# US 2025/0159239 A1 · Image encoding/decoding method and device, and recording medium in which bitstream is stored

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- Number: US 2025/0159239 A1
- Document ID: US20250159239A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 19/023,065
- Filed: 2025-01-15
- Published: 2025-05-15
- Earliest claimed: 2018-03-21
- Assignees: Lx Semicon Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: LX Semicon Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Sung Chang LIM; Jung Won KANG; Ha Hyun LEE; Jin Ho LEE; Hui Yong KIM
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250159239A1

## CPC

- H04N 19/513: Processing of motion vectors
- 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 19/159: Prediction type, e.g. intra-frame, inter-frame or bidirectional frame prediction
- H04N 19/167: Position within a video image, e.g. region of interest [ROI]
- H04N 19/176: the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
- H04N 19/423: characterised by memory arrangements (H04N19/433 takes precedence)
- H04N 19/96: Tree coding, e.g. quad-tree coding
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

The present invention is about an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. According to present invention, a method of decoding an image, the method comprising, loading information of a neighboring block of a current block; decoding a current block using the loaded information of the neighboring block; and saving information of the current block that is decoded.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus, the method comprising:
obtaining image information including intra prediction mode information of a current block indicating an intra prediction mode of the current block;
determining an intra prediction mode candidate of the current block based on a top neighboring block of the current block;
determining an intra prediction mode of the current block based on the intra prediction mode candidate and the intra prediction mode information; and
deriving a prediction sample of the current block based on the intra prediction mode of the current block;
deriving a residual sample of the current block based on a quantization parameter of the current block; and
generating a reconstructed picture based on the prediction sample and the residual sample,
wherein the intra prediction mode candidate of the current block is determined based on whether the top neighboring block of the current block is out of a row boundary of a current coding tree block,
wherein based on the top neighboring block of the current block being out of the current coding tree block row of the current block, the quantization parameter of the current block is derived based on a quantization parameter of a previous coded block of the current block, and
wherein the current block belongs to the current coding tree block.

### Claim 2

An image encoding method performed by an encoding apparatus, the method comprising:
determining an intra prediction mode candidate of a current block based on a top neighboring block of the current block;
determining an intra prediction mode of the current block based on the intra prediction mode candidate;
deriving a prediction sample of the current block based on the intra prediction mode of the current block;
deriving a residual sample of the current block based on the prediction sample;
deriving a transform coefficient based on the residual sample and a quantization parameter of the current block; and
encoding image information including residual information for the transform coefficient and intra prediction mode information of the current block indicating the intra prediction mode of the current block,
wherein the intra prediction mode candidate of the current block is determined based on whether the top neighboring block of the current block is out of a row boundary of a current coding tree block,
wherein based on the top neighboring block of the current block being out of the current coding tree block row of the current block, the quantization parameter of the current block is derived based on a quantization parameter of a previous coded block of the current block, and
wherein the current block belongs to the current coding tree block.

### Claim 3

A transmission method for image data, the method comprising:
obtaining a bitstream of encoded image information, wherein the encoded image information is generated based on determining an intra prediction mode candidate of a current block based on a top neighboring block of the current block, determining an intra prediction mode of the current block based on the intra prediction mode candidate, deriving a prediction sample of the current block based on the intra prediction mode of the current block, deriving a residual sample of the current block based on the prediction sample, deriving a transform coefficient based on the residual sample and a quantization parameter of the current block, and encoding the image information including residual information for the transform coefficient and intra prediction mode information of the current block indicating the intra prediction mode of the current block; and
transmitting the image data comprising the bitstream,
wherein the intra prediction mode candidate of the current block is determined based on whether the top neighboring block of the current block is out of a row boundary of a current coding tree block,
wherein based on the top neighboring block of the current block being out of the current coding tree block row of the current block, the quantization parameter of the current block is derived based on a quantization parameter of a previous coded block of the current block, and
wherein the current block belongs to the current coding tree block.