Image decoding method, image coding method, image decoding apparatus, image coding apparatus, and image coding and decoding apparatus

• US 10,165,277 B2
• Filed: 09/08/2017
• Issued: 12/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
• Original Assignee: Sun Patent Trust
• Inventors: Sasai, Hisao, Nishi, Takahiro, Shibahara, Youji, Sugio, Toshiyasu, Tanikawa, Kyoko, Matsunobu, Toru
• Primary Examiner(s): Dang, Duy M
• Application Number:
  US15/699,115
• Publication Number:
  US 20170374367A1
• Time in Patent Office: 473 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/103 Selection of coding mode or of prediction mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/105 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 Class Codes: H04N 19/13 Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/136 Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/139 Analysis of motion vectors, e.g. their magnitude, direction, variance or reliability
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/176 the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/196 being specially adapted for the computation of encoding parameters, e.g. by averaging previously computed encoding parameters processing of motion vectors H04N19/513
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/583 Motion compensation with overlapping blocks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/70 characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/91 Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding

Abstract

The image coding method includes: determining a context in a current block in the image, from among a plurality of contexts; and performing arithmetic coding on the control parameter for the current block to generate a bitstream corresponding to the current block, wherein in the determining: the context is determined under a condition that control parameters of neighboring blocks of the current block are used, when the signal type is a first type, the neighboring blocks being a left block and an upper block of the current block; and the context is determined under a condition that the control parameter of the upper block is not used, when the signal type is a second type, and the second type is (i) “merge_flag”, (ii) “ref_idx_l0” or “ref_idx_l1”, (iii) “inter_pred_flag”, (iv) “mvd_l0” or “mvd_l1”, (v) “no_residual_data_flag”, (vi) “intra_chroma_pred_mode”, (vii) “cbf_luma”, and (viii) “cbf_cb” or “cbf_cr”.

Claims

1. A coding method for coding a control parameter for controlling coding of an image, the coding method comprising:

determining a context for a current block in the image, from among a plurality of contexts; and

performing arithmetic coding on the control parameter for the current block to generate a bitstream corresponding to the current block,

wherein the determining further includes;

determining a signal type under which the control parameter for the current block is classified;

determining the context by using both of coded control parameters for a left block and an upper block, when the signal type is a first type, the left block being a neighboring block to the left of the current block, and the upper block being a neighboring block on top of the current block; and

determining the context by using a predetermined fixed value, without using any of the coded control parameters for the left block and the upper block, when the signal type is a second type different from the first type,

wherein the control parameter of the first type belongs to a block of a size larger than or equal to a size of a block to which the control parameter of the second type belongs,

wherein one of a split flag and a skip flag is classified under the first type, the split flag indicating whether or not the current block is partitioned into a plurality of blocks, and the skip flag indicating whether or not the current block is to be skipped, and

wherein a difference parameter and a residual flag are classified under the second type, the difference parameter indicating a difference between a motion vector and a motion vector predictor of the current block, and the residual flag indicating whether or not luma coefficient data and chroma coefficient data are included in the current block.

2. The coding method according to claim 1, further comprising:

switching between coding processes based on a codec standard in accordance with which coding has been performed to obtain the image,

wherein in the determining of a context,

the context for the control parameter classified under the second type is also determined by using both of the coded control parameters for the left block and the upper block, when the codec standard is a first standard, and

the context for the control parameter classified under the second type is determined by using the predetermined fixed value, without using any of the coded control parameters for the left block and the upper block, when the codec standard is a second standard.

3. A coding apparatus for coding a control parameter for controlling coding of an image, the coding apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the coding apparatus to function as;

a context determination unit configured to determine a context for a current block in the image, from among a plurality of contexts; and

an arithmetic coding unit configured to perform arithmetic coding on the control parameter for the current block to generate a bitstream corresponding to the current block,

wherein the context determination unit is configured to;

determine a signal type under which the control parameter for the current block is classified;

determine the context by using both of coded control parameters for a left block and an upper block, when the signal type is a first type, the left block being a neighboring block to the left of the current block, and the upper block being a neighboring block on top of the current block; and

determine the context by using a predetermined fixed value, without using any of the coded control parameters for the left block and the upper block, when the signal type is a second type different from the first type,

wherein the control parameter of the first type belongs to a block of a size larger than or equal to a size of a block to which the control parameter of the second type belongs,

wherein one of a split flag and a skip flag is classified under the first type, the split flag indicating whether or not the current block is partitioned into a plurality of blocks, and the skip flag indicating whether or not the current block is to be skipped, and

wherein a difference parameter and a residual flag are classified under the second type, the difference parameter indicating a difference between a motion vector and a motion vector predictor of the current block, and the residual flag indicating whether or not luma coefficient data and chroma coefficient data are included in the current block.

4. A coding apparatus for coding a control parameter for controlling coding of an image, the coding apparatus comprising:

processing circuitry; and

storage coupled to the processing circuitry,

wherein the processing circuitry performs the following using the storage;

determining a context for a current block in the image, from among a plurality of contexts; and

performing arithmetic coding on the control parameter for the current block to generate a bitstream corresponding to the current block,

wherein the determining further includes;

determining a signal type under which the control parameter for the current block is classified;

determining the context by using both of coded control parameters for a left block and an upper block, when the signal type is a first type, the left block being a neighboring block to the left of the current block, and the upper block being a neighboring block on top of the current block; and

determining the context by using a predetermined fixed value, without using any of the coded control parameters for the left block and the upper block, when the signal type is a second type different from the first type,

wherein the control parameter of the first type belongs to a block of a size larger than or equal to a size of a block to which the control parameter of the second type belongs,

wherein one of a split flag and a skip flag is classified under the first type, the split flag indicating whether or not the current block is partitioned into a plurality of blocks, and the skip flag indicating whether or not the current block is to be skipped, and

wherein a difference parameter and a residual flag are classified under the second type, the difference parameter indicating a difference between a motion vector and a motion vector predictor of the current block, and the residual flag indicating whether or not luma coefficient data and chroma coefficient data are included in the current block.