IP Library Granted Patent US 12,316,853
Granted Patent B2
US 12,316,853 · App. 18/735,704 · Granted May 27, 2025

Transformation-based image coding method and device therefor

Inventors: Moonmo Koo (Seoul, KR); Seunghwan Kim (Seoul, KR); Mehdi Salehifar (Seoul, KR); Jaehyun Lim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04N19/132H04N19/176H04N19/18H04N19/186H04N19/46
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Patent No.
US 12,316,853
App. No.
18/735,704
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image decoding method according to the present document comprises the steps of: determining whether or not an effective coefficient is present in a second area not including an upper-left first area of a current block; parsing an MTS index from a bitstream on the basis that the effective coefficient is not present in the second area; and deriving residual samples for the current block by applying a transform kernel, which is derived on the basis of the MTS index, to transform coefficients in the first area, wherein the MTS index can be parsed on the basis that the effective coefficient, which is present in a scan sub-block which is scanned for the effective coefficient, is not present in the second area.

Claims (53)

1. An apparatus for decoding an image, the apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled with the memory, the at least one processor configured to:

derive a position of a last significant coefficient in a current block and transform coefficients for the current block based on residual information from a bitstream; and

derive residual samples for the current block by applying a transform kernel derived based on a multiple transform selection (MTS) index related to an inverse primary transform to the transform coefficients,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

parse a flag related to whether a significant coefficient is present in a scan subblock by scanning the scan subblock in a preset scan subblock unit according to a reverse diagonal scan order,

determine whether the scan subblock belongs to a second region other than a top-left first region of the current block,

determine whether a color index of the current block indicates a luma component, and

derive flag information related to whether the significant coefficient is present in the second region based on a value of the flag, whether the scan subblock belongs to the second region, and the color index,

wherein the MTS index is not parsed based on the flag information indicating that the significant coefficient is present in the second region, and

wherein a last scan subblock is derived based on the position of the last significant coefficient, and the scan subblock is scanned from the last scan subblock according to the reverse diagonal scan order.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the flag information is initially set to 1, and

wherein, the flag information is changed to 0 based on the value of the flag being 0, the scan subblock belonging to the second region, and the color index indicating the luma component.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein when the flag information is changed to 0, the MTS index is not parsed, and

wherein the MTS index is inferred to 0 when the MTS index is not parsed.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the top-left first region is a top-left 16×16 region of the current block, and

wherein the scan subblock is a 4×4 block.

5. An apparatus for encoding an image, the apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled with the memory, the at least one processor configured to:

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

derive transform coefficients for the current block based on a primary transform for the residual samples;

construct image information to parse a multiple transform selection (MTS) index related to the primary transform based on a significant coefficient not being present in a second region other than a top-left first region of the current block; and

encode residual information derived based on the transform coefficients for the current block and an MTS index,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

encode a flag related to whether the significant coefficient is present in a scan subblock by scanning the scan subblock in a preset scan subblock unit according to a reverse diagonal scan order,

determine whether the scan subblock belongs to the second region,

determine whether a color index of the current block indicates a luma component, and

derive flag information related to whether the significant coefficient is present in the second region based on a value of the flag, whether the scan subblock belongs to the second region, and the color index,

wherein the MTS index is not encoded based on the flag information indicating that the significant coefficient is present in the second region, and

wherein a last scan subblock is derived based on the position of a last significant coefficient in the current block, and the scan subblock is scanned from the last scan subblock according to the reverse diagonal scan order.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the flag information is initially set to 1, and

wherein, the flag information is changed to 0 based on the value of the flag being 0, the scan subblock belonging to the second region, and the color index indicating the luma component.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein when the flag information is changed to 0, the MTS index is not encoded, and

wherein the MTS index is inferred to 0 when the MTS index is not encoded.

8. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the top-left first region is a top-left 16×16 region of the current block, and

wherein the scan subblock is a 4×4 block.

9. An apparatus for transmitting data for image information, the apparatus comprising:

at least one processor configured to obtain a bitstream for the image information; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the data comprising the bitstream,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

derive residual samples for a current block based on prediction samples for the current block,

derive transform coefficients for the current block based on a primary transform for the residual samples,

construct image information to parse a multiple transform selection (MTS) index related to the primary transform based on a significant coefficient not being present in a second region other than a top-left first region of the current block, and

encode residual information derived based on the transform coefficients for the current block and an MTS index to generate the bitstream,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

encode a flag related to whether the significant coefficient is present in a scan subblock by scanning the scan subblock in a preset scan subblock unit according to a reverse diagonal scan order,

determine whether the scan subblock belongs to the second region,

determine whether a color index of the current block indicates a luma component; and

derive flag information related to whether the significant coefficient is present in the second region based on a value of the flag, whether the scan subblock belongs to the second region, and the color index,

wherein the MTS index is not encoded based on the flag information indicating that the significant coefficient is present in the second region, and

wherein a last scan subblock is derived based on the position of a last significant coefficient in the current block, and the scan subblock is scanned from the last scan subblock according to the reverse diagonal scan order.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2025
From: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 072859/0365 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2025
From: KOO, MOONMO; KIM, SEUNGHWAN; SALEHIFAR, MEHDI; LIM, JAEHYUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 070959/0967 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17775693
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