IP Library Patent Application 18968257
Patent Application
App. No. 18/968,257

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTER PREDICTION ENCODING AND DECODING

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18/968,257
Abstract

An encoding/decoding method and device according to the present disclosure may: determine at least one among a plurality of inter prediction modes as the inter prediction mode of the current block; form an inter prediction candidate list on the basis of the determined inter prediction mode; perform motion compensation on the basis of one prediction candidate in the inter prediction candidate list, and generate a first prediction block of the current block; and correct the first prediction block by using a prescribed intra prediction mode.

Claims (37)

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

constructing a first candidate list of a current block in the image, the first candidate list including a plurality of merge candidates;

generating a first prediction block of the current block by performing inter prediction based on the first candidate list and a merge index, the merge index specifying one of the plurality of merge candidates included in the first candidate list;

generating a second prediction block of the current block based on a pre-defined intra prediction mode in a decoding apparatus, the pre-defined intra prediction mode being representative of a Planar mode;

generating a final prediction block of the current block based on a weighted sum of the first prediction block and the second prediction block; and

reconstructing the current block based on the final prediction block of the current block,

wherein a weight for the weighted sum is determined based on a prediction mode of a neighboring block of the current block,

wherein the first candidate list includes a merge candidate having motion information of a previously decoded block,

wherein the merge candidate having the motion information of the previously decoded block is derived from a second candidate list, and

wherein the second candidate list is constructed based on motion information of previously decoded blocks.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first candidate list further includes at least one of a spatial merge candidate or a temporal merge candidate.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the weighted sum is performed based on a flag indicating the weighted sum of the first prediction block and the second prediction block.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the flag is adaptively signaled or derived based on at least one of a type of a slice to which the current block belongs or an inter prediction mode of the current block.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a number of the previously decoded blocks is less than or equal to 5.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the neighboring block includes at least one of a top neighboring block or a left neighboring block, and

wherein, in response to a case where a plurality of blocks exists at a top of the current block, a right-most block among the plurality of blocks is used as the top neighboring block.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein, in response to a case where prediction modes of the top neighboring block and the left neighboring block are not an intra mode, the weight is determined as 3.

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

constructing a first candidate list of a current block in the image, the first candidate list including a plurality of merge candidates;

generating a first prediction block of the current block by performing inter prediction based on one of the plurality of merge candidates included in the first candidate list;

generating a second prediction block of the current block based on a pre-defined intra prediction mode in an encoding apparatus, the pre-defined intra prediction mode being representative of a Planar mode; and

generating a final prediction block of the current block based on a weighted sum of the first prediction block and the second prediction block,

wherein a merge index specifying the one of the plurality of merge candidates included in the first candidate list is encoded into a bitstream,

wherein a weight for the weighted sum is determined based on a prediction mode of a neighboring block of the current block,

wherein the first candidate list includes a merge candidate having motion information of a previously encoded block,

wherein the merge candidate having the motion information of the previously encoded block is derived from a second candidate list, and

wherein the second candidate list is constructed based on motion information of previously decoded blocks.

9 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing a bitstream generated by an image encoding method, the image encoding method comprising:

constructing a first candidate list of a current block in the image, the first candidate list including a plurality of merge candidates;

generating a first prediction block of the current block by performing inter prediction based on one of the plurality of merge candidates included in the first candidate list;

generating a second prediction block of the current block based on a pre-defined intra prediction mode in an encoding apparatus, the pre-defined intra prediction mode being representative of a Planar mode; and

generating a final prediction block of the current block based on a weighted sum of the first prediction block and the second prediction block,

wherein a merge index specifying the one of the plurality of merge candidates included in the first candidate list is encoded into the bitstream,

wherein a weight for the weighted sum is determined based on a prediction mode of a neighboring block of the current block,

wherein the first candidate list includes a merge candidate having motion information of a previously decoded block,

wherein the merge candidate having the motion information of the previously encoded block is derived from a second candidate list, and

wherein the second candidate list is constructed based on motion information of N previously encoded blocks.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2025
From: KIM, JAE GON; PARK, DO HYEON; YOON, YONG UK; DO, JI HOON
To: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 071869/0240 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2025
From: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
To: DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB
Reel/Frame 072128/0634 →