# US 11,451,822 B2 · Video decoding method and apparatus and video encoding method and apparatus

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- Number: US 11,451,822 B2
- Document ID: US11451822B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/228,197
- Filed: 2021-04-12
- Published: 2021-08-19
- Granted: 2022-09-20
- Earliest claimed: 2018-02-28
- Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Seungsoo Jeong; Minwoo Park; Yumi Sohn; Kiho Choi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11451822B2

## CPC

- H04N 19/52: by predictive encoding
- H04N 19/53: Multi-resolution motion estimation; Hierarchical motion estimation
- 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
- H04N 19/109: among a plurality of temporal predictive coding modes
- H04N 19/176: the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
- H04N 19/523: with sub-pixel accuracy
- H04N 19/70: characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

Provided are a video encoding and decoding method and apparatus for obtaining, in a video encoding and decoding process, motion vector resolution information from a bit stream by using a high-level syntax which is a group of information that is applied to a predefined data unit group; determining a motion vector resolution of a current block included in the predefined data unit group based on the motion vector resolution information; determining a prediction motion vector of the current block to be a motion vector of a candidate block from among at least one candidate block, based on the motion vector resolution of the current block; and determining a motion vector of the current block by using the prediction motion vector of the current block.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A video decoding method comprising:
obtaining, from a bitstream, a motion vector difference resolution index;
obtaining motion vector difference resolution set information;
determining a motion vector difference resolution of a current block, based on the motion vector difference resolution index and the motion vector difference resolution set information;
obtaining, from the bitstream, motion vector difference of the current block;
adjusting the motion vector difference based on the motion vector difference resolution; and
obtaining a motion vector of the current block by using a prediction motion vector and the adjusted motion vector difference,
wherein the motion vector difference resolution set information indicates one motion vector difference resolution set among a plurality of motion vector difference resolution sets, the one motion vector difference resolution set including a plurality of motion vector difference resolutions,
wherein the plurality of motion vector difference resolutions are predetermined and the motion vector difference resolution index corresponds to one motion vector difference resolution among the plurality of motion vector difference resolutions included in the motion vector difference resolution set which is indicated by the motion vector difference resolution set information,
wherein the motion vector difference resolution set information is obtained by using information included in a sequence parameter set.