Method and apparatus for encoding video using variable partitions for predictive encoding, and method and apparatus for decoding video using variable partitions for predictive encoding

An apparatus of encoding video, the apparatus comprising:

• an encoder configured to split a picture into a plurality of maximum coding units including a maximum coding unit, hierarchically split the maximum coding unit into one or more coding units, determine one or more prediction units in a coding unit among the one more coding units, determine one or more transform units in the coding unit, perform prediction on a prediction unit among the one or more prediction units in the coding unit and inverse-transformation on the one or more transform units in the coding unit, and generate a reconstructed coding unit based on the prediction and the inverse-transformation;
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• an outputter configured to generate a bitstream including data of the picture, information about a size of the maximum coding unit, partition type information of the coding unit, and split information of the coding unit,
• wherein the partition type information is determined based on a size of the coding unit and indicates one of symmetric type and asymmetric type partitioning of the one or more prediction units.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium for storing data associated with a video, comprising a bitstream stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium, the bitstream including:

• split information of a coding unit for hierarchically splitting a maximum coding unit among a plurality of maximum coding units into one of more coding units,
• information about a size of a maximum coding unit for splitting a picture into the plurality of maximum coding units including the maximum coding unit,
• a last significant coefficient flag indicating whether a non-zero effective transformation coefficient is a last non-zero effective transformation coefficient for a transformation residual block, and
• partition type information of the coding unit, wherein the partition type information is determined based on a size of the coding unit among the one more coding units and indicates one of symmetric type and asymmetric type partitioning of one or more prediction units in the coding unit.