IP Library Granted Patent US 12,519,927
Granted Patent B2
US 12,519,927 · App. 18/541,960 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Image decoding method, image encoding method, image decoding device, image encoding device, and computer-readable recording medium

Inventor: Yong Jo Ahn (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: DIGITALINSIGHTS INC.
H04N19/103H04N19/119H04N19/159H04N19/176H04N19/50H04N19/70
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Patent No.
US 12,519,927
App. No.
18/541,960
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are an image decoding method, an image decoding apparatus, an image encoding method, an image encoding apparatus and a computer-readable recording medium. An image decoding method according to the present invention may include: decoding information on a prediction method of a current block; based on the information on the prediction method, determining a prediction method of the current block; and generating a prediction block of the current block by performing prediction for the current block based on the determined prediction method. Herein, the information on the prediction method of the current block may include at least one of information on subblock merge, information on MMVD, information on multi hypothesis prediction, and information on partition prediction.

Claims (35)

1 . A method of decoding an image, the method comprising:

obtaining quantized coefficients for a current block from a bitstream;

generating a residual block of the current block based on the quantized coefficients;

decoding information on a prediction method of a current block;

determining a prediction method of the current block based on the information on the prediction method;

generating a prediction block of the current block by performing prediction for the current block based on the determined prediction method; and

reconstructing the current block based on the residual block and the prediction block,

wherein the information on the prediction method includes at least one of information on a subblock-based merge mode, information on a merge mode with a motion vector difference (MMVD), information on multi hypothesis prediction, or information on geometric partition prediction,

wherein the multi hypothesis prediction represents a prediction method generating a final prediction block by combining an inter prediction block generated by inter prediction and an intra prediction block generated by intra prediction,

wherein the information on the multi hypothesis prediction includes information indicating whether to perform the multi hypothesis prediction for the current block,

wherein the information on the geometric partition prediction is signaled based on that the multi hypothesis prediction is not performed on the current block, and

wherein whether the subblock-based merge mode is applied to the current block is determined before determining whether the multi hypothesis prediction is applied to the current block.

2 . A method of encoding an image, the method comprising:

determining a prediction method of a current block;

generating a prediction block of the current block by performing prediction for the current block based on the prediction method;

generating a residual block of the current block based on the prediction block;

obtaining quantized coefficients from residual samples in the residual block; and

encoding information on the prediction method and information on the quantized coefficients,

wherein the information on the prediction method includes at least one of information on a subblock-based merge mode, information on a merge mode with a motion vector difference (MMVD), information on multi hypothesis prediction, or information on geometric partition prediction,

wherein the multi hypothesis prediction represents a prediction method generating a final prediction block by combining an inter prediction block generated by inter prediction and an intra prediction block generated by intra prediction,

wherein the information on the multi hypothesis prediction includes information indicating whether to perform the multi hypothesis prediction for the current block,

wherein the information on the geometric partition prediction is encoded based on that the multi hypothesis prediction is not performed on the current block, and

wherein whether the subblock-based merge mode is applied to the current block is determined before determining whether the multi hypothesis prediction is applied to the current block.

3 . A method of transmitting a bitstream comprising:

determining a prediction method of a current block;

generating a prediction block of the current block by performing prediction for the current block based on the prediction method;

generating a residual block of the current block based on the prediction block;

obtaining quantized coefficients from residual samples in the residual block;

encoding information on the prediction method and information on the quantized coefficients to generate the bitstream; and

transmitting the bitstream to an image decoding apparatus,

wherein the information on the prediction method includes at least one of information on a subblock-based merge mode, information on a merge mode with a motion vector difference (MMVD), information on multi hypothesis prediction, or information on geometric partition prediction,

wherein the multi hypothesis prediction represents a prediction method generating a final prediction block by combining an inter prediction block generated by inter prediction and an intra prediction block generated by intra prediction,

wherein the information on the multi hypothesis prediction includes information indicating whether to perform the multi hypothesis prediction for the current block,

wherein the information on the geometric partition prediction is encoded based on that the multi hypothesis prediction is not performed on the current block, and

wherein whether the subblock-based merge mode is applied to the current block is determined before determining whether the multi hypothesis prediction is applied to the current block.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2026
From: DIGITALINSIGHTS INC.
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074237/0943 →
Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2019-0000420 · Jan 2, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0001085 · Jan 4, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0006842 · Jan 18, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17419849
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