Method of decoding moving pictures in intra prediction

1. A method for encoding an image, the method comprising:

determining an intra prediction mode of a current block;

generating a prediction block of the current block according to the intra prediction mode;

generating a residual block by calculating a difference between the current block and the prediction block;

transforming the residual block to generate a transform block;

quantizing the transform block to generate a quantized block; and

entropy-coding coefficients of the quantized block,

wherein the generating the prediction block of the current block according to the intra prediction mode includes:

deriving, via an intra-predictor, an intra prediction mode;

generating, via the intra-predictor, reference pixels on an unavailable position if there exist unavailable reference pixels of the current block;

determining, via the intra-predictor, whether reference pixels of the current block are filtered or not based on the intra prediction mode and a block size of the current block; and

filtering the reference pixels of the current block using a filter if it is determined that the reference pixels of the current block are filtered,

wherein the reference pixels are adaptively filtered based on the block size of the current block,

wherein the filter is not applied if it is determined that the size of the current block is smaller than a first size,

wherein if a number of intra prediction modes to which the filter is applied is increased, it is determined that the size of the current block is larger than the first size and smaller than a second size, and

wherein the filter is not applied to the intra prediction mode corresponding to a DC mode because the prediction block is generated using an average of the reference pixels.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the number of the intra prediction modes for filtering the reference pixels increases as the current block becomes larger.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein, if there does not exist any available reference pixel in a predetermined direction, the reference pixels are generated using an available reference pixel closest to the unavailable reference pixel in a reverse direction.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein reference pixels of an inter-coded block are set as unavailable.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein when the reference pixels are filtered in a first intra prediction mode between a diagonal intra prediction mode and a horizontal intra prediction mode, the reference pixels are filtered in directional modes between the first intra prediction mode and the diagonal intra prediction mode.

6. A non-transitory recording medium which includes a bit stream decoded by an image decoding device, the bit stream being generated by dividing an image into a plurality of blocks and by performing intra prediction for a corresponding block and including:

information indicating an intra prediction mode group indicator and a prediction mode index of a current prediction block, and

information indicating one-dimensional (1D) quantized transform coefficients generated by scanning quantized transform coefficients of a quantized transform block,

wherein the image decoding device:

restores the intra prediction mode group indicator and the prediction mode index of the current prediction block and the 1D quantized transform coefficients from the bit stream,

generates the quantized transform block by inversely scanning the 1D quantized transform coefficients,

generates a transform block by inversely quantizing the quantized transform block,

generates a residual block by inversely transforming the transform block,

generates a prediction block of the current prediction block according to an intra prediction mode, and

generates an original block by adding the prediction block and the residual block,

wherein the image decoding device generates the prediction block by performing:

generating reference pixels on an unavailable position if there exist unavailable reference pixels of the current block;

determining whether reference pixels of the current block are filtered or not based on the intra prediction mode and a block size of the current block; and

filtering the reference pixels of the current block using a filter if it is determined that the reference pixels of the current block are filtered,

wherein the reference pixels are adaptively filtered based on the block size of the current block,

wherein the filter is not applied if it is determined that the size of the current block is smaller than a first size,

wherein if a number of intra prediction modes to which the filter is applied is increased, it is determined that the size of the current block is larger than the first size and smaller than a second size, and

wherein the filter is not applied to the intra prediction mode corresponding to a DC mode because the prediction block is generated using an average of the reference pixels.