US5485279A
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Methods and systems for encoding and decoding picture signals and related picture-signal records
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1993-07-02
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Granted: 1996-01-16
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Expires: 2013-07-02
Abstract
Abstract Reproducing an input image of reduced resolution with respect to the vertical and horizontal directions in high picture quality by processing a coded bit stream of normal resolution. A difference signal (mismatching error signal) representing the difference between a predicted image of the normal resolution and a predicted image of a half resolution with respect to the vertical and horizontal directions is coded and the coded difference signal is transmitted. When producing the predicted image, image data is subjected to motion compensation according to a specified prediction mode.
Inventors
- 👤 Jun Yonemitsu
- 👤 Katsumi Tahara
- 👤 Teruhiko Suzuki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 02:29
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/79; H04N9/80; H04N9/804; H04N9/8042; H04N9/8047; H04N19/00; H04N19/10; H04N19/102; H04N19/103; H04N19/112; H04N19/132; H04N19/169; H04N19/17; H04N19/176; H04N19/18; H04N19/30; H04N19/37; H04N19/48; H04N19/50; H04N19/503; H04N19/51; H04N19/577; H04N19/59; H04N19/60; H04N19/61; H04N19/90; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/78; H04N5/781; H04N5/782; H04N5/84; H04N5/85; H04N9/87; H04N9/88; H04N9/888
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
101 words
A method of encoding an input image signal through transformation and predictive encoding, comprising the steps of: producing first image difference data of first resolution through transformation and predictive encoding of the input image signal based on first predicted image data of said first resolution; producing second predicted image data of second resolution relatively lower than said first resolution from the first image difference data; producing third predicted image data of said second resolution from the first predicted image data; producing mismatch error data based on differences between the second and third predicted image data; and encoding the mismatch error data.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
101 words
A method of encoding an input image signal through transformation and predictive encoding, comprising the steps of: producing first image difference data of first resolution through transformation and predictive encoding of the input image signal based on first predicted image data of said first resolution; producing second predicted image data of second resolution relatively lower than said first resolution from the first image difference data; producing third predicted image data of said second resolution from the first predicted image data; producing mismatch error data based on differences between the second and third predicted image data; and encoding the mismatch error data.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1, in combination with the step of recording the first image difference data and the mismatch error data on a record medium.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
109 words
A system for encoding an input image signal through transformation and predictive encoding, comprising: means for producing first image difference data of first resolution through transformation and predictive encoding of the input image signal based on first predicted image data of said first resolution; means for producing second predicted image data of second resolution relatively lower than said first resolution from the first image difference data; means for producing third predicted image data of said second resolution based on the first predicted image data; means for producing mismatch error data based on differences between the second and third predicted image data; and means for encoding the mismatch error data.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
109 words
A system for encoding an input image signal through transformation and predictive encoding, comprising: means for producing first image difference data of first resolution through transformation and predictive encoding of the input image signal based on first predicted image data of said first resolution; means for producing second predicted image data of second resolution relatively lower than said first resolution from the first image difference data; means for producing third predicted image data of said second resolution based on the first predicted image data; means for producing mismatch error data based on differences between the second and third predicted image data; and means for encoding the mismatch error data.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The system of claim 3, in combination with means for recording the first image difference data and the mismatch error data on a record medium.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
50 words
The method of claim 2, further including the steps of encoding the first image difference data, and wherein the step of recording the first image difference data and the mismatch error data comprises recording the encoded first image difference data and the encoded mismatch error data on the record medium.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of producing second image difference data of said second resolution based on the first image difference data and encoding the second image difference data.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 6, in combination with the step of recording the encoded second image difference data and the encoded mismatch error data on a record medium.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
72 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the step of producing the third predicted image data comprises transforming the first predicted image data to produce a plurality of frequency components thereof including first and second sets of frequency components, the first set of frequency components representing frequencies lower than frequencies represented by the second set of frequency components, and selecting the first set of frequency components to produce the third predicted image data.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
57 words
The method of claim 8, wherein the step of producing the second predicted image data comprises forming fourth predicted image data based on the first image difference data and transforming the fourth predicted image data to form the second predicted image data in the form of a plurality of frequency components of the fourth predicted image data.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
80 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the step of producing the first image difference data comprises forming said first image difference data as a plurality of frequency components including first and second sets of frequency components, the first set of frequency components representing frequencies lower than frequencies represented by the second set of frequency components, and the step of producing the second predicted image data comprises producing the second predicted image data based on the first set of frequency components.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
65 words
The method of claim 10, wherein the step of producing the second predicted image data comprises inverse transforming the first set of frequency components to produce transformed data of said second resolution, adding the transformed data of said second resolution to the mismatch error data to produce second resolution image data and producing the second predicted image data based on the second resolution image data.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
108 words
The method of claim 10, wherein the step of producing the mismatch error data comprises producing the mismatch error data as a plurality of frequency components, and the step of producing the second predicted image data comprises adding the mismatch error data to the first set of frequency components of the first image difference data to produce second resolution frequency component data, inverse transforming the second resolution frequency component data to produce second resolution image data, producing fourth predicted image data based on the second resolution image data, and transforming the fourth predicted image data to produce the second predicted image data as a plurality of frequency components.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
40 words
The system of claim 4, further comprising means for encoding the first image difference data, and wherein the recording means is operative to record the encoded first image difference data and the encoded mismatch error data on the record medium.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
34 words
The apparatus of claim 3, further comprising means for producing second image difference data of said second resolution based on the first image difference data and means for encoding the second image difference data.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
The system of claim 14, in combination with means for recording the encoded second image difference data and the encoded mismatch error data on a record medium.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
76 words
The system of claim 3, wherein the means for producing the third predicted image data comprises means for transforming the first predicted image data to produce a plurality of frequency components thereof including first and second sets of frequency components, the first set of frequency components representing frequencies lower than frequencies represented by the second set of frequency components, and means for selected the first set of frequency components to produce the third predicted image data.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
61 words
The system of claim 16, wherein the means for producing the second predicted image data comprises means for forming fourth predicted image data based on the first image difference data and means for transforming the fourth predicted image data to form the second predicted image data in the form of a plurality of frequency components of the fourth predicted image data.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
84 words
The system of claim 3, wherein the means for producing the first image difference data comprises means for forming said first image difference data as a plurality of frequency components including first and second sets of frequency components, the first set of frequency components representing frequencies lower than frequencies represented by the second set of frequency components, and the means for producing the second predicted image data is operative to produce the second predicted image data based on the first set of frequency components.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
71 words
The system of claim 18, wherein the means for producing the second predicted image data comprises means for inverse transforming the first set of frequency components to produce transformed data of said second resolution, means for adding the transformed data of said second resolution to the mismatch error data to produce second resolution image data and means for producing the second predicted image data based on the second resolution image data.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
118 words
The system of claim 18, wherein the means for producing the mismatch error data is operative to produce the mismatch error data as a plurality of frequency components, and the means for producing the second predicted image data comprises means for adding the mismatch error data to the first set of frequency components of the first image difference data to produce second resolution frequency component data, means for inverse transforming the second resolution frequency component data to produce second resolution image data, means for producing fourth predicted image data based on the second resolution image data, and means for transforming the fourth predicted image data to produce the second predicted image data as a plurality of frequency components.
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