Method and apparatus for decoding/encoding a video signal using inter-layer prediction
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsByeong Moon Jeon, Seung Wook Park
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Abstract
A method of decoding a current layer using inter-layer prediction is disclosed. The present invention includes obtaining a first flag information indicating whether a current block of the current layer is coded using the inter-layer prediction, obtaining a quality identification information identifying a quality of the current block, obtaining a second flag information based on the first flag information and the quality identification information, the second flag information indicating whether a reference block is included in a specific slice of a reference layer, and decoding the current block based on the second flag information.
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A method of decoding an enhanced layer of a scalable video coded bitstream using inter-layer prediction, comprising:
- obtaining inter-layer prediction information from the scalable video coded bitstream, the inter-layer prediction information indicating whether the inter-layer prediction is used for decoding a current slice in the enhanced layer;
- obtaining quality identification information from the scalable video coded bitstream, the quality identification information identifying an image quality of a picture including the current slice;
- obtaining prediction restriction information from a header area of the current slice when the inter-layer prediction information indicates that the inter-layer prediction is used for the current slice and the quality identification information identifies that the current slice has a lowest image quality among slices in the scalable video coded bitstream, the prediction restriction information indicating whether an intra-coded sample of a reference block in a base layer is used for deriving a prediction value of a current block in the enhanced layer when the reference block overlaps with at least two slices in the base layer, the reference block being referred by the current block in the current slice;
- checking whether the reference block overlaps with the at least two slices in the base layer;
- deriving the prediction value of the current block using a prediction mode other than an intra-base prediction mode when the prediction restriction information indicates that the intra-coded sample of the reference block is not used for deriving the prediction value of the current block and the reference block overlaps with the at least two slices in the base layer, the intra-base prediction mode indicating the prediction mode for deriving the prediction value of the current block from the intra-coded sample of the reference block;
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- reconstructing the current block using the prediction value of the current block.
An apparatus of decoding an enhanced layer of a scalable video coded bitstream using inter-layer prediction, comprising;
- first enhanced layer decoding unit to obtain inter-layer prediction information and quality identification information from the scalable video coded bitstream, the inter-layer prediction information indicating whether the inter-layer prediction is used for decoding a current slice in the enhanced layer, the quality identification information identifying an image quality of the current slice;
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- second enhanced layer decoding unit to obtain prediction restriction information from a header area of the current slice when the inter-layer prediction information indicates that the inter-layer prediction is used for the current slice and the quality identification information identifies that the current slice has a lowest image quality among slices in the scalable video coded bitstream, the prediction restriction information indicating whether an intra-coded sample of a reference block in a base layer is used for deriving a prediction value of a current block in the enhance layer when the reference block overlaps with at least two slices in the base layer, the reference block being referred by the current block in the current slice;
- third enhanced layer decoding unit to check whether the reference block overlaps with the at least two slices in the base layer;
- fourth enhanced layer decoding unit to derive the prediction value of the current block using a prediction mode other than an intra-base prediction mode when the prediction restriction information indicates that the intra-coded sample of the reference block is not used for deriving the prediction value of the current block and the reference block overlaps with the at least two slices in the base layer, the intra-base prediction mode indicating the prediction mode for deriving the prediction value of the current block from the intra-coded sample of the reference block, the fourth enhance layer decoding unit reconstructing the current block using the prediction value of the current block.
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