IP Library Granted Patent US 10,911,754
Granted Patent B2
US 10,911,754 · App. 16/818,677 · Granted Feb 2, 2021

Image coding method using history-based motion information and apparatus for the same

Inventors: Naeri Park (Seoul, KR); Junghak Nam (Seoul, KR); Hyeongmoon Jang (Seoul, KR); Jaeho Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04N19/105H04N19/132H04N19/176H04N19/423H04N19/533H04N19/70
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Patent No.
US 10,911,754
App. No.
16/818,677
Granted
Feb 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an embodiment disclosed in the present specification, a history-based motion vector prediction (HMVP) candidate set with respect to a current block may be derived based on a history, the HMVP candidate set may be updated or initialized according to a condition, and motion information of the current block may be derived based on the HMVP candidate set, through which inter prediction efficiency can be improved.

Claims (39)

1. An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus, the method comprising:

deriving a history-based motion vector prediction (HMVP) candidate set for a current block;

configuring a motion information candidate list based on an HMVP candidate comprised in the HMVP candidate set;

deriving motion information of the current block based on the motion information candidate list;

generating prediction samples for the current block based on the motion information; and

generating reconstructed samples based on the prediction samples,

wherein the HMVP candidate set is updated based on motion information of a previous block in a CTU row in a current tile, wherein the CTU row comprising the current block,

wherein for CTUs of the CTU row in the current tile, the HMVP candidate set is initialized only at a specific CTU among the CTUs of the CTU row in the current tile, and

the specific CTU is a firstly-ordered CTU among the CTUs of the CTU row in the current tile.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a slice data syntax includes a field for one or more CTUs in a slice, and

wherein information representing the specific CTU in which the HMVP candidate set is initialized is included in the slice data syntax.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein based on the HMVP candidate set being initialized, the number of HMVP candidates belonging to the HMVP candidate set is set to 0.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein, based on the specific CTU being not the firstly-ordered CTU of the CTU row within a current picture but the firstly-ordered CTU of the CTU row within the current tile, the HMVP candidate set is initialized at the specific CTU.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein, based on a current CTU including the current block being determined to be the firstly-ordered CTU of the CTU row within the current tile, the HMVP candidate set includes an HMVP candidate derived based on motion information of a block processed earlier than the current block within the current CTU, and

based on a determination that the current CTU is not the firstly-ordered CTU of the CTU row within the current tile, the HMVP candidate set includes a first HMVP candidate derived based on motion information of a block processed earlier than the current block within the current CTU and a second HMVP candidate derived based on motion information of a block processed earlier within a previous CTU of the current CTU of the CTU row within the current tile.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein based on the current picture being divided into a plurality of tiles, the HMVP buffer is initialized per each CTU row in each tile.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein based on a merge mode being applied to the current block, the motion information candidate list is a merge candidate list, and the HMVP candidate belonging to the HMVP candidate set is included as a candidate of the merge candidate list; and

the HMVP candidate is indicated based on a merge index obtained from a bitstream among candidates belonging to the merge candidate list.

8. An image encoding method performed by an encoding apparatus, the method comprising:

deriving a history-based motion vector prediction (HMVP) candidate set with respect to a current block;

constructing a motion information candidate list based on HMVP candidates belonging to the HMVP candidate set;

deriving motion information of the current block based on the motion information candidate list;

generating prediction samples for the current block based on the motion information;

deriving residual samples based on the prediction samples; and

encoding image information including information about the residual samples,

wherein the HMVP candidate set is updated based on motion information of a previous block in a CTU row in a current tile, wherein the CTU row comprising the current block,

wherein for CTUs of the CTU row in the current tile, the HMVP candidate set is initialized only at a specific CTU among the CTUs iof the CTU row in the current tile, and

the specific CTU is a firstly-ordered CTU among the CTUs of the CTU row in the current tile.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein a slice data syntax includes a field for one or more CTUs in a slice, and

wherein information representing the specific CTU in which the HMVP candidate set is initialized is included in the slice data syntax.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein based on the specific CTU being not the firstly-ordered CTU of the CTU row within the current picture but the firstly-ordered CTU of the CTU row within the current tile, the HMVP candidate set is initialized at the specific CTU.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein based on the HMVP candidate set being initialized, the number of HMVP candidates belonging to the HMVP candidate set is set to 0.

12. The method of claim 8 ,

wherein based on a current CTU including the current block being determined to be the firstly-ordered CTU of the CTU row within the current tile, the HMVP candidate set includes an HMVP candidate derived based on motion information of a block processed earlier than the current block within the current CTU, and

based on a determination that the current CTU is not the firstly-ordered CTU of the CTU row within the current tile, the HMVP candidate set includes a first HMVP candidate derived based on motion information of a block processed earlier than the current block within the current CTU and a second HMVP candidate derived based on motion information of a block processed earlier within a previous CTU of the current CTU of the CTU row within the current tile.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein based on the current picture being divided into a plurality of tiles, the HMVP buffer is initialized per each CTU row in each tile.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein based on a merge mode being applied to the current block, the motion information candidate list is a merge candidate list, and the HMVP candidate belonging to the HMVP candidate set is included as a candidate of the merge candidate list; and

a merge index included in the image information indicates the HMVP candidate among candidates belonging to the merge candidate list.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable digital storage medium, the digital storage medium storing instruction information that causes a processor to perform the image decoding method of claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2020
From: PARK, NAERI; NAM, JUNGHAK; JANG, HYEONGMOON; LEE, JAEHO
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 052172/0875 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTKR2019012992 · Oct 4, 2019
Provisional Application 62742269 · Oct 5, 2018
Related Publication 20200260072A1 · Aug 13, 2020
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