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Granted Patent B2
US 12,389,008 · App. 18/584,548 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Image coding method and device therefor

Inventors: Moonmo Koo (Seoul, KR); Jie Zhao (Seoul, KR); Hyeongmoon Jang (Seoul, KR); Seunghwan Kim (Seoul, KR); Jaehyun Lim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04N19/132H04N19/176H04N19/18H04N19/186H04N19/46
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Patent No.
US 12,389,008
App. No.
18/584,548
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image decoding method according to the present document may comprise the steps of: receiving image information including residual information and an LFNST index from a bitstream; deriving a transform coefficient on the basis of the residual information; deriving a flag variable related to whether LFNST is applied to a current block on the basis of the LFNST index; and performing the LFNST on the basis of the flag variable and the transform coefficient, wherein the flag variable is derived for each color component of the current block.

Claims (58)

1. An apparatus for decoding an image, comprising:

a memory configured to store the image; and

a processor coupled with the memory,

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive image information comprising residual information and a low-frequency non-separable transform (LFNST) index from a bitstream;

derive transform coefficients by performing dequantization based on the residual information;

derive a flag variable array related to whether an LFNST is applied to a current block based on the LFNST index; and

perform the LFNST based on the flag variable array and the transform coefficients,

wherein the flag variable array is defined as a one-dimensional array,

wherein flag variables included in the flag variable array are derived for each color component of the current block,

wherein the flag variable array includes a first flag variable for a luma component, a second flag variable for a Cb component and a third flag variable for a Cr component,

wherein the first flag variable is set to 1 and the second flag variable and the third flag variable are set to 0, based on a tree type of the current block being a single tree and a value of the LFNST index being greater than 0,

wherein the first flag variable is set to 1 based on a tree type of the current block being a dual tree luma and the value of the LFNST index being greater than 0,

wherein the second flag variable and the third flag variable are set to 1 based on a tree type of the current block being a dual tree chroma and a value of the LFNST index being greater than 0,

wherein the dequantization is performed based on a scaling list, and

wherein whether to apply the scaling list for the each color component of the current block is determined based on a value of a flag variable allocated for the each color component in the flag variable array.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the LFNST is performed on a chroma component of the current block based on a tree type of the current block being a single tree and a color format of the current block being 4:4:4.

3. An apparatus for encoding an image, comprising:

a memory configured to store the image; and

a processor coupled with the memory,

wherein the processor is configured to:

derive prediction samples for a current block;

derive residual samples for the current block based on the prediction samples;

derive transform coefficients by performing a primary transform on the residual samples;

derive a flag variable array related to whether a low-frequency non-separable transform (LFNST) is applied to the current block;

perform the LFNST based on the flag variable array and the transform coefficients;

perform quantization on the transform coefficients; and

encode and output image information comprising an LFNST index generated based on the flag variable array and quantized transform coefficients,

wherein the flag variable array is defined as a one-dimensional array,

wherein flag variables included in the flag variable array are derived for each color component of the current block,

wherein the flag variable array is derived for each color component of the current block,

wherein the flag variable array includes a first flag variable for a luma component, a second flag variable for a Cb component and a third flag variable for a Cr component,

wherein the first flag variable is set to 1 and the second flag variable and the third flag variable are set to 0, based on a tree type of the current block being a single tree and a value of the LFNST index being greater than 0,

wherein the first flag variable is set to 1 based on a tree type of the current block being a dual tree luma and the value of the LFNST index being greater than 0,

wherein the second flag variable and the third flag variable are set to 1 based on a tree type of the current block being a dual tree chroma and a value of the LFNST index being greater than 0,

wherein the quantization is performed based on a scaling list, and

wherein whether to apply the scaling list for the each color component of the current block is determined based on a value of a flag variable allocated for the each color component in the flag variable array.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the LFNST is performed on a chroma component of the current block based on a tree type of the current block being a single tree and a color format of the current block being 4:4:4.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable digital storage medium for storing a bitstream generated by the apparatus of claim 3 .

6. An apparatus for transmitting data for image information comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit the data for the image information, and

a processor configured to obtain the image information and transmit the data for the image information,

wherein, for obtaining the image information, the processor is configured to:

derive prediction samples for a current block;

derive residual samples for the current block based on the prediction samples;

derive transform coefficients by performing a primary transform on the residual samples;

derive a flag variable array related to whether a low-frequency non-separable transform (LFNST) is applied to the current block;

perform the LFNST based on the flag variable array and the transform coefficients;

perform quantization on the transform coefficients; and

encode and output the image information comprising an LFNST index generated based on the flag variable array and quantized transform coefficients,

wherein the flag variable array is defined as a one-dimensional array,

wherein flag variables included in the flag variable array are derived for each color component of the current block,

wherein the flag variable array includes a first flag variable for a luma component, a second flag variable for a Cb component and a third flag variable for a Cr component,

wherein the first flag variable is set to 1 and the second flag variable and the third flag variable are set to 0, based on a tree type of the current block being a single tree and a value of the LFNST index being greater than 0,

wherein the first flag variable is set to 1 based on a tree type of the current block being a dual tree luma and the value of the LFNST index being greater than 0,

wherein the second flag variable and the third flag variable are set to 1 based on a tree type of the current block being a dual tree chroma and a value of the LFNST index being greater than 0,

wherein the quantization is performed based on a scaling list, and

wherein whether to apply the scaling list for the each color component of the current block is determined based on a value of a flag variable allocated for the each color component in the flag variable array.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2025
From: KOO, MOONMO; ZHAO, JIE; JANG, HYEONGMOON; KIM, SEUNGHWAN; LIM, JAEHYUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 071618/0406 →
Continuity (7)
Continuation 17985507 · Nov 11, 2022
Continuation PCTKR2021005877 · May 11, 2021
Provisional Application 63035854 · Jun 8, 2020
Provisional Application 63025149 · May 14, 2020
Provisional Application 63023824 · May 12, 2020
Provisional Application 63022595 · May 11, 2020
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