Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110170601 | METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING MOTION VECTOR AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A method for encoding/decoding a motion vector and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. The method includes defining a candidate motion vector set with respect to a current motion vector; selecting a predicted motion vector from the candidate motion vector set; determining a predictability of the predicted motion vector in a decoding apparatus; encoding the current motion vector by using a motion vector prediction mode for indicating the predicted motion vector and the predictability, if the predictability is determined positive; and encoding the current motion vector by using a motion vector prediction mode for indicating a default predicted motion vector and an unpredictability, if the predictability is determined negative. According to the disclosure, it becomes unnecessary to directly notify of the predicted motion vector of the current motion vector to the decoding apparatus, and instead a predetermined shared function is provided to inform of or search the predicted motion vector. | 07-14-2011 |
20110182362 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOTION VECTOR ENCODING/DECODING USING A PLURALITY OF MOTION VECTOR ESTIMATIONS, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING USING SAME - The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for motion vector encoding/decoding through estimations of multiple motion vectors, and to a method and an apparatus for video encoding/decoding using the same. The disclosure provides a motion vector encoding apparatus including a motion vector estimator for estimating a plurality of motion vectors with estimating one of the plurality of motion vectors as a motion vector of a current block and estimating the remaining motion vectors by one or more predefined estimation criteria in agreement with a video decoding apparatus; and a motion information encoder for encoding motion information generated by using the plurality of motion vectors. According to the disclosure, estimations are enabled by using more accurate motion vectors while reducing the bit rate for encoding the motion vectors leading to an improvement of the compressing efficiency. | 07-28-2011 |
20110200112 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING MOTION VECTORS OF MULTIPLE REFERENCE PICTURES, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING USING THE SAME - A motion vector encoding apparatus includes: an optimum motion vector determiner for determining optimum motion vectors for multiple reference pictures with respect to a current motion vector of a current block; a motion vector encoding mode determiner for determining a motion vector encoding mode according to whether a motion vector decoding apparatus can predict the optimum motion vectors for the multiple reference pictures; and a motion vector encoder for generating and encoding motion information on the multiple reference pictures by using the optimum motion vectors for the multiple reference pictures or preset default motion vectors for the multiple reference pictures according to the motion vector encoding mode, and generating motion vector encoded data by encoding the motion vector encoding mode. The motion vector encoding apparatus can more accurately predict a predicted motion vector of the current motion vector for multiple reference pictures, so as to improve the compression efficiency. | 08-18-2011 |
20110243229 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING USING PREDICTABILITY OF INTRA-PREDICTION MODE - An apparatus and a method for video encoding/decoding using predictability of an intra-prediction mode are disclosed. The apparatus for encoding a video of the present disclosure includes: an intra-prediction mode determiner for determining an encoder prediction mode which is an intra-prediction mode of a current block of the video; an encoder for encoding a residual block generated by subtracting, from the current block, a predicted block generated by predicting the current block according to the encoder prediction mode; a mode information generator for generating mode information according to whether or not a video decoding apparatus is able to predict the encoder prediction mode; and an encoded data generator for generating encoded data including the encoded residual block and the mode information. The present disclosure can enhance compression in video encoding/decoding by using intra-prediction to predict the video with a minimum necessary bit rate. | 10-06-2011 |
20110317930 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY ENCODING/DECODING SYNTAX ELEMENTS, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING USING SAME - An apparatus and a method for motion vector encoding/decoding, and to an apparatus and a method for image encoding/decoding using same are provided. The apparatus includes a selector of optimal predicted motion vector PMV from candidate motion vector set of current block; a determiner of motion vector prediction mode of current block with selected motion vector prediction mode from multiple motion vector prediction modes by decision criterion prearranged with motion vector decoding apparatus; and an encoder for determining, by determined motion vector prediction mode, optimal PMV or default predicted motion vector into PMV for current motion vector, encoding differential vector between the current block and PMV, and selectively encoding/outputting determined motion vector prediction mode as encoded motion vector prediction mode by the determined motion vector prediction mode. Bit quantity in encoding a motion vector is reduced improving encoding efficiency and preventing decoder crash even at encoding error, improving decoder. | 12-29-2011 |
20120106636 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present disclosure relates to a video encoding/decoding method and provides a video encoding apparatus including: an intra-prediction mode determiner for determining an intra prediction mode of current block entitled an encoder prediction mode by using candidate intra-predictable mode set including intra-prediction mode candidates being selected from a whole and predictable by video decoding apparatus; an encoder for encoding residual block from subtracting predicted block from predicting the current block by the encoder prediction mode from current block; a mode information generator for generating mode information depending on whether the video decoding apparatus can predict the encoder prediction mode; and an encoded data generator for generating encoded data including an encoded residual block and the mode information. The present disclosure selectively encodes mode information on the intra-prediction mode to reduce the bit rate of encoded data from encoding video and improve video compression efficiency and quality of compressed video. | 05-03-2012 |
20120269268 | MOTION VECTOR ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE AND IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE USING SAME - The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding a motion vector and a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding video using same. The motion vector encoding method includes selecting a predicted motion vector candidate set including one or more predicted motion vector candidates for a block; determining one or more search ranges for predicted motion vector candidate set; selecting one predicted motion vector candidate among one or more predicted motion vector candidates as predicted motion vector for each search point with respect to each search point within search range by first determination criterion prearranged with video decoding apparatus; selecting one predicted motion vector among the predicted motion vectors for each search point by a second determination criterion not prearranged with the video decoding apparatus, and determining predicted motion vector, differential motion vector, and current motion vector; and generating and encoding the differential motion vector as motion information. | 10-25-2012 |
20130279819 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY ENCODING/DECODING SYNTAX ELEMENTS, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING USING SAME - An apparatus and a method for motion vector encoding/decoding, and to an apparatus and a method for image encoding/decoding using same are provided. The apparatus includes a selector of optimal predicted motion vector PMV from candidate motion vector set of current block; a determiner of motion vector prediction mode of current block with selected motion vector prediction mode from multiple motion vector prediction modes by decision criterion prearranged with motion vector decoding apparatus; and an encoder for determining, by determined motion vector prediction mode, optimal PMV or default predicted motion vector into PMV for current motion vector, encoding differential vector between the current block and PMV, and selectively encoding/outputting determined motion vector prediction mode as encoded motion vector prediction mode by the determined motion vector prediction mode. Bit quantity in encoding a motion vector is reduced improving encoding efficiency and preventing decoder crash even at encoding error, improving decoder. | 10-24-2013 |
20130287097 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DEBLOCKING-FILTERING, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING AND DECODING USING SAME - An encoding apparatus for encoding a video signal includes: a prediction unit for generating a prediction block of a current block by using intra prediction or inter prediction; a residual data encoding unit for generating a residual block by using the current block and the prediction block, and transforming and quantizing the residual block; a residual data decoding unit for decoding a transformed and quantized residual block by inversely quantizing and inversely transforming the transformed and quantized residual block; and a deblocking filter unit for generating a reconstructed block by using a decoded residual block and the prediction block, and performing deblocking filtering, based on inter prediction information and intra prediction information of the reconstructed block and blocks neighboring the reconstructed block. The intra prediction information includes at least one of an intra prediction mode and an intra prediction block size. | 10-31-2013 |
20140185675 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING USING PREDICTABILITY OF INTRA-PREDICTION MODE - An apparatus and a method for video encoding/decoding using predictability of an intra-prediction mode are disclosed. The apparatus for encoding a video of the present disclosure includes: an intra-prediction mode determiner for determining an encoder prediction mode which is an intra-prediction mode of a current block of the video; an encoder for encoding a residual block generated by subtracting, from the current block, a predicted block generated by predicting the current block according to the encoder prediction mode; a mode information generator for generating mode information according to whether or not a video decoding apparatus is able to predict the encoder prediction mode; and an encoded data generator for generating encoded data including the encoded residual block and the mode information. The present disclosure can enhance compression in video encoding/decoding by using intra-prediction to predict the video with a minimum necessary bit rate. | 07-03-2014 |
20140294083 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR DECODING A VIDEO - The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for motion vector encoding/decoding through estimations of multiple motion vectors, and to a method and an apparatus for video encoding/decoding using the same. The disclosure provides a motion vector encoding apparatus including a motion vector estimator for estimating a plurality of motion vectors with estimating one of the plurality of motion vectors as a motion vector of a current block and estimating the remaining motion vectors by one or more predefined estimation criteria in agreement with a video decoding apparatus; and a motion information encoder for encoding motion information generated by using the plurality of motion vectors. According to the disclosure, estimations are enabled by using more accurate motion vectors while reducing the bit rate for encoding the motion vectors leading to an improvement of the compressing efficiency. | 10-02-2014 |