Method for coding transform coefficient and device therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12537956-B2
Application number	US-202418778196-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2024
Priority date	Oct 5, 2018
Publication date	Jan 27, 2026
Grant date	Jan 27, 2026

Abstract

A method by which a decoding device decodes an image, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving a bitstream including residual information; deriving a quantized transform coefficient for a current block on the basis of the residual information included in the bitstream; deriving a residual sample for the current block on the basis of the quantized transform coefficient; and generating a restored picture on the basis of the residual sample for the current block.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An image decoding apparatus, comprising:
a memory; and at least one processor connected to the memory, the at least one processor configured to: derive quantized transform coefficients for a current block based on residual information included in a bitstream; derive residual samples for the current block by dequantizing and transforming based on the quantized transform coefficients; and generate a reconstructed picture based on the residual samples for the current block, wherein the residual information includes a context-based coded context syntax element, wherein the context syntax element includes a significant coefficient flag related to whether or not the quantized transform coefficient is a non-zero significant coefficient, a parity level flag related to a parity of a transform coefficient level for the quantized transform coefficient, a first transform coefficient level flag related to whether or not the transform coefficient level is greater than a first threshold value, and a second transform coefficient level flag related to whether or not the transform coefficient level for the quantized transform coefficient is greater than a second threshold value, wherein, to derive the quantized transform coefficients, the at least one processor further configured to: decode a skip flag related to whether a transform is skipped in a transform block; decode position information for a last significant coefficient in the transform block; determine a maximum value related to a sum of a number of the significant coefficient flags, a number of the parity level flags, a number of the first transform coefficient level flags, and a number of the second transform coefficient level flags to be decoded; decode the context syntax element based on the maximum value of context-coded bins for the current block, wherein, in case the transform block comprises a plurality of sub-blocks, the maximum value is determined by a unit of the transform block without limiting the maximum value by a unit of the sub-block and the maximum value is determined based on the size of the transform block, and wherein, when the sum of the number of the significant coefficient flags, the number of the first transform coefficient level flags, the number of the parity level flags, and the number of the second transform coefficient level flags derived based on a 0th quantized transform coefficient to an nth quantized transform coefficient determined by a coefficient scan order within the transform block reaches the maximum value, then explicit signaling of a significant coefficient flag, a first transform coefficient level flag, a parity level flag, and a second transform coefficient level flag is omitted for a (n+1)th quantized transform coefficient determined by the coefficient scan order within the transform block, and a value of the (n+1)th quantized transform coefficient is derived based on a value of coefficient level information included in the residual information.

2 . The image decoding apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the significant coefficient flags, the first transform coefficient level flags, the parity level flags, and the second transform coefficient level flags included in the residual information are context-based coded, and the coefficient level information is bypass-based coded.

3 . The image decoding apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the current block is a sub-block within the transform block.

4 . The image decoding apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, to derive the quantized transform coefficient, the at least one processor further configured to:
decode the first transform coefficient level flag and the parity level flag; and derive the quantized transform coefficient based on a value of the decoded parity level flag and a value of the decoded first transform coefficient level flag, and wherein the decoding of the first transform coefficient level flag is performed prior to the decoding of the parity level flag.

5 . An image encoding apparatus, comprising:
a memory; and at least one processor connected to the memory, the at least one processor configured to: derive residual samples for a current block; derive quantized transform coefficients based on the residual samples for the current block; and encode residual information for the quantized transform coefficients, wherein the residual information includes a context-based coded context syntax element, wherein the context syntax element is encoded based on a maximum value of context-coded bin for the current block, wherein the context syntax element includes a significant coefficient flag related to whether or not the quantized transform coefficient is a non-zero significant coefficient, a parity level flag related to a parity of a transform coefficient level for the quantized transform coefficient, a first transform coefficient level flag related to whether or not the transform coefficient level is greater than a first threshold value, and a second transform coefficient level flag related to whether or not the transform coefficient level for the quantized transform coefficient is greater than a second threshold value, wherein, to encode the residual information, the at least one processor further configured to: encode a skip flag related to whether a transform is skipped in a transform block; encode position information for a last significant coefficient in the transform block; determine a maximum value related to a sum of a number of the significant coefficient flags, a number of the parity level flags, a number of the first transform coefficient level flags, and a number of the second transform coefficient level flags to be encoded; encode the context syntax element based on the maximum value of context-coded bins for the current block; wherein, in case the transform block comprises a plurality of sub-blocks, the maximum value is determined by a unit of the transform block without limiting the maximum value by a unit of the sub-block and the maximum value is determined based on the size of the transform block, and wherein, when the sum of the number of the significant coefficient flags, the number of the first transform coefficient level flags, the number of the parity level flags, and the number of the second transform coefficient level flags derived based on a 0th quantized transform coefficient to an nth quantized transform coefficient determined by a coefficient scan order within the transform block reaches the maximum value, then explicit signaling of a significant coefficient flag, a first transform coefficient level flag, a parity level flag, and a second transform coefficient level flag is omitted for a (n+1)th quantized transform coefficient determined by the coefficient scan order within the transform block, and a value of the (n+1)th quantized transform coefficient is derived based on a value of coefficient level information included in the residual information.

6 . The image encoding apparatus of claim 5 , the significant coefficient flags, the first transform coefficient level flags, the parity level flags, and the second transform coefficient level flags included in the residual information are context-based coded, and the coefficient level information is bypass-based coded.

7 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a bitstream generated by the image encoding apparatus of claim 5 .

8 . An apparatus for transmitting data for an image, the apparatus comprising:
a memory; and at least one processor connected to the memory, the at least one processor configured to: obtain a bitstream for the image, wherein the bitstream is generated based on deriving residual samples for a current block; deriving quantized transform coefficients ba

Assignees

• Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Jungah
• Yoo Sunmi
• Kim Seunghwan
• Choi Jangwon
• Heo Jin

Classifications

• H04N19/70

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

• H04N19/60 Primary

  using transform coding · CPC title

• H04N19/184

  the unit being bits, e.g. of the compressed video stream · CPC title

• H04N19/18

  the unit being a set of transform coefficients · CPC title

• H04N19/176

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