Image/video coding method and apparatus

1. A video decoding method performed by a video decoding apparatus, the method comprising:

parsing number information related to a number of specific slices each having its height explicitly signaled within a tile of a current picture from a bitstream;

parsing height information related to heights of the specific slices each having its height explicitly signaled from the bitstream based on the number information;

deriving a number of slices within the tile based on the number information and the height information;

generating prediction samples by performing at least one of intra prediction or inter prediction on a current block of the current picture based on at least one of the slices within the tile; and

generating reconstructed samples based on the prediction samples,

wherein the height information includes a same number of syntax elements as the number of the specific slices,

wherein, based on the number of the specific slices being equal to n, n being an integer greater than 0, heights of a 0-th slice to an (n−1)-th slice within the tile are derived based on the syntax elements,

wherein a height of an n-th slice within the tile is derived to be the same as the height of the (n−1)-th slice based on a remaining height of the tile that is calculated by subtracting the heights of the slices starting from the 0-th slice to the (n−1)-th slice from a total height of the tile being equal to or larger than the height of the (n−1)-th slice,

wherein the tile is configured to be partitioned to the slices, each of the slices including a subset of CTU rows in the tile and having same width as the tile,

wherein the number information includes a syntax element num_exp_slices_in_tile included in a picture parameter set, and

wherein the height information includes a syntax element exp_slice_height_in_ctu_minus1 included in the picture parameter set.

2. The video decoding method of claim 1 , wherein the number information and the height information include an Exp-Golomb-coded syntax element.

3. The video decoding method of claim 1 , wherein slices within the tile are rectangular slices.

4. The video decoding method of claim 1 , wherein the number information is parsed based on information related to a width and height of a slice including the tile.

5. A video encoding method performed by a video encoding apparatus, the method comprising:

deriving slices within a tile of a current picture;

generating prediction related information and prediction samples by performing at least one of intra prediction or inter prediction based on at least one of the derived slices;

generating residual information based on the prediction samples;

generating number information related to a number of specific slices each having its height explicitly signaled within the tile and height information related to heights of the specific slices each having its height explicitly signaled; and

encoding image information including the prediction related information, the residual information, the number information, and the height information,

wherein the height information includes a same number of syntax elements as the number of the specific slices,

wherein, based on the number of the specific slices being equal to n, n being an integer greater than 0, the syntax elements in the height information indicate heights of a 0-th slice to an (n−1)-th slice within the tile,

wherein a height of an n-th slice within the tile is the same as the height of the (n−1)-th slice in case a remaining height of the tile that is calculated by subtracting the heights of the slices starting from the 0-th slice to the (n−1)-th slice from a total height of the tile is equal to or larger than the height of the (n−1)-th slice,

wherein the tile is configured to be partitioned to the slices, each of the slices including a subset of CTU rows in the tile and having same width as the tile,

wherein the number information includes a syntax element num_exp_slices_in_tile included in a picture parameter set, and

wherein the height information includes a syntax element exp_slice_height_in_ctu_minus1 included in the picture parameter set.

6. A non-transitory computer readable digital storage medium storing a bitstream generated by a video encoding method, wherein the video encoding method comprises:

deriving slices within a tile of a current picture;

generating prediction related information and prediction samples by performing at least one of intra prediction or inter prediction based on at least one of the derived slices;

generating residual information based on the prediction samples;

generating number information related to a number of specific slices each having its height explicitly signaled within the tile and height information related to heights of the specific slices each having its height explicitly signaled; and

encoding image information to generate the bitstream, wherein the image information includes the prediction related information, the residual information, the number information, and the height information,

wherein the height information includes a same number of syntax elements as the number of the specific slices,

wherein, based on the number of the specific slices being equal to n, n being an integer greater than 0, the syntax elements in the height information indicate heights of a 0-th slice to an (n−1)-th slice within the tile,

wherein a height of an n-th slice within the tile is the same as the height of the (n−1)-th slice in case a remaining height of the tile that is calculated by subtracting the heights of the slices starting from the 0-th slice to the (n−1)-th slice from a total height of the tile is equal to or larger than the height of the (n−1)-th slice,

wherein the tile is configured to be partitioned to the slices, each of the slices including a subset of CTU rows in the tile and having same width as the tile,

wherein the number information includes a syntax element num_exp_slices_in_tile included in a picture parameter set, and

wherein the height information includes a syntax element exp_slice_height_in_ctu_minus1 included in the picture parameter set.

7. A transmission method of data for a video, the method comprising:

obtaining a bitstream for the video, wherein the bitstream is generated based on deriving slices within a tile of a current picture, generating prediction related information and prediction samples by performing at least one of intra prediction or inter prediction based on at least one of the derived slices, generating residual information based on the prediction samples, generating number information related to a number of specific slices each having its height explicitly signaled within the tile and height information related to heights of the specific slices each having its height explicitly signaled, and encoding image information including the prediction related information, the residual information, the number information, and the height information; and

transmitting the data comprising the bitstream,

wherein the height information includes a same number of syntax elements as the number of the specific slices,

wherein, based on the number of the specific slices being equal to n, n being an integer greater than 0, the syntax elements in the height information indicate heights of a 0-th slice to an (n−1)-th slice within the tile,

wherein a height of an n-th slice within the tile is the same as the height of the (n−1)-th slice in case a remaining height of the tile that is calculated by subtracting the heights of the slices starting from the 0-th slice to the (n−1)-th slice from a total height of the tile is equal to or larger than the height of the (n−1)-th slice,

wherein the tile is configured to be partitioned to the slices, each of the slices including a subset of CTU rows in the tile and having same width as the tile,

wherein the number information includes a syntax element num_exp_slices_in_tile included in a picture parameter set, and

wherein the height information includes a syntax element exp_slice_height_in_ctu_minus1 included in the picture parameter set.