Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yinji Piao

Minwoo Park

Minsoo Park

Kiho Choi

Anish Tamse

Seungsoo Jeong

Narae Choi

Woongil Choi

Gahyun Ryu

Chanyul Kim

Kwangpyo Choi

Yumi Sohn

Quockhanh Dinh

Elena Alshina

Alexander Alshin

Bora Jin

Kyungah Kim

An image decoding method and apparatus obtain intra prediction feature data of a current block from a bitstream, determine an intra flow indicating a reference pixel of a current pixel in the current block, by applying the intra prediction feature data, neighboring pixels of the current block, and coding context information of the current block to a neural network, obtain a predicted pixel of the current pixel based on the intra flow of the current block, and reconstruct the current block based on the predicted pixel.

Image decoding apparatus and method and image encoding apparatus and method

Provided are an image decoding method and apparatus. The image decoding method includes identifying at least two neighboring sub-blocks that have a same motion vector and are adjacent to each other from among a plurality of neighboring sub-blocks adjacent to a current block, determining a representative motion vector and representative location information corresponding to the at least two neighboring sub-blocks, determining a parameter of a model for determining a motion vector based on the representative motion vector and the representative location information, determining a motion vector of a current sub-block included in the current block, based on location information of the current sub-block and the parameter, and predicting the current block based on the motion vector of the current sub-block wherein the representative motion vector is determined based on the same motion vector, and the representative location information indicates coordinates that are determined based on the at least two neighboring sub-blocks.

Image decoding method and apparatus, and image encoding method and apparatus

A method of decoding an image, including obtaining a motion vector of a current block; obtaining a preliminary prediction block based on a reference block indicated by the motion vector in a reference image; obtaining a final prediction block for the current block by applying, to a neural network, at least one of a picture order count (POC) map including a POC difference between the reference image and a current image including the current block, the preliminary prediction block, and a quantization error map; and reconstructing the current block based on the final prediction block and a residual block obtained from a bitstream, wherein sample values of the quantization error map are calculated based on a quantization parameter for the reference block.

Method and apparatus for image decoding and image encoding using AI prediction block

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 method of decoding coefficients included in image data, the method including determining a Rice parameter for a current coefficient, based on a base level of the current coefficient; parsing coefficient level information indicating a size of the current coefficient from a bitstream by using the determined Rice parameter; and identifying the size of the current coefficient by de-binarizing the coefficient level information by using the determined Rice parameter.

Method and device for entropy encoding coefficient level, and method and device for entropy decoding coefficient level

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

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

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

Provided is a video decoding method including: determining an inter prediction mode of a current block when the current block is inter-predicted; determining at least one reference sample location to be referred to by the current block, based on the inter prediction mode of the current block; determining filter information to be applied to at least one reconstructed reference sample corresponding to the at least one reference sample location, based on the inter prediction mode of the current block; performing filtering on the at least one reconstructed reference sample, based on the filter information; and decoding the current block by using prediction samples generated via the filtering.

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

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.

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