Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Kiho Choi

Minwoo Park

Seungsoo Jeong

Minsoo Park

Yinji Piao

Anish Tamse

Woongil Choi

Narae Choi

Chanyul Kim

Gahyun Ryu

Yumi Sohn

Kwangpyo Choi

Yin-Ji Piao

Yin-ji Piao

Jinyoung Lee

An image decoding method includes: comparing a size of a current image including a current block with a size of a reference image; selecting, in the reference image, reference samples corresponding to current samples in the current block according to a motion vector of the current block; and reconstructing the current block based on the reference samples, wherein, when the size of the reference image is greater than the size of the current image, the reference samples are spaced apart from one another in the reference image by an interval corresponding to a result of the size comparison.

Method and device for encoding video on basis of video size, and method and device for decoding video on basis of video size

Provided is a video decoding method including: obtaining, from a bitstream, intra prediction mode information indicating an intra prediction mode of a current block; determining an interpolation filter set to be used in prediction of the current block, based on at least one of a size of the current block and the intra prediction mode indicated by the intra prediction mode information; determining a reference location to which a current sample of the current block refers according to the intra prediction mode; determining, in the interpolation filter set, an interpolation filter that corresponds to the reference location; determining a prediction value of the current sample, according to reference samples of the current block and the interpolation filter; and reconstructing the current block, based on the prediction value of the current sample.

Encoding method and apparatus therefor, and decoding method and apparatus therefor

Video encoding method and video decoding method

Provided are a video decoding method and apparatus which, during video encoding and decoding processes, determine whether a current block is in contact with an upper boundary of a largest coding unit including the current block, when it is determined that the current block is in contact with the upper boundary of the largest coding unit, determine an upper reference line of the current block as one reference line, when it is determined that the current block is not in contact with the upper boundary of the largest coding unit, determine the upper reference line of the current block based on N reference lines, and use the determined upper reference line.

Method and device for video decoding, and method and device for video encoding

An image decoding method may include: obtaining, from a sequence parameter set of a bitstream, information indicating a plurality of first reference image lists for an image sequence including a current image; obtaining, from a group header of the bitstream, an indicator for a current block group including a current block in the current image; obtaining a second reference image list by modifying a first reference image list indicated by the indicator, from among the plurality of first reference image lists, into the second reference image list; and prediction-decoding a lower block of the current block based on a second reference image included in the second reference image list.

Apparatuses for encoding and decoding image, and methods for encoding and decoding image thereby

Provided is an image decoding method including determining a plurality of coding units in a chroma image by hierarchically splitting the chroma image, based on a split shape mode of blocks in the chroma image of a current image, and decoding the current image, based on the plurality of coding units in the chroma image. In this regard, the determining of the plurality of coding units in the chroma image may include, when a size or an area of a chroma block from among a plurality of chroma blocks to be generated by splitting a current chroma block in the chroma image is equal to or smaller than a preset size or a preset area, not allowing splitting of the current chroma block based on a split shape mode of the current chroma block, and determining at least one coding unit included in the current chroma block.

Method and apparatus for image encoding, and method and apparatus for image decoding

Provided is a video decoding method including: obtaining, from a picture parameter set, a quantization parameter (QP) initial value to be applied to a current picture, and picture header QP difference value information; when the picture header QP difference value information indicates that QP difference value information is present in a picture header of the current picture, obtaining a first QP difference value for the current picture from the picture header; determining a QP for a coding unit included in the current picture, by using the QP initial value and the first QP difference value; obtaining transform coefficients of the coding unit by performing inverse quantization on the coding unit by using the QP; and reconstructing the coding unit by using the transform coefficients.

Video decoding method and apparatus for obtaining quantization parameter, and video encoding method and apparatus for transmitting quantization parameter

Provided is a video decoding method including obtaining identification information of a first tile and identification information of a last tile from a bitstream, wherein the first and last tiles are included in a first slice, determining an index difference between the first tile and the last tile, based on a result of comparing the identification information of the first tile with the identification information of the last tile, determining the number of tiles included in the first slice, by using the index difference between the first tile and the last tile, and decoding a plurality of tiles included in the first slice according to an encoding order by using the number of tiles included in the first slice, the identification information of the first tile, and the identification information of the last tile.

Video encoding method and decoding method using tiles and slices, and video encoding device and decoding device using tiles and slices

A video decoding method includes predicting a current block according to an intra prediction mode of the current block, determining whether to apply position dependent intra prediction filtering to the current block according to the intra prediction mode of the current block, when the position dependent intra prediction filtering is applied to the current block, determining at least one of an upper reference sample, a left reference sample, an upper weight, and a left weight for the position dependent intra prediction filtering of a current sample of the current block according to the intra prediction mode of the current block, and applying the position dependent intra prediction filtering to the current sample of the current block according to at least one of the upper reference sample, the left reference sample, the upper weight, and the left weight.

Encoding method and device thereof, and decoding method and device thereof

A video decoding method and device for determining whether a prediction mode of a current block is an affine mode; splitting, when the prediction mode of the current block is the affine mode, a luma block of the current block into a plurality of sub luma blocks having a square shape based on a predefined sub block size; determining a mean luma motion vector for four neighboring sub luma blocks among the plurality of sub luma blocks, by using a motion vector of an upper-left sub luma block of the four sub luma blocks and a motion vector of a lower-right sub luma block of the four sub luma blocks; determining the mean luma motion vector to be a motion vector of a current sub chroma block corresponding to the four sub luma blocks; and performing prediction on the current sub chroma block by using the determined motion vector, in a video encoding and decoding process are suggested.

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Kiho Choi