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Granted Patent B2
US 11,917,170 · App. 17/950,248 · Granted Feb 27, 2024

Image information decoding method, image decoding method, and device using same

Inventors: Jung Won Kang (Daejeon, KR); Ha Hyun Lee (Seoul, KR); Jin Soo Choi (Daejeon, KR); Jin Woong Kim (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
H04N19/187H04N19/124H04N19/13H04N19/182H04N19/188H04N19/30H04N19/31H04N19/46H04N19/52H04N19/593H04N19/61H04N19/70H04N19/80H04N19/91H04N19/33H04N19/503
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Patent No.
US 11,917,170
App. No.
17/950,248
Granted
Feb 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an image information decoding method. The decoding method includes receiving a bit stream including a Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) unit that includes information related to encoded image, and parsing a NAL unit header of the NAL unit. The NAL unit header may not include 1 bit flag information that represents whether a picture is a non-reference picture or a reference picture in the entire bit stream during encoding.

Claims (27)

1. A video decoding apparatus, comprising:

a parsing module configured to:

parse a slice header of a second picture that is a next picture of a decoded first picture; wherein the slice header of the second picture includes reference picture information indicating whether the decoded first picture is a reference picture,

mark the decoded first picture as a reference picture in a Decoded Picture Buffer (DPB),

determine whether the decoded first picture is a non-reference picture based on the reference picture information included in the slice header of the second picture,

mark the decoded first picture marked as a reference picture as a non-reference picture when the decoded first picture is a non-reference picture, and

parse a transmission unit header of a transmission unit for the first picture,

wherein the transmission unit header does not comprise flag information indicating whether the transmission unit for the first picture is a non-reference picture or a reference picture, and

wherein the transmission unit header comprises information identifying a layer.

2. A video encoding apparatus, comprising:

an encoding module configured to:

encode a first picture, a slice header of a second picture that is a next picture of the first picture, and a transmission unit header of a transmission unit for the first picture, and

generate a bitstream that includes the encoded first picture and the encoded slice header,

wherein the slice header of the second picture includes reference picture information indicating whether the first picture is a reference picture,

wherein the first picture is marked as a reference picture,

wherein the reference picture information included in the slice header of the second picture is encoded based on whether the first picture marked as a reference picture is a reference picture or a non-reference picture,

wherein the first picture marked as a reference picture is marked as a non-reference picture when the reference picture information indicates that the first picture is a non-reference picture;

wherein the transmission unit header does not comprise flag information indicating whether the transmission unit for the first picture is a non-reference picture or a reference picture, and

wherein the transmission unit header comprises information identifying a layer.

3. A non-transitory computable-readable medium for storing a bitstream that is decoded by a video decoding method, the method comprising:

parsing a slice header of a second picture which is a next picture of a decoded first picture, wherein the slice header of the second picture includes reference picture information indicating whether the decoded first picture is a reference picture,

marking the decoded first picture as a reference picture in a Decoded Picture Buffer (DPB),

determining whether the decoded first picture is a non-reference picture based on the reference picture information included in the slice header of the second picture,

marking the decoded first picture marked as a reference picture as a non-reference picture when the decoded first picture is a non-reference picture,

parsing a transmission unit header of a transmission unit for the first picture,

wherein the transmission unit header does not comprise flag information indicating whether the transmission unit for the first picture is a non-reference picture or a reference picture, and

wherein the transmission unit header comprises information identifying a layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2022
From: KANG, JUNG WON; LEE, HA HYUN; CHOI, JIN SOO; KIM, JIN WOONG
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 061178/0729 →
Priority Claims (8)
KR 10-2012-0038870 · Apr 16, 2012 · national
KR 10-2012-0066606 · Jun 21, 2012 · national
KR 10-2012-0067925 · Jun 25, 2012 · national
KR 10-2012-0071933 · Jul 2, 2012 · national
KR 10-2012-0077012 · Jul 16, 2012 · national
KR 10-2012-0108925 · Sep 28, 2012 · national
KR 10-2012-0112598 · Oct 10, 2012 · national
KR 10-2013-0041862 · Apr 16, 2013 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17144409 · Jan 8, 2021
Continuation 16784714 · Feb 7, 2020
Continuation 14391061
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