Image decoding method and apparatus for deriving weight index information for weighted average when bi-prediction is applied

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12166971-B2
Application number	US-202318381292-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 18, 2023
Priority date	Jun 14, 2019
Publication date	Dec 10, 2024
Grant date	Dec 10, 2024

Abstract

According to a disclosure of the present document, when the type of inter-prediction of a current block is indicated as biprediction, weight index information for a candidate within a merge candidate list or a sub-block merge candidate list may be derived, and coding efficiency may be increased.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus, comprising:
obtaining image information including inter-prediction mode information and residual information through a bitstream;
generating residual samples based on the residual information;
generating a merge candidate list of a current block based on the inter-prediction mode information;
deriving motion information on the current block based on a candidate selected from candidates in the merge candidate list;
generating L0 prediction samples and L1 prediction samples of the current block based on the motion information;
generating prediction samples of the current block by performing bi-prediction based on the L0 prediction samples, the L1 prediction samples, and weight information for the current block, wherein the weight information is derived based on a weight index for the selected candidate; and
generating reconstructed samples based on the prediction samples and the residual sample,
wherein the candidates include an inherited affine merge candidate and constructed affine merge candidates,
wherein the inherited affine merge candidate is derived based on control point motion vectors (CPMVs) of a neighboring block of the current block,
wherein each of the constructed affine merge candidates includes at least two of a CPMV for a control point 0 (CP 0 ), a CPMV for a control point 1 (CP 1 ), a CPMV for a control point 2 (CP 2 ), or a CPMV for a control point 3 (CP 3 ), wherein the CP 0 is related to a top-left corner of the current block, the CP 1 is related to a top-right corner of the current block, the CP 2 is related to a bottom-left corner of the current block and the CP 3 is related to a bottom-right corner of the current block,
wherein in response to a first constructed affine merge candidate being generated based on {CP 0 , CP 1 , CP 2 } and the bi-prediction being applied to the current block, a weight index for the first constructed affine merge candidate is fixed to be equal to a weight index for a specific block among neighboring blocks of the CP 0 ,
wherein the specific block among the neighboring blocks of the CP 0 is a block used for deriving the CPMV for the CP 0 ,
wherein in response to a second constructed affine merge candidate being generated based on {CP 1 , CP 2 , CP 3 } and the bi-prediction being applied to the current block, a weight index for the second constructed affine merge candidate is fixed to be equal to a weight index for a specific block among neighboring blocks of the CP 1 ,
wherein the specific block among the neighboring blocks of the CP 1 is a block used for deriving the CPMV for the CP 1 , and
wherein the constructed affine merge candidates are inserted after the inherited affine merge candidate in the merge candidate list.

2. An image encoding method performed by an encoding apparatus, comprising:
determining an inter-prediction mode of the current block and generating inter-prediction mode information indicating the inter-prediction mode;
generating a merge candidate list of the current block based on the inter-prediction mode;
generating selection information indicating one of candidates included in the merge candidate list;
generating residual information based on residual samples of the current block; and
encoding image information including the inter-prediction mode information, the selection information, and the residual information,
wherein the candidates include an inherited affine merge candidate and constructed affine merge candidates,
wherein the inherited affine merge candidate is derived based on control point motion vectors (CPMVs) of a neighboring block of the current block,
wherein each of the constructed affine merge candidates include at least two of a control point motion vector (CPMV) for control point 0 (CP 0 ), a CPMV for a control point 1 (CP 1 ), a CPMV for a control point 2 (CP 2 ), or a CPMV for a control point 3 (CP 3 ), wherein the CP 0 is related to a top-left corner of the current block, the CP 1 is related to a top-right corner of the current block, the CP 2 is related to a bottom-left corner of the current block and the CP 3 is related to a bottom-right corner of the current block,
wherein in response to a first constructed affine merge candidate being generated based on {CP 0 , CP 1 , CP 2 } and the bi-prediction being applied to the current block, a weight index for the first constructed affine merge candidate is fixed to be equal to a weight index for a specific block among neighboring blocks of the CP 0 ,
wherein the specific block among the neighboring blocks of the CP 0 is a block used for deriving the CPMV for the CP 0 ,
wherein in response to a second constructed affine merge candidate being generated based on {CP 1 , CP 2 , CP 3 } and the bi-prediction being applied to the current block, a weight index for the second constructed affine merge candidate is fixed to be equal to a weight index for a specific block among neighboring blocks of the CP 1 ,
wherein the specific block among the neighboring blocks of the CP 1 is a block used for deriving the CPMV for the CP 1 , and
wherein the constructed affine merge candidates are inserted after the inherited affine merge candidate in the merge candidate list.

3. A transmission method of data for an image, the method comprising:
obtaining a bitstream for the image, wherein the bitstream is generated based on determining an inter-prediction mode of the current block and generating inter-prediction mode information indicating the inter-prediction mode, generating a merge candidate list of the current block based on the inter-prediction mode, generating selection information indicating one of candidates included in the merge candidate list, generating residual information based on residual samples of the current block, and encoding image information including the inter-prediction mode information, the selection information, and the residual information; and
transmitting the data comprising the bitstream,
wherein the candidates include an inherited affine merge candidate and constructed affine merge candidates,
wherein the inherited affine merge candidate is derived based on control point motion vectors (CPMVs) of a neighboring block of the current block,
wherein each of the constructed affine merge candidates include at least two of a control point motion vector (CPMV) for control point 0 (CP 0 ), a CPMV for a control point 1 (CP 1 ), a CPMV for a control point 2 (CP 2 ), or a CPMV for a control point 3 (CP 3 ), wherein the CP 0 is related to a top-left corner of the current block, the CP 1 is related to a top-right corner of the current block, the CP 2 is related to a bottom-left corner of the current block and the CP 3 is related to a bottom-right corner of the current block,
wherein in response to a first constructed affine merge candidate being generated based on {CP 0 , CP 1 , CP 2 } and the bi-prediction being applied to the current block, a weight index for the first constructed affine merge candidate is fixed to be equal to a weight index for a specific block among neighboring blocks of the CP 0 ,
wherein the specific block among the neighboring blocks of the CP 0 is a block used for deriving the CPMV for the CP 0 ,
wherein in response to a second constructed affine merge candidate being generated based on {CP 1 , CP 2 , CP 3 } and the bi-prediction being applied to the current block, a weight index for the second constructed affine merge candidate is fixed to be equal to a weight index for a specific block among neighboring blocks of the CP 1 ,
wherein the specific block among the neighboring blocks of the CP 1 is a block used for deriving the CPMV for the CP 1 , and
wherein the constructed affine merge candidates are inserted after the inherited affine merge cand

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Park Naeri
• Nam Junghak
• Jang Hyeongmoon

Classifications

• H04N19/577 Primary

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

• H04N19/52

  by predictive encoding · CPC title

• H04N19/139

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

• H04N19/109

  among a plurality of temporal predictive coding modes · CPC title

• H04N19/527 Primary

  Global motion vector estimation · CPC title