Method and apparatus for encoding video, and decoding method and apparatus
A method for decoding an image, the method including receiving a bitstream including image information, decoding base block size information on a size of a base block, and a residual quantization parameter of a decoding object unit, from the bitstream, deriving a predicted quantization parameter of the decoding object unit based on the base block size information, deriving a quantization parameter of the decoding object unit based on the predicted quantization parameter and the residual quantization parameter, and decoding the decoding object unit based on the quantization parameter of the decoding object unit.
1. A method for decoding an image, the method comprising:
receiving a bitstream including image information;
decoding base block size information on a size of a base block, and a residual quantization parameter of a decoding object unit, from the bitstream;
deriving a predicted quantization parameter of the decoding object unit based on the base block size information;
deriving a quantization parameter of the decoding object unit based on the predicted quantization parameter and the residual quantization parameter; and
decoding the decoding object unit based on the quantization parameter of the decoding object unit,
wherein the decoding the decoding object unit comprises
performing inverse quantization for the decoding object unit based on the quantization parameter; and
performing inverse transform for the quantized decoding object unit,
wherein the residual quantization parameter is entropy-decoded in a transform unit TU,
wherein, when a size of the decoding object unit is smaller than a size of the base block specified by the base block size information, the quantization parameter of the decoding object unit is same as quantization parameters of all the other decoding units included in the base block together with the decoding object unit, and
wherein the residual quantization parameter is selectively decoded based on flag information obtained from the bitstream, the flag information indicating whether the residual quantization parameter is decoded or not.
2. A method for encoding an image, the method comprising:
identifying a size of a base block and encoding base block size information on the size of the base block into a bitstream;
deriving a predicted quantization parameter of an encoding object unit based on the base block size information;
identifying a quantization parameter of the encoding object unit;
performing transform for the encoding object unit;
performing quantization for the transformed encoding object unit based on the quantization parameter; and
deriving a residual quantization parameter of the encoding object unit based on the predicted quantization parameter and the quantization parameter of the encoding object unit, and encoding the residual quantization parameter into the bitstream,
wherein the residual quantization parameter is included in a transform unit TU,
wherein when a size of the encoding object unit is smaller than a size of the base block specified by the base block size information, the quantization parameter of the encoding object unit is same as quantization parameters of all the other encoding units included in the base block together with the encoding object unit,
wherein the residual quantization parameter is selectively encoded, based on flag information specifying whether the residual quantization parameter is encoded or not, and
wherein the base block size information is encoded in a variable length.
3. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a bitstream, wherein the bitstream is generated by a method for encoding an image, the method comprising:
identifying a size of a base block and encoding base block size information on the size of the base block into the bitstream;
deriving a predicted quantization parameter of an encoding object unit based on the base block size information;
identifying a quantization parameter of the encoding object unit;
performing transform for the encoding object unit;
performing quantization for the transformed encoding object unit based on the quantization parameter; and
deriving a residual quantization parameter of the encoding object unit based on the predicted quantization parameter and the quantization parameter of the encoding object unit, and encoding the residual quantization parameter into the bitstream,
wherein the residual quantization parameter is included in a transform unit TU,
wherein when a size of the encoding object unit is smaller than a size of the base block specified by the base block size information, the quantization parameter of the encoding object unit is same as quantization parameters of all the other encoding units included in the base block together with the encoding object unit,
wherein the residual quantization parameter is selectively encoded, based on flag information specifying whether the residual quantization parameter is encoded or not, and
wherein the base block size information is encoded in a variable length.