Picture encoding and decoding method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025260833-A1
Application number	US-202519192480-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 29, 2025
Priority date	Oct 31, 2022
Publication date	Aug 14, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

This application provides a picture encoding and decoding method and apparatus. The picture encoding method provided includes: obtaining a to-be-processed picture block, where a dimension of the picture block is 2×2, and a chroma sampling rate of the picture block is higher than that of YUV4:2:0; obtaining a base layer picture block and an enhancement layer picture block based on the picture block, where a chroma sampling rate of the base layer picture block is lower than the chroma sampling rate of the picture block, and a pixel included in a first chroma component of the enhancement layer picture block does not overlap a pixel included in a first chroma component of the base layer picture block; performing encoding based on the base layer picture block to obtain a base layer bitstream; and performing encoding based on the enhancement layer picture block to obtain an enhancement layer bitstream.

First claim

1 . A picture encoding device, comprising:
one or more processors; and a computer-readable storage medium coupled to the one or more processors and storing instructions, wherein when the instructions are executed by the one or more processors, the device is enabled to perform the following operations: obtaining a to-be-processed picture block, wherein a dimension of the picture block is 2×2, and a chroma sampling rate of the picture block is higher than that of YUV4:2:0; obtaining a base layer picture block and an enhancement layer picture block based on the picture block, wherein a chroma sampling rate of the base layer picture block is lower than the chroma sampling rate of the picture block, and a pixel comprised in a first chroma component of the enhancement layer picture block does not overlap a pixel comprised in a first chroma component of the base layer picture block; performing encoding based on the base layer picture block to obtain a base layer bitstream; and performing encoding based on the enhancement layer picture block to obtain an enhancement layer bitstream.

2 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining a base layer picture block and an enhancement layer picture block based on the picture block comprises:
downsampling a chroma component of the picture block to obtain a first picture block, wherein a sampling format of the first picture block is YUV4:2:0, and a first pixel in a first chroma component of the first picture block is obtained from a second pixel in four pixels comprised in a first chroma component of the picture block; and splitting the chroma component of the picture block to obtain a first UV picture block, wherein the first UV picture block is one of a UV33 picture block, a UV22 picture block, and a UV11 picture block; and in this case, the base layer picture block comprises the first picture block, and the enhancement layer picture block comprises the first UV picture block.

3 . The device according to claim 2 , wherein the second pixel is a pixel at a preset location; and
a chroma value of the first pixel is a chroma value of the second pixel; or a chroma value of the first pixel is an average value of chroma values of the four pixels.

4 . The device according to claim 2 , the operations further comprising:
when the first UV picture block is the UV33 picture block, splitting the first UV picture block to obtain a second UV picture block and a third UV picture block, wherein the second UV picture block is a UV11 picture block, and the third UV picture block is a UV22 picture block; and in this case, the enhancement layer picture block comprises the second UV picture block as a picture block of a first enhancement layer and the third UV picture block as a picture block of a second enhancement layer.

5 . The device according to claim 4 , the operations further comprising:
splitting the third UV picture block to obtain a fourth UV picture block and a fifth UV picture block, wherein both the fourth UV picture block and the fifth UV picture block are UV11 picture blocks; and in this case, the enhancement layer picture block comprises the second UV picture block as the picture block of the first enhancement layer, the fourth UV picture block as the picture block of the second enhancement layer, and the fifth UV picture block as a picture block of a third enhancement layer.

6 . The device according to claim 2 , the operations further comprising:
when the first UV picture block is the UV22 picture block, splitting the first UV picture block to obtain a sixth UV picture block and a seventh UV picture block, wherein in this case, the enhancement layer picture block comprises the sixth UV picture block as a picture block of a first enhancement layer and the seventh UV picture block as a picture block of a second enhancement layer.

7 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining a base layer picture block and an enhancement layer picture block based on the picture block comprises:
downsampling a chroma component of the picture block to obtain a second picture block, wherein a sampling format of the second picture block is YUV4:2:2, and a third pixel and a fourth pixel in a first chroma component of the second picture block are obtained from a fifth pixel and a sixth pixel in four pixels comprised in a first chroma component of the picture block; and splitting a chroma component of the second picture block to obtain a third picture block and an eighth UV picture block, wherein a sampling format of the third picture block is YUV4:2:0, and the eighth UV picture block is a UV11 picture block; and in this case, the base layer picture block comprises the third picture block, and the enhancement layer picture block comprises the eighth UV picture block.

8 . The device according to claim 7 , wherein the fifth pixel and the sixth pixel are two pixels at preset locations in different rows; or the fifth pixel and the sixth pixel are two pixels with a largest chroma value difference in the four pixels.

9 . The device according to claim 7 , wherein a chroma value of the third pixel is a chroma value of the fifth pixel; or a chroma value of the third pixel is a weighted average value of chroma values of two pixels in a same row as the fifth pixel; or a chroma value of the third pixel is a weighted average value of a chroma value of the fifth pixel and a chroma value of the sixth pixel; and
a chroma value of the fourth pixel is the chroma value of the sixth pixel; or a chroma value of the fourth pixel is a weighted average value of chroma values of two pixels in a same row as the sixth pixel.

10 . The device according to claim 5 , the operations further comprising:
splicing a luma component of the picture block with each of the second UV picture block, the fourth UV picture block, and the fifth UV picture block to obtain a fourth picture block, a fifth picture block, and a sixth picture block, wherein sampling formats of the fourth picture block, the fifth picture block, and the sixth picture block are all YUV4:2:0; and in this case, the enhancement layer picture block comprises the fourth picture block as the picture block of the first enhancement layer, the fifth picture block as the picture block of the second enhancement layer, and the sixth picture block as the picture block of the third enhancement layer.

11 . The device according to claim 6 , the operations further comprising:
splicing a luma component of the picture block with each of the sixth UV picture block and the seventh UV picture block to obtain a seventh picture block and an eighth picture block, wherein sampling formats of the seventh picture block and the eighth picture block are both YUV4:2:0; and in this case, the enhancement layer picture block comprises the seventh picture block as the picture block of the first enhancement layer and the eighth picture block as the picture block of the second enhancement layer.

12 . The device according to claim 7 , the operations further comprising:
splicing a luma component of the picture block with the eighth UV picture block to obtain a ninth picture block, wherein a sampling format of the ninth picture block is YUV4:2:0; and in this case, the enhancement layer picture block comprises the ninth picture block.

13 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein a sampling format of the base layer picture block is YUV4:2:2, and the enhancement layer picture block is either a UV22 picture block or a UV11 picture block.

14 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the performing encoding based on the enhancement layer picture block to obtain an enhancement la

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Song Yi
• Di Peiyun
• Chen Jingping
• Yang Haitao
• Zhang Yixuan

Classifications

• H04N19/187

  the unit being a scalable video layer · CPC title

• H04N19/176 Primary

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

• H04N19/30 Primary

  using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability (H04N19/63 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04N19/186

  the unit being a colour or a chrominance component · CPC title

• H04N19/119

  Adaptive subdivision aspects, e.g. subdivision of a picture into rectangular or non-rectangular coding blocks · CPC title