IP Library Granted Patent US 11,917,157
Granted Patent B2
US 11,917,157 · App. 17/970,124 · Granted Feb 27, 2024

Image encoding/decoding method and device for performing PROF, and method for transmitting bitstream

Inventors: Nae Ri Park (Seoul, KR); Jung Hak Nam (Seoul, KR); Hyeong Moon Jang (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04N19/132H04N19/105H04N19/137H04N19/176H04N19/513
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Patent No.
US 11,917,157
App. No.
17/970,124
Granted
Feb 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method according to the present disclosure is performed by an image decoding apparatus. The image decoding method comprises deriving a prediction sample of a current block based on motion information of the current block, deriving a reference picture resampling (RPR) condition for the current block, determining whether prediction refinement with optical flow (PROF) applies to the current block based on the RPR condition, and deriving a refined prediction sample for the current block by applying PROF to the current block.

Claims (31)

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

deriving a prediction sample of a current block based on motion information of the current block;

deriving a reference picture resampling (RPR) condition for the current block;

determining whether prediction refinement with optical flow (PROF) applies to the current block based on the RPR condition; and

deriving a refined prediction sample for the current block by applying PROF to the current block,

wherein the RPR condition is derived based on a width of the reference picture of the current block being different from that of the current picture or a height of the reference picture of the current block being different from that of the current picture.

2. The image decoding method of claim 1 ,

wherein the RPR condition is derived as a first value, based on the width of the reference picture of the current block being different from that of the current picture or the height of the reference picture of the current block being different from that of the current picture, and

wherein the RPR condition is derived as a second value, based on the width of the reference picture of the current block being equal to that of the current picture and the height of the reference picture of the current block being equal to that of the current picture.

3. The image decoding method of claim 2 , wherein it is determined that PROF does not apply to the current block, based on the RPR condition being the first value.

4. The image decoding method of claim 1 , wherein whether PROF applies to the current block is determined based on a size of the current block.

5. The image decoding method of claim 4 , wherein it is determined that PROF does not apply to the current block, based on a product of a width w of the current block and a height h of the current block being less than 128.

6. The image decoding method of claim 1 , wherein information specifying whether the current block is an affine merge mode is parsed from a bitstream based on a size of the current block.

7. The image decoding method of claim 6 , wherein the information specifying whether the current block is the affine merge mode is parsed from the bitstream, based on each of a width w of the current block and a height h of the current block being equal to or greater than 8 and w*h being equal to or greater than 128.

8. The image decoding method of claim 1 , wherein information specifying whether the current block is an affine MVP mode is parsed from a bitstream based on a size of the current block.

9. The image decoding method of claim 8 , wherein the information specifying whether the current block is the affine MVP mode is parsed from the bitstream, based on each of a width w of the current block and a height h of the current block being equal to or greater than 8 and w*h being equal to or greater than 128.

10. The image decoding method of claim 1 , wherein whether PROF applies to the current block is determined based on whether BCW or WP applies to the current block.

11. The image decoding method of claim 10 , wherein it is determined that PROF does not apply to the current block, based on BCW or WP applying to the current block.

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

deriving a prediction sample of a current block based on motion information of the current block;

deriving a reference picture resampling (RPR) condition for the current block;

determining whether prediction refinement with optical flow (PROF) applies to the current block based on the RPR condition; and

deriving a refined prediction sample for the current block by applying PROF to the current block,

wherein the RPR condition is derived based on a width of the reference picture of the current block being different from that of the current picture or a height of the reference picture of the current block being different from that of the current picture.

13. A method of transmitting a bitstream generated by the image encoding method, the image encoding method comprising;

deriving a prediction sample of a current block based on motion information of the current block;

deriving a reference picture resampling (RPR) condition for the current block;

determining whether prediction refinement with optical flow (PROF) applies to the current block based on the RPR condition; and

deriving a refined prediction sample for the current block by applying PROF to the current block,

wherein the RPR condition is derived based on a width of the reference picture of the current block being different from that of the current picture or a height of the reference picture of the current block being different from that of the current picture.

14. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a bitstream generated by the image encoding method of claim 12 .

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jan 22, 2025
From: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069988/0424 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2022
From: PARK, NAE RI; NAM, JUNG HAK; JANG, HYEONG MOON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 061490/0075 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17696619 · Mar 16, 2022
Continuation PCTKR2020012245 · Sep 10, 2020
Provisional Application 62909153 · Oct 1, 2019
Provisional Application 62902954 · Sep 19, 2019
Related Publication 20230089062A1 · Mar 23, 2023
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