IP Library Granted Patent US 11,496,765
Granted Patent B2
US 11,496,765 · App. 17/417,009 · Granted Nov 8, 2022

Method and apparatus for decoding video, and method and apparatus for encoding video

Inventors: Anish Tamse (Suwon-si, KR); Minwoo Park (Suwon-si, KR); Minsoo Park (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H04N19/52H04N19/107H04N19/139H04N19/159H04N19/176H04N19/196H04N19/40
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Patent No.
US 11,496,765
App. No.
17/417,009
Granted
Nov 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a video decoding method and apparatus for, in a video encoding and decoding procedure, when a merge candidate list of a current block is configured, determining whether the number of merge candidates included in the merge candidate list is greater than 1 and is smaller than a predetermined maximum merge candidate number, when the number of the merge candidates included in the merge candidate list is greater than 1 and is smaller than the predetermined maximum merge candidate number, determining an additional merge candidate by using a first merge candidate and a second merge candidate of the merge candidate list of the current block, configuring the merge candidate list by adding the determined additional merge candidate to the merge candidate list, and performing prediction on the current block, based on the merge candidate list.

Claims (12)

1. A video decoding method comprising:

configuring a plurality of merge candidates for a current block including a first merge candidate and a second merge candidate;

when both the first merge candidate and the second merge candidate correspond to a reference picture list L0, determining a motion vector of an additional merge candidate using an average value of a first motion vector of the first merge candidate and a second motion vector of the second merge candidate without using any merge candidate other than the first merge candidate and the second merge candidate; and

reconstructing the current block using a motion vector of a merge candidate in a merge candidate list including the plurality of merge candidates and the additional merge candidate,

wherein the first merge candidate is a merge candidate at a first position in the merge candidate list and the second merge candidate is a merge candidate at a second position in the merge candidate list.

2. The video decoding method of claim 1 , wherein the configured plurality of merge candidates for the current block includes a block spatially or temporally adjacent to the current block.

3. The video decoding method of claim 1 ,

when a number of the configured plurality of merge candidates including the first merge candidate and the second merge candidate is less than a fixed number, the motion vector of the additional merge candidate is determined.

4. The video decoding method of claim 3 ,

wherein the fixed number indicates a maximum number of merge candidates to be included in the merge candidate list.

5. The video decoding method of claim 1 ,

wherein the additional merge candidate included in the merge candidate list is one.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2021
From: TAMSE, ANISH; PARK, MINWOO; PARK, MINSOO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62792233 · Jan 14, 2019
Provisional Application 62783665 · Dec 21, 2018
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