IP Library Granted Patent US 11,949,904
Granted Patent B2
US 11,949,904 · App. 18/117,939 · Granted Apr 2, 2024

Image processing method based on inter prediction mode, and device therefor

Inventors: Hyeongmoon Jang (Seoul, KR); Junghak Nam (Seoul, KR); Naeri Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04N19/513H04N19/109H04N19/136H04N19/176H04N19/587H04N19/70
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Patent No.
US 11,949,904
App. No.
18/117,939
Granted
Apr 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

In the present disclosure, a method of decoding a video signal and a device therefor are disclosed. Specifically, a method of decoding an image based on an inter prediction mode includes deriving a motion vector of an available spatial neighboring block around a current block; deriving a collocated block of the current block based on the motion vector of the spatial neighboring block; deriving a motion vector in a sub-block unit in the current block based on a motion vector of the collocated block; and generating a prediction block of the current block using the motion vector derived in the sub-block unit, wherein the collocated block may be specified by the motion vector of the spatial neighboring block in one pre-defined reference picture.

Claims (31)

1. A method of decoding an image, comprising:

obtaining a reference index of a collocated picture being used for a motion vector prediction;

based on that a reference picture of a spatial neighboring block around a current block is the same as one pre-determined reference picture among reference pictures included in a reference picture list, deriving a collocated block of the current block in the one pre-determined reference picture using a motion vector of the spatial neighboring block, wherein the one pre-determined reference picture is based on the reference index of the collocated picture;

deriving motion vectors of sub-blocks in the current block based on the motion vector of the collocated block;

generating prediction samples of the current block based on the motion vectors of the sub-blocks; and

generating reconstructed samples of the current block based on the prediction samples,

wherein the one pre-determined reference picture is loaded in a picture header or a slice header.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

deriving motion vectors of available spatial neighboring blocks among spatial neighboring blocks around the current block in a pre-determined order.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the pre-determined order is a block neighboring a left side of the current block, a block neighboring upper side of the current block, a block neighboring a upper side of the current block, a block neighboring a upper-right corner of the current block, a block neighboring a lower-left corner of the current block, and a block neighboring a upper-left corner of the current block.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the spatial neighboring block the motion vector of which is used to derive the collocated block is located at a bottom of a left side of the current block.

5. A method of encoding an image, comprising:

based on that a reference picture of a spatial neighboring block around a current block is the same as one pre-determined reference picture among reference pictures included in a reference picture list, deriving a collocated block of the current block in the one pre-determined reference picture using a motion vector of the spatial neighboring block;

deriving motion vectors of sub-blocks in the current block based on a motion vector of the collocated block;

generating prediction samples of the current block based on the motion vectors of the sub-blocks;

generating residual samples of the current block based on the prediction samples; and

generating a reference index indicating the one pre-determined reference picture,

wherein the one pre-determined reference picture is defined in a picture header or a slice header.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

deriving motion vectors of available spatial neighboring blocks among spatial neighboring blocks around the current block in a pre-determined order.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the pre-determined order is a block neighboring a left side of the current block, a block neighboring upper side of the current block, a block neighboring a upper side of the current block, a block neighboring a upper-right corner of the current block, a block neighboring a lower-left corner of the current block, and a block neighboring a upper-left corner of the current block.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the spatial neighboring block the motion vector of which is used to derive the collocated block is located at a bottom of a left side of the current block.

9. A transmission method for data comprising a bitstream for an image, the method comprising:

obtaining the bitstream for the image; and

transmitting the data comprising the bitstream,

wherein the bitstream is generated by performing the steps of:

based on that a reference picture of a spatial neighboring block around a current block is the same as one pre-determined reference picture among reference pictures included in a reference picture list, deriving a collocated block of the current block in the one pre-determined reference picture using a motion vector of the spatial neighboring block;

deriving motion vectors of sub-blocks in the current block based on a motion vector of the collocated block;

generating prediction samples of the current block based on the motion vectors of the sub-blocks;

generating residual samples of the current block based on the prediction samples; and

generating a reference index indicating the one pre-determined reference picture, wherein the one pre-determined reference picture is defined in a picture header or a slice header.

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 May 5, 2023
From: JANG, HYEONGMOON; NAM, JUNGHAK; PARK, NAERI
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 063547/0625 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17542775 · Dec 6, 2021
Continuation 17060582 · Oct 1, 2020
Continuation PCTKR2019003825 · Apr 1, 2019
Provisional Application 62651229 · Apr 1, 2018
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