IP Library Granted Patent US 10,419,752
Granted Patent B2
US 10,419,752 · App. 13/516,863 · Granted Sep 17, 2019

Adaptive image encoding device and method

Inventors: Sung Chang Lim (Daejeon, KR); Jong Ho Kim (Daejeon, KR); Hae Chul Choi (Daejeon, KR); Hui Yong Kim (Daejeon, KR); Ha Hyun Lee (Daejeon, KR); Jin Ho Lee (Daejeon, KR); Se Yoon Jeong (Daejeon, KR); Suk Hee Cho (Daejeon, KR); Jin Soo Choi (Daejeon, KR); Jin Woo Hong (Daejeon, KR); Jin Woong Kim (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
H04N19/105H04N19/11H04N19/157H04N19/176H04N19/46H04N19/503H04N19/593
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Patent No.
US 10,419,752
App. No.
13/516,863
Granted
Sep 17, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are an image encoding method and device. When carrying out image encoding for a block within a slice, at least one block in a restored block of the slice is set as a reference block. When this is done, the encoding parameters of the reference block are distinguished, and the block to be encoded is encoded adaptively based on the encoding parameters.

Claims (24)

1. A video decoding device for decoding a decoding target block in a current picture using inter prediction for the decoding target block, the video decoding device comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive a bitstream from an external device, the bitstream including a referencing block identifier and a coding method indicator; and

a control unit configured to perform adaptive decoding based on the bitstream received, wherein the coding method indicator indicates whether a motion vector, prediction direction information, and a reference picture index of the decoding target block are to be determined based on a motion vector, prediction direction information and a reference picture index of a reference block indicated by the referencing block identifier or not for the inter prediction, and the adaptive decoding comprises:

determining one of a plurality of referencing candidate blocks reconstructed previously as the reference block for the decoding target block based on the referencing block identifier when the coding method indicator indicates that the motion vector, the prediction direction information and the reference picture index of the decoding target block are to be determined based on the motion vector, the prediction direction information and the reference picture index of the reference block, wherein the referencing block identifier indicates the reconstructed block to be used as the reference block, and

decoding the decoding target block using the inter prediction based on the motion vector, the prediction direction information and the reference picture index of the reference block,

wherein the plurality of referencing candidate blocks includes a block adjacent to an upper-left corner of the decoding target block in the current picture, a block adjacent to a left side of the decoding target block in the current picture, a block adjacent to an upper side of the decoding target block and a collocated block in a previously reconstructed picture,

a position of the collocated block in the previously reconstructed picture corresponds to a position of the decoding target block in the current picture,

the referencing block identifier indicates a block to be used as the reference block among the plurality of the referencing candidate blocks, and

the motion vector, the prediction direction information and the reference picture index of the reference block are applied to the decoding target block.

2. The video decoding device of claim 1 , wherein the control unit excludes a previously reconstructed block from the plurality of the referencing candidate blocks when the previously reconstructed block is located outside the boundary of the slice to which the decoding target block belongs.

3. The video decoding device of claim 1 , wherein the prediction direction information includes information indicating whether the inter prediction is L0 prediction or L1 prediction.

4. The video decoding device of claim 3 , wherein the prediction direction information further includes information indicating whether the inter prediction is a paired prediction, and the paired prediction is an inter prediction in which both the L0 prediction and L1 prediction are performed.

5. A video decoding device for decoding a decoding target block in a current picture using inter prediction for the decoding target block, the video decoding device comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive a bitstream from an external device, the bitstream including a referencing block identifier; and

a control unit configured to perform adaptive decoding based on the bitstream received, and the adaptive decoding comprises:

decoding the decoding target block using inter prediction based on a first motion vector of a first reference block, a first reference picture index of the first reference block, a second motion vector of a second reference block and a second reference picture index of the second reference block,

wherein a position of the first reference block and a position of the second reference block are different,

the referencing block identifier indicates the first reference block and the second reference block among three or more referencing candidate blocks reconstructed previously,

the three or more referencing candidate blocks includes a block adjacent to an upper-left corner of the decoding target block in the current picture, a block adjacent to a left side of the decoding target block in the current picture, a block adjacent to an upper side of the decoding target block and a collocated block in a previously reconstructed picture, and

a position of the collocated block in the previously reconstructed picture corresponds to a position of the decoding target clock in the current picture.

6. The video decoding device of claim 5 , wherein the first motion vector of the first reference block, the first reference picture index of the first reference block, the second motion vector of the second reference block and the second reference picture index of the second reference block are applied to the decoding target block.

7. The video decoding device of claim 5 ,

wherein the first reference block is one of the block adjacent to the upper-left corner of the decoding target block in the current picture, the block adjacent to the left side of the decoding target block in the current picture and the block adjacent to the upper side of the decoding target block, and

the second reference block is the collocated block in the previously reconstructed picture.

Assignments (2)
LICENSE Recorded Feb 1, 2023
From: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
To: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062622/0636 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2012
From: LIM, SUNG CHANG; KIM, JONG HO; CHOI, HAE CHUL; KIM, HUI YONG; LEE, HA HYUN; LEE, JIN HO; JEONG, SE YOON; CHO, SUK HEE; CHOI, JIN SOO; HONG, JIN WOO; KIM, JIN WOONG
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 028393/0760 →
Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2009-0125305 · Dec 16, 2009 · national
KR 10-2010-0050034 · May 28, 2010 · national
KR 10-2010-0127500 · Dec 14, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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