IP Library Granted Patent US 12707049
Granted Patent B2
US 12707049 · App. 18/985,727 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Picture decoding device, picture decoding method, and picture decoding program

Inventor: Hiroyuki Kurashige (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
H04N19/119H04N19/107H04N19/167H04N19/176
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Patent No.
US 12707049
App. No.
18/985,727
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A block partitioner includes a quad splitter structured to partition a target block obtained by recursive partitioning in half in both a horizontal direction and a vertical direction to generate four blocks, and a binary/ternary splitter structured to partition the target block obtained by recursive partitioning into two or three in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction to generate two or three blocks, and the binary/ternary splitter disallows partitioning of the target block in the horizontal direction when partitioning of the target block in the horizontal direction causes the target block obtained by partitioning to be located beyond a right side of a picture boundary, and disallows partitioning of the target block in the vertical direction when partitioning of the target block in the vertical direction causes the target block obtained by partitioning to be located beyond a lower side of the picture boundary.

Claims (60)

1 . A picture decoding device structured to decode a picture in units of blocks obtained by partitioning, the picture decoding device comprising:

a decoder structured to decode block partitioning information which includes a flag indicating whether to partition a first block into two or three; and

a block partitioner structured to recursively partition the picture into rectangles of a predetermined size on the basis of the block partitioning information to generate the first block, the block partitioner including:

a quad splitter structured to partition the first block obtained by recursive partitioning in half in both a horizontal direction and a vertical direction to generate four blocks as second blocks, and

a binary/ternary splitter structured to partition the first block obtained by recursive partitioning into two or three in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction to generate two or three blocks as third blocks,

wherein the binary/ternary splitter disallows partitioning of the first block into two by a split line in the horizontal direction and allows partitioning of the first block into two by a split line in the vertical direction when partitioning of the first block into two by the split line in the horizontal direction causes the partitioned third block to be located beyond a right side of a picture boundary, and partitioning of the first block into two by the split line in the vertical direction causes the partitioned third block not to be located beyond a lower side of the picture boundary,

wherein the binary/ternary splitter disallows partitioning of the first block into two by a split line in the vertical direction and allows partitioning of the first block into two by a split line in the horizontal direction when partitioning of the first block into two by the split line in the vertical direction causes the partitioned third block to be located beyond a lower side of the picture boundary, and partitioning of the first block into two by the split line in the horizontal direction causes the partitioned third block not to be located beyond a right side of the picture boundary,

wherein the binary/ternary splitter disallows partitioning of the first block into three when partitioning of the first block into three by a split line in the horizontal direction or in the vertical direction causes the partitioned third block to be located beyond the picture boundary, and

wherein the decoder does not decode the flag under a condition that partitioning of the first block into three is disallowed by a split line in the horizontal direction or in the vertical direction.

2 . A picture decoding method for decoding a picture in units of blocks obtained by partitioning, the picture decoding method comprising:

a decoding step of decoding block partitioning information which includes a flag indicating whether to partition a first block into two or three; and

a block partitioning step of recursively partitioning the picture into rectangles of a predetermined size on the basis of the block partitioning information to generate the first block, the block partitioning step including:

a quad splitting step of partitioning the first block obtained by recursive partitioning in half in both a horizontal direction and a vertical direction to generate four blocks as second blocks, and

a binary/ternary splitting step of partitioning the first block obtained by recursive partitioning into two or three in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction to generate two or three blocks as third blocks,

wherein the binary/ternary splitting step disallows partitioning of the first block into two by a split line in the horizontal direction and allows partitioning of the first block into two by a split line in the vertical direction when partitioning of the first block into two by the split line in the horizontal direction causes the partitioned third block to be located beyond a right side of a picture boundary, and partitioning of the first block into two by the split line in the vertical direction causes the partitioned third block not to be located beyond a lower side of the picture boundary,

wherein the binary/ternary splitting step disallows partitioning of the first block into two by a split line in the vertical direction and allows partitioning of the first block into two by a split line in the horizontal direction when partitioning of the first block into two by the split line in the vertical direction causes the partitioned third block to be located beyond a lower side of the picture boundary, and partitioning of the first block into two by the split line in the horizontal direction causes the partitioned third block not to be located beyond a right side of the picture boundary,

wherein the binary/ternary splitting step disallows partitioning of the first block into three when partitioning of the first block into three by a split line in the horizontal direction or in the vertical direction causes the partitioned third block to be located beyond the picture boundary, and

wherein the decoding step does not decode the flag under a condition that partitioning of the first block into three is disallowed by a split line in the horizontal direction or in the vertical direction.

3 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing executable picture decoding program instructions that, in response to execution, cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

a decoding step of decoding block partitioning information which includes a flag indicating whether to partition a first block into two or three; and

a block partitioning step of recursively partitioning the picture into rectangles of a predetermined size on the basis of the block partitioning information to generate the first block, the block partitioning step including:

a quad splitting step of partitioning the first block obtained by recursive partitioning in half in both a horizontal direction and a vertical direction to generate four blocks as second blocks, and

a binary/ternary splitting step of partitioning the first block obtained by recursive partitioning into two or three in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction to generate two or three blocks as third blocks,

wherein the binary/ternary splitting step disallows partitioning of the first block into two by a split line in the horizontal direction and allows partitioning of the first block into two by a split line in the vertical direction when partitioning of the first block into two by the split line in the horizontal direction causes the partitioned third block to be located beyond a right side of a picture boundary, and partitioning of the first block into two by the split line in the vertical direction causes the partitioned third block not to be located beyond a lower side of the picture boundary,

wherein the binary/ternary splitting step disallows partitioning of the first block into two by a split line in the vertical direction and allows partitioning of the first block into two by a split line in the horizontal direction when partitioning of the first block into two by the split line in the vertical direction causes the partitioned third block to be located beyond a lower side of the picture boundary, and partitioning of the first block into two by the split line in the horizontal direction causes the partitioned third block not to be located beyond a right side of the picture boundary,

wherein the binary/ternary splitting step disallows partitioning of the first block into three when partitioning of the first block into three by a split line in the horizontal direction or in the vertical direction causes the partitioned third block to be located beyond the picture boundary, and

wherein the decoding step does not decode the flag under a condition that partitioning of the first block into three is disallowed by a split line in the horizontal direction or in the vertical direction.

4 . A picture coding device structured to code a picture in units of blocks obtained by partitioning, the picture coding device comprising:

a block partitioner structured to recursively partition the picture into rectangles of a predetermined size to generate a first block; and

a coder structured to code block partitioning information which includes a flag indicating whether to partition a first block into two or three to generate a bitstream, the block partitioner including;

a quad splitter structured to partition the first block obtained by recursive partitioning in half in both a horizontal direction and a vertical direction to generate four blocks as second blocks, and

a binary/ternary splitter structured to partition the first block obtained by recursive partitioning into two or three in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction to generate two or three blocks as third blocks,

wherein the binary/ternary splitter disallows partitioning of the first block into two by a split line in the horizontal direction and allows partitioning of the first block into two by a split line in the vertical direction when partitioning of the first block into two by the split line in the horizontal direction causes the partitioned third block to be located beyond a right side of a picture boundary, and partitioning of the first block into two by the split line in the vertical direction causes the partitioned third block not to be located beyond a lower side of the picture boundary,

wherein the binary/ternary splitter disallows partitioning of the first block into two by a split line in the vertical direction and allows partitioning of the first block into two by a split line in the horizontal direction when partitioning of the first block into two by the split line in the vertical direction causes the partitioned third block to be located beyond a lower side of the picture boundary, and partitioning of the first block into two by the split line in the horizontal direction causes the partitioned third block not to be located beyond a right side of the picture boundary,

wherein the binary/ternary splitter disallows partitioning of the first block into three when partitioning of the first block into three by a split line in the horizontal direction or in the vertical direction causes the partitioned third block to be located beyond the picture boundary, and

wherein the coder does not code the flag under a condition that partitioning of the first block into three is disallowed by a split line in the horizontal direction or in the vertical direction.

5 . A picture coding method for coding a picture in units of blocks obtained by partitioning, the picture coding method comprising:

a block partitioning step of recursively partitioning the picture into rectangles of a predetermined size to generate a first block; and

a coding step of coding block partitioning information which includes a flag indicating whether to partition a first block into two or three to generate a bitstream, the block partitioning step including:

a quad splitting step of partitioning the first block obtained by recursive partitioning in half in both a horizontal direction and a vertical direction to generate four blocks as second blocks, and

a binary/ternary splitting step of partitioning the first block obtained by recursive partitioning into two or three in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction to generate two or three blocks as third blocks,

wherein the binary/ternary splitting step disallows partitioning of the first block into two by a split line in the horizontal direction and allows partitioning of the first block into two by a split line in the vertical direction when partitioning of the first block into two by the split line in the horizontal direction causes the partitioned third block to be located beyond a right side of a picture boundary, and partitioning of the first block into two by the split line in the vertical direction causes the partitioned third block not to be located beyond a lower side of the picture boundary,

wherein the binary/ternary splitting step disallows partitioning of the first block into two by a split line in the vertical direction and allows partitioning of the first block into two by a split line in the horizontal direction when partitioning of the first block into two by the split line in the vertical direction causes the partitioned third block to be located beyond a lower side of the picture boundary, and partitioning of the first block into two by the split line in the horizontal direction causes the partitioned third block not to be located beyond a right side of the picture boundary,

wherein the binary/ternary splitting step disallows partitioning of the first block into three when partitioning of the first block into three by a split line in the horizontal direction or in the vertical direction causes the partitioned third block to be located beyond the picture boundary, and

wherein the coding step does not code the flag under a condition that partitioning of the first block into three is disallowed by a split line in the horizontal direction or in the vertical direction.

6 . A storing method, comprising:

generating a bitstream by executing all the steps of the picture coding method of claim 5 ; and

storing the bitstream in a recording medium.

7 . A transmission method, comprising:

generating a bitstream by executing all the steps of the picture coding method of claim 5 ; and

transmitting the bitstream.

8 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable picture coding program instructions that, in response to execution, cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

a block partitioning step of recursively partitioning the picture into rectangles of a predetermined size to generate a first block; and

a coding step of coding block partitioning information which includes a flag indicating whether to partition a first block into two or three to generate a bitstream, the block partitioning step including:

a quad splitting step of partitioning the first block obtained by recursive partitioning in half in both a horizontal direction and a vertical direction to generate four blocks as second blocks, and

a binary/ternary splitting step of partitioning the first block obtained by recursive partitioning into two or three in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction to generate two or three blocks as third blocks,

wherein the binary/ternary splitting step disallows partitioning of the first block into two by a split line in the horizontal direction and allows partitioning of the first block into two by a split line in the vertical direction when partitioning of the first block into two by the split line in the horizontal direction causes the partitioned third block to be located beyond a right side of a picture boundary, and partitioning of the first block into two by the split line in the vertical direction causes the partitioned third block not to be located beyond a lower side of the picture boundary,

wherein the binary/ternary splitting step disallows partitioning of the first block into two by a split line in the vertical direction and allows partitioning of the first block into two by a split line in the horizontal direction when partitioning of the first block into two by the split line in the vertical direction causes the partitioned third block to be located beyond a lower side of the picture boundary, and partitioning of the first block into two by the split line in the horizontal direction causes the partitioned third block not to be located beyond a right side of the picture boundary,

wherein the binary/ternary splitting step disallows partitioning of the first block into three when partitioning of the first block into three by a split line in the horizontal direction or in the vertical direction causes the partitioned third block to be located beyond the picture boundary, and

wherein the coding step does not code the flag under a condition that partitioning of the first block into three is disallowed by a split line in the horizontal direction or in the vertical direction.