Motion vector prediction

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11218723-B2
Application number	US-202016819955-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 16, 2020
Priority date	Jun 13, 2017
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

A video coder may determine a motion vector of a non-adjacent block of a current picture of the video data. The non-adjacent block is non-adjacent to a current block of the current picture. Furthermore, the video coder determines, based on the motion vector of the non-adjacent block, a motion vector predictor (MVP) for the current block. The video coder may determine a motion vector of the current block. The video coder may also determine a predictive block based on the motion vector of the current block.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of decoding video data, the method comprising:
deriving, by a video decoder, a plurality of non-adjacent spatial motion vector predictors (NA-SMVPs) from motion information of spatially non-adjacent blocks located within a same current picture as a current block of the current picture,
wherein, for each respective NA-SMVP of the plurality of NA-SMVPs, the respective NA-SMVP corresponds to a respective non-adjacent block in a fixed pattern of non-adjacent blocks of the current picture, the respective NA-SMVP specifying a motion vector of the respective non-adjacent block;

determining, by the video decoder, a motion vector predictor (MVP) for the current block based on a NA-SMVP in the plurality of NA-SMVPs, wherein determining the MVP for the current block comprises:
generating, by the video decoder, a list of MVP candidates, wherein the list of MVP candidates includes the plurality of NA-SMVPs;
ordering, by the video decoder, the plurality of NA-SMVPs in the list of MVP candidates according to distances of corresponding non-adjacent blocks of the NA-SMVPs from the current block; and
determining, by the video decoder, from among the MVP candidates in the list of MVP candidates, the MVP for the current block;

determining, by the video decoder, based on the MVP for the current block, a motion vector of the current block;
determining, by the video decoder, a predictive block based on the motion vector of the current block; and
reconstructing, by the video decoder, based on the predictive block, sample values of the current picture.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising applying, by the video decoder, a pruning process to the list of MVP candidates, wherein the pruning process is adaptive to a block size of the current block.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the motion vector of the current block comprises:
determining, by the video decoder, the motion vector of the current block such that the motion vector of the current block is equal to a motion vector of the MVP for the current block.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the motion vector of the current block comprises:
determining, by the video decoder, the motion vector of the current block such that the motion vector of the current block is equal to a motion vector of the MVP for the current block plus a motion vector difference (MVD).

5. A method of encoding video data, the method comprising:
deriving, by a video encoder, a plurality of non-adjacent spatial motion vector predictors (NA-SMVPs) from motion information of spatially non-adjacent blocks located within a same current picture as a current block of the current picture,
wherein, for each respective NA-SMVP of the plurality of NA-SMVPs, the respective NA-SMVP corresponds to a respective non-adjacent block in a fixed pattern of non-adjacent blocks of the current picture, the respective NA-SMVP specifying a motion vector of the respective non-adjacent block;

determining, by the video encoder, a motion vector predictor (MVP) for the current block based on a NA-SMVP in the plurality of NA-SMVPs, wherein determining the MVP for the current block comprises:
generating, by the video encoder, a list of MVP candidates, wherein the list of MVP candidates includes the plurality of NA-SMVPs;
ordering, by the video encoder, the plurality of NA-SMVPs in the list of MVP candidates according to distances of corresponding non-adjacent blocks of the NA-SMVPs from the current block; and
determining, by the video encoder, from among the MVP candidates in the list of MVP candidates, the MVP for the current block;

determining, by the video encoder, a motion vector of the current block, wherein the motion vector is equal to a motion vector of the MVP for the current block or is equal to the motion vector of the MVP for the current block plus a motion vector difference (MVD) signaled in a bitstream;
determining, by the video encoder, a predictive block based on the motion vector of the current block; and
generating, by the video encoder, based on the predictive block, residual sample values.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising applying, by the video encoder, a pruning process to the list of MVP candidates, wherein the pruning process is adaptive to a block size of the current block.

7. An apparatus for decoding video data, the apparatus comprising:
one or more storage media configured to store video data; and
one or more processors implemented in circuitry, the one or more processors configured to:
derive a plurality of non-adjacent spatial motion vector predictors (NA-SMVPs) from motion information of spatially non-adjacent blocks located within a same current picture as a current block of the current picture,
wherein, for each respective NA-SMVP of the plurality of NA-SMVPs, the respective NA-SMVP corresponds to a respective non-adjacent block in a fixed pattern of non-adjacent blocks of the current picture, the respective NA-SMVP specifying a motion vector of the respective non-adjacent block;

determine a motion vector predictor (MVP) for the current block based on a NA-SMVP in the plurality of NA-SMVPs, wherein the one or more processors are configured such that, as part of determining the MVP for the current block, the one or more processors:
generate a list of MVP candidates, wherein the list of MVP candidates includes the plurality of NA-SMVPs;
order the plurality of NA-SMVPs in the list of MVP candidates according to distances of corresponding non-adjacent blocks of the NA-SMVPs from the current block; and
determine, from among the MVP candidates in the list of MVP candidates, the MVP for the current block;

determine, based on the MVP for the current block, a motion vector of the current block;
determine a predictive block based on the motion vector of the current block; and
reconstruct, based on the predictive block, sample values of the current picture.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to apply a pruning process to the list of MVP candidates, wherein the pruning process is adaptive to a block size of the current block.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are configured such that, as part of determining the motion vector of the current block, the one or more processors:
determine the motion vector of the current block such that the motion vector of the current block is equal to a motion vector of the MVP candidate for the current block.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are configured such that, as part of determining the motion vector of the current block, the one or more processors:
determine the motion vector of the current block such that the motion vector of the current block is equal to a motion vector of the MVP for the current block plus a motion vector difference (MVD).

11. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the apparatus comprises:
an integrated circuit,
a microprocessor, or
a wireless communication device.

12. An apparatus for encoding video data, the apparatus comprising:
one or more storage media configured to store video data; and
one or more processors implemented in circuitry, the one or more processors configured to:
derive a plurality of non-adjacent spatial motion vector predictors (NA-SMVPs) from motion information of spatially non-adjacent blocks located within a same current picture as a current block of the current picture,
wherein, for each respective NA-SMVP of the plurality of NA-SMVPs, the respective NA-SMVP corresponds to a respective non-adjacent block in a fixed pattern of non-adjacent blocks of the current pi

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Chen Yi-Wen
• Chien Wei-Jung
• Sun Yu-Chen
• Zhang Li
• Lee Sungwon
• Li Xiang
• Chuang Hsiao-Chiang
• Chen Jianle
• Seregin Vadim
• Karczewicz Marta

Classifications

• H04N19/61

  in combination with predictive coding · CPC title

• H04N19/132

  Sampling, masking or truncation of coding units, e.g. adaptive resampling, frame skipping, frame interpolation or high-frequency transform coefficient masking · 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

• H04N19/52 Primary

  by predictive encoding · CPC title

• H04N19/513 Primary

  Processing of motion vectors · CPC title