IP Library Granted Patent US 12,593,035
Granted Patent B2
US 12,593,035 · App. 18/652,697 · Granted Mar 31, 2026

Image encoding/decoding method and device

Inventors: Bae Keun Lee (Seongnam-si, KR); Dong San Jun (Changwon-si, KR)
Assignee: DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB
H04N19/11H04N19/105H04N19/176H04N19/186
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Patent No.
US 12,593,035
App. No.
18/652,697
Granted
Mar 31, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The video encoding/decoding method and device according to the present invention can determine an intra prediction mode of a chroma block, specify a luminance area for inter-component reference of the chroma block, downsample the specified luminance area, derive parameters for the inter-component reference of the chroma block, apply the parameters to the downsampled luminance area, and thereby predict the chroma block.

Claims (41)

1 . An image decoding method, comprising:

determining an intra prediction mode of a chroma block;

determining a neighboring region for inter-component reference of the chroma block based on the intra prediction mode, the neighboring region including at least one of a top neighboring region or a left neighboring region adjacent to a luma block corresponding to the chroma block;

deriving down-sampled neighboring luma samples by down-sampling neighboring luma samples in the neighboring region,

deriving a parameter for the inter-component reference of the chroma block based on the down-sampled neighboring luma samples; and

predicting the chroma block based on the parameter for the inter-component reference,

wherein deriving the parameter for the inter-component reference comprises:

classifying the down-sampled neighboring luma samples into a first group and a second group, the first group including down-sampled neighboring luma samples having relatively large values and the second group including down-sampled neighboring luma samples having relatively small values; and

calculating a maximum value by averaging the down-sampled neighboring luma samples included in the first group and a minimum value by averaging the down-sampled neighboring luma samples included in the second group,

wherein the parameter for the inter-component reference is derived based on a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value,

wherein the parameter for the inter-component reference includes at least one of a weight or an offset,

wherein when the top neighboring region belongs to a different coding tree unit from the luma block, only three neighboring luma samples are used to derive one down-sampled neighboring luma sample, and

wherein when the top neighboring region belongs to a same coding tree unit as the luma block, five or six neighboring luma samples are used to derive the one down-sampled neighboring luma sample.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the intra prediction mode of the chroma block is derived based on an index and a predetermined group configured with inter-component reference-based prediction modes, and

wherein the inter-component reference-based prediction modes includes a first mode which refers to both left and top neighboring regions adjacent to the chroma block, a second mode which refers to only the left neighboring region adjacent to the chroma block and a third mode which refers to only the top neighboring region adjacent to the chroma block.

3 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the top neighboring region includes N sample lines and the left neighboring luma region includes M sample lines, and

wherein N is set to a different value than M.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the down-sampling is performed by using only a neighboring luma sample at a specific position and neighboring samples adjacent to the neighboring luma sample.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the specific position is determined based on a position of one or more samples selected among a plurality of samples belonging to a neighboring region of the chroma block.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the selected one or more pixels are representative of one or more samples positioned at every predetermined interval in the neighboring region of the chroma block.

7 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the neighboring samples include a sample positioned in at least one of a left, right, top, bottom, top-left, bottom-left, top-right, or bottom-right direction of the neighboring luma sample at the specific position.

8 . An image encoding method, comprising:

determining an intra prediction mode for a chroma block;

determining a neighboring region for inter-component reference of the chroma block based on the intra prediction mode, the neighboring region including at least one of a top neighboring region or a left neighboring region adjacent to a luma block corresponding to the chroma block;

deriving down-sampled neighboring luma samples by down-sampling neighboring luma samples in the neighboring region,

deriving a parameter for the inter-component reference of the chroma block based on the down-sampled neighboring luma samples; and

predicting the chroma block based on the parameter for the inter-component reference,

wherein deriving the parameter for the inter-component reference comprises:

classifying the down-sampled neighboring luma samples into a first group and a second group, the first group including down-sampled neighboring luma samples having relatively large values and the second group including down-sampled neighboring luma samples having relatively small values; and

calculating a maximum value by averaging the down-sampled neighboring luma samples included in the first group and a minimum value by averaging the down-sampled neighboring luma samples included in the second group,

wherein the parameter for the inter-component reference is derived based on a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value,

wherein the parameter for the inter-component reference includes at least one of a weight or an offset,

wherein when the top neighboring region belongs to a different coding tree unit from the luma block, only three neighboring luma samples are used to derive one down-sample neighboring luma sample, and

wherein when the top neighboring region belongs to a same coding tree unit as the luma block, five or six neighboring luma samples are used to derive the one down-sample neighboring luma sample.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the intra prediction mode of the chroma block is derived based on an index and a predetermined group configured with inter-component reference-based prediction modes, and

wherein the inter-component reference-based prediction modes includes a first mode which refers to both left and top neighboring regions adjacent to the chroma block, a second mode which refers to only the left neighboring region adjacent to the chroma block and a third mode which refers to only the top neighboring region adjacent to the chroma block.

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the top neighboring region includes N sample lines and the left neighboring region includes M sample lines, and

wherein N is set to a different value than M.

11 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the down-sampling is performed by using only a neighboring luma sample at a specific position and neighboring samples adjacent to the neighboring luma sample.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the specific position is determined based on a position of one or more samples selected among a plurality of samples belonging to a neighboring region of the chroma block.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2026
From: LEE, BAE KEUN; JUN, DONG SAN
To: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073447/0235 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2025
From: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
To: DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB
Reel/Frame 072128/0634 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0171320 · Dec 27, 2018 · national
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