Filtering method for performing deblocking filtering on a boundary between an intra pulse code modulation block and a non-intra pulse code modulation block which are adjacent to each other in an image

A decoding apparatus for decoding an image on a block-by-block basis, a block the decoding apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• storage coupled to the at least one processor,
• wherein the at least one processor is configured to perform operations for decoding the image, the operations including:
• determining a second quantization parameter for an Intra Pulse Code Modulation (IPCM) block using a first quantization parameter used for quantizing a non-Intra Pulse Code Modulation (non-IPCM) block, the IPCM block and the non-IPCM block being adjacent to each other in the image;
• determining a filter strength of deblocking filtering using an average of the first quantization parameter and the second quantization parameter;
• and
• performing the deblocking filtering on a boundary between the IPCM block and the non-IPCM block using the determined filter strength of the deblocking filtering,
• wherein the second quantization parameter is determined using difference information indicating a difference between a quantization parameter for a block which is located immediately before a current block to be processed in processing order and a quantization parameter for the current block, the difference information indicating a zero value.