BLOCK ADAPTIVE COLOR-SPACE CONVERSION CODING

• US 20150373327A1
• Filed: 06/18/2015
• Published: 12/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Zhang, Li, Chen, Jianle, Sole Rojals, Joel, Karczewicz, Marta
• Application Number:
  US14/743,776
• Publication Number:
  US 20150373327A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/124 Quantisation
• 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 19/176 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 19/70 characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards

Abstract

A device for decoding video data includes a memory configured to store video data and one or more processors configured to: receive a first block of the video data; determine a quantization parameter for the first block; in response to determining that the first block is coded using a color-space transform mode for residual data of the first block, modify the quantization parameter for the first block; perform a dequantization process for the first block based on the modified quantization parameter for the first block; receive a second block of the video data; receive a difference value indicating a difference between a quantization parameter for the second block and the quantization parameter for the first block; determine the quantization parameter for the second block based on the received difference value and the quantization parameter for the first block; and decode the second block based on the determined quantization parameter.

Claims

1. A method of decoding video data, the method comprising:

receiving a first block of the video data;

receiving information to determine a quantization parameter for the first block;

in response to determining that the first block is coded using a color-space transform mode for residual data of the first block, modifying the quantization parameter for the first block;

performing a dequantization process for the first block based on the modified quantization parameter for the first block;

receiving a second block of the video data;

receiving for the second block, a difference value indicating a difference between a quantization parameter for the second block and the quantization parameter for the first block;

determining the quantization parameter for the second block based on the received difference value and the quantization parameter for the first block; and

decoding the second block based on the determined quantization parameter for the second block.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to determining that the color-space transform mode is enabled for the second block of video data, modifying the determined quantization parameter for the second block,

wherein decoding the second block based on the determined quantization parameter for the second block comprises;

performing a dequantization process for the second block based on the modified quantization parameter for the second block.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein decoding the second block based on the determined quantization parameter for the second block comprises:

in response to determining that the color-space transform mode is disabled for the second block, performing a dequantization process for the second block based on the determined quantization parameter for the second block.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a flag for the first block to determine that the first block of video data is coded using the color-space transform mode for residual data of the first block.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving information to determine the quantization parameter for the first block comprises receiving an initial value for the quantization parameter for the first block.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein receiving the initial value comprises receiving, at a slice level, the initial value for the quantization parameter.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at a coded unit level, the difference value indicating the difference between the quantization parameter for the second block and the quantization parameter for the first block.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the difference value indicating the difference between the quantization parameter for the second block and the quantization parameter for the first block comprises receiving a syntax element indicating the absolute value of the difference and receiving a syntax element indicating a sign of the difference.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a boundary strength parameter for a deblock filtering process based on the modified quantization parameter for the first block; and

performing the deblock filtering process on the first block.

10. A method of encoding video data, the method comprising:

determining a quantization parameter for a first block of video data;

in response to determining that the first block of video data is coded using a color-space transform mode for residual data of the first block, modifying the quantization parameter for the first block;

performing a quantization process for the first block based on the modified quantization parameter for the first block;

determining a quantization parameter for a second block of video data; and

signaling a difference value between the quantization parameter for the first block and the quantization parameter for the second block.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

in response to determining a color-space transform mode is enabled for the second block of video data, modifying the quantization parameter for the second block;

performing a quantization process for the second block based on the modified quantization parameter for the second block.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

in response to determining a color-space transform mode is disabled for the second block of video data, performing a quantization process for the second block based on the quantization parameter for the second block.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

generating a flag for the first block to indicate if the first block of video data is coded using the color-space transform mode for residual data of the first block.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein determining the quantization parameter for the first block of video data comprises determining an initial value for the quantization parameter for the first block, the method further comprising:

signaling the initial value in a slice header for a slice comprising the first block.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

signaling, at a coded unit level, the difference value indicating the difference between the quantization parameter for the second block and the quantization parameter for the first block.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein signaling the difference value indicating the difference between the quantization parameter for the second block and the quantization parameter for the first block comprises generating a syntax element indicating the absolute value of the difference and generating a syntax element indicating a sign of the difference.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining a boundary strength parameter for a deblock filtering process based on the modified quantization parameter for the first block; and

performing the deblock filtering process on the first block.

18. A device for decoding video data, the device comprising:

a memory configured to store video data;

one or more processors configured to;

receive a first block of the video data;

receive information to determine a quantization parameter for the first block;

in response to determining that the first block is coded using a color-space transform mode for residual data of the first block, modify the quantization parameter for the first block;

perform a dequantization process for the first block based on the modified quantization parameter for the first block;

receive a second block of the video data;

receive for the second block, a difference value indicating a difference between a quantization parameter for the second block and the quantization parameter for the first block;

determine the quantization parameter for the second block based on the received difference value and the quantization parameter for the first block; and

decode the second block based on the determined quantization parameter for the second block.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

in response to determining that the color-space transform mode is enabled for the second block of video data, modify the determined quantization parameter for the second block,

wherein to decode the second block based on the determined quantization parameter for the second block, the one or more processors perform a dequantization process for the second block based on the modified quantization parameter for the second block.

20. The device of claim 18, wherein to decode the second block based on the determined quantization parameter for the second block, the one or more processors are configured to:

in response to determining that the color-space transform mode is disabled for the second block, perform a dequantization process for the second block based on the determined quantization parameter for the second block.

21. The device of claim 18, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive a flag for the first block to determine that the first block of video data is coded using the color-space transform mode for residual data of the first block.

22. The device of claim 18, wherein to receive information to determine the quantization parameter for the first block, the one or more processors receive an initial value for the quantization parameter for the first block.

23. The device of claim 22, wherein to receive the initial value, the one or more processors receive, at a slice level, the initial value for the quantization parameter.

24. The device of claim 18, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive, at a coded unit level, the difference value indicating the difference between the quantization parameter for the second block and the quantization parameter for the first block.

25. The device of claim 18, wherein to receive the difference value indicating the difference between the quantization parameter for the second block and the quantization parameter for the first block, the one or more processors receive a syntax element indicating the absolute value of the difference and receiving a syntax element indicating a sign of the difference.

26. The device of claim 18, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

determine a boundary strength parameter for a deblock filtering process based on the modified quantization parameter for the first block; and

perform the deblock filtering process on the first block.

27. The device of claim 18, wherein the device comprises one of:

a microprocessor;

an integrated circuit (IC); and

a wireless communication device comprising the video decoder.

28. A device for encoding video data, the device comprising:

a memory configured to store video data;

one or more processors configured to;

determine a quantization parameter for a first block of video data,

in response to determining that the first block of video data is coded using a color-space transform mode for residual data of the first block, modify the quantization parameter for the first block;

perform a quantization process for the first block based on the modified quantization parameter for the first block;

determine a quantization parameter for a second block of video data; and

signal a difference value between the quantization parameter for the first block and the quantization parameter for the second block.

29. The device of claim 28, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

in response to determining a color-space transform mode is enabled for the second block of video data, modify the quantization parameter for the second block;

perform a quantization process for the second block based on the modified quantization parameter for the second block.

30. The device of claim 28, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to

in response to determining a color-space transform mode is disabled for the second block of video data, perform a quantization process for the second block based on the quantization parameter for the second block.

31. The device of claim 28, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

generate a flag for the first block to indicate if the first block of video data is coded using the color-space transform mode for residual data of the first block.

32. The device of claim 28, wherein to determine the quantization parameter for the first block of video data comprises determining an initial value for the quantization parameter for the first block, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to

signal the initial value in a slice header for a slice comprising the first block.

33. The device of claim 28, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to

signal, at a coded unit level, the difference value indicating the difference between the quantization parameter for the second block and the quantization parameter for the first block.

34. The device of claim 28, wherein to signal the difference value indicating the difference between the quantization parameter for the second block and the quantization parameter for the first block, the one or more processors are further configured to generate a syntax element indicating the absolute value of the difference and generating a syntax element indicating a sign of the difference.

35. The device of claim 28, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

determine a boundary strength parameter for a deblock filtering process based on the modified quantization parameter for the first block; and

perform the deblock filtering process on the first block.

36. The device of claim 28, wherein the device comprises at least one of:

a microprocessor;

an integrated circuit (IC);

or

a wireless communication device comprising the video encoder.

37. An apparatus for video decoding, the apparatus comprising:

means for receiving a first block of the video data;

means for receiving information to determine a quantization parameter for the first block;

means for modifying the quantization parameter for the first block in response to determining that the first block is coded using a color-space transform mode for residual data of the first block;

means for performing a dequantization process for the first block based on the modified quantization parameter for the first block;

means for receiving a second block of the video data;

means for receiving for the second block, a difference value indicating a difference between a quantization parameter for the second block and the quantization parameter for the first block;

means for determining the quantization parameter for the second block based on the received difference value and the quantization parameter for the first block; and

means for decoding the second block based on the determined quantization parameter for the second block.

38. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:

receive a first block of the video data;

receive information to determine a quantization parameter for the first block;

in response to determining that the first block is coded using a color-space transform mode for residual data of the first block, modify the quantization parameter for the first block;

perform a dequantization process for the first block based on the modified quantization parameter for the first block;

receive a second block of the video data;

receive for the second block, a difference value indicating a difference between a quantization parameter for the second block and the quantization parameter for the first block;

determine the quantization parameter for the second block based on the received difference value and the quantization parameter for the first block; and

decode the second block based on the determined quantization parameter for the second block.