Image encoder, image decoder, and image encoding system
First Claim
1. An image encoder comprising:
- an encoding unit for encoding an input image to obtain encoded data;
a comparison unit for comparing the input image with at least one reference image to identify a part of the input image that is significantly changed with respect to the at least one reference image;
an information generating unit for generating error information identifying the changed part identified by the comparison unit; and
an output unit for outputting the encoded data and the error information.
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Abstract
An image coding system includes an image encoder and a predictive image decoder. The image encoder encodes an input image to obtain encoded data, compares the input image with a reference image, generates error information identifying parts of the input image that are changed with respect to the reference image, and outputs the encoded data and the error information. The predictive image decoder predicts the image, using a simplified prediction method for parts of the image identified by the error information as not being changed, and decodes the encoded data and the predicted data to obtain decoded image data. Use of the simplified prediction method in unchanged parts of the image reduces the prediction processing load without significant loss of prediction accuracy.
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20 Claims
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1. An image encoder comprising:
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an encoding unit for encoding an input image to obtain encoded data; a comparison unit for comparing the input image with at least one reference image to identify a part of the input image that is significantly changed with respect to the at least one reference image; an information generating unit for generating error information identifying the changed part identified by the comparison unit; and an output unit for outputting the encoded data and the error information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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7. An image decoder for decoding an encoded image, comprising:
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a receiving unit for receiving encoded data representing an image and error information identifying a changed part of the image; a prediction unit for generating predicted values of the image by using a first prediction process in the changed part of the image and a second prediction process in parts of the image other than the changed part, the first prediction process being more computationally intensive than the second prediction process; and a decoding unit for decoding the encoded data and the predicted values to obtain decoded image data. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An image decoder for decoding an encoded image, comprising:
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a receiving unit for receiving encoded data representing an encoded image and error information identifying a changed part of the encoded image; a prediction unit for generating predicted values by predicting a result of decoding the encoded image; a prediction revision unit for revising the predicted values in the changed part of the encoded image; and a decoding unit for decoding the encoded data, the revised predicted values in the changed part of the encoded image, and the predicted values in parts of the encoded image other than the changed part, thereby obtaining decoded image data. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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