Method and device for encoding moving picture and method and device for decoding moving picture

A method of encoding, through motion compensation, a picture included in moving picture data, the method comprising:

• reading, from a storage unit storing a motion vector for motion compensation with the motion vector determined for each of a plurality of encoded pictures included in the moving picture data, a first motion vector as a standard candidate vector, the first motion vector having a first reference block as a reference source, the first reference block being present at a position corresponding to a first block of a plurality of blocks, the plurality of blocks split from an encoding target picture included in the moving picture data, on a first reference picture of the encoded pictures included in the moving picture data, and determining whether a first time interval is longer than a second time interval, the first time interval between a second reference picture including a second reference block as a reference destination of the standard candidate vector or the first reference picture and the encoding target picture and the second time interval between the first reference picture and the second reference picture;
• calculating a co-located vector by setting the standard candidate vector to be the co-located vector of the first block, by setting the first reference picture to be a reference source picture of the co-located vector, and by setting the second reference picture to be a reference destination picture of the co-located vector if the first time interval is shorter than the second time interval;
• calculating the co-located vector by reading from the storage unit a second motion vector having the second reference block as a reference source, by setting a third reference picture including a block of a reference destination of the second motion vector to be the reference destination picture of the co-located vector and by setting the first reference picture to be the reference source picture of the co-located vector if the first time interval is longer than the second time interval;
• seeking a first direct motion vector and a second direct motion vector with respect to the first block by dividing the co-located vector in accordance with a ratio of a time interval between the reference destination picture and the reference source picture to a time interval between the reference destination picture and the encoding target picture;
• generating a first motion compensation image by motion-compensating for the reference destination picture in accordance with the first direct motion vector, generating a second motion compensation image by motion-compensating for the reference source picture in accordance with the second direct motion vector, and generating a prediction image of the first block in accordance with the first motion compensation image and the second motion compensation image;
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• encoding an error signal representing a difference between the prediction image and a corresponding pixel on the first block.

A device for decoding encoded moving picture data, the device comprising:

• a storage unit for storing a motion vector for motion compensation, the motion vector determined for each of a plurality decoded pictures included in the moving picture data;
• a variable-length decoder for reproducing a quantization signal corresponding to a first block by variable-length decoding encoded data corresponding to the first block from among a plurality of blocks split from a decoding target picture included in the moving picture data;
• a picture interval comparator for reading from the storage unit a first motion vector as a standard candidate vector, the first motion vector having a first reference block as a reference source, the first reference block being present at a position corresponding to the first block, on a first reference picture of the decoded pictures, and determining whether a first time interval is longer than a second time interval, the first time interval between a second reference picture including a second reference block as a reference destination of the standard candidate vector or the first reference picture and the decoding target picture and the second time interval between the first reference picture and the second reference picture;
• a co-located vector decider for calculating a co-located vector by setting the standard candidate vector to be the co-located vector of the first block, by setting the first reference picture to be a reference source picture of the co-located vector, and by setting the second reference picture to be a reference destination picture of the co-located vector if the first time interval is shorter than the second time interval, and for calculating the co-located vector by reading from the storage unit a second motion vector having the second reference block as a reference source, by setting a third reference picture including a block of a reference destination of the second motion vector to be the reference destination picture of the co-located vector and by setting the first reference picture to be the reference source picture of the co-located vector if the first time interval is longer than the second time interval;
• a direct motion vector calculator for calculating a first direct motion vector and a second direct motion vector with respect to the first block by dividing the co-located vector in accordance with a ratio of a time interval between the reference destination picture and the reference source picture to a time interval between the reference destination picture and the decoding target picture;
• a prediction image generator for generating a first motion compensation image by motion-compensating for the reference destination picture in accordance with the first direct motion vector, generating a second motion compensation image by motion-compensating for the reference source picture in accordance with the second direct motion vector, and generating a prediction image of the first block in accordance with the first motion compensation image and the second motion compensation image;
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• a decoder for reproducing the first block by reproducing a prediction error signal of each pixel included in the first block through dequantizing and inverse orthogonal-transforming the quantization signal of the first block, and by adding the prediction error signal of each pixel to the value of the corresponding pixel in the prediction image.

A method for decoding encoded moving picture data, the method comprising:

• storing on a storage unit a motion vector for motion compensation, the motion vector determined for each of a plurality of decoded pictures included in the moving picture data;
• reproducing a quantization signal corresponding to a first block by variable-length decoding encoded data corresponding to the first block from among a plurality of blocks split from a decoding target picture included in the moving picture data;
• reading from the storage unit a first motion vector as a standard candidate vector, the first motion vector having a first reference block as a reference source, the first reference block being present at a position corresponding to the first block, on a first reference picture of the decoded pictures, and determining whether a first time interval is longer than a second time interval, the first time interval between a second reference picture including a second reference block as a reference destination of the standard candidate vector or the first reference picture and the decoding target picture and the second time interval between the first reference picture and the second reference picture;
• calculating a co-located vector by setting the standard candidate vector to be the co-located vector of the first block, by setting the first reference picture to be a reference source picture of the co-located vector, and by setting the second reference picture to be a reference destination picture of the co-located vector if the first time interval is shorter than the second time interval, and calculating the co-located vector by reading from the storage unit a second motion vector having the second reference block as a reference source, by setting a third reference picture including a block of a reference destination of the second motion vector to be the reference destination picture of the co-located vector and by setting the first reference picture to be the reference source picture of the co-located vector if the first time interval is longer than the second time interval;
• seeking a first direct motion vector and a second direct motion vector with respect to the first block by dividing the co-located vector in accordance with a ratio of a time interval between the reference destination picture and the reference source picture to a time interval between the reference destination picture and the decoding target picture;
• generating a first motion compensation image by motion-compensating for the reference destination picture in accordance with the first direct motion vector, generating a second motion compensation image by motion-compensating for the reference source picture in accordance with the second direct motion vector, and generating a prediction image of the first block in accordance with the first motion compensation image and the second motion compensation image;
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• reproducing the first block by reproducing a prediction error signal of each pixel included in the first block through dequantizing and inverse orthogonal-transforming the quantization signal of the first block, and by adding the prediction error signal of each pixel to the value of the corresponding pixel in the prediction image.