Method for setting motion vector list and apparatus using same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10491918-B2
Application number	US-201114129124-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 23, 2011
Priority date	Jun 28, 2011
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

A method for setting the motion vector list and the apparatus using the same may include determining the presence of a first motion vector or a second motion vector by a sequential determination process in a first spatial candidate prediction group; and setting the first motion vector or the second motion vector produced through the sequential determination process as the candidate prediction motion vector. Thus, the encoding/decoding time and the complexity can be reduced by restricting the scaling number in a process for scanning the candidate prediction motion vector.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A picture decoding method by a decoding apparatus, the method comprising:
checking a first motion vector predictor (MVP) candidate, wherein the first MVP candidate is checked from first neighboring blocks including a lower left block and a left block of a current block;
setting a value of scaling information based on whether scaling for a motion vector of an available block from the first neighboring blocks has been performed for the first MVP candidate;
checking a second MVP candidate, wherein the second MVP candidate is checked from second neighboring blocks including an upper right block, an upper block, and an upper left block of the current block, and wherein a motion vector of a specific block which is available or a scaled motion vector of the motion vector of the specific block from the second neighboring blocks is used for the second MVP candidate;
constructing a list of MVP candidates based on at least one of the first MVP candidate or the second MVP candidate;
determining an MVP for the current block, wherein the MVP for the current block is selected from the list of MVP candidates;
deriving a motion vector for the current block based on the MVP for the current block; and
generating a prediction sample of the current block based on the derived motion vector,
wherein the scaling information indicates whether the scaled motion vector for the second MVP candidate is available, wherein an initial value of the scaling information is equal to 0,
wherein the value of the scaling information is set equal to 1 when scaling for a motion vector of the available block from the first neighboring blocks has been performed for the first MVP candidate,
wherein, when the value of the scaling information is equal to 0 and a reference picture of the specific block is different from a reference picture of the current block, the scaled motion vector is used for the second MVP candidate, and
wherein, when the value of the scaling information is equal to 1, the scaled motion vector is not available for the second MVP candidate.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, for the first MVP candidate and the second MVP candidate, motion vectors are scaled once or less, and
wherein the motion vector of the specific block is not scaled for the second MVP candidate when the motion vector of the available block from the first neighboring blocks has been scaled for the first MVP candidate.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein, for the first MVP candidate and the second MVP candidate, a maximum number of scaling processes for the motion vector of the available block from the first neighboring blocks and the motion vector of the specific block from the second neighboring blocks is 1.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second MVP candidate is derived by scaling the motion vector of the specific block when the first MVP candidate which is available has not been derived for the first MVP candidate or the scaling is not applied for the first MVP candidate.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein, for the first MVP candidate, availability check for the first neighboring blocks is performed based on a first scan order, wherein the first scan order is in order from the lower left block to the left block, and
wherein, for the second MVP candidate, availability check for the second neighboring blocks is performed based on a second scan order, wherein the second scan order is in order from the upper right block, to the upper block, to the upper left block.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the value of the scaling information is set equal to 0 when the first MVP candidate which is available has not been derived or the scaling is not applied for the first MVP candidate.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the motion vector of the second block is used as the second MVP candidate when the reference picture of the specific block is same as the reference picture of the current block and the value of the scaling information is set equal to 1.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein, for the first MVP candidate, the motion vector of the available block from the first neighboring blocks is used as the first MVP candidate when a reference picture of the available block is same as the reference picture of the current block, and
wherein the scaling is performed on the motion vector of the available block when the reference picture of the available block is different from the reference picture of the current block and the scaling information is set equal to 0.

9. A picture encoding method by an encoding apparatus, the method comprising:
checking a first motion vector predictor (MVP) candidate, wherein the first MVP candidate is checked from first neighboring blocks including a lower left block and a left block of a current block;
setting a value of scaling information based on whether scaling for a motion vector of an available block from the first neighboring blocks has been performed for the first MVP candidate;
checking a second MVP candidate, wherein the second MVP candidate is checked from second neighboring blocks including an upper right block, an upper block, and an upper left block of the current block, and wherein a motion vector of a specific block which is available or a scaled motion vector of the motion vector of the specific block from the second neighboring blocks is used for the second MVP candidate;
constructing a list of MVP candidates based on at least one of the first MVP candidate or the second MVP candidate;
determining an MVP for the current block, wherein the MVP for the current block is selected from the list of MVP candidates; and
encoding picture information including MVP information indicating one of the MVP candidates as the MVP for the current block,
wherein the scaling information indicates whether the scaled motion vector for the second MVP candidate is available, wherein an initial value of the scaling information is equal to 0,
wherein the value of the scaling information is set equal to 1 when scaling for a motion vector of the available block from the first neighboring blocks has been performed for the first MVP candidate,
wherein, when the value of the scaling information is equal to 0 and a reference picture of the specific block is different from a reference picture of the current block, the scaled motion vector is used for the second MVP candidate, and
wherein, when the value of the scaling information is equal to 1, the scaled motion vector is not available for the second MV candidate.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein, for the first MVP candidate and the second MVP candidate, motion vectors are scaled once or less, and
wherein the motion vector of the specific block is not scaled for the second MVP candidate when the motion vector of the available block from the first neighboring blocks has been scaled for the first MVP candidate.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein, for the first MVP candidate and the second MVP candidate, a maximum number of scaling processes for the motion vector of the available block from the first neighboring blocks and the motion vector of the specific block from the second neighboring blocks is 1.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the second MVP candidate is derived by scaling the motion vector of the specific block when the first MVP candidate which is available has not been derived for the first MVP candidate or the scaling is not applied for the first MVP candidate.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein, for the first MVP candidate, availability check for the first neighboring blocks is performed based on a first scan order, wherein the first scan order is in order from the lower left block to the

Assignees

• Park Seung Wook
• Lim Jae Hyun
• Kim Jung Sun
• Park Joon Young
• Choi Young Hee
• Jeon Byeong Moon
• Jeon Yong Joon
• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Park Seung Wook
• Lim Jae Hyun
• Kim Jung Sun
• Park Joon Young
• Choi Young Hee
• Jeon Byeong Moon
• Jeon Yong Joon

Classifications

• H04N19/521 Primary

  for estimating the reliability of the determined motion vectors or motion vector field, e.g. for smoothing the motion vector field or for correcting motion vectors · CPC title

• H04N19/52

  by predictive encoding · CPC title

• H04N19/105

  Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction · CPC title

• H04N19/51 Primary

  Motion estimation or motion compensation · CPC title

• H04N19/139

  Analysis of motion vectors, e.g. their magnitude, direction, variance or reliability · CPC title