# US 12,120,343 B2 · Method and apparatus for signaling image information, and decoding method and apparatus using same

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- Number: US 12,120,343 B2
- Document ID: US12120343B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/218,390
- Filed: 2023-07-05
- Published: 2023-11-02
- Granted: 2024-10-15
- Earliest claimed: 2011-09-22
- Assignees: LG Electronics Inc.
- Applicants: LG Electronics Inc.
- Inventors: Hendry Hendry; Seungwook Park; Jaehyun Lim; Yongjoon Jeon; Chulkeun Kim; Jungsun Kim; Naeri Park; Byeongmoon Jeon; Joonyoung Park
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12120343B2

## CPC

- H04N 19/577: Motion compensation with bidirectional frame interpolation, i.e. using B-pictures
- H04N 19/423: characterised by memory arrangements (H04N19/433 takes precedence)
- H04N 19/44: Decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video decoders which are asymmetric with respect to the encoder
- H04N 19/46: Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process (H04N19/517, H04N19/68, H04N19/70 take precedence)
- H04N 19/503: involving temporal prediction (adaptive coding with adaptive selection between spatial and temporal predictive coding H04N19/107; adaptive coding with adaptive selection among a plurality of temporal predictive coding modes H04N19/109)
- H04N 19/573: Motion compensation with multiple frame prediction using two or more reference frames in a given prediction direction
- H04N 19/70: characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for signaling image information and to a decoding method using same. The method for signaling image information according to the present invention comprises: a step of performing inter-prediction for a current picture; and a step of signaling information including the result of said inter-prediction and reference picture information indicating reference pictures usable in said inter prediction, wherein said reference picture information contains pieces of picture order count (POC) information of said usable reference pictures. The POC information of said usable reference pictures in said reference picture information is configured such that POCs for the pictures existing before said current picture in terms of a POC sequence are located at the front, and POCs for the pictures existing after said current picture in terms of a POC sequence are located following the POCs located at the front.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A video encoding method performed by an encoding apparatus including at least one of a processor and a memory, the method comprising:
deriving, by the processor, picture order count (POC) values of reference pictures, which are used for inter prediction of a current block, for a reference picture set;
deriving, by the processor, POC information for the reference picture set including the reference pictures based on the POC values; and
encoding, by the processor, video information including the POC information in a slice header,
wherein a POC value of an i-th reference picture is derived based on a POC difference specified by the POC information,
wherein the POC information in the slice header includes POC difference value information,
wherein the POC difference value information specifies the POC difference between a current picture and the i-th reference picture if the i is equal to 0, and
wherein the POC difference value information specifies the POC difference between the i-th reference picture and an (i−1)-th reference picture if the i is greater than 0.

### Claim 2

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing encoded video information generated by a video encoding method, the method comprising:
deriving picture order count (POC) values of reference pictures, which are used for inter prediction of a current block, for a reference picture set;
deriving POC information for the reference picture set including the reference pictures based on the POC values; and
encoding video information including the POC information in a slice header,
wherein a POC value of an i-th reference picture is derived based on a POC difference specified by the POC information,
wherein the POC information in the slice header includes POC difference value information,
wherein the POC difference value information specifies the POC difference between a current picture and the i-th reference picture if the i is equal to 0, and
wherein the POC difference value information specifies the POC difference between the i-th reference picture and an (i−1)-th reference picture if the i is greater than 0.

### Claim 3

A transmission method of data for a video signal, the method comprising:
obtaining a bitstream for the video signal, wherein the bitstream is generated based on deriving picture order count (POC) values of reference pictures, which are used for inter prediction of a current block, for a reference picture set, deriving POC information for the reference picture set including the reference pictures based on the POC values, and encoding video information including the POC information in a slice header; and
transmitting the data comprising the bitstream,
wherein a POC value of an i-th reference picture is derived based on a POC difference specified by the POC information,
wherein the POC information in the slice header includes POC difference value information,
wherein the POC difference value information specifies the POC difference between a current picture and the i-th reference picture if the i is equal to 0, and
wherein the POC difference value information specifies the POC difference between the i-th reference picture and an (i−1)-th reference picture if the i is greater than 0.