IP Library Granted Patent US 9,769,481
Granted Patent B2
US 9,769,481 · App. 14/631,507 · Granted Sep 19, 2017

Method and apparatus for encoding of video using depth information

Inventors: Gwang Hoon Park (Seongnam-si, KR); Tae Wook Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Yoon Jin Lee (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
H04N19/124H04N19/119H04N19/136H04N19/167H04N19/172H04N19/51H04N19/597H04N19/91
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Patent No.
US 9,769,481
App. No.
14/631,507
Granted
Sep 19, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a method for encoding an image using a depth information that includes selecting a current coding unit (CU); verifying an object information of the current CU from an object information obtained from a depth image; and verifying whether or not the current CU is composed of a single object based on the object information, and predicting a division structure of the current CU according to whether or not the current CU is composed of a single object.

Claims (20)

1. A method for encoding an image using a depth information, the method comprising:

selecting a current coding unit (CU);

verifying an object information of the current CU from an object information obtained from a depth image; and

verifying whether or not the current CU is composed of a single object based on the object information, and predicting a division structure of the current CU according to whether or not the current CU is composed of a single object,

wherein predicting the division structure of the current CU comprises a process that decides not to divide the current CU and ends a division structure prediction when the current CU and a peripheral CU of the current CU are each composed of a single object and are included in the same object.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein predicting the division structure of the current CU comprises a process that decides not to divide the current CU when the current CU has a size less than a predetermined value and is composed of a single object.

3. A method for encoding an image using a depth information, the method comprising:

selecting a current coding unit (CU);

verifying an object information of the current CU from an object information obtained from a depth image; and

verifying whether or not the current CU is composed of a single object based on the object information, and predicting a division structure of the current CU according to whether or not the current CU is composed of a single object,

wherein predicting the division structure of the current CU comprises a process that decides not to divide the current CU and ends a division structure prediction when the current CU and a peripheral CU of the current CU are each composed of a single object and are included in the same object, and a size of the peripheral CU is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

4. An apparatus for encoding an image using a depth information, the apparatus comprising:

an object information verifying portion that verifies an object information of a current coding unit (CU) from an object information obtained from a depth image; and

a division structure prediction portion that verifies whether or not the current CU is composed of a single object based on the object information, and predicts a division structure of the current CU according to whether or not the current CU is composed of a single object,

wherein the division structure prediction portion decides not to divide the current CU and ends a division structure prediction when the current CU and a peripheral CU of the current CU are each composed of a single object and are included in the same object.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the division structure prediction portion decides not to divide the current CU when the current CU has a size less than a predetermined value and is composed of a single object.

6. An apparatus for encoding an image using a depth information, the apparatus comprising:

an object information verifying portion that verifies an object information of a current coding unit (CU) from an object information obtained from a depth image; and

a division structure prediction portion that verifies whether or not the current CU is composed of a single object based on the object information, and predicts a division structure of the current CU according to whether or not the current CU is composed of a single object,

wherein the division structure prediction portion decides not to divide the current CU and ends a division structure prediction when the current CU and a peripheral CU of the current CU are each composed of a single object and are included in the same object, and a size of the peripheral CU is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2026
From: IP3 2023, SERIES 923 OF ALLIED SECURITY TRUST I
To: RP INTELLECTUAL PARTNERS LLC
Reel/Frame 075782/0624 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2024
From: UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY A/K/A KYUNGHEE UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
To: IP3 2023, SERIES 923 OF ALLIED SECURITY TRUST I
Reel/Frame 066114/0951 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2015
From: PARK, GWANG HOON; KIM, TAE WOOK; LEE, YOON JIN
To: UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 035036/0338 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2014-0037275 · Mar 28, 2014 · national
KR 10-2014-0059063 · May 16, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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