Methods and apparatuses for coding and decoding depth map

• US 10,034,021 B2
• Filed: 07/09/2015
• Issued: 07/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zheng, Xiaozhen
• Primary Examiner(s): Perungavoor, Sath V
• Assistant Examiner(s): Xu, Xiaolan
• Application Number:
  US14/795,746
• Publication Number:
  US 20150312592A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,111 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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 19/139 Analysis of motion vectors, e.g. their magnitude, direction, variance or reliability
• 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 19/59 involving spatial sub-sampling or interpolation, e.g. alteration of picture size or resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/593 involving spatial prediction techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/597 specially adapted for multi-view video sequence encoding

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatuses for coding and decoding a depth map. The coding method includes: obtaining prediction data corresponding to a current image block of the depth map, obtaining a predicted pixel value from the prediction data according to a preset step, and calculating a first average value of the prediction data according to the predicted pixel value, where the preset step is a positive integer except 1; obtaining a residual of the current image block according to the first average value of the prediction data and a pixel value of a pixel of the current image block; and coding the residual of the current image block. In this way, coding and decoding efficiency can be improved.

Claims

1. A method for coding a depth map provided by one or more processing modules and a coding module executing instructions stored in a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium so as to configure the modules to provide the method of:

obtaining, by a first processing module, prediction data of a current image block of the depth map;

determining, by the first processing module, according to an intra-frame prediction mode of the current image block, that the intra-frame prediction mode belongs to a preset intra-frame prediction mode set;

obtaining, by the first processing module, a predicted pixel value from the prediction data according to a preset step;

calculating, by the first processing module, a first average value of the prediction data according to the predicted pixel value, wherein the preset step is determined based on a size of the current image block;

obtaining, by a second processing module, a residual of the current image block according to the first average value of the prediction data and a pixel value of a pixel of the current image block; and

coding, by a coding module, the residual of the current image block.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the residual of the current image block comprises one selected from the group consisting of:

(a) performing a difference operation between the pixel value of the pixel of the current image block and the first average value of the prediction data of the current image block to obtain the residual of the current image block; and

(b) determining a second average value of the data of the current image block according to the predicted pixel value of the predicted data of the current image block, and performing a difference operation between the second average value of the data of the current image block and the first average value of reference data of the current image block to obtain the residual of the current image block.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising coding a value of the preset step.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the preset step is used to identify an interval between position coordinates of the prediction data.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the coding the residual of the current image block comprises:

mapping the residual to a mapping value of the residual, wherein a number of bits that represent the mapping value of the residual is less than a number of bits that represent the residual; and

coding the mapping value of the residual.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the intra-frame prediction mode set comprises at least one of the following intra-frame prediction modes:

a direct current (DC) mode;

a Planar mode;

an explicit Wedgelet mode; and

an intra-predicted Wedgelet partitioning mode.

7. A method for decoding a depth map provided by processing and decoding modules executing instructions stored in a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium so as to configure the modules to provide the method of:

obtaining, by a processing module, prediction data of a current image block of the depth map;

determining, by the processing module, according to an intra-frame prediction mode of the current image block, that the intra-frame prediction mode belongs to a preset intra-frame prediction mode set;

obtaining, by the processing module, a predicted pixel value from the prediction data according to a preset step;

calculating, by the processing module, a first average value of the prediction data according to the predicted pixel value, wherein the preset step is determined based on a size of the current image block;

obtaining, by a decoding module, a residual of the current image block; and

obtaining, by the decoding module, a pixel value of a pixel of the current image block according to the first average value of the prediction data and the residual of the current image block.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the obtaining a pixel value of a pixel of the current image block according to the first average value of the prediction data and the residual of the current image block comprises one selected from the group consisting of:

(a) adding the first average value of the prediction data of the current image block and the residual of the current image block to obtain the pixel value of the pixel of the current image block; and

(b) adding the first average value of the prediction data of the current image block and the residual to obtain an average pixel value of the current image block, and using the average pixel value of the current image block as the pixel value of the pixel of the current image block.

9. The method according to claim 7, further comprising parsing a bitstream to obtain a value that identifies the step.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein the preset step is used to identify an interval between position coordinates of the prediction data.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein the obtaining a residual of the current image block comprises:

performing decoding processing on a coding result of the current image block to obtain a mapping value of the residual of the current image block; and

mapping the mapping value of the residual to the residual, and using the residual as the residual of the current image block, wherein the number of bits that represent the mapping value of the residual is less than the number of bits that represent the residual.

12. The method according to claim 7, wherein the intra-frame prediction mode set comprises at least one of the following intra-frame prediction modes:

a direct current (DC) mode;

a Planar mode;

an explicit Wedgelet mode; and

an intra-predicted Wedgelet partitioning mode.

13. An apparatus for coding a depth map comprising a processor and memory with stored instructions such that when the instructions are executed by the processor, the processor is configured to:

obtain prediction data of a current image block of the depth map;

determine, according to an intra-frame prediction mode of the current image block, that the intra-frame prediction mode belongs to a preset intra-frame prediction mode set;

obtain a predicted pixel value from the prediction data according to a preset step;

calculate a first average value of the prediction data according to the predicted pixel value, wherein the preset step is determined based on a size of the current image block;

obtain a residual of the current image block according to the first average value of the prediction data and a pixel value of a pixel of the current image block; and

code the residual of the current image block.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to perform one selected from the group consisting of:

(a) perform a difference operation between the pixel value of the pixel of the current image block and the first average value of the prediction data of the current image block to obtain the residual of the current image block; and

(b) determine a second average value of the data of the current image block according to the predicted pixel value of the predicted data of the current image block, and perform a difference operation between the second average value of the data of the current image block and the first average value of the prediction data of the current image block to obtain the residual of the current image block.

15. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to code a value of the preset step.

16. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the preset step is used to identify an interval between position coordinates of the prediction data.

17. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to map the residual to a mapping value of the residual, wherein a number of bits that represent the mapping value of the residual is less than a number of bits that represent the residual, and code the mapping value of the residual.

18. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the intra-frame prediction mode set comprises at least one of the following intra-frame prediction modes:

a direct current (DC) mode;

a Planar mode;

an explicit Wedgelet mode; and

an intra-predicted Wedgelet partitioning mode.

19. An apparatus for decoding a depth map comprising a processor and a memory with stored instructions such that when the instructions are executed by the processor, the processor is configured to:

obtain prediction data of a current image block of the depth map;

determine, according to an intra-frame prediction mode of the current image block, that the intra-frame prediction mode belongs to a preset intra-frame prediction mode set;

obtain a predicted pixel value from the prediction data according to a preset step;

calculate a first average value of the prediction data according to the predicted pixel value, wherein the preset step is determined based on a size of the current image block; and

obtain a residual of the current image block, and obtain a pixel value of a pixel of the current image block according to the first average value of the prediction data and the residual of the current image block.

20. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to perform one selected from the group consisting of:

(a) add the first average value of the prediction data of the current image block and the residual of the current image block to obtain the pixel value of the pixel of the current image block; and

(b) add the first average value of the prediction data of the current image block and the residual to obtain an average pixel value of the current image block, and use the average pixel value of the current image block as the pixel value of the pixel of the current image block.

21. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to parse a bitstream to obtain a value that identifies the step.

22. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the preset step is used to identify an interval between position coordinates of the prediction data.

23. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to perform decoding processing on a coding result of the current image block to obtain a mapping value of the residual of the current image block, map the mapping value of the residual to the residual of the current image block, and use the mapping value of the residual as the residual of the current image block, wherein a number of bits that represent the mapping value of the residual is less than a number of bits that represent the residual.

24. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the intra-frame prediction mode set comprises at least one of the following intra-frame prediction modes:

a direct current (DC) mode;

a Planar mode;

an explicit Wedgelet mode; and

an intra-predicted Wedgelet partitioning mode.