US 9,438,915 B1 · Selection of transform size in video coding

Abstract

Blocks of a frame of a video stream can be encoded using various prediction modes followed by transforming the predicted blocks. Increasing coding efficiency may be achieved by indicating a default transform mode in a frame header. The default transform mode is a maximum transform size for all blocks of the frame or a per-block transform mode that determined the transform size on a per-block basis. For encoded blocks of the frame, identify a prediction mode is identified by inspecting a block header of a current encoded block, the block header of the current encoded block is inspected if the default transform mode is the per-block transform mode so as to identify a transform size for the current encoded block, and otherwise the transform size for the current encoded block is the maximum transform size, and the current encoded block is decoded using the prediction mode and the transform mode.

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Dependent claims

A method for decoding an encoded video bitstream having a plurality of frames in a sequence, the method comprising:

identifying a default transform mode for a current frame of a plurality of frames by inspecting a frame header of the current frame;
and
for a plurality of encoded blocks of the current frame:
identifying a prediction mode by inspecting a block header of a current encoded block of the plurality of encoded blocks;
identifying a transform size for the current encoded block by inspecting the block header of the current encoded block if the default transform mode is a per-block transform mode;
identifying the transform size for the current encoded block as a frame-level transform size associated with the default transform mode if the default transform mode is not the per-block transform mode;
inverse transforming the current encoded block using the transform size to obtain a current inverse transformed block;
and
using a processor, decoding the current inverse transformed block using the identified prediction mode.

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An apparatus for decoding an encoded video bitstream having a plurality of frames in a sequence, the apparatus comprising:

a memory;
and
a processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to:
identify a default transform mode for a current frame of a plurality of frames by inspecting a frame header of the current frame;
and
for a plurality of encoded blocks of the current frame:
identify a prediction mode by inspecting a block header of a current encoded block of the plurality of encoded blocks;
identify a transform size for the current encoded block by inspecting the block header of the current encoded block if the default transform mode is a per-block transform mode;
identify the transform size for the current encoded block as a frame-level transform size associated with the default transform mode if the default transform mode is not the per-block transform mode;
inverse transform the current encoded block using the transform size to obtain a current inverse transformed block;
and
decode the current inverse transformed block using the identified prediction mode.

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An apparatus for decoding an encoded video bitstream having a plurality of frames in a sequence, the apparatus comprising:

a memory;
and
a processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to:
identify a default transform mode for a current frame of a plurality of frames by inspecting a frame header of the current frame, the default transform mode being one of a maximum transform size for all blocks of the current frame or the default transform mode is a per-block transform mode wherein a transform size is determined on a per-block basis;
and
for a plurality of encoded blocks of the current frame:
identify a prediction mode by inspecting a block header of a current encoded block of the plurality of encoded blocks;
inspect the block header of the current encoded block if the default transform mode is the per-block transform mode to identify a transform size for the current encoded block, otherwise the transform size for the current encoded block is the maximum transform size;
and
decode the current encoded block using the prediction mode and the transform mode for the current encoded block.

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Selection of transform size in video coding

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