Decoding device and decoding method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10595036-B2
Application number	US-201314402454-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 21, 2013
Priority date	Jun 29, 2012
Publication date	Mar 17, 2020
Grant date	Mar 17, 2020

Abstract

The present technology relates to a decoding device and a decoding method capable of reducing the amount of information relating to information specifying a reference image. A reception unit receives inter_ref_pic_set_prediction_flag representing whether reference image specifying information specifying a reference image, which is used for generating a predicted image, of a prior image that is an image prior to a current coding image in coding order that is transmitted in a case where the current coding image is an image other than a first image of a GOP (Group of Picture) is used as the reference image specifying information of the current coding image. The present technology, for example, can be applied to a decoding device of an HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A decoding device
comprising:
at least one processor;
at least one memory including a computer program, the memory and the computer program configured to, working with the at least one processor, cause the decoding device to perform at least the following:
decode a syntax element received in a sequence parameter set (SPS) of a plurality of images of a group of pictures to be decoded, the syntax element indicating a number of short-term reference picture sets (RPS) included in the SPS;
for a first image of the plurality of images to be decoded using inter-prediction:
in a slice header of the first image, set a value of an index of a short-term RPS of the first image equal to the number of short-term RPS included in the SPS;
if the value of the index of the short-term RPS of the first image is equal to zero indicating a value of a prediction flag is not received in the slice header of the first image, set the value of the prediction flag to a first value indicating that the short-term RPS of the first image is not predicted from short-term RPS included in the SPS;

generate a predicted image of the first image using inter-prediction; and
decode the first image using the predicted image.

2. The decoding device according to claim 1 , wherein generating the predicted image of the first image further performs at least the following:
if the value of the index of the short-term RPS of the first image is not equal to zero indicating the value of the prediction flag is received in the slice header of the first image,
decode the value of the prediction flag, wherein value of the prediction flag is either the first value indicating that the short-term RPS of the first image is not predicted from short-term RPS included in the SPS, or a second value indicating the short-term RPS of the first image is predicted from short-term RPS included in the SPS; and

generate the short-term RPS of the first image based on the value of the prediction flag; and
generate the predicted image of the first image using the short-term RPS of the first image.

3. The decoding device according to claim 2 , wherein generating the predicted image of the first image further performs at least the following:
if the value of the prediction flag is equal to the second value indicating the short-term RPS of the first image is predicted from short-term RPS included in the SPS, decode a RPS delta index received in the slice header of the first image;
generate the short-term RPS of the first image based on the RPS delta index; and
generate the predicted image of the first image using the short-term RPS of the first image.

4. The decoding device according to claim 1 , wherein generating the predicted image of the first image further performs at least the following:
if the value of the prediction flag is equal to the first value indicating the short-term RPS of the first image is not predicted from short-term RPS included in the SPS, decode short-term RPS specification information of the first image, received in the slice header of the first image, wherein the slice header of the first image does not include the RPS delta index, and
generate the short-term RPS of the first image based on the short-term RPS specification information; and
generate the predicted image of the first image using the short-term RPS of the first image.

5. The decoding device according to claim 2 , wherein generating the predicted image of the first image further performs at least the following:
if the value of the prediction flag is equal to the first value indicating the short-term RPS of the first image is not predicted from short-term RPS included in the SPS, decode short-term RPS specification information of the first image, received in the slice header of the first image, wherein the slice header of the first image does not include the RPS delta index, and
generate the short-term RPS of the first image based on the short-term RPS specification information; and
generate the predicted image of the first image using the short-term RPS of the first image.

6. A decoding method comprising:
decoding a syntax element received in a sequence parameter set (SPS) of a plurality of images of a group of pictures to be decoded, the syntax element indicating a number of short-term reference picture set (RPS) included in the SPS;
for a first image of the plurality of images to be decoded using inter-prediction:
in a slice header of a first image of the plurality of images, setting a value of an index of a short-term RPS of the first image equal to the number of short-term RPS included in the SPS;
if the value of the index of the short-term RPS of the first image is equal to zero indicating a value of a prediction flag is not received in the slice header of the first image, setting the value of the prediction flag to a first value indicating that the short-term RPS of the first image is not predicted from short-term RPS included in the SPS;

generating a predicted image of the first image; and
decoding the first image using the predicted image.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein generating the predicted image of the first image further comprises at least the following:
if the value of the index of the short-term RPS of the first image is not equal to zero indicating the value of the prediction flag is received in the slice header of the first image, decoding the value of the prediction flag, wherein value of the prediction flag is either the first value indicating that the short-term RPS of the first image is not predicted from short-term RPS included in the SPS, or a second value indicating the short-term RPS of the first image is predicted from short-term RPS included in the SPS; and
generating the short-term RPS of the first image based on the value of the prediction flag; and
generating the predicted image of the first image using the short-term RPS of the first image.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein generating the predicted image of the first image further comprises at least the following:
if the value of the prediction flag is equal to the second value indicating the short-term RPS of the first image is predicted from short-term RPS included in the SPS, decoding a RPS delta index received in the slice header of the first image;
generating the short-term RPS of the first image based on the RPS delta index; and
generating the predicted image of the first image using the short-term RPS of the first image.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein generating the predicted image of the first image further comprises at least the following:
if the value of the prediction flag is equal to the first value indicating the short-term RPS of the first image is not predicted from short-term RPS included in the SPS, decoding short-term RPS specification information of the first image, received in the slice header of the first image, wherein the slice header of the first image does not include the RPS delta index, and
generating the short-term RPS of the first image based on the short-term RPS specification information; and
generating the predicted image of the first image using the short-term RPS of the first image.

10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein generating the predicted image of the first image further comprises at least the following:
if the value of the prediction flag is equal to the first value indicating the short-term RPS of the first image is not predicted from short-term RPS included in the SPS, decoding short-term RPS specification information of the first image, received in the slice header of the first image, wherein the slice header of the first image does not include the RPS del

Assignees

• Velos Media Llc

Inventors

• Lu Shuo
• Sato Kazushi

Classifications

• H04N19/105 Primary

  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

• H04N19/177

  the unit being a group of pictures [GOP] · CPC title

• H04N19/58

  Motion compensation with long-term prediction, i.e. the reference frame for a current frame not being the temporally closest one (H04N19/23 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04N19/50

  using predictive coding (H04N19/61 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04N19/577

  Motion compensation with bidirectional frame interpolation, i.e. using B-pictures · CPC title