IP Library Granted Patent US 10,659,804
Granted Patent B2
US 10,659,804 · App. 15/895,912 · Granted May 19, 2020

Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding images using adaptive motion vector resolution

Inventors: Sunyeon Kim (Seoul, KR); Jeongyeon Lim (Seongnam-si, KR); Joohee Moon (Seoul, KR); Yunglyul Lee (Seoul, KR); Haekwang Kim (Seoul, KR); Byeungwoo Jeon (Seongnam-si, KR); Juock Lee (Seoul, KR); Dongwon Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
H04N19/517H04N19/46H04N19/463H04N19/523H04N19/91
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Patent No.
US 10,659,804
App. No.
15/895,912
Granted
May 19, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for improving the encoding efficiency by adaptively changing the resolution of the motion vector in the inter prediction encoding and inter prediction decoding of a video. The apparatus includes: a predicted motion vector calculator for calculating a predicted motion vector of a current block to be encoded using motion vectors of one or more surrounding blocks; and a skip mode encoder for encoding a result of performing a prediction of the current block and information indicating that the current block is a skip block when the predicted motion vector satisfies a skip condition, wherein at least one motion vector among the motion vectors of the surrounding blocks and the motion vector of the current block has a resolution different from resolutions of the other motion vectors.

Claims (11)

1. A video decoding apparatus for decoding a motion vector by adaptively determining a motion vector resolution in the unit of blocks which are split from a picture to be decoded, the apparatus comprising:

a decoder configured to decode, from a bitstream, a differential motion vector, and motion vector resolution identification information dedicated to a current block to be decoded among the blocks split from the picture, wherein the differential motion vector is a difference between a current motion vector of the current block and a predicted motion vector for the current motion vector, and the motion vector resolution identification information is used for determining a motion vector resolution of the differential motion vector among a plurality of motion vector resolutions; and

an inter predictor configured to

derive one or more predicted motion vector candidates from motion vectors of one or more neighboring blocks of the current block,

convert the predicted motion vector candidates such that the converted predicted motion vector candidates have the same motion vector resolution as the motion vector resolution determined by the motion vector resolution identification information,

derive the predicted motion vector for the current motion vector from the converted predicted motion vector candidates, and

reconstruct the current motion vector of the current block, by adding the differential motion vector to the predicted motion vector.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the decoder is configured to decode resolution change information from the bitstream,

wherein the motion vector resolution identification information is decoded from the bitstream, when the resolution change information represents that a motion vector resolution is adaptively determined in units of blocks split from the picture.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the resolution change information is decoded from a header of the bitstream, the header being a sequence parameter set or a picture parameter set or a slice header.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2018
From: KIM, SUNYEON; LIM, JEONGYEON; MOON, JOOHEE; LEE, YUNGLYUL; KIM, HAEKWANG; JEON, BYEUNGWOO; LEE, JUOCK; KIM, DONGWON
To: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2009-0077452 · Aug 21, 2009 · national
KR 10-2010-0081099 · Aug 20, 2010 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 13391568 · Apr 28, 2012
Continuation In Part PCTKR2010005571 · Aug 21, 2010
Related Publication 20180242011A1 · Aug 23, 2018
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