Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
241 words
An efficient coding apparatus for use in a coding processing utilizing correlation between frames or fields of an image signal, comprising: means for obtaining a signal component including a negative error signal provided by subtracting a reproduced image signal obtained by coding/decoding from an original image signal which has not undergone interframe/interfield coding processing, and means for adding the signal component including the negative error signal to input image signals of other frames or fields; and further comprising: means for coding said image signal to output a coded signal, said means for coding comprising an orthogonal transformer and a quantizer, wherein said orthogonal transformer orthogonally transforms a predictive residual every block consisting of a plurality of pixels to output a transformed signal, and said quantizer quantizes said transformed signal to output a quantized signal as said coded signal; means for decoding said coded signal to output a decoded signal, said means for decoding comprising an inverse quantizer and an inverse orthogonal transformer, wherein said inverse quantizer performs an inverse-quantization on said coded signal to output an inverse-quantized signal, and said inverse orthogonal transformer performs an inverse-orthogonal-transformation on said inverse-quantized signal to output said decoded signal; subtraction means for generating said negative error signal which occurs in an intraframe coding/decoding processing by subtracting said decoded signal from said image signal; and a frame memory for storing said negative error signal for future use in compensating for a motion of said image signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
241 words
An efficient coding apparatus for use in a coding processing utilizing correlation between frames or fields of an image signal, comprising: means for obtaining a signal component including a negative error signal provided by subtracting a reproduced image signal obtained by coding/decoding from an original image signal which has not undergone interframe/interfield coding processing, and means for adding the signal component including the negative error signal to input image signals of other frames or fields; and further comprising: means for coding said image signal to output a coded signal, said means for coding comprising an orthogonal transformer and a quantizer, wherein said orthogonal transformer orthogonally transforms a predictive residual every block consisting of a plurality of pixels to output a transformed signal, and said quantizer quantizes said transformed signal to output a quantized signal as said coded signal; means for decoding said coded signal to output a decoded signal, said means for decoding comprising an inverse quantizer and an inverse orthogonal transformer, wherein said inverse quantizer performs an inverse-quantization on said coded signal to output an inverse-quantized signal, and said inverse orthogonal transformer performs an inverse-orthogonal-transformation on said inverse-quantized signal to output said decoded signal; subtraction means for generating said negative error signal which occurs in an intraframe coding/decoding processing by subtracting said decoded signal from said image signal; and a frame memory for storing said negative error signal for future use in compensating for a motion of said image signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
114 words
An efficient coding apparatus as set forth in claim 1, further comprising: means for detecting the degree of matching every block or pixel or an image between frames or fields where interframe or interfield processing is carried out, and adding means such that when the degree of matching is high, the adding means is operative to increase the rate of the signal component including a negative error signal to add it to input image signals of other frames or fields, while when the degree of matching is low, the adding means is operative to decrease the rate of the signal component including a negative error signal to add it to said input image signals.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
150 words
An efficient coding apparatus for use in a coding processing utilizing correlation between frames or fields of an image signal, comprising: means for obtaining a signal component including a negative error signal provided by substracting a reproduced image signal obtained by coding/decoding from an original image signal which has not undergone interframe/interfield coding processing, and means for adding the signal component including the negative error signal to input image signals of other frames or fields; and further comprising: means for detecting the degree of matching every block or pixel of an image between frames or fields where interframe or interfield processing is carried out, and quantization means such that when the degree of matching is high, the quantization means is operative to allow a quantization step to be coarse, while when the degree of matching is low, the quantization means is operative to allow the quantization step to be fine.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
150 words
An efficient coding apparatus for use in a coding processing utilizing correlation between frames or fields of an image signal, comprising: means for obtaining a signal component including a negative error signal provided by substracting a reproduced image signal obtained by coding/decoding from an original image signal which has not undergone interframe/interfield coding processing, and means for adding the signal component including the negative error signal to input image signals of other frames or fields; and further comprising: means for detecting the degree of matching every block or pixel of an image between frames or fields where interframe or interfield processing is carried out, and quantization means such that when the degree of matching is high, the quantization means is operative to allow a quantization step to be coarse, while when the degree of matching is low, the quantization means is operative to allow the quantization step to be fine.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
187 words
An efficient coding apparatus for use in a coding processing utilizing correlation between frames or fields of an image signal, comprising: means for obtaining a signal component including a negative error signal provided by substracting a reproduced image signal obtained by coding/decoding from an original image signal which has not undergone interframe/interfield coding processing, and means for adding the signal component including the negative error signal to input image signals of other frames or fields; and further comprising: means for detecting the degree of matching every block or pixel of an image between frames or field where interframe or interfield processing is carried out, means for controlling a quantization step, and adding means such that when the quantization step is caused to be coarse, the adding means is operative to increase the rate of a signal component including a negative error signal to input image signals of other frames or fields, while when the quantization step is caused to be fine, the adding means is operative to decrease the rate of a signal component including a negative error signal to add it to those input image signals.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
187 words
An efficient coding apparatus for use in a coding processing utilizing correlation between frames or fields of an image signal, comprising: means for obtaining a signal component including a negative error signal provided by substracting a reproduced image signal obtained by coding/decoding from an original image signal which has not undergone interframe/interfield coding processing, and means for adding the signal component including the negative error signal to input image signals of other frames or fields; and further comprising: means for detecting the degree of matching every block or pixel of an image between frames or field where interframe or interfield processing is carried out, means for controlling a quantization step, and adding means such that when the quantization step is caused to be coarse, the adding means is operative to increase the rate of a signal component including a negative error signal to input image signals of other frames or fields, while when the quantization step is caused to be fine, the adding means is operative to decrease the rate of a signal component including a negative error signal to add it to those input image signals.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
214 words
An efficient decoding apparatus comprising means for adding reproduced image signals of other frames of fields to a current or present reproduced image signal in decoding coded data of an image in which error signals of other frames or fields are included; wherein said apparatus further comprises decoding means for decoding said coded data of said image to a reproduced image signal, said decoding means comprising a buffer, a variable length decoder, an inverse quantizer and an inverse orthogonal transformer, a frame memory for storing a reproduced image output which is generated by adding an output of said inverse orthogonal transformer with a motion compensated signal, means for detecting the degree of matching every block or pixel of a reproduced image between frames or fields where interframe or interfield processing is carried out, and said means for adding being such that when the degree of the matching is high, the means for adding is operative to increase the rate of reproduced image signals of other frames to add them to a current or present reproduced image signal, while when the degree of the matching is low, the means for adding is operative to increase the rate of a current reproduced image signal to add it to reproduced image signals of other frames or fields.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
214 words
An efficient decoding apparatus comprising means for adding reproduced image signals of other frames of fields to a current or present reproduced image signal in decoding coded data of an image in which error signals of other frames or fields are included; wherein said apparatus further comprises decoding means for decoding said coded data of said image to a reproduced image signal, said decoding means comprising a buffer, a variable length decoder, an inverse quantizer and an inverse orthogonal transformer, a frame memory for storing a reproduced image output which is generated by adding an output of said inverse orthogonal transformer with a motion compensated signal, means for detecting the degree of matching every block or pixel of a reproduced image between frames or fields where interframe or interfield processing is carried out, and said means for adding being such that when the degree of the matching is high, the means for adding is operative to increase the rate of reproduced image signals of other frames to add them to a current or present reproduced image signal, while when the degree of the matching is low, the means for adding is operative to increase the rate of a current reproduced image signal to add it to reproduced image signals of other frames or fields.