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1.

BROADCAST SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD, BROADCAST SIGNAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, BROADCAST SIGNAL RECEPTION METHOD, AND BROADCAST SIGNAL RECEPTION APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19028775
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-01-17
First Publication Date 2025-05-22
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Murakami, Yutaka
  • Kimura, Tomohiro
  • Ouchi, Mikihiro

Abstract

Disclosed is a transmission scheme for transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal in the same frequency at the same time. According to the transmission scheme, a precoding weight multiplying unit multiplies a precoding weight by a baseband signal after a first mapping and a baseband signal after a second mapping and outputs the first modulated signal and the second modulated signal. In the precoding weight multiplying unit, precoding weights are regularly hopped.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04J 11/00 - Orthogonal multiplex systems
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04L 25/03 - Shaping networks in transmitter or receiver, e.g. adaptive shaping networks
  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

2.

MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE CODING APPARATUS, MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS AND MOVING PICTURE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19019722
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-01-14
First Publication Date 2025-05-15
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Sasai, Hisao

Abstract

By the moving picture coding method and the moving picture decoding method, it is possible to improve coding efficiency. The moving picture coding apparatus includes a merge block candidate calculation unit that (i) specifies merge block candidates at merge mode, by using colpic information such as motion vectors and reference picture index values of neighbor blocks of a current block to be coded and a motion vector and the like of a collocated block of the current block which are stored in a colPic memory, and (ii) generates a combined merge block by using the merge block candidates.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/513 - Processing of motion vectors
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/107 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode between spatial and temporal predictive coding, e.g. picture refresh
  • H04N 19/109 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of temporal predictive coding modes
  • H04N 19/503 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving temporal prediction
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/56 - Motion estimation with initialisation of the vector search, e.g. estimating a good candidate to initiate a search
  • H04N 19/573 - Motion compensation with multiple frame prediction using two or more reference frames in a given prediction direction
  • H04N 19/577 - Motion compensation with bidirectional frame interpolation, i.e. using B-pictures
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

3.

REFERENCE SIGNAL RECEPTION AND CQI COMPUTATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19020629
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-01-14
First Publication Date 2025-05-15
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Nishio, Akihiko
  • Nakao, Seigo
  • Imamura, Daichi

Abstract

A wireless communication base station apparatus which is able to prevent deterioration in the throughput of LTE terminals even when LTE terminals and LTE+ terminals coexist. In this apparatus, based on the mapping pattern of the reference signals used only in LTE+ terminals, a setting unit sets, in each subframe, the resource block groups where the reference signals used only by the LTE+ terminals are mapped. For symbols mapped to the antennas, an mapping unit maps, to all the resource blocks within one frame, cell specific reference signals used for both LTE terminals and LTE+ terminals. For the symbols mapped to the antennas, the mapping unit maps, to the plurality of resource blocks, of which part of the resource block groups is comprised, in the same subframe within one frame, the cell specific reference signals used only for LTE+ terminals, based on the setting results inputted from the setting unit.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04L 1/1812 - Hybrid protocolsHybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
  • H04W 72/0446 - Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
  • H04W 72/54 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on quality criteria

4.

MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE CODING APPARATUS, MOVING PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS, AND MOVING PICTURE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19010554
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-01-06
First Publication Date 2025-05-15
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Matsunobu, Toru
  • Terada, Kengo

Abstract

A moving picture coding includes: coding a first flag indicating whether or not temporal motion vector prediction is used; when the first flag indicates that the temporal motion vector prediction is used: coding a first parameter for calculating the temporal predictive motion vector; wherein when the first flag indicates that the temporal motion vector prediction is not used, the first parameter is not coded.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 19/503 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving temporal prediction

5.

IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19021580
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-01-15
First Publication Date 2025-05-15
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Esenlik, Semih
  • Narroschke, Matthias
  • Wedi, Thomas

Abstract

An image decoding method for decoding a bitstream including a coded signal resulting from coding tiles and slices into which an image is partitioned, the method including decoding the coded signal, wherein each of the slices is either a normal slice having, in a header, information used for an other slice or a dependent slice which is decoded using information included in a slice header of another slice, and when the normal slice starts from a position other than a beginning of a first tile, a second tile coded next to the first tile does not start from the dependent slice.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
  • H04N 13/189 - Recording image signalsReproducing recorded image signals
  • H04N 19/11 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes
  • H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
  • H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
  • H04N 19/167 - Position within a video image, e.g. region of interest [ROI]
  • H04N 19/17 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object
  • H04N 19/174 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a slice, e.g. a line of blocks or a group of blocks
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/192 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the adaptation method, adaptation tool or adaptation type used for the adaptive coding the adaptation method, adaptation tool or adaptation type being iterative or recursive
  • H04N 19/436 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by implementation details or hardware specially adapted for video compression or decompression, e.g. dedicated software implementation using parallelised computational arrangements
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 19/597 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding

6.

CODING METHOD AND CODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19012264
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-01-07
First Publication Date 2025-05-08
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Matsunobu, Toru

Abstract

The image decoding method includes: determining a context for use in a current block to be processed, from among a plurality of contexts; and performing arithmetic decoding on a bit sequence corresponding to the current block, using the determined context, wherein in the determining: the context is determined under a condition that control parameters of neighboring blocks of the current block are used, when the signal type is a first type, the neighboring blocks being a left block and an upper block of the current block; and the context is determined under a condition that the control parameter of the upper block is not used, when the signal type is a second type, and the second type is one of “ref_idx_l0” and “ref_idx_l1”.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/196 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the adaptation method, adaptation tool or adaptation type used for the adaptive coding being specially adapted for the computation of encoding parameters, e.g. by averaging previously computed encoding parameters
  • H04N 19/21 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using video object coding with binary alpha-plane coding for video objects, e.g. context-based arithmetic encoding [CAE]
  • H04N 19/463 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process by compressing encoding parameters before transmission
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding

7.

COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND REFERENCE SIGNAL RECEPTION METHOD

      
Application Number 19012499
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-01-07
First Publication Date 2025-05-08
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Iwai, Takashi
  • Futagi, Sadaki
  • Takata, Tomohumi
  • Imamura, Daichi
  • Ogawa, Yoshihiko

Abstract

Disclosed are a wireless transmitter and a reference signal transmission method that improve channel estimation accuracy. In a terminal, which transmits a reference signal using n (n is a non-negative integer 2 or greater) band blocks (which correspond to clusters here), which are disposed with spaces therebetween in a frequency direction, a reference signal controller switches the reference signal formation method of a reference signal generator between a first formation method and a second formation method based on the number (n) of band blocks. In addition, a threshold value setting unit adjusts a switching threshold value based on the frequency spacing between band blocks. Thus, the reference signal formation method can be selected with good accuracy and, as a result, channel estimation accuracy is further improved.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04L 25/02 - Baseband systems Details
  • H04L 25/03 - Shaping networks in transmitter or receiver, e.g. adaptive shaping networks
  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes

8.

POWER-LIMIT REPORTING IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING CARRIER AGGREGATION

      
Application Number 19019057
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-01-13
First Publication Date 2025-05-08
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Feuersaenger, Martin
  • Loehr, Joachim
  • Wengerter, Christian

Abstract

Methods inform an eNodeB on the transmit power status of a user equipment in a mobile communication system using component carrier (CC) aggregation. Also described is an implementation of these methods by hardware and in software. The invention proposes procedures that allow the eNodeB to recognize the power usage status of a UE in a communication system using carrier aggregation. The UE indicates to the eNodeB when the UE is close to using its total maximum UE transmit power or when it has exceeded the same. This is achieved by the UE including indicator(s) and/or new MAC CEs to one or more protocol data units transmitted on respective component carriers within a single sub-frame that is providing the eNodeB with power status information. The MAC CEs may report a per-UE power headroom. Alternatively, the MAC CEs may report per-CC power headrooms and/or power reductions applied to the respective uplink CCs.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 52/36 - Transmission power control [TPC] using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 52/14 - Separate analysis of uplink or downlink
  • H04W 52/34 - TPC management, i.e. sharing limited amount of power among users or channels or data types, e.g. cell loading
  • H04W 72/044 - Wireless resource allocation based on the type of the allocated resource
  • H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

9.

ARITHMETIC CODING FOR INFORMATION RELATED TO SAMPLE ADAPTIVE OFFSET PROCESSING

      
Application Number 19011909
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-01-07
First Publication Date 2025-05-08
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Matsunobu, Toru
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Terada, Kengo

Abstract

An image coding method includes: performing context arithmetic coding to consecutively code (i) first information indicating whether or not to perform sample adaptive offset (SAO) processing for a first region of an image and (ii) second information indicating whether or not to use, in the SAO processing for the first region, information on SAO processing for a region other than the first region, the context arithmetic coding being arithmetic coding using a variable probability, the SAO processing being offset processing on a pixel value; and performing bypass arithmetic coding to code other information which is information on the SAO processing for the first region and different from the first information or the second information, after the first information and the second information are coded, the bypass arithmetic coding being arithmetic coding using a fixed probability.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • A61F 13/00 - Bandages or dressingsAbsorbent pads
  • A61F 13/05 - Bandages or dressingsAbsorbent pads specially adapted for use with sub-pressure or over-pressure therapy, wound drainage or wound irrigation, e.g. for use with negative-pressure wound therapy [NPWT]
  • A61M 1/00 - Suction or pumping devices for medical purposesDevices for carrying-off, for treatment of, or for carrying-over, body-liquidsDrainage systems
  • G06T 9/00 - Image coding
  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
  • H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
  • H04N 19/169 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding
  • H04N 19/189 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the adaptation method, adaptation tool or adaptation type used for the adaptive coding
  • H04N 19/196 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the adaptation method, adaptation tool or adaptation type used for the adaptive coding being specially adapted for the computation of encoding parameters, e.g. by averaging previously computed encoding parameters
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
  • H04N 19/80 - Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation
  • H04N 19/82 - Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation involving filtering within a prediction loop
  • H04N 19/86 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using pre-processing or post-processing specially adapted for video compression involving reduction of coding artifacts, e.g. of blockiness

10.

IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19011940
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-01-07
First Publication Date 2025-05-08
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Wahadaniah, Viktor
  • Lim, Chong Soon
  • Naing, Sue Mon Thet
  • Sun, Hai Wei
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Terada, Kengo
  • Matsunobu, Toru

Abstract

An image coding method includes: deriving a candidate for a motion vector of a current block from a co-located motion vector; adding the candidate to a list; selecting the motion vector of the current block from the list; and coding the current block, wherein the deriving includes: deriving the candidate by a first derivation scheme in the case of determining that each of a current reference picture and a co-located reference picture is a long-term reference picture; and deriving the candidate by a second derivation scheme in the case of determining that each of the current reference picture and the co-located reference picture is a short-term reference picture.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/527 - Global motion vector estimation
  • H04N 19/513 - Processing of motion vectors
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/58 - Motion compensation with long-term prediction, i.e. the reference frame for a current frame not being the temporally closest one

11.

IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19013226
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-01-08
First Publication Date 2025-05-08
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Wahadaniah, Viktor
  • Lim, Chong Soon
  • Naing, Sue Mon Thet
  • Sun, Hai Wei
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Matsunobu, Toru
  • Terada, Kengo

Abstract

An image coding method includes: writing, into a sequence parameter set, buffer description defining information for defining a plurality of buffer descriptions; writing, into the sequence parameter set, reference list description defining information for defining a plurality of reference list descriptions corresponding to the buffer descriptions; and writing, into a first header of each processing unit which is included in a coded bitstream, buffer description selecting information for specifying a selected buffer description.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/134 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the element, parameter or criterion affecting or controlling the adaptive coding
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/115 - Selection of the code volume for a coding unit prior to coding
  • H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
  • H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
  • H04N 19/174 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a slice, e.g. a line of blocks or a group of blocks
  • H04N 19/42 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by implementation details or hardware specially adapted for video compression or decompression, e.g. dedicated software implementation
  • H04N 19/423 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by implementation details or hardware specially adapted for video compression or decompression, e.g. dedicated software implementation characterised by memory arrangements
  • H04N 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
  • H04N 19/573 - Motion compensation with multiple frame prediction using two or more reference frames in a given prediction direction
  • H04N 19/58 - Motion compensation with long-term prediction, i.e. the reference frame for a current frame not being the temporally closest one
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

12.

RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUSES AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number 19014973
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-01-09
First Publication Date 2025-05-08
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Iwai, Takashi
  • Nishio, Akihiko
  • Imamura, Daichi
  • Ogawa, Yoshihiko
  • Matsumoto, Atsushi

Abstract

A radio communication apparatus is provided, which includes a receiver and a controller. The receiver, in operation, receives a first power headroom (PHR), which is obtained by subtracting a transmit power for a data channel from a maximum transmit power at a mobile station and which is transmitted from the mobile station, and receives a second PHR, which is obtained by subtracting the transmit power for the data channel and a transmit power for a control channel from the maximum transmit power at the mobile station and which is transmitted from the mobile station. The controller, in operation, selectively sets a simultaneous transmission of the data channel and the control channel in different frequency bands to be performed by the mobile station. When the data channel and the control channel are simultaneously transmitted in different frequency bands from the mobile station, the second PHR is obtained and transmitted from the mobile station.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 52/36 - Transmission power control [TPC] using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 72/044 - Wireless resource allocation based on the type of the allocated resource

13.

IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19018046
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-01-13
First Publication Date 2025-05-08
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Sasai, Hisao

Abstract

An image coding method includes: adding, to a candidate list, a first adjacent motion vector as a candidate for a predicted motion vector to be used for coding the current motion vector; selecting the predicted motion vector from the candidate list; and coding the current motion vector, wherein in the adding, the first adjacent motion vector indicating a position in a first reference picture included in a first reference picture list is added to the candidate list for the current motion vector indicating a position in a second reference picture included in a second reference picture list.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/107 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode between spatial and temporal predictive coding, e.g. picture refresh
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/137 - Motion inside a coding unit, e.g. average field, frame or block difference
  • H04N 19/139 - Analysis of motion vectors, e.g. their magnitude, direction, variance or reliability
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 19/51 - Motion estimation or motion compensation
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/56 - Motion estimation with initialisation of the vector search, e.g. estimating a good candidate to initiate a search
  • H04N 19/567 - Motion estimation based on rate distortion criteria
  • H04N 19/573 - Motion compensation with multiple frame prediction using two or more reference frames in a given prediction direction
  • H04N 19/577 - Motion compensation with bidirectional frame interpolation, i.e. using B-pictures
  • H04N 19/58 - Motion compensation with long-term prediction, i.e. the reference frame for a current frame not being the temporally closest one
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

14.

IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, MEMORY MANAGING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, MEMORY MANAGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19018053
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-01-13
First Publication Date 2025-05-08
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu

Abstract

With an image coding method which allows reduction of processing loads, when pictures included in a video signal are classified into layers so as to belong to their respective layers, a picture that belongs to the second layer that is located in a range restricted according to the first layer to which a current picture to be coded that is one of the pictures belongs, is referred to as a reference picture for the current picture, and the current picture is coded based on the reference picture.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/50 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
  • H04N 19/174 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a slice, e.g. a line of blocks or a group of blocks
  • H04N 19/187 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a scalable video layer
  • H04N 19/31 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability in the temporal domain
  • H04N 19/423 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by implementation details or hardware specially adapted for video compression or decompression, e.g. dedicated software implementation characterised by memory arrangements
  • H04N 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder

15.

BASE STATION AND RELATED COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number 19019052
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-01-13
First Publication Date 2025-05-08
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Nakao, Seigo
  • Nishio, Akihiko
  • Horiuchi, Ayako
  • Imamura, Daichi

Abstract

Provided are a terminal device and a retransmission control method that make it possible to minimize increases in overhead in an uplink control channel (PUCCH), even if channel selection is used as the method to transmit response signals during carrier-aggregation communication using a plurality of downlink unit bands. On the basis of the generation status of uplink data and error-detection results obtained by a CRC unit, a control unit in the provided terminal uses response signal transmission rules to control the transmission of response signals or uplink control signals that indicate the generation of uplink data. If an uplink control signal and a response signal are generated simultaneously within the same transmission time unit, the control unit changes the resources allocated to the response signal and/or the phase point of the response signal in accordance with the number and position of ACKs within the error-detection result pattern.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 1/08 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system
  • H04L 1/1607 - Details of the supervisory signal
  • H04L 1/1829 - Arrangements specially adapted for the receiver end
  • H04W 28/04 - Error control
  • H04W 52/02 - Power saving arrangements
  • H04W 72/04 - Wireless resource allocation
  • H04W 72/20 - Control channels or signalling for resource management
  • H04W 76/28 - Discontinuous transmission [DTX]Discontinuous reception [DRX]

16.

BASE STATION, TERMINAL, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECEPTION METHOD

      
Application Number 19012525
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-01-07
First Publication Date 2025-05-01
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Horiuchi, Ayako
  • Suzuki, Hidetoshi
  • Takeda, Kazuki
  • Wang, Lilei

Abstract

Disclosed is a base station capable of appropriately configuring a resource on which an EPDCCH is located when soft combining is applied. The base station includes a configuration section that configures an EPDCCH set in a plurality of subframes, where the EPDCCH set is formed of ECCEs to which control information (assignment information) transmitted over the plurality of subframes is assigned. The base station includes an assignment section that assigns the control information to any of the ECCEs in each of the plurality of subframes.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 72/0446 - Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
  • H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
  • H04W 84/04 - Large scale networksDeep hierarchical networks

17.

MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE CODING APPARATUS, MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS, AND MOVING PICTURE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 19010439
Status Pending
Filing Date 2025-01-06
First Publication Date 2025-05-01
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Sasai, Hisao

Abstract

A moving picture coding method includes: coding a coding target block using a motion vector; generating motion vector predictors; and coding the motion vector using one of the motion vector predictors generated in the generating of the motion vector predictors. In the generating of the motion vector predictors, a replacement vector which replaces a temporal motion vector predictor is added to the motion vector predictors when it is impossible to obtain the temporal motion vector predictor from a block which is included in a coded picture different from the coding target picture and corresponds to the coding target block.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/513 - Processing of motion vectors
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/177 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a group of pictures [GOP]
  • H04N 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
  • H04N 19/503 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving temporal prediction
  • H04N 19/51 - Motion estimation or motion compensation
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/527 - Global motion vector estimation
  • H04N 19/577 - Motion compensation with bidirectional frame interpolation, i.e. using B-pictures
  • H04N 19/597 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding

18.

COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number 19001020
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-12-24
First Publication Date 2025-04-24
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Nishio, Akihiko
  • Nakao, Seigo

Abstract

Disclosed are a transmission device and a transmission method with which it is possible to prevent delays in data transmission and to minimize the increase in the number of bits necessary for the notification of a CC to be used, in cases where a CC to be used is added during communication employing carrier aggregation. When a component carrier is to be added to a component carrier set, a setting section provided in a base station: modifies a CIF table that defines the correspondence between code points, which are used as labels for the respective component carriers contained in the component carrier set, and the identification information of the respective component carriers; and assigns a vacant code point to the component carrier to be added, while keeping the correspondence between the code points and the component carrier identification information defined in the CIF table before modification.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 1/1829 - Arrangements specially adapted for the receiver end
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes
  • H04W 72/0453 - Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
  • H04W 72/20 - Control channels or signalling for resource management
  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

19.

IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18987463
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-12-19
First Publication Date 2025-04-17
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Matsunobu, Toru

Abstract

The image coding method includes: determining a context in a current block in the image, from among a plurality of contexts; and performing arithmetic coding on the control parameter for the current block to generate a bitstream corresponding to the current block, wherein in the determining: the context is determined under a condition that control parameters of neighboring blocks of the current block are used, when the signal type is a first type, the neighboring blocks being a left block and an upper block of the current block; and the context is determined under a condition that the control parameter of the upper block is not used, when the signal type is a second type, and the second type is (i) “merge_flag”, (ii) “ref_idx_l0” or “ref_idx_l1”, (iii) “inter_pred_flag”, (iv) “mvd_l0” or “mvd_l1”, (v) “no_residual_data_flag”, (vi) “intra_chroma_pred_mode”, (vii) “cbf_luma”, and (viii) “cbf_cb” or “cbf_cr”.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H04N 19/103 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
  • H04N 19/139 - Analysis of motion vectors, e.g. their magnitude, direction, variance or reliability
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/196 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the adaptation method, adaptation tool or adaptation type used for the adaptive coding being specially adapted for the computation of encoding parameters, e.g. by averaging previously computed encoding parameters
  • H04N 19/583 - Motion compensation with overlapping blocks
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

20.

TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOF

      
Application Number 19000175
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-12-23
First Publication Date 2025-04-17
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Ogawa, Yoshihiko
  • Nakao, Seigo
  • Nishio, Akihiko
  • Hoshino, Masayuki
  • Imamura, Daichi
  • Sumasu, Atsushi

Abstract

An integrated circuit includes circuitry, which, in operation, controls transmitting downlink data to a terminal apparatus; receiving a plurality of transport blocks which are transmitted in a same time period using a same frequency band in a spatial multiplexing scheme, wherein a same acknowledgement information (ACK/NACK) relating to an error detection result of the downlink data is scrambled with different scrambling schemes respectively for the plurality of transport blocks and the respectively scrambled ACK/NACK is multiplexed with data on respective ones of the plurality of transport blocks, and channel quality information (CQI) of a downlink channel is multiplexed with the data on only one transport block of the plurality of transport blocks by the terminal apparatus; and extracting the ACK/NACK and the CQI from the received plurality of transport blocks.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 48/02 - Access restriction performed under specific conditions
  • H04B 7/0413 - MIMO systems
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 1/1607 - Details of the supervisory signal
  • H04L 1/1829 - Arrangements specially adapted for the receiver end
  • H04L 1/1867 - Arrangements specially adapted for the transmitter end
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 28/04 - Error control
  • H04W 48/12 - Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery using downlink control channel

21.

IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18968383
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-12-04
First Publication Date 2025-03-20
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Esenlik, Semih
  • Narroschke, Matthias
  • Wedi, Thomas

Abstract

A dependency indication is signaled within the beginning of a packet, that is, within the adjacent of a slice header to be parsed or a parameter set. This is achieved, for example, by including the dependency indication at the beginning of the slice header, preferably after a syntax element identifying the parameter set and before the slice address, by including the dependency indication before the slice address, by providing the dependency indication to a NALU header using a separate message, or by using a special NALU type for NALUs carrying dependent slices.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
  • H04N 19/174 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a slice, e.g. a line of blocks or a group of blocks
  • H04N 19/30 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability
  • H04N 19/423 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by implementation details or hardware specially adapted for video compression or decompression, e.g. dedicated software implementation characterised by memory arrangements
  • H04N 19/436 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by implementation details or hardware specially adapted for video compression or decompression, e.g. dedicated software implementation using parallelised computational arrangements
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/597 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding

22.

LOW COMPLEX DEBLOCKING FILTER DECISIONS

      
Application Number 18970402
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-12-05
First Publication Date 2025-03-20
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Narroschke, Matthias
  • Esenlik, Semih
  • Wedi, Thomas

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to deblocking filtering, which may be advantageously applied for block-wise encoding and decoding of images or video signals. In particular, the present disclosure relates to an improved memory management in an automated decision on whether to apply or skip deblocking filtering for a block and to selection of the deblocking filter. The decision is performed on the basis of a segmentation of blocks in such a manner that memory usage is optimized. Preferably, the selection of appropriate deblocking filters is improved so as to reduce computational expense.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/86 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using pre-processing or post-processing specially adapted for video compression involving reduction of coding artifacts, e.g. of blockiness
  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/182 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a pixel
  • H04N 19/82 - Details of filtering operations specially adapted for video compression, e.g. for pixel interpolation involving filtering within a prediction loop

23.

DEVICE-TO-DEVICE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT

      
Application Number 18972518
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-12-06
First Publication Date 2025-03-20
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Wang, Lilei
  • Basu Mallick, Prateek
  • Suzuki, Hidetoshi
  • Loehr, Joachim
  • Hoshino, Masayuki

Abstract

Provided are D2D wireless communication methods and UEs therefor. In one embodiment, the D2D wireless communication method performed by a UE includes continuing D2D transmission by using a resource from a resource pool allocated for mode 2 operation when switching from mode 1 operation to mode 2 operation. In another embodiment, the D2D wireless communication method performed by a UE includes performing D2D transmission by using a resource from a resource pool allocated for mode 2 operation, wherein the resource pool is indicated by a dedicated RRC signaling transmitted by an eNB, a SIB transmitted by an eNB, a PD2DSCH transmitted by other UE(s), and/or pre-configuration, and the dedicated RRC signaling, the SIB, the PD2DSCH and the pre-configuration are in descending order in priority when determining the resource pool.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 76/23 - Manipulation of direct-mode connections
  • H04W 36/00 - Handoff or reselecting arrangements
  • H04W 72/02 - Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal
  • H04W 72/56 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on priority criteria

24.

DATA PROCESSING METHOD, PRECODING METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE

      
Application Number 18955323
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-11-21
First Publication Date 2025-03-13
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Murakami, Yutaka
  • Kimura, Tomohiro
  • Ouchi, Mikihiro

Abstract

An encoder outputs a first bit sequence having N bits. A mapper generates a first complex signal s1 and a second complex signal s2 with use of bit sequence having X+Y bits included in an input second bit sequence, where X indicates the number of bits used to generate the first complex signal s1, and Y indicates the number of bits used to generate the second complex signal s2. A bit length adjuster is provided after the encoder, and performs bit length adjustment on the first bit sequence such that the second bit sequence has a bit length that is a multiple of X+Y, and outputs the first bit sequence after the bit length adjustment as the second bit sequence. As a result, a problem between a codeword length of a block code and the number of bits necessary to perform mapping by a set of modulation schemes is solved.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H03M 13/25 - Error detection or forward error correction by signal space coding, i.e. adding redundancy in the signal constellation, e.g. Trellis Coded Modulation [TCM]
  • H04B 7/0413 - MIMO systems
  • H04L 1/08 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path

25.

IMAGE CODING METHOD AND IMAGE CODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18956481
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-11-22
First Publication Date 2025-03-13
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Naing, Sue Mon Thet
  • Lim, Chong Soon
  • Win, Kyaw Kyaw
  • Sun, Hai Wei
  • Wahadaniah, Viktor
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Matsunobu, Toru
  • Terada, Kengo

Abstract

An image coding method includes: selecting a first picture from plural pictures; setting a first temporal motion vector prediction flag which is associated with the first picture and is a temporal motion vector prediction flag indicating whether or not temporal motion vector prediction is to be used, to indicate that the temporal motion vector prediction is not to be used, and coding the first temporal motion vector prediction flag; coding the first picture without using the temporal motion vector prediction; and coding a second picture which follows the first picture in coding order, with referring to a motion vector of a picture preceding the first picture in coding order being prohibited.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/51 - Motion estimation or motion compensation
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/107 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode between spatial and temporal predictive coding, e.g. picture refresh
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
  • H04N 19/174 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a slice, e.g. a line of blocks or a group of blocks
  • H04N 19/184 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being bits, e.g. of the compressed video stream
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

26.

TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL FOR PHYSICAL RANDOM ACCESS CHANNELS

      
Application Number 18954226
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-11-20
First Publication Date 2025-03-13
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Feuersaenger, Martin
  • Loehr, Joachim
  • Aoyama, Takahisa

Abstract

The invention relates to methods for adjusting the transmit power utilized by a mobile terminal for uplink transmissions, and to methods for adjusting the transmit power used by a mobile terminal for one or more RACH procedures. The invention is also providing apparatus and system for performing these methods, and computer readable media the instructions of which cause the apparatus and system to perform the methods described herein. In order to allow for adjusting the transmit power of uplink transmissions on uplink component carriers, the invention suggests introducing a power scaling for uplink PRACH transmissions performing RACH procedures on an uplink component carrier. The power scaling is proposed on the basis of a prioritization among multiple uplink transmissions or on the basis of the uplink component carriers on which RACH procedures are performed.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 52/14 - Separate analysis of uplink or downlink
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 52/28 - TPC being performed according to specific parameters using user profile, e.g. mobile speed, priority or network state, e.g. standby, idle or non-transmission
  • H04W 52/32 - TPC of broadcast or control channels
  • H04W 52/34 - TPC management, i.e. sharing limited amount of power among users or channels or data types, e.g. cell loading
  • H04W 52/50 - TPC being performed in particular situations at the moment of starting communication in a multiple access environment
  • H04W 56/00 - Synchronisation arrangements
  • H04W 72/04 - Wireless resource allocation
  • H04W 72/1268 - Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows of uplink data flows
  • H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
  • H04W 72/566 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on priority criteria of the information or information source or recipient
  • H04W 74/00 - Wireless channel access
  • H04W 74/0833 - Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access

27.

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION USING RESOURCE BLOCK GROUPS

      
Application Number 18955707
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-11-21
First Publication Date 2025-03-13
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Iwai, Takashi
  • Futagi, Sadaki
  • Imamura, Daichi
  • Nishio, Akihiko
  • Nakao, Seigo
  • Ogawa, Yoshihiko

Abstract

A scheduling apparatus and a scheduling method, wherein the amount of signaling for frequency resource allocation information can be reduced while maintaining system throughput performance. In a base station apparatus, a scheduling section allocates frequency resources to frequency allocation target terminals based on set frequency allocation units, and a frequency allocation parameter setting section adjusts the set frequency allocation units set in the scheduling section based on cluster numbers. Due to this, in each cluster number, frequency resources can be allocated based on the most suitable frequency allocation units with respect to the signaling bit number. As a result, the amount of signaling for frequency resource allocation information can be reduced. Further, system throughput can be maintained by making the cluster number, which is a parameter having little effect on system throughput, a setting parameter for frequency allocation units.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/0453 - Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 72/20 - Control channels or signalling for resource management
  • H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
  • H04W 72/54 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on quality criteria

28.

SCHEDULING REQUEST PROCEDURE FOR D2D COMMUNICATION

      
Application Number 18940505
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-11-07
First Publication Date 2025-02-27
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Loehr, Joachim
  • Basu Mallick, Prateek

Abstract

The present invention relates to a D2D capable a communication method and to a transmitting user equipment, which transmits data to a receiving user equipment over a direct link data channel, uses the services of the eNodeB in order to have resources allocated for transmitting said data. To this end the UE sends to the eNB scheduling information using resources of a subframe dedicated for standard uplink communication through the eNodeB, rather than using resources on the subframe dedicated to D2D data transmission. In order to allow the eNB to distinguish whether the received scheduling request is for allocating resources for transmitting data over the direct link channel or over the eNB, UE may send along with the scheduling information also identification information associated to the scheduling information.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
  • H04W 72/543 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on quality criteria based on requested quality, e.g. QoS
  • H04W 76/14 - Direct-mode setup

29.

DYNAMIC TDD UPLINK/DOWNLINK CONFIGURATION USING DCI

      
Application Number 18946693
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-11-13
First Publication Date 2025-02-27
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Golitschek Edler Von Elbwart, Alexander
  • Loehr, Joachim
  • Einhaus, Michael
  • Feng, Sujuan
  • Wang, Lilei
  • Oizumi, Toru

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for dynamically indicating a TDD reconfiguration to the mobile station by encoding the dynamic TDD re-configuration indication into the DCI or CRC calculated for the DCI. In one embodiment, the TDD configuration indication is implicitly encoded as an RNTI into the CRC, when scrambling the CRC for the DCI with a TDD-RNTI. In another embodiment, the TDD configuration indication is part of the DCI payload, while the CRC for the DCI is scrambled with a cell identifier, identifying the target cell for which the dynamic TDD re-configuration is to be applied. In still another embodiment, the TDD configuration indication is part of the DCI payload, where the DCI payload further includes an invalid parameter indicating to the mobile station that the DCI carries the TDD configuration indication.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 1/1812 - Hybrid protocolsHybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
  • H04L 1/1829 - Arrangements specially adapted for the receiver end
  • H04L 1/1867 - Arrangements specially adapted for the transmitter end
  • H04L 5/14 - Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex
  • H04W 48/16 - DiscoveringProcessing access restriction or access information
  • H04W 52/36 - Transmission power control [TPC] using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets
  • H04W 72/0446 - Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
  • H04W 74/0833 - Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access

30.

TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION METHOD, TRANSMITTER, AND RECEIVER

      
Application Number 18944761
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-11-12
First Publication Date 2025-02-27
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Murakami, Yutaka
  • Kimura, Tomohiro
  • Ouchi, Mikihiro

Abstract

When transmitting signals from a plurality of base stations (broadcasting stations), the base stations include at least a first base station having a first antenna with a first polarization and a second base station having a second antenna with a second polarization that is different from the first polarization. Then, when the first base station transmits a signal from the first antenna having the first polarization, the second base station transmits the same signal as the first antenna of the first base station from a second antenna having the second polarization, at the same time.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04B 7/022 - Site diversityMacro-diversity
  • H04B 7/024 - Co-operative use of antennas at several sites, e.g. in co-ordinated multipoint or co-operative multiple-input multiple-output [MIMO] systems
  • H04B 7/04 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas
  • H04B 7/0413 - MIMO systems
  • H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04B 7/08 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the receiving station
  • H04B 7/10 - Polarisation diversityDirectional diversity
  • H04J 11/00 - Orthogonal multiplex systems
  • H04L 12/18 - Arrangements for providing special services to substations for broadcast or conference
  • H04W 72/30 - Resource management for broadcast services
  • H04W 72/54 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on quality criteria

31.

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CHANNEL ALLOCATION METHOD

      
Application Number 18945376
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-11-12
First Publication Date 2025-02-27
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Nakao, Seigo
  • Nishio, Akihiko
  • Imamura, Daichi

Abstract

Disclosed is a base station in which the frequency usage efficiency can be improved when the communication bandwidths are asymmetric in the uplink line and the downlink line. A base station can communicate by using a plurality of downlink unit bands and a smaller number of uplink unit bands. A control unit allocates uplink resource allocation information and downlink resource allocation information to a PDCCH which is arranged in each of the plurality of downlink unit bands, and allocates a response signal to the uplink line data to a PHICH which is arranged in the same number of downlink unit bands from the plurality of downlink unit bands as there are uplink unit bands. A transmit RF unit transmits the resource allocation information or the response signal.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
  • H04L 1/1822 - Automatic repetition systems, e.g. Van Duuren systems involving configuration of automatic repeat request [ARQ] with parallel processes
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 4/06 - Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]Services to user groupsOne-way selective calling services
  • H04W 72/0453 - Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
  • H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network

32.

SIGNAL GENERATION METHOD AND SIGNAL GENERATION DEVICE

      
Application Number 18934564
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-11-01
First Publication Date 2025-02-20
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Murakami, Yutaka
  • Kimura, Tomohiro
  • Ouchi, Mikihiro

Abstract

A transmission method simultaneously transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal at a common frequency performs precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix and regularly changes the phase of at least one of the signals, thereby improving received data signal quality for a reception device.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/0413 - MIMO systems
  • G06F 11/10 - Adding special bits or symbols to the coded information, e.g. parity check, casting out nines or elevens
  • H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04L 25/02 - Baseband systems Details
  • H04L 25/03 - Shaping networks in transmitter or receiver, e.g. adaptive shaping networks
  • H04L 25/06 - DC level restoring meansBias distortion correction
  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes
  • H04W 72/044 - Wireless resource allocation based on the type of the allocated resource

33.

CONTROLLING UE BEHAVIOR FOR CSI/SRS REPORTING DURING DRX

      
Application Number 18935235
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-11-01
First Publication Date 2025-02-20
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Loehr, Joachim
  • Suzuki, Hidetoshi
  • Basu Mallick, Prateek

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for transmitting a periodic channel quality report (CSI) and/or a sounding reference symbol (SRS) from a UE to an eNodeB. To avoid double decoding at the eNodeB in transient phases, a deterministic behavior of the UE is defined by the invention, according to which the eNodeB can unambiguously determine whether the UE will transmit the CSI/SRS or not. According to one embodiment, the UL grants and/or DL assignments received until and including subframe N−4 only are considered; UL grants and/or DL assignments received by the UE after subframe N−4 are discarded for the determination. Additionally, DRX-related timers at subframe N−4 are considered for the determination. In a second embodiment, DRX MAC control elements from the eNodeB, instructing the UE to enter DRX, i.e., become Non-Active, are only considered for the determination if they are received before subframe N−4, i.e., until and including subframe N−(4+k).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 24/10 - Scheduling measurement reports
  • H04W 72/0446 - Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
  • H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
  • H04W 76/28 - Discontinuous transmission [DTX]Discontinuous reception [DRX]

34.

SIGNAL GENERATION METHOD AND SIGNAL GENERATION DEVICE

      
Application Number 18937368
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-11-05
First Publication Date 2025-02-20
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Murakami, Yutaka
  • Kimura, Tomohiro
  • Ouchi, Mikihiro

Abstract

A transmission method simultaneously transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal at a common frequency performs precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix and regularly changes the phase of at least one of the signals, thereby improving received data signal quality for a reception device.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
  • H04B 7/0413 - MIMO systems
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station

35.

COMMUNICATION METHOD, BASE STATION AND USER EQUIPMENT USING A SET OF LEGACY OR AGGRESSIVE CQI TABLE AND LEGACY OR AGGRESSIVE MCS TABLE

      
Application Number 18929082
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-10-28
First Publication Date 2025-02-13
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Wang, Lilei
  • Xu, Ming
  • Hoshino, Masayuki
  • Nishio, Akihiko

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a communication method, base station and user equipment for configuring a parameter table in a wireless communication system including a base station and a user equipment, the communication method comprising: defining at both the base station and the user equipment a parameter table which includes whole entries of a legacy parameter table and extended entries; and transmitting from the base station to the user equipment a bitmap indication which indicates a sub-table selected from the parameter table, wherein the number of the entries in the sub-table is the same as in the legacy parameter table.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 88/02 - Terminal devices
  • H04W 88/08 - Access point devices

36.

METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ENCODING AND DECODING VIDEO USING PERIODIC BUFFER DESCRIPTION

      
Application Number 18930105
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-10-29
First Publication Date 2025-02-13
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Wahadaniah, Viktor
  • Lim, Chong Soon
  • Naing, Sue Mon Thet
  • Sun, Hai Wei
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Matsunobu, Toru

Abstract

A method of encoding video including: writing a plurality of predetermined buffer descriptions into a sequence parameter set of a coded video bitstream; writing a plurality of updating parameters into a slice header of the coded video bitstream for selecting and modifying one buffer description out of the plurality of buffer descriptions; and encoding a slice into the coded video bitstream using the slice header and the modified buffer description.

IPC Classes  ?

  • F01M 13/04 - Crankcase ventilating or breathing having means for purifying air before leaving crankcase, e.g. removing oil
  • B01D 36/00 - Filter circuits or combinations of filters with other separating devices
  • B01D 45/08 - Separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours by gravity, inertia, or centrifugal forces by utilising inertia by impingement against baffle separators
  • B29C 65/00 - Joining of preformed partsApparatus therefor
  • H04N 19/10 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/174 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a slice, e.g. a line of blocks or a group of blocks
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

37.

IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18918391
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-10-17
First Publication Date 2025-02-06
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Matsunobu, Toru

Abstract

An image decoding method of decoding, on a block-by-block basis, image data included in a coded stream includes: deriving candidates for an intra prediction mode to be used for intra prediction for a decoding target block, the number of the candidates constantly being a plural number; obtaining, from the coded stream, an index for identifying one of the derived candidates for the intra prediction mode; and determining, based on the obtained index, one of the derived candidates for the intra prediction mode as the intra prediction mode to be used for intra prediction for the decoding target block.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/16 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter for a given display mode, e.g. for interlaced or progressive display mode
  • H04N 19/11 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/196 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the adaptation method, adaptation tool or adaptation type used for the adaptive coding being specially adapted for the computation of encoding parameters, e.g. by averaging previously computed encoding parameters
  • H04N 19/463 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process by compressing encoding parameters before transmission
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques

38.

PRE-CODING METHOD AND TRANSMITTER

      
Application Number 18891258
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-09-20
First Publication Date 2025-02-06
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Murakami, Yutaka
  • Kimura, Tomohiro
  • Ouchi, Mikihiro

Abstract

Disclosed is a transmission scheme for transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal over the same frequency at the same time. According to the transmission scheme, a precoding weight multiplying unit multiplies a baseband signal after a first mapping and a baseband signal after a second mapping by a precoding weight and outputs the first modulated signal and the second modulated signal. In the precoding weight multiplying unit, precoding weights are regularly hopped.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
  • H04B 7/0413 - MIMO systems
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04J 11/00 - Orthogonal multiplex systems
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 1/06 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by diversity reception using space diversity
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04L 25/03 - Shaping networks in transmitter or receiver, e.g. adaptive shaping networks
  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes
  • H04L 27/34 - Amplitude- and phase-modulated carrier systems, e.g. quadrature-amplitude modulated carrier systems
  • H04L 27/36 - Modulator circuitsTransmitter circuits

39.

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number 18911090
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-10-09
First Publication Date 2025-01-30
Owner SUN PATENT TRUST (USA)
Inventor
  • Hoshino, Masayuki
  • Nishio, Akihiko
  • Nakao, Seigo
  • Imamura, Daichi
  • Yuda, Yasuaki

Abstract

To suppress concentration of channel quality information requests and reports in a case of discontinuously transmitting reference signals at specific resources in a time domain, and thereby preventing degradation in throughput. A transmission apparatus transmits an instruction of CSI request distributed for each reception apparatus in a subframe concurrently with or earlier than a reference signal CSI-RS to each of reception apparatuses. Each of the reception apparatuses detects the CSI request from the transmission apparatus and calculates CSI from a channel estimation value of CSI-RS received thereafter. Then, the reception apparatus identifies CSI report subframe of the own apparatus from CSI report interval information of a given time interval notified in advance, the subframe in which the CSI request is detected and transmission timing of CSI-RS, and transmits a feedback signal including CSI report value by using PUSCH at the timing of the CSI report subframe.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/04 - Wireless resource allocation
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04B 17/00 - MonitoringTesting
  • H04B 17/24 - MonitoringTesting of receivers with feedback of measurements to the transmitter
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 1/1607 - Details of the supervisory signal
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 24/10 - Scheduling measurement reports
  • H04W 72/1268 - Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows of uplink data flows
  • H04W 88/02 - Terminal devices

40.

IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18911811
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-10-10
First Publication Date 2025-01-30
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu

Abstract

An image coding method comprising: obtaining current signals to be coded of each of the processing units of the image; generating a binary signal by performing binarization on each of the current signals to be coded; selecting a context for each of the current signals to be coded from among a plurality of contexts; performing arithmetic coding of the binary signal by using coded probability information associated with the context selected in the selecting; and updating the coded probability information based on the binary signal, wherein, in the selecting, the context for the current signal to be coded is selected, as a shared context, for a signal which is included in one of a plurality of processing units and has a size different from a size of the processing unit including the current signal to be coded.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H03M 7/40 - Conversion to or from variable length codes, e.g. Shannon-Fano code, Huffman code, Morse code
  • H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
  • H04N 19/122 - Selection of transform size, e.g. 8x8 or 2x4x8 DCTSelection of sub-band transforms of varying structure or type
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
  • H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

41.

SIGNAL GENERATING METHOD AND SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18913008
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-10-11
First Publication Date 2025-01-30
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Murakami, Yutaka
  • Kimura, Tomohiro
  • Ouchi, Mikihiro

Abstract

A transmission apparatus that (i) generates a Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) modulation signal s1(t) by applying a QPSK modulation scheme to a first data sequence, (ii) generates a 16-Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) modulation signal s2(t) by applying a 16-QAM modulation scheme to a second data sequence, (iii) generates a transmission signal z1(t) and a second transmission signal z2(t) by applying a phase hopping process, a precoding process, and a power adjust process to the QPSK modulation signal s1(t) and the 16-QAM modulation signal s2(t), wherein an average transmission power of the 16-QAM modulation signal s2(t) being the same as an average transmission power of the QPSK modulation signal s1(t), and (iv) transmits the transmission signal z1(t) from a first antenna at a first time and a first frequency and the second transmission signal z2(t) from a second antenna at the first time and the first frequency.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
  • H04B 1/00 - Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission
  • H04B 7/0417 - Feedback systems
  • H04B 7/0426 - Power distribution
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04L 25/02 - Baseband systems Details
  • H04L 27/20 - Modulator circuitsTransmitter circuits
  • H04L 27/34 - Amplitude- and phase-modulated carrier systems, e.g. quadrature-amplitude modulated carrier systems
  • H04L 27/36 - Modulator circuitsTransmitter circuits

42.

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BASE STATION DEVICE, AND RESOURCE REGION SETTING METHOD

      
Application Number 18912290
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-10-10
First Publication Date 2025-01-30
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Nishio, Akihiko
  • Nakao, Seigo

Abstract

An integrated circuit includes transmission circuitry that controls transmitting on a first downlink component carrier first downlink control information including a first transmission power control (TPC) field related to a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) and first downlink data, and transmitting on a second downlink component carrier second downlink control information including a second TPC field related to the PUCCH and second downlink data; and reception circuitry that controls receiving an ACK/NACK response signal on a first uplink component carrier associated with the first downlink component carrier, the ACK/NACK response signal being mapped into a position of a resource of the PUCCH determined using the second TPC field and being transmitted at a transmission power determined from the first TPC field.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/542 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on quality criteria using measured or perceived quality
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes

43.

METHOD OF SCRAMBLING REFERENCE SIGNALS, DEVICE AND USER EQUIPMENT USING THE METHOD

      
Application Number 18917899
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-10-16
First Publication Date 2025-01-30
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Tong, Hui
  • Hoshino, Masayuki
  • Xu, Ming
  • Imamura, Daichi

Abstract

A Method of scrambling reference signals, device and user equipment using the method are provided. In the method, a plurality of layers of reference signals assigned on predetermined radio resource of a plurality of layers of resource blocks with the same time and frequency resources are scrambled, the method comprising: an orthogonalizing step of multiplying each layer of reference signal selectively by one of a plurality of orthogonal cover codes (OCCs) with the same length wherein the OCC multiplied to a first layer of reference signal can be configured as different from those multiplied to other layers of reference signals; and a scrambling step of multiplying all of symbols obtained from the OCC multiplied to each of the other layers of reference signals by a symbol-common scrambling sequence wherein the symbol-common scrambling sequences can be different from each other for reference signals multiplied by the same OCC.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04B 7/024 - Co-operative use of antennas at several sites, e.g. in co-ordinated multipoint or co-operative multiple-input multiple-output [MIMO] systems
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04J 11/00 - Orthogonal multiplex systems
  • H04L 25/02 - Baseband systems Details
  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes

44.

MULTIPLE SIDELINK CONTROL TRANSMISSIONS DURING A SIDELINK CONTROL PERIOD

      
Application Number 18905838
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-10-03
First Publication Date 2025-01-23
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Loehr, Joachim
  • Basu Mallick, Prateek
  • Wang, Lilei

Abstract

The invention relates to the allocation of radio resources by a transmitting user equipment to perform a plurality of direct SL transmissions to one or more receiving user equipments. The allocation of radio resources within a SC period is restricted, for the SC period, by a maximum number of SL processes with which a transmitting user equipment is configured. A plurality of SL grants is acquired. Among the acquired SL grants a number of those SL grants is selected that have most recently been acquired before the start of the subsequent SC period. A plurality of SL processes is associated such that each of the plurality of SL process is associated with a different one of the selected number of SL grants. For each of the plurality of the SL processes, the radio resources are allocated. Each of the plurality of SL transmissions comprises at least one SCI transmission and at least one data transmission over the SL interface.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/20 - Control channels or signalling for resource management
  • H04W 72/02 - Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal
  • H04W 72/0446 - Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
  • H04W 72/56 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on priority criteria

45.

TERMINAL STATION APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD AND CONTROL METHOD

      
Application Number 18908511
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-10-07
First Publication Date 2025-01-23
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Ogawa, Yoshihiko
  • Nishio, Akihiko
  • Iwai, Takashi
  • Nakao, Seigo
  • Imamura, Daichi
  • Sumasu, Atsushi

Abstract

A terminal apparatus includes circuitry and a transmitter. The circuitry, in operation, generates a reference signal using a cyclic shift value and an orthogonal sequence, which are associated with each other. The orthogonal sequence is one of two orthogonal sequences corresponding to a first orthogonal sequence [1, 1] and a second orthogonal sequence [1, −1]. The cyclic shift value is one of 12 cyclic shift values ranging from 0 to 11. The transmitter, in operation, transmits the reference signal multiplexed with a data signal. Two of the cyclic shift values having a difference of 6 are respectively associated with the two orthogonal sequences.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04J 11/00 - Orthogonal multiplex systems
  • H04B 7/0452 - Multi-user MIMO systems
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04J 13/00 - Code division multiplex systems
  • H04J 13/18 - Allocation of orthogonal codes
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
  • H04W 72/54 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on quality criteria
  • H04W 88/02 - Terminal devices
  • H04W 88/08 - Access point devices

46.

IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18895858
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-09-25
First Publication Date 2025-01-16
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Wahadaniah, Viktor
  • Lim, Chong Soon
  • Naing, Sue Mon Thet
  • Sun, Hai Wei
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Matsunobu, Toru
  • Terada, Kengo

Abstract

An image coding method includes: deriving a candidate for a motion vector predictor from a co-located motion vector; adding the candidate to a list; selecting the motion vector predictor from the list; and coding a current block and coding a current motion vector, wherein the deriving includes: deriving the candidate by a first derivation scheme in the case of determining that each of a current reference picture and a co-located reference picture is a long-term reference picture; and deriving the candidate by a second derivation scheme in the case of determining that each of the current reference picture and the co-located reference picture is a short-term reference picture.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/56 - Motion estimation with initialisation of the vector search, e.g. estimating a good candidate to initiate a search
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/51 - Motion estimation or motion compensation
  • H04N 19/513 - Processing of motion vectors
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/58 - Motion compensation with long-term prediction, i.e. the reference frame for a current frame not being the temporally closest one
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding

47.

SECURITY KEY DERIVATION IN DUAL CONNECTIVITY

      
Application Number 18899807
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-09-27
First Publication Date 2025-01-16
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Basu Mallick, Prateek
  • Loehr, Joachim

Abstract

The disclosure relates to methods for establishing a secure communication link between a mobile station and a secondary base station in a mobile communication system. The disclosure is also providing mobile communication system for performing these methods, and computer readable media the instructions of which cause the mobile communication system to perform the methods described herein. Specifically, the disclosure suggests that in response to the detected or signaled potential security breach, the master base station increments a freshness counter for re-initializing the communication between the mobile station and the secondary base station; and the mobile station and the secondary base station re-initialize the communication there between. The re-initialization is performed under the control of the master base station and further includes deriving a same security key based on said incremented freshness counter, and establishing the secure communication link utilizing the same, derived security key.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 9/40 - Network security protocols
  • H04W 12/04 - Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
  • H04W 12/082 - Access security using revocation of authorisation
  • H04W 76/15 - Setup of multiple wireless link connections
  • H04W 76/19 - Connection re-establishment

48.

TRANSMISSION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION DEVICE, RECEPTION METHOD, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND PROGRAM

      
Application Number 18904365
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-10-02
First Publication Date 2025-01-16
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Ouchi, Mikihiro
  • Iguchi, Noritaka
  • Kimura, Tomohiro

Abstract

A transmission device that performs multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission of transmit data using a plurality of fundamental bands. The transmission device includes an error correction coding unit, a mapping unit, and a MIMO coding unit. The error correction coding unit, for each data block of predefined length, performs error correction coding and thereby generates an error correction coded frame. The mapping unit maps each predefined number of bits in the error correction coded frame to a corresponding symbol and thereby generates an error correction coded block. The MIMO coding unit performs MIMO coding with respect to the error correction coded block. Components of data included in the error correction coded block are allocated to at least two of the fundamental bands and transmitted.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H03M 13/00 - Coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or error correctionCoding theory basic assumptionsCoding boundsError probability evaluation methodsChannel modelsSimulation or testing of codes
  • H04B 7/0413 - MIMO systems
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station

49.

COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND BUFFER PARTITIONING METHOD

      
Application Number 18887745
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-09-17
First Publication Date 2025-01-09
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Oizumi, Toru
  • Horiuchi, Ayako
  • Nishio, Akihiko

Abstract

Provided is a terminal device with which deterioration in hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) retransmission performance can be inhibited by continuing a downlink (DL) HARQ process for DL data before and after changing the uplink link-DL configuration. In this device, a decoder stores, in a retransmission buffer, DL data transmitted from a base station, and decodes the DL data, and a wireless transmitter transmits a response signal generated using a DL-data-error detection result. A soft buffer is partitioned into a plurality of regions for each retransmission process on the basis of the highest values among retransmission process numbers respectively stated in a plurality of configuration patterns which can be set in the terminal.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 1/1829 - Arrangements specially adapted for the receiver end
  • H04L 1/1812 - Hybrid protocolsHybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
  • H04L 1/1867 - Arrangements specially adapted for the transmitter end
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 72/02 - Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal
  • H04W 72/0446 - Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
  • H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
  • H04W 76/27 - Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states

50.

RESOURCE BLOCK CANDIDATE SELECTION TECHNIQUE EMPLOYING PACKET SCHEDULING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

      
Application Number 18890606
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-09-19
First Publication Date 2025-01-09
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Wengerter, Christian
  • Loehr, Joachim

Abstract

A method of transmitting data packets over a plurality of dynamically allocated resource blocks in at least one or a combination of a time, code or frequency domain on a shared channel of a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of selecting a number of resource block candidates for potential transmission of data packets destined for a receiver and transmitting the data packet to the receiver using at least one allocated resource block from the selected resource block candidates. The invention also relates to a corresponding method of decoding data packets, a transmitter, receiver and communication system.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/20 - Control channels or signalling for resource management
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 1/16 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by using return channel in which the return channel carries supervisory signals, e.g. repetition request signals
  • H04L 1/1812 - Hybrid protocolsHybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
  • H04L 1/1867 - Arrangements specially adapted for the transmitter end
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 72/0446 - Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
  • H04W 72/0453 - Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

51.

EFFICIENT UPLINK SCHEDULING MECHANISMS FOR DUAL CONNECTIVITY

      
Application Number 18894970
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-09-24
First Publication Date 2025-01-09
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Basu Mallick, Prateek
  • Loehr, Joachim
  • Suzuki, Hidetoshi

Abstract

The present disclosure mainly relates to improvements for the buffer status reporting and the logical channel prioritization procedures performed in the UE, in scenarios where the UE is in dual connectivity and the PDCP layer of the UE is shared in the uplink for MeNB and SeNB. According to the present disclosure, a ratio is introduced according to which the buffer values for the PDCP are split in the UE between the SeNB and the MeNB according to said ratio.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 28/02 - Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control
  • H04W 16/32 - Hierarchical cell structures
  • H04W 28/082 - Load balancing or load distribution among bearers or channels
  • H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
  • H04W 80/02 - Data link layer protocols
  • H04W 80/06 - Transport layer protocols, e.g. TCP [Transport Control Protocol] over wireless
  • H04W 84/04 - Large scale networksDeep hierarchical networks

52.

MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE CODING APPARATUS, MOVING PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS, AND MOVING PICTURE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18826462
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-09-06
First Publication Date 2024-12-26
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Matsunobu, Toru

Abstract

A moving picture coding method includes (i) transforming, for each of one or more second processing units included in the first processing unit, a moving picture signal in a spatial domain into a frequency domain coefficient and quantizing the frequency domain coefficient, and (ii) performing arithmetic coding on a luminance CBF flag indicating whether or not a quantized coefficient is included in the second processing unit in which transform and quantization are performed, wherein, in the arithmetic coding, a probability table for use in arithmetic coding is determined according to whether or not the size of the first processing unit is identical to the size of the second processing unit and whether or not the second processing unit has a predetermined maximum size.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/50 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding
  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/196 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the adaptation method, adaptation tool or adaptation type used for the adaptive coding being specially adapted for the computation of encoding parameters, e.g. by averaging previously computed encoding parameters
  • H04N 19/436 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by implementation details or hardware specially adapted for video compression or decompression, e.g. dedicated software implementation using parallelised computational arrangements
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
  • H04N 19/85 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using pre-processing or post-processing specially adapted for video compression
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

53.

PICTURE CODING METHOD, PICTURE CODING APPARATUS, PICTURE DECODING METHOD, AND PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18829621
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-09-10
First Publication Date 2024-12-26
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Matsunobu, Toru
  • Terada, Kengo

Abstract

A picture coding method includes: performing a first derivation process for deriving a first merging candidate which includes a candidate set of a prediction direction, a motion vector, and a reference picture index for use in coding of a current block; performing a second derivation process for deriving a second merging candidate; selecting a merging candidate to be used in the coding of the current block from among the first and second merging candidates; and attaching an index for identifying the selected merging candidate to the bitstream; wherein the first derivation process is performed so that a total number of the first merging candidates does not exceed a predetermined number, and the second derivation process is performed when the total number of the first merging candidates is less than a predetermined maximum number of merging candidates.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/192 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the adaptation method, adaptation tool or adaptation type used for the adaptive coding the adaptation method, adaptation tool or adaptation type being iterative or recursive
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/139 - Analysis of motion vectors, e.g. their magnitude, direction, variance or reliability
  • H04N 19/149 - Data rate or code amount at the encoder output by estimating the code amount by means of a model, e.g. mathematical model or statistical model
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/573 - Motion compensation with multiple frame prediction using two or more reference frames in a given prediction direction

54.

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

      
Application Number 18823449
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-09-03
First Publication Date 2024-12-19
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Yamamoto, Tetsuya
  • Gao, Chi
  • Suzuki, Hidetoshi
  • Nakao, Seigo

Abstract

Disclosed is an integrated circuit to control a process for a terminal. The process includes: receiving downlink control information and downlink data; determining, based on the downlink control information and an offset, a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource used for transmission of a response signal for the downlink data; and transmitting the response signal using the determined PUCCH resource. A first offset is used as the offset when the terminal is configured in a coverage enhancement mode, in which the response signal is allowed to be transmitted repeatedly for one of plural repetition levels in a plurality of subframes, where the first offset is configured for each of the plural repetition levels. The first offset is different from a second offset, which is used when the terminal is not configured in the coverage enhancement mode.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 72/0446 - Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
  • H04W 72/51 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on terminal or device properties

55.

TRANSMISSION METHOD, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION METHOD, AND RECEPTION DEVICE

      
Application Number 18778352
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-07-19
First Publication Date 2024-12-05
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Murakami, Yutaka
  • Kimura, Tomohiro
  • Ouchi, Mikihiro

Abstract

Provided is a precoding method for generating, from a plurality of baseband signals, a plurality of precoded signals to be transmitted over the same frequency bandwidth at the same time, including the steps of selecting a matrix F[i] from among N matrices, which define precoding performed on the plurality of baseband signals, while switching between the N matrices, i being an integer from 0 to N−1, and N being an integer at least two, generating a first precoded signal z1 and a second precoded signal z2, generating a first encoded block and a second encoded block using a predetermined error correction block encoding method, generating a baseband signal with M symbols from the first encoded block and a baseband signal with M symbols the second encoded block, and precoding a combination of the generated baseband signals to generate a precoded signal having M slots.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes
  • H04B 7/0417 - Feedback systems
  • H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04L 25/03 - Shaping networks in transmitter or receiver, e.g. adaptive shaping networks
  • H04L 25/49 - Transmitting circuitsReceiving circuits using code conversion at the transmitterTransmitting circuitsReceiving circuits using predistortionTransmitting circuitsReceiving circuits using insertion of idle bits for obtaining a desired frequency spectrumTransmitting circuitsReceiving circuits using three or more amplitude levels
  • H04L 27/20 - Modulator circuitsTransmitter circuits
  • H04L 27/22 - Demodulator circuitsReceiver circuits

56.

ENCODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, ENCODING APPARATUS, AND DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18802073
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-08-13
First Publication Date 2024-12-05
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Matsunobu, Toru
  • Terada, Kengo

Abstract

An image encoding method including: a constraint information generating step of generating tile constraint information indicating whether or not there is a constraint in filtering on boundaries between adjacent tiles among a plurality of tiles obtained by dividing a picture, and storing the tile constraint information into a sequence parameter set; and a filter information generating step of generating, for each of the boundaries, one of a plurality of filter information items respectively indicating whether or not filtering is executed on the boundaries, and storing the plurality of filter information items into a plurality of picture parameter sets, wherein, in the filter information generating step, the plurality of filter information items which indicate identical content are generated when the tile constraint information indicates that there is the constraint in the filtering.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/174 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a slice, e.g. a line of blocks or a group of blocks
  • H04N 19/117 - Filters, e.g. for pre-processing or post-processing
  • H04N 19/127 - Prioritisation of hardware or computational resources
  • H04N 19/436 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by implementation details or hardware specially adapted for video compression or decompression, e.g. dedicated software implementation using parallelised computational arrangements
  • H04N 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
  • H04N 19/463 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process by compressing encoding parameters before transmission
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

57.

IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18796524
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-08-07
First Publication Date 2024-12-05
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Wahadaniah, Viktor
  • Lim, Chong Soon
  • Naing, Sue Mon Thet
  • Sun, Hai Wei
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Matsunobu, Toru
  • Terada, Kengo

Abstract

An image coding method includes: writing, into a sequence parameter set, buffer description defining information for defining a plurality of buffer descriptions; selecting one of the buffer descriptions for each processing unit that is a picture or a slice, and writing buffer description selecting information for specifying the selected buffer description, into a first header of the processing unit which is included in the coded bitstream; and coding the processing unit using the selected buffer description, and the buffer description defining information includes long-term information for identifying, among a plurality of reference pictures indicated in the buffer descriptions, a reference picture to be assigned as a long-term reference picture.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/50 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/15 - Data rate or code amount at the encoder output by monitoring actual compressed data size at the memory before deciding storage at the transmission buffer
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
  • H04N 19/174 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a slice, e.g. a line of blocks or a group of blocks
  • H04N 19/184 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being bits, e.g. of the compressed video stream
  • H04N 19/30 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability
  • H04N 19/58 - Motion compensation with long-term prediction, i.e. the reference frame for a current frame not being the temporally closest one
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

58.

IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18805690
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-08-15
First Publication Date 2024-12-05
Owner SUN PATENT TRUST (USA)
Inventor
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Matsunobu, Toru

Abstract

The image decoding method includes determining a context for use in a current block to be processed, from among a plurality of contexts, wherein in the determining: the context is determined under a condition that control parameters of a left block and an upper block are used, when the signal type is a first type; and the context is determined under a third condition that the control parameter of the upper block is not used and a hierarchical depth of a data unit to which the control parameter of the current block belongs is used, when the signal type is a third type, and the third type is one or more of (i) “merge_flag”, (ii) “ref_idx_l0” or “ref_idx_l1”, (iii) “inter_pred_flag”, (iv) “mvd_l0” or “mvd_l1”, (v) “intra_chroma_pred_mode”, (vi) “cbf_luma”, and (vii) “cbf_cb” or “cbf_cr”.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/21 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using video object coding with binary alpha-plane coding for video objects, e.g. context-based arithmetic encoding [CAE]
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
  • H04N 19/196 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the adaptation method, adaptation tool or adaptation type used for the adaptive coding being specially adapted for the computation of encoding parameters, e.g. by averaging previously computed encoding parameters
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

59.

IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18791741
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-08-01
First Publication Date 2024-11-28
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Terada, Kengo
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Matsunobu, Toru

Abstract

An image coding method of coding an image on a per coding unit basis, the method comprising: applying a frequency transform to luminance data and chrominance data of transform units in the coding unit including predetermined blocks each corresponding to one or more of the transform units; and coding the luminance data and the chrominance data to which the frequency transform has been applied to generate a bitstream in which the luminance data and the chrominance data are grouped on a per predetermined block basis.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • G06T 9/00 - Image coding
  • H04N 19/122 - Selection of transform size, e.g. 8x8 or 2x4x8 DCTSelection of sub-band transforms of varying structure or type
  • H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
  • H04N 19/186 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
  • H04N 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
  • H04N 19/60 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

60.

COMMUNICATION APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18773103
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-07-15
First Publication Date 2024-11-07
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Nakao, Seigo
  • Nishio, Akihiko
  • Imamura, Daichi

Abstract

A base station communicates with a terminal, for which an uplink component carrier and downlink component carriers are configured. The base station adjusts a payload size of control information, transmitted in a downlink control channel, based on a basic payload size, and maps the control information onto a search space in at least one of the downlink component carriers. The basic payload size of the control information mapped onto a search space in a primary downlink component carrier is based on a number of information bits obtained from a bandwidth of the primary downlink component carrier, and on a number of information bits obtained from a bandwidth of the uplink component carrier. The basic payload size of the control information mapped onto a search space in a non-primary downlink component carrier is based on a number of information bits obtained from a bandwidth of the non-primary downlink component carrier.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes
  • H04W 28/06 - Optimising, e.g. header compression, information sizing
  • H04W 72/20 - Control channels or signalling for resource management
  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

61.

TRANSMISSION METHOD, TRANSMITTER APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD AND RECEIVER APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18765621
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-07-08
First Publication Date 2024-11-07
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Murakami, Yutaka
  • Kimura, Tomohiro
  • Ouchi, Mikihiro

Abstract

Transmission quality is improved in an environment in which direct waves dominate in a transmission method for transmitting a plurality of modulated signals from a plurality of antennas at the same time. All data symbols used in data transmission of a modulated signal are precoded by hopping between precoding matrices so that the precoding matrix used to precode each data symbol and the precoding matrices used to precode data symbols that are adjacent to the data symbol in the frequency domain and the time domain all differ. A modulated signal with such data symbols arranged therein is transmitted.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes
  • H04B 7/0426 - Power distribution
  • H04B 7/0452 - Multi-user MIMO systems
  • H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04B 7/08 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the receiving station
  • H04B 7/12 - Frequency diversity
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 1/06 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by diversity reception using space diversity
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04L 25/02 - Baseband systems Details
  • H04L 25/03 - Shaping networks in transmitter or receiver, e.g. adaptive shaping networks
  • H04L 25/06 - DC level restoring meansBias distortion correction
  • H04L 27/00 - Modulated-carrier systems
  • H04L 27/34 - Amplitude- and phase-modulated carrier systems, e.g. quadrature-amplitude modulated carrier systems

62.

IMAGE CODING APPARATUS FOR CODING TILE BOUNDARIES

      
Application Number 18770082
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-07-11
First Publication Date 2024-10-31
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Komiya, Daisaku
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Matsunobu, Toru

Abstract

A processor obtains pieces of coded data, which are included in a bitstream and generated by coding tiles, and tile boundary independence information, which indicates whether each boundary between the tiles is a first or second boundary. Image data of a first tile is generated by decoding a first code string included in first coded data with reference to decoding information of a decoded tile when the tile boundary independence information indicates the first boundary, and by decoding the first code string without referring to the decoding information when the tile boundary independence information indicates the second boundary. A bit string is added after the first code string to make a bit length of first coded data a multiple of a predetermined N bits, with N being an integer greater than or equal to 2.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • G06T 9/00 - Image coding
  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H04N 19/134 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the element, parameter or criterion affecting or controlling the adaptive coding
  • H04N 19/17 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
  • H04N 19/174 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a slice, e.g. a line of blocks or a group of blocks
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/436 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by implementation details or hardware specially adapted for video compression or decompression, e.g. dedicated software implementation using parallelised computational arrangements
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 19/503 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving temporal prediction
  • H04N 19/51 - Motion estimation or motion compensation
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
  • H04N 19/60 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

63.

COMPONENT CARRIER ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION USING RESOURCE ASSIGNMENTS

      
Application Number 18763911
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-07-03
First Publication Date 2024-10-24
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Loehr, Joachim
  • Golitschek Edler Von Elbwart, Alexander
  • Feuersaenger, Martin

Abstract

A communication method includes transmitting resource assignment information including bits that indicate activation or deactivation statuses of respective downlink component carriers, which are secondary downlink component carriers added to a primary component carrier which is always activated, each of the downlink component carriers corresponding to one bit included in bits, and the one bit indicating that a corresponding downlink component carrier is to be activated or deactivated. When any one bit of the bits indicates that its corresponding downlink component carrier is to be activated, the bits jointly indicate the activation or deactivation statuses, a sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission request and a channel quality information (CQI) reporting request. The method also includes receiving a SRS and a CQI that are transmitted, in response to the SRS transmission request and the CQI reporting request, on an uplink component carrier linked to an activated downlink component carrier(s).

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 1/1607 - Details of the supervisory signal
  • H04L 25/03 - Shaping networks in transmitter or receiver, e.g. adaptive shaping networks
  • H04W 24/08 - Testing using real traffic
  • H04W 52/14 - Separate analysis of uplink or downlink
  • H04W 52/30 - Transmission power control [TPC] using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power
  • H04W 52/34 - TPC management, i.e. sharing limited amount of power among users or channels or data types, e.g. cell loading
  • H04W 52/36 - Transmission power control [TPC] using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets
  • H04W 72/00 - Local resource management
  • H04W 72/0453 - Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

64.

IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND TRANSMITTING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18762944
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-07-03
First Publication Date 2024-10-24
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Terada, Kengo
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Sasai, Hisao

Abstract

An image coding method of hierarchically coding a plurality of pictures to generate a bitstream, includes: coding each of the plurality of pictures, which belongs to any one of a plurality of hierarchical layers, with reference to a picture belonging to a hierarchical layer which is same as or lower than a hierarchical layer to which the picture belongs, and without reference to a picture belonging to a hierarchical layer which is higher than the hierarchical layer to which the picture belongs; and generating the bitstream by coding the coded pictures and time information indicating decoding times of the coded pictures. The time information indicates that the decoding times are set at equal intervals for low-layer pictures which are the plurality of pictures other than highest-layer pictures belonging to a highest layer among the plurality of hierarchical layers.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/31 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability in the temporal domain
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 19/587 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving temporal sub-sampling or interpolation, e.g. decimation or subsequent interpolation of pictures in a video sequence
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
  • H04N 21/845 - Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments

65.

MCS TABLE ADAPTATION FOR 256-QAM

      
Application Number 18746990
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-06-18
First Publication Date 2024-10-10
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Einhaus, Michael
  • Golitschek Edler Von Elbwart, Alexander
  • Loehr, Joachim
  • Hoshino, Masayuki

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to adaptive modulation and coding scheme selection and signaling in a communication system. In particular, a modulation and coding scheme to be used for transmission of a data is selected from a set of predetermined modulation and coding schemes. The predetermination of the set is performed by selecting the set from a plurality of predefined sets. The sets have the same size, so that a modulation and coding selection indicator signaled to select the modulation and coding scheme may be advantageously applied to any of the selected sets. Moreover, a second set includes schemes with a modulation not covered by the schemes of a first set, and which is of a higher order than any modulation in the first set.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 27/34 - Amplitude- and phase-modulated carrier systems, e.g. quadrature-amplitude modulated carrier systems
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04W 72/1263 - Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows
  • H04W 72/20 - Control channels or signalling for resource management

66.

IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18739848
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-06-11
First Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Yoshikawa, Satoshi
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Terada, Kengo

Abstract

An image coding method includes selecting two or more transform components from among a plurality of transform components that include a translation component and non-translation components, the two or more transform components serving as reference information that represents a reference destination of a current block; coding selection information that identifies the two or more transform components that have been selected from among the plurality of transform components; and coding the reference information of the current block by using reference information of a coded block different from the current block.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding
  • H04N 19/127 - Prioritisation of hardware or computational resources
  • H04N 19/157 - Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
  • H04N 19/42 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by implementation details or hardware specially adapted for video compression or decompression, e.g. dedicated software implementation
  • H04N 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
  • H04N 19/537 - Motion estimation other than block-based
  • H04N 19/547 - Motion estimation performed in a transform domain
  • H04N 19/557 - Motion estimation characterised by stopping computation or iteration based on certain criteria, e.g. error magnitude being too large or early exit

67.

TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECEPTION METHOD

      
Application Number 18744226
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-06-14
First Publication Date 2024-10-03
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Ogawa, Yoshihiko
  • Nishio, Akihiko
  • Hoshino, Masayuki
  • Iwai, Takashi

Abstract

Provided is a transmitter which improves the flexibility of SRS resource allocation without increasing the amount of signaling for notifying the cyclic shift amount. In the transmitter, with regard to each basic shift amount candidate group having a basic shift amount from 0 to N−1, a transmission control unit (206) specifies the actual shift amount imparted to a cyclic shift sequence used in scrambling a reference signal transmitted from each antenna port, said specification being performed based on a table in which cyclic shift amount candidates correspond to each antenna port, and based on setting information transmitted from a base station (100). With regard to basic shift amount candidates for shift amount X, the table differentiates between an offset pattern comprising offset values for cyclic shift amount candidates corresponding to each antenna port and an offset pattern corresponding to basic shift amount candidates of X+N/2.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04J 13/00 - Code division multiplex systems
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04L 69/324 - Intralayer communication protocols among peer entities or protocol data unit [PDU] definitions in the data link layer [OSI layer 2], e.g. HDLC
  • H04W 24/10 - Scheduling measurement reports
  • H04W 72/04 - Wireless resource allocation
  • H04W 72/0453 - Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
  • H04W 72/20 - Control channels or signalling for resource management

68.

Video coding method, video decoding method, video coding apparatus and video decoding apparatus

      
Application Number 18679792
Grant Number 12294733
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-05-31
First Publication Date 2024-09-26
Grant Date 2025-05-06
Owner SUN PATENT TRUST (USA)
Inventor
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Matsunobu, Toru
  • Terada, Kengo

Abstract

A moving picture coding method includes: making a determination as to whether or not to code all blocks in a current picture in the skip mode; setting, based on a result of the determination, a first flag indicating whether or not a temporally neighboring block is to be referenced, a value of a parameter for determining a total number of merging candidates, and a second flag for each block included in the current picture, the second flag indicating whether or not the block is to be coded in the skip mode; calculating, as a merging candidate, a neighboring block usable for merging; and coding an index which indicates a merging candidate to be used for coding of the current block and attaching the coded index to a bitstream.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 7/12 - Systems in which the television signal is transmitted via one channel or a plurality of parallel channels, the bandwidth of each channel being less than the bandwidth of the television signal
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 19/51 - Motion estimation or motion compensation
  • H04N 19/90 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using coding techniques not provided for in groups , e.g. fractals

69.

Wireless communication device and method for controlling transmission power

      
Application Number 18671468
Grant Number 12256335
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-05-22
First Publication Date 2024-09-19
Grant Date 2025-03-18
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Iwai, Takashi
  • Imamura, Daichi
  • Nishio, Akihiko
  • Ogawa, Yoshihiko
  • Takaoka, Shinsuke

Abstract

Disclosed is a wireless communication device that can suppress an increase in power consumption of a terminal while preventing the degradation of SINR measurement precision resulting from TPC errors in a base station. A terminal controls the transmission power of a second signal by adding an offset to the transmission power of a first signal; an offset-setting unit sets an offset correction value in response to a transmission time gap between a third signal transmitted the previous time and the second signal transmitted this time; and a transmission power control unit controls the transmission power of the second signal using the correction value.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 52/24 - TPC being performed according to specific parameters using SIR [Signal to Interference Ratio] or other wireless path parameters
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 52/14 - Separate analysis of uplink or downlink
  • H04W 52/16 - Deriving transmission power values from another channel
  • H04W 52/32 - TPC of broadcast or control channels
  • H04W 72/044 - Wireless resource allocation based on the type of the allocated resource

70.

COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND RETRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD

      
Application Number 18673067
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-05-23
First Publication Date 2024-09-19
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Oizumi, Toru
  • Nakao, Seigo

Abstract

Provided is a terminal device that is capable of improving the characteristics of a response signal having poor transmission characteristics when ARQ is utilized in communication using an uplink unit band and a plurality of downlink unit bands associated with the uplink unit band. At the time of channel selection, a control unit selects a resource used in sending a response signal from among specific PUCCH resources notified in advance from a base station and PUCCH resources mapped to a CCE, and controls the transmission of the response signal. A response signal generating unit supports implicit signaling with respect to any given response signal, and at the same time as supporting LTE fallback from 2CC, uses a mapping method that, between bits, smooths the number of PUCCH resources that can determine ACK/NACK simply by determining the PUCCH resource regarding which the response signal had notified.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 1/1829 - Arrangements specially adapted for the receiver end
  • H04B 7/024 - Co-operative use of antennas at several sites, e.g. in co-ordinated multipoint or co-operative multiple-input multiple-output [MIMO] systems
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 1/1607 - Details of the supervisory signal
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 24/04 - Arrangements for maintaining operational condition
  • H04W 28/04 - Error control
  • H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network

71.

RELAY METHOD AND RELAY DEVICE

      
Application Number 18646071
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-04-25
First Publication Date 2024-09-12
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Murakami, Yutaka
  • Kimura, Tomohiro
  • Ouchi, Mikihiro

Abstract

Disclosed is a relay method including: receiving, as input, respective reception signals by two receive antennas, the reception signals each including a reception signal resulting from multiplexing respective transmission signals transmitted by two transmission antennas in a first frequency band; performing frequency conversion on the reception signal received by one of the receive antennas so as to obtain a signal of a third frequency band; and performing frequency multiplexing on the signal having the third frequency band and the reception signal received by the other of the receive antennas.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/155 - Ground-based stations
  • H04B 7/0413 - MIMO systems
  • H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04L 25/03 - Shaping networks in transmitter or receiver, e.g. adaptive shaping networks
  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes
  • H04L 27/34 - Amplitude- and phase-modulated carrier systems, e.g. quadrature-amplitude modulated carrier systems
  • H04W 4/06 - Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]Services to user groupsOne-way selective calling services
  • H04W 40/22 - Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing using selective relaying for reaching a BTS [Base Transceiver Station] or an access point

72.

IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18650538
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-04-30
First Publication Date 2024-09-12
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Sasai, Hisao

Abstract

An image coding method includes: adding, to a candidate list, a first adjacent motion vector as a candidate for a predicted motion vector to be used for coding the current motion vector; selecting the predicted motion vector from the candidate list; and coding the current motion vector, wherein in the adding, the first adjacent motion vector indicating a position in a first reference picture included in a first reference picture list is added to the candidate list for the current motion vector indicating a position in a second reference picture included in a second reference picture list.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/107 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode between spatial and temporal predictive coding, e.g. picture refresh
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/137 - Motion inside a coding unit, e.g. average field, frame or block difference
  • H04N 19/139 - Analysis of motion vectors, e.g. their magnitude, direction, variance or reliability
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 19/51 - Motion estimation or motion compensation
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/56 - Motion estimation with initialisation of the vector search, e.g. estimating a good candidate to initiate a search
  • H04N 19/567 - Motion estimation based on rate distortion criteria
  • H04N 19/573 - Motion compensation with multiple frame prediction using two or more reference frames in a given prediction direction
  • H04N 19/577 - Motion compensation with bidirectional frame interpolation, i.e. using B-pictures
  • H04N 19/58 - Motion compensation with long-term prediction, i.e. the reference frame for a current frame not being the temporally closest one
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

73.

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

      
Application Number 18663206
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-05-14
First Publication Date 2024-09-05
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Nishio, Akihiko
  • Nakao, Seigo

Abstract

A wireless communication base station device which makes it possible to provide a base station, terminal and CCE allocation method capable of reducing the number of times blind decoding of a terminal is performed, without increasing the CCE block rate, even when a plurality of unit bands are set in a terminal. In this device, a search space setting section (103) sets in each of a plurality of unit bands a common search space in respect of a terminal which is communicating using the plurality of unit bands and other terminals, and sets in each of the plurality of unit bands an individual search space in respect of the terminal. An allocation section (106) allocates control information solely to CCEs within the common search spaces set in specified unit bands among the plurality of unit bands, or solely to CCEs within individual search spaces set in specified unit bands.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/0453 - Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

74.

IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18442430
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-02-15
First Publication Date 2024-09-05
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Wahadaniah, Viktor
  • Lim, Chong Soon
  • Naing, Sue Mon Thet
  • Sun, Hai Wei
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Matsunobu, Toru
  • Terada, Kengo

Abstract

An image coding method includes: writing, into a sequence parameter set, buffer description defining information for defining a plurality of buffer descriptions; writing, into the sequence parameter set, reference list description defining information for defining a plurality of reference list descriptions corresponding to the buffer descriptions; and writing, into a first header of each processing unit which is included in a coded bitstream, buffer description selecting information for specifying a selected buffer description.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/134 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the element, parameter or criterion affecting or controlling the adaptive coding
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/115 - Selection of the code volume for a coding unit prior to coding
  • H04N 19/119 - Adaptive subdivision aspects e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks
  • H04N 19/136 - Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
  • H04N 19/174 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a slice, e.g. a line of blocks or a group of blocks
  • H04N 19/42 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by implementation details or hardware specially adapted for video compression or decompression, e.g. dedicated software implementation
  • H04N 19/423 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by implementation details or hardware specially adapted for video compression or decompression, e.g. dedicated software implementation characterised by memory arrangements
  • H04N 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
  • H04N 19/573 - Motion compensation with multiple frame prediction using two or more reference frames in a given prediction direction
  • H04N 19/58 - Motion compensation with long-term prediction, i.e. the reference frame for a current frame not being the temporally closest one
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

75.

Moving picture coding method, moving picture coding apparatus, moving picture decoding method, moving picture decoding apparatus, and moving picture coding and decoding apparatus

      
Application Number 18659460
Grant Number 12294717
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-05-09
First Publication Date 2024-08-29
Grant Date 2025-05-06
Owner SUN PATENT TRUST (USA)
Inventor
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Matsunobu, Toru
  • Terada, Kengo

Abstract

A moving picture coding apparatus includes an intra-inter prediction unit which calculates a second motion vector by performing a scaling process on a first motion vector of a temporally neighboring corresponding block, when selectively adding, to a list, a motion vector of each of one or more corresponding blocks each of which is either a block included in a current picture to be coded and spatially neighboring a current block to be coded or a block included in a picture other than the current picture and temporally neighboring the current block, determines whether the second motion vector has a magnitude that is within a predetermined magnitude or not within the predetermined magnitude, and adds the second motion vector to the list when the intra-inter prediction unit determines that the second motion vector has a magnitude that is within the predetermined magnitude range.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/00 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals
  • H04N 7/00 - Television systems
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/124 - Quantisation
  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H04N 19/137 - Motion inside a coding unit, e.g. average field, frame or block difference
  • H04N 19/139 - Analysis of motion vectors, e.g. their magnitude, direction, variance or reliability
  • H04N 19/15 - Data rate or code amount at the encoder output by monitoring actual compressed data size at the memory before deciding storage at the transmission buffer
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
  • H04N 19/503 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving temporal prediction
  • H04N 19/51 - Motion estimation or motion compensation
  • H04N 19/513 - Processing of motion vectors
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/56 - Motion estimation with initialisation of the vector search, e.g. estimating a good candidate to initiate a search
  • H04N 19/567 - Motion estimation based on rate distortion criteria
  • H04N 19/593 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving spatial prediction techniques
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field

76.

COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number 18659475
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-05-09
First Publication Date 2024-08-29
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Nakao, Seigo
  • Nishio, Akihiko
  • Imamura, Daichi
  • Aoyama, Takahisa

Abstract

Provided are a radio terminal device, a radio base station device, and a channel signal forming method which can prevent quality degradation of the downlink resource allocation information by reducing the frequency of the zero information addition process to the downlink resource allocation information when executing communication using an uplink unit band and multiple downlink unit bands correlated to the uplink unit band. A base station includes: a PDCCH generation unit which includes the uplink allocation information relating to the uplink unit band only in some of the channel signals formed for each of the downlink unit bands; and a padding unit which adds zero information to the downlink allocation information only in the selected some channel signals having the bandwidth of the corresponding downlink unit band smaller than that of the uplink unit band until the downlink allocation information size becomes equal to the uplink allocation information size.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 28/06 - Optimising, e.g. header compression, information sizing
  • H04W 72/0453 - Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA

77.

IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18625935
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-04-03
First Publication Date 2024-08-22
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Matsunobu, Toru

Abstract

A method for transmitting a bitstream via a network is provided. The bitstream being generated by: deriving a first candidate having a first motion vector that has been used to code a first block; deriving a second candidate having a second motion vector and a first reference picture index value that identifies a first reference picture corresponding to the second motion vector, with the second motion vector being a first zero vector; deriving a third candidate having a third motion vector and a second reference picture index value that identifies a second reference picture corresponding to the third motion vector, with the third motion vector being a second zero vector. One candidate from a plurality of candidates, including the first, second, and third candidate is selected, and an index identifying the selected one candidate is coded.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/139 - Analysis of motion vectors, e.g. their magnitude, direction, variance or reliability
  • H04N 19/102 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the element, parameter or selection affected or controlled by the adaptive coding
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H04N 19/134 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the element, parameter or criterion affecting or controlling the adaptive coding
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/184 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being bits, e.g. of the compressed video stream
  • H04N 19/196 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the adaptation method, adaptation tool or adaptation type used for the adaptive coding being specially adapted for the computation of encoding parameters, e.g. by averaging previously computed encoding parameters
  • H04N 19/51 - Motion estimation or motion compensation
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/577 - Motion compensation with bidirectional frame interpolation, i.e. using B-pictures
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

78.

MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE CODING APPARATUS, MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS, AND MOVING PICTURE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18623669
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-04-01
First Publication Date 2024-08-15
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Matsunobu, Toru

Abstract

A moving picture coding method for calculating a motion vector predictor to be used when coding a motion vector of a current block, and coding the current block includes: (S102) obtaining motion vector predictor candidates a fixed number of which is two or more; (S103) selecting the motion vector predictor to be used for coding the motion vector of the current block, from among the motion vector predictor candidates the fixed number of which is two or more; and (S104) coding an index for identifying the selected motion vector predictor according to the fixed number of two or more, wherein the motion vector predictor candidates the fixed number of which is two or more include one or more candidates each having a predetermined second fixed value.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/139 - Analysis of motion vectors, e.g. their magnitude, direction, variance or reliability
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 19/513 - Processing of motion vectors
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

79.

Reference signal reception and CQI computation method and wireless communication apparatus

      
Application Number 18637187
Grant Number 12238038
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-04-16
First Publication Date 2024-08-08
Grant Date 2025-02-25
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Nishio, Akihiko
  • Nakao, Seigo
  • Imamura, Daichi

Abstract

A wireless communication base station apparatus which is able to prevent deterioration in the throughput of LTE terminals even when LTE terminals and LTE+ terminals coexist. In this apparatus, based on the mapping pattern of the reference signals used only in LTE+ terminals, a setting unit sets, in each subframe, the resource block groups where the reference signals used only by the LTE+ terminals are mapped. For symbols mapped to the antennas, an mapping unit maps, to all the resource blocks within one frame, cell specific reference signals used for both LTE terminals and LTE+ terminals. For the symbols mapped to the antennas, the mapping unit maps, to the plurality of resource blocks, of which part of the resource block groups is comprised, in the same subframe within one frame, the cell specific reference signals used only for LTE+ terminals, based on the setting results inputted from the setting unit.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04L 1/1812 - Hybrid protocolsHybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
  • H04W 72/0446 - Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04W 72/54 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on quality criteria

80.

Image coding method, image decoding method, image coding apparatus, image decoding apparatus, and image coding and decoding apparatus

      
Application Number 18633838
Grant Number 12278987
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-04-12
First Publication Date 2024-08-08
Grant Date 2025-04-15
Owner SUN PATENT TRUST (USA)
Inventor
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Matsunobu, Toru

Abstract

An image coding method includes coding a motion vector difference indicating a difference between the motion vector and a predicted motion vector, wherein the coding includes: coding a first portion that is a part of a first component which is one of a horizontal component and a vertical component of the motion vector difference; coding a second portion that is a part of a second component which is different from the first component and is the other one of the horizontal component and the vertical component; coding a third portion that is a part of the first component and is different from the first portion; coding a fourth portion that is a part of the second component and is different from the second portion; and generating a code string which includes the first portion, the second portion, the third portion, and the fourth portion in the stated order.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/513 - Processing of motion vectors
  • H04N 19/13 - Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
  • H04N 19/169 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding
  • H04N 19/436 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by implementation details or hardware specially adapted for video compression or decompression, e.g. dedicated software implementation using parallelised computational arrangements
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 19/463 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process by compressing encoding parameters before transmission
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
  • H04N 19/91 - Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding
  • H04N 19/17 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object
  • H04N 19/184 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being bits, e.g. of the compressed video stream

81.

COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

      
Application Number 18637031
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-04-16
First Publication Date 2024-08-08
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Nishio, Akihiko
  • Nakao, Seigo

Abstract

Disclosed is a wireless communication base station apparatus whereby it is possible to prevent degradation of throughput of LTE terminals, even when LTE terminals and LTE+ terminals are present together. In this apparatus, a setting section (105) sets in each subframe a resource block in which is arranged a reference signal that is employed solely by LTE+ terminals, based on the pattern of arrangement of reference signals employed solely by LTE+ terminals. In the case of symbols that are mapped to antennas (110-1) to (110-4), an arrangement section (106) arranges the characteristic cell reference signals employed by both LTE terminals and LTE+ terminals in all of the resource blocks in a single frame. In contrast, in the case of the symbols that are mapped to the antennas (110-5) to (110-8), the arrangement section (106) arranges in some of the resource blocks, that are set in accordance with the setting results input from a setting section (105), the characteristic cell reference signals that are employed solely by the LTE+ terminals.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 1/1829 - Arrangements specially adapted for the receiver end
  • H04B 7/0426 - Power distribution
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04J 11/00 - Orthogonal multiplex systems
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 52/32 - TPC of broadcast or control channels
  • H04W 72/56 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on priority criteria

82.

IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS USING CANDIDATE MOTION VECTORS

      
Application Number 18588871
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-02-27
First Publication Date 2024-08-01
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Matsunobu, Toru

Abstract

An image coding method includes: determining a maximum number of merging candidates; deriving first merging candidates based on blocks spatially or temporally neighboring a current block; determining whether or not a total number of the first merging candidates is smaller than the maximum number; deriving, by making a combination out of the derived first merging candidates, a second merging candidate for bi-directional prediction when it is determined that the total number of the first merging candidates is smaller than the maximum number; selecting a merging candidate to be used for the coding of the current block from the first merging candidates and the second merging candidate; and coding, using the determined maximum number, an index for identifying the selected merging candidate, and attaching the coded index to the bitstream.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/513 - Processing of motion vectors
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/107 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode between spatial and temporal predictive coding, e.g. picture refresh
  • H04N 19/503 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving temporal prediction
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/56 - Motion estimation with initialisation of the vector search, e.g. estimating a good candidate to initiate a search

83.

DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, DATA PLAYBACK METHOD, DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND DATA PLAYBACK DEVICE

      
Application Number 18629038
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-04-08
First Publication Date 2024-08-01
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Toma, Tadamasa
  • Iguchi, Noritaka
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Katou, Hisaya

Abstract

A data transmission method according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: generating a plurality of MPUs, reference clock time information, and leading clock time information indicating a leading PTS that is a clock time at which a leading access unit in the MPU is presented, transmitting the generated plurality of MPUs, reference clock time information, and leading clock time information, wherein the leading clock time information indicates the leading PTS of the plurality of MPUs of which presentation is started after the leading clock time information is transmitted in the generated plurality of MPUs, and each of the generated plurality of MPUs indicates a time point at which each access unit that does not exist in a head of the MPU is presented as a relative value to a time point of another access unit in the MPU.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G11B 27/10 - IndexingAddressingTiming or synchronisingMeasuring tape travel
  • H04L 5/14 - Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex
  • H04N 21/242 - Synchronization processes, e.g. processing of PCR [Program Clock References]
  • H04N 21/43 - Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video streamElementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronizing decoder's clockClient middleware
  • H04N 21/643 - Communication protocols
  • H04N 21/845 - Structuring of content, e.g. decomposing content into time segments
  • H04N 21/8547 - Content authoring involving timestamps for synchronizing content

84.

MODULATION ORDER ADAPTATION FOR PARTIAL SUBFRAMES

      
Application Number 18635992
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-04-15
First Publication Date 2024-08-01
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Einhaus, Michael
  • Ohlhorst, Jan
  • Golitschek Edler Von Elbwart, Alexander
  • Basu Mallick, Prateek
  • Loehr, Joachim

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to transmitting transport blocks in subframes of a predefined length within a wireless communication system. A downlink control information including a resource grant comprising a predetermined modulation and a predetermined transport block size is received (user equipment is the transmitter) or generated (base station is the transmitter). Then transport block including channel coded data to be transmitted in a subframe with the predetermined modulation and the predetermined transport block size is generated. Sensing is performed in the subframes and based thereon, it is determined whether a partial subframe or a complete subframe is available for transmission of the generated transport block. Finally, the transport block is transmitted with a modified modulation different from the predetermined modulation if the partial rather than complete subframe is available. Correspondingly, at the receiver, the grant is received (user equipment is receiver) or generated (base station is the receiver), the size of the subframe in which the reception is expected is determined and then the transport block is received with a modified modulation if only the partial subframe is available.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 1/1607 - Details of the supervisory signal
  • H04L 1/1812 - Hybrid protocolsHybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04L 27/00 - Modulated-carrier systems
  • H04W 28/04 - Error control
  • H04W 28/06 - Optimising, e.g. header compression, information sizing
  • H04W 72/231 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal the control data signalling from the layers above the physical layer, e.g. RRC or MAC-CE signalling
  • H04W 72/232 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal the control data signalling from the physical layer, e.g. DCI signalling
  • H04W 84/02 - Hierarchically pre-organised networks, e.g. paging networks, cellular networks, WLAN [Wireless Local Area Network] or WLL [Wireless Local Loop]
  • H04W 88/02 - Terminal devices
  • H04W 88/08 - Access point devices
  • H04W 92/02 - Inter-networking arrangements
  • H04W 92/10 - Interfaces between hierarchically different network devices between terminal device and access point, i.e. wireless air interface

85.

TRANSMISSION METHOD, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION METHOD, AND RECEPTION DEVICE

      
Application Number 18604743
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-03-14
First Publication Date 2024-08-01
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Murakami, Yutaka
  • Kimura, Tomohiro
  • Ouchi, Mikihiro

Abstract

A transmission method for transmitting an emergency warning signal, pertaining to one aspect of the present disclosure, includes: generating control information, the control information including a flag indicating either presence or absence of information related to a region and, when the flag indicates presence, information related to the region; acquiring information related to emergency warning content; and generating the emergency warning signal including the control information and the information related to the emergency warning content. Thus, emergency warning (early warning) information can be transmitted with greater precision.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04H 20/59 - Arrangements specially adapted for specific applications, e.g. for traffic information or for mobile receivers for emergency or urgency
  • H04B 1/16 - Circuits
  • H04H 60/42 - Arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time, e.g. for identifying broadcast stations or for identifying users for identifying broadcast time or space for identifying broadcast space, i.e. broadcast channels, broadcast stations or broadcast areas for identifying broadcast areas
  • H04H 60/51 - Arrangements for identifying or recognising characteristics with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time, e.g. for identifying broadcast stations or for identifying users for identifying locations of receiving stations
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 27/00 - Modulated-carrier systems
  • H04L 27/20 - Modulator circuitsTransmitter circuits
  • H04L 27/22 - Demodulator circuitsReceiver circuits
  • H04N 21/422 - Input-only peripherals, e.g. global positioning system [GPS]
  • H04N 21/45 - Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies or resolving scheduling conflicts
  • H04N 21/488 - Data services, e.g. news ticker
  • H04N 21/6543 - Transmission by server directed to the client for forcing some client operations, e.g. recording
  • H04N 21/81 - Monomedia components thereof

86.

Communication apparatus and reference signal reception method

      
Application Number 18630875
Grant Number 12224957
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-04-09
First Publication Date 2024-08-01
Grant Date 2025-02-11
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Iwai, Takashi
  • Futagi, Sadaki
  • Takata, Tomohumi
  • Imamura, Daichi
  • Ogawa, Yoshihiko

Abstract

Disclosed are a wireless transmitter and a reference signal transmission method that improve channel estimation accuracy. In a terminal, which transmits a reference signal using n (n is a non-negative integer 2 or greater) band blocks (which correspond to clusters here), which are disposed with spaces therebetween in a frequency direction, a reference signal controller switches the reference signal formation method of a reference signal generator between a first formation method and a second formation method based on the number (n) of band blocks. In addition, a threshold value setting unit adjusts a switching threshold value based on the frequency spacing between band blocks. Thus, the reference signal formation method can be selected with good accuracy and, as a result, channel estimation accuracy is further improved.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04L 25/02 - Baseband systems Details
  • H04L 25/03 - Shaping networks in transmitter or receiver, e.g. adaptive shaping networks
  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes

87.

Data processing method, precoding method, and communication device

      
Application Number 18422563
Grant Number 12191988
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-01-25
First Publication Date 2024-07-18
Grant Date 2025-01-07
Owner SUN PATENT TRUST (USA)
Inventor
  • Murakami, Yutaka
  • Kimura, Tomohiro
  • Ouchi, Mikihiro

Abstract

An encoder outputs a first bit sequence having N bits. A mapper generates a first complex signal s1 and a second complex signal s2 with use of bit sequence having X+Y bits included in an input second bit sequence, where X indicates the number of bits used to generate the first complex signal s1, and Y indicates the number of bits used to generate the second complex signal s2. A bit length adjuster is provided after the encoder, and performs bit length adjustment on the first bit sequence such that the second bit sequence has a bit length that is a multiple of X+Y, and outputs the first bit sequence after the bit length adjustment as the second bit sequence. As a result, a problem between a codeword length of a block code and the number of bits necessary to perform mapping by a set of modulation schemes is solved.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H03M 13/25 - Error detection or forward error correction by signal space coding, i.e. adding redundancy in the signal constellation, e.g. Trellis Coded Modulation [TCM]
  • H04B 7/0413 - MIMO systems
  • H04L 1/08 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path

88.

OFDM transmitter device having a symbol generator for generating non-zero control symbols, and OFDM transmission method including generating non-zero control symbols

      
Application Number 18610583
Grant Number 12267199
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-03-20
First Publication Date 2024-07-11
Grant Date 2025-04-01
Owner SUN PATENT TRUST (USA)
Inventor
  • Matsumura, Yoshinobu
  • Kimura, Tomohiro
  • Ouchi, Mikihiro

Abstract

An OFDM transmitter and an OFDM receiver respectively transmit and receive N (N≥2, N is an integer) control symbols. For each control symbol, a guard interval time-domain signal is, for example, identical to a signal obtained by frequency-shifting at least a portion of a useful symbol time-domain signal by an amount different from any other symbol, or to a signal obtained by frequency-shifting one or both of a portion and a span of a useful symbol interval time-domain signal different from any other symbol by a predetermined amount.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path

89.

Resource assignment for single and multiple cluster transmission

      
Application Number 18602943
Grant Number 12267852
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-03-12
First Publication Date 2024-07-11
Grant Date 2025-04-01
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Golitschek Edler Von Elbwart, Alexander
  • Nishio, Akihiko

Abstract

This invention concerns concepts for signaling resource allocation information to a terminal that indicates to the terminal assigned resources for the terminal. The terminal can receives downlink control information (DCI), which comprises a field for indicating the resource allocation information of the terminal. This resource assignment field within the DCI has a predetermined number of bits. The terminal can determines its assigned resource allocation information from the content of the received DCI, even though the bit size of the resource allocation field in the received DCI is insufficient to represent all allowed resource allocations. According to an embodiment, the received bits that are signaled to the terminal in the DCI represent predetermined bits of the resource allocation information. All remaining one or more bits of the resource allocation information that are not included in the field of the received DCI are set to predetermined value.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 4/00 - Services specially adapted for wireless communication networksFacilities therefor
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 72/0446 - Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

90.

WIRELESS DEVICE AND POWER CONTROL METHOD

      
Application Number 18599653
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-03-08
First Publication Date 2024-07-04
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Wang, Lilei
  • Suzuki, Hidetoshi
  • Hoshino, Masayuki

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a power control method and a wireless device, in a cluster comprised of wireless devices including a first wireless device and a second wireless device, comprising: receiving power control information including a second data channel transmission power, from the second wireless device; determining a first data channel transmission power based on the second data channel transmission power; and controlling data channel transmission power of the first wireless device according to the first data channel transmission power; wherein, the first data channel transmission power is a power allowing the first wireless device to reach all wireless devices in the cluster, and the second data channel transmission power is a power allowing the second wireless device to reach all wireless devices in the cluster.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 52/32 - TPC of broadcast or control channels
  • H04B 17/318 - Received signal strength
  • H04W 52/24 - TPC being performed according to specific parameters using SIR [Signal to Interference Ratio] or other wireless path parameters
  • H04W 52/38 - TPC being performed in particular situations

91.

Communication device and SRS transmission control method

      
Application Number 18598987
Grant Number 12177853
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-03-07
First Publication Date 2024-06-27
Grant Date 2024-12-24
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Nishio, Akihiko
  • Imamura, Daichi

Abstract

Provided are a communication device and an SRS transmission method capable of reducing the possibility of a difference in recognition between the presence or absence of an SRS transmission between a base station and a terminal or of an SRS resource so as to prevent degradation of system throughput. At a terminal (200), a reception processing unit (203) detects control information indicating whether or not to request transmission of a sounding reference signal (SRS), whereupon a transmission signal forming unit (207) transmits an A-SRS by way of control by a transmission control unit (206) on the basis of control information. The transmission control unit (206) determines whether or not to execute SRS transmission on the basis of an “SRS Transmission Execution Rule” and the reception status of trigger information.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
  • H04B 1/713 - Spread spectrum techniques using frequency hopping
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 72/20 - Control channels or signalling for resource management
  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

92.

MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE CODING APPARATUS, MOVING PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS, AND MOVING PICTURE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS

      
Application Number 18589780
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-02-28
First Publication Date 2024-06-20
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Matsunobu, Toru
  • Terada, Kengo

Abstract

A moving picture coding includes: coding a first flag indicating whether or not temporal motion vector prediction is used; when the first flag indicates that the temporal motion vector prediction is used: coding a first parameter for calculating the temporal predictive motion vector; wherein when the first flag indicates that the temporal motion vector prediction is not used, the first parameter is not coded.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/105 - Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
  • H04N 19/159 - Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 19/503 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding involving temporal prediction

93.

Terminal device, base station device, retransmission method, and resource allocation method

      
Application Number 18593595
Grant Number 12278780
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-03-01
First Publication Date 2024-06-20
Grant Date 2025-04-15
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Hoshino, Masayuki
  • Nishio, Akihiko
  • Imamura, Daichi

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a terminal device that allows constraints on user allocation to be prevented and spread codes to be allocated in a scheduler when non-adaptive HARQ is employed using a PHICH. A codeword generator generates code words by encoding data, a layer mapping unit places each CW in one or a plurality of layers, a DMRS generator generates a reference signal for each layer in which a CW is placed by using any resource among a plurality of resources defined by a mutually orthogonal plurality of OCCs, and an ACK/NACK demodulator receives a response signal indicating a retransmission request. When a response signal requesting retransmission of only a CW placed in a plurality of layers is received, the DMRS generator uses each resource having the same OCC among the plurality of resources for the reference signals generated in the corresponding layers.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04W 72/23 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
  • H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
  • H04J 13/00 - Code division multiplex systems
  • H04J 13/18 - Allocation of orthogonal codes
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 1/1829 - Arrangements specially adapted for the receiver end
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04L 25/03 - Shaping networks in transmitter or receiver, e.g. adaptive shaping networks
  • H04W 72/04 - Wireless resource allocation
  • H04W 72/51 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on terminal or device properties
  • H04L 1/1812 - Hybrid protocolsHybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]

94.

Method of performing motion vector prediction, and apparatus thereof

      
Application Number 18404116
Grant Number 12289464
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-01-04
First Publication Date 2024-06-20
Grant Date 2025-04-29
Owner SUN PATENT TRUST (USA)
Inventor
  • Lim, Chong Soon
  • Naing, Sue Mon Thet
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Sasai, Hisao
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Tanikawa, Kyoko
  • Matsunobu, Toru
  • Terada, Kengo

Abstract

A method of performing motion vector prediction for a current block in a picture is provided which includes: deriving a candidate for a motion vector predictor to code a current motion vector of the current block, from a first motion vector of a first block that is spatially adjacent or temporally adjacent to the current block; adding the derived candidate to a list of candidates; and deriving at least one motion vector predictor based on a selected candidate from the list of candidates, wherein the deriving of the candidate includes determining whether to derive the candidate from the first motion vector, based on a type of a current reference picture and a type of a first reference picture, the current reference picture being referred to from the current block using the current motion vector, the first reference picture being referred to from the first block using the first motion vector.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 7/12 - Systems in which the television signal is transmitted via one channel or a plurality of parallel channels, the bandwidth of each channel being less than the bandwidth of the television signal
  • H04N 19/103 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/44 - Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
  • H04N 19/513 - Processing of motion vectors
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
  • H04N 19/61 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using transform coding in combination with predictive coding

95.

METHOD OF SIGNAL GENERATION AND SIGNAL GENERATING DEVICE

      
Application Number 18584567
Status Pending
Filing Date 2024-02-22
First Publication Date 2024-06-20
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Murakami, Yutaka
  • Kimura, Tomohiro
  • Ouchi, Mikihiro

Abstract

A transmission method simultaneously transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal at a common frequency performs precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix and regularly changes the phase of at least one of the signals, thereby improving received data signal quality for a reception device.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04B 7/08 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the receiving station
  • H04L 1/00 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04L 5/12 - Channels characterised by the type of signal the signals being represented by different phase modulations of a single carrier
  • H04L 27/20 - Modulator circuitsTransmitter circuits
  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes
  • H04L 27/36 - Modulator circuitsTransmitter circuits

96.

Communication apparatus and communication method thereof

      
Application Number 18587302
Grant Number 12267277
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-26
First Publication Date 2024-06-20
Grant Date 2025-04-01
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Ogawa, Yoshihiko
  • Nishio, Akihiko
  • Nakao, Seigo

Abstract

This invention is directed to a terminal apparatus capable of preventing the degradation of reception quality of control information even in a case of employing SU-MIMO transmission system. A terminal, which uses a plurality of different layers to transmit two code words in which control information is placed, comprises: a resource amount determining unit that determines, based on a lower one of the encoding rates of the two code words or based on the average value of the reciprocals of the encoding rates of the two code words, resource amounts of control information in the respective ones of the plurality of layers; and a transport signal forming unit that places, in the two code words, the control information modulated by use of the resource amounts, thereby forming a transport signal.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/0413 - MIMO systems
  • H04B 7/0452 - Multi-user MIMO systems
  • H04L 1/1607 - Details of the supervisory signal
  • H04L 1/1829 - Arrangements specially adapted for the receiver end
  • H04L 5/00 - Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
  • H04W 72/20 - Control channels or signalling for resource management
  • H04W 72/21 - Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes

97.

Wireless communication terminal, wireless communication base station, wireless communication system, and reporting method

      
Application Number 18427302
Grant Number 12273761
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-01-30
First Publication Date 2024-06-13
Grant Date 2025-04-08
Owner Sun Patent Trust (USA)
Inventor
  • Tamura, Takashi
  • Aoyama, Takahisa
  • Matsuo, Hidenori

Abstract

In a wireless communication terminal in a wireless communication system for performing a control not to transmit signals, or to transmit signals with a reduction in a transmission power by a part of radio resources for a downlink signal in a cell provided by a base station, the terminal receives control information in generating a report related to a measurement result of the cell provided by the base station, monitors a state of a radio link with an own cell, and performs measurement on reception of the downlink signal. If an instruction for restricting the measurement to a part of the radio resources is included in the control information from the base station after the radio link failure occurs, the terminal generates and transmits a radio link failure report including the measurement result in the radio resources as instructed when the radio link failure occurs.

IPC Classes  ?

98.

Image coding method, image decoding method, image coding apparatus, image decoding apparatus, and image coding and decoding apparatus

      
Application Number 18585898
Grant Number 12200269
Status In Force
Filing Date 2024-02-23
First Publication Date 2024-06-13
Grant Date 2025-01-14
Owner SUN PATENT TRUST (USA)
Inventor
  • Esenlik, Semih
  • Narroschke, Matthias
  • Wedi, Thomas

Abstract

A dependency indication is signaled within the beginning of a packet, that is, within the adjacent of a slice header to be parsed or a parameter set. This is achieved, for example, by including the dependency indication at the beginning of the slice header, preferably after a syntax element identifying the parameter set and before the slice address, by including the dependency indication before the slice address, by providing the dependency indication to a NALU header using a separate message, or by using a special NALU type for NALUs carrying dependent slices.

IPC Classes  ?

  • G06V 10/00 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding
  • H04N 19/174 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a slice, e.g. a line of blocks or a group of blocks
  • H04N 19/30 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability
  • H04N 19/423 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by implementation details or hardware specially adapted for video compression or decompression, e.g. dedicated software implementation characterised by memory arrangements
  • H04N 19/436 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by implementation details or hardware specially adapted for video compression or decompression, e.g. dedicated software implementation using parallelised computational arrangements
  • H04N 19/46 - Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
  • H04N 19/597 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using predictive coding specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding
  • H04N 19/70 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

99.

Signal generation method, transmission device, reception method, and reception device

      
Application Number 18384036
Grant Number 12255710
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-10-26
First Publication Date 2024-05-30
Grant Date 2025-03-18
Owner SUN PATENT TRUST (USA)
Inventor
  • Murakami, Yutaka
  • Kimura, Tomohiro
  • Ouchi, Mikihiro

Abstract

A signal generation method is used in a transmission device that transmits a plurality of transmission signals from a plurality of antennas at the same frequency and at the same time, in the case where larger power change is performed on a first transmission signal than on a second transmission signal during generation process of the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal, the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal are mapped before the power change such that a minimum Euclidian distance between possible signal points for the first signal is longer than a minimum Euclidian distance between possible signal points for the second signal.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04B 7/0456 - Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices for antenna weighting
  • H04B 7/04 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas
  • H04B 7/0413 - MIMO systems
  • H04B 7/06 - Diversity systemsMulti-antenna systems, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
  • H04L 23/00 - Apparatus or local circuits for telegraphic systems other than those covered by groups
  • H04L 25/03 - Shaping networks in transmitter or receiver, e.g. adaptive shaping networks
  • H04L 27/12 - Modulator circuitsTransmitter circuits
  • H04L 27/14 - Demodulator circuitsReceiver circuits
  • H04L 27/26 - Systems using multi-frequency codes
  • H04L 27/36 - Modulator circuitsTransmitter circuits
  • H04W 72/30 - Resource management for broadcast services
  • H04W 72/542 - Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources based on quality criteria using measured or perceived quality

100.

Image coding method, image decoding method, image coding apparatus, and image decoding apparatus

      
Application Number 18394256
Grant Number 12294698
Status In Force
Filing Date 2023-12-22
First Publication Date 2024-05-30
Grant Date 2025-05-06
Owner SUN PATENT TRUST (USA)
Inventor
  • Sugio, Toshiyasu
  • Nishi, Takahiro
  • Shibahara, Youji
  • Sasai, Hisao

Abstract

An image coding method includes: generating a first flag indicating whether or not a motion vector predictor is to be selected from among one or more motion vector predictor candidates; generating a second flag indicating whether or not a motion vector predictor is to be selected from among the one or more motion vector predictor candidates in coding a current block to be coded in a predetermined coding mode, when the first flag indicates that a motion vector predictor is to be selected; and generating a coded signal in which the first flag and the second flag are included in header information, when the first flag indicates that a motion vector predictor is to be selected.

IPC Classes  ?

  • H04N 19/115 - Selection of the code volume for a coding unit prior to coding
  • H04N 19/103 - Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode
  • H04N 19/146 - Data rate or code amount at the encoder output
  • H04N 19/172 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a picture, frame or field
  • H04N 19/176 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the coding unit, i.e. the structural portion or semantic portion of the video signal being the object or the subject of the adaptive coding the unit being an image region, e.g. an object the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
  • H04N 19/51 - Motion estimation or motion compensation
  • H04N 19/52 - Processing of motion vectors by encoding by predictive encoding
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