Video coding method and apparatus
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for performing encoding and decoding using a variably-sized quantization coefficient group, in quantization coefficient group encoding and decoding of video compression technology.
1. An intra prediction method for video decoding, comprising:
determining an intra prediction mode belonging to an initial directional prediction range for intra prediction of a M×N current block;
determining whether to modify the intra prediction mode from the initial directional prediction range into a modified directional prediction range based on a horizontal length (N) and a vertical length (M) of the M×N current block;
determining the modified intra prediction mode belonging to the modified directional prediction range; and
performing the intra prediction of the M×N current block based on the modified intra prediction mode,
wherein the initial directional prediction range comprises a first prediction range indicating center degrees, a second prediction range indicating higher degrees adjacent to the center degrees and a third prediction range indicating lower degrees adjacent to the center degrees, and
wherein the modified directional prediction range is determined to comprise the first prediction range, the second prediction range and a fourth prediction range indicating higher degrees other than the second prediction range, according to the vertical length (M) of the M×N current block.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fourth prediction range is derived based on the third prediction range.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the modified directional prediction range is determined to comprise the first prediction range, the third prediction range and a fifth prediction range indicating lower degrees other than the third prediction range, according to the horizontal length (N) of the M×N current block.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the fifth prediction range is derived based on the second prediction range.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the initial directional prediction range for intra prediction of the M×N current block is determined on the basis of an angle ranging from 45 degrees to 315 degrees.
6. A video decoding apparatus for an intra prediction, comprising:
an entropy decoder configured to decode an input encoded bitstream; and
an intra predictor configured to determine an intra prediction mode belonging to an initial directional prediction range for intra prediction of a M×N current block, determine whether to modify the intra prediction mode from the initial directional prediction range into a modified directional prediction range based on a horizontal length (N) and a vertical length (M) of the M×N current block, determine the modified intra prediction mode belonging to the modified directional prediction range and perform the intra prediction of the M×N current block based on the modified intra directional prediction mode,
wherein the initial directional prediction range comprises a first prediction range indicating center degrees, a second prediction range indicating higher degrees adjacent to the center degrees and a third prediction range indicating lower degrees adjacent to the center degrees, and
wherein the modified directional prediction range is determined to comprise the first prediction range, the second prediction range and a fourth prediction range indicating higher degrees other than the second prediction range, according to the vertical length (M) of the M×N current block.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the fourth prediction range is derived based on the third prediction range.
8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the modified directional prediction range is determined to comprise the first prediction range, the third prediction range and a fifth prediction range indicating lower degrees other than the third prediction range according to the horizontal length (N) of the M×N current block.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the fifth prediction range is derived based on the second prediction range.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the initial directional prediction range for intra prediction of the M×N current block is determined on the basis of an angle ranging from 45 degrees to 315 degrees.
11. An intra prediction method for video encoding, comprising:
determining an intra prediction mode belonging to an initial directional prediction range for intra prediction of a M×N current block;
determining whether to modify the intra prediction mode from the initial directional prediction range into a modified directional prediction range based on a horizontal length (N) and a vertical length (M) of the M×N current block;
determining the modified intra prediction mode belonging to the modified directional prediction range; and
performing the intra prediction of the M×N current block based on the intra directional prediction mode,
wherein the initial directional prediction range comprises a first prediction range indicating center degrees, a second prediction range indicating higher degrees adjacent to the center degrees and a third prediction range indicating lower degrees adjacent to the center degrees, and
wherein the modified directional prediction range is determined to comprise the first prediction range, the second prediction range and a fourth prediction range indicating higher degrees other than the second prediction range, according to the vertical length (M) of the M×N current block.