Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110069324 | Modulator, Apparatus for Obtaining Light Field Data Using Modulator, and Apparatus and Method for Processing Light Field Data Using Modulator - A technology of acquiring and processing light field data for images is provided. A light field data acquisition apparatus includes a modulator with an attenuation pattern to spatially modulate a | 03-24-2011 |
20110129165 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus and image processing method capable of providing a high-resolution image for a desired position by use of light field data are provided. The image processing apparatus may determine a position of a portion of light field data among light field data corresponding to a scene, according to a desired focusing position, generate a refocusing first image by use of the position determined portion of light field data, generate a high-resolution image having a predetermined setting ratio relative to the refocusing first image, determine a ratio for local synthesis between the high-resolution image and an enlarged image of the refocusing first image by use of a similarity with respect to the position determined portion of light field data, and generate a synthesized image by synthesizing the high-resolution image and the enlarged image of the refocusing first image according to the local synthesis ratio. | 06-02-2011 |
20110175983 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE - An apparatus and method for obtaining a three-dimensional image. A first multi-view image may be generated using patterned light of infrared light, and a second multi-view image may be generated using non-patterned light of visible light. A first depth image may be obtained from the first multi-view image, and a second depth image may be obtained from the second multi-view image. Then, stereo matching may be performed on the first depth image and the second depth image to generate a final depth image. | 07-21-2011 |
20110310276 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An optical apparatus and an imaging apparatus capable of facilitating capturing images with a simpler structure are provided. The imaging apparatus includes a color filter divided into a plurality of regions, each of the regions configured to allow light of a preset wavelength range to pass therethrough, a main lens disposed at a front or a rear of the color filter to allow light to pass therethrough, and an optic unit to allow the light passing through the color filter or the main lens to pass therethrough. | 12-22-2011 |
20120020555 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGES - Provided are an image processing apparatus and method for restoring a high resolution of an image based on acquired image data using color information. The image processing apparatus selects at least one pixel from among pixels corresponding to narrow-band color information of image data, and estimates wide-band color information of the selected pixel. | 01-26-2012 |
20120220823 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PROVIDING NARROW BAND IMAGING AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD OF THE ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus and image processing method of an endoscope apparatus are provided. In one respect, an endoscope apparatus includes an illumination unit for selectively providing light in a plurality of wavelength bands and white light, a sensing unit for receiving light reflected from a body cavity, and an image processing unit for generating additional synthesized images. | 08-30-2012 |
20120257030 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD OF THE ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus is provided. The endoscope apparatus includes an illumination unit configured to selectively provide light of different wavelength bands and white light, a sensing unit configured to generate an image signal by receiving light of a near infrared wavelength band and light of a visible light band, and an image processing unit configured to generate a color image and a plurality of narrow band images from image signals of different wavelength bands generated by the sensing unit. The sensing unit includes a plurality of photodetection pixels, each photodetection pixel comprising an infrared sub-pixel for sensing near infrared light, a red sub-pixel for sensing red light, a blue sub-pixel for sensing blue light, and a green sub-pixel for sensing green light. | 10-11-2012 |
20120262548 | METHOD OF GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND ENDOSCOPIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An endoscopic apparatus is provided. The endoscopic apparatus includes a light projection unit for configured to selectively projecting patterned light onto a body part, an imaging unit configured to capturing an image of the body part on which shadows corresponding to the predefined portions are formed due to the patterned light, and an image processing unit configured to generate an image showing depth information of the body part based on sizes of the shadows formed on the body part. Certain predefined portions of an emission surface of the patterned light may be blocked in a pattern. | 10-18-2012 |
20120262722 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY USING MULTIPLE BEAMS - An apparatus and method for optical coherence tomography are provided. The apparatus includes a light source configured to generate a plurality of beams, a light coupler configured to split the plurality of beams into measurement beams and reference beams, transmit the measurement beams to a target object via a probe, and receive response beams from the probe, a detector configured to detect interference signals based on interference between the response beams and the reference beams, and an image processor configured to generate a first image of the target object based on any one of the interference signals and generate a second image of the target object having image characteristics different from those of the first image based on an other one of the interference signals. | 10-18-2012 |
20130176572 | OPTICAL PROBE AND OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical probe for irradiating light onto a subject includes an optical path control unit configured to receive light from outside the optical probe, and change a path of the light within the optical probe; an optical path length control element configured to receive the light having the changed path from the optical path control unit, and change an optical path length of the light as the optical path control unit changes the path of the light; and an optical output unit configured to receive the light having the changed optical path length from the optical path length control element, and output the light. | 07-11-2013 |
20130177227 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GENERATING A TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE - A method and an apparatus for generating a tomographic image are provided. The method for generating a tomographic image may involve: detecting a principal frequency region corresponding to a portion of a frequency data corresponding to a tomographic image, determining a plurality of sub frequency regions within the principal frequency region, and generating, by a processor, the tomographic image by synthesizing data of the plurality of sub frequency regions. | 07-11-2013 |
20130289938 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GENERATING TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE - A method of generating a tomographic image includes detecting an interference signal containing cross-sectional information of a target object as raw data of the target object, the raw data being phase-modulated in a first direction with respect to a cross section of the target object; demodulating the raw data by adjusting at least one parameter of a filter function defining filtering using a fixed window size; and generating a tomographic image of the target object by performing signal processing on the demodulated raw data. | 10-31-2013 |
20130321819 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE - A method of generating a tomographic includes detecting a coherence signal that is phase-modulated in a first direction with respect to a cross-section of a subject and includes cross-sectional information of the subject as raw data about the subject; generating a reference temporary tomographic image and at least one temporary tomographic image by performing signal processing on the raw data; detecting an artifact are of the reference temporary tomographic image based on a result of comparing the reference temporary tomographic image with the at least one temporary tomographic image and based on artifact statistics regarding whether an artifact exists; and restoring the artifact area. | 12-05-2013 |
20140022554 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES - A method and apparatus are provided to generate tomography images that performs the method. The apparatus and method are configured to determine a basis pattern from modulated phases of incident rays from a spatial light modulator according to a pattern of arranged pixels. The apparatus and method are further configured to perform spatial shift modulation shifting an arrangement of the pixels vertically or horizontally with respect to the basis pattern to obtain shift patterns of the basis pattern. The apparatus and method are configured to generate tomography images for the basis pattern and the shift patterns using spectrum signals of rays obtained from the incident rays passing through the spatial light modulator and entering a subject. The apparatus and method are configured to select a pattern that generates a clearest tomography image of the subject based on the generated tomography images. | 01-23-2014 |
20140023255 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE - A method of generating a tomography image includes performing a depth scan on one spot on a surface of a subject using modulated light received from a spatial light modulator, obtaining depth scan data for each of a plurality of patterns of the spatial light modulator by repeating the depth scan on the spot for each of the plurality of patterns, forming a matrix R representing a vector space based on a correlation of signal values of the depth scan data for each of the plurality of patterns, performing a matrix decomposition on the matrix R, dividing the vector space into a noise subspace and a signal subspace based on a matrix obtained by the matrix decomposition, constructing a vector space based on either one or both of components of the signal subspace and components of the noise subspace, and generating a tomography image based on the reconstructed vector space. | 01-23-2014 |
20140055789 | TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS HAVING MODULATION AND CORRECTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A tomographic image generation apparatus includes a light source unit configured to emit light to be used for scanning an object; an optical control unit configured to control a direction of propagation of light; an optical coupler configured to divide and combine incident light; a plurality of optical systems optically connected to the optical coupler; and a modulation and correction device configured to modulate and correct the light to be used for scanning the object. The modulation and correction device may be disposed between the optical control unit and the optical coupler, or may be included in an optical system that irradiates light onto the object among the plurality of optical systems. The modulation and correction device may only modulate light that is reflected to the object. | 02-27-2014 |
20140146324 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES - Provided is an apparatus and method for generating tomography images, the apparatus including a detection unit configured to modulate each of incident beams into at least two basic modulated incident lights on the basis of at least a basic modulation parameter and into a target modulated incident light on the basis of a target modulation parameter, and to detect at least two basic interference signals and a target interference signal of an object; and an imaging unit configured to analyze the at least two basic interference signals to output a set target modulation parameter, to process the target interference signal as a target image of the object, and to output the target image. | 05-29-2014 |
20140193095 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE CORRECTION - Image correcting methods and apparatuses for removing speckles from an image are provided. The image correcting method includes selecting a first region in an image; removing a speckle from a second region except for the first region from the image by using image information at a predetermined frequency band in the image; and increasing a contrast level of the first region. | 07-10-2014 |
20150045661 | METHOD OF PROCESSING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - Provided are a method and an apparatus for processing an optical coherence tomographic image. The method of processing an optical coherence tomographic image includes obtaining an optical coherence tomographic image by irradiating light to an object; generating a color space map based on the obtained optical coherence tomographic image; normalizing data of the obtained optical coherence tomographic image; realigning the normalized data of the optical coherence tomographic image; performing a tone mapping on the realigned data of the optical coherence tomographic image; and generating a color image by mapping the data of the optical coherence tomographic image on which the tone mapping is performed, by using the generated color space map. | 02-12-2015 |
20150094566 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING ROUTE OF ANGIOCATHETER USING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY AND ANGIOGRAPHY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - Provided is a method of controlling an angiocatheter route using OCT. The method includes inserting a catheter into a blood vessel of a test object, injecting a dye into the blood vessel and capturing an X-ray image, acquiring a three-dimensional OCT image of a vicinity around the catheter, determining a position of the catheter within the blood vessel using the three-dimensional OCT image and the X-ray image, and displaying the position of the catheter on the X-ray image. | 04-02-2015 |
20150094572 | MODULATOR ARRAYS, AND MODULATION DEVICES AND MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUSES INCLUDING THE SAME - The modulator array includes a first optical modulator, which changes a shape a wavefront of an incident light into first wavefronts to modulate the incident light which passes through the first optical modulator; and a second optical modulator that changes a shape at least one of the first wavefronts into second wavefronts to modulate the light output from the first optical modulator. | 04-02-2015 |
20150121276 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING MULTI MEDICAL IMAGE AND MEDICAL IMAGE EQUIPMENT FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of displaying a multi-medical image is provided. The method includes: displaying a multi-medical image user interface including an optical coherence tomography (OCT) image of a target region and at least one other type of medical image of the target region; receiving a first command for storing a first OCT image; storing the first OCT image after receiving the first command; marking a first position corresponding to the stored first OCT image on the at least one other type of medical image displayed on the multi-medical image user interface; and displaying the stored first OCT image on the multi-medical image user interface. | 04-30-2015 |
20150131104 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE - Provided are a tomography image generating method and an apparatus for generating a tomography image. The method of generating a tomography image includes, in response to a depth scan operation performed on an object, generating a candidate tomography image by using an interference signal acquired by the performed depth scan operation, determining a pixel pattern by using the generated candidate tomography image; and when the depth scan operation performed on the object is completed, generating a final tomography image of the object by using a finally determined pixel pattern. The generating the candidate tomography image and the determining are parallel processed by at least one processor during the depth scan operation being repeatedly performed. | 05-14-2015 |
20160106389 | X-RAY APPARATUS AND X-RAY IMAGING METHOD - An X-ray apparatus includes a controller controlling generation of an X-ray and adjusting at least one of a plurality of image frames generated based on the X-ray passed through an object, and an X-ray generator generating the X-ray. The X-ray corresponds to a pulse signal including a plurality of pulses, in which at least one of a pulse rate or a pulse amplitude is variable. | 04-21-2016 |
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20120201295 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTRA-PREDICTION ENCODING/DECODING - The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for intra prediction encoding/decoding. The method includes: selecting an intra prediction mode of each block to be encoded; encoding a residual block generated through an intra prediction of the block according to the selected intra prediction mode to generate a coefficient bit; encoding a mode identifier for indicating the intra prediction mode according to the predetermined mode determination method to generate a mode bit; generating a bitstream including a mode bit field including a mode bit for one or more blocks and a coefficient bit field including a coefficient bit for the block; and including a mode bit field pointer for identifying the mode bit field in the bitstream. The present disclosure simplifies the process of selecting a prediction mode in a video compression to improve a compression speed and decreases a size of compressed data to improve the compression efficiency. | 08-09-2012 |
20120207211 | IMAGE ENCODING AND DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present disclosure provides a video encoding/decoding apparatus and method. According to one embodiment, the video encoding and decoding apparatus includes: an image encoder for reducing horizontal and vertical sizes of a variable macro block into a set size or by a set ratio with the variable macro block reset in a smaller size than the current size, if the variable macro block for the current encoding is not inside an input image, and predictive encoding based on the reset variable macro block; and an image decoder for decoding by reducing the size of the variable macro block for the current decoding into the set size or by set ratio with the variable macro block reset in a smaller size than the current size, if the variable macro block of the current decoding target is not inside an input image. | 08-16-2012 |
20120207220 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGES USING ADAPTIVE MOTION VECTOR RESOLUTION - The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for improving the encoding efficiency by adaptively changing the resolution of the motion vector in the inter prediction encoding and inter prediction decoding of a video. The video encoding/decoding apparatus includes: a video encoder for determining a motion vector resolution of each area or motion vector of a video and performing an inter prediction encoding of the video by using a motion vector according to the motion vector resolution determined for each area or motion vector; and a video decoder for reconstructing a resolution by extracting resolution information from a bitstream, and then performing an inter prediction decoding by using a motion vector according to the motion vector resolution of each reconstructed area or motion vector. | 08-16-2012 |
20120269274 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING VIDEO USING SPLIT LAYER - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for encoding/decoding a video using a split layer. The video encoding/decoding method generates an encoded image data by encoding a current block partitioned into a plurality of subblocks, generates an encoded partition information data by encoding partition information of the current block, generates a bitstream including the encoded image data and the encoded partition information data, and then reconstructs the video image from the generated bitstream. According to the present disclosure, when encoding a high resolution video with variable sized blocks, various block shapes may be used for the encoding, and efficient encoding and decoding of the block partition information can improve the compression efficiency. | 10-25-2012 |
20130034152 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGES - A video encoding/decoding apparatus includes a video encoder for encoding block mode information indicating whether a block mode of a block to be encoded in a macroblock is a skip mode, partition mode information and skip motion information including index information, encoding at least one of transform type information, CBP information, and delta quantization parameter information of the block according to a combination of the block mode information and the partition mode information, and encoding coefficient information of the block based on the encoded information of the block, and a video decoder for decoding a bitstream to reconstruct block mode information indicating whether a block mode of a block to be decoded is a skip mode, partition mode information indicating whether block is divided into subblocks, and skip motion information including index information, and reconstructing block based on the reconstructed information by using reconstructed skip motion information. | 02-07-2013 |
20130034153 | VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A video encoding/decoding apparatus and method are disclosed. The video encoding/decoding apparatus includes: a video encoder for generating predicted subblocks by predicting subblocks into which macroblock is divided, generating residual subblocks by subtracting predicted subblocks from subblocks, generating quantized transform coefficients by transforming and quantizing residual subblocks by using transform selected according to subblock size, and generating encoded video data by using different context tables according to the macroblock and subblocks when using CABAC to encode the quantized transform coefficients; and a video decoder for reconstructing information of partition type, motion, transform type and quantized transform coefficients by decoding encoded data by using a CABAC and different context tables according to a macroblock and subblocks, reconstructing residual subblocks by inverse-quantizing/inverse-transforming the quantized transform coefficients by using a transform identified by the transform type information, generating predicted subblocks, reconstructing the subblocks, and reconstructing the macroblock based on the subblocks. | 02-07-2013 |
20130034154 | VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Video encoding/decoding apparatus includes video encoder and video decoder. Video encoder generates predicted subblocks by predicting subblocks into which macroblock is divided, generates residual subblocks by subtracting predicted subblocks from subblocks, generates quantized transform coefficients by transforming and quantizing residual subblocks by using transform selected according to size of subblock, generates encoded video data by encoding quantized transform coefficients, and selectively calculates and determines encoding cost when determining encoding mode for at least one of motion vector, transform type, prediction mode, and block type for subblocks. Video decoder reconstructs partition type information, motion information, transform type information, and quantized transform coefficients by decoding encoded data, reconstructs residual subblocks by inverse-quantizing and inverse-transforming quantized transform coefficients by using transform identified by transform type information, generates predicted subblocks by predicting subblocks identified according to partition type information by using motion information, and reconstructs subblocks by adding predicted subblocks and residual subblocks. | 02-07-2013 |
20130034156 | INTER-PREDICTION METHOD AND VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD USING THE INTER-PREDICTION METHOD - An inter-prediction method and a video encoding/decoding method using the inter-prediction method are disclosed. The video encoding method using inter-prediction includes: encoding a first picture that serves as a reference for random access; inter-prediction encoding a block included in a second picture, which is displayed before the first picture, by using a plurality of reference pictures; generating reference picture information representing whether a past picture, which is displayed before the second picture, is used as a reference picture for encoding the second picture; and transmitting the encoded first and second pictures and the reference picture information. | 02-07-2013 |
20130039415 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE USING VARIABLE-SIZE MACROBLOCKS - A video encoding apparatus includes a candidate block type configuration unit for configuring block type candidates for encoding an image by using variable sized macroblocks; a video encoder for encoding an input image for each block type candidate; and a block type determiner for determining a block type based on encoding costs by the block type candidate, and generating a bitstream including image data encoded by the determined block type and information for the determined block type. Determining the block type to match the image characteristics enables combinations of diverse modes such as a large block and macroblock size, a minimum subblock size, available divisional block type, prediction mode type within a macroblock, and so on to achieve more effective encoding and decoding of high resolution images. | 02-14-2013 |
20130058401 | IMAGE-FILTERING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING SAME - An image filtering apparatus and method and a video encoding/decoding apparatus and method using the same are disclosed. The image filtering apparatus includes: a boundary identifying unit for identifying a boundary between two transform blocks included in an image; a pixel/strength selecting unit for selecting a filtering strength according to a size of at least one transform block among the two transform blocks; and a filtering unit for filtering at least one pixel included in a region adjacent to the boundary. | 03-07-2013 |
20130202047 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING - A video encoding/decoding apparatus includes a video encoder and a video decoder. The video encoder is configured to set up motion vector resolutions differentiated by search areas centered on a prediction motion vector of a current block, perform a motion estimation with a resolution corresponding to each of the search areas to generate a motion vector, and encode a differential motion vector between the generated motion vector and the prediction motion vector. The video decoder is configured to extract the differential motion vector from a bitstream, and decode the extracted differential motion vector with a resolution corresponding to a search area where the differential motion vector belongs to among the search areas. | 08-08-2013 |
20130223522 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING VIDEO USING HIGH-PRECISION FILTER - Disclosed is a video encoding apparatus. The video encoding apparatus includes a prediction unit for generating a prediction block based on interpolating sub-samples of a reference block referenced by a motion vector of a current block. The video encoding apparatus further includes a subtraction unit for generating a residual block based on subtracting the prediction block from the current block and a transform unit for generating a frequency-transformed block based on transforming the residual block. The video encoding apparatus further includes a quantization unit for generating a quantized frequency-transformed block based on quantizing the frequency-transformed block and an encoding unit for encoding the quantized frequency-transformed block into a bitstream. | 08-29-2013 |
20130259133 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE IN SPATIAL DOMAIN FOR NOISE COMPONENT - A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an image in a spatial domain for noise components are provided. The method and apparatus generate a prediction block by predicting a current block, generate a residual block by subtracting the prediction block from the current block, decide whether the number of noise components of the residual block is in a predetermined range, determine a coding domain, when a determined coding domain is a frequency domain, transform quantize the residual block, when the determined coding domain is a spatial domain, quantize the residual block and encode information on the determined coding domain and a generated quantized block, or quantize the noise components and encode and decode information on quantized noise components, and a number and locations of the noise components. | 10-03-2013 |
20130266067 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE BY INTER PREDICTION USING RANDOM BLOCK - A video encoding apparatus, a video decoding apparatus and method of encoding and decoding one or more images using various shapes of blocks. The video encoding apparatus is configured to determine a partition form, among candidate partition forms, for partitioning a current block into one or more partition blocks; generate one or more predicted blocks by performing a motion compensation with a scale factor applied to the one or more partition blocks; generate a residual block by subtracting the predicted blocks from the corresponding one or more partition blocks; generate at least one transform block by transforming the residual block; generate at least one quantized transform block by quantizing the at least one transform block; and encode the at least one quantized transform block, information on the determined partition form, and the scale factor into a bitstream. | 10-10-2013 |
20130272419 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ENCODED MOTION INFORMATION/RECOVERING MOTION INFORMATION USING MOTION INFORMATION INTEGRATION, AND IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING SAME - A video encoding apparatus, a video decoding apparatus and a method for generating coded motion information before reconstructing by using motion information merge, the video encoding apparatus includes an inter prediction unit configured to generate a prediction block of a current block by using motion compensation, decide whether to encode motion information by merging and generate coded motion information of the current block depending on the decision; a subtraction unit configured to generate a residual block by subtracting the prediction block generated from the current block; a transform and quantization unit configured to transform and quantize the residual block to thereby generate a quantized frequency residual block; and an encoding unit configured to encode the quantized frequency residual block and the coded motion information to thereby generate a bitstream. | 10-17-2013 |
20130287094 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE USING FEATURE VECTORS OF SURROUNDING BLOCKS - A video encoding apparatus, a decoding apparatus and method thereof by using feature vectors of at least one neighboring block are provided. In the video encoding apparatus, the decoding apparatus and the method, the feature vector is extracted from pixels of at least one neighboring block, and an optimal prediction mode represented by the feature vector is extracted with reference to a preset feature vector distribution of image blocks. The extracted optimal prediction mode is decided as a most probable mode (MPM) or an intra mode of a current block, and the current block is intra-predicted and encoded or decoded by using pixels of the at least one neighboring block adjacent to the current block. | 10-31-2013 |
20130294507 | ADAPTIVE SCAN DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SCANNING THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to an adaptive scan apparatus and a method for scanning thereof. The adaptive scan apparatus includes a zero coefficient counter and a scan pattern updater. The scan pattern updater is configured to generate a zero counter corresponding to a prediction mode of a neighboring block of a current block and to update the zero counter corresponding to a position where a coefficient value of the current block is 0 for transformed and quantized data. And the scan pattern updater is configured to update a scan pattern by sequentially arranging generated zero counters updated for the current block from a position of a small value to a position of a large value. | 11-07-2013 |
20130294508 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING AND DECODING BY USING PARALLEL INTRAPREDICTION BY A CODING UNIT - A video encoding apparatus, a video decoding apparatus and method by using parallel intra-prediction by a coding unit-level are provided. The video encoding apparatus includes a left extrapolation pixel generating unit for generating left extrapolation pixels for a coding unit by using at least one of pixels of a top left block of the coding unit according to a direction of an intra-prediction mode with respect to the coding unit and leftmost original pixels of the coding unit; an intra-prediction encoding unit for predicting the coding unit by using neighboring pixels including the left extrapolation pixels to generate a first prediction block and encode the coding unit; and
| 11-07-2013 |
20130294509 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING ADDITIONAL INTRA-INFORMATION - The present disclosure provides an apparatus for encoding additional intra-information includes an intra prediction mode selecting unit for performing an intra prediction by applying at least one of one or more predetermined types of partitions and one or more prediction modes with respect to a coding unit, and for selecting at least one of a partition among the one or more types of partitions and a prediction mode among the one or more prediction modes; a partitioning and prediction mode table lookup unit for looking up a table, and for generating a table hit signal if the table has at least one of a partition corresponding to the selected partition and a prediction mode corresponding to the selected prediction mode; and an entropy encoding unit for performing an encoding based on the table, if the table hit signal is received. | 11-07-2013 |
20130294512 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING/RECOVERING MOTION INFORMATION BASED ON PREDICTIVE MOTION VECTOR INDEX ENCODING, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING USING SAME - Disclosed is a video encoding apparatus includes: an intra prediction unit to generate a prediction block by using adjacent pixels of a current block to be encoded; an inter prediction unit to (1) generate index information of a predictive motion vector of the current block based on motion vectors of blocks adjacent to the current block and a motion vector of a co-located block of a reference frame, (2) generate motion information of the current block including predictive motion vector index and reference frame index together with a differential motion vector obtained by subtracting the predictive motion vector from a motion vector of the current block, and (3) generate a prediction block based on the generated motion information; and an encoding unit configured to encode a residual block by using a subtraction unit and a transform and quantization unit to thereby generate a bitstream. | 11-07-2013 |
20130294518 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING MOTION VECTOR - A method performed by a motion vector encoding apparatus for encoding a motion vector includes: determining a first motion vector and a second motion vector relating to a current block to be encoded; determining predicted motion vectors of the first motion vector and the second motion vector, respectively; calculating a first differential motion vector and a second differential motion vector; the first differential motion vector corresponding to a difference between the first motion vector and the predicted motion vector of the first motion vector, the second differential motion vector corresponding to a difference between the second motion vector and the predicted motion vector of the second motion vector; and encoding the first differential motion vector and the second differential motion vector, wherein the first motion vector and the second motion vector have different resolutions. | 11-07-2013 |
20130301709 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING VIDEO USING BIDIRECTIONAL INTRA PREDICTION - The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a video. In particular, the apparatus for encoding a video includes an offset calculator to calculate an offset between pixels of neighboring blocks corresponding to an intra prediction direction; and a prediction unit to adaptively perform an intra prediction on a current block in consideration of the calculated offset so as to generate a predicted block, and to intra-predictively encode the current block. | 11-14-2013 |
20130315299 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE USING VARIABLE SIZED MACROBLOCKS - A video encoding apparatus includes a candidate block type configuration unit for configuring block type candidates for encoding an image by using variable sized macroblocks; a video encoder for encoding an input image for each block type candidate; and a block type determiner for determining a block type based on encoding costs by the block type candidate, and generating a bitstream including image data encoded by the determined block type and information for the determined block type. Determining the block type to match the image characteristics enables combinations of diverse modes such as a large block and macroblock size, a minimum subblock size, available divisional block type, prediction mode type within a macroblock, and so on to achieve more effective encoding and decoding of high resolution images. | 11-28-2013 |
20130315302 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING/DECODING IMAGE - The present disclosure provides an apparatus for encoding a video including: a prediction unit to generate a predicted block of a current block; a subtraction unit to generate a residual block by subtracting the predicted block from the current block; a transformer to transform the residual block into a frequency transform block by performing different transform methods on different transform units; a quantization unit to quantize the frequency transform block to generate a quantized frequency transform block; and a bitstream generator to encode the quantized frequency transform block into a bitstream. | 11-28-2013 |
20140105284 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING/DECODING THROUGH HIGH-SPEED CODING UNIT MODE DECISION - An apparatus for encoding a video includes: a predictor to predict a current block by using a plurality of prediction unit types and generate one or more predicted blocks; a subtracting unit to generate a residual block by the subtracting the predicted blocks from the current block; a transformer to generate a frequency transform block by transforming the residual block; a quantizer to generate a quantized frequency transform block by quantizing the frequency transform block; and an encoder to encode the quantized frequency transform block into a bitstream. When the quantized frequency transform block for one of the prediction unit types has all zero coefficients, the predictor terminates predicting the current block by using the remainder of the prediction unit types and determines the prediction unit type with said all zero coefficients as the prediction unit type for the current block. | 04-17-2014 |
20140112392 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CODING AND DECODING IMAGE - A video encoding apparatus includes: a parameter calculator to calculate a brightness compensation parameter based on one or more first pixels adjacent to a current block and one or more second pixels adjacent to a motion prediction block obtained by using a prediction motion vector, the one or more second pixels being located in locations corresponding to the one or more first pixels; a target pixel selector to select one or more target pixels for a brightness compensation from pixels in a prediction block determined by a motion vector of the current block, by using pixels adjacent to the motion prediction block; and a predictive encoder to generate a compensated prediction block of the prediction block by applying the brightness compensation parameter to the selected one or more target pixels and to perform a predictive encoding on the generated compensated prediction block. | 04-24-2014 |
20140133564 | ENCODING/DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING FLEXIBLE DEBLOCKING FILTERING - A video decoding method includes decoding a bitstream including generating a quantized frequency transform block from the bitstream, reconstructing a residual block by inversely quantizing and inversely transforming the quantized frequency transform block, generating a prediction block by predicting a current block to be reconstructed, reconstructing the current block by adding the generated prediction block to the reconstructed residual block and performing a deblocking filtering with respect to a boundary between subblocks within a frame including the reconstructed current block, by allowing numbers of filtered pixels in a first block of the subblocks and a second block of the subblocks that engage in the filtering to be different depending on one or more predetermined criterion. | 05-15-2014 |
20140254684 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFECTIVE ENCODING/DECODING USING DETAILED PREDICTIVE UNIT - An apparatus for encoding images includes: a predictor to determine a prediction unit (PU) mode among a plurality of PU modes indicating types of partition of a current coding unit (CU) into one or more prediction units (PUs), and generate a predicted block of the current CU by performing an intra prediction or an inter prediction for each PU of the determined PU mode, wherein a size of the current CU is 2N×2N, and the plurality of PU modes includes 2N×hN or hN×2N PU mode in which the current CU is partitioned into PUs respectively having a size of 2N×hN or hN×2N, h being a fractional number smaller than 1; a subtractor to subtract the predicted block from the current CU to generate a residual block; a transformer to transform the residual block into a frequency domain to generate a frequency one or more transform blocks. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254686 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTIVE ENCODING/DECODING OF MOTION VECTOR - A video encoding apparatus for predicting a motion vector of a current block to be encoded is to determine one or more representative blocks from neighboring blocks of the current block according to priorities of the neighboring blocks; and encode the motion vector of the current block by using, as a predicted motion vector of the current block, a first motion vector selected from motion vectors of the determined one or more representative blocks and a second motion vector of at least one block within a reference picture. | 09-11-2014 |
20140269916 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING USING IMPROVED MERGE - A video encoding apparatus includes an inter predictor to check for availability of merge candidates configured from neighboring blocks of a current block, add into a merge candidate set, as one of the merge candidates, a combined bi-predictive motion parameter with respect to an unavailable block, the combined bi-predictive motion parameter generated by combining a list 0 motion parameter of a first available andidate block and a list 1 motion parameter of a second available candidate block, when the unavailable block is checked to be present among the merge candidates, and predict the current block by using a motion parameter corresponding to a merge candidate selected from the merge candidates including the combined bi-predictive motion parameter, to thereby generate a predicted block for the current block. | 09-18-2014 |
20140286392 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE BY USING ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER ON FREQUENCY DOMAIN USING CONVERSION - A video encoding method for reducing encoding error by using a loop filter is provided, the method including: generating a reconstructed image from encoded data of an original image; determining one or more regions on which the loop filter is applied in the reconstructed image; transforming the original image and the reconstructed image which correspond to each region of the determined one or more regions from a spatial domain into a frequency domain; determining loop filter coefficients for said each region by comparing the transformed original image and the transformed reconstructed image; loop-filtering the reconstructed image based on the loop filter coefficients for said each region; and encoding information on the loop filter coefficients for said each region. | 09-25-2014 |
20140307788 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING VIDEO USING SKIP MODE - A video encoding apparatus includes: an inter prediction unit to determine a motion parameter of a current block and generate a predicted block of the current block, by performing a motion estimation on the current block; and an optimal mode determining unit to set a prediction mode of the current block as a SKIP mode when (i) the motion parameter of the current block is identical to a motion parameter of a candidate block among a plurality of candidate blocks and (ii) all-zero coefficients result from a transform and a quantization performed on a residual data block representing the difference between the current block and the predicted block. | 10-16-2014 |
20140328403 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING WEIGHT PREDICTION - A method for decoding video images includes: determining a coding block, from a bitstream, which is divided in a quadtree structure from a largest coding block; decoding, from the bitstream, motion information on one or more prediction blocks divided from the coding block; predicting the prediction blocks based on the motion information; reconstructing a residual block from the bitstream; and reconstructing the coding block by adding the predicted prediction blocks and the reconstructed residual block. The predicting of the prediction blocks includes: generating first predicted pixels within each of the prediction blocks by using the motion information; decoding, from the bitstream, a weighted prediction parameter applicable to each of the prediction blocks; and generating second predicted pixels within each of the prediction blocks by applying the weighted prediction parameter to the first predicted pixels within each of the prediction blocks. | 11-06-2014 |
20150016526 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a video encoding/decoding apparatus and method, in which skip information indicating whether a block is a skip block is encoded, partition information of the block and skip motion information of the block are encoded or prediction information of the block containing the partition information of the block and intra prediction mode information or motion information are encoded according to the skip information, residual signal information of the block is predictive-encoded based on the prediction information and the transform information, and an encoded signal is reconstructed. The method and the apparatus can improve the video compression efficiency by efficiently encoding the encoding information used for the video encoding and selectively using various encoding methods and decoding methods in encoding the video. | 01-15-2015 |
20150195543 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING VIDEO USING SPLIT LAYER - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for encoding/decoding a video using a split layer. The video encoding/decoding method generates an encoded image data by encoding a current block partitioned into a plurality of subblocks, generates an encoded partition information data by encoding partition information of the current block, generates a bitstream including the encoded image data and the encoded partition information data, and then reconstructs the video image from the generated bitstream. According to the present disclosure, when encoding a high resolution video with variable sized blocks, various block shapes may be used for the encoding, and efficient encoding and decoding of the block partition information can improve the compression efficiency. | 07-09-2015 |
20150201192 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING FREQUENCY TRANSFORMED BLOCK USING FREQUENCY MASK TABLE, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING VIDEO USING SAME - A video encoding/decoding apparatus including a video encoder for generating a prediction block, generating a residual block by subtracting the prediction block from the current block. The video encoder is for generating a frequency-transformed block by transforming and quantizing the residual block, generating a masked frequency-transformed block by masking the frequency-transformed block by using one or more frequency mask tables. The video encoder is for encoding information about a frequency mask table used for masking the masked frequency-transformed block. The apparatus includes a video decoder for extracting a masked quantized frequency coefficient string recorded in the bitstream. The video decoder is for generating a quantized frequency coefficient string by zero setting all quantized frequency coefficients at positions of no records in the bitstream from a masked quantized frequency coefficient string. The video decoder is for generating a quantized frequency-transformed block by inversely scanning the generated quantized frequency coefficient string. | 07-16-2015 |
20150201221 | ENCODING / DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING A TREE STRUCTURE - The present disclosure provides an encoding/decoding method using a tree structure. The encoding method for encoding image information includes: grouping predetermined areas having the image information into a plurality of groups, and generating a node value of each layer up to an uppermost layer by determining a minimum value or a maximum value of information to be encoded within grouped areas as information on the grouped areas; and encoding a difference value between the node value of each layer and a node value of an upper layer or a difference value between the node value of each layer and a value determined based on a preset criterion. Accordingly, the encoding efficiency and in turn the video compression efficiency are improved by using the tree structure in the encoding of various pieces of image information and the decoding of the resultant encoded data. | 07-16-2015 |
20150208068 | ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING A TREE STRUCTURE - A method for reconstructing image information divided by a tree structure from a bitstream, includes: decoding the bitstream to reconstruct additional information, the additional information including first information on a minimum block size and second information on a difference between the minimum block size and a maximum block size, wherein the difference between the minimum block size and the maximum block size is a value of a log scale; reconstructing a partition flag indicating whether or not each node, starting from a node of an uppermost layer of the tree structure, is divided into nodes of a lower layer, the node of the uppermost layer identified based on the first and second information; and reconstructing image information of a block corresponding to a node which is not further divided. | 07-23-2015 |
20150208077 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE - A video decoding method performed by a video decoding apparatus includes: determining a current block to be decoded, by decoding block size information from a bitstream; decoding a skip information of the current block from the bitstream, the skip information indicating whether the current block is a skip block; when the skip information indicates that the current block is the skip block, decoding a skip motion information of the current block from the bitstream, and reconstructing the current block directly from a predicted block predicted based on the skip motion information, without reconstructing a residual signal information from the bitstream; and when the skip information indicates that the current block is not the skip block, decoding an intra or inter prediction information of the current block and a residual signal information from the bitstream, and reconstructing the current block based on the prediction information and the residual signal information. | 07-23-2015 |
20150208100 | ENCODING / DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING A TREE STRUCTURE - An apparatus for encoding image information using a tree structure performs a method by: encoding a partition flag indicating whether each node, starting from a node of an uppermost layer of the tree structure, is divided into nodes of a lower layer; encoding image information of a block corresponding to a node which is not further divided; and encoding additional information including first information on a minimum block size and second information on a difference between the minimum block size and a maximum block size, wherein the first and second information are used for identifying the maximum block size corresponding to the node of the uppermost layer. | 07-23-2015 |
20150208101 | ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING A TREE STRUCTURE - An apparatus for encoding image information using a tree structure, performs a method by: encoding a partition flag indicating whether each node, starting from a node of an uppermost layer of the tree structure, is divided into nodes of a lower layer; encoding image information of a block corresponding to a node which is not further divided; and encoding additional information including first information on a minimum block size and second information on a difference between the minimum block size and a maximum block size, the difference between the minimum block size and the maximum block size being a value of a log scale, wherein the first and second information are used for identifying the maximum block size corresponding to the node of the uppermost layer. | 07-23-2015 |
20150215630 | ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING A TREE STRUCTURE - A method for reconstructing information on transform coefficients of a current block by a tree structure, includes: decoding a bitstream to reconstruct information on a size of the current block and information on a minimum subblock size; determining the size of the current block based on the information on the size of the current block; determining the minimum subblock size based on the information on the minimum subblock size; and reconstructing the information on transform coefficients of each of one or more subblocks by dividing the current block in the determined size into the one or more subblocks by the tree structure, wherein the current block is divided into the subblocks which are not smaller than the minimum subblock size. | 07-30-2015 |
20150222900 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGES CONSIDERING LOW FREQUENCY COMPONENTS - The method performed by an apparatus for encoding a current block, includes: generating a predicted block by predicting the current block; generating a residual block of the current block by subtracting the predicted block from the current block; partitioning the residual block into a plurality of subblocks having various sizes, and transforming each of the subblocks by using a transform unit of a size identical to each of the subblocks, to thereby generate transform blocks of the subblocks; quantizing the transform blocks; and encoding transform coefficients of each of the quantized transform blocks. | 08-06-2015 |
20150222918 | INTER-PREDICTION METHOD AND VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD USING THE INTER-PREDICTION METHOD - A video decoding method using inter-prediction, includes: identifying, based on information included in a bitstream, whether a first picture is a picture which allows a second picture preceding the first picture in a display order to refer to at least one picture decoded before the first picture, the first picture serving as a random access picture; decoding the first picture without referring to a reference picture which has already decoded; and when the first picture is a picture which allows the second picture to refer to the at least one picture decoded before the first picture, inter-prediction decoding, after decoding the first picture, the second picture by using at least one reference picture which is decoded before the first picture depending on reference picture information of the second picture. | 08-06-2015 |
20150222923 | INTER-PREDICTION METHOD AND VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD USING THE INTER-PREDICTION METHOD - A video decoding method using inter-prediction, includes: decoding a first picture, wherein the first picture serves as a random access picture and is decoded without referring to a reference picture which has already decoded; and decoding a block, by using an inter-prediction, included in a second picture, which is decoded after the first picture and displayed before the first picture, by using a plurality of reference pictures, wherein the decoding of the block included in the second picture is performed based on reference picture information representing one or more past pictures which are decoded before the first picture and are used as reference pictures for decoding the second picture, and wherein when the one or more past pictures are used for decoding the second picture, the one or more past pictures are deleted from a memory after decoding at least the second picture. | 08-06-2015 |
20150222926 | INTER-PREDICTION METHOD AND VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD USING THE INTER-PREDICTION METHOD - A video encoding method using inter-prediction, includes: encoding a first picture, wherein the first picture serves as a random access picture and is encoded without referring to a reference picture which has already encoded and then decoded; inter-prediction encoding a block included in a second picture, which is encoded after the first picture and displayed before the first picture, by using a plurality of reference pictures; generating reference picture information representing one or more past pictures which are encoded before the first picture and are used as reference pictures for encoding the second picture; and transmitting the encoded first picture and the encoded second pictures and the reference picture information, wherein, when the one or more past pictures are used as the reference pictures for encoding the second picture, the one or more past pictures are deleted from a memory after encoding at least the second picture. | 08-06-2015 |
20150222927 | INTER-PREDICTION METHOD AND VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD USING THE INTER-PREDICTION METHOD - A video encoding method using inter-prediction, includes: encoding information indicating whether a first picture is a picture which allows a second picture preceding the first picture in a display order to refer to at least one picture encoded before the first picture, wherein the first picture serves as a random access picture; encoding the first picture without referring to a reference picture which has already encoded; and when the first picture is a picture which allows the second picture to refer to the at least one picture encoded before the first picture, inter-prediction encoding, after encoding the first picture, the second picture by using at least one reference picture encoded before the first picture, and encoding reference picture information used for encoding the second picture, wherein the at least one reference picture encoded before the first picture is not deleted from a memory until the second picture are encoded. | 08-06-2015 |
20150229924 | ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION MOVING IMAGES - A video decoding apparatus includes a decoder to decode division information related to dividing a current block into subblocks, and reconstruct transform coefficients of each of the subblocks identified by the division information, and thereby generate transformed residual subblocks; an inverse transformer to inverse-transform each of the transformed residual subblocks, and thereby generate residual subblocks; a predictor to generate predicted subblocks by intra-predicting each of the subblocks; an adder to reconstruct the current block by adding the predicted subblocks to the residual subblocks corresponding thereto; and a first filter to perform deblocking-filtering on boundaries between the subblocks in a reconstructed picture including the reconstructed current block. | 08-13-2015 |
20150229939 | IMAGE-FILTERING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING SAME - The present disclosure provides a video decoding apparatus including a decoder configured to decode, from encoded data, transform information for identifying one or more transform blocks, wherein a residual block of a current block to be decoded is comprised of the transform blocks, and reconstruct, from the encoded data, transform coefficients of each of the transform blocks identified by the transform information, an inverse transformer configured to reconstruct the residual block by inversely transforming the transform coefficients in units of a size of each of the transform block, a predictor configured to generate a predicted block by predicting the current block, an adder configured to reconstruct the current block by adding the residual block to the predicted block, and a filter configured to perform deblocking-filtering on at least part of transform boundaries between the transform blocks in the reconstructed current block. | 08-13-2015 |
20150256836 | VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A video decoding apparatus includes: a decoder to reconstruct a syntax corresponding to at least one of a first block, a second block and a third block, the first block being generated by dividing a frame for decoding, the second block corresponding to a unit of a prediction and is generated by dividing the first block, and the third block corresponding to a unit of transformation and is generated by dividing the first block in a tree structure; and a predictor to reconstruct a prediction block corresponding to at least one of the first block, the second block and the third block. | 09-10-2015 |
20150281690 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE - A video decoding apparatus includes an encoding information decoder to reconstruct a skip information indicating whether a block to be decoded in an image is a skip block by decoding a bitstream, and reconstruct either a skip motion information of the block, or an intra or inter prediction information of the block and a transform information of the block by decoding the bitstream, according to the skip information; and a video decoder to either reconstruct the block based on the skip motion information or reconstruct the block based on both the prediction information and a residual signal information reconstructed by decoding the bitstream based on the transform information, wherein the encoding information decoder is configured to reconstruct the transform information which includes partition information related to partitioning the block into subblocks by a tree structure. | 10-01-2015 |
20150281700 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE - A video encoding apparatus includes: an encoding information encoder to encode a skip information indicating whether a block to be encoded is a skip block, and encode either a skip motion information of the block, or an intra or inter prediction information of the block and a transform information of the block, according to whether the block to be encoded is the skip block, wherein the transform information includes partition information related to partitioning the block into subblocks by a tree structure; and a video encoder to encode a residual signal information of each of the subblocks partitioned from the block. | 10-01-2015 |
20150288960 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE USING VARIABLE SIZED MACROBLOCKS - A method performed by an apparatus of decoding a video in the unit of blocks, includes: decoding information on a block size from a bitstream; determining a maximum block size to be used for decoding an encoded image, based on the information on the block size; and reconstructing an image by decoding the encoded image using the determined maximum block size, wherein the information on the block size includes a first information on a minimum block size and a second information on a difference between the minimum block size and the maximum block size. | 10-08-2015 |
20150288969 | VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A video decoding method, includes: reconstructing a syntax corresponding to at least one of a first block, a second block and a third block, wherein the first block is generated by dividing a frame for decoding, the second block corresponds to a unit of a prediction and is generated by dividing the first block, and the third block corresponds to a unit of transformation and is generated by dividing the first block in a tree structure; and reconstructing a prediction block corresponding to at least one of the first block, the second block and the third block, wherein the second block includes a batch mode flag for indicating whether a batch mode is used. | 10-08-2015 |
20150288971 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE USING VARIABLE-SIZE MACROBLOCKS - A video decoding apparatus using a tree structure, includes: a decoder to decode, from a bitstream, a partition flag indicating whether each block, starting from a block corresponding to an uppermost layer of the tree structure, is divided into four blocks of a lower layer, and thereby identify a block which is not further divided, and decode prediction type information on the identified block from the bitstream; and a reconstructor to reconstruct the identified block by using a prediction mode indicated by the prediction type information, wherein, when a block of a first layer is divided into four blocks of a second layer which is a lower layer of the first layer, the decoder is configured to decode the partition flag for each of the four blocks of the second layer in a predetermined order. | 10-08-2015 |
20150288972 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE USING VARIABLE-SIZE MACROBLOCKS - A video decoding apparatus for reconstructing residual signals of a current block to be decoded by using a tree structure, includes: a decoder to decode, from a bitstream, prediction type information on the current block to be decoded, and divide, by the tree structure, the current block into one or more subblocks of which information on residual signals is to be reconstructed, by decoding, from the bitstream, a partition flag which indicates whether a block corresponding thereto is divided into blocks of a lower layer in the tree structure, wherein blocks which are not further divided are identified as the subblocks of which information on the residual signals is to be reconstructed; and a reconstructor to reconstruct information on residual signals of each of the subblocks from the bitstream. | 10-08-2015 |
20150288987 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE USING VARIABLE-SIZE MACROBLOCKS - A video encoding apparatus using a tree structure, includes: a splitter to generate a partition flag indicating whether each block, starting from a block corresponding to an uppermost layer of the tree structure, is divided into four blocks of a lower layer; and an encoder to encode, into a bitstream, the partition flag and prediction type information on a block which is not further divided in the tree structure, wherein, when a block of a first layer is divided into four blocks of a second layer which is a lower layer of the first layer, the encoder is configured to encode the partition flag for each of the four blocks of the second layer in a predetermined order. | 10-08-2015 |
20150296216 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGES - A method performed by a video decoding apparatus, includes: identifying a current block to be decoded by dividing a maximum size block; decoding, from a bitstream, block mode information indicating whether a block mode of the current block to be decoded is a skip mode; when the block mode information indicates that the block mode of the current block is the skip mode, decoding, from the bitstream, a skip motion information of the current block and determining a motion vector of the current block based on the skip motion information, predicting the current block using the determined motion vector current block, and reconstructing the current block directly from the predicted block, without decoding information on residual signals of the current block from the bitstream. | 10-15-2015 |
20150296217 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGES - A method performed by a video encoding apparatus, includes: encoding block mode information indicating whether a block mode of a current block to be decoded is a skip mode; when the block mode of the current block is the skip mode, encoding a skip motion information of the current block without encoding information on residual signals of the current block, wherein the skip motion information is used for determining a motion vector of the current block; and when the block mode of the current block is not the skip mode, encoding prediction information of the current block, and encoding partition information of a tree structure related to dividing the current block into one or more subblocks, and thereby encoding information on residual signals of the subblocks. | 10-15-2015 |
20150312570 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD - A video decoding method includes: decoding a skip information indicating whether or not a current block to be decoded is a skip block; when the skip information indicates that the current block is the skip block, decoding motion information of the current block, determining a motion vector of the current block, and reconstructing the current block directly from a predicted block, without decoding information on residual signals of the current block; and when the skip information indicates that the current block is not the skip block, decoding prediction information of the current block from the bitstream, decoding information on a quantization parameter and transform coefficients which correspond to the current block, when at least one of the transform coefficients is not zero, reconstructing residual signals from the transform coefficients and reconstructing the current block based on the prediction information and the reconstructed residual signals. | 10-29-2015 |
20150334401 | IMAGE ENCODING AND DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus of decoding a video in the unit of blocks, includes: a size setting unit to decode information on a picture size of the video and information on available block sizes from a bitstream, set an initial size of a current block to be decoded to a largest block size determined by the information on the available block sizes, determine a location of the current block within a picture, identify whether the current block is fully located inside the picture, based on the picture size, the size of the current block and the location of the current block, and reset the size of the current block to a smaller size among the available block sizes, when the current block is not fully located inside the picture; and a decoding unit to decode the current block in the reset size. | 11-19-2015 |
20150334402 | IMAGE ENCODING AND DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An method of encoding a video in the unit of blocks, includes: encoding information on a picture size of the video and information on available block sizes; setting an initial size of a current block to be encoded to a largest block size among the available block sizes; determining a location of the current block within a picture; identifying whether the current block is fully located inside the picture, based on the picture size, the size of the current block and the location of the current block; resetting the size of the current block to a smaller size among the available block sizes, when the current block is not fully located inside the picture; and encoding the current block in the reset size. | 11-19-2015 |
20150341637 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING VIDEO USING SPLIT LAYER - A method performed by an apparatus of decoding a video in the unit of blocks, includes: extracting and decoding a first information corresponding to a minimum block size and a second information corresponding to a difference between the minimum block size and a maximum block size, from a bitstream; calculating the maximum block size based on the first information corresponding to the minimum block size and the second information corresponding to the difference; decoding, from the bitstream, partition information of a square current block having the derived maximum block size to identify one or more subblocks in the current block which have sizes equal to or larger than the minimum block size; decoding a prediction mode information of each of the subblocks, the prediction mode information indicating whether a subblock is inter-predicted or intra-predicted; and reconstructing each of the subblocks in the current block by predicting each of the subblocks. | 11-26-2015 |
20150365672 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SUBBAND CODING FREQUENCY CONVERSION UNIT, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING USING SAME - A method performed by an apparatus for decoding a video, includes: generating a predicted block by predicting a current block to be decoded; reconstructing frequency coefficients in a frequency conversion unit by decoding a bitstream, to generate a frequency conversion block having a size of the frequency conversion unit; inversely transforming the frequency conversion block by using a transform size identical to the size of the frequency conversion unit, to reconstruct a residual block; and adding the reconstructed residual block to the predicted block. | 12-17-2015 |
20160029023 | ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION MOVING IMAGES - A video encoding method includes: determining a size of a current block to be encoded and encoding information for indicating the size of the current block; encoding division information related to dividing the current block into one or more subblocks; predicting a subblock divided from the current block by using an intra prediction mode corresponding to the subblock; generating a residual block by subtracting the predicted block from the subblock; transforming the residual subblock by using a transform size identical to a size of the subblock; and encoding information on transform coefficients of the transformed residual subblock. | 01-28-2016 |
20160044316 | ENCODING/DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING FLEXIBLE DEBLOCKING FILTERING - A video decoding method performed by a video decoding apparatus includes: generating a quantized frequency transform block by decoding a bitstream; reconstructing a residual block by inversely quantizing and inversely transforming the quantized frequency transform block; generating a prediction block corresponding to a current block; reconstructing the current block by adding the generated prediction block to the reconstructed residual block; and performing a deblocking filtering with respect to a boundary between subblocks within a frame including the reconstructed current block, by allowing numbers of filtered pixels in a first block of the subblocks and a second block of the subblocks that engage in the filtering to be different depending on one or more predetermined criterion. | 02-11-2016 |
20160044331 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING USING IMPROVED MERGE - A video encoding apparatus includes an inter predictor to check for whether predetermined candidate adding conditions are satisfied, add into a merge candidate set including merge candidates corresponding to neighboring blocks of a current block, a combined bi-predictive motion parameter, the combined bi-predictive motion parameter generated by combining a list 0 motion parameter of a first available candidate block and a list 1 motion parameter of a second available candidate block, when the predetermined candidate adding conditions are satisfied, and predict the current block by using a motion parameter corresponding to a merge candidate selected from the merge candidate set, to thereby generate a predicted block for the current block. Herein, the merge candidate set corresponds to a maximum number of the merge candidates, the maximum number of the merge candidates corresponding to information on the number of the merge candidates included in a bistream. | 02-11-2016 |
20160065972 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ENCODED MOTION INFORMATION /RECOVERING MOTION INFORMATION USING MOTION INFORMATION INTEGRATION, AND IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING SAME - An apparatus for decoding a current block includes: a decoding unit to extract a first identification information from a bitstream, and reconstruct a quantized frequency residual block of the current block from the bitstream; a dequantization and inverse transform unit to dequantize and inversely transform the quantized frequency residual block to reconstruct a residual block of the current block; an inter prediction unit to generate the plurality of motion vector candidates of the current block from neighboring blocks of the current blocks, select a motion vector candidate from the plurality of motion vector candidates based on a second identification information, the second identification information being decoded from the bitstream, reconstruct the motion vector of the current block as the selected motion vector candidate, and generate a predicted block of the current block by using the reconstructed motion vector of the current block. | 03-03-2016 |
20160088314 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE IN SPATIAL DOMAIN FOR NOISE COMPONENT - A method performed by a video encoding apparatus, includes: generating a predicted block by predicting a current block to be encoded; generating a residual block by subtracting the predicted block from the current block; encoding, into a bitstream, coding domain information indicating whether the residual block is encoded by a frequency domain coding or by a spatial domain coding; and encoding the residual block into the bitstream. Herein, the encoding of the residual block comprises: when the residual block is encoded by the frequency domain coding, transforming from a spatial domain into a frequency domain and quantizing the residual block, and encoding the transformed and quantized residual block; and when the residual block is encoded by the spatial domain coding, skipping transform for the residual block and quantizing the residual block, and encoding the quantized residual block. | 03-24-2016 |