IP Library Patent Application 19368317
Patent Application
App. No. 19/368,317

METHOD FOR REFERENCE PICTURE PROCESSING IN VIDEO CODING

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App. No.
19/368,317
Abstract

A method of encoding a video sequence into a bitstream is provided. The method includes: receiving a video sequence; and encoding one or more pictures of the video sequence; wherein the encoding includes: signaling a first flag in a slice header to indicate whether an active reference index number is present in a slice header; in response to the first flag indicating that the active reference index number is present, determining a number of entries of reference picture list 0 , and signaling an active reference index number of reference picture list 0 in the slice header for P and B slices; and determining a number of entries of reference picture list 1 , and signaling an active reference index number of reference picture list 1 in the slice header for B slice.

Claims (25)

1 . A method for encoding a video sequence, the method comprising:

receiving a video sequence; and

encoding the video sequence by:

determining a collocated picture referenced to by a reference index of the collocated picture in slice level, wherein the collocated picture is determined to be a same picture for all non-I slices of a current picture; and

encoding the current picture based on the collocated picture, wherein the collocated picture is used for temporal motion vector prediction.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the non-I slices comprises all B-slices and all P-slices of the current picture.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the index of the collocated picture is a syntax element sh_collocated_ref_idx.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein a reference picture resampling constrain is disabled.

5 . A method for decoding a bitstream, the method comprising:

receiving a bitstream; and

decoding the bitstream to output a video sequence, the decoding comprising:

determining a collocated picture referenced to by a reference index of the collocated picture in slice level, wherein the collocated picture is determined to be a same picture for all non-I slices of a current picture; and

decoding the current picture based on the collocated picture, wherein the collocated picture is used for temporal motion vector prediction.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the non-I slices comprises all B-slices and all P-slices of the current picture.

7 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the index of the collocated picture is a syntax element sh_collocated_ref_idx.

8 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein a reference picture resampling constrain is disabled.

9 . A method for signaling a bitstream, the method comprising:

receiving a video sequence; and

encoding the video sequence by:

determining a collocated picture referenced to by a reference index of the collocated picture in slice level, wherein the collocated picture is determined to be a same picture for all non-I slices of a current picture; and

encoding the current picture based on the collocated picture, wherein the collocated picture is used for temporal motion vector prediction; and

signaling a bitstream that is generated based on the encoding.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the non-I slices comprises all B-slices and all P-slices of the current picture.

11 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the index of the collocated picture is a syntax element sh_collocated ref idx.

12 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein a reference picture resampling constrain is disabled.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2026
From: ALIBABA INNOVATION PRIVATE LIMITED
To: HFI INNOVATION INC.
Reel/Frame 075499/0876 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2026
From: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
To: ALIBABA INNOVATION PRIVATE LIMITED
Reel/Frame 074832/0914 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2025
From: CHEN, JIE; YE, YAN; LIAO, RU-LING
To: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 072670/0293 →