Device and method for image encoding/decoding using prediction direction conversion and selective encoding

Abstract

A video decoding apparatus for decoding a current block comprised of a plurality of subblocks by using an intra prediction, includes: a prediction mode extractor to extract information on an intra prediction mode of the current block; an inverse quantization unit to inversely quantize transformed and quantized residual subblocks corresponding to the subblocks of the current block to thereby generate transformed residual subblocks; an inverse transform unit to inversely transform the transformed residual subblocks to thereby reconstruct residual subblocks; a prediction unit to sequentially predict each of the subblocks from neighboring pixels selected based on the information on the intra prediction mode of the current block and thereby generate a plurality of predicted subblocks corresponding to the subblocks; and an adder to sequentially reconstruct the subblocks by adding each of the reconstructed residual subblocks to a predicted subblock corresponding thereto.