US 12,231,658 B2
Image processing device and method
Takeshi Tsukuba, Chiba (JP)
Assigned to Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/198,302.
Application 18/198,302 is a continuation of application No. 17/330,418, filed on May 26, 2021, granted, now 11,695,941.
Application 17/330,418 is a continuation of application No. 16/644,503, granted, now 11,070,824, issued on Jul. 20, 2021, previously published as PCT/JP2018/032324, filed on Aug. 31, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-177379 (JP), filed on Sep. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0291916 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 19/186 (2014.01); H04N 19/117 (2014.01); H04N 19/176 (2014.01); H04N 19/182 (2014.01); H04N 19/593 (2014.01)
CPC H04N 19/186 (2014.11) [H04N 19/117 (2014.11); H04N 19/176 (2014.11); H04N 19/182 (2014.11); H04N 19/593 (2014.11)] 19 Claims
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1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
circuitry configured to
prohibit use of a motion vector of a top right block located adjacent to top right of a current block as candidates of prediction motion vector of a merge mode;
generate a spatial prediction vector of the current block, using as candidates of prediction motion vector of the merge mode a motion vector other than the motion vector of the top right block which is prohibited from being used; and
encode a motion vector of the current block, using the prediction motion vector of the current block.