IP Library Granted Patent US 9,819,963
Granted Patent B2
US 9,819,963 · App. 14/131,734 · Granted Nov 14, 2017

Inter prediction method and apparatus for same

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Patent No.
US 9,819,963
App. No.
14/131,734
Granted
Nov 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to the present invention, an image encoding apparatus comprises: a motion prediction unit which derives motion information on a current block in the form of the motion information including L0 motion information and L1 motion information; a motion compensation unit which performs a motion compensation for the current block on the basis of at least one of the L0 motion information and L1 motion information so as to generate a prediction block corresponding to the current block; and a restoration block generating unit which generates a restoration block corresponding to the current block based on the prediction block. According to the present invention, image encoding efficiency can be improved.

Claims (10)

1. An image decoding apparatus comprising:

a motion estimator generating a merge candidate list relating to a current block, determining a merge candidate for the current block based on the merge candidate list and a merge candidate index, and deriving motion information of the current block from motion information of the determined merge candidate, wherein the merge candidate list includes a plurality of merge candidates including a temporal merge candidate, and wherein the merge candidate index selects one of the merge candidates in the merge candidate list;

a motion compensator generating a prediction block corresponding to the current block based on the derived motion information; and

a reconstructed block generator generating a reconstructed block corresponding to the current block based on the prediction block,

wherein motion information of the temporal merge candidate includes a motion vector and a reference picture index,

wherein the motion vector of the temporal merge candidate is derived from a motion vector of a collocated block within a collocated picture, and the reference picture index of the temporal merge candidate is set equal to 0 regardless of the motion information of a reconstructed neighboring block adjacent to the current block,

wherein the collocated picture is a reference picture having the collocated block among reference pictures included in a reference picture list, wherein an encoding mode of the current block is a merge mode, and

wherein the collocated block is determined to be either a first block including a right-bottom position of the current block or a second block including a center position of the current block.

2. The image decoding apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the collocated block is determined by scanning the first block and the second block in a predetermined order.

3. The image decoding apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the scanning is performed in sequence of the first block and the second block.

Assignments (3)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ASSIGNMENT OF EXCLUSIVE LICENSE Recorded Sep 9, 2022
From: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
To: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061403/0797 →
LICENSE Recorded Nov 11, 2020
From: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE; UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY; KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
To: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054333/0729 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2014
From: KIM, HUI YONG; PARK, GWANG HOON; KIM, KYUNG YONG; KIM, SANG MIN; LIM, SUNG CHANG; LEE, JIN HO; CHOI, JIN SOO; KIM, JIN WOONG
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE; UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 031937/0018 →