IP Library Granted Patent US 11,539,972
Granted Patent B2
US 11,539,972 · App. 17/043,121 · Granted Dec 27, 2022

Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding image

Inventors: Joo Hee Moon (Seoul, KR); Dong Jae Won (Goyang-si, KR); Jae Min Ha (Incheon, KR); Sung Won Lim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF SEJONG UNIVERSITY
H04N19/44H04N19/105H04N19/119H04N19/176
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Patent No.
US 11,539,972
App. No.
17/043,121
Granted
Dec 27, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and an apparatus for encoding/decoding an image according to the present invention may determine a reference area that is a pre-reconstructed area spatially adjacent to a current block on the basis of reference information for specifying the position of a reference area used for predicting a current block and may predict the current block on the basis of the reference area.

Claims (27)

1. A method for decoding video data, the method comprising:

decoding reference information of a current block from a bitstream, the reference information indicating a position of a reference region used to predict the current block, the reference region being a pre-reconstructed region spatially adjacent to the current block;

determining, based on the reference information, the reference region for the current block among a plurality of candidate regions pre-defined in a decoding apparatus; and

predicting the current block based on the reference region,

wherein the plurality of candidate regions includes a first candidate region including a top neighboring region to the current block and a top-right neighboring region to the current block, a second candidate region including a left neighboring region to the current block and a bottom-left neighboring region to the current block, and a third candidate region including the top neighboring region to the current block and the left neighboring region to the current block,

wherein the decoded reference information equal to a first value indicates the first candidate region is used as the reference region for the current block,

wherein the decoded reference information equal to a second value indicates that the second candidate region is used as the reference region for the current block,

wherein the decoded reference information equal to a third value indicates that the third candidate region is used as the reference region for the current block, and

wherein the current block is predicted using only some pixels, not all of pixels in the reference region.

2. A method for encoding video data, the method comprising:

determining a reference region for the current block, the reference region being a pre-reconstructed region spatially adjacent to the current block; and

encoding reference information of the current block into a bitstream, the reference information indicating a position of the reference region used to predict the current block,

wherein the reference region is representative of one of a plurality of candidate regions pre-defined in an encoding apparatus,

wherein the plurality of candidate regions includes a first candidate region including a top neighboring region to the current block and a top-right neighboring region to the current block, a second candidate region including a left neighboring region to the current block and a bottom-left neighboring region to the current block, and a third candidate region including the top neighboring region to the current block and the left neighboring region to the current block,

wherein in response to the determination that the first candidate region is the reference region for the current block, the reference information equal to a first value is encoded into the bitstream,

wherein in response to the determination that the second candidate region is the reference region for the current block, the reference information equal to a second value is encoded into the bitstream,

wherein in response to the determination that the third candidate region is the reference region for the current block, the reference information equal to a third value is encoded into the bitstream, and

wherein the current block is predicted using only some pixels, not all of pixels in the reference region.

3. A non-transitory computer readable medium for storing data associated with a video signal, comprising:

a data stream stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium, the data stream comprising reference information indicating a position of a reference region used to predict a current block,

wherein the reference region is a pre-reconstructed region spatially adjacent to the current block,

wherein the reference information is used to determine the reference region for the current block among a plurality of pre-defined candidate regions,

wherein the plurality of pre-defined candidate regions includes a first candidate region including a top neighboring region to the current block and a top-right neighboring region to the current block, a second candidate region including a left neighboring region to the current block and a bottom-left neighboring region to the current block, and a third candidate region including the top neighboring region to the current block and the left neighboring region to the current block,

wherein the reference information equal to a first value indicates the first candidate region is used as the reference region for the current block,

wherein the reference information equal to a second value indicates that the second candidate region is used as the reference region for the current block,

wherein the reference information equal to a third value indicates that the third candidate region is used as the reference region for the current block, and

wherein the current block is predicted using only some pixels, not all of pixels in the reference region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2020
From: MOON, JOO HEE; WON, DONG JAE; HA, JAE MIN; LIM, SUNG WON
To: INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF SEJONG UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 053915/0457 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2018-0036296 · Mar 29, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0036297 · Mar 29, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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