IP Library Granted Patent US 12,262,002
Granted Patent B2
US 12,262,002 · App. 18/678,368 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Image encoding/decoding method and device

Inventor: Ki Baek Kim (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
H04N19/105H04N19/176H04N19/186H04N19/30
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Patent No.
US 12,262,002
App. No.
18/678,368
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image prediction method according to the present invention may comprise: identifying a reference pixel region designated for obtaining correlation information; determining a reference pixel processing configuration on the basis of determination of the availability of the reference pixel region; and performing intra prediction according to the determined reference pixel processing. As described above, performing intra prediction on the basis of the availability of a reference pixel according to the present invention can improve encoding performance.

Claims (39)

1. A method of decoding an image performed by an image decoding apparatus including a prediction unit, the method comprising:

checking a reference pixel region used for obtaining correlation information for a current chroma block;

determining a reference pixel processing setting based on an availability of the reference pixel region;

down-sampling a luma block corresponding to the current chroma block;

deriving the correlation information based on the reference pixel region;

performing intra prediction according to the determined reference pixel processing setting for generating a prediction block of the current chroma block; and

reconstructing the current chroma block based on the prediction block,

wherein the current chroma block is predicted by applying the correlation information to the down-sampled luma block,

wherein the reference pixel region includes at least one of a neighboring region of the current chroma block or a neighboring region of the luma block,

wherein a number of reference pixel lines belonging to the reference pixel region used for deriving the correlation information is adaptively determined based on whether the current chroma block is located on a boundary of a maximum coding block,

wherein the neighboring region includes an above neighboring region and a left neighboring region of the current chroma block, and

wherein the correlation information is derived based on a maximum value derived using at least one reference pixel included in the reference pixel region.

2. A method of encoding an image performed by an image encoding apparatus including a prediction unit, the method comprising:

checking a reference pixel region used for obtaining correlation information for a current chroma block;

determining a reference pixel processing setting based on an availability of the reference pixel region;

down-sampling a luma block corresponding to the current chroma block;

deriving the correlation information based on the reference pixel region;

performing intra prediction according to the determined reference pixel processing setting for generating a prediction block of the current chroma block; and

encoding the current chroma block based on the prediction block,

wherein the current chroma block is predicted by applying the correlation information to the down-sampled luma block,

wherein the reference pixel region includes at least one of a neighboring region of the current chroma block or a neighboring region of the luma block,

wherein a number of reference pixel lines belonging to the reference pixel region used for deriving the correlation information is adaptively determined based on whether the current chroma block is located on a boundary of a maximum coding block,

wherein the neighboring region includes an above neighboring region and a left neighboring region of the current block, and

wherein the correlation information is derived based on a maximum value derived using at least one reference pixel included in the reference pixel region.

3. A method of transmitting a bitstream performed by an image encoding apparatus including a prediction unit, the method comprising:

encoding an image to generate the bitstream; and

transmitting the bitstream to an image decoding apparatus,

wherein the encoding the image comprises,

checking a reference pixel region used for obtaining correlation information for a current chroma block;

determining a reference pixel processing setting based on an availability of the reference pixel region;

down-sampling a luma block corresponding to the current chroma block;

deriving the correlation information based on the reference pixel region;

performing intra prediction according to the determined reference pixel processing setting for generating a prediction block of the current chroma block; and

encoding the current chroma block based on the prediction block,

wherein the current chroma block is predicted by applying the correlation information to the down-sampled luma block,

wherein the reference pixel region includes at least one of a neighboring region of the current chroma block or a neighboring region of the luma block,

wherein a number of reference pixel lines belonging to the reference pixel region used for deriving the correlation information is adaptively determined based on whether the current chroma block is located on a boundary of a maximum coding block,

wherein the neighboring region includes an above neighboring region and a left neighboring region of the current block, and

wherein the correlation information is derived based on a maximum value derived using at least one reference pixel included in the reference pixel region.

Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2018-0034174 · Mar 25, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0034882 · Mar 27, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0085679 · Jul 24, 2018 · national
Continuity (5)
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Continuation 18366399 · Aug 7, 2023
Continuation 17874536 · Jul 27, 2022
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