# US 2020/0288137 A1 · Method for signaling image information, and method for decoding image information using same

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- Number: US 2020/0288137 A1
- Document ID: US20200288137A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/882,045
- Filed: 2020-05-22
- Published: 2020-09-10
- Earliest claimed: 2010-11-25
- Assignees: LG Electronics Inc.
- Applicants: LG Electronics Inc.
- Inventors: Jae Hyun LIM; Seung Wook PARK; Jung Sun KIM; Yong Joon JEON; Joon Young PARK; Byeong Moon JEON
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200288137A1

## CPC

- 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 19/124: Quantisation
- H04N 19/13: Adaptive entropy coding, e.g. adaptive variable length coding [AVLC] or context adaptive binary arithmetic coding [CABAC]
- 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 19/46: Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process (H04N19/517, H04N19/68, H04N19/70 take precedence)
- H04N 19/513: Processing of motion vectors
- H04N 19/61: in combination with predictive coding
- H04N 19/64: characterised by ordering of coefficients or of bits for transmission
- H04N 19/70: characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
- H04N 19/82: involving filtering within a prediction loop
- H04N 19/91: Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of for signaling information on a prediction mode and to a method of for decoding image information using same. A According to the present invention, the method of for signaling prediction mode information, serving according to the present invention, as a method of for signaling image information, includes performingperforming prediction on a current block and signaling the prediction-type information applied to the current block. The signaling of the information includes joint-coding and components of signaling information components constituting the prediction-type information. According to the present invention, overhead may be reduced when information on a prediction is signaled.

## Claims

### Claim 1

(canceled)

### Claim 2

A picture decoding method, by a decoding apparatus, the method comprising:
receiving picture information, wherein the picture information includes a skip flag, a merge flag, prediction mode information and partition mode information;
decoding the skip flag indicating whether a skip mode is applied to a current block;
decoding the prediction mode information and the partition mode information for the current block, based on a value of the skip flag being 0;
determining a prediction mode and a partition type of the current block, based on the prediction mode information and the partition mode information, wherein the prediction mode information indicates an inter prediction mode or an intra prediction mode, and the partition mode information indicates one of partition types including 2N×2N partition type, 2N×N partition type, and N×2N partition type;
decoding the merge flag indicating whether a merge mode is applied to a partition of the current block which is partitioned based on the partition type, based on the skip flag and the prediction mode, wherein the value of the skip flag is 0 and the prediction mode is the inter prediction mode; and
performing inter prediction on the partition of the current block, based on the merge flag,
wherein decoding of the partition mode information is performed between decoding of the skip flag and decoding of the merge flag,
wherein a binary code for the 2N×2N partition type is “1”, a binary code for the 2N×N partition type is “01”, and a binary code for the N×2N partition type is “001”.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein when the merge mode is applied to the partition, a motion vector of a neighboring block to the partition is used as a motion vector of the partition.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein when a value of the merge flag is set equal to 0, a motion vector of the partition is derived based on (i) a motion vector of a neighboring block to the partition, and (ii) an additional motion vector value,
wherein the derived motion vector is obtained by adding the motion vector of the neighboring block and the additional motion vector value, wherein the additional motion vector value is obtained from the picture information.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, further comprising:
receiving a split flag with respect to a coding unit; and
deriving a current coding unit based on the split flag before the decoding the skip flag.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein the current block is the current coding unit.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein N×N partition type is available only when a size of the current coding unit is same as a size of a minimum coding unit.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The method of claim 7, wherein a binary code for the N×N partition type consists of multiple 0 without 1.

### Claim 9

A picture encoding method, by an encoding apparatus, the method comprising:
generating a skip flag indicating whether a skip mode is applied to a current block;
determining a prediction mode and a partition type of the current block, wherein the prediction mode is determined as one of an inter prediction mode or an intra prediction mode, and the partition mode is determined as one of partition types including 2N×2N partition type, 2N×N partition type, and N×2N partition type;
generating prediction mode information and partition mode information based on the prediction mode and the partition type of the current block, based on a value of the skip flag being 0;
generating a merge flag indicating whether a merge mode is applied to a partition of the current block which is partitioned based on the partition type, based on the skip flag and the prediction mode, wherein the value of the skip flag is 0 and the prediction mode is the inter prediction mode; and
encoding picture information including the skip flag, the merge flag, the prediction mode information and the partition mode information,
wherein in the encoded picture information, the partition mode information is configured to be decoded between decoding of the skip flag and decoding of the merge flag,
wherein a binary code for the 2N×2N partition type is “1”, a binary code for the 2N×N partition type is “01”, and a binary code for the N×2N partition type is “001”.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, wherein when the merge mode is applied to the partition, a motion vector of a neighboring block to the partition is used as a motion vector of the partition.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, wherein when a value of the merge flag is set equal to 0, a motion vector of the partition is derived based on (i) a motion vector of a neighboring block to the partition, and (ii) an additional motion vector value,
wherein the derived motion vector is obtained by adding the motion vector of the neighboring block and the additional motion vector value, wherein the additional motion vector value is included in the picture information.

### Claim 12

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing encoded picture information generated by performing:
generating a skip flag indicating whether a skip mode is applied to a current block;
determining a prediction mode and a partition type of the current block, wherein the prediction mode is determined as one of an inter prediction mode or an intra prediction mode, and the partition mode is determined as one of partition types including 2N×2N partition type, 2N×N partition type, and N×2N partition type;
generating prediction mode information and partition mode information based on the prediction mode and the partition type of the current block, based on a value of the skip flag being 0;
generating a merge flag indicating whether a merge mode is applied to a partition of the current block which is partitioned based on the partition type, based on the skip flag and the prediction mode, wherein the value of the skip flag is 0 and the prediction mode is the inter prediction mode; and
encoding picture information including the skip flag, the merge flag, the prediction mode information and the partition mode information,
wherein in the encoded picture information, the partition mode information is configured to be decoded between decoding of the skip flag and decoding of the merge flag,
wherein a binary code for the 2N×2N partition type is “1”, a binary code for the 2N×N partition type is “01”, and a binary code for the N×2N partition type is “001”.