Method and Apparatus of Motion Vector Prediction

An apparatus of video encoding or decoding used by an AVS2 (Second Generation of Audio Video Coding Standard) video encoder or decoder respectively, the apparatus comprising one or more electronic circuits or processors arrange to:

• determine whether a current reference picture pointed by a current motion vector of a current block is one G picture or GB picture;
• determine first motion vectors associated with spatial neighboring blocks of a current block, wherein each first motion vector points from one spatial neighboring block of the current block to one first reference block in one first reference picture;
• for each spatial neighboring block, assign a value of 1 to a first BlockDistance associated with the spatial neighboring block if a corresponding first reference picture both are a G picture or GB picture, wherein the first BlockDistance corresponds to a temporal distance between the spatial neighboring block of the current block and a corresponding reference block pointed by a corresponding first motion vector of the spatial neighboring block of the current block;
• derive motion vector predictor candidates from the first motion vectors by scaling each first motion vector according to a corresponding first BlockDistance and a current BlockDistance, wherein the current BlockDistance corresponds to current a temporal distance between the current block and a current reference block pointed by a current motion vector of the current block;
• determine a final motion vector predictor among the motion vector predictor candidates;
• and
• encode or decode the current motion vector using the final motion vector predictor.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program instructions causing a processing circuit of an apparatus to perform a video coding method, and the method comprising:

• determining whether a current reference picture pointed by a current motion vector of a current block is one G picture or GB picture;
• determining first motion vectors associated with spatial neighboring blocks of a current block, wherein each first motion vector points from one spatial neighboring block of the current block to one first reference block in one first reference picture;
• for each spatial neighboring block, assigning a value of 1 to a first BlockDistance associated with the spatial neighboring block if a corresponding first reference picture both are a G picture or GB picture, wherein the first BlockDistance corresponds to a temporal distance between the spatial neighboring block of the current block and a corresponding reference block pointed by a corresponding first motion vector of the spatial neighboring block of the current block;
• deriving motion vector predictor candidates from the first motion vectors by scaling each first motion vector according to a corresponding first BlockDistance and a current BlockDistance, wherein the current BlockDistance corresponds to current a temporal distance between the current block and a current reference block pointed by a current motion vector of the current block;
• determining a final motion vector predictor among the motion vector predictor candidates;
• and
• encoding or decoding the current motion vector using the final motion vector predictor.