Image encoding/decoding method and device
An image encoding/decoding method of the present invention constructs a merge candidate list of a current block, derives motion information of the current block on the basis of the merge candidate list and a merge candidate index, and performs inter prediction on the current block on the basis of the derived motion information, wherein the merge candidate list can improve encoding/decoding efficiency by adaptively determining a plurality of merge candidates on the basis of the position or size of a merge estimation region (MER) to which the current block belongs.
1. A method of decoding an image signal with a decoding apparatus, comprising:
obtaining, with the decoding apparatus, transform coefficients of a current block from a bitstream including the image signal;
obtaining, with the decoding apparatus, dequantized transform coefficients of the current block by performing a dequantization on the transform coefficients; and
providing, with the decoding apparatus, a decoded image signal by generating, based on a first inverse-transform, residual samples of the current block from the dequantized transform coefficients,
wherein, in response to a case in which a second inverse-transform is additionally performed between the dequantization and the first inverse-transform, the residual samples of the current block are generated by performing the first inverse-transform on M transform coefficients resulting from performing the second inverse-transform, the M transform coefficients being generated by performing the second inverse-transform on N dequantized transform coefficients of a partial region within the current block,
wherein a value of M is less than or equal to a product of a width and a height of the current block and a value of N is less than the value of M,
wherein when the width and the height of the current block is equal to 4, respectively, the values of M and N are determined to be 16 and 8, respectively,
wherein when the width and the height of the current block is equal to 8, respectively, the value of M is determined to be 48 which is less than the product of the width and the height of the current block and the value of N is determined to be 8,
wherein the second inverse-transform is performed only when the current block is a block encoded in an intra mode and a non-zero transform coefficient does not exist in a remaining region other than the partial region within the current block,
wherein the second inverse-transform is performed based on a transform type of the current block,
wherein the transform type of the current block is determined as one of a plurality of transform types belonging to a transform set of the current block, and
wherein the transform set of the current block is determined as one of a plurality of transform sets according to an intra prediction mode of the current block.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second inverse-transform is performed only when a size of the current block is greater than or equal to a threshold size pre-defined in the decoding apparatus, and
wherein the threshold size is representative of 4 or 8.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transform type of the current block is determined, based on index information signaled from the bitstream, and
wherein the index information specifies one of the plurality of transform types for the second inverse-transform.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the index information is signaled only when the non-zero transform coefficient does not exist in the remaining region within the current block.
5. A method of encoding an image signal with an encoding apparatus, comprising:
generating, with the encoding apparatus, based on a first transform, transform coefficients of a current block from residual samples of the current block in the image signal;
obtaining, with the encoding apparatus, quantized transform coefficients of the current block by performing a quantization on the transform coefficients; and
providing, with the encoding apparatus, an encoded image by entropy-encoding the quantized transform coefficients of the current block,
wherein in response to a case in which a second transform is additionally performed between the first transform and the quantization, N transform coefficients of a partial region within the current block are generated by performing the second transform on M first transform coefficients resulting from performing the first transform on the residual samples of the current block,
wherein a value of M is less than or equal to a product of a width and a height of the current block and a value of N is less than the value of M,
wherein when the width and the height of the current block is equal to 4, respectively, the values of M and N are determined to be 16 and 8, respectively,
wherein when the width and the height of the current block is equal to 8, respectively, the value of M is determined to be 48 which is less than the product of the width and the height of the current block and the value of N is determined to be 8,
wherein the second transform is performed only when the current block is a block encoded in an intra mode and a non-zero transform coefficient does not exist in a remaining region other than the partial region within the current block,
wherein the second transform is performed based on a transform type of the current block,
wherein the transform type of the current block is determined as one of a plurality of transform types belonging to a transform set of the current block, and
wherein the transform set of the current block is determined as one of a plurality of transform sets according to an intra prediction mode of the current block.
6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for storing data associated with an image signal, comprising:
a data stream including transform coefficients of a current block,
wherein a dequantization and a first inverse-transform are performed on the transform coefficients of the current block to generate residual samples of the current block,
wherein in response to a case in which a second inverse-transform is additionally performed between the dequantization and the first inverse-transform, the residual samples of the current block are generated by performing the first inverse-transform on M transform coefficients resulting from performing the second inverse-transform, the M transform coefficients being generated by performing the second inverse-transform on N dequantized transform coefficients of a partial region within the current block,
wherein a value of M is less than or equal to a product of a width and a height of the current block and a value of N is less than the value of M,
wherein when the width and the height of the current block is equal to 4, respectively, the values of M and N are determined to be 16 and 8, respectively,
wherein when the width and the height of the current block is equal to 8, respectively, the value of M is determined to be 48 which is less than the product of the width and the height of the current block and the value of N is determined to be 8,
wherein the second inverse-transform is performed only when the current block is a block encoded in an intra mode and a non-zero transform coefficient does not exist in a remaining region other than the partial region within the current block,
wherein the second inverse-transform is performed based on a transform type of the current block,
wherein the transform type of the current block is determined as one of a plurality of transform types belonging to a transform set of the current block, and
wherein the transform set of the current block is determined as one of a plurality of transform sets according to an intra prediction mode of the current block.