IP Library Granted Patent US 10,284,876
Granted Patent B2
US 10,284,876 · App. 14/906,021 · Granted May 7, 2019

Intra scene prediction method of depth image for interlayer video decoding and encoding apparatus and method

Inventors: Jin-young Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Dong-gyu Sim (Seoul, KR); Woong Lim (Yangju-si, KR); Hyun-ho Jo (Seoul, KR); Byeong-doo Choi (Suwon-si, KR); Min-woo Park (Hwaseong-si, KR); Yong-jin Cho (Seoul, KR)
Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD; KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
H04N19/597H04N19/107H04N19/11H04N19/122H04N19/124H04N19/159H04N19/176H04N19/44H04N19/59
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Patent No.
US 10,284,876
App. No.
14/906,021
Granted
May 7, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inter-layer video decoding method according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: obtaining prediction mode information for a current block of a depth image from a bitstream; creating a prediction block of the current block on the basis of the obtained prediction mode information; predicting an average value for the prediction block by using the pixel values of a designated location of the prediction block; and decoding the depth image by using the average value for the prediction block.

Claims (20)

1. An inter-layer video decoding method comprising:

obtaining prediction mode information regarding a current block of a depth image from a bitstream;

when a prediction mode is a Depth Modeling Mode according to the prediction mode information, generating a reference value for the current block from a reference block of a texture image corresponding to the depth image;

dividing the current block into a first area including a left-top pixel and a second area including a right-bottom pixel based on the reference value;

determining a prediction value for the first area and a prediction value for the second area based on neighboring pixels of the current block; and

decoding the depth image by using the prediction value for the first area and the prediction value for the second area,

wherein the neighboring pixels for determining the prediction value for the first area and the prediction value for the second area are determined according to whether a left-bottom pixel is included in the first area or the second area and whether a right-top pixel is included in the first area or the second area,

wherein when both of the left-bottom pixel and the right-top pixel are included in the first area and the second area, the prediction value for the first area is determined based on neighboring pixels near the left-top pixel.

2. The inter-layer video decoding method of claim 1 , wherein when the left-bottom pixel is included in the first area and the right-top pixel is included in the second area, the prediction value for the first area is determined based on a neighboring pixel near the middle of a left side of the current block, and the prediction value for the second area is determined based on a neighboring pixel near the right-top pixel of the current block.

3. The inter-layer video decoding method of claim 1 , wherein when the left-bottom pixel is included in the second area and the right-top pixel is included in the first area, the prediction value for the first area is determined based on a neighboring pixel near the middle of an upper side of the current block, and the prediction value for the second area is determined based on a neighboring pixel near the left-bottom pixel of the current block.

4. An inter-layer video decoding apparatus comprising:

a prediction mode determiner configured to obtain prediction mode information regarding a current block of a depth image from a bitstream;

a prediction block generator configured to generate a reference value for the current block from a reference block of a texture image corresponding to the depth image when a prediction mode is a Depth Modeling Mode according to the prediction mode information;

a prediction value calculator configured to divide the current block into a first area including a left-top pixel and a second area including a right-bottom pixel based on the reference value and determine a prediction value for the first area and a prediction value for the second area based on neighboring pixels of the current block; and

a decoder configured to decode the depth image by using the prediction value for the first area and the prediction value for the second area,

wherein the neighboring pixels for determining the prediction value for the first area and the prediction value for the second area are determined according to whether a left-bottom pixel is included in the first area or the second area and whether a right-top pixel is included in the first area or the second area,

wherein when both of the left-bottom pixel and the right-top pixel are included in the first area and the second area, the prediction value for the first area is determined based on neighboring pixels near the left-top pixel.

5. The inter-layer video decoding apparatus of claim 4 , wherein when the left-bottom pixel is included in the first area and the right-top pixel is included in the second area, an average value for the first area is determined based on a neighboring pixel near the middle of a left side of the current block, and an average value for the second area is determined based on a neighboring pixel near the right-top pixel of the current block.

6. The inter-layer video decoding apparatus of claim 4 , wherein when the left-bottom pixel is included in the second area and the right-top pixel is included in the first area, an average value for the first area is determined based on a neighboring pixel near the middle of an upper side of the current block, and an average value for the second area is determined based on a neighboring pixel near the left-bottom pixel of the current block.

7. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for implementing the inter-layer video decoding method of claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2016
From: LEE, JIN-YOUNG; SIM, DONG-GYU; LIM, WOONG; JO, HYUN-HO; CHOI, BYEONG-DOO; PARK, MIN-WOO; CHO, YONG-JIN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; KWANGWOON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
Reel/Frame 037646/0976 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61847758 · Jul 18, 2013
Related Publication 20160156932A1 · Jun 2, 2016
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