Video decoding apparatus and video coding apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12219150-B2
Application number	US-202318104793-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 2, 2023
Priority date	Sep 14, 2022
Publication date	Feb 4, 2025
Grant date	Feb 4, 2025

Abstract

ObjectA video coding and decoding apparatus that can enhance coding efficiency is provided.SolutionA video decoding apparatus includes an OOB determination unit configured to determine whether a reference block is a target of OOB processing by comparing coordinates of the reference block with coordinates of a picture, and an OOB mask derivation unit configured to derive mask data indicating whether a pixel is available by comparing coordinates of the pixel included in the reference block with the coordinates of the picture. The OOB determination unit determines whether the reference block is the target of the OOB processing based on presence or absence of processing to be applied to a reference picture including the reference block.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A video decoding apparatus comprising:
an out-of-boundary (OOB) determination circuit configured to determine, in a bi-prediction, whether a reference block is a target of OOB processing by comparing coordinates of a reference block boundary with coordinates of a picture boundary; and
an OOB mask derivation circuit configured to derive mask data indicating whether a pixel is available by comparing coordinates of the pixel included in the reference block with the coordinates of the picture boundary or coordinates of a region boundary, wherein
the OOB determination circuit further determines, based on top left coordinates and a block size of the reference block that are derived from a motion vector of a target block, whether the reference block includes a region that is out of a valid range,
the OOB mask derivation circuit further derives, based on the determination of whether the reference block includes the region that is out of the valid range, mask data indicating whether a pixel at each position in the reference block is out of the valid range, and
in a case of the bi-prediction, the video decoding apparatus generates a prediction image based on the mask data indicating whether the pixel at each position in the reference block is out of the valid range.

2. The video decoding apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the OOB determination circuit compares a valid region of an L0 reference region and a valid region of an L1 reference region, and invalidates an OOB determination for a reference picture whose a valid region of a reference region is larger.

3. The video decoding apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the OOB determination circuit further determines sizes of the valid regions by comparing areas of the valid regions of the L0 reference region and the L1 reference region.

4. The video decoding apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the OOB determination circuit further determines sizes of the valid regions by comparing widths or heights of the valid regions of the L0 reference region and the L1 reference region.

5. The video decoding apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the OOB determination circuit invalidates an OOB determination in a block to which a weighted bi-prediction, which is a Bi-prediction with CU-level Weight (BCW), on a per block basis is applied.

6. The video decoding apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the OOB mask derivation circuit further derives a mask per N×M pixels,
each of N and M is a positive integer, and
the N×M pixels is a unit of the mask.

7. The video decoding apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the OOB determination circuit invalidates an OOB determination in a case that the target block has a prescribed size or less.

8. A video coding apparatus comprising:
an out-of-boundary (OOB) determination circuit configured to determine, in a bi-prediction, whether a reference block is a target of OOB processing by comparing coordinates of a reference block boundary with coordinates of a picture boundary; and
an OOB mask derivation circuit configured to derive mask data indicating whether a pixel is available by comparing coordinates of the pixel included in the reference block with the coordinates of the picture boundary, wherein
the OOB determination circuit further determines, based on top left coordinates and a block size of the reference block that are derived from a motion vector of a target block, whether the reference block includes a region that is out of a valid range,
the OOB mask derivation circuit further derives, based on the determination of whether the reference block includes the region out of the valid range, mask data indicating whether a pixel at each position in the reference block is out of the valid range, and
in a case of the bi-prediction, the video coding apparatus generates a prediction image based on the mask data indicating whether the pixel at each position in the reference block is out of the valid range.

Assignees

• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Yasugi Yukinobu
• Ikai Tomohiro
• Aono Tomoko

Classifications

• H04N19/176

  the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock · CPC title

• H04N19/159

  Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction · CPC title

• 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

• H04N19/577

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

• H04N19/70

  characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards · CPC title