IP Library Granted Patent US 11,064,216
Granted Patent B2
US 11,064,216 · App. 16/794,944 · Granted Jul 13, 2021

Decoder and decoding method for deriving the motion vector of the current block and performing motion compensation

Inventors: Kiyofumi Abe (Osaka, JP); Takahiro Nishi (Nara, JP); Tadamasa Toma (Osaka, JP); Ryuichi Kanoh (Osaka, JP); Takashi Hashimoto (Hyogo, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
H04N19/52H04N19/124H04N19/159H04N19/176
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,064,216
App. No.
16/794,944
Filed
Feb 19, 2020
Granted
Jul 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2425
USPC
375/240.16
Abstract

An encoder includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry, in inter prediction processing: derives a first motion vector of a current block to be processed, using a motion vector of a previous block which has been previously processed; derives a second motion vector of the current block by performing motion estimation in the vicinity of the first motion vector; and generates a prediction image of the current block by performing motion compensation using the second motion vector.

Claims (25)

1. A decoder, comprising:

circuitry; and

memory, wherein

using the memory, the circuitry, in inter prediction processing:

derives a first motion vector of a first current block to be processed, using a motion vector of a previous block which has been previously processed;

derives a second motion vector of the first current block by performing motion estimation in vicinity of a position specified by the first motion vector;

generates a prediction image of the first current block by performing motion compensation using the second motion vector;

derives a third motion vector of a second current block to be processed after the first current block, using the first motion vector of the first current block, when the second current block is included in a first picture including the first current block;

derives a third motion vector of the second current block, using the second motion vector of the first current block, when the second current block is included in a second picture different from the first picture;

derives a fourth motion vector of the second current block by performing motion estimation in vicinity of a position specified by the third motion vector; and

generates a prediction image of the second current block by performing motion compensation using the fourth motion vector.

2. The decoder according to claim 1 , wherein

in deriving the third motion vector, the circuitry

(i) generates a motion vector predictor list indicating a plurality of motion vector predictors using the first motion vector or the second motion vector of the first current block, and

(ii) determines the third motion vector of the second current block based on the plurality of motion vector predictors.

3. The decoder according to claim 1 , wherein

a mode of the inter prediction processing is a merge mode.

4. A decoding method, comprising:

deriving a first motion vector of a first current block to be processed, using a motion vector of a previous block which has been previously processed;

deriving a second motion vector of the current block by performing motion estimation in vicinity of a position specified by the first motion vector; and

generating a prediction image of the first current block by performing motion compensation using the second motion vector;

deriving a third motion vector of a second current block to be processed after the first current block, using the first motion vector of the first current block, when the second current block is included in a first picture including the first current block;

deriving a third motion vector of the second current block, using the second motion vector of the first current block, when the second current block is included in a second picture different from the first picture;

deriving a fourth motion vector of the second current block by performing motion estimation in vicinity of a position specified by the third motion vector; and

generating a prediction image of the second current block by performing motion compensation using the fourth motion vector.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2020
From: ABE, KIYOFUMI; NISHI, TAKAHIRO; TOMA, TADAMASA; KANOH, RYUICHI; HASHIMOTO, TAKASHI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
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Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTJP2018034793 · Sep 20, 2018
Provisional Application 62563235 · Sep 26, 2017
Related Publication 20200186827A1 · Jun 11, 2020
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