# US 2025/0097433 A1 · Weight derivation of multiple reference line for intra prediction fusion

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- Number: US 2025/0097433 A1
- Document ID: US20250097433A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/962,125
- Filed: 2024-11-27
- Published: 2025-03-20
- Earliest claimed: 2022-07-13
- Assignees: Tencent America LLC
- Applicants: Tencent America LLC
- Inventors: Lien-Fei CHEN; Xin ZHAO; Guichun LI; Shan LIU
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250097433A1

## CPC

- H04N 19/159: Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
- H04N 19/105: Selection of the reference unit for prediction within a chosen coding or prediction mode, e.g. adaptive choice of position and number of pixels used for prediction
- H04N 19/11: among a plurality of spatial predictive coding modes
- 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 19/176: the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
- H04N 19/593: involving spatial prediction techniques
- H04N 19/70: characterised by syntax aspects related to video coding, e.g. related to compression standards
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for video decoding. The apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry applies an intra prediction mode with a multiple reference line (MRL) prediction to a current block. For each weight candidate combination including a respective first weight candidate and a respective second weight candidate in a plurality of weight candidate combinations, a subset of samples in the current block is predicted using intra prediction fusion that is based on a first reference line weighted by the respective first weight candidate and a second reference line weighted by the respective second weight candidate. The subset of samples includes top samples in a top-most row and left samples in a left-most column. A gradient cost is determined based on the predicted subset of samples and reconstructed samples outside the current block. A weight candidate combination is selected based on the gradient costs.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of video decoding in a decoder, comprising:
receiving a coded bitstream comprising a current block in a current picture;
obtaining, from the coded bitstream, prediction information indicating whether an intra prediction mode with a multiple reference line (MRL) prediction is applied to the current block, the current block being predicted based on a first reference line and a second reference line, wherein a first weight candidate is applied to the first reference line and a second weight candidate is applied to the second reference line;
obtaining from the coded bitstream a plurality of weight candidate combinations, each weight candidate combination including a respective first weight candidate and a respective second weight candidate;
for each weight candidate combination,
predicting a subset of samples in the current block using intra prediction fusion that is based on the first reference line weighted by the respective first weight candidate and the second reference line weighted by the respective second weight candidate, wherein the subset of samples includes (i) top samples in a top-most row in the current block and (ii) left samples in a left-most column in the current block;
determining a gradient cost based on the predicted subset of samples in the current block and reconstructed samples outside the current block, the reconstructed samples outside the current block including samples that neighbor the predicted subset of samples in the current block; and
selecting a weight candidate combination based on the determined gradient cost corresponding to each weight candidate combination.