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Granted Patent B2
US 11,812,013 · App. 17/955,278 · Granted Nov 7, 2023

Method, apparatus and storage medium for image encoding/decoding using subpicture

Inventors: Gun Bang (Daejeon, KR); Woong Lim (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
H04N19/105H04N19/174H04N19/188H04N19/70H04N19/46
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Patent No.
US 11,812,013
App. No.
17/955,278
Granted
Nov 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are a method, an apparatus and a storage medium for performing encoding/decoding on an image using a subpicture. A picture may be partitioned into various units such as subpictures and slices, and various syntax elements and structures may be used to specify the units. In an embodiment, there is a method for configuring a reference picture list for motion compensation in the case where the location of a reference subpicture to be referred to for motion compensation is different from the location of a target subpicture. Further, in an embodiment, there is provided a method for providing the configuration of a reference picture list and an override on the number of activated reference indexes.

Claims (58)

1. A decoding method, comprising:

acquiring information about a target picture from a bitstream; and

performing decoding on the target picture using the information about the target picture,

wherein the decoding comprises a determination of a reference picture list for the target picture, and

wherein the information about the target picture includes a slice header for a slice of the target picture,

the bitstream includes first information,

the first information indicates whether reference picture list syntax elements can be present in slice headers of slices with a NAL unit type equal to a specific type,

the reference picture list is configured for the target picture in a case that the first information indicates that the reference picture list syntax elements can be present in the slice headers of the slices with a NAL unit type equal to the specific type,

the decoding comprises a determination of whether an override on the number of activated reference indexes in the slice header is to be performed or not, and

the determination of whether the override is to be performed is performed regardless of a value of the first information.

2. The decoding method of claim 1 , wherein the determination of the reference picture list in the slice header is performed when a Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) unit type of the slice is not a specific type.

3. The decoding method of claim 1 , wherein:

the bitstream includes a picture header for the target picture, and

the determination of the reference picture list in the slice header is performed when information related to the reference picture list is not present in the picture header for the target picture.

4. The decoding method of claim 1 , wherein:

the bitstream further includes second information,

the override includes decoding on the second information, and

the second information is information indicating whether an override is to be performed on the number of activated reference indexes for the reference picture list.

5. The decoding method of claim 4 , wherein, when the second information indicates that the override is to be performed, the information indicating the number of activated reference indexes for the reference picture list is decoded.

6. The decoding method of claim 5 , wherein the specific type is an Instantaneous Decoding Refresh (IDR)_N_LP or IDR_W_Random Access Decodable Leading (RADL) type.

7. An encoding method, comprising:

generating information about a target picture by performing encoding on the target picture; and

generating a bitstream including the information about the target picture,

wherein the information about the target picture includes information for a determination of a reference picture list for the target picture,

the information about the target picture includes a slice header for a slice of the target picture,

the bitstream includes first information, and

the first information indicates whether reference picture list syntax elements can be present in slice headers of slices with a NAL unit type equal to a specific type,

the reference picture list is configured for the target picture in a case that the first information indicating that the reference picture list syntax elements can be present in the slice headers of the slices with a NAL unit type equal to the specific type in decoding for the target picture,

the information about the target picture further includes information required to determine whether an override is to be performed on the number of activated reference indexes in the slice header in the decoding for the target picture, and

the determination of whether the override is to be performed is performed regardless of a value of the first information.

8. The encoding method of claim 7 , wherein the determination of the reference picture list in the slice header is performed when a Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) unit type of the slice is not a specific type.

9. The encoding method of claim 7 , wherein:

the bitstream includes a picture header for the target picture, and

the determination of the reference picture list in the slice header is performed when information related to the reference picture list is not present in the picture header.

10. The encoding method of claim 7 , wherein:

the bitstream further includes second information, and

the second information is information indicating whether an override is to be performed on the number of activated reference indexes for the reference picture list.

11. The encoding method of claim 10 , wherein, when the second information indicates that the override is to be performed, the information indicating the number of activated reference indexes for the reference picture list is encoded.

12. The encoding method of claim 11 , wherein the specific type is an Instantaneous Decoding Refresh (IDR)_N_LP or IDR_W_Random Access Decodable Leading (RADL) type.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a bitstream, wherein:

the bitstream includes information about a target picture and first information,

the information about the target picture is acquired from the bitstream,

decoding on the target picture is performed using the information about the target picture,

the decoding includes a determination of a reference picture list for the target picture,

the information about the target picture includes a slice header for a slice of the target picture,

the first information indicates whether reference picture list syntax elements can be present in slice headers of slices with a NAL unit type equal to a specific type,

the reference picture list is configured for the target picture in a case that the first information indicates that the reference picture list syntax elements can be present in the slice headers of the slices with a NAL unit type equal to the specific type,

the decoding comprises a determination of whether an override on the number of activated reference indexes in the slice header is to be performed or not, and

the determination of whether the override is to be performed is performed regardless of a value of the first information.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the determination of the reference picture list in the slice header is performed when a NAL unit type of the slice is not a specific type.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:

the bitstream includes a picture header for the target picture, and

the determination of the reference picture list in the slice header is performed when information related to the reference picture list is not present in the picture header of the target picture.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein:

the bitstream further includes second information,

the override includes decoding on the second information, and

the second information is information indicating whether an override is to be performed on the number of activated reference indexes for the reference picture list.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein, when the second information indicates that the override is to be performed, the information indicating the number of activated reference indexes for the reference picture list is decoded.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: BANG, GUN; LIM, WOONG
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 061247/0342 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2020-0040765 · Apr 3, 2020 · national
KR 10-2021-0041924 · Mar 31, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17221635 · Apr 2, 2021
Related Publication 20230036579A1 · Feb 2, 2023
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