Method and apparatus for video coding

• US 10,448,025 B1
• Filed: 11/21/2018
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent America LLC (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent America LLC (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Xu, Xiaozhong, Li, Xiang, Liu, Shan
• Primary Examiner(s): Holder, Anner N
• Application Number:
  US16/198,637
• Time in Patent Office: 328 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/11 among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/139 Analysis of motion vectors, e.g. their magnitude, direction, variance or reliability
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/157 Assigned coding mode, i.e. the coding mode being predefined or preselected to be further used for selection of another element or parameter
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/159 Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/176 the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/186 the unit being a colour or a chrominance component
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/593 involving spatial prediction techniques

Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure provide method and apparatus for video coding. In some examples, an apparatus includes receiving circuitry and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry decodes prediction information of a chroma coding unit in a segment (such as a slice, a tile, a group of tiles) of a current picture from a coded video bitstream. The segment lacks a temporal reference picture and having separate coding tree structures for luma and chroma components. Then, the processing circuitry detects a prediction mode flag associated with the chroma coding unit from the coded video bitstream, and determines, based on the prediction mode flag, a prediction mode from an intra prediction mode and an intra block copy mode for the chroma coding unit. Further, the processing circuitry reconstructs at least one sample of the chroma coding unit according to the determined prediction mode.

Claims

1. A method for video decoding, comprising:

decoding prediction information of a chroma coding unit in a segment of a current picture from a coded video bitstream, the segment lacking a temporal reference picture and having separate coding tree structures for luma and chroma components;

detecting a prediction mode flag associated with the chroma coding unit from the coded video bitstream;

determining, based on the prediction mode flag, a prediction mode to be an intra block copy mode for the chroma coding unit;

detecting an omission of a specific block vector for the chroma coding unit by the coded video bitstream;

in response to (i) the detection of the omission of the specific block vector and (ii) the determination of the intra block copy mode for the chroma coding unit, determining a prediction mode of a predetermined set of luma blocks as the intra block copy mode; and

reconstructing at least one sample of the chroma coding unit according to the determined prediction mode.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the prediction mode flag is used to indicate one of an inter prediction mode and the intra prediction mode when the segment has a temporal reference picture.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein

the predetermined set of luma blocks is all co-located luma sub-blocks to the chroma coding unit.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the combination of the intra block copy mode and the omission of the specific block vector for the chroma coding unit by the coded video bitstream indicates a validity of first block vectors for smallest chroma units in the chroma coding unit that are derived from the co-located luma sub-blocks.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the combination of the intra block copy mode and the omission of the specific block vector for the chroma coding unit by the coded video bitstream indicates that the first block vectors that are derived from the co-located luma sub-blocks point to reference regions that have been decoded in the current picture.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

deriving the first block vectors for the smallest chroma units based on second block vectors of the co-located luma sub-blocks; and

reconstructing the smallest chroma units based on the first block vectors.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein

the predetermined set of luma blocks is all co-located smallest luma units.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the combination of the intra block copy mode and the omission of the specific block vector for the chroma coding unit by the coded video bitstream indicates a validity of first block vectors for chroma sub-blocks in the chroma coding unit that are derived from the co-located smallest luma units.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

deriving the first block vectors for the chroma sub-blocks based on second block vectors of the co-located smallest luma units; and

reconstructing the chroma sub-blocks based on the first block vectors.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting the intra block copy mode for the chroma coding unit based on the prediction mode flag;

detecting a specific block vector for the chroma coding unit from the coded video bitstream; and

reconstructing the at least one sample of the chroma coding unit according to the block vector.

11. An apparatus for video decoding, comprising:

processing circuitry configured to;

decode prediction information of a chroma coding unit in a segment of a current picture from a coded video bitstream, the segment lacking a temporal reference picture and having separate coding tree structures for luma and chroma components;

detect a prediction mode flag associated with the chroma coding unit from the coded video bitstream;

determine, based on the prediction mode flag, a prediction mode to be an intra block copy mode for the chroma coding unit;

detect an omission of a specific block vector for the chroma coding unit by the coded video bitstream;

in response to (i) the detection of the omission of the specific block vector and (ii) the determination of the intra block copy mode for the chroma coding unit, determine a prediction mode of a predetermined set of luma blocks as the intra block copy mode; and

reconstruct at least one sample of the chroma coding unit according to the determined prediction mode.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the prediction mode flag is used to indicate one of an inter prediction mode and the intra prediction mode when the segment has a temporal reference picture.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein

the predetermined set of luma blocks is all co-located luma sub-blocks to the chroma coding unit.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the combination of the intra block copy mode and the omission of the specific block vector for the chroma coding unit by the coded video bitstream indicates that the first block vectors that are derived from the co-located luma sub-blocks point to reference regions that have been decoded in the current picture.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:

derive the first block vectors for the smallest chroma units based on second block vectors of the co-located luma sub-blocks; and

reconstruct the smallest chroma units based on the first block vectors.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein

the predetermined set of luma blocks is all co-located smallest luma units.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the combination of the intra block copy mode and the omission of the specific block vector for the chroma coding unit by the coded video bitstream indicates a validity of first block vectors for chroma sub-blocks in the chroma coding unit that are derived from the co-located smallest luma units.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:

derive the first block vectors for the chroma sub-blocks based on second block vectors of the co-located smallest luma units; and

reconstruct the chroma sub-blocks based on the first block vectors.

19. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to select the intra block copy mode for the chroma coding unit based on the prediction mode flag;

detect a specific block vector for the chroma coding unit from the coded video bitstream; and

reconstruct the at least one sample of the chroma coding unit according to the block vector.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which when executed by a computer for video decoding cause the computer to perform:

decoding prediction information of a chroma coding unit in a segment of a current picture from a coded video bitstream, the segment lacking a temporal reference picture and having separate coding tree structures for luma and chroma components;

detecting a prediction mode flag associated with the chroma coding unit from the coded video bitstream;

determining, based on the prediction mode flag, a prediction mode to be an intra block copy mode for the chroma coding unit;

detecting an omission of a specific block vector for the chroma coding unit by the coded video bitstream;

in response to (i) the detection of the omission of the specific block vector and (ii) the determination of the intra block copy mode for the chroma coding unit, determining a prediction mode of a predetermined set of luma blocks as the intra block copy mode; and

reconstructing at least one sample of the chroma coding unit according to the determined prediction mode.