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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2015
SK Telecom Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Jeongyeon Lim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Joohee Moon, Seoul, KR;
Yunglyul Lee, Seoul, KR;
Haekwang Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sunyeon Kim, Seoul, KR;
Byeungwoo Jeon, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jongki Han, Seoul, KR;
Hyoungmee Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Mincheol Park, Bucheon-si, KR;
Dongwon Kim, Seoul, KR;
Kibaek Kim, Seoul, KR;
Juock Lee, Seoul, KR;
SK TELECOM CO., LTD., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A video encoding apparatus using a tree structure, includes: a splitter to generate a partition flag indicating whether each block, starting from a block corresponding to an uppermost layer of the tree structure, is divided into four blocks of a lower layer; and an encoder to encode, into a bitstream, the partition flag and prediction type information on a block which is not further divided in the tree structure, wherein, when a block of a first layer is divided into four blocks of a second layer which is a lower layer of the first layer, the encoder is configured to encode the partition flag for each of the four blocks of the second layer in a predetermined order.