IP Library Granted Patent US 10,091,529
Granted Patent B2
US 10,091,529 · App. 15/212,405 · Granted Oct 2, 2018

Method and apparatus for entropy encoding/decoding a transform coefficient

Inventors: Bae-Keun Lee (Bucheon-si, KR); Yu-Mi Sohn (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H04N19/60H04N19/129H04N19/13H04N19/176H04N19/18H04N19/184H04N19/463H04N19/91
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,091,529
App. No.
15/212,405
Filed
Jul 18, 2016
Granted
Oct 2, 2018
Kind
B2
Examiner
HABIB, IRFAN
Art Unit
2485
USPC
375/240.18
Abstract

A method and apparatus for entropy coding and decoding a transformation block are provided. The method of entropy coding a transformation block includes: determining, according to a certain scan order, a location of a last significant transformation coefficient having a non-zero value from among transformation coefficients included in a transformation block having a certain size; and coding information about the determined location of the last significant transformation coefficient by using a horizontal axis direction location of the last significant transformation coefficient and a vertical axis direction location in the transformation block of the last significant transformation coefficient.

Claims (48)

1. An apparatus for video decoding comprising at least one processor configured to:

obtain, from a bitstream, a transformation block information indicating whether at least one significant coefficient exists among transformation coefficients of a transformation block,

when the transformation block information indicates existence of the at least one significant coefficient, obtain, from a bitstream, an x index indicating an x coordinate of a last significant coefficient, from among transformation coefficients of the transformation block, and a y index indicating a y coordinate of the last significant coefficient,

determine a scan index of the last significant coefficient based on the x index and the y index,

obtain, from the bitstream, level information of the last significant coefficient,

reconstruct the last significant coefficient using the level information of the last significant coefficient,

obtain, from the bitstream, a significant coefficient flag and level information of a first transformation coefficient which has a smaller scan index than the scan index of the last significant coefficient among the transformation coefficients,

reconstruct the first transformation coefficient by using the significant coefficient flag and the level information of the first transformation coefficient, and

perform inverse transformation on the transformation block based on transformation coefficients including the last significant coefficient and the first transformation coefficient,

wherein the significant coefficient flag indicates whether a level of the first transformation coefficient is zero or non-zero, and

wherein the level information of the first transformation coefficient indicates the level of the first transformation coefficient is greater than 1, when the significant coefficient flag indicates the level of the first transformation coefficient is non-zero.

2. A method of video encoding, performed by at least one processor, the method comprising:

generating a transformation block information indicating whether at least one significant coefficient exists among transformation coefficients of a transformation block;

when the at least one significant coefficient exists, generating an x index indicating an x coordinate of a last significant coefficient, from among transformation coefficients of the transformation block, and a y index indicating a y coordinate of the last significant coefficient;

generating level information of the last significant coefficient; and

generating a significant coefficient flag and level information of a first transformation coefficient which has a smaller scan index than a scan index of the last significant coefficient among the transformation coefficients,

wherein:

an image is split into a plurality of maximum coding blocks,

one of the maximum coding blocks is hierarchically split into at least one coding block,

at least one transformation block, including the transformation block, is hierarchically split from a current coding block among the at least one coding block,

the scan index of the last significant coefficient is determined based on the x index and the y index,

the significant coefficient flag is generated to indicate whether a level of the first transformation coefficient is zero or non-zero, and

when the level of the first transformation coefficient is non-zero, the level information of the first transformation coefficient is generated to indicate whether the level of the first transformation coefficient is greater than 1.

3. An apparatus for video encoding, the apparatus comprising at least one processor configured to:

generate a transformation block information indicating whether at least one significant coefficient exists among transformation coefficients of a transformation block,

when the at least one significant coefficient exists, generate an x index indicating an x coordinate of a last significant coefficient, from among transformation coefficients of the transformation block, and a y index indicating a y coordinate of the last significant coefficient,

generate level information of the last significant coefficient, and

generate a significant coefficient flag and level information of a first transformation coefficient which has a smaller scan index than a scan index of the last significant coefficient among the transformation coefficients,

wherein:

an image is split into a plurality of maximum coding blocks,

one of the maximum coding blocks is hierarchically split into at least one coding block,

at least one transformation block, including the transformation block, is hierarchically split from a current coding block among the at least one coding block,

the scan index of the last significant coefficient is determined based on the x index and the y index,

the significant coefficient flag is generated to indicate whether a level of the first transformation coefficient is zero or non-zero, and

wherein, when the level of the first transformation coefficient is non-zero, the level information of the first transformation coefficient is generated to indicate whether the level of the first transformation coefficient is greater than 1.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a bitstream to be decoded by at least one processor for performing video decoding, the bitstream comprising:

a transformation block information indicating whether at least one significant coefficient exists among transformation coefficients of a transformation block,

an x index indicating an x coordinate of a last significant coefficient, from among transformation coefficients of the transformation block;

a y index indicating a y coordinate of the last significant coefficient;

level information of the last significant coefficient; and

a significant coefficient flag of a first transformation coefficient which has a smaller scan index than a scan index of the last significant coefficient among the transformation coefficients; and

level information of the first transformation coefficient,

wherein:

an image is split into a plurality of maximum coding blocks,

one of the maximum coding blocks is hierarchically split into at least one coding block,

at least one transformation block, including the transformation block, is hierarchically split from a current coding block among the at least one coding block, the scan index of the last significant coefficient is determined based on the x index and the y index,

the significant coefficient flag is generated to indicate whether a level of the first transformation coefficient is zero or non-zero, and

when the level of the first transformation coefficient is non-zero, the level information of the first transformation coefficient is generated to indicate whether the level of the first transformation coefficient is greater than 1.

Priority Claims (1)
WO PCT/KR2011/005034 · Jul 8, 2011 · international
Continuity (3)
Continuation 13809375
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