IP Library Granted Patent US 11,917,145
Granted Patent B2
US 11,917,145 · App. 17/961,160 · Granted Feb 27, 2024

Adaptive loop filter-based video or image coding

Inventors: Seethal Paluri (Seoul, KR); Seunghwan Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04N19/117H04N19/132H04N19/159H04N19/176H04N19/82
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Patent No.
US 11,917,145
App. No.
17/961,160
Granted
Feb 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to the disclosure of the present document, information regarding ALF filter coefficients may be encoded/decoded by fixed order-based exponential golomb coding. In addition, information regarding a fixed filter in ALF may be binarized by fixed-length coding. Accordingly, signaling efficiency can be increased, and coding complexity can be decreased.

Claims (84)

1. An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus, the method comprising:

obtaining image information including information related to whether an adaptive loop filter (ALF) is applied, coefficient information for the ALF, information related to whether fixed filter set is applied, prediction related information, and residual information from a bitstream, wherein the coefficient information is included in the image information based on the information related to whether the ALF is applied;

deriving a prediction samples based on the prediction related information;

generating reconstructed samples based on the residual information and the prediction samples;

deriving filter coefficients for the ALF based on the coefficient information; and

generating modified reconstructed samples based on the reconstructed samples and the filter coefficients,

wherein the coefficient information is obtained by decoding based on Exponential-Golomb coding,

wherein the Exponential-Golomb coding is based on a fixed order,

wherein the image information further includes information on a fixed filter index indicating one of the fixed filters for the ALF based on the information related to whether the fixed filter set is applied,

wherein the filter coefficients are derived based on the information on the fixed filter index,

wherein the information on the fixed filter index is obtained based on a binarization process, and

wherein the binarization process is performed based on a truncated binary (TB) binarization.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fixed order is pre-determined without signaling information on the fixed order.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the fixed order is one of 0, 2, or 3.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the fixed order is 0 or 2 based on the reconstructed samples being luma samples.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the fixed order is 0 or 3 based on the reconstructed samples being chroma reconstructed samples.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the fixed order is determined based on positions of the filter coefficients in a filter shape for the ALF.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the fixed order is determined based on the following table,

C 0

2

C 1

2

C 2

2

C 3

2

C 4

2

C 5

3

C 6

3

C 7

3

C 8

2

C 9

2

C 10

2

C 11

3

wherein, in the table, C0 to C11 represent filter coefficients depending on positions within the filter shape, and 2 or 3 represents a fixed order corresponding to each filter coefficient.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein a bin string of the information on the fixed filter index includes 5 bins,

wherein each of the five bins is bypass-based decoded.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the image information includes information on an ALF clipping,

wherein the information on the ALF clipping is decoded and obtained based on the Exponential-Golomb coding using the fixed order.

10. An image encoding method performed by an encoding apparatus, the method comprising:

deriving prediction samples of a current block in a current picture;

generating prediction related information;

deriving residual samples based on the prediction samples;

generating residual information based on the residual samples;

generating reconstructed samples based on the residual samples and the prediction samples;

determining whether an adaptive loop filter (ALF) is applied;

determining whether fixed filter set is applied;

deriving filter coefficients for the ALF for the reconstructed samples;

generating coefficient information for the ALF based on the filter coefficients; and

encoding image information including information related to whether the ALF is applied, the coefficient information, information related to whether the fixed filter set is applied, the prediction related information, and the residual information,

wherein the coefficient information is encoded based on Exponential-Golomb coding,

wherein the Exponential-Golomb coding is based on a fixed order,

wherein the image information further includes information on a fixed filter index indicating one of the fixed filters for the ALF based on the fixed filter set being applied,

wherein the filter coefficients are derived based on the information on the fixed filter index,

wherein the information on the fixed filter index is obtained based on a binarization process, and

wherein the binarization process is performed based on a truncated binary (TB) binarization.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the fixed order is one of 0, 2, or 3.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the fixed order is 0 or 2 based on the reconstructed samples being luma samples.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the fixed order is 0 or 3 based on the reconstructed samples being chroma reconstructed samples.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable digital storage medium, storing a bitstream generated by a method, the method comprising:

deriving prediction samples of a current block in a current picture;

generating prediction related information;

deriving residual samples based on the prediction samples;

generating residual information based on the residual samples;

generating reconstructed samples based on the residual samples and the prediction samples;

determining whether an adaptive loop filter (ALF) is applied;

determining whether fixed filter set is applied;

deriving filter coefficients for the ALF for the reconstructed samples;

generating coefficient information for the ALF based on the filter coefficients; and

generating the bitstream by encoding image information including information related to whether the ALF is applied, the coefficient information, the prediction related information and the residual information,

wherein the coefficient information is encoded based on Exponential-Golomb coding,

wherein the Exponential-Golomb coding is based on a fixed order

wherein the image information further includes information on a fixed filter index indicating one of the fixed filters for the ALF based on the fixed filter set being applied,

wherein the filter coefficients are derived based on the information on the fixed filter index,

wherein the information on the fixed filter index is obtained based on a binarization process, and

wherein the binarization process is performed based on a truncated binary (TB) binarization.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2025
From: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 072859/0365 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2022
From: PALURI, SEETHAL; KIM, SEUNGHWAN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 061337/0283 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17513540 · Oct 28, 2021
Continuation PCTKR2020006206 · May 12, 2020
Provisional Application 62847919 · May 14, 2019
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