IP Library Granted Patent US 12,439,039
Granted Patent B2
US 12,439,039 · App. 18/502,708 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Apparatus for encoding and decoding image by skip encoding and method for same

Inventors: Sung Chang Lim (Daejeon, KR); Ha Hyun Lee (Seoul, KR); Se Yoon Jeong (Daejeon, KR); Hui Yong Kim (Daejeon, KR); Suk Hee Cho (Daejeon, KR); Jong Ho Kim (Daejeon, KR); Jin Ho Lee (Daejeon, KR); Jin Soo Choi (Daejeon, KR); Jin Woong Kim (Daejeon, KR); Chie Teuk Ahn (Daejeon, KR); Dong Gyu Sim (Daejeon, KR); Seoung Jun Oh (Seongnam-si, KR); Gwang Hoon Park (Seongnam-si, KR); Sea Nae Park (Seoul, KR); Chan Woong Jeon (Jeonju-si, KR)
Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute; Kwangwoon University Industry-Academic Collaboration Foundation; University-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee University
H04N19/117H04N19/109H04N19/132H04N19/159H04N19/17H04N19/174H04N19/176H04N19/192H04N19/46H04N19/50H04N19/593H04N19/82
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Patent No.
US 12,439,039
App. No.
18/502,708
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for encoding and decoding an image by skip encoding. The image-encoding method by skip encoding, which performs intra-prediction, comprises: performing a filtering operation on the signal which is reconstructed prior to an encoding object signal in an encoding object image; using the filtered reconstructed signal to generate a prediction signal for the encoding object signal; setting the generated prediction signal as a reconstruction signal for the encoding object signal; and not encoding the residual signal which can be generated on the basis of the difference between the encoding object signal and the prediction signal, thereby performing skip encoding on the encoding object signal.

Claims (24)

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

determining whether to perform filtering on signals to be used for generating intra prediction signals of decoding target signals, the signals being reconstructed earlier than the decoding target signals, the signals being adjacent to the decoding target signals;

performing the filtering on the signals when the filtering is determined to be performed;

generating the intra prediction signals of the decoding target signals based on the filtered signals; and

reconstructing the decoding target signals based on the intra prediction signals,

wherein whether to perform the filtering is determined based on a block size and an intra prediction mode of the decoding target signals,

wherein a tap size of a filter used for the filtering or a coefficient of the filter is variably determined based on a strength of the filter, and

wherein available tap sizes for the filter comprise 2-tap and 3-tap.

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

determining whether to perform filtering on signals to be used for generating intra prediction signals of encoding target signals, the signals being reconstructed earlier than the encoding target signals, the signals being adjacent to the encoding target signals;

performing the filtering on the signals when the filtering is determined to be performed;

generating the intra prediction signals of the encoding target signals based on the filtered signals; and

encoding the encoding target signals based on the intra prediction signals,

wherein whether to perform the filtering is determined based on a block size and an intra prediction mode of the encoding target signals,

wherein a tap size of a filter used for the filtering or a coefficient of the filter is variably determined based on a strength of the filter, and

wherein available tap sizes for the filter comprise 2-tap and 3-tap.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a bitstream, wherein the bitstream is generated by an image encoding method, the image encoding method comprising:

determining whether to perform filtering on signals to be used for generating intra prediction signals of encoding target signals, the signals being reconstructed earlier than the encoding target signals, the signals being adjacent to the encoding target signals;

performing the filtering on the signals when the filtering is determined to be performed;

generating the intra prediction signals of the encoding target signals based on the filtered signals; and

encoding the encoding target signals based on the intra prediction signals,

wherein whether to perform the filtering is determined based on a block size and an intra prediction mode of the encoding target signals,

wherein a tap size of a filter used for the filtering or a coefficient of the filter is variably determined based on a strength of the filter, and

wherein available tap sizes for the filter comprise 2-tap and 3-tap.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2023
From: LIM, SUNG CHANG; LEE, HA HYUN; JEONG, SE YOON; KIM, HUI YONG; HO, SUK HEE; KIM, JONG HO; LEE, JIN HO; CHOI, JIN SOO; KIM, JIN WOONG; AHN, CHIE TEUK; SIM, DONG GYU; OH, SEOUNG JUN; PARK, GWANG HOON; PARK, SEA NAE; JEON, CHAN WOONG
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE; KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION; UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
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Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2010-0042823 · May 7, 2010 · national
KR 10-2010-0121192 · Dec 1, 2010 · national
KR 10-2011-0042990 · May 6, 2011 · national
Continuity (7)
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Continuation 16738307 · Jan 9, 2020
Continuation 16244854 · Jan 10, 2019
Continuation 15649330 · Jul 13, 2017
Continuation 14643785 · Mar 10, 2015
Continuation 13696786
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