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US 2024/0187602 A1Published application
In-loop filtering-based image coding apparatus and method
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJunghak NAM, Jangwon CHOI
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Abstract
According to an embodiment of the present document, a method for increasing the accuracy of in-loop filtering is proposed. In an example, the filtering accuracy of chroma blocks can be improved on the basis of luma blocks by performing a cross component adaptive loop filtering process.
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An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus, comprising:
- obtaining image information including prediction related information and residual information through a bitstream;
- generating prediction samples based on the prediction related information;
- deriving quantized transform coefficients based on the residual information;
- deriving transform coefficients based on a dequantization process for the quantized transform coefficients;
- deriving residual samples based on an inverse transform process for the transform coefficients;
- generating reconstructed samples based on the prediction samples and the residual samples, wherein the reconstructed samples include reconstructed luma samples and reconstructed chroma samples;
- deriving ALF filter coefficients for an adaptive loop filtering (ALF) process of the reconstructed chroma samples;
- generating filtered reconstructed chroma samples based on the reconstructed chroma samples and the ALF filter coefficients;
- deriving cross-component filter coefficients for cross-component filtering;
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- generating modified filtered reconstructed chroma samples based on the reconstructed luma samples, the filtered reconstructed chroma samples, and the cross-component filter coefficients,
- wherein the image information includes a sequence parameter set (SPS), header information and an adaptation parameter set (APS) including ALF data,
- wherein the SPS includes a cross-component adaptive loop filter (CCALF) enabled flag related to whether the cross-component filtering is enabled,
- wherein the cross-component filter coefficients are derived based on the ALF data,
- wherein the header information includes a first flag related to whether the CCALF is enabled for a Cb color component of the filtered reconstructed chroma samples,
- wherein based on the determination that a value of the first flag is 1, the header information includes information related to an identifier of the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component,
- wherein the ALF data included in the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component include a Cb filter signal flag related to whether the cross-component filters for the Cb color component are signaled,
- wherein based on the Cb filter signal flag, the ALF data included in the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component include information related to the number of cross-component filters for the Cb color component,
- wherein based on the information related to the number of cross-component filters for the Cb color component, the ALF data included in the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component include information on absolute values of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component and information on signs of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component, and
- wherein the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component are derived based on the information on the absolute values of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component and the information on the signs of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component.
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An image encoding method performed by an encoding apparatus, comprising:
- generating prediction samples for a current block;
- generating prediction related information based on the prediction samples;
- generating residual samples for the current block based on the prediction samples;
- deriving transform coefficients based on a transform process for the residual samples;
- deriving quantized transform coefficients based on a quantization process for the transform coefficients;
- generating residual information indicating the quantized transform coefficients;
- generating reconstructed samples based on the residual information;
- generating adaptive loop filter (ALF)-related information and cross-component ALF (CCALF)-related information for the reconstructed samples;
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- encoding image information including the prediction related information, the residual information, the ALF-related information, and the CCALF-related information,
- wherein the image information includes a sequence parameter set (SPS), header information and an adaptation parameter set (APS) including ALF data,
- wherein the SPS includes a CCAFL enabled flag related to whether the cross-component filtering is enabled,
- wherein the header information includes a first flag related to whether the CCALF is enabled for a Cb color component of the filtered reconstructed chroma samples,
- wherein cross-component filter coefficients are represented based on the ALF data,
- wherein based on the determination that a value of the first flag is 1, the header information includes information related to an identifier of the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component,
- wherein the ALF data included in the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component include a Cb filter signal flag related to whether cross-component filters for the Cb color component are signaled,
- wherein based on the Cb filter signal flag, the ALF data included in the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component include information related to the number of cross-component filters for the Cb color component,
- wherein based on the information related to the number of cross-component filters for the Cb color component, the ALF data included in the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component include information on absolute values of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component and information on signs of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component, and
- wherein the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component are derived based on the information on the absolute values of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component and the information on the signs of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component.
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A transmission method of data for an image, the method comprising:
- obtaining a bitstream for the image, wherein the bitstream is generated based on generating prediction samples for a current block, generating prediction related information based on the prediction samples, generating residual samples for the current block based on the prediction samples, deriving transform coefficients based on a transform process for the residual samples, deriving quantized transform coefficients based on a quantization process for the transform coefficients, generating residual information indicating the quantized transform coefficients, generating reconstructed samples based on the residual information, generating adaptive loop filter (ALF)-related information and cross-component ALF (CCALF)-related information for the reconstructed samples, and encoding image information including the prediction related information, the residual information, the ALF-related information, and the CCALF-related information;
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- transmitting the data comprising the bitstream,
- wherein the image information includes header information and an adaptation parameter set (APS) including ALF data,
- wherein the SPS includes a CCAFL enabled flag related to whether the cross-component filtering is enabled,
- wherein the header information includes a first flag related to whether the CCALF is enabled for a Cb color component of the filtered reconstructed chroma samples,
- wherein cross-component filter coefficients are represented based on the ALF data,
- wherein based on the determination that a value of the first flag is 1, the header information includes information related to an identifier of the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component,
- wherein the ALF data included in the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component include a Cb filter signal flag related to whether cross-component filters for the Cb color component are signaled,
- wherein based on the Cb filter signal flag, the ALF data included in the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component include information related to the number of cross-component filters for the Cb color component,
- wherein based on the information related to the number of cross-component filters for the Cb color component, the ALF data included in the APS for deriving the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component include information on absolute values of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component and information on signs of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component, and
- wherein the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component are derived based on the information on the absolute values of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component and the information on the signs of the cross-component filter coefficients for the Cb color component.
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