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1. An encoding apparatus comprising:
a setting unit configured to perform setting in a manner that encoding parameter used when encoding a color image of a multiview 3D image and a depth image of the multiview 3D image is shared in the color image and the depth image; and
an encoding unit configured to encode the color image of the multiview 3D image and the depth image of the multiview 3D image by using the encoding parameter set by the setting unit.
2. The encoding apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
an intra-component multiplexing unit configured to generate an intra-component multiplexed image by multiplexing a chroma component of the color image and the depth image as a chroma component of one screen; and
an inter-component multiplexing unit configured to set a luma component of the color image as a luma component of an inter-component multiplexed image, set the intra-component multiplexed image as a chroma component of the inter-component multiplexed image, and generate the inter-component multiplexed image,
wherein the setting unit performs setting in a manner that the encoding parameter is shared in the chroma component and the luma component of the inter-component multiplexed image generated by the inter-component multiplexing unit, and
wherein the encoding unit encodes the inter-component multiplexed image generated by the inter-component multiplexing unit, by using the encoding parameter set by the setting unit.
3. The encoding apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a resolution of the luma component of the color image is equal to or greater than a resolution of the intra-component multiplexed image, and a resolution of the depth image after multiplexing is equal to or greater than a resolution of the chroma component of the color image after multiplexing.
4. The encoding apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:
a pixel arrangement unit configured to arrange each pixel of the luma component of the color image in a manner that a position of each pixel of the luma component of the color image corresponds to a before-multiplexing position of each pixel of the intra-component multiplexed image,
wherein the inter-component multiplexing unit sets the luma component of the color image, in which each pixel is arranged by the pixel arrangement unit, as the luma component of the inter-component multiplexed image, and sets the intra-component multiplexed image as the chroma component of the inter-component multiplexed image.
5. The encoding apparatus according to claim 3,
wherein the intra-component multiplexing unit performs multiplexing by arranging the chroma component of the color image in a half area of the intra-component multiplexed image, and arranging the depth image in another half area of the intra-component multiplexed image, and
wherein the encoding unit outputs position information indicating positions of chroma components of the color images inside the encoded inter-component multiplexed image and the intra-component multiplexed image, and pixel position information indicating a before-multiplexing position of each pixel of the chroma component of the color image included in the intra-component multiplexed image.
6. The encoding apparatus according to claim 3,
wherein types of the chroma components are two types,
wherein the intra-component multiplexing unit generates a first intra-component multiplexed image by multiplexing a chroma component of one of the two types of chroma component of the color image and an image in the half area of the depth image as one type of chroma component of one screen, and generates a second intra-component multiplexed image by multiplexing another type of chroma component of the color image and an image in another half area of the depth image as the other type of chroma component of the one screen, and
wherein the inter-component multiplexing unit generates the inter-component multiplexed image by setting the luma component of the color image as the luma component of the inter-component multiplexed image and setting the first and second intra-component multiplexed images as the chroma component of the inter-component multiplexed image.
7. The encoding apparatus according to claim 3,
wherein types of the chroma components are two types,
wherein the intra-component multiplexing unit generates a first intra-component multiplexed image by multiplexing a chroma component of one of the two types of chroma component of the color image and the depth image as one type of chroma component of one screen, and generates a second intra-component multiplexed image by multiplexing another type of chroma component of the color image and the depth image as the other type of chroma component of one screen, and
wherein the inter-component multiplexing unit generates the inter-component multiplexed image by setting the luma component of the color image as the luma component of the inter-component multiplexed image and setting the first and second intra-component multiplexed images as the chroma component of the inter-component multiplexed image.
8. The encoding apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a resolution of the intra-component multiplexed image is equal to a resolution of the chroma component of the color image before multiplexing.
9. The encoding apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
an inter-component multiplexing unit configured to generate the inter-component multiplexed image by setting the chroma component and the luma component of the color image, and the depth image, respectively, as a chroma component, a luma component, and the depth component of the inter-component multiplexed image,
wherein the setting unit performs setting in a manner that the encoding parameter is shared in the chroma component and a depth component of the inter-component multiplexed image generated by the inter-component multiplexing unit, and
wherein the encoding unit encodes the inter-component multiplexed image generated by the inter-component multiplexing unit, by using the encoding parameter set by the setting unit.
10. The encoding apparatus according to claim 9,
wherein the setting unit performs setting in a manner that the encoding parameter is shared in the luma component, the chroma component and the depth component of the inter-component multiplexed image, and
wherein the encoding unit encodes the inter-component multiplexed image generated by the inter-component multiplexing unit, by using the encoding parameter set by the setting unit.
11. The encoding apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a generation unit configured to generate a first unit including an encoding stream of the color image of the multiview 3D image, which is obtained as a result of encoding performed by the encoding unit, and information indicating a first type, and a second unit including an encoding stream of the depth image of the multiview 3D image, which is obtained as a result of encoding performed by the encoding unit, and information indicating a second type different from the first type.
12. The encoding apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising:
a transmission unit configured to transmit the first unit and the second unit generated by the generation unit,
wherein the setting unit performs setting in a manner that the encoding parameter is shared in the depth image and the luma component or the chroma component of the color image having a resolution identical with the depth image, and
wherein the transmission unit transmits resolution information indicating whether the resolution of the depth image is equal to a resolution of a luma component of the color image or is equal to a resolution of the chroma component of the color image.
13. The encoding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the encoding parameter is a prediction mode or a motion vector.
14. The encoding apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a transmission unit configured to transmit the encoding parameter set by the setting unit and an encoding stream generated as a result of encoding performed by the encoding unit.
15. The encoding apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the transmission unit transmits the encoding parameter set by the setting unit as a header of the encoding stream.
16. An encoding method for an encoding apparatus, comprising:
a setting step of performing setting in a manner that encoding parameter used when encoding a color image of a multiview 3D image and a depth image of the multiview 3D image are shared in the color image and the depth image; and
an encoding step of encoding the color image of the multiview 3D image and the depth image of the multiview 3D image by using the encoding parameter set in a process of the setting step.
17. A decoding apparatus comprising:
a reception unit configured to receive encoding parameter, which is set to be shared in a color image of a multiview 3D image and a depth image of the multiview 3D image, and is used when encoding the color image of the multiview 3D image and the depth image of the multiview 3D image, and an encoding stream in which the color image of the multiview 3D image and the depth image of the multiview 3D image are encoded; and
a decoding unit configured to decode the encoding stream received by the reception unit by using the encoding parameter received by the reception unit.
18. The decoding apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising:
a separation unit configured to separate the color image of the multiview 3D image obtained as a result of decoding performed by the decoding unit from the depth image of the multiview 3D image obtained as a result of decoding performed by the decoding unit,
wherein the encoding stream is obtained by encoding the inter-component multiplexed image generated by setting an intra-component multiplexed image, which is generated by multiplexing a chroma component of the color image and the depth image as a chroma component of one screen, as a chroma component of an inter-component multiplexed image, and setting a luma component of the color image as a luma component of the inter-component multiplexed image,
wherein the encoding parameter is set to be shared in a chroma component and a luma component of the inter-component multiplexed image, and
wherein the separation unit separates the luma component and the chroma component of the inter-component multiplexed image obtained as a result of decoding performed by the decoding unit, and separates the chroma component of the color image and the depth image from the chroma component of the inter-component multiplexed image.
19. The decoding apparatus according to claim 18, wherein a resolution of the luma component of the color image is equal to or greater than a resolution of the intra-component multiplexed image, and a resolution of the depth image after multiplexing is equal to or greater than a resolution of the chroma component of the color image after multiplexing.
20. The decoding apparatus according to claim 19, further comprising:
a pixel arrangement unit configured to arrange each pixel of the luma component of the inter-component multiplexed image separated by the separation unit,
wherein each pixel of the luma component of the inter-component multiplexed image is arranged in a manner that a position of each pixel corresponds to a before-multiplexing position of each pixel of the intra-component multiplexed image, and
wherein the separation unit arranges each pixel of the luma component of the inter-component multiplexed image in a manner that a position of each pixel of the luma component of the inter-component multiplexed image becomes a before-arrangement position.
21. The decoding apparatus according to claim 19,
wherein the chroma component of the color image is arranged in a half area of the intra-component multiplexed image,
wherein the depth image is arranged in another half area of the intra-component multiplexed image, and
wherein the reception unit receives the encoding parameter, the encoding stream, position information indicating a position of the chroma component of the color image of the intra-component multiplexed image, and pixel position information indicating a before-multiplexing position of each pixel of the chroma component of the color image included in the intra-component multiplexed image.
22. The decoding apparatus according to claim 19,
wherein types of the chroma components are two types, and
wherein the chroma component of the inter-component multiplexed image is a first intra-component multiplexed image obtained by multiplexing a chroma component of one of the two types of chroma component of the color image and an image in a half area of the depth image as one type of chroma component of one screen, and a second intra-component multiplexed image obtained by multiplexing another type of chroma component of the color image and an image in another half area of the depth image as the other type of chroma component of one screen.
23. The decoding apparatus according to claim 19,
wherein types of the chroma components are two types, and
wherein the chroma component of the inter-component multiplexed image is a first intra-component multiplexed image obtained by multiplexing a chroma component of one of the two types of chroma component of the color image and the depth image as one type of chroma component of one screen, and a second intra-component multiplexed image obtained by multiplexing another type of chroma component of the color image and the depth image as the other type of chroma component of one screen.
24. The decoding apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the resolution of the intra-component multiplexed image is equal to the resolution of the chroma component of the color image before multiplexing.
25. The decoding apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising:
a separation unit configured to separate the color image of the multiview 3D image obtained as a result of the decoding by the decoding unit, and the depth image of the multiview 3D image,
wherein the encoding stream is obtained by encoding the inter-component multiplexed image generated by setting a chroma component and a luma component of the color image and the depth image, respectively, as a chroma component, a luma component, and a depth component of the inter-component multiplexed image,
wherein the encoding parameter is set to be shared in the chroma component and the depth component of the inter-component multiplexed image, and
wherein the separation unit separates the luma component, the chroma component, and the depth component of the inter-component multiplexed image obtained as a result of decoding performed by the decoding unit, and generates the color image, which includes the luma component and the chroma component of the inter-component multiplexed image as a luma component and a chroma component, and the depth image, which includes the depth component of the inter-component multiplexed image.
26. The decoding apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the encoding parameter is set to be shared in the luma component, the chroma component, and the depth component of the inter-component multiplexed image.
27. The decoding apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising:
a separation unit configured to separate an encoding stream of the color image of the multiview 3D image and an encoding stream of the depth image of the multiview 3D image from the encoding stream received by the reception unit,
wherein the reception unit receives a first unit including the encoding parameter, the encoding stream of the color image of the multiview 3D image, and information indicating a first type, and a second unit including the encoding stream of the depth image of the multiview 3D image and information indicating a second type different from the first type,
wherein the separation unit separates the first unit, based on the information indicating the first type, and separates the second unit, based on the information indicating the second type, and
wherein the decoding unit decodes the encoding stream of the color image of the multiview 3D image, which is included in the first unit separated by the separation unit, by using the encoding parameter, and decodes the encoding stream of the depth image of the multiview 3D image, which is included in the second unit separated by the separation unit, by using the encoding parameter.
28. The decoding apparatus according to claim 17,
wherein the reception unit receives resolution information indicating whether a resolution of the depth image is equal to a resolution of a luma component of the color image or is equal to a resolution of a chroma component, and
wherein the decoding unit decodes the encoding stream of the depth image of the multiview 3D image among the encoding streams, by using the encoding parameter of a luma component or a chroma component of the color image having a resolution identical with the depth image, based on the resolution information received by the reception unit.
29. The decoding apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the encoding parameter is a prediction mode or a motion vector.
30. The decoding apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the reception unit receives the encoding parameter as a header of the encoding stream.
31. A decoding method for a decoding apparatus, comprising:
a receiving step of receiving encoding parameter, which is set to be shared in a color image of a multiview 3D image and a depth image of the multiview 3D image, and is used when encoding the color image of the multiview 3D image and the depth image of the multiview 3D image, and an encoding stream in which the color image of the multiview 3D image and the depth image of the multiview 3D image are encoded; and
a decoding step of decoding the encoding stream received in a process of the receiving step, by using the encoding parameter received in the process of the receiving step.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method of manufacturing anode foil for aluminum electrolytic capacitors, said method comprising:
dipping etched aluminum foil into pure water having a temperature of 90\xb0 C. or higher so as to form a hydrated film on the foil;
attaching organic acid to a surface of the hydrated film;
performing a main chemical conversion treatment on the aluminum foil with application of a formation voltage after said attaching of organic acid;
performing a depolarization treatment on the aluminum foil after said performing of the main chemical conversion treatment; and
performing a follow-up chemical conversion treatment on the aluminum foil after said performing of the depolarization treatment;
wherein the main chemical conversion treatment includes a plurality of first stages and a second stage after the plurality of first stages, wherein in each stage of the plurality of first stages, the aluminum foil undergoes chemical conversion while being dipped into an aqueous solution of phosphate, and in the second stage, the aluminum foil undergoes chemical conversion while being dipped into an aqueous solution having a solute different from the solution of phosphate,
wherein a formation voltage in a last stage of the plurality of first stages is 80% or greater of a formation voltage in the second stage.
2. The method of manufacturing anode foil for aluminum electrolytic capacitors of claim 1, wherein the aqueous solution in the second stage of the main chemical conversion treatment is an aqueous solution of boric acid.
3. The method of manufacturing anode foil for aluminum electrolytic capacitors of claim 1, wherein the aluminum foil undergoes the depolarization treatment while being dipped into an aqueous solution of phosphoric acid or an aqueous solution of oxalic acid.
4. The method of manufacturing anode foil for aluminum electrolytic capacitors of claim 2, wherein the second stage of the main chemical conversion treatment is the last stage of the main chemical conversion treatment.