IP Library Granted Patent US 11,616,976
Granted Patent B2
US 11,616,976 · App. 16/620,545 · Granted Mar 28, 2023

Video encoding/decoding method and device, and recording medium storing bit stream

Inventors: Sung Chang Lim (Daejeon, KR); Jung Won Kang (Daejeon, KR); Hyun Suk Ko (Daejeon, KR); Dong San Jun (Daejeon, KR); Jin Ho Lee (Daejeon, KR); Ha Hyun Lee (Seoul, KR); Hui Yong Kim (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
H04N19/523H04N19/176H04N19/124H04N19/13
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Patent No.
US 11,616,976
App. No.
16/620,545
Granted
Mar 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an image encoding method. The method includes deriving a motion refinement candidate from among motion information of spatial neighboring blocks, motion information of a temporal neighboring blocks, predefined motion information, and motion information that most frequently occurs in a reference picture, performing a motion information refinement on the derived motion refinement candidate, and generating a prediction block of a current block by using the motion refinement candidate having undergone the motion information refinement.

Claims (31)

1. An image decoding method comprising:

generating a merge candidate list of a current block including at least one of motion information of a spatial neighboring block, motion information of a temporal neighboring block and zero motion information;

determining a merge candidate from the merge candidate list;

determining a motion information of the current block by performing a motion information refinement on the determined merge candidate when the motion-refined mode is applied to the current block; and

generating a prediction block of the current block by using the motion information of the current block,

wherein the merge candidate on which motion information refinement is performed is determined as a candidate at a predefined position included in the merge candidate list, and

wherein the candidate at the predetermined position is determined from among candidates of a first position and a second position included in the merge candidate list.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the merge candidate includes a motion vector and reference picture information, and

wherein the performing a motion information refinement performs a motion information refinement on a motion vector of the determined merge candidate.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the motion information refinement is performed based on a limited region set based on a pixel indicated by a motion vector included in the determined merge candidate.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the limited region is a cross shape.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

decoding motion-refined mode utilization information; and

determining a motion-refined mode based on the decoded motion-refined mode utilization information.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the decoding of the motion-refined mode utilization information comprises:

determining whether to decode the motion-refined mode utilization information based on a skip flag or a merge flag.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the motion information refinement is performed only on a predetermined number of the merge candidate included in the merge candidate list.

8. An image encoding method comprising:

generating a merge candidate list of a current block including at least one of motion information of a spatial neighboring block, motion information of a temporal neighboring block and zero motion information;

determining a merge candidate from the merge candidate list;

determining a motion information of the current block by performing a motion information refinement on the determined merge candidate when the motion-refined mode is applied to the current block; and

generating a prediction block of the current block by using the motion information of the current block,

wherein the merge candidate on which motion information refinement is performed is determined as a candidate at a predefined position included in the merge candidate list, and

wherein the candidate at the predetermined position is determined from among candidates of a first position and a second position included in the merge candidate list.

9. A non-temporary storage medium containing a bit stream generated through an image encoding method comprising:

generating a merge candidate list of a current block including at least one of motion information of a spatial neighboring block, motion information of a temporal neighboring block and zero motion information;

determining a merge candidate from the merge candidate list;

determining a motion information of the current block by performing a motion information refinement on the determined merge candidate when the motion-refined mode is applied to the current block; and

generating a prediction block of the current block by using the motion information of the current block,

wherein the merge candidate on which motion information refinement is performed is determined as a candidate at a predefined position included in the merge candidate list, and

wherein the candidate at the predetermined position is determined from among candidates of a first position and a second position included in the merge candidate list.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2024
From: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
To: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067176/0248 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2019
From: LIM, SUNG CHANG; KANG, JUNG WON; KO, HYUN SUK; JUN, DONG SAN; LEE, JIN HO; LEE, HA HYUN; KIM, HUI YONG
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 051213/0472 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2017-0072292 · Jun 9, 2017 · national
KR 10-2017-0092607 · Jul 21, 2017 · national
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