IP Library Granted Patent US 11,558,635
Granted Patent B2
US 11,558,635 · App. 17/323,936 · Granted Jan 17, 2023

Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method

Inventors: Kiyofumi Abe (Osaka, JP); Takahiro Nishi (Nara, JP); Tadamasa Toma (Osaka, JP); Ryuichi Kanoh (Osaka, JP); Chong Soon Lim (Singapore, SG); Ru Ling Liao (Singapore, SG); Hai Wei Sun (Singapore, SG); Sughosh Pavan Shashidhar (Singapore, SG); Han Boon Teo (Singapore, SG); Jing Ya Li (Singapore, SG)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
H04N19/52H04N19/119H04N19/176
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Patent No.
US 11,558,635
App. No.
17/323,936
Granted
Jan 17, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An encoder includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry, in operation, selects an encoding mode from among candidates including a decoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR) encoding mode and a partition encoding mode. When the DMVR encoding mode is selected, the circuitry: obtains a first motion vector for a first image block; derives a second motion vector from the first motion vector using motion search; and generates a prediction image for the first image block using the second motion vector. When the partition encoding mode is selected, the circuitry: determines a plurality of partitions in a second image block; obtains a third motion vector for each partition; and generates a prediction image for the second image block using the third motion vector, without deriving a fourth motion vector from the third motion vector using motion search.

Claims (22)

1. An encoder, comprising:

circuitry; and

memory, wherein

using the memory, the circuitry, in operation, selects an encoding mode from among candidates including a decoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR) encoding mode and a partition encoding mode,

when the DMVR encoding mode is selected, the circuitry:

obtains a first motion vector for a first image block;

derives a second motion vector from the first motion vector using motion search; and

generates a prediction image for the first image block using the second motion vector; and

when the partition encoding mode is selected, the circuitry:

determines a plurality of partitions in a second image block;

obtains a third motion vector for each partition; and

generates a prediction image for the second image block using the third motion vector, without deriving a fourth motion vector from the third motion vector using motion search.

2. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a bitstream,

the bitstream including information, an image block, and a plurality of motion vectors, the information indicating a selected encoding mode which is selected from among candidates including a decoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR) encoding mode and a partition encoding mode, wherein

when the information indicates that the DMVR encoding mode is selected,

a first motion vector is obtained from the plurality of motion vectors;

a second motion vector is derived from the first motion vector using motion search; and

a prediction image for the image block is generated using the second motion vector; and

when the information indicates that the partition encoding is selected,

a plurality of partitions are determined in the image block;

a third motion vector is obtained from the plurality of motion vectors for each of the plurality of partitions; and

a prediction image for the image block is generated using the third motion vector, without deriving a fourth motion vector from the third motion vector using motion search.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 16942601 · Jul 29, 2020
Continuation PCTJP2019003072 · Jan 30, 2019
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