PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16250430
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["375", "240160"]

Abstract:
According to one embodiment, an image encoding method includes selecting a motion reference block from an encoded pixel block to which an inter prediction is applied. The method includes selecting one or more available blocks from the motion reference block. The method includes selecting a selection block from the available blocks. The method includes generating a predicted image of the encoding target block using motion information of the selection block. The method includes encoding a prediction error between the predicted image and an original image. The method includes encoding selection information specifying the selection block by referring to a code table decided according to a number of the available blocks.

Claim (Index 5):
An image encoding apparatus comprising:\n processing circuitry configured to: select one or more available blocks from an already-decoded block, the one or more available blocks including different motion information, the already-decoded block being adjacent to a target block; select a single block from the one or more available blocks; encode a first state, the first state indicating whether or not a skip mode is selected to generate encoded data of the target block; encode, if the first state indicates that the skip mode is not selected, a second state, the second state indicating which one of a first mode and a second mode is selected to generate the encoded data of the target block, the first mode and the second anode being different from the skip mode; encode, if the second state indicates that the first mode is selected, an index specifying the single block from the one or more available blocks; and generate an image of the target block based on the single block, wherein the first state indicates that the skip mode is selected.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.38776
- Patent Class: 375.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['16117609', '13647140', '15698934', '15350265', '15864468']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5621112656341652
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5632681567453351
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5622269547452823
- Mean Citation Score: 405.35595
- Max Citation Score: 442.9973
- Similarity Product: 421.5182938481927

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test