IP Library Granted Patent US 9,049,444
Granted Patent B2
US 9,049,444 · App. 13/179,321 · Granted Jun 2, 2015

Mode dependent scanning of coefficients of a block of video data

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Patent No.
US 9,049,444
App. No.
13/179,321
Granted
Jun 2, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

This disclosure describes apparatuses and methods of encoding coefficients associated with a block of video data. In one example, a method may comprise selecting a scan order for the coefficients based on an intra coding mode used to predict the block of video data and a transform block size used in transforming the block of video data, and generating a syntax element to communicate the selected scan order for the block of video data.

Claims (68)

1. A method of decoding transform coefficients associated with residual data of a block of video data, the method comprising:

determining a scan order for the transform coefficients associated with the residual data of the block of video data based on an intra coding mode used to predict the block of video data and a transform block size used in transforming the block of video data, including:

for 4×4 and 8×8 transform block sizes, determining the scan order from one of three predefined scan orders including at least a horizontal scan order and a vertical scan order for the coefficients based on the intra coding mode; and

for a transform block size other than 4×4 and 8×8, determining the scan order other than the horizontal scan order and the vertical scan order for the intra coding mode; and

inverse scanning the transform coefficients from a serialized representation of the transform coefficients to a two-dimensional representation of the transform coefficients data corresponding to the block sizes based on the determined vertical, horizontal, or other than horizontal and vertical scan orders.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transform coefficients comprise significant coefficients and zero value coefficients and the block of video data comprises a significance map that defines the significant coefficients and the zero value coefficients.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the significant coefficients comprise one-bit flags that identify non-zero value coefficients.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining the scan order from a first lookup table for luma blocks; and

determining the scan order from a second lookup table for chroma blocks.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the a block of video data comprises a coded unit (CU) within a largest coded unit (LCU), wherein the LCU is partitioned into a set of CUs according to a quadtree partitioning scheme.

6. A method of encoding transform coefficients associated with residual data of a block of video data, the method comprising:

determining a scan order for the transform coefficients associated with the residual data of the block of video data based on an intra coding mode used to predict the block of video data and a transform block size used in transforming the block of video data, including:

for 4×4 and 8×8 transform block sizes, determining the scan order from one of three predefined scan orders including at least a horizontal scan order and a vertical scan order for the coefficients based on the intra coding mode; and

for a transform block size other than 4×4 and 8×8, determining the scan order other than the horizontal scan order and the vertical scan order for the intra coding mode; and

scanning the transform coefficients data from a two-dimensional representation of the transform coefficients to a serialized representation of the transform coefficients corresponding to the block sizes based on the determined vertical, horizontal, or other than horizontal and vertical scan orders.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the transform coefficients comprise significant coefficients and zero value coefficients and the block of video data comprises a significance map that defines the significant coefficients and the zero value coefficients.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the significant coefficients comprise one-bit flags that identify non-zero value coefficients.

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

determining the scan order from a first lookup table for luma blocks; and

determining the scan order from a second lookup table for chroma blocks.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the a block of video data comprises a coded unit (CU) within a largest coded unit (LCU), wherein the LCU is partitioned into a set of CUs according to a quadtree partitioning scheme.

11. An apparatus configured to decode transform coefficients associated with residual data of a block of video data, the apparatus comprising:

a video decoder configured to:

determine a scan order for the transform coefficients associated with the residual data of the block of video data based on an intra coding mode used to predict the block of video data and a transform block size used in transforming the block of video data, including:

for 4×4 and 8×8 transform block sizes, determine the scan order from one of three predefined scan orders including at least a horizontal scan order and a vertical scan order for the coefficients based on the intra coding mode; and

for a transform block size other than 4×4 and 8×8, determine the scan order other than the horizontal scan order and the vertical scan order for the intra coding mode; and

inverse scan transform coefficients from a serialized representation of the transform coefficients to a two-dimensional representation of the transform coefficients corresponding to the block sizes based on the determined vertical, horizontal, or other than horizontal and vertical scan orders.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the transform coefficients comprise significant coefficients and zero value coefficients and the block of video data comprises a significance map that defines the significant coefficients and the zero value coefficients.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the significant coefficients comprise one-bit flags that identify non-zero value coefficients.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the video decoder is further configured to:

determine the scan order from a first lookup table for luma blocks; and

determine the scan order from a second lookup table for chroma blocks.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the a block of video data comprises a coded unit (CU) within a largest coded unit (LCU), wherein the LCU is partitioned into a set of CUs according to a quadtree partitioning scheme.

16. An apparatus configured to encode transform coefficients associated with residual data of a block of video data, the apparatus comprising:

a video encoder configured to:

determine a scan order for the transform coefficients associated with the residual data of the block of video data based on an intra coding mode used to predict the block of video data and a transform block size used in transforming the block of video data, including:

for 4×4 and 8×8 transform block sizes, determine the scan order from one of three predefined scan orders including at least a horizontal scan order and a vertical scan order for the coefficients based on the intra coding mode; and

for a transform block size other than 4×4 and 8×8, determine the scan order other than the horizontal scan order and the vertical scan order for the intra coding mode; and

scan the transform coefficients from a two-dimensional representation of the transform coefficients to a serialized representation of the transform coefficients corresponding to the block sizes based on the determined vertical, horizontal, or other than horizontal and vertical scan orders.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the transform coefficients comprise significant coefficients and zero value coefficients and the block of video data comprises a significance map that defines the significant coefficients and the zero value coefficients.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the significant coefficients comprise one-bit flags that identify non-zero value coefficients.

19. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the video encoder is further configured to:

determine the scan order from a first lookup table for luma blocks; and

determine the scan order from a second lookup table for chroma blocks.

20. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the a block of video data comprises a coded unit (CU) within a largest coded unit (LCU), wherein the LCU is partitioned into a set of CUs according to a quadtree partitioning scheme.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a device configured to decode transform coefficients associated with residual data of a block of video data to:

determine a scan order for the transform coefficients associated with the residual data of the block of video data based on an intra coding mode used to predict the block of video data and a transform block size used in transforming the block of video data, including:

for 4×4 and 8×8 transform block sizes, determine the scan order from one of three predefined scan orders including at least a horizontal scan order and a vertical scan order for the coefficients based on the intra coding mode; and

for a transform block size other than 4×4 and 8×8, determine the scan order other than the horizontal scan order and the vertical scan order for the intra coding mode; and

inverse scan the transform coefficients from a serialized representation of the transform coefficients to a two-dimensional representation of the transform coefficients corresponding to the block sizes based on the determined vertical, horizontal, or other than horizontal and vertical scan orders.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21 , wherein the transform coefficients comprise significant coefficients and zero value coefficients and the block of video data comprises a significance map that defines the significant coefficients and the zero value coefficients.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 22 , wherein the significant coefficients comprise one-bit flags that identify non-zero value coefficients.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

determine the scan order from a first lookup table for luma blocks; and

determine the scan order from a second lookup table for chroma blocks.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21 , wherein the a block of video data comprises a coded unit (CU) within a largest coded unit (LCU), wherein the LCU is partitioned into a set of CUs according to a quadtree partitioning scheme.

26. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a device configured to encode transform coefficients associated with residual data of a block of video data to:

determine a scan order for the transform coefficients associated with the residual data of the block of video data based on an intra coding mode used to predict the block of video data and a transform block size used in transforming the block of video data, including:

for 4×4 and 8×8 transform block sizes, determine the scan order from one of three predefined scan orders including at least a horizontal scan order and a vertical scan order for the coefficients based on the intra coding mode; and

for a transform block size other than 4×4 and 8×8, determine the scan order other than the horizontal scan order and the vertical scan order for the intra coding mode; and

scan the transform coefficients from a two-dimensional representation of the transform coefficients to a serialized representation of the transform coefficients corresponding to the block sizes based on the determined vertical, horizontal, or other than horizontal and vertical scan orders.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 26 , wherein the transform coefficients comprise significant coefficients and zero value coefficients and the block of video data comprises a significance map that defines the significant coefficients and the zero value coefficients.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 27 , wherein the significant coefficients comprise one-bit flags that identify non-zero value coefficients.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 26 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

determine the scan order from a first lookup table for luma blocks; and

determine the scan order from a second lookup table for chroma blocks.

30. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 26 , wherein the a block of video data comprises a coded unit (CU) within a largest coded unit (LCU), wherein the LCU is partitioned into a set of CUs according to a quadtree partitioning scheme.

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