IP Library Granted Patent US 11,902,572
Granted Patent B2
US 11,902,572 · App. 17/431,348 · Granted Feb 13, 2024

Intra prediction-based image coding method and apparatus using unified MPM list

Inventors: Jin Heo (Seoul, KR); Sunmi Yoo (Seoul, KR); Ling Li (Seoul, KR); Jangwon Choi (Seoul, KR); Jungah Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04N19/593H04N19/105H04N19/11H04N19/132H04N19/176
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Patent No.
US 11,902,572
App. No.
17/431,348
Granted
Feb 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image decoding method according to the present document comprises the steps of: acquiring, from a bitstream, reference line index information indicating a reference line to be used for intra prediction of a current block; constructing a most probable mode (MPM) list by deriving candidate intra prediction modes of the current block on the basis of the value of the reference line index information; deriving the intra prediction mode of the current block on the basis of the MPM list; generating prediction samples for the current block on the basis of the intra prediction mode; and generating restoration samples for the current block on the basis of the prediction samples, wherein, on the basis of the case in which the value of the reference line index information is not zero, one of the candidate intra prediction modes is a DC mode and the number of candidate intra prediction modes including the DC mode is 5.

Claims (44)

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

obtaining reference line index information indicating whether a multi-reference line is used for intra prediction of a current block from a bitstream,

wherein a value of the reference line index information being equal to 0 represents that the multi-reference line is not used for the intra prediction of the current block, and

wherein the value of the reference line index information being not equal to 0 represents that the multi-reference line is used for the intra prediction of the current block;

deriving Most Probable Mode (MPM) candidates of the current block, based on the value of the reference line index information;

deriving an intra prediction mode for the current block based on the MPM candidates;

generating prediction samples for the current block based on the intra prediction mode; and

generating reconstructed samples for the current block based on the prediction samples,

wherein a number of the MPM candidates for the current block is variably determined depending on whether the multi-reference line is used for the intra prediction of the current block,

wherein based on the value of the reference line index information being not equal to 0, the number of the MPM candidates for the current block is determined as 5, and

wherein based on the value of the reference line index information being equal to 0, the number of the MPM candidates for the current block is determined as 6.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein based on the value of the reference line index information being not equal to 0, a Planar mode is not included in the MPM candidates.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein in the step of deriving the intra prediction mode for the current block, the intra prediction mode of the current block is selected from among MPM candidates in an MPM list by obtaining MPM index information,

wherein the MPM index information has a value related to indicating the intra prediction mode for the current block among the candidate intra prediction modes in the MPM list.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the value of the reference line index information being equal to 0 represents intra prediction being performed by using samples of a first nearest reference line to the current block, and

wherein the value of the reference line index information being not equal to 0 represents intra prediction being performed by using one of the reference lines among second to fourth nearest reference lines to the current block.

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

generating reference line index information indicating whether a multi-reference line is used for intra prediction of a current block,

wherein a value of the reference line index information being equal to 0 represents that the multi-reference line is not used for the intra prediction of the current block, and

wherein the value of the reference line index information being not equal to 0 represents that the multi-reference line is used for the intra prediction of the current block;

deriving Most Probable Mode (MPM) candidates of the current block, based on the value of the reference line index information;

deriving an intra prediction mode for the current block based on the MPM candidates;

generating prediction samples for the current block based on the intra prediction mode;

generating residual information for the current block based on the prediction samples; and

encoding image information including the reference line index information and the residual information,

wherein a number of the MPM candidates for the current block is variably determined depending on whether the multi-reference line is used for the intra prediction of the current block,

wherein based on the value of the reference line index information being not equal to 0, the number of the MPM candidates for the current block is determined as 5, and

wherein based on the value of the reference line index information being equal to 0 number of the MPM candidates for the current block is determined as 6.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein based on the value of the reference line index information being not equal to 0, a Planar mode is not included in the candidate intra prediction modes in the MPM candidates.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

generating MPM index information related to indicating the intra prediction mode for the current block among MPM candidates in an MPM list,

wherein the image information is encoded including the MPM index information.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable digital storage medium storing a bitstream generated by a method, the method comprising:

generating reference line index information indicating whether a multi-reference line is used for intra prediction of a current block,

wherein a value of the reference line index information being equal to 0 represents that the multi-reference line is not used for the intra prediction of the current block, and

wherein the value of the reference line index information being not equal to 0 represents that the multi-reference line is used for the intra prediction of the current block;

deriving Most Probable Mode (MPM) candidates of the current block, based on the value of the reference line index information;

deriving an intra prediction mode for the current block based on the MPM candidates;

generating prediction samples for the current block based on the intra prediction mode;

generating residual information for the current block based on the prediction samples; and

encoding image information including the reference line index information and the residual information to generate the bitstream,

wherein a number of the MPM candidates for the current block is variably determined depending on whether the multi-reference line is used for the intra prediction of the current block,

wherein based on the value of the reference line index information being not equal to 0, the number of the MPM candidates for the current block is determined as 5, and

wherein based on the value of the reference line index information being equal to 0, the number of the MPM candidates for the current block is determined as 6.

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 Aug 16, 2021
From: HEO, JIN; YOO, SUNMI; LI, LING; CHOI, JANGWON; CHOI, JUNGAH
To: LG ELECTRONICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 057191/0843 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62810389 · Feb 26, 2019
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