IP Library Granted Patent US 12,149,724
Granted Patent B2
US 12,149,724 · App. 18/475,817 · Granted Nov 19, 2024

Method and device for determining reference unit

Inventors: Sung Chang Lim (Daejeon, KR); Hui Yong Kim (Daejeon, KR); Se Yoon Jeong (Daejeon, KR); Suk Hee Cho (Daejeon, KR); Jong Ho Kim (Daejeon, KR); Ha Hyun Lee (Seoul, KR); Jin Ho Lee (Daejeon, KR); Jin Soo Choi (Daejeon, KR); Jin Woong Kim (Daejeon, KR); Chie Teuk Ahn (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
H04N19/44H04N19/50H04N19/503H04N19/52H04N19/597
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Patent No.
US 12,149,724
App. No.
18/475,817
Granted
Nov 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inter prediction method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: selecting candidate units from among reconstructed neighbor units; creating a candidate unit set with respect to units to be decoded, using the selected candidate units; determining a reference unit from among the candidate units which constitute the created candidate unit set; and performing inter prediction on the units to be decoded, using the determined reference unit. According to the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency can be improved.

Claims (20)

1. A method for decoding a video signal, the method comprising:

selecting candidate units among reconstructed neighboring units adjacent to a decoding target unit;

generating a candidate unit set for the decoding target unit based on the selected candidate units;

deriving motion information of the decoding target unit based on the generated candidate unit set; and

deriving a prediction block of the decoding target unit based on the derived motion information,

wherein the step of selecting candidate units selects units, which have a reference picture list different from a reference picture list of the decoding target unit and use the same reference picture as the decoding target unit, among the reconstructed neighboring units,

wherein the reconstructed neighboring units include an upper neighboring unit adjacent to an upper portion of the decoding target unit, a left neighboring unit adjacent to the left of the decoding target unit, a right upper corner unit positioned at a right upper corner of the decoding target unit, a left upper corner unit positioned at a left upper corner of the decoding target unit, and a left lower corner unit positioned at a left lower corner of the decoding target unit.

2. A method for encoding a video signal, the method comprising:

selecting candidate units among reconstructed neighboring units adjacent to the encoding target unit;

generating a candidate unit set for the encoding target unit based on the selected candidate unit; and

encoding an encoding parameter to specify, from the candidate unit set, a motion vector of a reference unit which is used for inter prediction of the encoding target unit,

wherein the step of selecting candidate units selects units, which have a reference picture list different from a reference picture list of the encoding target unit and use the same reference picture as the encoding target unit, among the reconstructed neighboring units,

the reconstructed neighboring units include an upper neighboring unit adjacent to an upper portion of the encoding target unit, a left neighboring unit adjacent to the left of the encoding target unit, a right upper corner unit positioned at a right upper corner of the encoding target unit, a left upper corner unit positioned at a left upper corner of the encoding target unit, and a left lower corner unit positioned at a left lower corner of the encoding target unit.

3. A method for transmitting a bitstream, the method comprising:

transmitting the bitstream formed by an encoding method,

wherein the encoding method comprise, selecting candidate units among reconstructed neighboring units adjacent to the encoding target unit;

generating a candidate unit set for the encoding target unit based on the selected candidate unit; and

encoding an encoding parameter to specify, from the candidate unit set, a motion vector of a reference unit which is used for inter prediction of the encoding target unit,

wherein the step of selecting candidate units selects units, which have a reference picture list different from a reference picture list of the encoding target unit and use the same reference picture as the encoding target unit, among the reconstructed neighboring units,

the reconstructed neighboring units include an upper neighboring unit adjacent to an upper portion of the encoding target unit, a left neighboring unit adjacent to the left of the encoding target unit, a right upper corner unit positioned at a right upper corner of the encoding target unit, a left upper corner unit positioned at a left upper corner of the encoding target unit, and a left lower corner unit positioned at a left lower corner of the encoding target unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2023
From: LIM, SUNG CHANG; KIM, HUI YONG; JEONG, SE YOON; CHO, SUK HEE; KIM, JONG HO; LEE, HA HYUN; LEE, JIN HO; CHOI, JIN SOO; KIM, JIN WOONG; AHN, CHIE TEUK
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 065052/0258 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2010-0126630 · Dec 13, 2010 · national
KR 10-2011-0133709 · Dec 13, 2011 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17568678 · Jan 4, 2022
Continuation 16535991 · Aug 8, 2019
Continuation 15011090 · Jan 29, 2016
Continuation 13991243
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