phone 400, the demultiplexing unit 457 separates the multiplexed data and divides it into encoded image data and audio data.
- the cellular phone 400 In the image decoder 456, the cellular phone 400 generates reproduction moving image data by decoding the encoded image data with a decoding method corresponding to a predetermined encoding method such as MPEG2 or MPEG4, and this is controlled by the LCD control.
- the image is displayed on the liquid crystal display 418 via the unit 455.
- the moving image data included in the moving image file linked to the simple homepage is displayed on the liquid crystal display 418.
- the mobile phone 400 uses the above-described image decoding device 101 as the image decoder 456 that performs such processing. Therefore, as in the case of the image decoding apparatus 101, the image decoder 456 has a single color difference corresponding to a plurality of luminance signal blocks when the block size of the color difference signal is smaller than the block size of the orthogonal transform. A motion vector of the signal block is generated using the motion vectors of the plurality of luminance signal blocks. Thereby, since the appearance of non-zero coefficients due to orthogonal transformation is reduced, coding efficiency can be improved. Further, since the memory access calculation only needs to be performed once, the required memory bandwidth can be reduced.
- the cellular phone 400 simultaneously converts the digital audio data into an analog audio signal in the audio codec 459 and causes the speaker 417 to output it.
- audio data included in the moving image file linked to the simple homepage is reproduced.
- the mobile phone 400 can record (store) the data linked to the received simplified home page or the like in the storage unit 423 via the recording / playback unit 462. .
- the mobile phone 400 can analyze the two-dimensional code obtained by the CCD camera 416 by the main control unit 450 and acquire information recorded in the two-dimensional code.
- the mobile phone 400 can communicate with an external device by infrared rays at the infrared communication unit 481.
- the cellular phone 400 uses the image encoding device 51 as the image encoder 453, thereby realizing high-speed processing and improving encoding efficiency. As a result, the cellular phone 400 can provide encoded data (image data) with high encoding efficiency to other devices at a higher speed.
- the cellular phone 400 can use the image decoding apparatus 101 as the image decoder 456, thereby realizing high-speed processing and improving encoding efficiency.
- the mobile phone 400 can obtain and display a higher-definition decoded image at a higher speed from a moving image file linked to a simple homepage, for example.
- the cellular phone 400 uses the CCD camera 416, but instead of the CCD camera 416, an image sensor (CMOS image sensor) using CMOS (Complementary Metal Metal Oxide Semiconductor) is used. May be. Also in this case, the mobile phone 400 can capture the subject and generate image data of the subject image, as in the case where the CCD camera 416 is used.
- CMOS image sensor Complementary Metal Metal Oxide Semiconductor
- the mobile phone 400 has been described.
- an imaging function similar to that of the mobile phone 400 such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a smartphone, an UMPC (Ultra Mobile Personal Computer), a netbook, a notebook personal computer, or the like.
- the image encoding device 51 and the image decoding device 101 can be applied to any device as in the case of the mobile phone 400.
- FIG. 32 is a block diagram illustrating a main configuration example of a hard disk recorder using the image encoding device and the image decoding device to which the present invention is applied.
- a hard disk recorder 500 shown in FIG. 32 receives audio data and video data of a broadcast program included in a broadcast wave signal (television signal) transmitted from a satellite or a ground antenna received by a tuner.
- This is an apparatus for storing in a built-in hard disk and providing the stored data to the user at a timing according to the user's instruction.
- the hard disk recorder 500 can, for example, extract audio data and video data from broadcast wave signals, decode them as appropriate, and store them in a built-in hard disk.
- the hard disk recorder 500 can also acquire audio data and video data from other devices via a network, for example, decode them as appropriate, and store them in a built-in hard disk.
- the hard disk recorder 500 decodes audio data and video data recorded in the built-in hard disk, supplies the decoded data to the monitor 560, and displays the image on the screen of the monitor 560. Further, the hard disk recorder 500 can output the sound from the speaker of the monitor 560.
- the hard disk recorder 500 decodes, for example, audio data and video data extracted from a broadcast wave signal acquired via a tuner, or audio data and video data acquired from another device via a network, and monitors 560. And the image is displayed on the screen of the monitor 560.
- the hard disk recorder 500 can also output the sound from the speaker of the monitor 560.
- the hard disk recorder 500 includes a reception unit 521, a demodulation unit 522, a demultiplexer 523, an audio decoder 524, a video decoder 525, and a recorder control unit 526.
- the hard disk recorder 500 further includes an EPG data memory 527, a program memory 528, a work memory 529, a display converter 530, an OSD (On Screen Display) control unit 531, a display control unit 532, a recording / playback unit 533, a D / A converter 534, And a communication unit 535.
- the display converter 530 has a video encoder 541.
- the recording / playback unit 533 includes an encoder 551 and a decoder 552.
- the receiving unit 521 receives an infrared signal from a remote controller (not shown), converts it into an electrical signal, and outputs it to the recorder control unit 526.
- the recorder control unit 526 is constituted by, for example, a microprocessor and executes various processes according to a program stored in the program memory 528. At this time, the recorder control unit 526 uses the work memory 529 as necessary.
- the communication unit 535 is connected to the network and performs communication processing with other devices via the network.
- the communication unit 535 is controlled by the recorder control unit 526, communicates with a tuner (not shown), and mainly outputs a channel selection control signal to the tuner.
- the demodulator 522 demodulates the signal supplied from the tuner and outputs the demodulated signal to the demultiplexer 523.
- the demultiplexer 523 separates the data supplied from the demodulation unit 522 into audio data, video data, and EPG data, and outputs them to the audio decoder 524, the video decoder 525, or the recorder control unit 526, respectively.
- the audio decoder 524 decodes the input audio data by, for example, the MPEG system, and outputs it to the recording / playback unit 533.
- the video decoder 525 decodes the input video data using, for example, the MPEG system, and outputs the decoded video data to the display converter 530.
- the recorder control unit 526 supplies the input EPG data to the EPG data memory 527 for storage.
- the display converter 530 encodes the video data supplied from the video decoder 525 or the recorder control unit 526 into video data of, for example, NTSC (National Television Standards Committee) using the video encoder 541 and outputs the video data to the recording / reproducing unit 533.
- the display converter 530 converts the screen size of the video data supplied from the video decoder 525 or the recorder control unit 526 into a size corresponding to the size of the monitor 560.
- the display converter 530 further converts the video data whose screen size is converted into NTSC video data by the video encoder 541, converts the video data into an analog signal, and outputs the analog signal to the display control unit 532.
- the display control unit 532 superimposes the OSD signal output from the OSD (On Screen Display) control unit 531 on the video signal input from the display converter 530 under the control of the recorder control unit 526 and displays the OSD signal on the display of the monitor 560. Output and display.
- OSD On Screen Display
- the monitor 560 is also supplied with the audio data output from the audio decoder 524 after being converted into an analog signal by the D / A converter 534.
- the monitor 560 outputs this audio signal from a built-in speaker.
- the recording / playback unit 533 has a hard disk as a storage medium for recording video data, audio data, and the like.
- the recording / playback unit 533 encodes the audio data supplied from the audio decoder 524 by the encoder 551 in the MPEG system. Further, the recording / reproducing unit 533 encodes the video data supplied from the video encoder 541 of the display converter 530 by the MPEG method using the encoder 551. The recording / playback unit 533 combines the encoded data of the audio data and the encoded data of the video data by a multiplexer. The recording / reproducing unit 533 amplifies the synthesized data by channel coding, and writes the data to the hard disk via the recording head.
- the recording / playback unit 533 plays back the data recorded on the hard disk via the playback head, amplifies it, and separates it into audio data and video data by a demultiplexer.
- the recording / playback unit 533 uses the decoder 552 to decode the audio data and video data using the MPEG system.
- the recording / playback unit 533 performs D / A conversion on the decoded audio data and outputs it to the speaker of the monitor 560.
- the recording / playback unit 533 performs D / A conversion on the decoded video data and outputs it to the display of the monitor 560.
- the recorder control unit 526 reads the latest EPG data from the EPG data memory 527 based on the user instruction indicated by the infrared signal from the remote controller received via the receiving unit 521, and supplies it to the OSD control unit 531. To do.
- the OSD control unit 531 generates image data corresponding to the input EPG data, and outputs the image data to the display control unit 532.
- the display control unit 532 outputs the video data input from the OSD control unit 531 to the display of the monitor 560 for display. As a result, an EPG (electronic program guide) is displayed on the display of the monitor 560.
- the hard disk recorder 500 can acquire various data such as video data, audio data, or EPG data supplied from other devices via a network such as the Internet.
- the communication unit 535 is controlled by the recorder control unit 526, acquires encoded data such as video data, audio data, and EPG data transmitted from another device via the network, and supplies it to the recorder control unit 526. To do.
- the recorder control unit 526 supplies the encoded data of the acquired video data and audio data to the recording / reproducing unit 533 and stores the data in the hard disk.
- the recorder control unit 526 and the recording / playback unit 533 may perform processing such as re-encoding as necessary.
- the recorder control unit 526 decodes the acquired encoded data of video data and audio data, and supplies the obtained video data to the display converter 530.
- the display converter 530 processes the video data supplied from the recorder control unit 526 in the same manner as the video data supplied from the video decoder 525, supplies the processed video data to the monitor 560 via the display control unit 532, and displays the image. .
- the recorder control unit 526 may supply the decoded audio data to the monitor 560 via the D / A converter 534 and output the sound from the speaker.
- the recorder control unit 526 decodes the encoded data of the acquired EPG data, and supplies the decoded EPG data to the EPG data memory 527.
- the hard disk recorder 500 as described above uses the image decoding device 101 as a decoder incorporated in the video decoder 525, the decoder 552, and the recorder control unit 526. Accordingly, the video decoder 525, the decoder 552, and the decoder built in the recorder control unit 526 have a plurality of decoders when the block size of the color difference signal is smaller than the block size of the orthogonal transform, as in the case of the image decoding apparatus 101.
- a motion vector of a single color difference signal block corresponding to each of the luminance signal blocks is generated using the motion vectors of a plurality of luminance signal blocks.
- the hard disk recorder 500 can realize high-speed processing and generate a highly accurate predicted image.
- the hard disk recorder 500 acquires, for example, encoded data of video data received via a tuner, encoded data of video data read from the hard disk of the recording / playback unit 533, or via a network. From the encoded data of the video data, a higher-definition decoded image can be obtained at a higher speed and displayed on the monitor 560.
- the hard disk recorder 500 uses the image encoding device 51 as the encoder 551. Therefore, as in the case of the image encoding device 51, the encoder 551 has a single color difference corresponding to a plurality of luminance signal blocks when the block size of the color difference signal is smaller than the block size of the orthogonal transform. A motion vector of the signal block is generated using the motion vectors of the plurality of luminance signal blocks. Thereby, since the appearance of non-zero coefficients due to orthogonal transformation is reduced, coding efficiency can be improved. Further, since the memory access calculation only needs to be performed once, the required memory bandwidth can be reduced.
- the hard disk recorder 500 can realize, for example, high-speed processing and improve the encoding efficiency of the encoded data recorded on the hard disk. As a result, the hard disk recorder 500 can use the storage area of the hard disk more efficiently at a higher speed.
- the hard disk recorder 500 that records video data and audio data on the hard disk has been described.
- any recording medium may be used.
- the image encoding device 51 and the image decoding device 101 are applied as in the case of the hard disk recorder 500 described above. Can do.
- FIG. 33 is a block diagram illustrating a main configuration example of a camera using an image decoding device and an image encoding device to which the present invention has been applied.
- the lens block 611 causes light (that is, an image of the subject) to enter the CCD / CMOS 612.
- the CCD / CMOS 612 is an image sensor using CCD or CMOS, converts the intensity of received light into an electric signal, and supplies it to the camera signal processing unit 613.
- the camera signal processing unit 613 converts the electrical signal supplied from the CCD / CMOS 612 into Y, Cr, and Cb color difference signals and supplies them to the image signal processing unit 614.
- the image signal processing unit 614 performs predetermined image processing on the image signal supplied from the camera signal processing unit 613 under the control of the controller 621, and encodes the image signal by the encoder 641 using, for example, the MPEG method. To do.
- the image signal processing unit 614 supplies encoded data generated by encoding the image signal to the decoder 615. Further, the image signal processing unit 614 acquires display data generated in the on-screen display (OSD) 620 and supplies it to the decoder 615.
- OSD on-screen display
- the camera signal processing unit 613 appropriately uses DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) 618 connected via the bus 617, and image data or a code obtained by encoding the image data as necessary.
- DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
- the digitized data is held in the DRAM 618.
- the decoder 615 decodes the encoded data supplied from the image signal processing unit 614 and supplies the obtained image data (decoded image data) to the LCD 616. In addition, the decoder 615 supplies the display data supplied from the image signal processing unit 614 to the LCD 616. The LCD 616 appropriately synthesizes the image of the decoded image data supplied from the decoder 615 and the image of the display data, and displays the synthesized image.
- the on-screen display 620 outputs display data such as menu screens and icons composed of symbols, characters, or figures to the image signal processing unit 614 via the bus 617 under the control of the controller 621.
- the controller 621 executes various processes based on a signal indicating the content instructed by the user using the operation unit 622, and also via the bus 617, an image signal processing unit 614, a DRAM 618, an external interface 619, an on-screen display. 620, media drive 623, and the like are controlled.
- the FLASH ROM 624 stores programs and data necessary for the controller 621 to execute various processes.
- the controller 621 can encode the image data stored in the DRAM 618 or decode the encoded data stored in the DRAM 618 instead of the image signal processing unit 614 or the decoder 615.
- the controller 621 may perform the encoding / decoding process by a method similar to the encoding / decoding method of the image signal processing unit 614 or the decoder 615, or the image signal processing unit 614 or the decoder 615 can handle this.
- the encoding / decoding process may be performed by a method that is not performed.
- the controller 621 reads image data from the DRAM 618 and supplies it to the printer 634 connected to the external interface 619 via the bus 617. Let it print.
- the controller 621 reads the encoded data from the DRAM 618 and supplies it to the recording medium 633 attached to the media drive 623 via the bus 617.
- the recording medium 633 is an arbitrary readable / writable removable medium such as a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, an optical disk, or a semiconductor memory.
- the recording medium 633 may be of any type as a removable medium, and may be a tape device, a disk, or a memory card.
- a non-contact IC card or the like may be used.
- media drive 623 and the recording medium 633 may be integrated and configured by a non-portable storage medium such as a built-in hard disk drive or SSD (Solid State Drive).
- SSD Solid State Drive
- the external interface 619 includes, for example, a USB input / output terminal and is connected to the printer 634 when printing an image.
- a drive 631 is connected to the external interface 619 as necessary, and a removable medium 632 such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or a magneto-optical disk is appropriately mounted, and a computer program read from them is loaded as necessary. Installed in the FLASH ROM 624.
- the external interface 619 has a network interface connected to a predetermined network such as a LAN or the Internet.
- the controller 621 can read the encoded data from the DRAM 618 in accordance with an instruction from the operation unit 622 and supply the encoded data from the external interface 619 to another device connected via the network. Also, the controller 621 acquires encoded data and image data supplied from other devices via the network via the external interface 619 and holds them in the DRAM 618 or supplies them to the image signal processing unit 614. Can be.
- the camera 600 as described above uses the image decoding device 101 as the decoder 615. Therefore, as in the case of the image decoding apparatus 101, the decoder 615 provides a single color difference signal corresponding to a plurality of luminance signal blocks when the block size of the color difference signal is smaller than the block size of the orthogonal transform.
- a motion vector of the block is generated using motion vectors of a plurality of luminance signal blocks.
- the camera 600 can realize high-speed processing and can generate a highly accurate predicted image.
- the camera 600 encodes, for example, image data generated in the CCD / CMOS 612, encoded data of video data read from the DRAM 618 or the recording medium 633, and encoded video data acquired via the network.
- a higher-resolution decoded image can be obtained from the data at higher speed and displayed on the LCD 616.
- the camera 600 uses the image encoding device 51 as the encoder 641. Therefore, as in the case of the image encoding device 51, the encoder 641 uses a single color difference corresponding to a plurality of luminance signal blocks when the block size of the color difference signal is smaller than the block size of the orthogonal transform. A motion vector of the signal block is generated using the motion vectors of the plurality of luminance signal blocks. Thereby, since the appearance of non-zero coefficients due to orthogonal transformation is reduced, coding efficiency can be improved. Further, since the memory access calculation only needs to be performed once, the required memory bandwidth can be reduced.
- the camera 600 can realize high-speed processing and improve the encoding efficiency of encoded data recorded on the hard disk. As a result, the camera 600 can use the storage area of the DRAM 618 and the recording medium 633 more efficiently at a higher speed.
- the decoding method of the image decoding apparatus 101 may be applied to the decoding process performed by the controller 621.
- the encoding method of the image encoding device 51 may be applied to the encoding process performed by the controller 621.
- the image data captured by the camera 600 may be a moving image or a still image.
- image encoding device 51 and the image decoding device 101 can also be applied to devices and systems other than those described above.
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図4は、本発明を適用した画像処理装置としての画像符号化装置の一実施の形態の構成を表している。
図5は、H.264/AVC方式における動き予測・補償のブロックサイズの例を示す図である。H.264/AVC方式においては、ブロックサイズを可変にして、動き予測・補償が行われる。
ブロックCに関する動きベクトル情報が、画枠の端であったり、あるいは、まだ符号化されていないなどの理由により、利用可能でない(unavailableである)場合がある。この場合には、ブロックCに関する動きベクトル情報は、ブロックDに関する動きベクトル情報で代用される。
mvdE = mvE - pmvE ・・・(7)
図8は、動き予測・補償部75および色差動きベクトル決定部77の詳細な構成例を示すブロック図である。なお、図8においては、図4のスイッチ73が省略されている。
ここで、再度、図5を参照して、色差信号の動き予測処理について詳しく説明する。
・・・(8)
pmvc= f(mv0,mv1,mv2,mv3)
・・・(10)
式(10)においても、f()として、例えば、式(9)に示されたような平均による処理が行われる。
dmvc = mvc - pmvc
・・・(11)
この動きベクトル差分情報を、復号側に送るようにしてもよい。なお、この詳細は、図15および図16を参照して後述される。
具体的には、色差動きベクトル生成部92は、4つの輝度信号ブロックに対する動きベクトル情報mv0,mv1,mv2,mv3を用いて、式(12)のように、mvciを算出し、i=0乃至3のうち、もっとも残差が小さく、もっとも高い符号化効率を実現するmvciを、mvcとして選択する。
次に、図10のフローチャートを参照して、図4の画像符号化装置51の符号化処理について説明する。
次に、図11のフローチャートを参照して、図10のステップS21における予測処理を説明する。
次に、図12のフローチャートを参照して、図11のステップS31におけるイントラ予測処理を説明する。なお、図12の例においては、輝度信号の場合を例として説明する。
Dは、原画像と復号画像の差分(歪)、Rは、直交変換係数まで含んだ発生符号量、λは、量子化パラメータQPの関数として与えられるラグランジュ乗数である。
Dは、原画像と復号画像の差分(歪)、Header_Bitは、予測モードに対するヘッダビット、QPtoQuantは、量子化パラメータQPの関数として与えられる関数である。
次に、図13のフローチャートを参照して、図11のステップS32の輝度信号を用いたインター動き予測処理について説明する。なお、動き探索部81においては、図3を参照して上述したJMに実装されている動き探索方法に基づき整数画素精度の動きベクトルが求められ、小数画素精度の動きベクトルが求められる。
次に、図14のフローチャートを参照して、色差信号に対する動き予測処理について説明する。
図15は、色差動きベクトル差分情報を復号側に送る場合の動き予測・補償部75および色差動きベクトル決定部77の詳細な構成例を示すブロック図である。
次に、図16のフローチャートを参照して、図15の例の場合の図11のステップS34の色差信号に対する動き予測処理について説明する。なお、それ以外の処理は、図10を参照して上述した図8の例の場合の処理と基本的に同様な処理であるのでその説明は繰り返しになるので省略する。また、図16のステップS91、S92、およびS95の処理は、図14のステップS71、S72、およびS74の処理と同じ処理である。
図17は、本発明を適用した画像処理装置としての画像復号装置の一実施の形態の構成を表している。
図18は、動き予測・補償部122および色差動きベクトル決定部123の詳細な構成例を示すブロック図である。なお、図18においては、図17のスイッチ120および125が省略されている。
次に、図19のフローチャートを参照して、画像復号装置101が実行する復号処理について説明する。
次に、図20のフローチャートを参照して、図19のステップS138の予測処理を説明する。
図23は、非特許文献4で提案されているブロックサイズの例を示す図である。非特許文献4では、マクロブロックサイズが32×32画素に拡張されている。
図25は、上述した一連の処理をプログラムにより実行するコンピュータのハードウエアの構成例を示すブロック図である。
図26は、本発明を適用した画像復号装置を用いるテレビジョン受像機の主な構成例を示すブロック図である。
図31は、本発明を適用した画像符号化装置および画像復号装置を用いる携帯電話機の主な構成例を示すブロック図である。
図32は、本発明を適用した画像符号化装置および画像復号装置を用いるハードディスクレコーダの主な構成例を示すブロック図である。
図33は、本発明を適用した画像復号装置および画像符号化装置を用いるカメラの主な構成例を示すブロック図である。
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- 符号化対象の輝度ブロックの動き予測を行い、動きベクトルを生成する動き予測手段と、
前記動き予測手段により前記動きベクトルが生成された前記輝度ブロックに対応する色差ブロックを、直交変換のブロックサイズに応じたカテゴリに分類するブロック判別手段と、
前記色差ブロックが、前記ブロック判別手段により前記直交変換のブロックサイズよりも小さいサイズのカテゴリに分類された場合、複数の前記輝度ブロックに対して、単一の色差ブロックを対応させて、前記単一の色差ブロックの動きベクトルを生成する色差動きベクトル生成手段と
を備える画像処理装置。 - 前記色差動きベクトル生成手段は、前記単一の色差ブロックの動きベクトルを、前記動き予測手段により生成された複数の前記輝度ブロックの動きベクトルの少なくとも1つを用いて生成する
請求項1に記載の画像処理装置。 - 前記色差動きベクトル生成手段は、前記単一の色差ブロックの動きベクトルを、前記動き予測手段により生成された複数の前記輝度ブロックの動きベクトルの少なくとも1つを用いた関数により生成する
請求項2に記載の画像処理装置。 - 前記動き予測手段により生成された前記輝度ブロックの動きベクトルの情報を符号化する符号化手段をさらに備え、
前記色差動きベクトル生成手段は、前記単一の色差ブロックの予測動きベクトルを、前記動き予測手段により求められた複数の前記輝度ブロックの動きベクトルの少なくとも1つを用いた関数により生成し、生成した前記予測動きベクトルと、前記予測動きベクトルを中心とした所定の範囲で探索された前記単一の色差ブロックの動きベクトルとの差分を求め、
前記符号化手段は、前記色差動きベクトル生成手段により求められた前記差分の情報を符号化する
請求項2に記載の画像処理装置。 - 前記動き予測手段は、前記色差ブロックが、前記ブロック判別手段により前記直交変換のブロックサイズ以上のサイズのカテゴリに分類された場合、符号化規格の方法で、前記色差ブロックの動きベクトルを生成する
請求項2に記載の画像処理装置。 - 画像処理装置が、
符号化対象の輝度ブロックの動き予測を行い、動きベクトルを生成し、
前記動きベクトルが生成された前記輝度ブロックに対応する色差ブロックを、直交変換のブロックサイズに応じたカテゴリに分類し、
前記色差ブロックが、前記直交変換のブロックサイズよりも小さいサイズのカテゴリに分類された場合、複数の前記輝度ブロックに対して、単一の色差ブロックを対応させて、前記単一の色差ブロックの動きベクトルを生成するステップ
を含む画像処理方法。 - 復号対象の輝度ブロックの予測モードの情報を復号する復号手段と、
前記復号手段により復号された前記予測モードの情報が示す前記輝度ブロックのサイズに基づいて、前記輝度ブロックに対応する色差ブロックを、直交変換のブロックサイズに応じたカテゴリに分類するブロック判別手段と、
前記色差ブロックが、前記ブロック判別手段により前記直交変換のブロックサイズよりも小さいサイズのカテゴリに分類された場合、複数の前記輝度ブロックに対して、単一の色差ブロックを対応させて、前記単一の色差ブロックの動きベクトルを生成する色差動きベクトル生成手段と
を備える画像処理装置。 - 前記復号手段は、前記輝度ブロックの動きベクトルの情報を復号し、
前記色差動きベクトル生成手段は、前記単一の色差ブロックの動きベクトルを、前記復号手段により復号された複数の前記輝度ブロックの動きベクトルの少なくとも1つを用いて生成する
請求項7に記載の画像処理装置。 - 前記色差動きベクトル生成手段は、前記単一の色差ブロックの動きベクトルを、前記復号手段により復号された複数の前記輝度ブロックの動きベクトルの少なくとも1つを用いた関数により生成する
請求項8に記載の画像処理装置。 - 前記復号手段は、符号化側において求められて符号化されている、複数の前記輝度ブロックの動きベクトルを用いて平均値を算出することにより生成された前記単一の色差ブロックの予測動きベクトルと、前記予測動きベクトルを中心とした所定の範囲で探索された前記単一の色差ブロックの動きベクトルとの差分の情報を復号し、
前記色差動きベクトル生成手段は、前記単一の色差ブロックの予測動きベクトルを、前記動き予測手段により求められた複数の前記輝度ブロックの動きベクトルの少なくとも1つを用いた関数により生成し、生成した前記予測動きベクトルと、前記復号手段により復号された前記差分の情報とを加算することにより、前記単一の色差ブロックの動きベクトルを生成する
請求項8に記載の画像処理装置。 - 前記輝度ブロックの動きベクトルを用いて、前記輝度ブロックの予測画像を生成する予測画像生成手段をさらに備え、
前記予測画像生成手段は、前記色差ブロックが、前記ブロック判別手段により前記直交変換のブロックサイズ以上のサイズのカテゴリに分類された場合、符号化規格の方法で、前記色差ブロックの動きベクトルを生成して、前記色差ブロックの予測画像を生成する
請求項8に記載の画像処理装置。 - 画像処理装置が、
復号対象の輝度ブロックの予測モードの情報を復号し、
復号された前記予測モードの情報が示す前記輝度ブロックのサイズに基づいて、前記輝度ブロックに対応する色差ブロックを、直交変換のブロックサイズに応じたカテゴリに分類する、
前記色差ブロックが、前記直交変換のブロックサイズよりも小さいサイズのカテゴリに分類された場合、複数の前記輝度ブロックに対して、単一の色差ブロックを対応させて、前記単一の色差ブロックの動きベクトルを生成するステップ
を含む画像処理方法。
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