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Patent No.:

US 9462278 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 19, 2015

Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding image using variable sized macroblocks

Applicant:

SK Telecom Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Sunyeon Kim, Seoul, KR;

Jeongyeon Lim, Seongnam-si, KR;

Joohee Moon, Seoul, KR;

Yunglyul Lee, Seoul, KR;

Haekwang Kim, Seoul, KR;

Byeungwoo Jeon, Seongnam-si, KR;

Hyoungmee Park, Suwon-si, KR;

Mincheol Park, Bucheon-si, KR;

Dongwon Kim, Seoul, KR;

Kibaek Kim, Seoul, KR;

Juock Lee, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

SK TELECOM CO., LTD., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:

Hauptman Ham, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Richard Torrente

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01); H04N 19/105 (2014.01); H04N 19/503 (2014.01); H04N 19/176 (2014.01); H04N 19/70 (2014.01); H04N 19/119 (2014.01); H04N 19/172 (2014.01); H04N 19/61 (2014.01); H04N 19/593 (2014.01); H04N 19/11 (2014.01); H04N 19/103 (2014.01); H04N 19/109 (2014.01); H04N 19/136 (2014.01); H04N 19/146 (2014.01); H04N 19/157 (2014.01); H04N 19/177 (2014.01); H04N 19/174 (2014.01); H04N 19/17 (2014.01); H04N 19/467 (2014.01); H04N 19/159 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/105 (2014.11); H04N 19/103 (2014.11); H04N 19/109 (2014.11); H04N 19/11 (2014.11); H04N 19/119 (2014.11); H04N 19/136 (2014.11); H04N 19/146 (2014.11); H04N 19/157 (2014.11); H04N 19/159 (2014.11); H04N 19/17 (2014.11); H04N 19/172 (2014.11); H04N 19/174 (2014.11); H04N 19/176 (2014.11); H04N 19/177 (2014.11); H04N 19/467 (2014.11); H04N 19/503 (2014.11); H04N 19/593 (2014.11); H04N 19/61 (2014.11); H04N 19/70 (2014.11);
Abstract

A method performed by an apparatus of encoding a video in the unit of blocks, includes: determining a maximum block size to be used for encoding an image; encoding size information for indicating the determined maximum block size; and encoding the image using the determined maximum block size, wherein the size information includes a first information on a minimum block size, and a second information on a difference between the minimum block size and the determined maximum block size.

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