# US 12,604,011 B2 · Video signal encoding/decoding method, and recording medium in which bitstream is stored > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,604,011 B2 - Document ID: US12604011B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/726,585 - Filed: 2023-01-04 - Published: 2025-03-06 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2022-01-05 - Assignees: Kt Corporation - Applicants: Kt Corporation - Inventors: Sung Won Lim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12604011B2 ## CPC - H04N 19/172: the region being a picture, frame or field - 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 19/107: between spatial and temporal predictive coding, e.g. picture refresh - H04N 19/132: Sampling, masking or truncation of coding units, e.g. adaptive resampling, frame skipping, frame interpolation or high-frequency transform coefficient masking - H04N 19/159: Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction - H04N 19/176: the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock - H04N 19/184: the unit being bits, e.g. of the compressed video stream - H04N 19/433: characterised by techniques for memory access - H04N 19/513: Processing of motion vectors - H04N 19/593: involving spatial prediction techniques - H04N 19/70: characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An image decoding method according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: when a random access: is performed, sequentially decoding pictures belonging to a random access group; and outputting, as a reconstructed picture, a last picture from among the pictures belonging to the random access group. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of decoding a video, the method comprising: decoding a plurality of pictures included in a random access group, wherein a size of a completely reconstructed region is gradually increased over the plurality of pictures in the random access group, wherein a completely reconstructed region of a first picture in the random access group consists only of intra-coded regions, wherein a last picture of the random access group is entirely composed of a completely reconstructed region, wherein in response to a current picture being one of the plurality of pictures except for the first picture and the last picture, the current picture consists of a completely reconstructed region and an incompletely coded region, wherein the completely reconstructed region of the current picture consists of an intra coded region and a completely coded region, wherein a size and a position of the completely coded region of the current picture correspond to a completely reconstructed region of a previous coded picture, and wherein information in the incompletely coded region of the current picture is not referred to for decoding the completely reconstructed region of the current picture. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the completely reconstructed region and the incompletely coded region in the current picture is distinguished by a virtual line. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein an in-loop filter is not performed across a boundary between the completely reconstructed region and the incompletely coded region. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the completely coded region in the current picture is reconstructed through at least one of an intra prediction or an inter prediction, and wherein the inter prediction is performed by using a picture whose output order is earlier than that of the current picture in the random access group as a reference picture. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the incompletely coded region in the current picture is not referred to derive motion information of a block included in the completely coded region. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the intra prediction for a block included in the completely reconstructed region is performed based on reference samples, and wherein in response to a position of a reference sample is included in the incompletely coded region in the current picture, it is determined that the position is not available to derive the reference sample. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a prediction type of each of the plurality of pictures in the random access group is a P type. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein when decoding the first picture in the random access group is completed, a decoded picture buffer (DPB) is initialized. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein for an inter coded picture whose output order is later than that of the plurality of pictures in the random access group, only the last picture among the plurality of pictures in the random access group is available as a reference picture for inter prediction. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein in response to a reference picture of a current block in the current picture is one of the plurality of pictures in the random access group, a motion vector of the current block is forced to indicate an inside of a completely reconstructed region in the reference picture. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein in response to a size of the completely reconstructed region in the reference picture being less than that in the current picture and the current block being included in the completely coded region in the current picture, the motion vector of the current block is derived by adding a motion vector difference value to a distance between the current block and the completely reconstructed region in the reference picture. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein information indicating a size of the random access group is explicitly signaled through a bitstream. ### Claim 13 A method of encoding a video, the method comprising: encoding a plurality of pictures included in a random access group, wherein a size of a completely reconstructed region is gradually increased over the plurality of pictures in the random access group, wherein a completely reconstructed region of a first picture in the random access group consists only of intra-coded regions, wherein a last picture of the random access group is entirely composed of a completely reconstructed region, wherein in response to a current picture being one of the plurality of pictures except for the first picture and the last picture, the current picture consists of a completely reconstructed region and an incompletely coded region, wherein the completely reconstructed region of the current picture consists of an intra coded region and a completely coded region, wherein a size and a position of the completely reconstructed region of the current picture correspond to a completely reconstructed region of a previous coded picture, and wherein information in the incompletely coded region of the current picture is not referred to for encoding the completely reconstructed region of the current picture. ### Claim 14 A device for transmitting compressed video data, comprising: a processor configured to obtain the compressed video data by encoding a plurality of pictures in a random access group; and a transmitter configured to transmit the compressed video data, wherein a size of a completely reconstructed region is gradually increased over the plurality of pictures in the random access group, wherein a completely reconstructed region of a first picture in the random access group consists only of intra-coded regions, wherein a last picture of the random access group is entirely composed of a completely reconstructed region, wherein in response to a current picture being one of the plurality of pictures except for the first picture and the last picture, the current picture consists of a completely reconstructed region and an incompletely coded region, wherein the completely reconstructed region of the current picture consists of an intra coded region and a completely coded region, wherein a size and a position of the completely coded region of the current picture correspond to a completely reconstructed region of a previous coded picture, and wherein information in the incompletely coded region of the current picture is not referred to for encoding the completely reconstructed region of the current picture.