Encoding method, decoding method, and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024430411-A1
Application number	US-202418829487-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 10, 2024
Priority date	Mar 11, 2022
Publication date	Dec 26, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

Embodiments of this application provide an encoding method, a decoding method, and an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining a current frame; obtaining a reconstructed picture corresponding to a reference frame of the current frame from an external reference list of an encoder, where the reference frame of the current frame is a frame encoded by the encoder, and the external reference list is independent of the encoder; performing, by the encoder, intra coding on the reconstructed picture; and performing, by the encoder, inter coding on the current frame based on a result of the intra coding, to obtain a bitstream corresponding to the current frame. In this way, the encoder may flexibly select a reference frame from the external reference list for encoding, thereby implementing cross-frame reference or cross-resolution reference, and improving flexibility of reference frame management of the encoder.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An encoding method, wherein the method comprises:
obtaining a current frame; obtaining a reconstructed picture corresponding to a reference frame of the current frame from an external reference list of an encoder, wherein the reference frame of the current frame is a frame encoded by the encoder, and the external reference list is independent of the encoder; performing, by the encoder, intra coding on the reconstructed picture; and performing, by the encoder, inter coding on the current frame based on a result of the intra coding, to obtain a bitstream corresponding to the current frame.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
when it is determined that the current frame needs to be used as a reference frame for subsequent encoding, generating a reconstructed picture of the current frame based on the bitstream corresponding to the current frame; and adding the reconstructed picture of the current frame to the external reference list.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the adding the reconstructed picture of the current frame to the external reference list comprises:
resampling the reconstructed picture of the current frame; and adding a resampled reconstructed picture to the external reference list.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the bitstream corresponding to the current frame comprises a first identifier and first indication information; and the first identifier identifies whether the current frame is encoded based on the external reference list, and the first indication information indicates the reconstructed picture corresponding to the reference frame of the current frame in the external reference list.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the bitstream corresponding to the current frame comprises a second identifier and second indication information; and the second identifier identifies whether the current frame is used as the reference frame for subsequent encoding, and the second indication information indicates the reconstructed picture of the current frame in the external reference list.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the bitstream corresponding to the current frame comprises a third identifier, third indication information, and a resampling resolution; and the third identifier identifies whether resampling is performed on the current frame, the third indication information indicates the resampled reconstructed picture of the current frame in the external reference list, and the resampling resolution comprises a resolution corresponding to the reconstructed picture of the current frame and a resolution corresponding to the resampled reconstructed picture.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
modifying a standard syntax element that is used to identify the reference frame of the current frame and that is in the bitstream corresponding to the current frame, wherein the standard syntax element is a syntax element specified in a standard coding protocol.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the standard syntax element that is used to identify the reference frame of the current frame comprises at least one of the following:
a syntax element used to identify a quantity of long-term reference frames; a syntax element used to identify a picture order count POC of a long-term reference frame; a syntax element used to identify whether a long-term reference frame is used as a reference for the current frame; a syntax element used to identify whether a negative reference frame is used; a syntax element used to identify a quantity of negative reference frames; a syntax element used to identify a distance between the current frame and a negative reference frame; and a syntax element used to identify whether a negative reference frame is used as a reference for the current frame.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining a reconstructed picture corresponding to a reference frame of the current frame from an external reference list of an encoder comprises:
determining whether a preset reference rule is satisfied; and determining reference indication information according to the preset reference rule when the preset reference rule is satisfied; and obtaining, based on the reference indication information, the reconstructed picture corresponding to the reference frame of the current frame from the external reference list of the encoder.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein
the preset reference rule comprises any one of the following: a long-term reference rule, a temporal layering reference rule, and a resampling reference rule.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the long-term reference rule comprises at least one of the following:
a reference period of a long-term reference frame is reached; a bitstream corresponding to a preset reference frame of the current frame is lost; and a reconstructed picture whose similarity with the current frame is higher than a similarity threshold is in the external reference list.

12 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the result of the intra coding comprises an intra-coded reconstructed picture of the reconstructed picture corresponding to the reference frame of the current frame; and
the performing, by the encoder, inter coding on the current frame based on a result of the intra coding, to obtain a bitstream corresponding to the current frame comprises: performing, by the encoder, inter coding on the current frame by using the intra-coded reconstructed picture as a reference, to obtain the bitstream corresponding to the current frame.

13 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reference frame of the current frame is a long-term reference frame, a temporal layered reference frame, or a resampled reference frame.

14 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the encoder is a hardware encoder.

15 . A decoding method, wherein the method comprises:
receiving a bitstream corresponding to a current frame; determining a reconstructed picture corresponding to a reference frame of the current frame from an external reference list of a decoder, wherein the reference frame of the current frame is a frame decoded by the decoder, and the external reference list is independent of the decoder; performing intra coding on the reconstructed picture, to obtain a corresponding intra-coded bitstream; performing, by the decoder, intra decoding on the intra-coded bitstream; and performing, by the decoder based on a result of the intra decoding, inter decoding on the bitstream corresponding to the current frame, to obtain a reconstructed picture of the current frame.

16 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:
when it is determined that the current frame needs to be used as a reference frame for subsequent decoding, adding the reconstructed picture of the current frame to the external reference list.

17 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein the adding the reconstructed picture of the current frame to the external reference list comprises:
resampling the reconstructed picture of the current frame; and adding a resampled reconstructed picture to the external reference list.

18 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein the determining a reconstructed picture corresponding to a reference frame of the current frame from an external reference list of a decoder comprises:
parsing the bitstream corresponding

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hu Gong
• Lu Yufeng
• Wang Cheng
• Di Peiyun

Classifications

• H04N19/172 Primary

  the region being a picture, frame or field · 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

• H04N19/33

  in the spatial domain · CPC title

• H04N19/107

  between spatial and temporal predictive coding, e.g. picture refresh · CPC title