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US 11,736,696 · App. 17/565,968 · Granted Aug 22, 2023

Method for encoding and decoding quantized matrix and apparatus using same

Inventors: Sung Chang Lim (Daejeon, KR); Hui Yong Kim (Daejeon, KR); Jin Ho Lee (Daejeon, KR); Jin Soo Choi (Daejeon, KR); Jin Woong Kim (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
H04N19/126H04N19/159H04N19/196H04N19/198H04N19/463H04N19/50H04N19/61H04N19/70H04N19/176
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Patent No.
US 11,736,696
App. No.
17/565,968
Granted
Aug 22, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for encoding and decoding a quantized matrix and an apparatus using same, the method for encoding a quantized matrix according to the present invention comprising the steps of: determining a quantization matrix to be used for quantization and quantizing; determining the prediction method used for the quantization of the quantization matrix; and encoding quantization matrix information on the basis of the determined prediction method, wherein the prediction method can be either a prediction method between coefficients in the quantization matrix or a duplicate of the quantization matrix.

Claims (22)

1. A video decoding method comprising:

decoding information on a prediction scheme of a quantization matrix used in inverse quantization;

decoding the quantization matrix used in the inverse quantization in accordance with the prediction scheme of the quantization matrix; and

performing inverse quantization using the quantization matrix,

wherein the prediction scheme of the quantization matrix is any one of a prediction scheme between coefficients in the quantization matrix and a quantization matrix copying scheme,

wherein when the prediction scheme of the quantization matrix is the quantization matrix copying scheme, the entropy decoding unit decodes identification information indicating whether the quantization matrix uses a reference quantization matrix or a basic quantization matrix, and derives the quantization matrix on the basis of the identification information,

wherein when the prediction scheme of the quantization matrix is the prediction scheme between coefficients in the quantization matrix, a difference value between coefficients in the quantization matrix is obtained and a DC matrix coefficient value for a quantization matrix having a size of equal to or larger than 16×16 is obtained, and

wherein the identification information is used for execution of a first role of indicating a difference value between a value specifying a quantization matrix to be decoded and used in inverse quantization and a value specifying the reference quantization matrix, and for execution of a second role of making an instruction to derive the quantization matrix from the basic quantization matrix when the identification information is set to 0.

2. A video encoding method comprising:

determining and quantizing a quantization matrix used in quantization;

determining a prediction scheme of the quantization matrix; and

encoding information on the quantization matrix in accordance with the prediction scheme of the quantization matrix,

wherein the prediction scheme of the quantization matrix is any one of a prediction scheme between coefficients in the quantization matrix and a quantization matrix copying scheme,

wherein when the prediction scheme of the quantization matrix is the quantization matrix copying scheme, identification information used to derive the quantization matrix is encoded in the encoding of the information on the quantization matrix,

wherein when the prediction scheme of the quantization matrix is the prediction scheme between coefficients in the quantization matrix, a difference value between coefficients in the quantization matrix is encoded and a DC matrix coefficient value for a quantization matrix having a size of equal to or larger than 16×16 is encoded, and

wherein the identification information is used for execution of a first role of indicating a difference value between a value specifying the quantization matrix to be encoded and a value specifying a reference quantization matrix, and for execution of a second role of making an instruction to derive the quantization matrix from a basic quantization matrix when the identification information is set to 0.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a bitstream, the bitstream comprising:

information about a quantization matrix, the quantization matrix being used for reconstructing an encoded video,

wherein the information about the quantization matrix is encoded in accordance with a prediction scheme of the quantization matrix, the prediction scheme of the quantization matrix is any one of a prediction scheme between coefficients in the quantization matrix and a quantization matrix copying scheme,

wherein when the prediction scheme of the quantization matrix is the quantization matrix copying scheme, the information about the quantization matrix includes identification information used to derive the quantization matrix,

wherein when the prediction scheme of the quantization matrix is the prediction scheme between coefficients in the quantization matrix, the information about the quantization matrix includes a difference value between coefficients in the quantization matrix and a DC matrix coefficient value for a quantization matrix having a size of equal to or larger than 16×16, and

wherein the identification information is used for execution of a first role of indicating a difference value between a value specifying the quantization matrix to be encoded and a value specifying a reference quantization matrix, and for execution of a second role of making an instruction to derive the quantization matrix from a basic quantization matrix when the identification information is set to 0.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2021
From: LIM, SUNG CHANG; KIM, HUI YONG; LEE, JIN HO; CHOI, JIN SOO; KIM, JIN WOONG
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 058510/0266 →
Priority Claims (6)
KR 10-2012-0006564 · Jan 20, 2012 · national
KR 10-2012-0011672 · Feb 6, 2012 · national
KR 10-2012-0013462 · Feb 9, 2012 · national
KR 10-2012-0013996 · Feb 10, 2012 · national
KR 10-2012-0038971 · Apr 16, 2012 · national
KR 10-2013-0006736 · Jan 21, 2013 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 16885955 · May 28, 2020
Continuation 16376492 · Apr 5, 2019
Continuation 15792086 · Oct 24, 2017
Continuation 14373270
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