IP Library Granted Patent US 11,595,680
Granted Patent B2
US 11,595,680 · App. 17/269,962 · Granted Feb 28, 2023

Picture decoding device, picture decoding method, and picture decoding program with history-based candidate selection

Inventors: Hideki Takehara (Yokohama, JP); Hiroya Nakamura (Yokohama, JP); Satoru Sakazume (Yokohama, JP); Shigeru Fukushima (Yokohama, JP); Toru Kumakura (Yokohama, JP); Hiroyuki Kurashige (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: GODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1
H04N19/513H04N19/105H04N19/159H04N19/176G06T9/004G06T9/40
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Patent No.
US 11,595,680
App. No.
17/269,962
Granted
Feb 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Technology for improving coding efficiency by performing a block split suitable for picture coding and decoding is provided. A picture decoding device includes a spatial candidate derivation unit configured to derive a spatial candidate from inter prediction information of a block neighboring a decoding target block and register the derived spatial candidate as a candidate in a first candidate list, a history-based candidate derivation unit configured to generate a second candidate list by adding a history-based candidate included in a history-based candidate list as a candidate to the first candidate list, a candidate selection unit configured to select a selection candidate from candidates included in the second candidate list; and an inter prediction unit configured to perform inter prediction using the selection candidate. The history-based candidate derivation unit switches between whether or not a history-based candidate overlapping a candidate included in the first candidate list is added in accordance with a prediction mode.

Claims (44)

1. A picture decoding device comprising:

a spatial candidate derivation unit configured to derive a spatial candidate from inter prediction information of a block neighboring a decoding target block and register the derived spatial candidate as a candidate to a first candidate list;

a history-based candidate derivation unit configured to generate a second candidate list by adding a history-based candidate included in a history-based candidate list as a candidate to the first candidate list;

a candidate selection unit configured to select a selection candidate from candidates included in the second candidate list; and

an inter prediction unit configured to perform inter prediction using the selection candidate,

wherein the history-based candidate derivation unit switches between whether or not a history-based candidate overlapping a candidate included in the first candidate list is added in accordance with a prediction mode,

wherein the prediction mode is a merge mode and a motion vector predictor mode, the candidate, when the prediction mode is the merge mode, is motion information, and the candidate, when the prediction mode is the motion vector predictor mode, is a motion vector, and

wherein the history-based candidate is added as a candidate to the first candidate list regardless of whether or not the history-based candidate overlaps a candidate included in the first candidate list if a reference index of the history-based candidate is the same as a reference index of the decoding target picture when the prediction mode is the motion vector predictor mode.

2. A picture decoding method for a picture decoding device, the picture decoding method comprising:

deriving a spatial candidate from inter prediction information of a block neighboring a decoding target block and registering the derived spatial candidate as a candidate to a first candidate list;

generating a second candidate list by adding a history-based candidate included in a history-based candidate list as a candidate to the first candidate list and switching between whether or not a history-based candidate overlapping a candidate included in the first candidate list is added in accordance with a prediction mode;

selecting a selection candidate from candidates included in the second candidate list; and

performing inter prediction using the selection candidate,

wherein the prediction mode is a merge mode and a motion vector predictor mode, the candidate, when the prediction mode is the merge mode, is motion information, and the candidate, when the prediction mode is the motion vector predictor mode, is a motion vector, and

wherein the history-based candidate is added as a candidate to the first candidate list regardless of whether or not the history-based candidate overlaps a candidate included in the first candidate list if a reference index of the history-based candidate is the same as a reference index of the decoding target picture when the prediction mode is the motion vector predictor mode.

3. A computer program stored in a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium in a picture decoding device, the computer program including instructions for causing a computer of the picture decoding device to execute:

deriving a spatial candidate from inter prediction information of a block neighboring a decoding target block and registering the derived spatial candidate as a candidate to a first candidate list;

generating a second candidate list by adding a history-based candidate included in a history-based candidate list as a candidate to the first candidate list and switching between whether or not a history-based candidate overlapping a candidate included in the first candidate list is added in accordance with a prediction mode;

selecting a selection candidate from candidates included in the second candidate list; and

performing inter prediction using the selection candidate,

wherein the prediction mode is a merge mode and a motion vector predictor mode, the candidate, when the prediction mode is the merge mode, is motion information, and the candidate, when the prediction mode is the motion vector predictor mode, is a motion vector, and

wherein the history-based candidate is added as a candidate to the first candidate list regardless of whether or not the history-based candidate overlaps a candidate included in the first candidate list if a reference index of the history-based candidate is the same as a reference index of the decoding target picture when the prediction mode is the motion vector predictor mode.

4. A picture coding device comprising:

a spatial candidate derivation unit configured to derive a spatial candidate from inter prediction information of a block neighboring a coding target block and register the derived spatial candidate as a candidate to a first candidate list;

a history-based candidate derivation unit configured to generate a second candidate list by adding a history-based candidate included in a history-based candidate list as a candidate to the first candidate list;

a candidate selection unit configured to select a selection candidate from candidates included in the second candidate list; and

an inter prediction unit configured to perform inter prediction using the selection candidate,

wherein the history-based candidate derivation unit switches between whether or not a history-based candidate overlapping a candidate included in the first candidate list is added in accordance with a prediction mode,

wherein the prediction mode is a merge mode and a motion vector predictor mode, the candidate, when the prediction mode is the merge mode, is motion information, and the candidate, when the prediction mode is the motion vector predictor mode, is a motion vector, and

wherein the history-based candidate is added as a candidate to the first candidate list regardless of whether or not the history-based candidate overlaps a candidate included in the first candidate list if a reference index of the history-based candidate is the same as a reference index of the coding target picture when the prediction mode is the motion vector predictor mode.

5. A picture coding method comprising:

deriving a spatial candidate from inter prediction information of a block neighboring a coding target block and registering the derived spatial candidate as a candidate to a first candidate list;

generating a second candidate list by adding a history-based candidate included in a history-based candidate list as a candidate to the first candidate list and switching between whether or not a history-based candidate overlapping a candidate included in the first candidate list is added in accordance with a prediction mode;

selecting a selection candidate from candidates included in the second candidate list; and

performing inter prediction using the selection candidate,

wherein the prediction mode is a merge mode and a motion vector predictor mode, the candidate, when the prediction mode is the merge mode, is motion information, and the candidate, when the prediction mode is the motion vector predictor mode, is a motion vector, and

wherein the history-based candidate is added as a candidate to the first candidate list regardless of whether or not the history-based candidate overlaps a candidate included in the first candidate list if a reference index of the history-based candidate is the same as a reference index of the coding target picture when the prediction mode is the motion vector predictor mode.

6. A computer program stored in a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium in a picture coding device, the computer program including instructions for causing a computer of the picture coding device to execute:

deriving a spatial candidate from inter prediction information of a block neighboring a coding target block and registering the derived spatial candidate as a candidate to a first candidate list;

generating a second candidate list by adding a history-based candidate included in a history-based candidate list as a candidate to the first candidate list, switching between whether or not a history-based candidate overlapping a candidate included in the first candidate list is added in accordance with a prediction mode;

selecting a selection candidate from candidates included in the second candidate list; and

performing inter prediction using the selection candidate,

wherein the prediction mode is a merge mode and a motion vector predictor mode, the candidate when the prediction mode is the merge mode is motion information, and the candidate when the prediction mode is the motion vector predictor mode is a motion vector, and

wherein the history-based candidate is added as a candidate to the first candidate list regardless of whether or not the history-based candidate overlaps a candidate included in the first candidate list if a reference index of the history-based candidate is the same as a reference index of the coding target picture when the prediction mode is the motion vector predictor mode.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2022
From: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
To: GODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1
Reel/Frame 060415/0258 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2021
From: TAKEHARA, HIDEKI; NAKAMURA, HIROYA; SAKAZUME, SATORU; FUKUSHIMA, SHIGERU; KUMAKURA, TORU; KURASHIGE, HIROYUKI
To: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055347/0176 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2018-247402 · Dec 28, 2018 · national
JP JP2019-171784 · Sep 20, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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