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US 12,225,185 · App. 17/981,841 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding an image signal

Inventors: Joo Hee Moon (Seoul, KR); Dong Jae Won (Goyang-si, KR); Sung Won Lim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF SEJONG UNIVERSITY
H04N19/103H04N19/117H04N19/119H04N19/159H04N19/176H04N19/51
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Patent No.
US 12,225,185
App. No.
17/981,841
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The image decoding method includes decoding coding mode information of a current coding block, dividing the current coding block into at least one prediction block, and generating prediction samples of the at least one prediction block on the basis of the decoded coding mode, in which the coding mode information is information Indicating any one mode among intra mode, inter mode, and hybrid mode.

Claims (29)

1. A method of decoding an image signal, comprising:

dividing a current coding block into a plurality of sub-blocks, the plurality of sub-blocks including a first sub-block and a second sub-block;

generating a prediction sample of the first sub-block by using an intra prediction mode derived from a neighboring block, the neighboring block including at least one of a rightmost neighboring block among top neighboring blocks adjacent to the current coding block or a bottommost neighboring block among left neighboring blocks adjacent to the current coding block; and

generating a prediction sample of the second sub-block by using the intra prediction mode used to generate the prediction sample of the first sub-block,

wherein the first sub-block includes a top-left pixel in the current coding block,

wherein the second sub-block includes a bottom-right pixel in the current coding block,

wherein a size of the second sub-block is ¼ of a size of the current coding block, and

wherein the intra prediction mode is a directional intra prediction mode or a non-directional intra prediction mode.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a division type of the division of the current coding block is determined based on division type information signaled from a bitstream.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the division type of the division of the current coding block includes dividing the current coding block into ¼ size.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein whether to divide the current coding block is determined based on mode information signaled from the bitstream.

5. A method of encoding an image signal, comprising:

dividing a current coding block into a plurality of sub-blocks, the plurality of sub-blocks including a first sub-block and a second sub-block;

generating a prediction sample of the first sub-block by using an intra prediction mode derived from a neighboring block, the neighboring block including at least one of a rightmost neighboring block among top neighboring blocks adjacent to the current coding block or a bottommost neighboring block among left neighboring blocks adjacent to the current coding block; and

generating a prediction sample of the second sub-block by using the intra prediction mode used to generate the prediction sample of the first sub-block,

wherein the first sub-block includes a top-left pixel in the current coding block,

wherein the second sub-block includes a bottom-right pixel in the current coding block,

wherein a size of the second sub-block is ¼ of a size of the current coding block, and

wherein the intra prediction mode is a directional intra prediction mode or a non-directional intra prediction mode.

6. A method of transmitting a bitstream, comprising:

dividing a current coding block into a plurality of sub-blocks, the plurality of sub-blocks including a first sub-block and a second sub-block;

generating a prediction sample of the first sub-block by using an intra prediction mode derived from a neighboring block, the neighboring block including at least one of a rightmost neighboring block among top neighboring blocks adjacent to the current coding block or a bottommost neighboring block among left neighboring blocks adjacent to the current coding block;

generating a prediction sample of the second sub-block by using the intra prediction mode used to generate the prediction sample of the first sub-block;

generating the bitstream by encoding the current block based on the prediction sample of the first sub-block and the prediction sample of the second sub-block; and

transmitting the bitstream,

wherein the first sub-block includes a top-left pixel in the current coding block,

wherein the second sub-block includes a bottom-right pixel in the current coding block,

wherein a size of the second sub-block is ¼ of a size of the current coding block, and

wherein the intra prediction mode is a directional intra prediction mode or a non-directional intra prediction mode.

Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2017-0007349 · Jan 16, 2017 · national
KR 10-2017-0007350 · Jan 16, 2017 · national
KR 10-2017-0007351 · Jan 16, 2017 · national
Continuity (4)
Division 17158291 · Jan 26, 2021
Continuation 16478223 · Jul 16, 2019
Continuation PCTKR2018000729 · Jan 16, 2018
Related Publication 20230066631A1 · Mar 2, 2023
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