Video signal encoding device and video signal encoding method

• US 8,094,715 B2
• Filed: 12/25/2003
• Issued: 01/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Fukuta, Tomonori, Hatano, Yoshiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Jayanti K
• Assistant Examiner(s): Prince, Jessica
• Application Number:
  US10/543,826
• Publication Number:
  US 20060209949A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,938 Days
• Field of Search: 375/240.03, 375/240.29, 375/240.12, 375/240.18
• US Class Current: 375/240.03
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/117 Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing sub-band filter banks H04N19/635
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/124 Quantisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/152 by measuring the fullness of the transmission buffer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/172 the region being a picture, frame or field
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/61 in combination with predictive coding
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/85 using pre-processing or post-processing specially adapted for video compression

Abstract

Included are: a prefilter (101) for outputting, based on filter characteristics control data, predetermined frequency components in an input video signal as current image data; encoding means (116) for subjecting the current image data to an encoding process, and outputting encoding parameters together with a bit stream corresponding to current image data as a result of the encoding process; and filter control means (117) for outputting the filter characteristics control data that is set based only on one or two of the encoding parameters.

Claims

1. A video signal encoding device, comprising:

a prefilter for outputting, based on filter characteristics control data, a predetermined frequency component in an input video signal as current image data;

an encoder for subjecting the current image data to an encoding process; and

a filter controller for outputting the filter characteristics control data that is set based on encoding parameters provided by the encoder, wherein

the prefilter includes;

a low-pass filter for outputting a low-frequency component in the input video signal;

a first output unit for correcting the low-frequency component based on the filter characteristics control data for output as a corrected low-frequency component; and

a second output unit for correcting the input video signal based on the filter characteristics control data for output as a corrected video signal, wherein

the prefilter outputs the predetermined frequency component in the input video signal based on the corrected low-frequency component or the corrected video signal, wherein

a first gain used for the correction of the low-frequency component by the first output unit and a second gain used for the correction of the input video signal by the second output unit are determined based on the filter characteristics control data, and when a quantiser scale (Qp) included in encoding parameters is enlarged, the first gain is increased and the second gain is decreased.

2. The video signal encoding device according to claim 1, wherein

the first output unit attenuates the low-frequency component based on the filter characteristics control data, and outputs the attenuated low-frequency component as the corrected low-frequency component, and

the second output unit attenuates the input video signal based on the filter characteristics control data, and outputs the attenuated input video signal as the corrected video signal.

3. The video signal encoding device according to claim 2, wherein

when the filter characteristics control data has a value of K (0≦

K≦

1),

the first gain is K, and the second gain is 1−

K.

4. The video signal encoding device according to claim 1, wherein

the prefilter adds the corrected low-frequency component and the corrected video signal for output.

5. The video signal encoding device according to claim 1, comprising

a noise reduction filter for outputting a noise-controlled video signal derived by controlling a noise component in the input video signal, wherein

the prefilter outputs a predetermined frequency component in the noise-controlled video signal.

6. The video signal encoding device according to claim 5, wherein

the noise reduction filter compares differential data between the current image data and preceding image data that is data of a frame preceding to the current data, and a threshold value corresponding to one of the encoding parameters, and when the differential data is smaller than the threshold value, corrects the current image data.

8. A portable terminal, including the video signal encoding device according to claim 1.

7. A video signal encoding method, comprising:

a frequency component output process for outputting, based on filter characteristics control data, a predetermined frequency component in an input video signal as current image data;

an encoding parameter output process for subjecting the current image data to an encoding process, and outputting encoding parameters together with a bit stream corresponding to the current image data as a result of the encoding process; and

a control data output process for outputting the filter characteristics control data that is set based on the encoding parameters, wherein

the frequency component output process includes;

a low-frequency component output process for outputting a low-frequency component in the input video signal;

a first frequency component correction process for correcting the low-frequency component based on the filter characteristics control data for output as a corrected low-frequency component; and

a second frequency component correction process for correcting the input video signal based on the filter characteristics control data for output as a corrected video signal, wherein

the frequency component output process outputs the predetermined frequency component in the input video signal based on the corrected low-frequency component or the corrected video signal, wherein

a first gain used for the correction of the low-frequency component at the first frequency component correction process and a second gain used for the correction of the input video signal at the second frequency component correction process are determined based on the filter characteristics control data, and when a quantiser scale (Qp) included in the encoding parameters is enlarged, the first gain is increased and the second gain is decreased.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer executable encoding program, the encoding program when executed causes a processor to execute:

a frequency component output step of outputting, based on filter characteristics control data, a predetermined frequency component in an input video signal as current image data;

an encoding parameter output step of subjecting the current image data to an encoding process, and outputting encoding parameters together with a bit stream corresponding to current image data as a result of the encoding process; and

a control data output step of outputting the filter characteristics control data that is set based on the encoding parameters, wherein

the frequency component output step includes;

a low-frequency component output step of outputting a low-frequency component in the input video signal;

a first frequency component correction step of correcting the low-frequency component based on the filter characteristics control data for output as a corrected low-frequency component; and

a second frequency component correction step of correcting the input video signal based on the filter characteristics control data for output as a corrected video signal, wherein

the frequency component output step outputs the predetermined frequency component in the input video signal based on the corrected low-frequency component or the corrected video signal, wherein

a first gain used for the correction of the low-frequency component at the first frequency component correction step and a second gain used for the correction of the input video signal at the second frequency component correction step are determined based on the filter characteristics control data, and when a quantiser scale (Qp) included in the encoding parameters is enlarged, the first gain is increased and the second gain is decreased.