US 2019/0246118 A1 · METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING IN MERGE MODE

Abstract

A method for video coding using a merge mode by a decoder or encoder. An embodiment of the method includes receiving a current block having a block size, setting a grid pattern based on the block size of the current block, wherein the grid pattern partitions a search region adjacent to the current block into search blocks, and a size of the search blocks is determined according to the block size of the current block, and searching for one or more spatial merge candidates from candidate positions in the search blocks to construct a candidate list that includes the one or more spatial merge candidates.

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Dependent claims

A method for video coding using a merge mode by a decoder or encoder, comprising:

receiving a current block having a block size;
setting a grid pattern based on the block size of the current block, wherein the grid pattern partitions a search region adjacent to the current block into search blocks, and a size of the search blocks is determined according to the block size of the current block;
and
searching for one or more spatial merge candidates from candidate positions in the search blocks to construct a candidate list that includes the one or more spatial merge candidates.

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An apparatus for encoding or decoding video using a merge mode, comprising circuitry configured to:

receive a current block having a block size;
set a grid pattern based on the block size of the current block, wherein the grid pattern partitions a search region adjacent to the current block into search blocks, and a size of the search blocks is determined according to the block size of the current block;
and search for one or more spatial merge candidates from candidate positions in the search blocks to construct a candidate list that includes the one or more spatial merge candidates.

A computer-readable non-transitory medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for video coding using a merge mode, the method comprising:

receiving a current block having a block size;
setting a grid pattern based on the block size of the current block, wherein the grid pattern partitions a search region adjacent to the current block into search blocks, and a size of the search blocks is determined according to the block size of the current block;
and
searching for one or more spatial merge candidates from candidate positions in the search blocks to construct a candidate list that includes the one or more spatial merge candidates.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/205,053Filed 29 Nov 2018

Priority

6 Feb 2018

Published

8 Aug 2019

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Classification6 codes

H04N 19/176
The unit being an image region, e.g. an object: the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
H04N 19/44
Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals: decoders specially adapted therefor, e.g. video…
H04N 19/46
Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals: embedding additional information in the video…
H04N 19/52
By encoding: by predictive encoding

Method and apparatus for video coding in merge mode

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Method and apparatus for video coding in merge mode

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Abstract

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