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Efficient coding apparatus for picture signal and decoding apparatus therefor
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1994-09-26
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Granted: 1996-07-23
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Expires: 2014-09-26
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for coding a moving picture in which one frame is comprised of two fields, includes a coder such that, with respect to all blocks in a frame, the odd field (the first field) and the even field (second field) are divided into blocks, thus permitting motion prediction of the second field from the first field, a coder means adapted for switching, every macro block, whether or not a frame is divided into the first field and the second field to generate block data to adaptively switch these coders every frame, thereby making it possible to obtain a picture of a high picture quality with a lesser quantity of information, to reduce the scale of hardware, and to reduce the capacity of a decoder.
Inventors
- 👤 Katsuji Igarashi
- 👤 Tomoyuki Sato
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 21:12
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N19/00; H04N19/10; H04N19/102; H04N19/103; H04N19/105; H04N19/107; H04N19/112; H04N19/124; H04N19/134; H04N19/136; H04N19/137; H04N19/146; H04N19/152; H04N19/169; H04N19/17; H04N19/172; H04N19/176; H04N19/50; H04N19/503; H04N19/51; H04N19/527; H04N19/577; H04N19/60; H04N19/61; H04N19/85; H04N19/90; H04N19/98; H04N19/70
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
189 words
A high efficiency encoding method for a sequence of frame pictures, each frame picture being comprised of plural macroblocks, each of said frame pictures having a first field picture and a second field picture, comprising the steps of: selecting either a first encoding mode or a second encoding mode on a frame picture basis; when said first encoding mode is selected, carrying out orthogonal transform encoding of said plural macroblocks by adaptively selecting on a macroblock basis either a frame processing mode for orthogonally transforming a block comprised of a first field component and a second field component, or a field processing mode for orthogonally transforming a block comprised of either said first field component or said second field component; and when said second encoding mode is selected, carrying out orthogonal transform encoding of a block composed only of said first field component for one frame picture and then carrying out orthogonal transform encoding of a block composed only of said second field component for one frame picture so that said second field component of said block can be predicted by using said first field component of said block.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
189 words
A high efficiency encoding method for a sequence of frame pictures, each frame picture being comprised of plural macroblocks, each of said frame pictures having a first field picture and a second field picture, comprising the steps of: selecting either a first encoding mode or a second encoding mode on a frame picture basis; when said first encoding mode is selected, carrying out orthogonal transform encoding of said plural macroblocks by adaptively selecting on a macroblock basis either a frame processing mode for orthogonally transforming a block comprised of a first field component and a second field component, or a field processing mode for orthogonally transforming a block comprised of either said first field component or said second field component; and when said second encoding mode is selected, carrying out orthogonal transform encoding of a block composed only of said first field component for one frame picture and then carrying out orthogonal transform encoding of a block composed only of said second field component for one frame picture so that said second field component of said block can be predicted by using said first field component of said block.
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