US 2023/0147701 A1 · VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS AND VIDEO DECODING METHOD

Abstract

In coding and decoding of motion vectors of a B slice, in a case that a mode that causes a value of difference between motion vectors of L1 prediction defined in a picture header to be equal to zero is configured, a symmetric motion vector difference mode no longer operates regardless of a reference picture list structure. In a case that multiple slices are present in one picture, coding efficiency significantly decreases depending on a selected reference picture. A mode that causes a difference between motion vectors of L1 prediction of bi-directional prediction switchable per picture to be equal to zero is provided, and in a case that all of referable short-term reference pictures in two reference picture lists are preceding pictures or subsequent pictures, the mode is applicable.

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A video decoding apparatus comprising:

a decoding circuit configured to decode a reference picture list structure for each slice;
and
a prediction circuit configured to derive a reference picture list based on the reference picture list structure, wherein
the decoding circuit derives a symmetric motion vector difference reference index,
the prediction circuit derives a collocated block and a flag,
a motion vector of a target block is derived by using a merge candidate list including the collocated block, and
in a case that a POC difference DiffPicOrderCnt (aPic, CurrPic) between an active reference picture aPic used for decoding the target block in a reference picture list 0 and a reference picture list 1 of a current slice and a current picture CurrPic is smaller than a first threshold, the flag is set equal to a first value, otherwise the flag is set equal to a second value.

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Video decoding apparatus and video decoding method

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