IP Library Granted Patent US 9,445,120
Granted Patent B2
US 9,445,120 · App. 14/612,535 · Granted Sep 13, 2016

Moving picture coding method, moving picture coding apparatus, moving picture decoding method, moving picture decoding apparatus and moving picture coding and decoding apparatus

Inventors: Toshiyasu Sugio (Osaka, JP); Takahiro Nishi (Nara, JP); Youji Shibahara (Osaka, JP); Hisao Sasai (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
H04N19/577H04N19/105H04N19/513H04N19/52H04N19/56H04N19/573H04N19/107H04N19/109H04N19/503H04N19/70
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,445,120
App. No.
14/612,535
Granted
Sep 13, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

By the moving picture coding method and the moving picture decoding method, it is possible to improve coding efficiency. The moving picture coding apparatus includes a merge block candidate calculation unit that (i) specifies merge block candidates at merge mode, by using colpic information such as motion vectors and reference picture index values of neighbor blocks of a current block to be coded and a motion vector and the like of a collocated block of the current block which are stored in a colPic memory, and (ii) generates a combined merge block by using the merge block candidates.

Claims (14)

1. A moving picture decoding method for decoding a current block, comprising:

determining a first candidate and a second candidate, the first candidate having a first motion vector that has been used to decode a first block, and the second candidate having a second motion vector that has been used to decode a second block that is different from the first block;

generating a new candidate having a third motion vector and a fourth motion vector, the third motion vector being identical to the first motion vector, and the fourth motion vector being identical to the second motion vector; and

decoding the current block by using a candidate from among a plurality of candidates including the first candidate, the second candidate, and the new candidate.

2. The moving picture decoding method according to claim 1 , wherein, when the candidate that is used to decode the current block is the new candidate, the new candidate is used for bi-directional predict.

3. The moving picture decoding method according to claim 1 , wherein, when the candidate that is used to decode the current block is the new candidate, the third motion vector of the new candidate and the forth motion vector of the new candidate are used for bi-directional prediction.

4. The moving picture decoding method according to claim 1 ,

wherein a first reference picture list includes a first reference picture index value to identify a first reference picture corresponding to the first motion vector,

wherein a second reference picture list includes a second reference picture index value to identify a second reference picture corresponding to the second motion vector, and

wherein, when the candidate that is used to decode the current block is the new candidate, the current block is decoded by using the third motion vector, the fourth motion vector, the first reference picture index value, and the second reference picture index value.

5. A moving picture decoding apparatus that decodes a current block, comprising:

a determination unit configured to determine a first candidate and a second candidate, the first candidate having a first motion vector that has been used to decode a first block, and the second candidate having a second motion vector that has been used to decode a second block that is different from the first block;

a generation unit configured to generate a new candidate having a third motion vector and a fourth motion vector, the third motion vector being identical to the first vector, and the fourth motion vector being identical to the second motion vector; and

a decoding unit configured to decode the current block by using a candidate from among a plurality of candidates including the first candidate, the second candidate, and the new candidate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2016
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
To: SUN PATENT TRUST
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Continuity (3)
Division 13441994 · Apr 9, 2012
Provisional Application 61474507 · Apr 12, 2011
Related Publication 20150146783A1 · May 28, 2015