Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Lg Electronics Inc.

Minwoo Park

Minsoo Park

Seungsoo Jeong

Anish Tamse

Kiho Choi

Narae Choi

Yinji Piao

Woongil Choi

Gahyun Ryu

Chanyul Kim

Yumi Sohn

Kwangpyo Choi

Seung-soo Jeong

Yin-ji Piao

Quockhanh Dinh

Bora Jin

Sanghyun Lee

Changwoan Yang

Seungjin Choi

Yoomin Park

Heechul Yang

Hanhyo Kim

Tackwon Han

Jinyoung Lee

Kwonyeol Park

Kyungah Kim

Leechun Kim

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 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

A video decoding method includes, determining a center motion vector of a current block by using a base motion vector of the current block based on affine model-based inter-prediction being performed in the current block, determining a reference range of an area to be referred to, with respect to the current block, based on a size of the current block, based on a reference area having a size of the reference range with respect to a point in a reference picture of the current block, the point being indicated by a central motion vector of the current block, deviating from or including a boundary of the reference picture, changing the reference area by parallelly translating the reference area into a current picture, and determining prediction samples of sub-blocks of the current block in the changed reference area from the reference picture.

Video decoding method and apparatus, and video encoding method and apparatus for performing inter prediction according to affine model

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

An entropy decoding method may include obtaining, from a bitstream, information about a slice type, based on an occurrence probability of a symbol, performing arithmetic decoding on a current symbol corresponding to a syntax element, when the information about the slice type indicates an I slice, determining a first scaling factor for updating the occurrence probability of the symbol by using a first function, wherein a value of the first function is determined based on a first threshold value, when the information about the slice type indicates a B or P slice, determining the first scaling factor by using a second function, wherein a value of the second function is determined based on a second threshold value, and by using the first scaling factor, updating the occurrence probability of the symbol.

Entropy encoding and decoding apparatus and method for using the same

An image decoding method including: obtaining, from a bitstream, information related to a triangle prediction mode for a current block; splitting the current block into two triangular partitions, according to the information related to a triangle prediction mode; generating a merge list for a triangle prediction mode, according to a merge list generation method in a regular merge mode; selecting a motion vector for the two triangular partitions according to information indicating the motion vector from among motion vectors included in the merge list; obtaining, from a reference image, prediction blocks corresponding to the two triangular partitions, based on the motion vector; and reconstructing the current block, based on a final prediction block.

Image encoding device and image decoding device using triangular prediction mode, and image encoding method and image decoding method performed thereby

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.

Video decoding method and device, and video encoding method and device

A method, performed by an image decoding apparatus, of decoding a motion vector, including obtaining information indicating a motion vector resolution of a current block from a bitstream; selecting a first neighboring block from among neighboring blocks adjacent to the current block, by using the obtained information indicating the motion vector resolution of the current block; based on the current block referring to a reference picture in a list 0, and the first neighboring block referring to the reference picture in the list 0, determining a prediction motion vector of the current block using a motion vector of the first neighboring block; based on the current block referring to the reference picture in the list 0 and the first neighboring block referring to a reference picture in a list 1, selecting a motion vector of a second neighboring block among the neighboring blocks as a basic motion vector, and determining the prediction motion vector of the current block using the determined basic motion vector; and determining a motion vector of the current block using the prediction motion vector of the current block.

Device and method for encoding motion vector, and device and method for decoding motion vector

A video decoding method includes obtaining information indicating a first difference between a maximum size of a coding unit having a 1:4 ratio and a size of a largest coding unit, determining the maximum size of the coding unit of having the 1:4 ratio by using the size of the largest coding unit and the first difference, determining a minimum size of the coding unit having the 1:4 ratio based on a minimum size of a coding unit, determining whether a coding having the 1:4 ratio may be generated by splitting a first coding unit based on the maximum size and the minimum size of the coding unit having the 1:4 ratio, and determining a second coding unit including the coding unit having the 1:4 ratio, from the first coding unit, and decoding the second coding unit.

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