Qualcomm Incorporated

Han Huang

Marta Karczewicz

Vadim Seregin

Wei-Jung Chien

Chun-Chi Chen

Zhi Zhang

Yao-Jen Chang

Yan Zhang

Yu Han

Kevin Pascal Andre Reuze

Luong Pham Van

Geert Van Der Auwera

Hongtao Wang

Cheng-Teh Hsieh

Jianle Chen

Adarsh Krishnan Ramasubramonian

Bappaditya Ray

Yung-Hsuan Chao

Muhammed Zeyd Coban

Nan Hu

Po-Han Lin

Chao-Hsiung Hung

Kevin Reuze

Pavel Nikitin

A method of decoding video data includes determining a vector predictor for a current block; determining a first set of vector difference candidates based on a first pel-interval, the first pel-interval defining a first distance between consecutive vector difference candidates in the first set of vector difference candidates starting with the vector predictor; determining a second set of vector difference candidates based on the first set of vector difference candidates and a second pel-interval, the second pel-interval defining a second distance between consecutive vector difference candidates in the second set of vector difference candidates; constructing a vector difference candidate list based on the second set of vector difference candidates; determining a vector for the current block based on the vector predictor and a vector difference from the vector difference candidate list; and reconstructing the current block based on the vector for the current block.

Vector difference candidate list construction

A method of encoding or decoding video data includes determining a block vector for a current block of a current picture, the block vector identifying a fractional-pel position between reference samples in the current picture and having a fractional-pel resolution that is less than integer-pel resolution; generating a prediction block from reference samples in the current picture based on the fractional-pel position; and encoding or decoding the current block based on the prediction block.

Fractional-pel block vector for video coding

A method of encoding or decoding video data includes determining that geometric partition mode is enabled for a current block of the video data, the geometric partition mode comprising a plurality of split modes that each defines an edge for partitioning; for each split mode among at least two of the plurality of split modes, determining a respective cost associated with a respective split mode; constructing, based on the respective costs associated with the respective split modes, a mapping list including index values respectively associated with values indicative of the respective split modes, where a lower index value is associated with a first split mode having a lower cost than a second split mode with a higher index value; determining a split mode amongst the plurality of split modes within the mapping list; and reconstructing a current block of the video data based on the split mode.

Geometric partition mode in video coding

An example device for decoding video data includes a memory configured to store video data; and a processing system including one or more processors implemented in circuitry, the processing system being configured to: determine that a previously coded block of video data was coded using uni-prediction mode for which a bi-prediction syntax element is not assigned a value; determine that a current block of the video data is to be coded using a bi-prediction mode and that motion information of the current block is to be predicted from the previously coded block, including from the bi-prediction syntax element of the previously coded block; and in response to the bi-prediction syntax element of the previously coded block not having an assigned value, decode the current block using a substitute value for the bi-prediction syntax element.

Using substitute motion information when coding video data

Encoding and decoding video data using an affine decoder side motion vector derivation (DMVR) mode includes receiving a block of video data to be decoded using the affine DMVR mode, and dividing the block into a plurality of subblocks. A video encoder and video decoder may determine a final offset for the affine DMVR mode using a first subset of the plurality of subblocks. The video encoder and decoder may code the block of video data using the final offset to generate a coded block of video data.

Methods of subblock skipping for affine motion search for video coding

An example device for decoding video data includes one or more processors configured to: determine that a first weight and a second weight are specified for a bi-prediction mode predicted current block of video data; determine whether the current block is to be predicted using multi-hypothesis prediction (MHP) mode with the bi-prediction mode as a base mode; in response to determining that the current block is to be predicted using the MHP mode with the bi-prediction mode as the base mode, determine an additional inter-prediction mode of the MHP mode; generate a first prediction block according to the bi-prediction mode; generate a second prediction block according to the additional inter-prediction mode; generate a final prediction block for the current block according to the MHP mode using the first prediction block and the second prediction block; and decode the current block using the final prediction block.

Multiple hypothesis prediction for video coding

An example device for coding video data includes memory configured to store the video data and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to reduce a bit length of one or more input variables for a linear regression operation to generate one or more reduced bit length input variables, the input variables including at least one of a) one or more delta coordinates, b) one or more delta motion vectors, or c) a value representing a number of subblocks. The one or more processors are configured to perform the linear regression operation and derive an affine motion model based on the performing the linear regression on the one or more reduced bit length input variables. The one or more processors are configured to code a current block of the video data based on the affine motion model.

Bit-length control for linear regression-based affine merge candidate derivation

A video coder is configured to construct a merge candidate list of merge candidates, wherein the merge candidate list has N1 candidates, N1 being a positive integer value, reorder the merge candidates in the merge candidate list to create a reordered merge candidate list, reduce the reordered merge candidate list to create an output merge candidate list, wherein the output merge candidate list has N2 candidates, wherein N2 is less than N1, and code a block of video data using the output merge candidate list.

Merge candidate reordering in video coding

A method for coding a block of video data using affine mode includes determining a refined affine model for the current block of video data from a linear regression process using a base motion vector field and a guidance motion vector field as inputs to the linear regression process. The method further includes determining affine merge candidates for the current block using the refined affine model, and coding the current block of video data using the affine merge candidates.

Derivation of affine merge candidates with linear regression for video coding

A device for decoding video data includes a memory configured to store video data; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: determine that a boundary block of a picture of the video data is bi-directional inter-predicted using a first motion vector and a second motion vector, the boundary block having an edge that touches an edge of the picture; decode the picture, including decoding the boundary block; form a first intermediate padding block using the first motion vector; form a second intermediate padding block using the second motion vector; form a padding block using the first intermediate padding block and the second intermediate padding block; and assign padding values of the padding block to a padding region of the picture neighboring the boundary block on an opposite side of the edge of the picture.

Bi-directional prediction boundary pixel padding with out-of-picture-boundary motion vectors

A video decoder may be configured to generate a first ordering of reference pictures in a reference picture list for a first block of a slice, wherein generating the first ordering of the reference pictures for the first block comprises assigning indexes to the reference pictures; and generate a second ordering of the reference pictures in the reference picture list for a second block of the slice based on an adaptive reference picture reordering process, wherein the first ordering is different than the second ordering and generating the second ordering of reference pictures for the second block comprises assigning at least some of the indexes to different reference pictures than in the first ordering; decode the first block using the first ordering of the reference pictures; and decode the second block using the second ordering of the reference pictures.

Block level reference pictures adaptation for video coding

A video decoder may be configured to determine a motion vector and a motion vector precision for a current block; identify a current block template within the current picture; search within a search area for a final reference block template that corresponds to the current block template, wherein to search within the search area, the one or more processors are further configured to: identify an initial reference block template based on the motion vector, search other reference block templates around the initial reference block template using a step size that is set to an initial step size, and iteratively reduce the step size from the initial step size until the step size is set to a final step size that equals the motion vector precision; determine a prediction block for the current block based on the final reference block template.

Template matching in video coding

An example device for decoding video data includes one or more processors configured to determine merge mode information for a current block, the merge mode information indicating that motion information for a current block is to be predicted using a first predictor motion vector and a second predictor motion vector; determine a first motion vector difference (MVD) for the first predictor motion vector and a second MVD for the second predictor motion vector, the second MVD being different than the first MVD; form a first motion vector equaling a combination of the first motion vector predictor and the first MVD; form a second motion vector equaling a combination of the second motion vector predictor and the second MVD; generate a prediction block using the first motion vector and the second motion vector; and decode the current block using the prediction block.

MMVD merge mode with asymmetric motion vector difference

A video decoder can be configured to determine that a current block of the video data is coded in a bi-prediction inter mode; receive a first syntax element identifying a motion vector predictor from a first candidate list of motion vector predictors; receive a second syntax element identifying a motion vector difference; determine a first motion vector for the current block based on the motion vector predictor and the motion vector difference; determine a second motion vector for the current block from a second list of candidate motion vector predictors based on bilateral matching; and determine a prediction block for the current block using the first motion vector and the second motion vector.

Hybrid inter bi-prediction in video coding

A method of decoding video data comprising parsing a sub-prediction unit motion flag from received encoded video data, deriving a list of sub-prediction unit level motion prediction candidates if the sub-prediction unit motion flag is active, deriving a list of prediction unit level motion prediction candidates if the sub-prediction unit motion flag is not active, and decoding the encoded video data using a selected motion vector predictor.

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