Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100322526 | METHOD OF FILTERING RESTORED IMAGE USING PLURALITY OF FILTERS AND ENCODING/DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING FILTERING METHOD - A method of filtering a restored image selectively using a plurality of filters, and an encoding and decoding apparatus using the method are provided. The filtering method may filter a restored image using each of a plurality of filter structures to obtain a plurality of filtered restored images, and determine a filter structure of a restored image with a high coding efficiency from among the obtained filtered restored images as a final filter structure. | 12-23-2010 |
20110150095 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is an image encoding/decoding apparatus and method. The image encoding apparatus may include a motion vector prediction unit to perform a prediction with respect to an arbitrary motion vector of a current block within an image, using at least one of vector information of a motion vector corresponding to an adjacent block and vector information of a previous motion vector of the current block, and a differential determination unit to determine differential information of a motion vector of the current block based on the motion vector predicted in the motion vector prediction unit and an actual motion vector of the current block. | 06-23-2011 |
20110188581 | FILTER AND FILTERING METHOD FOR DEBLOCKING OF INTRA MACROBLOCK - Provided is a method and apparatus for adaptively performing deblocking filtering using a quantization parameter, based on a video block unit in a boundary between macroblocks including an intra macroblock. The filter and filtering method may enhance a compression rate of a high resolution video and enhance a video compression environment. | 08-04-2011 |
20110286516 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CODING/DECODING IMAGE SELECTIVLY USING DESCRETE COSINE/SINE TRANSTORM - Disclosed is a data transmission system that transmits data by using a relay. | 11-24-2011 |
20110292999 | SUPER MACRO BLOCK BASED INTRA CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided are technologies that may perform intra coding of a super macro block that is an enlarged macro block. In this case, the super macro block is handled as a single entity or may be divided into a plurality of macro blocks. The present invention may perform intra coding both when the super macro block is handled as the single entity and when the super macro block is divided into the plurality of macro blocks. | 12-01-2011 |
20120020579 | IMAGE ENCODER AND DECODER USING UNIDIRECTIONAL PREDICTION - The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit. | 01-26-2012 |
20120257012 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY - A display method and a display apparatus of a 3D image are provided. The display method includes: receiving an image stream; determining a viewing mode of the image stream; determining whether or not a screen of a display apparatus is adjusted according to the determined viewing mode; and adjusting the screen of the display apparatus in the case in which it is determined in the determining of whether or not the screen of the display apparatus is adjusted that the screen is adjusted, wherein the viewing mode of the image stream includes a 2D image viewing mode and a 3D image viewing mode. | 10-11-2012 |
20120263229 | ADAPTIVE IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND METHOD - Provided are an image encoding method and device. When carrying out image encoding for a block within a slice, at least one block in a restored block of the slice is set as a reference block. When this is done, the encoding parameters of the reference block are distinguished, and the block to be encoded is encoded adaptively based on the encoding parameters. | 10-18-2012 |
20120275513 | VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE - Disclosed are a video encoding/decoding method and device. The video encoding method may comprise the steps of: establishing an adaptive filter corresponding to the current image; comparing the adaptive filter established in this way with at least one existing adaptive filter contained in a filter list; establishing whether to add the adaptive filter established in the way described to the adaptive filter list, based on the results of the comparison; and encoding the current image by using an adaptive filter contained in the filter list. In this way, encoding efficiency can be improved. | 11-01-2012 |
20130058585 | APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE BY SKIP ENCODING AND METHOD FOR SAME - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for encoding and decoding an image by skip encoding. The image-encoding method by skip encoding, which performs intra-prediction, comprises: performing a filtering operation on the signal which is reconstructed prior to an encoding object signal in an encoding object image; using the filtered reconstructed signal to generate a prediction signal for the encoding object signal; setting the generated prediction signal as a reconstruction signal for the encoding object signal; and not encoding the residual signal which can be generated on the basis of the difference between the encoding object signal and the prediction signal, thereby performing skip encoding on the encoding object signal. | 03-07-2013 |
20130070845 | MOTION PICTURE ENCODING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a video encoding apparatus, including a signal separator to separate a differential image block into a first domain and a second domain, based on a boundary line included in the differential image block, the differential image block indicating a difference between an original image and a prediction image with respect to the original image, a transform encoder to perform a transform encoding with respect to the first domain using a discrete cosine transform (DCT), a quantization unit to quantize an output of the transform encoding unit in a frequency domain, a space domain quantization unit to quantize the second domain in a space domain, and an entropy encoder to perform an entropy encoding using outputs of the quantization unit and the space domain quantization unit. | 03-21-2013 |
20130108184 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING IMAGES USING TEMPLATE MATCHING AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING IMAGES | 05-02-2013 |
20130136172 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING VIDEO, AND DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a video encoding method and apparatus for setting and encoding quantization parameters, and to a video decoding method and apparatus for decoding and setting quantization parameters in a video encoding and decoding apparatus which uses blocks having various sizes and depths as encoding and decoding units. | 05-30-2013 |
20130177078 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING VIDEO USING ADAPTIVE PREDICTION BLOCK FILTERING - Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding video. The method and apparatus of the present invention involve generating a first prediction block for a block to be decoded, calculating a filter coefficient on the basis of the block adjacent to the first prediction block, and performing filtering on the first prediction block using the filter coefficient so as to generate a second prediction block if information relating to the performance of filtering indicates that filtering should be performed. According to the present invention, accuracy in video prediction and encoding performance are improved. | 07-11-2013 |
20130182768 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING / DECODING VIDEO USING ERROR COMPENSATION - According to the present invention, a method for decoding a video in a skip mode comprises the steps of: deriving a pixel value of an estimation block for a current block; deriving an error compensation value for the current block; and deriving a pixel value of a final prediction block using the pixel value of the prediction block and the error compensation value. According to the present invention, the amount of transmitted information is minimized, and the efficiency of video encoding/decoding is improved. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182779 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO-ENCODING/DECODING USING FILTER INFORMATION PREDICTION - Provided is a scalable video-decoding method based on multiple layers. The scalable video-decoding method according to the present invention comprises: a step of predicting first filter information of a video to be filtered using the information contained in an object layer and/or information contained in another layer, and generating second filter information in accordance with the prediction; and a step of filtering the video to be filtered using the second filter information. According to the present invention, the amount of information being transmitted is reduced, and video compression performance is improved. | 07-18-2013 |
20130188731 | METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING BLOCK INFORMATION USING QUAD TREE, AND DEVICE FOR USING SAME - Disclosed decoding method of the intra prediction mode comprises the steps of: determining whether an intra prediction mode of a present prediction unit is the same as a first candidate intra prediction mode or as a second candidate intra prediction mode on the basis of 1-bit information; and determining, among said first candidate intra prediction mode and said second candidate intra prediction mode, which candidate intra prediction mode is the same as the intra prediction mode of said present prediction unit on the basis of additional 1-bit information, if the intra prediction mode of the present prediction unit is the same as at least either the first candidate intra prediction mode or the second candidate intra prediction mode, and decoding the intra prediction mode of the present prediction unit. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188740 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENTROPY ENCODING/DECODING - Provided is an entropy decoding method. The entropy decoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: drawing context information about a symbol to be decoded using at least either context information about corresponding layer or context information about other layers; and performing entropy decoding on the symbol using the drawn context information. According to the present invention, image compression efficiency can be enhanced. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188884 | METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGES AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING USING SAME - The present invention relates to image encoding and image decoding. A method for encoding images according to the present invention comprises the steps of: acquiring division information from peripheral blocks of an encoding target block with respect to the peripheral blocks; predicting the division of the encoding target block on the basis of the acquired division information; encoding information on the difference between the practical division information of the encoding target information and the predictive division information predicted in the predicting process; and transmitting the encoded information. The present invention can encode/decode the division information of the encoding/decoding target blocks using the information about the peripheral blocks. | 07-25-2013 |
20130215968 | VIDEO INFORMATION ENCODING METHOD AND DECODING METHOD - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding video information. The video information encoding method according to the present invention comprises: a step of performing a prediction on a current block; and a step of entropy-encoding the predicted information and transmitting the encoded information. The step of performing a prediction comprises: a step of acquiring motion information on a neighboring block from the neighboring block of the current block; and a step of determining motion information on the current block on the basis of the acquired motion information. The transmitting step also involves transmitting information required for the prediction of the current block. According to the present invention, the complexity of video compression and the quantity of transmitted information may be reduced. | 08-22-2013 |
20130223528 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARALLEL ENTROPY ENCODING/DECODING - The present invention relates to an entropy encoding method comprising the following steps: updating probability information using the update information derived based on a bit stream received from an encoder; deriving a bin corresponding to the current codeword based on the updated probability information; and performing the inverse binarization of the derived bin to acquire a syntax element. According to the present invention, video-encoding/decoding efficiency may be improved. | 08-29-2013 |
20130243088 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTER PREDICTION - An inter prediction method according to the present invention comprises: a step for deriving reference motion information related to a unit to be decoded in a current picture; and a step for performing motion compensation for the unit to be decoded, using the reference motion information that has been derived. According to the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency can be enhanced. | 09-19-2013 |
20130243089 | DEVICE FOR ENCODING ULTRA-HIGH DEFINITION IMAGE AND METHOD THEREOF, AND DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided are an encoding device using predictive coding in a screen and a method thereof, and a decoding device and a method thereof. The encoding device is capable of generating a prediction block of a current block according to one of methods for generating a plurality of predetermined prediction blocks, and outputting at least one of encoding information and differential blocks as bitstream by entropy encoding according to whether differential blocks are encoded or not. | 09-19-2013 |
20130272395 | IMAGE ENCODER AND DECODER USING UNDIRECTIONAL PREDICTION - The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit. | 10-17-2013 |
20130287104 | METHOD FOR ENCODING VIDEO INFORMATION AND METHOD FOR DECODING VIDEO INFORMATION, AND APPARATUS USING SAME - Disclosed herein is a method for coding image information, including: generating prediction information by predicting information on a current coding unit; and determining whether the information on the current coding unit is the same as the prediction information, wherein when the information on the current coding unit is the same as the prediction information, a flag indicating that the information on the current coding unit is the same as the prediction information is coded and transmitted, and when the information on the current coding unit is not the same as the prediction information, the flag indicating that the information on the current coding unit is not the same as the prediction information and the information on the current coding unit are coded and transmitted. | 10-31-2013 |
20130301944 | ENTROPY CODING METHOD USING AN INDEX MAPPING TABLE, AND IMAGE-ENCODING/DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING SAID ENTROPY CODING METHOD - Disclosed is an entropy coding method using an index mapping table, and an apparatus using the method. An imagedecoding method comprises: a step of mapping an inputted codeword to a code number with reference to an inverse codeword mapping table, and calculating the mapped code number in a table index; and a step of updating the inverse mapping table based on the accumulated number of occurrences of the code number, the number of sequential occurrences of the code number, neighbor block encoding/decoding information, and/or threshold value information for updating the inverse index mapping table. According to the present invention, an index mapping table is realigned based on a certain condition, thereby improving encoding/decoding efficiency. | 11-14-2013 |
20130322535 | METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGES USING PLURALITY OF REFERENCE IMAGES AND DEVICE USING METHOD - Disclosed are a method for encoding and decoding images using a plurality of reference images and a device using the method. The decoding method comprises the steps of: decoding predictive direction information; and decoding reference picture index information on the basis of said predictive direction information. Thus, the invention can increase an encoding efficiency by reducing the number of reference picture indexes. | 12-05-2013 |
20130329785 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING COLOR DIFFERENCE COMPONENT QUANTIZATION PARAMETER AND DEVICE USING THE METHOD - Disclosed are a method for determining a color difference component quantization parameter and a device using the method. Method for decoding an image can comprise the steps of: decoding a color difference component quantization parameter offset on the basis of size information of a transform unit; and calculating a color difference component quantization parameter index on the basis of the decoded color difference component quantization parameter offset. Therefore, the present invention enables effective quantization by applying different color difference component quantization parameters according to the size of the transform unit when executing the quantization. | 12-12-2013 |
20130329807 | METHOD FOR SCANNING TRANSFORM COEFFICIENT AND DEVICE THEREFOR - The method for scanning a transform coefficient of the present invention comprises the steps of: determining a reference transform block for a block to be decoded; deriving a scanning map of the block to be decoded using scanning information of the reference transform block; and executing a reverse-scan on the transform coefficient of the block to be decoded using the derived scanning map. The present invention enhances image encoding/decoding efficiency. | 12-12-2013 |
20130336398 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INTRA-PREDICTION - The multi sample prediction method of the present invention comprises the steps of: determining a sample group consisting of a plurality of samples inside a decoding target block; determining a representative position corresponding to the sample group, inside the decoding target block; determining a representative prediction value for the sample group, on the basis of the determined representative position; and determining the determined representative prediction value as the final prediction value for each of the plurality of samples making up the sample group. The present invention enhances efficiency in encoding/decoding and reduces complexity thereof. | 12-19-2013 |
20140010283 | ADAPTIVE IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND METHOD - Provided are an image encoding method and device. When carrying out image encoding for a block within a slice, at least one block in a restored block of the slice is set as a reference block. When this is done, the encoding parameters of the reference block are distinguished, and the block to be encoded is encoded adaptively based on the encoding parameters. | 01-09-2014 |
20140029668 | APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE BY SKIP ENCODING AND METHOD FOR SAME - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for encoding and decoding an image by skip encoding. The image-encoding method by skip encoding, which performs intra-prediction, comprises: performing a filtering operation on the signal which is reconstructed prior to an encoding object signal in an encoding object image; using the filtered reconstructed signal to generate a prediction signal for the encoding object signal; setting the generated prediction signal as a reconstruction signal for the encoding object signal; and not encoding the residual signal which can be generated on the basis of the difference between the encoding object signal and the prediction signal, thereby performing skip encoding on the encoding object signal. | 01-30-2014 |
20140036994 | MOTION PICTURE ENCODING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a video encoding apparatus, including a signal separator to separate a differential image block into a first domain and a second domain, based on a boundary line included in the differential image block, the differential image block indicating a difference between an original image and a prediction image with respect to the original image, a transform encoder to perform a transform encoding with respect to the first domain using a discrete cosine transform (DCT), a quantization unit to quantize an output of the transform encoding unit in a frequency domain, a space domain quantization unit to quantize the second domain in a space domain, and an entropy encoder to perform an entropy encoding using outputs of the quantization unit and the space domain quantization unit. | 02-06-2014 |
20140037001 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING REFERENCE UNIT - An inter prediction method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: selecting candidate units from among reconstructed neighbor units; creating a candidate unit set with respect to units to be decoded, using the selected candidate units; determining a reference unit from among the candidate units which constitute the created candidate unit set; and performing inter prediction on the units to be decoded, using the determined reference unit. According to the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency can be improved. | 02-06-2014 |
20140044367 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CODING/DECODING IMAGE SELECTIVELY USING DISCRETE COSINE/SINE TRANSFORM - Disclosed is a data transmission system that transmits data by using a relay. | 02-13-2014 |
20140205006 | SUPER MACRO BLOCK BASED INTRA CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided are technologies that may perform intra coding of a super macro block that is an enlarged macro block. In this case, the super macro block is handled as a single entity or may be divided into a plurality of macro blocks. The present invention may perform intra coding both when the super macro block is handled as the single entity and when the super macro block is divided into the plurality of macro blocks. | 07-24-2014 |
20140307789 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING REFERENCE PICTURE INDEX OF TEMPORAL MERGING CANDIDATE - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for setting a reference picture index of a temporal merging candidate. An inter-picture prediction method using a temporal merging candidate can include the steps of: determining a reference picture index for a current block; and inducing a temporal merging candidate block of the current block and calculating a temporal merging candidate from the temporal merging candidate block, wherein the reference picture index of the temporal merging candidate can be calculated regardless of whether a block other than the current block is decoded. Accordingly, a video processing speed can be increased and video processing complexity can be reduced. | 10-16-2014 |
20140334543 | INTRA PREDICTION MODE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Disclosed are an intra prediction mode encoding and decoding method, an image decoding device, and an image encoding device. The intra prediction mode decoding method comprises the steps of: deriving most probable modes (MPMs) from surrounding prediction units adjacent to a current prediction unit; and deriving an intra prediction mode of the current prediction unit on the basis of an MPM flag indicating whether an MPM having the same prediction mode as the intra prediction mode of the current prediction unit exists among the derived MPMs. | 11-13-2014 |
20140334551 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE - A method for decoding an image according to the present invention comprises the steps of: restoring a residual block by performing inverse quantization and inverse transformation for the entropy-decoded residual block; generating a prediction block by performing intra prediction for a current block; and restoring an image by adding the restored residual block to the prediction block, wherein the step of generating the prediction block further comprises a step for generating a final prediction value of a pixel to be predicted, on the basis of a first prediction value of the pixel to be predicted, which is included in the current block, and of a final correction value that is calculated by performing an arithmetic right shift by a binary digit 1 for a two's complement integer representation with respect to an initial correction value of the pixel to be predicted. Thus, the operational complexity during image encoding/decoding can be reduced. | 11-13-2014 |
20140341284 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SHARING A CANDIDATE LIST - The present invention relates to a method and device for sharing a candidate list. A method of generating a merging candidate list for a predictive block may include: producing, on the basis of a coding block including a predictive block on which a parallel merging process is performed, at least one of a spatial merging candidate and a temporal merging candidate of the predictive block; and generating a single merging candidate list for the coding block on the basis of the produced merging candidate. Thus, it is possible to increase processing speeds for coding and decoding by performing inter-picture prediction in parallel on a plurality of predictive blocks. | 11-20-2014 |
20140362906 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE - A method for decoding an image according to the present invention comprises the steps of: restoring a residual block by performing inverse quantization and inverse transformation for the entropy-decoded residual block; generating a prediction block by performing intra prediction for a current block; and restoring an image by adding the restored residual block to the prediction block, wherein the step of generating the prediction block further comprises a step for generating a final prediction value of a pixel to be predicted, on the basis of a first prediction value of the pixel to be predicted, which is included in the current block, and of a fmal correction value that is calculated by performing an arithmetic right shift by a binary digit I for a two's complement integer representation with respect to an initial correction value of the pixel to be predicted. The operational complexity during image encoding/decoding can be reduced. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362913 | IMAGE ENCODER AND DECODER USING UNDIRECTIONAL PREDICTION - The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362914 | IMAGE ENCODER AND DECODER USING UNDIRECTIONAL PREDICTION - The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362915 | IMAGE ENCODER AND DECODER USING UNDIRECTIONAL PREDICTION - The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362916 | IMAGE ENCODER AND DECODER USING UNDIRECTIONAL PREDICTION - The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit. | 12-11-2014 |
20150063438 | ENCODING METHOD AND DECODING METHOD, AND DEVICE USING SAME - The present invention relates to an encoding method and decoding method, and a device using the same. The encoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: specifying an intra prediction mode for a current block; and scanning a residual signal by intra prediction of the current block, wherein the step of scanning the residual signal can determine a scanning type for a luminance signal and a chroma signal of the current block according to an intra prediction mode for a luminance sample of the current block. | 03-05-2015 |
20150078442 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE - A method and a device for encoding/decoding an image are disclosed. The method for decoding an image comprises the steps of: decoding information on a quantization matrix; and restoring the quantization matrix on the basis of the information on the quantization matrix, wherein the information on the quantization matrix includes information indicating a DC value of the quantization matrix and/or information indicating differential values of quantization matrix coefficients. | 03-19-2015 |
20150078452 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is an image encoding/decoding apparatus and method. The image encoding apparatus may include a motion vector prediction unit to perform a prediction with respect to an arbitrary motion vector of a current block within an image, using at least one of vector information of a motion vector corresponding to an adjacent block and vector information of a previous motion vector of the current block, and a differential determination unit to determine differential information of a motion vector of the current block based on the motion vector predicted in the | 03-19-2015 |
20150078453 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is an image encoding/decoding apparatus and method. The image encoding apparatus may include a motion vector prediction unit to perform a prediction with respect to an arbitrary motion vector of a current block within an image, using at least one of vector information of a motion vector corresponding to an adjacent block and vector information of a previous motion vector of the current block, and a differential determination unit to determine differential information of a motion vector of the current block based on the motion vector predicted in the | 03-19-2015 |