IP Library Granted Patent US 11,463,724
Granted Patent B2
US 11,463,724 · App. 17/342,076 · Granted Oct 4, 2022

Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method

Inventors: Kiyofumi Abe (Osaka, JP); Takahiro Nishi (Nara, JP); Tadamasa Toma (Osaka, JP); Ryuichi Kanoh (Osaka, JP); Takashi Hashimoto (Hyogo, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
H04N19/52H04N19/124H04N19/159H04N19/176
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,463,724
App. No.
17/342,076
Filed
Jun 8, 2021
Granted
Oct 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2425
USPC
375/240.16
Abstract

An encoder includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry, in inter prediction processing: derives a first motion vector of a current block to be processed, using a motion vector of a previous block which has been previously processed; derives a second motion vector of the current block by performing motion estimation in the vicinity of the first motion vector; and generates a prediction image of the current block by performing motion compensation using the second motion vector.

Claims (19)

1. An encoder, comprising:

circuitry; and

memory, wherein

using the memory, the circuitry, in inter prediction processing:

derives a first motion vector of a first current block to be processed, using a motion vector of a previous block which has been previously processed;

derives a second motion vector of the first current block by performing motion estimation in vicinity of a position specified by the first motion vector;

generates a prediction image of the first current block by performing motion compensation using the second motion vector;

derives a third motion vector of a second current block to be processed after the first current block, using the first motion vector of the first current block, when the second current block is included in a first picture including the first current block;

derives a third motion vector of the second current block, using the second motion vector of the first current block, when the second current block is included in a second picture different from the first picture;

derives a fourth motion vector of the second current block by performing motion estimation in vicinity of a position specified by the third motion vector; and

generates a prediction image of the second current block by performing motion compensation using the fourth motion vector.

2. An encoding method, comprising:

deriving a first motion vector of a first current block to be processed, using a motion vector of a previous block which has been previously processed;

deriving a second motion vector of the first current block by performing motion estimation in vicinity of a position specified by the first motion vector;

generating a prediction image of the first current block by performing motion compensation using the second motion vector;

deriving a third motion vector of a second current block to be processed after the first current block, using the first motion vector of the first current block, when the second current block is included in a first picture including the first current block,

deriving a third motion vector of the second current block, using the second motion vector of the first current block, when the second current block is included in a picture different from the first picture;

deriving a fourth second motion vector of the second current block by performing motion estimation in vicinity of a position specified by the third motion vector; and

generating a prediction image of the second current block by performing motion compensation using the fourth motion vector.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 16794944 · Feb 19, 2020
Continuation PCTJP2018034793 · Sep 20, 2018
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