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An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8355588 | Moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method According to a picture coding method, a coded picture is stored, as a reference picture, into a storage unit; commands indicating correspondence between reference pictures and reference indices for designating reference pictures and coefficients used for generation ... | 01/15/2013 |
| 8290046 | Motion vector coding method and motion vector decoding method A motion vector coding unit executes processing including a neighboring block specification step of specifying a neighboring block which is located in the neighborhood of a current block; a judgment step of judging whether or not the neighboring block has been coded... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8290047 | Motion vector coding method and motion vector decoding method A motion vector decoding apparatus decodes a coded motion vector of a current block in a moving picture. The motion vector decoding apparatus includes a neighboring block specification unit specifying a neighboring block which is located in the neighborhood of the c... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8290048 | Motion vector coding method and motion vector decoding method A motion vector coding unit 117 executes processing including a neighboring block specification step (S100) of specifying a neighboring block which is located in the neighborhood of a current block; a judgment step (Steps S102, S104) of j... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8290286 | Picture coding method and picture decoding method The method includes the following units: a coefficient number detecting unit (109) for detecting the number of coefficients which has a value other than 0 for each block according to the generated coefficient, a coefficient number storing unit (110) fo... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8290049 | Motion vector calculation method When a block (MB22) of which motion vector is referred to in the direct mode contains a plurality of motion vectors, 2 motion vectors MV23 and MV24, which are used for inter picture prediction of a current picture (P23) to be coded, are d... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8284841 | Variable length coding method and variable length decoding method A variable length coding method is comprised of: a coefficient value scanning step in which an RL sequence generation unit 203, a reordering unit 202, and a binarization unit 203 scan coefficient values within a block in a predetermined scanning... | 10/09/2012 |
| 8265153 | Moving picture coding method, and moving picture decoding method A moving picture coding apparatus for performing inter-picture predictive coding on pictures constituting a moving picture is provided with a coding unit for performing predictive error coding on image data; a decoding unit for performing predictive error decoding o... | 09/11/2012 |
| 8265403 | Picture coding method and picture decoding method The method includes the following units: a coefficient number detecting unit (109) for detecting the number of coefficients which has a value other than 0 for each block according to the generated coefficient, a coefficient number storing unit (110) fo... | 09/11/2012 |
| 8265150 | Picture coding apparatus, picture decoding apparatus and the methods A weighting factor mode determination unit determines whether to code an interlaced picture in a field mode or a frame mode, based on a value of a flag “AFF” indicating whether or not to switch between the field mode and the frame mode on a block-by-block basis ... | 09/11/2012 |
| 8223841 | Moving picture coding method and a moving picture decoding method A moving picture coding apparatus includes a motion estimation unit (101) for performing motion estimation by fixing the one of two reference pictures as a reference picture indicated by an inputted default reference picture number DefRefNo and a variable len... | 07/17/2012 |
| 8213510 | Motion vector coding and decoding methods A motion vector coding method and apparatus that improves efficiency of coding motion vectors when a current block is coded using a plurality of motion vectors. The apparatus includes a motion vector coding unit that codes a motion vector inputted from a motion vect... | 07/03/2012 |
| 8213517 | Moving picture coding method, and moving picture decoding method According to the present invention, a moving picture coding apparatus (70) for performing inter-picture predictive coding for pictures constituting a moving picture is provided with a coding unit (103) for performing predictive error coding for image d... | 07/03/2012 |
| 8208542 | Moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method A moving picture coding apparatus includes a motion estimation unit (101) for performing motion estimation by fixing the one of two reference pictures as a reference picture indicated by an inputted default reference picture number DefRefNo and a variable len... | 06/26/2012 |
| 8204112 | Moving picture coding method and a moving picture decoding method A moving picture coding apparatus includes a motion estimation unit (101) for performing motion estimation by fixing the one of two reference pictures as a reference picture indicated by an inputted default reference picture number DefRefNo and a variable len... | 06/19/2012 |
| 8194747 | Moving picture coding method, and moving picture decoding method A moving picture coding apparatus for performing inter-picture predictive coding on pictures constituting a moving picture is provided with a coding unit for performing predictive error coding on image data; a decoding unit for performing predictive error decoding o... | 06/05/2012 |
| 8194738 | Picture coding apparatus, picture decoding apparatus and the methods A weighting factor mode determination unit determines whether to code an interlaced picture in a field mode or a frame mode, based on a value of a flag “AFF” indicating whether or not to switch between the field mode and the frame mode on a block-by-block basis ... | 06/05/2012 |
| 8194745 | Motion vector coding and decoding methods A motion vector coding method and apparatus that improves efficiency of coding motion vectors when a current block is coded using a plurality of motion vectors. The apparatus includes a motion vector coding unit that codes a motion vector inputted from a motion vect... | 06/05/2012 |
| 8189670 | Device, method and program for generating interpolation frame An interpolation frame generation device that generates an interpolation frame that interpolates image frames that are obtained by decoding a coded image signal that is coded by motion compensation, includes a motion vector deriving unit and an interpolation frame g... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189680 | Picture encoding method and picture decoding method A picture encoding method of the present invention is a picture encoding method of predictively encoding an input picture with reference to pictures stored in a picture buffer, decoding the encoded input picture, judging whether or not the decoded picture is a pictu... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184697 | Moving picture coding method and a moving picture decoding method A moving picture coding apparatus includes a motion estimation unit (101) for performing motion estimation by fixing the one of two reference pictures as a reference picture indicated by an inputted default reference picture number DefRefNo and a variable len... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179968 | Motion vector coding and decoding methods A motion vector coding method and apparatus that improves efficiency of coding motion vectors when a current block is coded using a plurality of motion vectors. The apparatus includes a motion vector coding unit that codes a motion vector inputted from a motion vect... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179966 | Moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method A moving picture coding apparatus 1 includes a counter unit 102 which counts the number of pictures following an intra coded picture; and a motion estimation unit 101 which compares respectively only reference pictures which are the intra coded ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8170103 | Moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method A moving picture coding apparatus 1 includes a counter unit 102 which counts the number of pictures following an intra coded picture; and a motion estimation unit 101 which compares respectively only reference pictures which are the intra coded ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8160147 | Motion vector coding and decoding methods A motion vector coding method and apparatus that improves efficiency of coding motion vectors when a current block is coded using a plurality of motion vectors. The apparatus includes a motion vector coding unit that codes a motion vector inputted from a motion vect... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155201 | Motion vector coding and decoding methods A motion vector coding method and apparatus that improves efficiency of coding motion vectors when a current block is coded using a plurality of motion vectors. The apparatus includes a motion vector coding unit that codes a motion vector inputted from a motion vect... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155188 | Field/frame adaptive decoding with field/frame index A moving picture coding method for coding a picture with switching between frame coding and field coding adaptively on a block-by-block basis includes: determining the maximum number of reference indices for field coding for specifying fields which are to be referre... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155206 | Picture encoding method and picture decoding method A picture encoding method of the present invention is a picture encoding method of predictively encoding an input picture with reference to pictures stored in a picture buffer, decoding the encoded input picture, judging whether or not the decoded picture is a pictu... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155200 | Motion vector coding and decoding method A motion vector coding method and apparatus that improves efficiency of coding motion vectors when a current block is coded using a plurality of motion vectors. The apparatus includes a motion vector coding unit that codes a motion vector inputted from a motion vect... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150180 | Moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method According to a picture coding method of the present invention, a coded picture identified by a picture number is stored, as a reference picture, into a storage unit; commands indicating correspondence between picture numbers and reference indices for designating ref... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8139644 | Motion vector derivation method, moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method A motion vector derivation unit includes a comparison unit for comparing a parameter TR1 for a reference vector with a predetermined value to determine whether it exceeds the predetermined value or not; a switching unit for switching selection between the max... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139878 | Picture coding method and picture decoding method The method includes the following units: a coefficient number detecting unit (109) for detecting the number of coefficients which has a value other than 0 for each block according to the generated coefficient, a coefficient number storing unit (110) fo... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8126057 | Moving picture coding method, and moving picture decoding method A moving picture coding apparatus performs inter-picture predictive coding on pictures constituting a moving picture and includes a coding unit for performing predictive error coding on image data; a decoding unit for performing predictive error decoding on an outpu... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126056 | Moving picture coding method, and moving picture decoding method A moving picture coding apparatus for performing inter-picture predictive coding on pictures constituting a moving picture is provided with a coding unit for performing predictive error coding on image data; a decoding unit for performing predictive error decoding o... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8107533 | Moving picture coding method, and moving picture decoding method According to the present invention, a moving picture coding apparatus (70) for performing inter-picture predictive coding for pictures constituting a moving picture is provided with a coding unit (103) for performing predictive error coding for image d... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8098736 | Variable length coding method and variable length decoding method A variable length coding method is comprised of: a coefficient value scanning step in which an RL sequence generation unit 203, a reordering unit 202, and a binarization unit 203 scan coefficient values within a block in a predetermined scanning... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8073059 | Picture encoding method and picture decoding method A picture encoding method of the present invention is a picture encoding method of predictively encoding an input picture with reference to pictures stored in a picture buffer, decoding the encoded input picture, judging whether or not the decoded picture is a pictu... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064519 | Moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method A moving picture coding apparatus 1 includes a counter unit 102 which counts the number of pictures following an intra coded picture; and a motion estimation unit 101 which compares respectively only reference pictures which are the intra coded ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8023753 | Moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method According to a picture coding method of the present invention, a coded picture identified by a picture number is stored, as a reference picture, into a storage unit; commands indicating correspondence between picture numbers and reference indices for designating ref... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8009733 | Moving picture coding method and a moving picture decoding method A moving picture coding apparatus includes a motion estimation unit (101) for performing motion estimation by fixing the one of two reference pictures as a reference picture indicated by an inputted default reference picture number DefRefNo and a variable len... | 08/30/2011 |
