IP Library Granted Patent US 11,039,162
Granted Patent B2
US 11,039,162 · App. 17/033,723 · Granted Jun 15, 2021

Video signal processing method and device using motion compensation

Inventors: Jaehong Jung (Seoul, KR); Dongcheol Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Geonjung Ko (Seoul, KR); Juhyung Son (Uiwang-si, KR); Jinsam Kwak (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignees: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.; HUMAX CO., LTD.
H04N19/513H04N19/105H04N19/132H04N19/137H04N19/176
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Patent No.
US 11,039,162
App. No.
17/033,723
Granted
Jun 15, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a video signal processing method comprising the steps of: acquiring a merge index which indicates a candidate for prediction of a current block among a plurality of candidates for the prediction of the current block, which are included in a merge candidate list; acquiring motion information of the current block on the basis of motion information corresponding to the candidate indicated by the merge index; when the motion information of the current block includes a plurality of motion vectors corresponding to a list of different reference pictures, comparing picture order count (POC) differences between each of the reference pictures corresponding to the plurality of motion vectors and the current picture including the current block; correcting the plurality of motion vectors on the basis of a result of the comparison; and reconstructing the current block on the basis of the plurality of corrected motion vectors.

Claims (83)

1. A video signal encoding device comprising:

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to

obtain a bitstream to be decoded by a decoder using a decoding method,

wherein the decoding method comprising:

obtaining a merge index indicating a candidate for predicting a current block among a plurality of candidates included in a merge candidate list for predicting the current block;

obtaining motion information about the current block on the basis of motion information corresponding to the candidate indicated by the merge index,

wherein the motion information includes a first motion vector and a second motion vector,

wherein the first motion vector and the second motion vector respectively correspond to a first reference picture and a second reference picture,

wherein the first reference picture and the second reference picture are respectively included in different reference picture lists;

comparing a first picture order count (POC) difference and a second picture order count (POC) difference,

wherein the first POC difference indicates a POC difference between a POC of the first reference picture and a POC of a current picture, and the second POC difference indicates a POC difference between a POC of the second reference picture and the POC of the current picture;

obtaining a correction value of the first motion vector and a correction value of the second motion vector on the basis of a result of comparing the first POC difference and the second POC difference,

wherein at least one of the correction value of the first motion vector and the correction value of the second motion vector is equal to a specific offset;

obtaining a first corrected motion vector by correcting the first motion vector on the basis of the specific offset, and a second corrected motion vector by correcting the second motion vector on the basis of the specific offset; and

reconstructing the current block on the basis of the first corrected motion vector and the second corrected motion vector.

2. The video signal encoding device of claim 1 ,

wherein when one of the correction value of the first motion vector and the correction value of the second motion vector is equal to the specific offset, a correction value equal to the specific offset is obtained earlier than a correction value not equal to the specific offset.

3. The video signal encoding device of claim 2 ,

wherein when the first POC difference is larger than the second POC difference, the specific offset is the correction value of the first motion vector, and

wherein when the first POC difference is less than the second POC difference, the specific offset is the correction value of the second motion vector.

4. The video signal encoding device of claim 2 ,

wherein when the first POC difference is larger than the second POC difference, the specific offset is a first offset that is the correction value of the first motion vector, and

wherein the step of obtaining the first corrected motion vector and the second corrected motion vector comprises the steps of:

correcting the first motion vector by adding the first offset;

obtaining a second offset that is the correction value of the second motion vector on the basis of the specific offset; and

correcting the second motion vector by adding the second offset.

5. The video signal encoding device of claim 4 ,

wherein the first corrected motion vector is obtained by adding the first offset to the first motion vector and the second corrected motion vector is obtained by adding the second offset to the second motion vector.

6. The video signal encoding device of claim 2 ,

wherein the specific offset that is the correction value for one of the first motion vector and the second motion vector is obtained on the basis of values indicating the reference picture lists respectively corresponding to the first motion vector and the second motion vector when the first POC difference and the second POC difference are equal.

7. The video signal encoding device of claim 4 ,

wherein the specific offset that is the correction value of the first motion vector is obtained when the value indicating a first reference picture list corresponding to the first motion vector is 0, and the value indicating a second reference picture list of the second motion vector is 1.

8. The video signal encoding device of claim 7 ,

wherein the first reference picture list is used in a first higher level region in which up to one motion vector is used for a specific sample and a second higher level region in which up to two motion vectors are used for the specific sample, wherein the second reference picture list is not used in the first higher level region.

9. A video signal decoding device comprising:

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to:

obtain a merge index indicating a candidate for predicting a current block among a plurality of candidates included in a merge candidate list for predicting the current block,

obtain motion information about the current block on the basis of motion information corresponding to the candidate indicated by the merge index,

wherein the motion information includes a first motion vector and a second motion vector,

wherein the first motion vector and the second motion vector respectively correspond to a first reference picture and a second reference picture,

wherein the first reference picture and the second reference picture are respectively included in different reference picture lists,

compare a first picture order count (POC) difference and a second picture order count (POC) difference,

wherein the first POC difference indicates a POC difference between a POC of the first reference picture and a POC of a current picture, and the second POC difference indicates a POC difference between a POC of the second reference picture and the POC of the current picture;

obtain a correction value of the first motion vector and a correction value of the second motion vector on the basis of a result of comparing the first POC difference and the second POC difference,

wherein at least one of the correction value of the first motion vector and the correction value of the second motion vector is equal to a specific offset,

obtain a first corrected motion vector by correcting the first motion vector on the basis of the specific offset, and a second corrected motion vector by correcting the second motion vector on the basis of the specific offset, and

reconstruct the current block on the basis of the first corrected motion vector and the second corrected motion vector.

10. The video signal decoding device of claim 9 ,

wherein when one of the correction value of the first motion vector and the correction value of the second motion vector is equal to the specific offset, a correction value equal to the specific offset is obtained earlier than a correction value not equal to the specific offset.

11. The video signal decoding device of claim 10 ,

wherein when the first POC difference is larger than the second POC difference, the specific offset is the correction value of the first motion vector, and

wherein when the first POC difference is less than the second POC difference, the specific offset is the correction value of the second motion vector.

12. The video signal decoding device of claim 10 ,

wherein when the first POC difference is larger than the second POC difference, the specific offset is a first offset that is the correction value of the first motion vector, and

wherein the processor is further configured to:

correct the first motion vector by adding the first offset,

obtain a second offset that is the correction value of the second motion vector on the basis of the specific offset, and

correct the second motion vector by adding the second offset.

13. The video signal decoding device of claim 12 ,

wherein the first corrected motion vector is obtained by adding the first offset to the first motion vector and the second corrected motion vector is obtained by adding the second offset to the second motion vector.

14. The video signal decoding device of claim 10 ,

wherein the specific offset that is the correction value for one of the first motion vector and the second motion vector is obtained on the basis of values indicating the reference picture lists respectively corresponding to the first motion vector and the second motion vector when the first POC difference and the second POC difference are equal.

15. The video signal decoding device of claim 12 ,

wherein the specific offset that is the correction value of the first motion vector is obtained when the value indicating a first reference picture list corresponding to the first motion vector is 0, and the value indicating a second reference picture list of the second motion vector is 1.

16. The video signal decoding device of claim 15 ,

wherein the first reference picture list is used in a first higher level region in which up to one motion vector is used for a specific sample and a second higher level region in which up to two motion vectors are used for the specific sample, wherein the second reference picture list is not used in the first higher level region.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a bitstream, the bitstream being decoded by a decoding method,

wherein the decoding method, comprising:

obtaining a merge index indicating a candidate for predicting a current block among a plurality of candidates included in a merge candidate list for predicting the current block;

obtaining motion information about the current block on the basis of motion information corresponding to the candidate indicated by the merge index,

wherein the motion information includes a first motion vector and a second motion vector,

wherein the first motion vector and the second motion vector respectively correspond to a first reference picture and a second reference picture,

wherein the first reference picture and the second reference picture are respectively included in different reference picture lists;

comparing a first picture order count (POC) difference and a second picture order count (POC) difference,

wherein the first POC difference indicates a POC difference between a POC of the first reference picture and a POC of a current picture, and the second POC difference indicates a POC difference between a POC of the second reference picture and the POC of the current picture;

obtaining a correction value of the first motion vector and a correction value of the second motion vector on the basis of a result of comparing the first POC difference and the second POC difference,

wherein at least one of the correction value of the first motion vector and the correction value of the second motion vector is equal to a specific offset;

obtaining a first corrected motion vector by correcting the first motion vector on the basis of the specific offset, and a second corrected motion vector by correcting the second motion vector on the basis of the specific offset; and

reconstructing the current block on the basis of the first corrected motion vector and the second corrected motion vector.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a bitstream of claim 17 ,

wherein when one of the correction value of the first motion vector and the correction value of the second motion vector is equal to the specific offset, a correction value equal to the specific offset is obtained earlier than a correction value not equal to the specific offset.

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To: ADVEXT IP LLC
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 29, 2025
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From: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
To: HUMAX CO., LTD.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2020
From: JUNG, JAEHONG; KIM, DONGCHEOL; KO, GEONJUNG; SON, JUHYUNG; KWAK, JINSAM
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Priority Claims (4)
KR 10-2018-0035474 · Mar 27, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0036917 · Mar 29, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0042844 · Apr 12, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0046324 · Apr 20, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2019003608 · Mar 27, 2019
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