IP Library Granted Patent US 11,991,390
Granted Patent B2
US 11,991,390 · App. 17/424,322 · Granted May 21, 2024

Image decoding method and apparatus

Inventors: Sunmi Yoo (Seoul, KR); Junghak Nam (Seoul, KR); Jungah Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04N19/593H04N19/11H04N19/132H04N19/136H04N19/176H04N19/70
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Patent No.
US 11,991,390
App. No.
17/424,322
Granted
May 21, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: acquiring image information including a block-based delta pulse code modulation (BDPCM) constraint flag indicating whether or not BDPCM is constrained with respect to an image; acquiring BDPCM-associated information regarding a current block on the basis of the BDPCM constraint flag; and generating reconstructed samples for the current block on the basis of the BDPCM-associated information.

Claims (50)

1. An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus, comprising:

obtaining image information including a Block-based Delta Pulse Code Modulation (BDPCM) constraint flag representing whether BDPCM is constrained for an image;

obtaining BDPCM related information for a current block in the image, the BDPCM related information including at least one of a BDPCM flag representing whether the BDPCM is applied to the current block or a BDPCM direction flag, representing a prediction direction for the Current block; and

generating reconstructed samples for the current block based on the BDPCM related information,

wherein the BDPCM constraint flag equal to represents that a constraint that a BDPCM enabled flag shall be equal to 0 is imposed, and the BDPCM constraint flag equal to 0 represents that the constraint is not imposed,

wherein the BDPCM enabled flag equal to 1 represents that the BDPCM is enabled, and the BDPCM enabled flag equal to 0 represents that the BDPCM is not enabled,

wherein when the BDPCM constraint flag is equal to 1, the BDPCM enabled flag is equal to 0, and

wherein when the BDPCM enabled flag is equal to 0, the BDPCM nag is inferred to be equal to 0.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein when a value of the BDPCM constraint flag is equal to 1, the BDPCM related information for the current block is not signaled.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the BDPCM related information for the current block comprises:

determining whether a width and a height of the current block are less than or equal to a maximum transform skip block size;

obtaining the BDPCM flag based on the width and the height being less than or equal to the maximum transform skip block size; and

obtaining the BDPCM direction flag based on the BDPCM flag.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the BDPCM flag equal to 1 represents that the BDPCM is applied to the current block, and

wherein the BDPCM direction flag is signaled based on the BDPCM flag being equal to 1.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the BDPCM flag is not signaled based our at least one of the width or the height being greater than the maximum transform skip block size, and

wherein the BDPCM is not applied to the current block.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein generating the reconstructed samples for the current block based on the BDPCM related information comprises:

deriving prediction samples of the current block based on an intra prediction mode derived based on the BDPCM direction flag; and

deriving the reconstructed samples based on the prediction samples.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein

the BDPCM direction flag equal to 0 represents that the prediction direction for the current block is a horizontal direction, and

wherein the BDPCM direction flag equal to 1 represents that the prediction direction for the current block is a vertical direction.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the intra prediction mode of the current block is derived as a horizontal intra prediction mode based on the BDPCM direction flag being equal to 0, and

wherein the intra prediction mode of the current block is derived as a vertical intra prediction mode based on the BDPCM direction flag being equal to 1.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein generating the reconstructed samples based on the prediction samples comprises:

deriving a target residual sample of the current block based on residual information on the current block; and

deriving a reconstructed sample by adding a prediction sample for the target residual sample and the target residual sample.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein when the BDPCM is applied to the current block and the prediction direction for the current block is the vertical direction, the residual information includes syntax elements for the target residual sample, and

wherein the syntax elements of the target residual sample represent a difference between a residual coefficient value of the target residual sample and a residual coefficient value of a top neighboring residual sample of the target residual sample.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the difference is derived based on the syntax elements for the target residual sample, and

wherein a residual coefficient of the target residual sample is derived by the sum of the residual coefficient value of the top neighboring residual sample and the difference.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein when the BDPCM is applied to the current block and the prediction direction for the current block is the horizontal direction, the residual information includes syntax elements for the target residual sample of the current block, and

wherein the syntax elements for the target residual sample represent a difference between a residual coefficient value of the target residual sample and a residual coefficient value of a left neighboring residual sample of the target residual sample.

13. An image encoding method performed by an encoding apparatus, comprising:

generating a Block-based Delta Pulse Code Modulation (BDPCM) constraint flag representing whether BDPCM is constrained for an image; and

encoding BDPCM related information for a current block in the image based on the BDPCM constraint flag, the BDPCM related information including at least one of t BDPCM flag representing whether the BDPCM is applied to the current block or a BDPCM direction flag representing a prediction direction for the current block,

wherein the BDPCM constraint flag equal to 1 represents that a constraint that a BDPCM enabled flag shall be equal to 0 is imposed, and

the BDPCM constraint flag equal to 0 represents that the constraint is not imposed,

wherein the BDPCM enabled flag equal to 1 represents that the BDPCM is enabled, and the BDPCM enabled flag equal to 0 represents that the BDPCM is not enabled,

wherein when the BDPCM constraint flag is equal to 1, the BDPCM enabled flag is equal to 0, and

wherein when the BDPCM enabled flag is equal to 0, the BDPCM flag is inferred to be equal to 0.

14. A method for transmitting data for image information comprising:

obtaining a bitstream of the image information, wherein the bitstream is generated by generating a Block-based Delta Pulse Code Modulation (BDPCM) constraint flag representing whether BDPCM is constrained for an image,

encoding BDPCM related information for a current block in the image based on the BDPCM constraint flag, the BDPCM related information including at least one of the BDPCM flag representing whether the BDPCM is applied to the current block or a BDPCM direction flag representing a prediction direction for the current block; and

transmitting the data including the bitstream,

wherein the BDPCM constraint flag equal to 1 represents that a constraint that a BDPCM enabled flag shall be equal to 0 is imposed, and the BDPCM constraint flag equal to 0 represents that the constraint is not imposed,

wherein the BDPCM enabled flag equal to 1 represents that the BDPCM is enabled, and the BDPCM enabled flag equal to 0 represents that the BDPCM is not enabled,

wherein when the BDPCM constraint flag is equal to 1, the BDPCM enabled flag is equal to 0, and

wherein when the BDPCM enabled flag is equal to 0, the BDPCM flag is inferred to be equal to 0.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2025
From: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 072859/0365 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2021
From: YOO, SUNMI; NAM, JUNGHAK; CHOI, JUNGAH
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 056915/0973 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62863257 · Jun 18, 2019
Related Publication 20220159294A1 · May 19, 2022
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