In-loop filtering-based image coding apparatus and method
According to an embodiment of the present document, a method for increasing the accuracy of in-loop filtering is proposed. In an example, the filtering accuracy of chroma blocks can be improved on the basis of luma blocks by performing a cross component adaptive loop filtering process.
1. An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus, comprising:
obtaining image information including residual information through a bitstream;
deriving quantized transform coefficients based on the residual information;
deriving transform coefficients based on a dequantization process for the quantized transform coefficients;
deriving residual samples based on an inverse transform process for the transform coefficients;
generating reconstructed samples based on the residual samples, wherein the reconstructed samples include reconstructed lima samples and reconstructed chroma samples;
deriving ALF filter coefficients for an adaptive loop filtering (ALF) process of the reconstructed chroma samples;
generating filtered reconstructed chroma samples based on the reconstructed chroma samples and the ALF filter coefficients;
deriving cross-component filter coefficients for cross-component filtering; and
generating modified filtered reconstructed chroma samples based on the reconstructed luma samples, the filtered reconstructed chroma samples, and the cross-component filter coefficients,
wherein the image information includes header information and an adaptation parameter set (APS) including ALF data,
wherein the cross-component filter coefficients are derived based on the ALF data,
wherein the header information includes a first flag related to whether a cross-component adaptive loop filter (CCALF) is enabled for a Cb color component of the filtered reconstructed chroma samples,
wherein based on the determination that a value of the first flag is 1, the header information includes information related to an identifier of the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component,
wherein the ALF data included in the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component include a Cb filter signal flag related to whether the cross-component filters for the Cb color component are signaled,
wherein based on the Cb filter signal flag, the ALF data included in the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component include information related to the number of cross-component filters for the Cb color component,
wherein based on the information related to the number of cross-component filters for the Cb color component, the ALF data included in the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component include information on absolute values of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component and information on signs of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component, and
wherein the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component are derived based on the information on the absolute values of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component and the information on the signs of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component.
2. The image decoding method of claim 1 , wherein the image information includes a sequence parameter set (SPS), and
wherein the SPS includes a CCALF enable flag related to whether the cross-component filtering is enabled.
3. The image decoding method of claim 2 , wherein the image information includes general constraint information,
wherein the general constraint information includes a CCALF constraint flag for constraining the cross-component filtering based on the value of the CCALF enable flag.
4. The image decoding method of claim 1 , wherein the header information further includes a second flag related to whether the CCALF is enabled for a Cr color component of the filtered reconstructed chroma samples.
5. The image decoding method of claim 1 , wherein the information related to the number of cross-component filters for the Cb color component is zero-order exponential Golomb coded.
6. The image decoding method of claim 1 , wherein the image information includes information on a coding tree unit, and
the information on the coding tree unit includes:
information on whether the cross-component filter is applied to a current block of a Cb color component; and
information on whether the cross-component filter is applied to a current block of a Cr color component.
7. The image decoding method of claim 1 , wherein the image information includes information on a coding tree unit, and
the information on the coding tree unit includes:
information on a filter set index of the cross-component filter is applied to a current block of a Cb color component; and
information on the filter set index of the cross-component filter is applied to a current block of a Cr color component.
8. An image encoding method performed by an encoding apparatus, comprising:
generating residual samples for a current block;
deriving transform coefficients based on a transform process for the residual samples;
deriving quantized transform coefficients based on a quantization process for the transform coefficients;
generating residual information indicating the quantized transform coefficients;
generating reconstructed samples based on the residual information;
generating adaptive loop filter (ALF)-related information and cross-component ALF (CCALF)-related information for the reconstructed samples; and
encoding the image information including the residual information, the ALF-related information, and the CCALF-related information,
wherein the image information includes header information and an adaptation parameter set (APS) including ALF data,
wherein the header information includes a first flag related to whether the CCALF is enabled for a Cb color component of the filtered reconstructed chroma samples,
wherein the cross-component filter coefficients are represented based on the ALF data,
wherein based on the determination that a value of the first flag is 1, the header information includes information related to an identifier of the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component,
wherein the ALF data included in the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component include a Cb filter signal flag related to whether the cross-component filters for the Cb color component are signaled,
wherein based on the Cb filter signal flag, the ALF data included in the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component include information related to the number of cross-component filters for the Cb color component,
wherein based on the information related to the number of cross-component filters for the Cb color component, the ALF data included in the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component include information on absolute values of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component and information on signs of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component, and
wherein the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component are derived based on the information on the absolute values of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component and the information on the signs of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component.
9. The image encoding method of claim 8 , wherein the image information includes a sequence parameter set (SPS), and
wherein the SPS includes a CCALF enable flag related to whether the cross-component filtering is enabled.
10. The image encoding method of claim 8 , wherein the header further information includes a second flag related to whether the CCALF is enabled for a Cr color component of the filtered reconstructed chroma samples.
11. The image encoding method of claim 8 , wherein the information related to the number of cross-component filters for the Cb color component is zero-order exponential Golomb coded.
12. The image encoding method of claim 8 , wherein the image information includes information on a coding tree unit, and
the information on the coding tree unit includes:
information on whether the cross-component filter is applied to a current block of a Cb color component; and
information on whether the cross-component filter is applied to a current block of a Cr color component.
13. The image encoding method of claim 8 , wherein the image information includes information on a coding tree unit, and
the information on the coding tree unit includes:
information on a filter set index of the cross-component filter is applied to a current block of a Cb color component; and
information on the filter set index of the cross-component filter is applied to a current block of a Cr color component.
14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a bitstream generated by an image encoding method, the method comprising:
generating residual samples for a current block;
deriving transform coefficients based on a transform process for the residual samples;
deriving quantized transform coefficients based on a quantization process for the transform coefficients;
generating residual information indicating the quantized transform coefficients;
generating reconstructed samples based on the residual information;
generating adaptive loop filter (ALF)-related information and cross-component ALF (CCALF)-related information for the reconstructed samples; and
encoding the image information to generate the bitstream, wherein the image information includes the residual information, the ALF-related information, and the CCALF-related information,
wherein the image information includes header information and an adaptation parameter set (APS) including ALF data,
wherein the header information includes a first flag related to whether the CCALF is enabled for a Cb color component of the filtered reconstructed chroma samples,
wherein the cross-component filter coefficients are represented based on the ALF data,
wherein based on the determination that a value of the first flag is 1, the header information includes information related to an identifier of the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component,
wherein the ALF data included in the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component include a Cb filter signal flag related to whether the cross-component filters for the Cb color component are signaled,
wherein based on the Cb filter signal flag, the ALF data included in the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component include information related to the number of cross-component filters for the Cb color component,
wherein based on the information related to the number of cross-component filters for the Cb color component, the ALF data included in the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component include information on absolute values of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component and information on signs of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component, and
wherein the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component are derived based on the information on the absolute values of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component and the information on the signs of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component.
15. A transmission method of data for an image; the method comprising:
obtaining a bitstream for the image, wherein the bitstream is generated based on generating residual samples for a current block, deriving transform coefficients based on a transform process for the residual samples, deriving quantized transform coefficients based on a quantization process for the transform coefficients, generating residual information indicating the quantized transform coefficients, generating reconstructed samples based on the residual information, generating adaptive loop filter (ALF)-related information and cross-component ALF (CCALF)-related information for the reconstructed samples, and encoding the image information including the residual information, the ALF-related information, and the CCALF-related information; and
transmitting the data comprising the bitstream,
wherein the image information includes header information and an adaptation parameter set (APS) including ALF data,
wherein the header information includes a first flag related to whether the CCALF is enabled for a Cb color component of the filtered reconstructed chroma samples,
wherein the cross-component filter coefficients are represented based on the ALF data,
wherein based on the determination that a value of the first flag is 1, the header information includes information related to an identifier of the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component,
wherein the ALF data included in the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component include a Cb filter signal flag related to whether the cross-component filters for the Cb color component are signaled,
wherein based on the Cb filter signal flag, the ALF data included in the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component include information related to the number of cross-component filters for the Cb color component,
wherein based on the information related to the number of cross-component filters for the Cb color component, the ALF data included in the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component include information on absolute values of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component and information on signs of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component, and
wherein the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component are derived based on the information on the absolute values of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component and the information on the signs of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component.