IP Library Granted Patent US 12713033
Granted Patent B2
US 12713033 · App. 18/671,368 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Image encoding/decoding method and device for determining division mode on basis of prediction mode type determined according to color format, and method for transmitting bitstream

Inventor: Hyeong Moon Jang (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04N19/159H04N19/103H04N19/119H04N19/174H04N19/176H04N19/186H04N19/503H04N19/593H04N19/96
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Patent No.
US 12713033
App. No.
18/671,368
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus may comprise obtaining a current block by splitting an image, determining prediction mode characteristic information based on encoding information of the current block, determining a prediction mode type of a lower-layer block split from the current block based on the prediction mode characteristic information, obtaining the lower-layer block by splitting the current block, and decoding the lower-layer block based on the determined prediction mode type of the lower-layer block. The prediction mode characteristic information may be determined based on a color format of the current block.

Claims (44)

1 . An image decoding apparatus, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor connected to the memory, the at least one processor configured to:

determine prediction mode characteristic information of a first block;

determine a prediction mode type of a second block included in the first block based on the determined prediction mode characteristic information; and

decode the second block based on the determined prediction mode type,

wherein the prediction mode characteristic information is determined based on a color format of the first block.

2 . The image decoding apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the second block is obtained by splitting the first block based on a predetermined splitting structure.

3 . The image decoding apparatus of claim 2 ,

wherein the splitting structure is determined to be a dual tree structure, based on the prediction mode type of the second block being an intra prediction mode type.

4 . The image decoding apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the prediction mode characteristic information is determined to be a first value, based on the color format of the first block being a monochrome format or a 4:4:4 format.

5 . The image decoding apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein, based on a number of luma samples of the first block being 64 and a splitting mode of the first block being a binary splitting mode and the color format of the first block being a predetermined format, the prediction mode characteristic information is determined to be a first value.

6 . The image decoding apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein, based on a number of luma samples of the first block being 128 and a splitting mode of the first block being a ternary splitting mode and the color format of the first block being a predetermined format, the prediction mode characteristic information is determined to be a first value.

7 . The image decoding apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the prediction mode characteristic information is determined further based on whether a slice to which the first block belongs is an I slice.

8 . The image decoding apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein, based on a number of luma samples of the first block being 64 and a splitting mode of the first block being a binary splitting mode and the color format of the first block being a 4:2:0 format, the prediction mode characteristic information is determined to be a second value or a third value based on whether a slice to which the current block belongs is an I slice.

9 . The image decoding apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein, based on a number of luma samples of the first block being 128 and a splitting mode of the first block being a ternary splitting mode and the color format of the first block being a 4:2:0 format, the prediction mode characteristic information is determined to be a second value or a third value based on whether a slice to which the current block belongs is an I slice.

10 . An image encoding apparatus, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor connected to the memory, the at least one processor configured to:

determine prediction mode characteristic information of a first block;

determine a prediction mode type of a second block included in the first block based on the determined prediction mode characteristic information; and

encode the second block based on the determined prediction mode type,

wherein the prediction mode characteristic information is determined based on a color format of the first block.

11 . The image encoding apparatus of claim 10 ,

wherein, based on a number of luma samples of the first block being 64 and a splitting mode of the first block being a binary splitting mode and the color format of the first block being a predetermined format, the prediction mode characteristic information is determined to be a first value.

12 . The image encoding apparatus of claim 10 ,

wherein, based on a number of luma samples of the first block being 128 and a splitting mode of the first block being a ternary splitting mode and the color format of the first block being a predetermined format, the prediction mode characteristic information is determined to be a first value.

13 . The image encoding apparatus of claim 10 ,

wherein the prediction mode characteristic information is determined further based on whether a slice to which the first block belongs is an I slice.

14 . An apparatus for transmitting a bitstream, the apparatus comprising:

at least one processor configured to obtain the bitstream generated by an image encoding method; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the bitstream;

wherein the image encoding method comprising:

determining prediction mode characteristic information of a first block;

determining a prediction mode type of a second block included in the first block, based on the determined prediction mode characteristic information; and

encoding the second block based on the determined prediction mode type,

wherein the prediction mode characteristic information is determined based on a color format of the first block.