IP Library Granted Patent US 9,832,480
Granted Patent B2
US 9,832,480 · App. 14/856,965 · Granted Nov 28, 2017

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

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Patent No.
US 9,832,480
App. No.
14/856,965
Granted
Nov 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A moving picture coding method includes: coding, using a motion vector, a current block to be coded; generating a plurality of predictive motion vectors; and coding the motion vector using one of the predictive motion vectors, and when a co-located block included in a coded picture and co-located with the current block has two reference motion vectors and reference directions of the two reference motion vectors are the same, a first prediction vector is generated using a first reference motion vector and a second prediction vector is generated using a second reference motion vector in the generating of a plurality of predictive motion vectors.

Claims (23)

1. A moving picture decoding method of decoding a current block which is included in a current picture by performing temporal prediction using a co-located block which is included in a decoded picture, the co-located block having two reference motion vectors, the two reference motion vectors being two motion vectors calculated with reference to one or more pictures located before the current picture in display order, said moving picture decoding method comprising:

generating a first predictive motion vector and a second predictive motion vector;

decoding a first motion vector and a second motion vector,

respectively, using the first predictive motion vector and the second predictive motion vector, and

decoding the current block using the first motion vector and the second motion vector, respectively, with reference to a first reference picture list and a second reference picture list; wherein

(i) when any reference pictures in the first reference picture list and the second reference picture list are located before the current picture in display order,

the first predictive motion vector is generated using a first reference motion vector out of the two reference motion vectors, the first predictive motion vector and the first reference motion vector each corresponding to the first reference picture list, and

the second predictive motion vector is generated using a second reference motion vector out of the two reference motion vectors, the second predictive motion vector and the second reference motion vector each corresponding to the second reference picture list, the second reference motion vector being different than the first reference motion vector, and

(ii) when a reference picture in the first reference picture list and the second reference picture list are not located before the current picture in display order, and the first reference motion vector and the second reference motion vector refer to different directions,

both of the first predictive motion vector and the second predictive motion vector are generated using only one of the first reference motion vector and the second reference motion vector.

2. A moving picture decoding apparatus which decodes a current block which is included in a current picture by performing temporal prediction using a co-located block which is included in a decoded picture, the co-located block having two reference motion vectors, the two reference motion vectors being two motion vectors calculated with reference to one or more pictures located before the current picture in display order, said moving picture decoding apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

storage coupled to the at least one processor;

wherein the at least one processor:

generates a first predictive motion vector and a second predictive motion vector;

decodes a first motion vector and a second motion vector,

respectively, using the first predictive motion vector and the second predictive motion vector, and

decodes the current block using the first motion vector and the second motion vector, respectively, with reference to a first reference picture list and a second reference picture list; wherein

(i) when any reference pictures in the first reference picture list and the second reference picture list are located before the current picture in display order, the any reference pictures being in the storage,

the first predictive motion vector is generated using a first reference motion vector out of the two reference motion vectors, the first predictive motion vector and the first reference motion vector each corresponding to the first reference picture list, and

the second predictive motion vector is generated using a second reference motion vector out of the two reference motion vectors, the second predictive motion vector and the second reference motion vector each corresponding to the second reference picture list, the second reference motion vector being different than the first reference motion vector, and

(ii) when a reference picture in the first reference picture list and the second reference picture list are not located before the current picture in display order, and the first reference motion vector and the second reference motion vector refer to different directions,

both of the first predictive motion vector and the second predictive motion vector are generated using only one of the first reference motion vector and the second reference motion vector.

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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