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US 12,294,696 · App. 18/529,380 · Granted May 6, 2025

Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method

Inventors: Jing Ya Li (Singapore, SG); Chong Soon Lim (Singapore, SG); Han Boon Teo (Singapore, SG); Che Wei Kuo (Singapore, SG); Hai Wei Sun (Singapore, SG); Chu Tong Wang (Singapore, SG); Kiyofumi Abe (Osaka, JP); Takahiro Nishi (Nara, JP); Tadamasa Toma (Osaka, JP); Yusuke Kato (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
H04N19/105H04N19/14H04N19/159H04N19/176
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Patent No.
US 12,294,696
App. No.
18/529,380
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An encoder includes circuitry and memory coupled to the circuitry. The circuitry, in operation: determines whether a size of a current block, which is a unit for which a vector candidate list including vector candidates is generated, is less than or equal to a threshold; when the size of the current block is less than or equal to the threshold, generates the vector candidate list by registering a history-based motion vector predictor (HMVP) vector candidate in the vector candidate list from an HMVP table without performing a first pruning process; when the size of the current block is greater than the threshold, generates the vector candidate list by performing the first pruning process and registering the HMVP vector candidate in the vector candidate list from the HMVP table; and encodes the current block using the vector candidate list.

Claims (8)

1. A non-transitory medium that stores a bitstream and is readable by a computer,

the bitstream including a syntax for causing the computer to execute a decoding process,

the decoding process comprising:

in generation of a prediction image of a current block, using an intra block copy (IBC) mode in which a processed region of a picture that includes the current block is referred to;

determining whether a size of the current block is less than or equal to a threshold, the current block being a unit for which a vector candidate list including vector candidates is generated;

when the size of the current block is less than or equal to the threshold, generating the vector candidate list by registering a history-based motion vector predictor (HMVP) vector candidate in the vector candidate list from an HMVP table without performing a first pruning process, the HMVP table storing, by a first-in first-out (FIFO) method, first vector candidates each as the HMVP vector candidate, the first vector candidates each having information regarding a first vector used for a processed block;

when the size of the current block is greater than the threshold, generating the vector candidate list by performing the first pruning process and registering the HMVP vector candidate in the vector candidate list from the HMVP table; and

decoding the current block using the vector candidate list.

Continuity (5)
Continuation 17956093 · Sep 29, 2022
Continuation 17681051 · Feb 25, 2022
Continuation PCTJP2020033171 · Sep 2, 2020
Provisional Application 62895177 · Sep 3, 2019
Related Publication 20240114129A1 · Apr 4, 2024
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