IP Library Granted Patent US 11,665,355
Granted Patent B2
US 11,665,355 · App. 17/520,137 · Granted May 30, 2023

Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method

Inventors: Kiyofumi Abe (Osaka, JP); Takahiro Nishi (Nara, JP); Tadamasa Toma (Osaka, JP); Ryuichi Kanoh (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
H04N19/159H04N19/105H04N19/176H04N19/186H04N19/583
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Patent No.
US 11,665,355
App. No.
17/520,137
Granted
May 30, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An encoder includes memory, and circuitry accessible to the memory. The circuitry accessible to the memory: determines whether OBMC is applicable to generation of a prediction image of a current block, according to whether BIO is to be applied to the generation of the prediction image of the current block; when BIO is to be applied to the generation of the prediction image of the current block, determines that OBMC is not applicable to the generation of the prediction image of the current block, and applies BIO to the generation of the prediction image of the current block without applying OBMC.

Claims (34)

1. A decoder comprising:

a memory; and

circuitry accessible to the memory and configured to:

for a current block,

determine whether a first process is to be applied and whether a second process is to be applied so that at least one of the first process and the second process is determined not to be applied, the first process being a bi-directional optical flow process in which the circuitry refers to a spatial gradient of luminance;

in a first condition in which the first process is determined to be applied and the second process is determined not to be applied,

generate prediction images of the current block based on reference pictures, and

generate a final prediction image based on the prediction images and the spatial gradient of luminance; and

in a second condition in which the first process is determined not to be applied and the second process is determined to be applied,

generate prediction images of the current block based on reference pictures, and

generate a final prediction image by weighting the prediction images.

2. An encoder comprising:

a memory; and

circuitry accessible to the memory and configured to:

for a current block,

determine whether a first process is to be applied and whether a second process is to be applied so that at least one of the first process and the second process is determined not to be applied, the first process being a bi-directional optical flow process in which the circuitry refers to a spatial gradient of luminance;

in a first condition in which the first process is determined to be applied and the second process is determined not to be applied,

generate prediction images of the current block based on reference pictures, and

generate a final prediction image based on the prediction images and the spatial gradient of luminance; and

in a second condition in which the first process is determined not to be applied and the second process is determined to be applied,

generate prediction images of the current block based on reference pictures, and

generate a final prediction image by weighting the prediction images.

3. A decoder comprising:

a memory; and

circuitry accessible to the memory, wherein the circuitry, in a decoding process on a first block in a picture, performs:

selecting either of a first process or a second process, the first process being a bi-directional optical flow process;

generating a first prediction image based on first images generated from respective reference images and a spatial gradient of luminance when the first process is selected; and

generating a second prediction image by weighting second images generated from respective reference images when the second process is selected.

4. An encoder comprising:

a memory; and

circuitry accessible to the memory, wherein the circuitry, in a decoding process on a first block in a picture, performs:

selecting either of a first process or a second process, the first process being a bi-directional optical flow process;

generating a first prediction image based on first images generated from respective reference images and a spatial gradient of luminance when the first process is selected; and

generating a second prediction image by weighting second images generated from respective reference images when the second process is selected.

Continuity (5)
Continuation 17031087 · Sep 24, 2020
Continuation 16684012 · Nov 14, 2019
Continuation PCTJP2018018443 · May 14, 2018
Provisional Application 62508515 · May 19, 2017
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