Methods for intra prediction, encoder and decoder

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12506880-B2
Application number	US-202318543131-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2023
Priority date	Jan 2, 2019
Publication date	Dec 23, 2025
Grant date	Dec 23, 2025

Abstract

A method for intra prediction includes: obtaining multiple previously reconstructed neighbouring blocks corresponding to a current processing block; determining prediction modes, that are signalled in a bitstream, corresponding to neighbouring blocks of the multiple previously reconstructed neighbouring blocks, to obtain multiple first prediction modes; if the multiple first prediction modes comprise at least two directional modes, taking directional modes comprised in the multiple first prediction modes as first prediction directions; performing, according to a preset operation rule, operation on multiple first prediction directions of the first prediction directions to obtain second prediction directions; obtaining a prediction mode set according to the second prediction directions and the multiple first prediction modes; and performing intra prediction on the current processing block based on the prediction mode set.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A method for intra prediction, applied to an encoder, the method comprising:
obtaining multiple previously reconstructed neighbouring blocks corresponding to a current processing block; determining prediction modes, that are signalled in a bitstream, corresponding to neighbouring blocks of the multiple previously reconstructed neighbouring blocks, to obtain multiple first prediction modes; if the multiple first prediction modes comprise at least two directional modes, taking directional modes comprised in the multiple first prediction modes as first prediction directions; performing, according to a preset operation rule, operation on multiple first prediction directions of the first prediction directions to obtain second prediction directions; obtaining a prediction mode set according to the second prediction directions and the multiple first prediction modes; and performing intra prediction on the current processing block based on the prediction mode set, wherein performing, according to the preset operation rule, operation on multiple first prediction directions of the first prediction directions to obtain the second prediction directions comprises: performing, according to the preset operation rule, operation on multiple first prediction directions with different directions among the multiple first predication directions to obtain the second prediction directions.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein performing intra prediction on the current processing block based on the prediction mode set comprises:
obtaining a third prediction direction based on the prediction mode set, and performing intra prediction on the current processing block according to the third prediction direction to obtain a prediction value of a sample in the current processing block corresponding to the third prediction direction; determining a residual value between the prediction value of the sample in the current processing block and an original value of the sample; and signalling the third prediction direction and the residual value in a bitstream of the current processing block.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein performing, according to the preset operation rule, operation on multiple first prediction directions with different directions among the multiple first predication directions to obtain the second prediction directions comprises:
performing operation on one or more of: multiple first prediction directions with different directions among the multiple first predication directions, a maximum of the multiple first prediction directions with different directions, or a minimum of the multiple first prediction directions with different directions, and determining the second prediction directions according to a result of the operation and a preset offset.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the preset offset is at least one of +1, −1, +2 or −2.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first prediction directions comprise a luma intra prediction direction.

6 . A method for intra prediction, applied to a decoder, the method comprising:
obtaining multiple previously reconstructed neighbouring blocks corresponding to a current processing block; obtaining multiple first prediction modes according to prediction modes of neighbouring blocks of the multiple previously reconstructed neighbouring blocks; if the multiple first prediction modes comprise at least two directional modes, taking directional modes comprised in the multiple first prediction modes as first prediction directions; performing, according to a preset operation rule, operation on multiple first prediction directions of the first prediction directions to obtain second prediction directions; obtaining a prediction mode set according to the second prediction directions and the multiple first prediction modes; and performing intra prediction on the current processing block based on the prediction mode set, wherein performing, according to the preset operation rule, operation on the multiple first prediction directions of the first prediction directions to obtain the second prediction directions comprises: performing, according to the preset operation rule, operation on multiple first prediction directions with different directions among the multiple first predication directions to obtain the second prediction directions.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein performing intra prediction on the current processing block based on the prediction mode set:
determining a prediction value of a sample in the current processing block; and obtaining a reconstruction value of the sample according to the predication value and a residual value of the sample in the current processing block, the residual value being parsed from a bitstream.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein performing, according to the preset operation rule, operation on multiple first prediction directions with different directions among the multiple first predication directions to obtain the second prediction directions comprises:
performing operation on one or more of: multiple first prediction directions with different directions among the multiple first predication directions, a maximum of the multiple first prediction directions with different directions, or a minimum of the multiple first prediction directions with different directions, and determining the second prediction directions according to a result of the operation and a preset offset.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the preset offset is at least one of +1, −1, +2 or −2.

10 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the first prediction directions comprise a luma intra prediction direction.

11 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the neighbouring blocks are a left neighbouring block and an above neighbouring block of the current processing block.

12 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer programs and bitstream, wherein when the computer programs are executed by a processor, operations of a method for intra prediction are implemented to generate the bitstream, wherein the operations comprise:
obtaining multiple previously reconstructed neighbouring blocks corresponding to a current processing block; determining prediction modes, that are signalled in the bitstream, corresponding to neighbouring blocks of the multiple previously reconstructed neighbouring blocks, to obtain multiple first prediction modes; if the multiple first prediction modes comprise at least two directional modes, taking directional modes comprised in the multiple first prediction modes as first prediction directions; performing, according to a preset operation rule, operation on multiple first prediction directions of the first prediction directions to obtain second prediction directions; obtaining a prediction mode set according to the second prediction directions and the multiple first prediction modes; and performing intra prediction on the current processing block based on the prediction mode set, wherein performing, according to the preset operation rule, operation on multiple first prediction directions of the first prediction directions to obtain the second prediction directions comprises: performing, according to the preset operation rule, operation on multiple first prediction directions with different directions among the multiple first predication directions to obtain the second prediction directions.

13 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein performing, according to the preset operation rule, operation on multiple first prediction directions with different directions

Assignees

• Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd

Inventors

• Ma Yanzhuo
• Huo Junyan
• Wan Shuai
• Yang Fuzheng
• Guo Ze
• Li Xinwei

Classifications

• H04N19/176

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

• H04N19/70

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

• H04N19/423

  characterised by memory arrangements (H04N19/433 takes precedence) · CPC title