# US 12,764,299 B2 · Method and device for signaling image information

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- Number: US 12,764,299 B2
- Document ID: US12764299B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/946,256
- Filed: 2024-11-13
- Published: 2025-02-27
- Granted: 2026-10-13
- Earliest claimed: 2019-12-12
- Assignees: LG Electronics Inc.
- Applicants: LG Electronics Inc.
- Inventors: Hendry Hendry; Seunghwan Kim
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12764299B2

## CPC

- H04N 19/136: Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
- 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 19/176: the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
- H04N 19/46: Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process (H04N19/517, H04N19/68, H04N19/70 take precedence)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

An image decoding method performed by a decoding device according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: obtaining prediction-related information and indication information comprising a first flag which indicates whether or not a sample adaptive offset (SAO) process to be applied to a current block is applied at a picture level or a slice level; parsing information related to the SAO process from a picture header or a slice header on the basis of the first flag; generating prediction samples for the current block on the basis of the prediction-related information; generating reconstructed samples for the current block on the basis of the prediction samples; and performing the SAO process for the reconstructed samples on the basis of the information related to the SAO process.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A decoding apparatus for an image decoding, the decoding apparatus comprising:
a memory; and
at least one processor connected to the memory, the at least one processor configured to:
obtain Sample Adaptive Offset (SAO) related flag information indicating whether a SAO procedure for a current block is applied at a picture level or a slice level and prediction related information;
determine from which header among a picture header or a slice header SAO information for the SAO procedure is parsed based on the SAO related flag information;
parse the SAO information for the SAO procedure from the picture header or the slice header based on the determination; and
decode a current block based on the SAO related flag information and the prediction related information,
wherein the current block is decoded based on:
deriving a prediction mode based on the prediction related information,
generating prediction samples for the current block based on the prediction mode,
generating reconstructed samples for the current block based on the prediction samples, and
performing the SAO procedure on the reconstructed samples based on the SAO information for the SAO procedure, and
wherein the SAO related flag information is obtained from a Picture Parameter Set (PPS).

### Claim 2

An encoding apparatus for an image encoding, the encoding apparatus comprising:
a memory; and
at least one processor connected to the memory, the at least one processor configured to:
derive a prediction mode of a current block;
derive prediction samples based on the prediction mode;
generate reconstructed samples based on the prediction samples;
perform a Sample Adaptive Offset (SAO) procedure on the reconstructed samples;
generate SAO information for the SAO procedure;
generate SAO related flag information indicating whether the SAO procedure is applied at a picture level or a slice level; and
encode image information including the SAO related flag information and prediction related information,
wherein the SAO related flag information represents in which header among a picture header or a slice header the SAO information is present, and
wherein the SAO related flag information is included in a Picture Parameter Set (PPS).

### Claim 3

An apparatus for transmitting data for an image, the apparatus comprising:
at least one processor configured to obtain a bitstream for the image, wherein the bitstream is generated based on deriving a prediction mode of a current block, deriving prediction samples based on the prediction mode, generating reconstructed samples based on the prediction samples, performing a Sample Adaptive Offset (SAO) procedure on the reconstructed samples, generating SAO information for the SAO procedure, generating SAO related flag information indicating whether the SAO procedure is applied at a picture level or a slice level, and encoding image information including the SAO related flag information and prediction related information to output the bitstream; and
a transmitter configured to transmit the data comprising the bitstream,
wherein the SAO related flag information represents in which header among a picture header or a slice header the SAO information is present, and
wherein the SAO related flag information is included in a Picture Parameter Set (PPS).