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US 12,634,457 · App. 18/921,372 · Granted May 19, 2026

Video signal encoding/decoding method and device therefor

Inventor: Bae Keun Lee (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
H04N19/119H04N19/105H04N19/159H04N19/176H04N19/46H04N19/619H04N19/625H04N19/172H04N19/179H04N19/182H04N19/194H04N19/196H04N19/31H04N19/33H04N19/428
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Patent No.
US 12,634,457
App. No.
18/921,372
Granted
May 19, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A video decoding method according to the present invention may comprise: a step for determining whether to divide a current block into a plurality of sub-blocks; a step for determining an intra prediction mode for the current block; and a step for performing intra prediction for each sub-block on the basis of the intra prediction mode, when the current block is divided into the plurality of sub-blocks.

Claims (29)

1 . A method of encoding a video, the method comprising:

determining a partitioning type of a coding block associated with the video, wherein the partitioning type is selected from among a plurality of partitioning type candidates;

encoding index information representing the partitioning type;

separating the coding block into a first prediction unit and a second prediction unit based on the determined partitioning type;

determining motion information of each of the first prediction unit and the second prediction unit;

determining prediction samples for the first prediction unit and the second prediction unit based on the motion information; and

encoding the video based on the prediction samples.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of partitioning type candidates comprises a horizontal partitioning type.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of partitioning type candidates comprises a vertical partitioning type.

4 . A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

determining a partitioning type of a coding block associated with a video, wherein the partitioning type is selected from among a plurality of partitioning type candidates;

encoding index information representing the partitioning type;

separating the coding block into a first prediction unit and a second prediction unit based on the determined partitioning type;

determining motion information of each of the first prediction unit and the second prediction unit;

determining prediction samples for the first prediction unit and the second prediction unit based on the motion information; and

encoding the video based on the prediction samples.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the plurality of partitioning type candidates comprises a horizontal partitioning type.

6 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the plurality of partitioning type candidates comprises a vertical partitioning type.

7 . One or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon, that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

determining a partitioning type of a coding block associated with a video, wherein the partitioning type is selected from among a plurality of partitioning type candidates;

encoding index information representing the partitioning type;

separating the coding block into a first prediction unit and a second prediction unit based on the determined partitioning type;

determining motion information of each of the first prediction unit and the second prediction unit;

determining prediction samples for the first prediction unit and the second prediction unit based on the motion information; and

encoding the video based on the prediction samples.

8 . The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage media of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of partitioning type candidates comprises a horizontal partitioning type.

9 . The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage media of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of partitioning type candidates comprises a vertical partitioning type.

Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2019-0010245 · Jan 28, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0010246 · Jan 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 18511460 · Nov 16, 2023
Continuation 18102252 · Jan 27, 2023
Continuation 17259668
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