WO2018105582A1 - Dispositif de codage, dispositif de décodage, procédé de codage et procédé de décodage - Google Patents

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WO2018105582A1
WO2018105582A1 PCT/JP2017/043560 JP2017043560W WO2018105582A1 WO 2018105582 A1 WO2018105582 A1 WO 2018105582A1 JP 2017043560 W JP2017043560 W JP 2017043560W WO 2018105582 A1 WO2018105582 A1 WO 2018105582A1
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  • the present disclosure relates to an encoding device that encodes moving image information.
  • H.264 265 exists.
  • H. H.265 is also called HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding).
  • the present disclosure provides an encoding apparatus and the like that can support the reduction of the code amount related to a moving image.
  • An encoding apparatus is an encoding apparatus that encodes moving image information, and includes a memory and a circuit that can access the memory, and the circuit that can access the memory includes: , One or more reference blocks included in the first reference picture constituting the first reference picture list of the two reference picture lists for bi-prediction, and the second reference picture of the two reference picture lists
  • Each of a plurality of reference blocks including one or more reference blocks included in a second reference picture constituting a list is mapped to a corresponding region in an encoding target image according to a motion vector of the reference block, and the corresponding region is If it overlaps the encoding target block in the encoding target image, the motion vector of the reference block mapped to the corresponding region
  • a candidate motion vector is derived as one of a plurality of candidate motion vectors for the prediction motion vector of the encoding target block, the prediction motion vector is selected from the plurality of candidate motion vectors, and the prediction motion vector is And encoding the information of the encoding target block
  • the encoding apparatus and the like can support the reduction of the code amount related to a moving image.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the encoding apparatus according to Embodiment 1.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of block division in the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 3 is a table showing conversion basis functions corresponding to each conversion type.
  • FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating an example of the shape of a filter used in ALF.
  • FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating another example of the shape of a filter used in ALF.
  • FIG. 4C is a diagram illustrating another example of the shape of a filter used in ALF.
  • FIG. 5A is a diagram illustrating 67 intra prediction modes in intra prediction.
  • FIG. 5B is a flowchart for explaining the outline of the predicted image correction process by the OBMC process.
  • FIG. 5A is a diagram illustrating 67 intra prediction modes in intra prediction.
  • FIG. 5B is a flowchart for explaining the outline of the predicted image correction process by the OBMC process.
  • FIG. 5A is a
  • FIG. 5C is a conceptual diagram for explaining the outline of the predicted image correction process by the OBMC process.
  • FIG. 5D is a diagram illustrating an example of FRUC.
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining pattern matching (bilateral matching) between two blocks along the motion trajectory.
  • FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining pattern matching (template matching) between a template in the current picture and a block in the reference picture.
  • FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a model assuming constant velocity linear motion.
  • FIG. 9A is a diagram for explaining derivation of a motion vector in units of sub-blocks based on motion vectors of a plurality of adjacent blocks.
  • FIG. 9B is a diagram for explaining the outline of the motion vector deriving process in the merge mode.
  • FIG. 9A is a diagram for explaining derivation of a motion vector in units of sub-blocks based on motion vectors of a plurality of adjacent blocks.
  • FIG. 9B is a diagram for explaining the outline of
  • FIG. 9C is a conceptual diagram for explaining an outline of DMVR processing.
  • FIG. 9D is a diagram for describing an overview of a predicted image generation method using luminance correction processing by LIC processing.
  • FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the decoding apparatus according to the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram showing adjacent blocks and motion vectors of adjacent blocks.
  • FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram showing the co-located block and the motion vector of the co-located block.
  • FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram showing an ATMVP block and a motion vector of the ATMVP block.
  • FIG. 14 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of the relationship among the encoding target block, the adjacent block, and the range of the moving object.
  • FIG. 14 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of the relationship among the encoding target block, the adjacent block, and the range of the moving object.
  • FIG. 15 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of an inappropriate ATMVP block.
  • FIG. 16 is a block diagram more specifically showing the functional configuration of the encoding apparatus according to Embodiment 1.
  • FIG. 17 is a block diagram more specifically showing the functional configuration of the decoding apparatus according to the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 18A is a conceptual diagram illustrating candidate motion vectors derived from the bi-predicted co-located block included in the L0 reference picture list.
  • FIG. 18B is a conceptual diagram illustrating candidate motion vectors derived from the bi-predicted co-located block included in the L1 reference picture list.
  • FIG. 19A is a conceptual diagram illustrating candidate motion vectors derived from a uni-predicted co-located block included in the L0 reference picture list.
  • FIG. 19B is a conceptual diagram illustrating candidate motion vectors derived from a uni-predicted co-located block included in the L1 reference picture list.
  • FIG. 20A is a conceptual diagram illustrating candidate motion vectors derived from a bi-predicted co-located block included in the L0 reference picture list for a bi-predictive encoding target block in only one direction.
  • FIG. 20B is a conceptual diagram illustrating candidate motion vectors derived from the bi-predicted co-located block included in the L1 reference picture list for a bi-predictive encoding target block in only one direction.
  • FIG. 21A is a conceptual diagram showing candidate motion vectors derived from ATMVP blocks included in the L0 reference picture list.
  • FIG. 21B is a conceptual diagram showing candidate motion vectors derived from ATMVP blocks included in the L1 reference picture list.
  • FIG. 22 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a plurality of groups related to a plurality of candidate motion vectors.
  • FIG. 23 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a block for deriving a spatial candidate motion vector.
  • FIG. 24 is a conceptual diagram illustrating mapping of blocks included in the L0 reference picture list and blocks included in the L1 reference picture list.
  • FIG. 25 is a conceptual diagram showing an empty area.
  • FIG. 26 is a conceptual diagram showing an overlapping area.
  • FIG. 27 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of an encoding target block and a corresponding region.
  • FIG. 28 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of an encoding target block and two corresponding areas.
  • FIG. 29 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of an encoding target block, a plurality of adjacent blocks, and a plurality of corresponding regions.
  • FIG. 30 is a conceptual diagram illustrating blocks defined as coding units and sub-blocks defined with a predetermined size.
  • FIG. 31 is a block diagram illustrating an implementation example of the coding apparatus according to Embodiment 1.
  • FIG. 32A is a flowchart illustrating a first operation example regarding derivation of a candidate motion vector at the time of encoding a moving image.
  • FIG. 32B is a flowchart illustrating a second operation example regarding derivation of a candidate motion vector at the time of encoding a moving image.
  • FIG. 32A is a flowchart illustrating a first operation example regarding derivation of a candidate motion vector at the time of encoding a moving image.
  • FIG. 32B is a flowchart illustrating a second operation example regarding derivation of a candidate motion vector at the time of en
  • FIG. 32C is a flowchart illustrating a third operation example regarding derivation of a candidate motion vector at the time of encoding a moving image.
  • FIG. 33 is a block diagram illustrating an implementation example of the decoding apparatus according to the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 34A is a flowchart illustrating a first operation example regarding derivation of a candidate motion vector when decoding a moving image.
  • FIG. 34B is a flowchart illustrating a second operation example regarding derivation of candidate motion vectors at the time of decoding a moving image.
  • FIG. 34C is a flowchart illustrating a third operation example regarding derivation of candidate motion vectors at the time of decoding a moving image.
  • FIG. 34A is a flowchart illustrating a first operation example regarding derivation of a candidate motion vector when decoding a moving image.
  • FIG. 34B is a flowchart illustrating a second operation example regarding derivation of candidate motion vectors at the time of decoding a moving
  • FIG. 35 is an overall configuration diagram of a content supply system that implements a content distribution service.
  • FIG. 36 is a diagram illustrating an example of an encoding structure at the time of scalable encoding.
  • FIG. 37 is a diagram illustrating an example of a coding structure at the time of scalable coding.
  • FIG. 38 shows an example of a web page display screen.
  • FIG. 39 is a diagram showing an example of a web page display screen.
  • FIG. 40 is a diagram illustrating an example of a smartphone.
  • FIG. 41 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a smartphone.
  • Inter-frame prediction may be used in coding blocks constituting a moving image. Inter-screen prediction is also called motion compensation.
  • the encoding apparatus detects (estimates) the motion of the moving image to detect the motion vector of the encoding target block. Then, the encoding device generates a prediction image of the encoding target block with reference to an image indicated by the motion vector of the encoding target block in a reference picture that is temporally different from the encoding target block. Then, the encoding device encodes a difference image between the image of the encoding target block and the predicted image of the encoding target block.
  • the encoding device may encode the motion vector of the encoding target block.
  • the decoding apparatus decodes the motion vector and the difference image of the decoding target block, and decodes the decoding target block using the motion vector and the difference image of the decoding target block.
  • the decoding device refers to an image indicated by a motion vector of a decoding target block in a reference picture that is temporally different from the decoding target block, and generates a prediction image of the decoding target block. Then, the decoding apparatus reconstructs the image of the decoding target block by adding the prediction image of the decoding target block and the difference image of the decoding target block.
  • the encoding apparatus may encode a differential motion vector between the motion vector of the encoding target block and the predicted motion vector of the encoding target block in encoding the motion vector of the encoding target block.
  • the encoding device derives a plurality of candidate motion vectors for the predicted motion vector from the plurality of motion vectors of the plurality of blocks.
  • the plurality of blocks include, for example, a plurality of blocks spatially different from the encoding target block and one block temporally different from the encoding target block.
  • the encoding device encodes a motion vector predictor index for specifying a motion vector predictor from among a plurality of candidate motion vectors.
  • the decoding device decodes the differential motion vector and the predicted motion vector index of the decoding target block.
  • the decoding device derives a plurality of candidate motion vectors for the predicted motion vector from the plurality of motion vectors of the plurality of blocks.
  • the plurality of blocks correspond to the plurality of blocks used for derivation of the plurality of candidate motion vectors at the time of encoding, for example, a plurality of blocks spatially different from the decoding target block, and the decoding target block It contains one block that is different in time.
  • the decoding apparatus specifies the prediction motion vector of the decoding target block from among the plurality of candidate motion vectors using the prediction motion vector index of the decoding target block. Then, the decoding apparatus derives the motion vector of the decoding target block by adding the prediction motion vector of the decoding target block and the difference motion vector of the decoding target block. Thereby, the same motion vector can be used for the encoding device and the decoding device.
  • the encoding device and the decoding device may perform an operation using the differential motion vector as described above in an operation mode called a predicted motion vector designation mode.
  • the encoding device may generate a prediction image using the prediction motion vector of the encoding target block as the motion vector of the encoding target block.
  • the decoding apparatus may generate a prediction image using the prediction motion vector of the decoding target block as the motion vector of the decoding target block.
  • the encoding device and the decoding device may perform such an operation in an operation mode called a merge mode.
  • the encoding apparatus evaluates each of the plurality of candidate motion vectors, and the candidate motion that is most highly evaluated among the plurality of candidate motion vectors.
  • a vector may be selected as the predicted motion vector.
  • the encoding device is two areas different from the encoding target block, and the higher the degree of matching between the two evaluation target areas, at least one of which is two areas determined according to the evaluation target candidate motion vector, The candidate motion vector to be evaluated is evaluated higher.
  • the decoding apparatus also evaluates each of the plurality of candidate motion vectors when selecting a predicted motion vector from among the plurality of candidate motion vectors, and selects the most highly evaluated candidate motion vector from among the plurality of candidate motion vectors. Select as predicted motion vector.
  • the decoding device has two areas different from the decoding target block, and the higher the degree of matching between the two evaluation target areas, at least one of which is two areas determined according to the candidate motion vector to be evaluated, the higher the evaluation target The candidate motion vectors of are highly evaluated.
  • the encoding device and the decoding device can derive the same motion vector predictor according to the same selection method.
  • the encoding device and the decoding device can use the same motion vector without encoding and decoding the motion vector by using the derived predicted motion vector as the motion vector.
  • Such a technique is also called FRUC (Frame Rate Up-Conversion).
  • a predicted motion vector is selected from a plurality of candidate motion vectors.
  • an appropriate candidate motion vector is not included in the plurality of candidate motion vectors, an appropriate predicted motion vector is not derived.
  • an appropriate motion vector predictor is not derived, an appropriate prediction process is not performed, encoding efficiency is reduced, and the amount of code is increased. Then, the moving image transmission delay becomes larger, and the moving image storage capacity also becomes larger. As a result, the consumption of resources and energy increases.
  • an encoding device that encodes moving image information, and includes a memory and a circuit that can access the memory, and the memory that can access the memory.
  • the circuit includes one or more reference blocks included in a first reference picture constituting a first reference picture list of two reference picture lists for bi-prediction, and a second of the two reference picture lists. Mapping each of a plurality of reference blocks including one or more reference blocks included in a second reference picture constituting a reference picture list to a corresponding region in an encoding target image according to a motion vector of the reference block; Is overlapped with the encoding target block in the encoding target image, the motion block of the reference block mapped to the corresponding region.
  • a candidate motion vector is derived as one of a plurality of candidate motion vectors for the prediction motion vector of the encoding target block, and the prediction motion vector is selected from the plurality of candidate motion vectors, and the prediction motion
  • the information of the encoding target block is encoded using a vector.
  • the encoding apparatus selects an appropriate candidate motion vector from a reference block that is assumed to be strongly related to the encoding target block among the plurality of reference blocks in the first reference picture list and the second reference picture list. Can be derived. Therefore, the encoding apparatus can increase the possibility that an appropriate candidate motion vector is included in a plurality of candidate motion vectors for selecting a predicted motion vector.
  • the encoding apparatus can support the derivation of an appropriate prediction motion vector, and can support the reduction of the code amount related to the moving image.
  • the circuit maps one or more reference blocks in the first reference picture in the encoding target image, and then maps each of one or more reference blocks in the second reference picture to the encoding target. You may map in the empty area
  • the encoding apparatus can map one or more reference blocks in the first reference picture list with priority over one or more reference blocks in the second reference picture list.
  • the reliability of the motion vector of the reference block in the first reference picture list may be higher than the reliability of the motion vector of the reference block in the second reference picture list.
  • the encoding apparatus can derive an appropriate candidate motion vector according to a motion vector with higher reliability.
  • the circuit includes the two or more reference blocks.
  • the candidate motion vector may be derived from at least one of two or more motion vectors.
  • the encoding apparatus can derive an appropriate candidate motion vector from at least one reference block among a plurality of reference blocks assumed to be strongly related to the encoding target block.
  • the circuit when the corresponding region that overlaps the encoding target block does not exist and the corresponding region that overlaps the peripheral region of the encoding target block exists, the circuit includes the corresponding region that overlaps the peripheral region.
  • the candidate motion vector may be derived from the motion vector of the mapped reference block.
  • the encoding apparatus can derive an appropriate candidate motion vector according to the motion vector of the reference block mapped around the encoding target block even if the reference block is not mapped in the encoding target block. it can.
  • the circuit evaluates each of the plurality of candidate motion vectors, and is most highly evaluated among the plurality of candidate motion vectors.
  • the candidate motion vector is selected as the predicted motion vector and each of the plurality of candidate motion vectors is evaluated, two regions different from the encoding target block are provided, at least one of which is in accordance with the candidate motion vector to be evaluated. The higher the degree of matching between the reconstructed images of the two comparison target regions that are two regions to be determined, the higher the candidate motion vector to be evaluated may be evaluated.
  • the encoding apparatus can evaluate each candidate motion vector with reference to a reconstructed image in a region different from the encoding target block, and select a predicted motion vector from a plurality of candidate motion vectors. Therefore, the encoding device and the decoding device can select a predicted motion vector from among a plurality of candidate motion vectors by the same method. Therefore, the encoding apparatus can omit the encoding of information for selecting the motion vector predictor, and can support the reduction of the code amount.
  • the circuit derives the candidate motion vector from the motion vector of the reference block mapped to the corresponding region
  • the reference region indicated by the motion vector of the reference block is referred to from the reference picture including the reference block.
  • a motion vector of the reference block to which the scaling ratio of the time difference from the encoding target picture including the encoding target picture to the reference picture including the reference block is applied with respect to the temporal difference to the reference picture including the candidate motion vector May be derived as
  • the encoding apparatus can appropriately scale the motion vector of the reference block, and can derive the scaled motion vector as a candidate motion vector.
  • the coding target block may be a block defined as a coding unit or a sub-block defined with a predetermined size in the block defined as the coding unit.
  • the encoding apparatus can derive an appropriate candidate motion vector for the block of the encoding unit or the sub-block in the block of the encoding unit.
  • the circuit when the corresponding region overlaps the encoding target block for each of a plurality of encoding target blocks in the encoding target image, the circuit further moves a reference block mapped to the corresponding region.
  • a candidate motion vector for the predicted motion vector of the current block may be derived from the vector.
  • the encoding apparatus can derive an appropriate candidate motion vector for each encoding target block in the encoding target image.
  • a decoding device is a decoding device that decodes moving image information, and includes a memory and a circuit that can access the memory, and the circuit that can access the memory includes: One or more reference blocks included in a first reference picture constituting a first reference picture list of two reference picture lists for bi-prediction, and a second reference picture list of the two reference picture lists Each of a plurality of reference blocks including one or more reference blocks included in a second reference picture that constitutes a corresponding region in the decoding target image according to a motion vector of the reference block, and the corresponding region is the decoding target When overlapping with the decoding target block in the image, from the motion vector of the reference block mapped to the corresponding region, A candidate motion vector is derived as one of a plurality of candidate motion vectors for the prediction motion vector of the decoding target block, the prediction motion vector is selected from the plurality of candidate motion vectors, and using the prediction motion vector, The information of the decoding target block is decoded.
  • the decoding apparatus derives an appropriate candidate motion vector from the reference block that is assumed to be strongly related to the decoding target block among the plurality of reference blocks in the first reference picture list and the second reference picture list. can do. Therefore, the decoding apparatus can increase the possibility that an appropriate candidate motion vector is included in a plurality of candidate motion vectors for selecting a predicted motion vector.
  • the decoding apparatus can support the derivation of an appropriate prediction motion vector, and can support the reduction of the code amount related to the moving image.
  • the circuit maps each of one or more reference blocks in the first reference picture in the decoding target image, and then maps each of one or more reference blocks in the second reference picture of the decoding target image.
  • one or more reference blocks in the first reference picture may be mapped in an empty area where no mapping is made.
  • the decoding apparatus can map one or more reference blocks in the first reference picture list with priority over one or more reference blocks in the second reference picture list.
  • the reliability of the motion vector of the reference block in the first reference picture list may be higher than the reliability of the motion vector of the reference block in the second reference picture list.
  • the decoding apparatus can derive an appropriate candidate motion vector according to a motion vector with higher reliability.
  • the circuit may include 2 of the two or more reference blocks.
  • the candidate motion vector may be derived from at least one of the two or more motion vectors.
  • the decoding apparatus can derive an appropriate candidate motion vector from at least one reference block among a plurality of reference blocks assumed to be strongly related to the decoding target block.
  • the circuit is mapped to the corresponding area that overlaps the peripheral area.
  • the candidate motion vector may be derived from the motion vector of the reference block.
  • the decoding device can derive an appropriate candidate motion vector according to the motion vector of the reference block mapped around the decoding target block even if the reference block is not mapped in the decoding target block.
  • the circuit evaluates each of the plurality of candidate motion vectors, and is most highly evaluated among the plurality of candidate motion vectors.
  • the candidate motion vector is selected as the predicted motion vector and each of the plurality of candidate motion vectors is evaluated, two regions different from the decoding target block are defined, and at least one is determined according to the candidate motion vector to be evaluated.
  • the candidate motion vector to be evaluated may be evaluated more highly as the degree of matching between the reconstructed images of the two comparison target regions, which are two regions, is higher.
  • the decoding apparatus can evaluate each candidate motion vector with reference to a reconstructed image in a region different from the decoding target block, and select a predicted motion vector from a plurality of candidate motion vectors. Therefore, the encoding device and the decoding device can select a predicted motion vector from among a plurality of candidate motion vectors by the same method. Therefore, the decoding apparatus can omit decoding of information for selecting a motion vector predictor, and can assist in reducing the amount of codes.
  • the circuit derives the candidate motion vector from the motion vector of the reference block mapped to the corresponding region
  • the reference region indicated by the motion vector of the reference block is referred to from the reference picture including the reference block.
  • Deriving the motion vector of the reference block as the candidate motion vector to which the scaling ratio of the time difference from the decoding target picture including the decoding target image to the reference picture including the reference block is applied with respect to the temporal difference to the including reference picture May be.
  • the decoding apparatus can appropriately scale the motion vector of the reference block, and can derive the scaled motion vector as a candidate motion vector.
  • the decoding target block may be a block defined as a decoding unit or a sub-block defined with a predetermined size in the block defined as the decoding unit.
  • the decoding apparatus can derive an appropriate candidate motion vector for the block in the decoding unit or the sub-block in the block in the decoding unit.
  • the circuit further determines from the motion vector of the reference block mapped to the corresponding region, A candidate motion vector for the predicted motion vector of the decoding target block may be derived.
  • the decoding apparatus can derive an appropriate candidate motion vector for each decoding target block in the decoding target image.
  • An encoding method is an encoding method for encoding moving picture information, and configures a first reference picture list of two reference picture lists for bi-prediction.
  • a plurality of reference blocks including one or more reference blocks included in the first reference picture and one or more reference blocks included in the second reference picture constituting the second reference picture list of the two reference picture lists.
  • the reference block When each of the reference blocks is mapped to a corresponding region in the encoding target image according to the motion vector of the reference block, and the corresponding region overlaps the encoding target block in the encoding target image, the reference block mapped to the corresponding region
  • One of a plurality of candidate motion vectors for the predicted motion vector of the encoding target block Te derives the candidate motion vector, from the plurality of candidate motion vectors, selecting the prediction motion vector, using the predicted motion vector, coding the information of the encoding target block.
  • an apparatus using this encoding method from a plurality of reference blocks in the first reference picture list and the second reference picture list, from a reference block that is assumed to be strongly related to the encoding target block, Appropriate candidate motion vectors can be derived. Therefore, an apparatus using this encoding method can increase the possibility that an appropriate candidate motion vector is included in a plurality of candidate motion vectors for selecting a predicted motion vector.
  • an apparatus or the like using this encoding method can support the derivation of an appropriate prediction motion vector, and can support the reduction of the code amount related to the moving image.
  • a decoding method is a decoding method for decoding moving picture information, and includes a first reference that constitutes a first reference picture list of two reference picture lists for bi-prediction.
  • a plurality of reference blocks including one or more reference blocks included in a picture and one or more reference blocks included in a second reference picture constituting a second reference picture list of the two reference picture lists.
  • Each is mapped to the corresponding region in the decoding target image according to the motion vector of the reference block, and when the corresponding region overlaps the decoding target block in the decoding target image, from the motion vector of the reference block mapped to the corresponding region,
  • the candidate motion vector is one of a plurality of candidate motion vectors for the predicted motion vector of the decoding target block. Deriving a torque, from among the plurality of candidate motion vectors, selecting the prediction motion vector, using the predicted motion vector to decode the information of the decoding target block.
  • an apparatus or the like that uses this decoding method appropriately selects a reference block that is assumed to be strongly related to the decoding target block among a plurality of reference blocks in the first reference picture list and the second reference picture list.
  • Candidate motion vectors can be derived. Therefore, an apparatus using this decoding method can increase the possibility that an appropriate candidate motion vector is included in a plurality of candidate motion vectors for selecting a predicted motion vector.
  • an apparatus or the like using this decoding method can support the derivation of an appropriate prediction motion vector, and can support the reduction of the code amount related to the moving image.
  • these comprehensive or specific aspects may be realized by a system, an apparatus, a method, an integrated circuit, a computer program, or a non-transitory recording medium such as a computer-readable CD-ROM.
  • the present invention may be realized by any combination of an apparatus, a method, an integrated circuit, a computer program, and a recording medium.
  • an outline of the first embodiment will be described as an example of an encoding device and a decoding device to which the processing and / or configuration described in each aspect of the present disclosure to be described later can be applied.
  • the first embodiment is merely an example of an encoding device and a decoding device to which the processing and / or configuration described in each aspect of the present disclosure can be applied, and the processing and / or processing described in each aspect of the present disclosure.
  • the configuration can also be implemented in an encoding device and a decoding device different from those in the first embodiment.
  • the encoding apparatus or decoding apparatus according to the first embodiment corresponds to the constituent elements described in each aspect of the present disclosure among a plurality of constituent elements constituting the encoding apparatus or decoding apparatus. Replacing the constituent elements with constituent elements described in each aspect of the present disclosure (2) A plurality of constituent elements constituting the encoding apparatus or decoding apparatus with respect to the encoding apparatus or decoding apparatus of the first embodiment The constituent elements corresponding to the constituent elements described in each aspect of the present disclosure are added to the present disclosure after arbitrary changes such as addition, replacement, and deletion of functions or processes to be performed on some constituent elements among the constituent elements.
  • a component that performs a part of processing performed by a component is a component that is described in each aspect of the present disclosure, a component that includes a part of a function included in the component described in each aspect of the present disclosure, (6)
  • a method performed by the encoding device or the decoding device according to Embodiment 1 is performed in combination with a component that performs a part of processing performed by the component described in each aspect of the disclosure.
  • the process corresponding to the process described in each aspect of the present disclosure is replaced with the process described in each aspect of the present disclosure.
  • the encoding apparatus according to the first embodiment or A part of the plurality of processes included in the method performed by the decoding device is performed in combination with the processes described in each aspect of the present disclosure
  • the processes and / or configurations described in each aspect of the present disclosure are not limited to the above examples.
  • the present invention may be implemented in an apparatus used for a different purpose from the moving picture / picture encoding apparatus or moving picture / picture decoding apparatus disclosed in the first embodiment, and the processing and / or described in each aspect.
  • the configuration may be implemented alone.
  • you may implement combining the process and / or structure which were demonstrated in the different aspect.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of encoding apparatus 100 according to Embodiment 1.
  • the encoding device 100 is a moving image / image encoding device that encodes moving images / images in units of blocks.
  • an encoding apparatus 100 is an apparatus that encodes an image in units of blocks, and includes a dividing unit 102, a subtracting unit 104, a transforming unit 106, a quantizing unit 108, and entropy encoding.
  • Unit 110 inverse quantization unit 112, inverse transform unit 114, addition unit 116, block memory 118, loop filter unit 120, frame memory 122, intra prediction unit 124, inter prediction unit 126, A prediction control unit 128.
  • the encoding device 100 is realized by, for example, a general-purpose processor and a memory.
  • the processor when the software program stored in the memory is executed by the processor, the processor performs the division unit 102, the subtraction unit 104, the conversion unit 106, the quantization unit 108, the entropy encoding unit 110, and the inverse quantization unit 112.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 includes a dividing unit 102, a subtracting unit 104, a transforming unit 106, a quantizing unit 108, an entropy coding unit 110, an inverse quantizing unit 112, an inverse transforming unit 114, an adding unit 116, and a loop filter unit 120.
  • the intra prediction unit 124, the inter prediction unit 126, and the prediction control unit 128 may be implemented as one or more dedicated electronic circuits.
  • the dividing unit 102 divides each picture included in the input moving image into a plurality of blocks, and outputs each block to the subtracting unit 104.
  • the dividing unit 102 first divides a picture into blocks of a fixed size (for example, 128 ⁇ 128).
  • This fixed size block may be referred to as a coding tree unit (CTU).
  • the dividing unit 102 divides each of the fixed size blocks into blocks of a variable size (for example, 64 ⁇ 64 or less) based on recursive quadtree and / or binary tree block division.
  • This variable size block may be referred to as a coding unit (CU), a prediction unit (PU) or a transform unit (TU).
  • CU, PU, and TU do not need to be distinguished, and some or all blocks in a picture may be processing units of CU, PU, and TU.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of block division in the first embodiment.
  • a solid line represents a block boundary by quadtree block division
  • a broken line represents a block boundary by binary tree block division.
  • the block 10 is a 128 ⁇ 128 pixel square block (128 ⁇ 128 block).
  • the 128 ⁇ 128 block 10 is first divided into four square 64 ⁇ 64 blocks (quadtree block division).
  • the upper left 64 ⁇ 64 block is further divided vertically into two rectangular 32 ⁇ 64 blocks, and the left 32 ⁇ 64 block is further divided vertically into two rectangular 16 ⁇ 64 blocks (binary tree block division). As a result, the upper left 64 ⁇ 64 block is divided into two 16 ⁇ 64 blocks 11 and 12 and a 32 ⁇ 64 block 13.
  • the upper right 64 ⁇ 64 block is horizontally divided into two rectangular 64 ⁇ 32 blocks 14 and 15 (binary tree block division).
  • the lower left 64x64 block is divided into four square 32x32 blocks (quadrant block division). Of the four 32 ⁇ 32 blocks, the upper left block and the lower right block are further divided.
  • the upper left 32 ⁇ 32 block is vertically divided into two rectangular 16 ⁇ 32 blocks, and the right 16 ⁇ 32 block is further divided horizontally into two 16 ⁇ 16 blocks (binary tree block division).
  • the lower right 32 ⁇ 32 block is horizontally divided into two 32 ⁇ 16 blocks (binary tree block division).
  • the lower left 64 ⁇ 64 block is divided into a 16 ⁇ 32 block 16, two 16 ⁇ 16 blocks 17 and 18, two 32 ⁇ 32 blocks 19 and 20, and two 32 ⁇ 16 blocks 21 and 22.
  • the lower right 64x64 block 23 is not divided.
  • the block 10 is divided into 13 variable-size blocks 11 to 23 based on the recursive quadtree and binary tree block division.
  • Such division may be called QTBT (quad-tree plus binary tree) division.
  • one block is divided into four or two blocks (quadrature tree or binary tree block division), but the division is not limited to this.
  • one block may be divided into three blocks (triple tree block division).
  • Such a division including a tri-tree block division may be called an MBT (multi type tree) division.
  • the subtraction unit 104 subtracts the prediction signal (prediction sample) from the original signal (original sample) in units of blocks divided by the division unit 102. That is, the subtraction unit 104 calculates a prediction error (also referred to as a residual) of a coding target block (hereinafter referred to as a current block). Then, the subtraction unit 104 outputs the calculated prediction error to the conversion unit 106.
  • a prediction error also referred to as a residual of a coding target block (hereinafter referred to as a current block).
  • the original signal is an input signal of the encoding device 100, and is a signal (for example, a luminance (luma) signal and two color difference (chroma) signals) representing an image of each picture constituting the moving image.
  • a signal representing an image may be referred to as a sample.
  • the transform unit 106 transforms the prediction error in the spatial domain into a transform factor in the frequency domain, and outputs the transform coefficient to the quantization unit 108. Specifically, the transform unit 106 performs, for example, a predetermined discrete cosine transform (DCT) or discrete sine transform (DST) on a prediction error in the spatial domain.
  • DCT discrete cosine transform
  • DST discrete sine transform
  • the conversion unit 106 adaptively selects a conversion type from a plurality of conversion types, and converts a prediction error into a conversion coefficient using a conversion basis function corresponding to the selected conversion type. May be. Such a conversion may be referred to as EMT (explicit multiple core transform) or AMT (adaptive multiple transform).
  • the plurality of conversion types include, for example, DCT-II, DCT-V, DCT-VIII, DST-I and DST-VII.
  • FIG. 3 is a table showing conversion basis functions corresponding to each conversion type. In FIG. 3, N indicates the number of input pixels. Selection of a conversion type from among these multiple conversion types may depend on, for example, the type of prediction (intra prediction and inter prediction), or may depend on an intra prediction mode.
  • Information indicating whether or not to apply such EMT or AMT (for example, called an AMT flag) and information indicating the selected conversion type are signaled at the CU level.
  • AMT flag information indicating whether or not to apply such EMT or AMT
  • the signalization of these pieces of information need not be limited to the CU level, but may be other levels (for example, a sequence level, a picture level, a slice level, a tile level, or a CTU level).
  • the conversion unit 106 may reconvert the conversion coefficient (conversion result). Such reconversion is sometimes referred to as AST (adaptive secondary transform) or NSST (non-separable secondary transform). For example, the conversion unit 106 performs re-conversion for each sub-block (for example, 4 ⁇ 4 sub-block) included in the block of the conversion coefficient corresponding to the intra prediction error. Information indicating whether or not NSST is applied and information related to the transformation matrix used for NSST are signaled at the CU level. Note that the signalization of these pieces of information need not be limited to the CU level, but may be other levels (for example, a sequence level, a picture level, a slice level, a tile level, or a CTU level).
  • the separable conversion is a method of performing the conversion a plurality of times by separating the number of dimensions of the input for each direction, and the non-separable conversion is two or more when the input is multidimensional.
  • the dimensions are collectively regarded as one dimension, and conversion is performed collectively.
  • non-separable conversion if an input is a 4 ⁇ 4 block, it is regarded as one array having 16 elements, and 16 ⁇ 16 conversion is performed on the array. The thing which performs the conversion process with a matrix is mentioned.
  • a 4 ⁇ 4 input block is regarded as a single array having 16 elements, and then the Givens rotation is performed multiple times on the array (Hypercube Givens Transform) is also a non-separable. It is an example of conversion.
  • the quantization unit 108 quantizes the transform coefficient output from the transform unit 106. Specifically, the quantization unit 108 scans the transform coefficients of the current block in a predetermined scanning order, and quantizes the transform coefficients based on the quantization parameter (QP) corresponding to the scanned transform coefficients. Then, the quantization unit 108 outputs the quantized transform coefficient (hereinafter referred to as a quantization coefficient) of the current block to the entropy encoding unit 110 and the inverse quantization unit 112.
  • QP quantization parameter
  • the predetermined order is an order for quantization / inverse quantization of transform coefficients.
  • the predetermined scanning order is defined in ascending order of frequency (order from low frequency to high frequency) or descending order (order from high frequency to low frequency).
  • the quantization parameter is a parameter that defines a quantization step (quantization width). For example, if the value of the quantization parameter increases, the quantization step also increases. That is, if the value of the quantization parameter increases, the quantization error increases.
  • the entropy encoding unit 110 generates an encoded signal (encoded bit stream) by performing variable length encoding on the quantization coefficient that is input from the quantization unit 108. Specifically, the entropy encoding unit 110 binarizes the quantization coefficient, for example, and arithmetically encodes the binary signal.
  • the inverse quantization unit 112 inversely quantizes the quantization coefficient that is an input from the quantization unit 108. Specifically, the inverse quantization unit 112 inversely quantizes the quantization coefficient of the current block in a predetermined scanning order. Then, the inverse quantization unit 112 outputs the inverse-quantized transform coefficient of the current block to the inverse transform unit 114.
  • the inverse transform unit 114 restores the prediction error by inverse transforming the transform coefficient that is an input from the inverse quantization unit 112. Specifically, the inverse transform unit 114 restores the prediction error of the current block by performing an inverse transform corresponding to the transform by the transform unit 106 on the transform coefficient. Then, the inverse transformation unit 114 outputs the restored prediction error to the addition unit 116.
  • the restored prediction error does not match the prediction error calculated by the subtraction unit 104 because information is lost due to quantization. That is, the restored prediction error includes a quantization error.
  • the adder 116 reconstructs the current block by adding the prediction error input from the inverse transform unit 114 and the prediction sample input from the prediction control unit 128. Then, the adding unit 116 outputs the reconfigured block to the block memory 118 and the loop filter unit 120.
  • the reconstructed block is sometimes referred to as a local decoding block.
  • the block memory 118 is a storage unit for storing blocks in an encoding target picture (hereinafter referred to as current picture) that are referred to in intra prediction. Specifically, the block memory 118 stores the reconstructed block output from the adding unit 116.
  • the loop filter unit 120 applies a loop filter to the block reconstructed by the adding unit 116 and outputs the filtered reconstructed block to the frame memory 122.
  • the loop filter is a filter (in-loop filter) used in the encoding loop, and includes, for example, a deblocking filter (DF), a sample adaptive offset (SAO), an adaptive loop filter (ALF), and the like.
  • a least square error filter is applied to remove coding distortion. For example, for each 2 ⁇ 2 sub-block in the current block, a plurality of multiples based on the direction of the local gradient and the activity are provided. One filter selected from the filters is applied.
  • sub-blocks for example, 2 ⁇ 2 sub-blocks
  • a plurality of classes for example, 15 or 25 classes.
  • the direction value D of the gradient is derived, for example, by comparing gradients in a plurality of directions (for example, horizontal, vertical, and two diagonal directions).
  • the gradient activation value A is derived, for example, by adding gradients in a plurality of directions and quantizing the addition result.
  • a filter for a sub-block is determined from among a plurality of filters.
  • FIG. 4A to 4C are diagrams showing a plurality of examples of filter shapes used in ALF.
  • 4A shows a 5 ⁇ 5 diamond shape filter
  • FIG. 4B shows a 7 ⁇ 7 diamond shape filter
  • FIG. 4C shows a 9 ⁇ 9 diamond shape filter.
  • Information indicating the shape of the filter is signalized at the picture level. It should be noted that the signalization of the information indicating the filter shape need not be limited to the picture level, but may be another level (for example, a sequence level, a slice level, a tile level, a CTU level, or a CU level).
  • ON / OFF of ALF is determined at the picture level or the CU level, for example. For example, for luminance, it is determined whether to apply ALF at the CU level, and for color difference, it is determined whether to apply ALF at the picture level.
  • Information indicating ALF on / off is signaled at the picture level or the CU level. Signaling of information indicating ALF on / off need not be limited to the picture level or the CU level, and may be performed at other levels (for example, a sequence level, a slice level, a tile level, or a CTU level). Good.
  • a coefficient set of a plurality of selectable filters (for example, up to 15 or 25 filters) is signalized at the picture level.
  • the signalization of the coefficient set need not be limited to the picture level, but may be another level (for example, sequence level, slice level, tile level, CTU level, CU level, or sub-block level).
  • the frame memory 122 is a storage unit for storing a reference picture used for inter prediction, and is sometimes called a frame buffer. Specifically, the frame memory 122 stores the reconstructed block filtered by the loop filter unit 120.
  • the intra prediction unit 124 generates a prediction signal (intra prediction signal) by referring to the block in the current picture stored in the block memory 118 and performing intra prediction (also referred to as intra-screen prediction) of the current block. Specifically, the intra prediction unit 124 generates an intra prediction signal by performing intra prediction with reference to a sample (for example, luminance value and color difference value) of a block adjacent to the current block, and performs prediction control on the intra prediction signal. To the unit 128.
  • the intra prediction unit 124 performs intra prediction using one of a plurality of predefined intra prediction modes.
  • the plurality of intra prediction modes include one or more non-directional prediction modes and a plurality of directional prediction modes.
  • One or more non-directional prediction modes are for example H.264. It includes Planar prediction mode and DC prediction mode defined by H.265 / HEVC (High-Efficiency Video Coding) standard (Non-patent Document 1).
  • the multiple directionality prediction modes are for example H.264. It includes 33-direction prediction modes defined in the H.265 / HEVC standard. In addition to the 33 directions, the plurality of directionality prediction modes may further include 32 direction prediction modes (a total of 65 directionality prediction modes).
  • FIG. 5A is a diagram illustrating 67 intra prediction modes (two non-directional prediction modes and 65 directional prediction modes) in intra prediction. The solid line arrows The 33 directions defined in the H.265 / HEVC standard are represented, and the dashed arrow represents the added 32 directions.
  • the luminance block may be referred to in the intra prediction of the color difference block. That is, the color difference component of the current block may be predicted based on the luminance component of the current block.
  • Such intra prediction is sometimes called CCLM (cross-component linear model) prediction.
  • the intra prediction mode (for example, called CCLM mode) of the color difference block which refers to such a luminance block may be added as one of the intra prediction modes of the color difference block.
  • the intra prediction unit 124 may correct the pixel value after intra prediction based on the gradient of the reference pixel in the horizontal / vertical direction. Intra prediction with such correction may be called PDPC (position dependent intra prediction combination). Information indicating whether or not PDPC is applied (for example, referred to as a PDPC flag) is signaled, for example, at the CU level.
  • the signalization of this information need not be limited to the CU level, but may be another level (for example, a sequence level, a picture level, a slice level, a tile level, or a CTU level).
  • the inter prediction unit 126 refers to a reference picture stored in the frame memory 122 and is different from the current picture, and performs inter prediction (also referred to as inter-screen prediction) of the current block, thereby generating a prediction signal (inter prediction signal). Prediction signal). Inter prediction is performed in units of a current block or a sub-block (for example, 4 ⁇ 4 block) in the current block. For example, the inter prediction unit 126 performs motion estimation in the reference picture for the current block or sub-block. Then, the inter prediction unit 126 generates an inter prediction signal of the current block or sub-block by performing motion compensation using motion information (for example, a motion vector) obtained by motion search. Then, the inter prediction unit 126 outputs the generated inter prediction signal to the prediction control unit 128.
  • inter prediction also referred to as inter-screen prediction
  • a motion vector predictor may be used for signalizing the motion vector. That is, the difference between the motion vector and the predicted motion vector may be signaled.
  • an inter prediction signal may be generated using not only the motion information of the current block obtained by motion search but also the motion information of adjacent blocks. Specifically, the inter prediction signal is generated in units of sub-blocks in the current block by weighted addition of the prediction signal based on the motion information obtained by motion search and the prediction signal based on the motion information of adjacent blocks. May be.
  • Such inter prediction motion compensation
  • OBMC overlapped block motion compensation
  • OBMC block size information indicating the size of a sub-block for OBMC
  • OBMC flag information indicating whether or not to apply the OBMC mode
  • the level of signalization of these information does not need to be limited to the sequence level and the CU level, and may be other levels (for example, a picture level, a slice level, a tile level, a CTU level, or a sub-block level). Good.
  • FIG. 5B and FIG. 5C are a flowchart and a conceptual diagram for explaining the outline of the predicted image correction process by the OBMC process.
  • a prediction image (Pred) by normal motion compensation is acquired using a motion vector (MV) assigned to an encoding target block.
  • MV motion vector
  • a prediction image (Pred_L) is obtained by applying the motion vector (MV_L) of the encoded left adjacent block to the encoding target block, and prediction is performed by superimposing the prediction image and Pred_L with weights. Perform the first correction of the image.
  • the motion vector (MV_U) of the encoded upper adjacent block is applied to the block to be encoded to obtain a prediction image (Pred_U), and the prediction image and Pred_U that have been subjected to the first correction are weighted. Then, the second correction of the predicted image is performed by superimposing and making it the final predicted image.
  • the two-step correction method using the left adjacent block and the upper adjacent block has been described here, the correction may be performed more times than the two steps using the right adjacent block and the lower adjacent block. Is possible.
  • the area to be overlapped may not be the pixel area of the entire block, but only a part of the area near the block boundary.
  • the processing target block may be a prediction block unit or a sub-block unit obtained by further dividing the prediction block.
  • obmc_flag is a signal indicating whether or not to apply the OBMC process.
  • the encoding apparatus it is determined whether or not the encoding target block belongs to a complex motion region, and if it belongs to a complex motion region, a value 1 is set as obmc_flag. Encoding is performed by applying the OBMC process, and if it does not belong to a complex region of motion, the value 0 is set as obmc_flag and the encoding is performed without applying the OBMC process.
  • the decoding apparatus by decoding the obmc_flag described in the stream, decoding is performed by switching whether to apply the OBMC process according to the value.
  • the motion information may be derived on the decoding device side without being converted into a signal.
  • H.M. A merge mode defined in the H.265 / HEVC standard may be used.
  • the motion information may be derived by performing motion search on the decoding device side. In this case, motion search is performed without using the pixel value of the current block.
  • the mode in which motion search is performed on the decoding device side is sometimes called a PMMVD (patterned motion vector derivation) mode or an FRUC (frame rate up-conversion) mode.
  • PMMVD patterned motion vector derivation
  • FRUC frame rate up-conversion
  • FIG. 5D An example of FRUC processing is shown in FIG. 5D.
  • a list of a plurality of candidates each having a predicted motion vector (may be common with the merge list) is generated Is done.
  • the best candidate MV is selected from a plurality of candidate MVs registered in the candidate list. For example, the evaluation value of each candidate included in the candidate list is calculated, and one candidate is selected based on the evaluation value.
  • a motion vector for the current block is derived based on the selected candidate motion vector.
  • the selected candidate motion vector (best candidate MV) is directly derived as a motion vector for the current block.
  • the motion vector for the current block may be derived by performing pattern matching in the peripheral region at the position in the reference picture corresponding to the selected candidate motion vector. That is, the same method is used to search the area around the best candidate MV, and if there is an MV with a good evaluation value, the best candidate MV is updated to the MV, and the current block is updated. The final MV may be used. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the processing is not performed.
  • the same processing may be performed when processing is performed in units of sub-blocks.
  • the evaluation value is calculated by obtaining a difference value of the reconstructed image by pattern matching between a region in the reference picture corresponding to the motion vector and a predetermined region. Note that the evaluation value may be calculated using information other than the difference value.
  • the first pattern matching and the second pattern matching may be referred to as bilateral matching and template matching, respectively.
  • pattern matching is performed between two blocks in two different reference pictures that follow the motion trajectory of the current block. Therefore, in the first pattern matching, a region in another reference picture along the motion trajectory of the current block is used as the predetermined region for calculating the candidate evaluation value described above.
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of pattern matching (bilateral matching) between two blocks along a motion trajectory.
  • first pattern matching two blocks along the motion trajectory of the current block (Cur block) and two blocks in two different reference pictures (Ref0, Ref1) are used.
  • two motion vectors MV0, MV1 are derived.
  • MV0, MV1 a reconstructed image at a designated position in the first encoded reference picture (Ref0) designated by the candidate MV, and a symmetric MV obtained by scaling the candidate MV at a display time interval.
  • the difference from the reconstructed image at the designated position in the second encoded reference picture (Ref1) designated in (2) is derived, and the evaluation value is calculated using the obtained difference value.
  • the candidate MV having the best evaluation value among the plurality of candidate MVs may be selected as the final MV.
  • the motion vectors (MV0, MV1) pointing to the two reference blocks are temporal distances between the current picture (Cur Pic) and the two reference pictures (Ref0, Ref1). It is proportional to (TD0, TD1).
  • the first pattern matching uses a mirror-symmetric bi-directional motion vector Is derived.
  • pattern matching is performed between a template in the current picture (a block adjacent to the current block in the current picture (for example, an upper and / or left adjacent block)) and a block in the reference picture. Therefore, in the second pattern matching, a block adjacent to the current block in the current picture is used as the predetermined region for calculating the candidate evaluation value described above.
  • FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example of pattern matching (template matching) between a template in the current picture and a block in the reference picture.
  • the current block is searched by searching the reference picture (Ref0) for the block that most closely matches the block adjacent to the current block (Cur block) in the current picture (Cur Pic).
  • Ref0 the reference picture
  • the reconstructed image of the encoded region of the left adjacent area and / or the upper adjacent area, and the equivalent in the encoded reference picture (Ref0) designated by the candidate MV When a difference from the reconstructed image at the position is derived, an evaluation value is calculated using the obtained difference value, and a candidate MV having the best evaluation value among a plurality of candidate MVs is selected as the best candidate MV. Good.
  • FRUC flag Information indicating whether or not to apply such FRUC mode
  • FRUC flag information indicating whether or not to apply such FRUC mode
  • the FRUC mode is applied (for example, when the FRUC flag is true)
  • information indicating the pattern matching method (first pattern matching or second pattern matching) (for example, called the FRUC mode flag) is signaled at the CU level. It becomes. Note that the signalization of these pieces of information need not be limited to the CU level, but may be other levels (for example, sequence level, picture level, slice level, tile level, CTU level, or sub-block level). .
  • BIO bi-directional optical flow
  • FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a model assuming constant velocity linear motion.
  • (v x , v y ) indicates a velocity vector
  • ⁇ 0 and ⁇ 1 are the time between the current picture (Cur Pic) and two reference pictures (Ref 0 , Ref 1 ), respectively.
  • the distance. (MVx 0 , MVy 0 ) indicates a motion vector corresponding to the reference picture Ref 0
  • (MVx 1 , MVy 1 ) indicates a motion vector corresponding to the reference picture Ref 1 .
  • This optical flow equation consists of (i) the product of the time derivative of the luminance value, (ii) the horizontal component of the horizontal velocity and the spatial gradient of the reference image, and (iii) the vertical velocity and the spatial gradient of the reference image. Indicates that the sum of the products of the vertical components of is equal to zero. Based on a combination of this optical flow equation and Hermite interpolation, a block-based motion vector obtained from a merge list or the like is corrected in pixel units.
  • the motion vector may be derived on the decoding device side by a method different from the derivation of the motion vector based on the model assuming constant velocity linear motion.
  • a motion vector may be derived for each subblock based on the motion vectors of a plurality of adjacent blocks.
  • This mode may be referred to as an affine motion compensation prediction mode.
  • FIG. 9A is a diagram for explaining derivation of a motion vector in units of sub-blocks based on motion vectors of a plurality of adjacent blocks.
  • the current block includes 16 4 ⁇ 4 sub-blocks.
  • the motion vector v 0 of the upper left corner control point of the current block is derived based on the motion vector of the adjacent block
  • the motion vector v 1 of the upper right corner control point of the current block is derived based on the motion vector of the adjacent sub block. Is done.
  • the motion vector (v x , v y ) of each sub-block in the current block is derived by the following equation (2).
  • x and y indicate the horizontal position and vertical position of the sub-block, respectively, and w indicates a predetermined weight coefficient.
  • Such an affine motion compensation prediction mode may include several modes in which the motion vector derivation methods of the upper left and upper right corner control points are different.
  • Information indicating such an affine motion compensation prediction mode (for example, called an affine flag) is signaled at the CU level. Note that the information indicating the affine motion compensation prediction mode need not be limited to the CU level, but other levels (for example, sequence level, picture level, slice level, tile level, CTU level, or sub-block level). ).
  • the prediction control unit 128 selects either the intra prediction signal or the inter prediction signal, and outputs the selected signal to the subtraction unit 104 and the addition unit 116 as a prediction signal.
  • FIG. 9B is a diagram for explaining the outline of the motion vector deriving process in the merge mode.
  • a prediction MV list in which prediction MV candidates are registered is generated.
  • prediction MV candidates spatial adjacent prediction MVs that are MVs of a plurality of encoded blocks located spatially around the encoding target block, and the position of the encoding target block in the encoded reference picture are projected.
  • Temporal adjacent prediction MV that is MV of neighboring blocks combined prediction MV that is MV generated by combining MV values of spatial adjacent prediction MV and temporal adjacent prediction MV, zero prediction MV that is MV having a value of zero, and the like There is.
  • variable length encoding unit describes and encodes merge_idx which is a signal indicating which prediction MV is selected in the stream.
  • the prediction MV registered in the prediction MV list described with reference to FIG. 9B is an example, and the number of prediction MVs may be different from the number in the figure, or may not include some types of prediction MVs in the figure. It may be the composition which added prediction MV other than the kind of prediction MV in a figure.
  • the final MV may be determined by performing DMVR processing, which will be described later, using the MV of the encoding target block derived by the merge mode.
  • FIG. 9C is a conceptual diagram for explaining an outline of DMVR processing.
  • the optimal MVP set in the processing target block is set as a candidate MV, and reference pixels from a first reference picture that is a processed picture in the L0 direction and a second reference picture that is a processed picture in the L1 direction are set according to the candidate MV. Are obtained, and a template is generated by taking the average of each reference pixel.
  • the peripheral areas of the candidate MVs of the first reference picture and the second reference picture are searched, respectively, and the MV with the lowest cost is determined as the final MV.
  • the cost value is calculated using a difference value between each pixel value of the template and each pixel value of the search area, an MV value, and the like.
  • FIG. 9D is a diagram for explaining an outline of a predicted image generation method using luminance correction processing by LIC processing.
  • an MV for obtaining a reference image corresponding to a block to be encoded is derived from a reference picture that is an encoded picture.
  • the predicted image for the encoding target block is generated by performing the brightness correction process using the brightness correction parameter for the reference image in the reference picture specified by MV.
  • the shape of the peripheral reference region in FIG. 9D is an example, and other shapes may be used.
  • the process of generating a predicted image from one reference picture has been described, but the same applies to the case of generating a predicted image from a plurality of reference pictures, and the same applies to reference images acquired from each reference picture.
  • the predicted image is generated after performing the luminance correction processing by the method.
  • lic_flag is a signal indicating whether to apply LIC processing.
  • the encoding device it is determined whether or not the encoding target block belongs to an area where the luminance change occurs, and if it belongs to the area where the luminance change occurs, lic_flag is set. Encode by applying LIC processing with a value of 1 set, and if not belonging to an area where a luminance change has occurred, set 0 as lic_flag and perform encoding without applying the LIC processing .
  • the decoding device by decoding lic_flag described in the stream, decoding is performed by switching whether to apply the LIC processing according to the value.
  • a method for determining whether or not to apply LIC processing for example, there is a method for determining whether or not LIC processing has been applied to peripheral blocks.
  • the encoding target block is in the merge mode
  • whether or not the surrounding encoded blocks selected in the derivation of the MV in the merge mode processing are encoded by applying the LIC processing. Judgment is performed, and encoding is performed by switching whether to apply the LIC processing according to the result.
  • the decoding process is exactly the same.
  • FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of decoding apparatus 200 according to Embodiment 1.
  • the decoding device 200 is a moving image / image decoding device that decodes moving images / images in units of blocks.
  • the decoding device 200 includes an entropy decoding unit 202, an inverse quantization unit 204, an inverse transformation unit 206, an addition unit 208, a block memory 210, a loop filter unit 212, and a frame memory 214. And an intra prediction unit 216, an inter prediction unit 218, and a prediction control unit 220.
  • the decoding device 200 is realized by, for example, a general-purpose processor and a memory.
  • the processor executes the entropy decoding unit 202, the inverse quantization unit 204, the inverse transformation unit 206, the addition unit 208, the loop filter unit 212, and the intra prediction unit. 216, the inter prediction unit 218, and the prediction control unit 220.
  • the decoding apparatus 200 is dedicated to the entropy decoding unit 202, the inverse quantization unit 204, the inverse transformation unit 206, the addition unit 208, the loop filter unit 212, the intra prediction unit 216, the inter prediction unit 218, and the prediction control unit 220. It may be realized as one or more electronic circuits.
  • the entropy decoding unit 202 performs entropy decoding on the encoded bit stream. Specifically, the entropy decoding unit 202 performs arithmetic decoding from a coded bit stream to a binary signal, for example. Then, the entropy decoding unit 202 debinarizes the binary signal. As a result, the entropy decoding unit 202 outputs the quantized coefficient to the inverse quantization unit 204 in units of blocks.
  • the inverse quantization unit 204 inversely quantizes the quantization coefficient of a decoding target block (hereinafter referred to as a current block) that is an input from the entropy decoding unit 202. Specifically, the inverse quantization unit 204 inversely quantizes each quantization coefficient of the current block based on the quantization parameter corresponding to the quantization coefficient. Then, the inverse quantization unit 204 outputs the quantization coefficient (that is, the transform coefficient) obtained by inverse quantization of the current block to the inverse transform unit 206.
  • a decoding target block hereinafter referred to as a current block
  • the inverse quantization unit 204 inversely quantizes each quantization coefficient of the current block based on the quantization parameter corresponding to the quantization coefficient. Then, the inverse quantization unit 204 outputs the quantization coefficient (that is, the transform coefficient) obtained by inverse quantization of the current block to the inverse transform unit 206.
  • the inverse transform unit 206 restores the prediction error by inverse transforming the transform coefficient that is an input from the inverse quantization unit 204.
  • the inverse conversion unit 206 determines the current block based on the information indicating the read conversion type. Inversely transform the conversion coefficient of.
  • the inverse transform unit 206 applies inverse retransformation to the transform coefficient.
  • the adder 208 reconstructs the current block by adding the prediction error input from the inverse converter 206 and the prediction sample input from the prediction controller 220. Then, the adding unit 208 outputs the reconfigured block to the block memory 210 and the loop filter unit 212.
  • the block memory 210 is a storage unit for storing a block that is referred to in intra prediction and that is within a decoding target picture (hereinafter referred to as a current picture). Specifically, the block memory 210 stores the reconstructed block output from the adding unit 208.
  • the loop filter unit 212 applies a loop filter to the block reconstructed by the adding unit 208, and outputs the filtered reconstructed block to the frame memory 214, the display device, and the like.
  • one filter is selected from the plurality of filters based on the local gradient direction and activity, The selected filter is applied to the reconstruction block.
  • the frame memory 214 is a storage unit for storing a reference picture used for inter prediction, and is sometimes called a frame buffer. Specifically, the frame memory 214 stores the reconstructed block filtered by the loop filter unit 212.
  • the intra prediction unit 216 performs intra prediction with reference to the block in the current picture stored in the block memory 210 based on the intra prediction mode read from the encoded bitstream, so that a prediction signal (intra prediction Signal). Specifically, the intra prediction unit 216 generates an intra prediction signal by performing intra prediction with reference to a sample (for example, luminance value and color difference value) of a block adjacent to the current block, and performs prediction control on the intra prediction signal. Output to the unit 220.
  • a prediction signal for example, luminance value and color difference value
  • the intra prediction unit 216 may predict the color difference component of the current block based on the luminance component of the current block.
  • the intra prediction unit 216 corrects the pixel value after intra prediction based on the gradient of the reference pixel in the horizontal / vertical direction.
  • the inter prediction unit 218 refers to the reference picture stored in the frame memory 214 and predicts the current block. Prediction is performed in units of a current block or a sub-block (for example, 4 ⁇ 4 block) in the current block. For example, the inter prediction unit 218 generates an inter prediction signal of the current block or sub-block by performing motion compensation using motion information (for example, a motion vector) read from the encoded bitstream, and generates the inter prediction signal. The result is output to the prediction control unit 220.
  • motion information for example, a motion vector
  • the inter prediction unit 218 When the information read from the encoded bitstream indicates that the OBMC mode is to be applied, the inter prediction unit 218 includes not only the motion information of the current block obtained by motion search but also the motion information of adjacent blocks. To generate an inter prediction signal.
  • the inter prediction unit 218 follows the pattern matching method (bilateral matching or template matching) read from the encoded stream. Motion information is derived by performing motion search. Then, the inter prediction unit 218 performs motion compensation using the derived motion information.
  • the inter prediction unit 218 derives a motion vector based on a model assuming constant velocity linear motion. Also, when the information read from the encoded bitstream indicates that the affine motion compensated prediction mode is applied, the inter prediction unit 218 determines the motion vector in units of subblocks based on the motion vectors of a plurality of adjacent blocks. Is derived.
  • the prediction control unit 220 selects either the intra prediction signal or the inter prediction signal, and outputs the selected signal to the adding unit 208 as a prediction signal.
  • Predictive motion vector-related processing in encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus H.
  • moving picture coding schemes such as H.264 and HEVC
  • three types of picture types i.e., I picture, P picture, and B picture, are used to compress the amount of information.
  • An I picture is encoded by intra picture prediction.
  • Intra-picture prediction is also called inter-screen prediction or intra prediction.
  • the P picture is encoded by inter prediction that refers to one picture that has already been encoded ahead or behind the current picture in display time order.
  • the B picture is encoded by inter prediction that refers to two already encoded pictures ahead or behind the current picture in display time order.
  • a reference picture list for specifying a reference picture is generated.
  • a reference picture index is assigned to an encoded reference picture that is referred to in inter prediction.
  • two reference picture lists (L0 reference picture list and L1 reference picture list) are generated.
  • a prediction motion vector designation mode exists for a method of coding a motion vector of an encoding target block in a B picture or a P picture.
  • the prediction motion vector designation mode an adjacent block that is a block adjacent to the encoding target block and a co-located block that is the same position as the encoding target block in the reference picture are used.
  • predicted motion vector candidates are derived from the motion vectors used for encoding each of the adjacent block and the co-located block.
  • a motion vector predictor candidate is also called a candidate motion vector.
  • blocks such as an adjacent block and a co-located block used for derivation of a motion vector predictor candidate are also called candidate blocks.
  • a motion vector predictor is selected from a plurality of motion vector predictor candidates, and the motion vector of the block to be encoded is encoded. At that time, an index of the selected motion vector predictor is added to the bitstream.
  • TMVP Temporal Motion Vector Prediction
  • the co-located block may be referred to as a Col block.
  • the motion vector and reference picture of each block mean a motion vector and reference picture used (or used) for inter prediction of the block.
  • FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram showing adjacent blocks and motion vectors of adjacent blocks.
  • four adjacent blocks A, B, C, and D are four blocks adjacent to the encoding target block.
  • Four predicted motion vector candidates may be derived from the four motion vectors mvA, mvB, mvC, and mvD of the four adjacent blocks A, B, C, and D.
  • the motion vector mvA of the adjacent block A may be derived as a predicted motion vector candidate as it is.
  • the motion vector mvA of the adjacent block A may be scaled, and the scaled motion vector mvA may be derived as a predicted motion vector candidate.
  • the scaling of the motion vector is to expand and contract the magnitude of the motion vector, and also includes inverting the motion vector using a negative ratio.
  • the ratio of the time difference from the encoding target picture to the reference picture of the encoding target block with respect to the time difference from the encoding target picture to the reference picture of the adjacent block A may be used.
  • the time difference from the first picture to the second picture is a value obtained by subtracting the display order of the first picture from the display order of the second picture, and can take a negative value.
  • a predicted motion vector candidate can be derived from each of the motion vectors mvB, mvC, and mvD of the adjacent blocks B, C, and D.
  • FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram showing the Col block and the motion vector of the Col block. Note that each picture is two-dimensional, but each picture in FIG. 12 and the like is represented in one dimension for convenience of explanation.
  • the Col block is encoded with reference to the first reference picture using the motion vector mvCol.
  • a motion vector predictor candidate is derived from the motion vector mvCol of the Col block.
  • the motion vector mvCol of the Col block may be derived as a predicted motion vector candidate as it is.
  • the motion vector mvCol of the Col block may be scaled, and the scaled motion vector mvCol may be derived as a predicted motion vector candidate.
  • the ratio of the time difference from the encoding target picture to the reference picture of the encoding target block with respect to the time difference from the second reference picture including the Col block to the reference picture of the Col block may be used.
  • HEVC's next-generation video coding system is currently being studied by JVET (Joint Video Exploration Team), which is a joint study group of MPEG and ITU-T.
  • JVET Joint Video Exploration Team
  • ATMVP Advanced Temporary Motion Vector Prediction
  • the motion vector of the encoding target block is provisionally determined based on the motion vector of the adjacent block. Then, the block pointed to by the temporarily determined motion vector is defined as an ATMVP block. Then, a motion vector (ATMV: Advanced Temporary Motion Vector) in the ATMVP block is used as a predicted motion vector candidate.
  • ATMVP Advanced Temporary Motion Vector
  • an ATMVP block may be called an Adv block.
  • the ATMVP block is an example of a candidate block used for deriving candidate motion vectors.
  • FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram showing Adv blocks and motion vectors of Adv blocks.
  • the motion vector mvD of the adjacent block D shown in FIG. 11 is provisionally determined as the motion vector of the encoding target block.
  • the block pointed from the encoding target block by the motion vector mvD is determined as an Adv block.
  • the Adv block is included in the second reference picture. That is, the reference picture including the Adv block is indicated by the reference picture index indicating the reference picture of the adjacent block D. Then, a motion vector predictor candidate is derived from the motion vector mvAdv of the Adv block.
  • the motion vector mvAdv of the Adv block may be derived as a predicted motion vector candidate as it is.
  • the motion vector mvAdv of the Adv block may be scaled, and the scaled motion vector mvAdv may be derived as a predicted motion vector candidate.
  • a ratio of the time difference from the encoding target picture to the reference picture of the encoding target block with respect to the time difference from the second reference picture including the Adv block to the reference picture of the Adv block may be used.
  • the Adv block follows the movement of the moving object and is positioned at the same position as the encoding target block within the range of the moving object. Can be.
  • Such a motion vector of the Adv block may have the same characteristics as the motion vector of the encoding target block. Therefore, an appropriate predicted motion vector candidate can be derived from the motion vector mvAdv of the Adv block.
  • the motion vector mvD and the second reference picture used for the inter prediction of the adjacent block D may not be used as they are.
  • the Adv block may be defined in a reference picture different from the second reference picture used for inter prediction of the adjacent block D.
  • the Adv block may be defined in a reference picture immediately before or after the encoding target picture.
  • scaling is applied to the motion vector mvD used for the inter prediction of the adjacent block D, and the Adv block may be determined using the motion vector mvD to which the scaling is applied.
  • the ratio of the time difference from the encoding target picture to the reference picture in which the Adv block is defined with respect to the time difference from the encoding target picture to the second reference picture used for inter prediction of the adjacent block D is used. May be.
  • the motion vector of the encoding target block is provisionally determined based on the motion vector of the adjacent block, and the block pointed to by the provisionally determined motion vector is the ATMVP.
  • the block pointed to by the provisionally determined motion vector is the ATMVP.
  • a block that is, a single ATMVP block is defined.
  • a motion vector predictor candidate is derived from the motion vector of a single ATMVP block.
  • TMVP TMVP
  • a single co-located block is defined, and a motion vector predictor candidate is derived from the motion vector of the single co-located block. That is, the predicted motion vector candidate is derived from the motion vector of a single block in both ATMVP and TMVP. Therefore, a motion vector predictor candidate is derived from only one of the blocks included in the L0 reference picture list and the block included in the L1 reference picture list.
  • the predicted motion vector candidates derived as described above are not necessarily appropriate predicted motion vector candidates.
  • the block to be encoded is located in the vicinity of the boundary of the range of the moving object in the image and the motion within the range of the moving object is different from the motion outside the range of the moving object, the motion vector of the ATMVP block and the encoding There is a possibility that the motion vector of the target block greatly deviates.
  • FIG. 14 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of the relationship between the encoding target block, the four adjacent blocks A, B, C, and D, and the range of the moving object.
  • the encoding target block straddles the boundary of the range of the moving object, and most of the encoding target block is included in the range of the moving object.
  • the adjacent block D is located outside the range of the moving object, and is specifically included in the background.
  • FIG. 15 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of an inappropriate Adv block. Specifically, FIG. 15 illustrates an Adv block determined according to the motion vector mvD of the adjacent block D in the example of FIG.
  • the motion vector of the Adv block indicates the motion of the background, and most of the motion vectors do not correctly indicate the motion of the encoding target block included in the range of the moving object. Therefore, an appropriate predicted motion vector candidate is not derived from the motion vector of the Adv block.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 and the decoding apparatus 200 use each of the blocks in the reference picture included in the L0 reference picture list and the blocks in the reference picture included in the L1 reference picture list. Predictive motion vector candidates are derived. Accordingly, the encoding device 100 and the decoding device 200 derive temporal prediction motion vector candidates that match the motion of the processing target block even when the processing target block is located near the boundary of the range of the moving object. The possibility can be increased.
  • temporal motion vector predictor candidate is a motion vector predictor candidate derived from a block determined using a temporal relationship with the processing target block, and is also called a temporal motion vector candidate.
  • a spatial prediction motion vector candidate is a prediction motion vector candidate derived from a block determined using a spatial relationship with the processing target block, and is also referred to as a spatial candidate motion vector.
  • FIG. 16 is a block diagram more specifically showing the functional configuration of the encoding apparatus 100 shown in FIG. Compared with FIG. 1, FIG. 16 further shows a picture type determination unit 132, a candidate list generation unit 134, and a candidate block information memory 136. That is, the encoding apparatus 100 further includes a picture type determination unit 132, a candidate list generation unit 134, and a candidate block information memory 136.
  • the encoding device 100 is realized by, for example, a general-purpose processor and a memory.
  • the processor when the software program stored in the memory is executed by the processor, the processor further functions as a picture type determination unit 132, a candidate list generation unit 134, and the like.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 may be realized as one or more dedicated electronic circuits corresponding to a plurality of components including the picture type determination unit 132 and the candidate list generation unit 134.
  • the picture type determination unit 132 determines a picture type for each of a plurality of pictures constituting a moving image. For example, the picture type determination unit 132 determines a picture type of each picture by selecting a picture type for each picture from among three types of picture types, that is, an I picture, a P picture, and a B picture. The picture type determination unit 132 may determine the picture type according to the encoding order or display order of pictures.
  • the picture type determination unit 132 inputs the picture type to the prediction control unit 128 by outputting the picture type determined for each picture.
  • the prediction control unit 128 selects either an intra prediction signal or an inter prediction signal according to the input picture type, and outputs the selected signal as a prediction signal.
  • the prediction control unit 128 selects an intra prediction signal and outputs an intra prediction signal.
  • the prediction control unit 128 selects an inter prediction signal and outputs an inter prediction signal.
  • the prediction control unit 128 may select either an intra prediction signal or an inter prediction signal for each block, and output the selected signal as a prediction signal.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 generates a list of candidate motion vectors. That is, the candidate list generation unit 134 generates a list composed of one or more candidate motion vectors. This list may also be expressed as a candidate list, a candidate motion vector list, or a predicted motion vector candidate list. Details of generation of this list will be described later with reference to FIGS. 18A to 30 and the like.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 inputs the candidate list to the inter prediction unit 126 by outputting the generated candidate list.
  • the inter prediction unit 126 selects a predicted motion vector from one or more candidate motion vectors included in the input candidate list.
  • the entropy encoding unit 110 calculates a prediction motion vector index that is an index of the selected prediction motion vector, and a difference between the selected prediction motion vector and the motion vector of the encoding target block. Encode the motion vector. For example, in the predicted motion vector designation mode, the entropy encoding unit 110 encodes a predicted motion vector index and a difference motion vector.
  • the inter prediction unit 126 In the merge mode, the inter prediction unit 126 generates a prediction image using the selected prediction motion vector as the motion vector of the encoding target block. In the merge mode, the entropy encoding unit 110 encodes the predicted motion vector index without encoding the differential motion vector.
  • the inter prediction unit 126 may generate a prediction image by selecting a prediction motion vector according to FRUC and using the selected prediction motion vector as a motion vector of the encoding target block.
  • the entropy encoding unit 110 does not encode motion vector information such as a predicted motion vector index and a difference motion vector.
  • the candidate block information memory 136 is a memory for storing information used for generating candidate motion vectors. Specifically, the candidate block information memory 136 stores information on candidate blocks in the current picture or reference picture.
  • the candidate block information is, for example, information indicating a motion vector of the candidate block.
  • the inter prediction unit 126 may store, in the candidate block information memory 136, information indicating a motion vector used for generating a predicted image of the encoding target block. Then, the candidate list generation unit 134 may refer to information stored in the candidate block information memory 136 as information on candidate blocks when generating predicted images of other encoding target blocks.
  • the inter prediction unit 126 may include a candidate list generation unit 134, or may include a candidate block information memory 136. That is, the inter prediction unit 126 may play the role of the candidate list generation unit 134 or may play the role of the candidate block information memory 136.
  • the inter prediction encoding is performed by the subtraction unit 104, the entropy encoding unit 110, the addition unit 116, the inter prediction unit 126, and the like. These components may constitute an inter prediction encoding unit.
  • FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing more specifically the functional configuration of the decoding device 200 shown in FIG. Compared with FIG. 10, FIG. 17 further shows a candidate list generation unit 234 and a candidate block information memory 236. That is, the decoding device 200 further includes a candidate list generation unit 234 and a candidate block information memory 236.
  • the decoding device 200 is realized by, for example, a general-purpose processor and a memory. In this case, when the software program stored in the memory is executed by the processor, the processor further functions as the candidate list generation unit 234 and the like.
  • the decoding device 200 may be realized as one or more dedicated electronic circuits corresponding to a plurality of components including the candidate list generation unit 234 and the like.
  • the candidate list generation unit 234 of the decoding device 200 operates in the same manner as the candidate list generation unit 134 of the encoding device 100. That is, the candidate list generation unit 234 generates a candidate list composed of one or more candidate motion vectors. Details of generation of the candidate list will be described later with reference to FIGS. 18A to 30 and the like. 18A to 30 and the like mainly show the operation of the encoding device 100, the decoding device 200 also operates in the same manner as the encoding device 100 with respect to generation of a candidate list. The encoding in these descriptions can be appropriately read as decoding.
  • the candidate list generation unit 234 outputs the generated candidate list to input the candidate list to the inter prediction unit 218.
  • the inter prediction unit 218 selects a predicted motion vector from one or more candidate motion vectors included in the input candidate list.
  • the entropy decoding unit (variable length decoding unit) 202 decodes the predicted motion vector index and the difference motion vector in the predicted motion vector designation mode.
  • the inter prediction unit 218 selects a motion vector predictor according to the motion vector predictor index.
  • the inter prediction unit 218 derives the motion vector of the decoding target block by adding the selected prediction motion vector and the decoded difference motion vector. Further, the inter prediction unit 218 generates a prediction image of the decoding target block using the motion vector of the decoding target block.
  • the entropy decoding unit 202 decodes the predicted motion vector index without decoding the difference motion vector. Also in this case, the inter prediction unit 218 selects a motion vector predictor according to the motion vector predictor index. Then, the inter prediction unit 218 generates a prediction image of the decoding target block using the selected prediction motion vector as the motion vector of the decoding target block.
  • the inter prediction unit 218 may select a predicted motion vector according to FRUC, and generate a predicted image using the selected predicted motion vector as a motion vector of a decoding target block.
  • the entropy decoding unit 202 does not decode motion vector information such as a predicted motion vector index and a difference motion vector.
  • the candidate block information memory 236 is a memory for storing information used for generating candidate motion vectors. That is, the candidate block information memory 236 of the decoding device 200 plays the same role as the candidate block information memory 136 of the encoding device 100. Specifically, the candidate block information memory 236 stores information on candidate blocks in the decoding target picture or reference picture.
  • the inter prediction unit 218 may store information indicating the motion vector used for generating the predicted image of the decoding target block in the candidate block information memory 236. Then, the candidate list generation unit 234 may refer to the information stored in the candidate block information memory 236 as information on candidate blocks when generating predicted images of other decoding target blocks.
  • the entropy decoding unit 202 decodes the picture type of each picture. Then, the entropy decoding unit 202 inputs the picture type of each picture to the prediction control unit 220 by outputting the picture type of each picture. Similar to the prediction control unit 128 of the encoding apparatus 100, the prediction control unit 220 selects either an intra prediction signal or an inter prediction signal according to the input picture type, and outputs the selected signal as a prediction signal. .
  • the inter prediction unit 218 may include a candidate list generation unit 234, or may include a candidate block information memory 236. That is, the inter prediction unit 218 may serve as the candidate list generation unit 234 or may serve as the candidate block information memory 236.
  • the inter prediction decoding is performed by the entropy decoding unit 202, the adding unit 208, the inter prediction unit 218, and the like. These components may constitute an inter prediction decoding unit.
  • an L0 reference picture list and an L1 reference picture list are determined for the encoding target picture.
  • the temporal candidate motion vector is derived from each of the co-located block of the reference picture included in the L0 reference picture list and the co-located block of the reference picture included in the L1 reference picture list.
  • the L0 reference picture list includes a reference picture preceding the encoding target picture in display order
  • the L1 reference picture list includes a reference picture subsequent to the encoding target picture in display order.
  • the present invention is not limited to this, and the L0 reference picture list may include a reference picture that is later in the display order than the encoding target picture, or the L1 reference picture list is earlier than the encoding target picture in the display order.
  • a reference picture may be included.
  • a reference picture included in the L0 reference picture list may be expressed as a reference picture L0 [n].
  • a reference picture included in the L1 reference picture list may be expressed as a reference picture L1 [n].
  • N in the reference pictures L0 [n] and L1 [n] is a reference picture index, and is an integer of 0 or more.
  • the co-located block in the reference picture included in the L0 reference picture list may be called a Col0 block.
  • a co-located block in a reference picture included in the L1 reference picture list may be referred to as a Col1 block.
  • the Col0 block is included in the reference picture L0 [0] whose reference picture index is 0 in the L0 reference picture list, and is a block at the same position as the encoding target block.
  • the Col1 block is included in the reference picture L1 [0] whose reference picture index is 0 in the L1 reference picture list, and is a block at the same position as the encoding target block.
  • each of the Col0 block and the Col1 block is encoded by bi-prediction.
  • FIG. 18A is a conceptual diagram showing candidate motion vectors derived from the bi-predictive Col0 block.
  • reference pictures L0 [0] and L0 [1] included in the L0 reference picture list are positioned before the current picture to be encoded, and reference pictures L1 [0] and L1 included in the L1 reference picture list are included. [1] is located after the encoding target picture.
  • the Col0 block is included in the reference picture L0 [0] and is encoded by bi-prediction.
  • the forward reference picture L0 [1] is referenced by the motion vector mvCol0L0
  • the backward reference picture L1 [1] is referenced by the motion vector mvCol0L1.
  • the motion vector mvCol0L1 is scaled by the ratio of the time difference from the current picture to the reference picture L0 [0] to the time difference from the reference picture L0 [0] to the reference picture L1 [1].
  • the motion vector mvCol0L1L0 referring to the reference picture L0 [0] is derived as a temporal candidate motion vector.
  • the motion vector mvCol0L1 is scaled by the ratio of the time difference from the current picture to the reference picture L1 [0] to the time difference from the reference picture L0 [0] to the reference picture L1 [1].
  • the motion vector mvCol0L1L1 referring to the reference picture L1 [0] is derived as a temporal candidate motion vector.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 scales the motion vector mvCol0L1 of the Col0 block, and derives two motion vectors mvCol0L1L0 and mvCol0L1L1 that can be used for bi-prediction as temporal candidate motion vectors.
  • the motion vector mvCol0L1 whose reference direction matches the direction from the reference picture L0 [0] including the Col0 block to the encoding target picture is used.
  • a temporal candidate motion vector is derived using a motion vector mvCol0L1 that is assumed to be strongly related to the encoding target block among the two motion vectors mvCol0L0 and mvCol0L1.
  • the motion vector mvCol0L0 may be used instead of the motion vector mvCol0L1.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may evaluate each of the two motion vectors mvCol0L0 and mvCol0L1 according to a predetermined evaluation criterion, and select one of the two motion vectors mvCol0L0 and mvCol0L1. Then, the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive a temporal candidate motion vector from the selected one motion vector.
  • one motion vector is selected from the two motion vectors mvCol0L0 and mvCol0L1 of the Col0 block according to the size of each motion vector or the temporal distance to the reference picture referenced by each motion vector. May be. For example, a motion vector with a small size may be selected, or a motion vector with a short temporal distance may be selected.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 calculates a prediction residual or RD cost based on each motion vector, and the motion having a small prediction residual or RD cost calculated from the two motion vectors mvCol0L0 and mvCol0L1.
  • a vector may be selected.
  • the RD cost is a weighted sum of coding distortion and generated code amount.
  • the entropy encoding unit 110 may encode the identification information of the selected motion vector. Further, in the decoding device 200, the entropy decoding unit 202 may decode the identification information of the motion vector, and the candidate list generation unit 234 may select the motion vector according to the decoded identification information.
  • the scaling of one of the two motion vectors of the Col0 block is used to refer to the opposite direction.
  • a temporal candidate motion vector may be derived.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 selects one motion vector from the two motion vectors according to the selection method described above, and applies negative ratio scaling to the selected one motion vector. May be. Thereby, a time candidate motion vector having a reference direction opposite to the selected one motion vector is derived.
  • the motion vector mvCol0L0 may be used.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive two temporal candidate motion vectors that can be used for bi-prediction from each of the two motion vectors mvCol0L0 and mvCol0L1. Accordingly, the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive four temporal candidate motion vectors from the two motion vectors mvCol0L0 and mvCol0L1.
  • FIG. 18B is a conceptual diagram showing candidate motion vectors derived from the bi-predicted Col1 block.
  • Each picture, encoding target block, and the like in this example are the same as in the example of FIG. 18A.
  • the Col1 block is included in the reference picture L1 [0] and is encoded by bi-prediction.
  • the forward reference picture L0 [1] is referenced by the motion vector mvCol1L0
  • the backward reference picture L1 [1] is referenced by the motion vector mvCol1L1.
  • the motion vector mvCol1L0 is scaled by the ratio of the time difference from the current picture to the reference picture L0 [0] to the time difference from the reference picture L1 [0] to the reference picture L0 [1].
  • the motion vector mvCol1L0L0 referring to the reference picture L0 [0] is derived as a temporal candidate motion vector.
  • the motion vector mvCol1L0 is scaled by the ratio of the time difference from the current picture to the reference picture L1 [0] to the time difference from the reference picture L1 [0] to the reference picture L0 [1].
  • the motion vector mvCol1L0L1 referring to the reference picture L1 [0] is derived as a temporal candidate motion vector.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 scales the motion vector mvCol1L0 of the Col1 block, and derives two motion vectors mvCol1L0L0 and mvCol1L0L1 that can be used for bi-prediction as temporal candidate motion vectors.
  • the motion vector mvCol1L0 whose reference direction matches the direction from the reference picture L1 [0] including the Col1 block to the encoding target picture is used.
  • a temporal candidate motion vector is derived using the motion vector mvCol1L0 that is assumed to be strongly related to the encoding target block among the two motion vectors mvCol1L0 and mvCol1L1.
  • the motion vector mvCol1L1 may be used instead of the motion vector mvCol1L0.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may evaluate each of the two motion vectors mvCol1L0 and mvCol1L1 according to a predetermined evaluation criterion, and select one of the two motion vectors mvCol1L0 and mvCol1L1. Then, the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive a temporal candidate motion vector from the selected one motion vector.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 can select one motion vector from the two motion vectors mvCol1L0 and mvCol1L1 of the Col1 block, as in the case of selecting one motion vector for the Col0 block. it can.
  • the Col1 block is encoded with bi-prediction in only one of the forward and backward directions, refer to the opposite direction by scaling of one of the two motion vectors.
  • a temporal candidate motion vector for performing may be derived.
  • the motion vector mvCol1L1 may be used.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive two temporal candidate motion vectors that can be used for bi-prediction from each of the two motion vectors mvCol1L0 and mvCol1L1. Accordingly, the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive four temporal candidate motion vectors from the two motion vectors mvCol1L0 and mvCol1L1.
  • FIG. 19A is a conceptual diagram showing candidate motion vectors derived from a single prediction Col0 block.
  • the reference pictures L0 [0] and L0 [1] are located before the encoding target picture, and the reference pictures L1 [0] and L1 [1] are the encoding target.
  • the Col0 block is included in the reference picture L0 [0] and is encoded by single prediction.
  • the forward reference picture L0 [1] is referred to by the motion vector mvCol0L0.
  • the motion vector mvCol0L0 is scaled by the ratio of the time difference from the current picture to the reference picture L0 [0] to the time difference from the reference picture L0 [0] to the reference picture L0 [1].
  • a motion vector mvCol0L0L0 referring to the reference picture L0 [0] is derived as a temporal candidate motion vector.
  • the motion vector mvCol0L0 is scaled by the ratio of the time difference from the current picture to the reference picture L1 [0] to the time difference from the reference picture L0 [0] to the reference picture L0 [1].
  • the motion vector mvCol0L0L1 referring to the reference picture L1 [0] is derived as a temporal candidate motion vector.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 scales the motion vector mvCol0L0 of the Col0 block and derives two motion vectors mvCol0L0L0 and mvCol0L0L1 that can be used for bi-prediction as temporal candidate motion vectors.
  • FIG. 19B is a conceptual diagram showing candidate motion vectors derived from the single prediction Col1 block.
  • the Col1 block is included in the reference picture L1 [0] and is encoded by single prediction.
  • the forward reference picture L0 [1] is referred to by the motion vector mvCol1L0.
  • the motion vector mvCol1L0 is scaled by the ratio of the time difference from the current picture to the reference picture L0 [0] to the time difference from the reference picture L1 [0] to the reference picture L0 [1].
  • the motion vector mvCol1L0L0 referring to the reference picture L0 [0] is derived as a temporal candidate motion vector.
  • the motion vector mvCol1L0 is scaled by the ratio of the time difference from the current picture to the reference picture L1 [0] to the time difference from the reference picture L1 [0] to the reference picture L0 [1].
  • the motion vector mvCol1L0L1 referring to the reference picture L1 [0] is derived as a temporal candidate motion vector.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 scales the motion vector mvCol1L0 of the Col1 block, and derives two motion vectors mvCol1L0L0 and mvCol1L0L1 that can be used for bi-prediction as temporal candidate motion vectors.
  • FIG. 20A is a conceptual diagram illustrating candidate motion vectors derived from the bi-predictive Col0 block with respect to a bi-predictive encoding target block in only one direction.
  • the reference pictures L0 [0] and L0 [1] included in the L0 reference picture list and the reference picture L1 [0] included in the L1 reference picture list are positioned before the encoding target picture. .
  • the Col0 block is included in the reference picture L0 [0] and is encoded by bi-prediction.
  • the forward reference picture L0 [1] is referenced by the motion vector mvCol0L0
  • the backward picture NL is referenced by the motion vector mvCol0L1.
  • the motion vector mvCol0L0 is scaled by the ratio of the time difference from the current picture to the reference picture L0 [0] to the time difference from the reference picture L0 [0] to the reference picture L0 [1].
  • a motion vector mvCol0L0L0 referring to the reference picture L0 [0] is derived as a temporal candidate motion vector.
  • the motion vector mvCol0L1 is scaled by the ratio of the time difference from the current picture to the reference picture L1 [0] with respect to the time difference from the reference picture L0 [0] to the picture NL.
  • the motion vector mvCol0L1L1 referring to the reference picture L1 [0] is derived as a temporal candidate motion vector.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 scales each of the motion vectors mvCol0L0 and mvCol0L1 of the Col0 block. As a result, the candidate list generation unit 134 derives two motion vectors mvCol0L0L0 and mvCol0L1L1 that can be used for bi-prediction as temporal candidate motion vectors.
  • a motion vector mvCol0L0L0 referring to the reference picture L0 [0] included in the L0 reference picture list is derived as a temporal candidate motion vector.
  • a motion vector mvCol0L1L1 referring to the reference picture L1 [0] included in the L1 reference picture list is derived as a temporal candidate motion vector.
  • the reference picture L0 [1] referred to by the motion vector mvCol0L0 of the Col0 block is a reference picture included in the L0 reference picture list for the Col0 block.
  • the reference picture NL referred to by the motion vector mvCol0L1 of the Col0 block is a reference picture included in the L1 reference picture list for the Col0 block.
  • the motion vector mvCol0L0L0 that refers to the L0 reference picture list for the current block is derived as a temporal candidate motion vector from the motion vector mvCol0L0 that refers to the L0 reference picture list for the Col0 block. Then, from the motion vector mvCol0L1 that refers to the L1 reference picture list for the Col0 block, a motion vector mvCol0L1L1 that refers to the L1 reference picture list for the current block is derived as a temporal candidate motion vector.
  • the motion vector mvCol0L1 may be used instead of the motion vector mvCol0L0.
  • the motion vector mvCol0L0 may be used instead of the motion vector mvCol0L1.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may evaluate two motion vectors mvCol0L0 and mvCol0L1 for each of the two reference picture lists and select one of the two motion vectors mvCol0L0 and mvCol0L1. Then, the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive a temporal candidate motion vector from one selected motion vector for each of the two reference picture lists.
  • the motion vector mvCol0L1 may be used in addition to the motion vector mvCol0L0.
  • the motion vector mvCol0L0 may be used in addition to the motion vector mvCol0L1.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive two temporal candidate motion vectors referring to the reference picture L0 [0] included in the L0 reference picture list from the two motion vectors mvCol0L0 and mvCol0L1.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive two temporal candidate motion vectors referring to the reference picture L1 [0] included in the L1 reference picture list from the two motion vectors mvCol0L0 and mvCol0L1.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive four temporal candidate motion vectors from the two motion vectors mvCol0L0 and mvCol0L1.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 includes a temporal candidate motion vector that refers to the L0 reference picture list and a temporal candidate motion vector that refers to the L1 reference picture list. Deriving only one.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive at least one temporal candidate motion vector that refers to the reference picture L0 [0] from at least one of the two motion vectors mvCol0L0 and mvCol0L1. .
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive at least one temporal candidate motion vector that refers to the reference picture L1 [0] from at least one of the two motion vectors mvCol0L0 and mvCol0L1.
  • FIG. 20B is a conceptual diagram illustrating candidate motion vectors derived from the bi-predictive Col1 block with respect to a bi-predictive encoding target block in only one direction.
  • the Col1 block is included in the reference picture L1 [0] and is encoded by bi-prediction.
  • the forward reference picture L0 [0] is referenced by the motion vector mvCol1L0
  • the backward picture NL is referenced by the motion vector mvCol1L1.
  • the motion vector mvCol1L0 is scaled by the ratio of the time difference from the current picture to the reference picture L0 [0] to the time difference from the reference picture L1 [0] to the reference picture L0 [1].
  • the motion vector mvCol1L0L0 referring to the reference picture L0 [0] is derived as a temporal candidate motion vector.
  • the motion vector mvCol1L1 is scaled by the ratio of the time difference from the current picture to the reference picture L1 [0] to the time difference from the reference picture L1 [0] to the picture NL.
  • a motion vector mvCol1L1L1 referring to the reference picture L1 [0] is derived as a temporal candidate motion vector.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 scales each of the motion vectors mvCol1L0 and mvCol1L1 of the Col1 block. As a result, the candidate list generation unit 134 derives two motion vectors mvCol1L0L0 and mvCol1L1L1 that can be used for bi-prediction as temporal candidate motion vectors.
  • a motion vector mvCol1L0L0 referring to the reference picture L0 [0] included in the L0 reference picture list is derived as a temporal candidate motion vector.
  • a motion vector mvCol1L1L1 referring to the reference picture L1 [0] included in the L1 reference picture list is derived as a temporal candidate motion vector from the other motion vector mvCol1L1 of the Col1 block.
  • the reference picture L0 [1] referred to by the motion vector mvCol1L0 of the Col1 block is a reference picture included in the L0 reference picture list for the Col1 block.
  • the reference picture NL referred to by the motion vector mvCol1L1 of the Col1 block is a reference picture included in the L1 reference picture list for the Col1 block.
  • the motion vector mvCol1L0L0 that refers to the L0 reference picture list for the current block is derived as a temporal candidate motion vector.
  • a motion vector mvCol1L1L1 that refers to the L1 reference picture list for the current block is derived as a temporal candidate motion vector.
  • two temporal candidate motion vectors that refer to the two reference picture lists for the current block are derived from the two motion vectors mvCol1L0 and mvCol1L1 that refer to the two reference picture lists for the Col1 block.
  • the motion vector mvCol1L1 may be used instead of the motion vector mvCol1L0.
  • the motion vector mvCol1L0 may be used instead of the motion vector mvCol1L1.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may evaluate the two motion vectors mvCol1L0 and mvCol1L1 for each of the two reference picture lists and select one of the two motion vectors mvCol1L0 and mvCol1L1. Then, the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive a temporal candidate motion vector from one selected motion vector for each of the two reference picture lists.
  • the motion vector mvCol1L1 may be used in addition to the motion vector mvCol1L0.
  • the motion vector mvCol1L0 may be used in addition to the motion vector mvCol1L1.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive two temporal candidate motion vectors referring to the reference picture L0 [0] included in the L0 reference picture list from the two motion vectors mvCol1L0 and mvCol1L1.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive two temporal candidate motion vectors referring to the reference picture L1 [0] included in the L1 reference picture list from the two motion vectors mvCol1L0 and mvCol1L1.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive four temporal candidate motion vectors from the two motion vectors mvCol1L0 and mvCol1L1.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 includes a temporal candidate motion vector that refers to the L0 reference picture list and a temporal candidate motion vector that refers to the L1 reference picture list. Deriving only one.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive at least one temporal candidate motion vector that refers to the reference picture L0 [0] from at least one of the two motion vectors mvCol1L0 and mvCol1L1. .
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive at least one temporal candidate motion vector that refers to the reference picture L1 [0] from at least one of the two motion vectors mvCol1L0 and mvCol1L1.
  • the decoding device 200 also operates in the same manner as the encoding device 100. That is, each component of the decoding device 200 operates in the same manner as the corresponding component in the encoding device 100.
  • the encoding in the above description can be appropriately read as decoding.
  • a predicted motion vector index for specifying a predicted motion vector selected from a plurality of candidate motion vectors is encoded, an index is given to each of the plurality of candidate motion vectors.
  • encoding apparatus 100 and decoding apparatus 200 give an index to each of a plurality of candidate motion vectors according to a predetermined common index assignment rule. Then, the index given to the candidate motion vector selected as the predicted motion vector is encoded and decoded.
  • the index given to each of the plurality of candidate motion vectors may be expressed by a number.
  • each of the Col0 block and the Col1 block is encoded by bi-prediction or single prediction.
  • a temporal candidate motion vector can be derived by a combination of the above examples.
  • a temporal candidate motion vector is derived by combining the example of FIG. 18A and the example of FIG. 19B. Can be done.
  • a reference picture having a reference picture index of 0 is used as a reference picture including a Col0 block or a reference picture including a Col1 block.
  • a reference picture whose reference picture index is not 0 may be used as a reference picture including a Col0 block or a reference picture including a Col1 block.
  • candidate motion vectors are derived from each of the Col0 block and the Col1 block.
  • one of the Col0 block and the Col1 block may be included in the same moving object range as the encoding target block. Therefore, by deriving candidate motion vectors from each of the Col0 block and the Col1 block, an appropriate candidate motion vector having the same characteristics as the motion vector of the encoding target block can be derived.
  • candidate motion vectors may not be derived from each of the Col0 block and the Col1 block for all the encoding target blocks. For example, for one coding target block, candidate motion vectors may be derived from each of the Col0 block and the Col1 block. And about another encoding object block, a candidate motion vector may not be derived
  • temporal candidate motion vectors may be derived from co-located blocks included in one reference picture list.
  • temporal candidate motion vectors are derived from the co-located block included in the L0 reference picture list and the co-located block included in the L1 reference picture list.
  • an ATMVP block may be used.
  • the temporal candidate motion vector may be derived from each of the ATMVP block in the reference picture included in the L0 reference picture list and the ATMVP block in the reference picture included in the L1 reference picture list.
  • an ATMVP block in a reference picture included in the L0 reference picture list may be referred to as an Adv0 block.
  • An ATMVP block in a reference picture included in the L1 reference picture list may be referred to as an Adv1 block.
  • the Adv0 block and the Adv1 block may be used instead of the Col0 block and the Col1 block in the plurality of examples of FIGS. 18A to 20B.
  • FIGS. 21A and 21B an example in which a temporal candidate motion vector is derived from each of the Adv0 block and the Adv1 block will be described with reference to FIGS. 21A and 21B.
  • the Adv0 block and the Adv1 block are used instead of the Col0 block and the Col1 block in the examples of FIGS. 18A and 18B.
  • FIG. 21A is a conceptual diagram showing candidate motion vectors derived from the Adv0 block.
  • the Adv0 block is included in the reference picture L0 [0] in the L0 reference picture list.
  • Such an Adv0 block is determined according to the provisional motion vector of the encoding target block.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 tentatively specifies a motion vector that refers to the reference picture L0 [0] of the L0 reference picture list according to the motion vector of the encoded block adjacent to the encoding target block. Determined as a simple motion vector. At that time, the candidate list generation unit 134 selects a block for determining a provisional motion vector of the encoding target block from among a plurality of encoded blocks adjacent to the encoding target block with respect to the encoding target block. You may determine according to a relative position.
  • the relative position of the adjacent block D with respect to the encoding target block in FIG. 11 may be determined in advance as the position of the adjacent block for determining the provisional motion vector of the encoding target block.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 searches for the inter prediction adjacent blocks in the order of the adjacent blocks D, A, B, and C in FIG. 11, and selects the inter prediction adjacent block first found as a temporary motion vector. You may use for the adjacent block for determining.
  • scaling may be applied to the motion vector of the adjacent block, and the motion vector to which the scaling is applied may be used as a temporary motion vector of the encoding target block.
  • the ratio of the time difference from the encoding target picture to the reference picture L0 [0] included in the L0 reference picture list with respect to the time difference from the encoding target picture to the reference picture referenced by the motion vector of the adjacent block. May be used.
  • negative ratio scaling may be applied to the motion vector of the adjacent block, and the motion vector of the adjacent block may be inverted. Then, the inverted motion vector may be used as a temporary motion vector of the encoding target block. Thereby, even when the adjacent block is encoded with reference to only one of the forward direction and the backward direction, the motion vector that refers to the appropriate reference direction is used as the provisional motion vector of the encoding target block. Used.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 determines, as an Adv0 block, a block indicated in the reference picture L0 [0] included in the L0 reference picture list from the encoding target block by the provisional motion vector of the encoding target block.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 determines the motion vector mvCurL0 as a provisional motion vector of the encoding target block. Then, the candidate list generating unit 134 determines a block indicated by the motion vector mvCurL0 from the coding target block in the reference picture L0 [0] included in the L0 reference picture list as an Adv0 block.
  • the motion vector mvCurL0 is, for example, the motion vector of the adjacent block D shown in FIG. 11, and is a motion vector that refers to the reference picture L0 [0] included in the L0 reference picture list. Further, scaling may be applied to the motion vector of the adjacent block D, and the motion vector to which the scaling is applied may be used as the motion vector mvCurL0. For example, scaling may be applied to the motion vector of the adjacent block D so that the motion vector mvCurL0 referring to the reference picture L0 [0] is obtained.
  • the Adv0 block is encoded by bi-prediction.
  • the forward reference picture L0 [1] is referenced by the motion vector mvAdv0L0
  • the backward reference picture L1 [1] is referenced by the motion vector mvAdv0L1.
  • the motion vector mvAdv0L1 is scaled at the ratio of the time difference from the current picture to the reference picture L0 [0] to the time difference from the reference picture L0 [0] to the reference picture L1 [1].
  • the motion vector mvAdv0L1L0 referring to the reference picture L0 [0] is derived as a temporal candidate motion vector.
  • the motion vector mvAdv0L1 is scaled by the ratio of the time difference from the current picture to the reference picture L1 [0] to the time difference from the reference picture L0 [0] to the reference picture L1 [1].
  • the motion vector mvAdv0L1L1 referring to the reference picture L1 [0] is derived as a temporal candidate motion vector.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 scales the motion vector mvAdv0L1 of the Adv0 block, and derives each of two motion vectors mvAdv0L1L0 and mvAdv0L1L1 that can be used for bi-prediction as temporal candidate motion vectors.
  • the Col0 block in the example of FIG. 18A and the motion vectors mvCol0L0 and mvCol0L1 etc. can be replaced with the Adv0 block in the example of FIG. Therefore, a specific description is omitted.
  • FIG. 21B is a conceptual diagram showing candidate motion vectors derived from the Adv1 block.
  • the Adv1 block is included in the reference picture L1 [0] in the L1 reference picture list.
  • Such an Adv1 block is determined according to the provisional motion vector of the encoding target block.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 tentatively specifies a motion vector that refers to the reference picture L1 [0] of the L1 reference picture list according to the motion vector of the encoded block adjacent to the encoding target block. Determined as a simple motion vector. At that time, the candidate list generation unit 134 selects a block for determining a provisional motion vector of the encoding target block from among a plurality of encoded blocks adjacent to the encoding target block with respect to the encoding target block. You may determine according to a relative position.
  • the relative position of the adjacent block D with respect to the encoding target block in FIG. 11 may be determined in advance as the position of the adjacent block for determining the provisional motion vector of the encoding target block.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 searches for the inter prediction adjacent blocks in the order of the adjacent blocks D, A, B, and C in FIG. 11, and selects the inter prediction adjacent block first found as a temporary motion vector. You may use for the adjacent block for determining.
  • scaling may be applied to the motion vector of the adjacent block, and the motion vector to which the scaling is applied may be used as a temporary motion vector of the encoding target block.
  • the ratio of the time difference from the encoding target picture to the reference picture L1 [0] included in the L1 reference picture list with respect to the time difference from the encoding target picture to the reference picture referred to by the motion vector of the adjacent block. May be used.
  • negative ratio scaling may be applied to the motion vector of the adjacent block, and the motion vector of the adjacent block may be inverted. Then, the inverted motion vector may be used as a temporary motion vector of the encoding target block. Thereby, even when the adjacent block is encoded with reference to only one of the forward direction and the backward direction, the motion vector that refers to the appropriate reference direction is used as the provisional motion vector of the encoding target block. Used.
  • the candidate list generating unit 134 determines the block indicated by the reference picture L1 [0] included in the L1 reference picture list from the encoding target block as the Adv1 block by the provisional motion vector of the encoding target block.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 determines the motion vector mvCurL1 as a provisional motion vector of the encoding target block. Then, the candidate list generation unit 134 determines a block indicated by the motion vector mvCurL1 from the coding target block in the reference picture L1 [0] included in the L1 reference picture list as an Adv1 block.
  • the motion vector mvCurL1 is, for example, the motion vector of the adjacent block D shown in FIG. 11, and is a motion vector that refers to the reference picture L1 [0] included in the L1 reference picture list. Further, scaling may be applied to the motion vector of the adjacent block D, and the motion vector to which the scaling is applied may be used as the motion vector mvCurL1. For example, the scaling may be applied to the motion vector of the adjacent block D so that the motion vector mvCurL1 referring to the reference picture L1 [0] is obtained.
  • two motion vectors mvCurL0 and mvCurL1 may be derived from the same one motion vector of the adjacent block D.
  • the motion vector mvCurL0 may be derived from one of the two motion vectors of the adjacent block D encoded by bi-prediction, and the motion vector mvCurL1 may be derived from the other.
  • the motion vector mvCurL0 may be derived from the motion vector of the adjacent block D
  • the motion vector mvCurL1 may be derived from the motion vector of another adjacent block A, B, or C.
  • the Adv1 block is encoded by bi-prediction.
  • the forward reference picture L0 [1] is referenced by the motion vector mvAdv1L0
  • the backward reference picture L1 [1] is referenced by the motion vector mvAdv1L1.
  • the motion vector mvAdv1L0 is scaled by the ratio of the time difference from the current picture to the reference picture L0 [0] to the time difference from the reference picture L1 [0] to the reference picture L0 [1].
  • a motion vector mvAdv1L0L0 referring to the reference picture L0 [0] is derived as a temporal candidate motion vector.
  • the motion vector mvAdv1L0 is scaled by the ratio of the time difference from the current picture to the reference picture L1 [0] to the time difference from the reference picture L1 [0] to the reference picture L0 [1].
  • a motion vector mvAdv1L0L1 referring to the reference picture L1 [0] is derived as a temporal candidate motion vector.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 scales the motion vector mvAdv1L0 of the Adv1 block, and derives each of two motion vectors mvAdv1L0L0 and mvAdv1L0L1 that can be used for bi-prediction as temporal candidate motion vectors.
  • the Col1 block in the example of FIG. 18B and the motion vectors mvCol1L0 and mvCol1L1 etc. can be replaced with the Adv1 block in the example of FIG. Therefore, a specific description is omitted.
  • the Adv0 block and the Adv1 block are used instead of the Col0 block and the Col1 block in the examples of FIGS. 18A and 18B.
  • the Adv0 block and the Adv1 block may be used instead of the Col0 block and the Col1 block in the examples of FIGS. 19A to 20B.
  • the Col0 block and the Col1 block in the examples of FIGS. 19A to 20B may be replaced with the Adv0 block and the Adv1 block. Further, in addition to the Col0 block and the Col1 block in the examples of FIGS. 18A to 20B, an Adv0 block and an Adv1 block may be used.
  • candidate motion vectors are derived from the Adv0 block in the reference picture included in the L0 reference picture list and the Adv1 block in the reference picture included in the L1 reference picture list.
  • a candidate motion vector is derived from each of the Adv0 block and the Adv1 block, so that an appropriate candidate can be obtained from the region corresponding to the encoding target block.
  • a motion vector can be derived.
  • candidate motion vectors may not be derived from the Adv0 block and the Adv1 block for all the encoding target blocks.
  • a candidate motion vector may be derived from each of the Adv0 block and the Adv1 block for one encoding target block.
  • a candidate motion vector may not be derived from an Adv1 block, but a candidate motion vector may be derived from an Adv0 block.
  • temporal candidate motion vectors may be derived from ATMVP blocks included in one reference picture list.
  • FIG. 22 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a plurality of groups related to a plurality of candidate motion vectors.
  • the predicted motion vector for encoding the information of the encoding target block can be specified by an index associated with each of the plurality of candidate motion vectors. For example, an index is associated with each of up to N candidate motion vectors.
  • the multiple candidate motion vectors constitute a candidate list.
  • the plurality of candidate motion vectors may include a spatial candidate motion vector, may include a temporal candidate motion vector, or may include other candidate motion vectors. That is, the maximum of N candidate motion vectors may include a group of spatial candidate motion vectors, a group of temporal candidate motion vectors, and a group of other candidate motion vectors.
  • the spatial candidate motion vector is, for example, a candidate motion vector derived from a block spatially adjacent to the encoding target block.
  • the spatial candidate motion vector may be derived from a block located in the vicinity of the encoding target block and not adjacent to the encoding target block.
  • the temporal candidate motion vector is a candidate motion vector derived from a block included in a reference picture different from the encoding target picture.
  • the temporal candidate motion vector may be derived from a Col0 block, a Col1 block, an Adv0 block, an Adv1 block, or the like.
  • a temporal candidate motion vector may be derived from each of the Col0 block and the Col1 block for one encoding target block. Then, a temporal candidate motion vector may be derived from one of the Col0 block and the Col1 block with respect to another encoding target block.
  • a temporal candidate motion vector may be derived from each of the Adv0 block and the Adv1 block for one encoding target block. Then, temporal candidate motion vectors may be derived from one of the Adv0 block and the Adv1 block with respect to the other encoding target blocks.
  • candidate motion vectors are candidate motion vectors that are different from the spatial candidate motion vector and the temporal candidate motion vector.
  • Other candidate motion vectors may be derived from a plurality of candidate motion vectors, each of which is a spatial candidate motion vector or a temporal candidate motion vector. For example, an average value or median value of a plurality of candidate motion vectors may be derived as another candidate motion vector.
  • a predetermined motion vector may be used as another candidate motion vector.
  • a motion vector having a size of zero may be used as another candidate motion vector.
  • fixed candidate motion vectors may be defined in sequence units, picture units, slice units, or a predetermined unit including one or more blocks.
  • the entropy encoding unit 110 may encode a fixed candidate motion vector in sequence units into a sequence parameter set.
  • the entropy encoding unit 110 may encode a fixed candidate motion vector for each picture into a picture parameter set.
  • the entropy encoding unit 110 may encode a fixed candidate motion vector in units of slices into a slice header.
  • the entropy decoding unit 202 may decode a fixed candidate motion vector in sequence units from the sequence parameter set.
  • the entropy decoding unit 202 may decode a fixed candidate motion vector in units of pictures from a picture parameter set.
  • the entropy decoding unit 202 may decode a fixed candidate motion vector in units of slices from the slice header.
  • a motion vector indicating the motion of the entire image may be included as a fixed candidate motion vector in header information such as a sequence parameter set, a picture parameter set, or a slice header.
  • header information such as a sequence parameter set, a picture parameter set, or a slice header.
  • a candidate motion vector indicating the motion of the entire image and a candidate motion vector indicating the motion of the object May be included in the header information.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 may encode a difference with respect to the candidate motion vector before the update.
  • the candidate motion vector derivation method, the index assignment method, and the maximum number of candidate motion vectors may be determined in sequence units, picture units, slice units, or predetermined units including one or more blocks. Good.
  • a candidate motion vector derivation method may be determined in sequence units by a sequence parameter set, may be determined in picture units by a picture parameter set, or may be determined in slice units by a slice header. .
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive a temporal candidate motion vector from each of the Col0 block and the Col1 block.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive a temporal candidate motion vector from each of the Adv0 block and the Adv1 block.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive a temporal candidate motion vector from one of the Col0 block and the Col1 block. Alternatively, in this case, the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive a temporal candidate motion vector from one of the Adv0 block and the Adv1 block.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may determine whether or not the encoding target block is near the boundary of the moving object range based on an object extraction technique including edge detection or machine learning. Alternatively, the candidate list generation unit 134 may determine whether the encoding target block is near the boundary of the moving object range based on the movement for each pixel or the movement for each rectangular area having a predetermined size. .
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may determine whether or not the difference between the motion vector of the Col0 block and the motion vector of the Col1 block is equal to or greater than a threshold value. And if a difference is more than a threshold value, candidate list generating part 134 may derive a time candidate motion vector from each of Col0 block and Col1 block. On the other hand, if the difference is less than the threshold, the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive a temporal candidate motion vector from one of the Col0 block and the Col1 block.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive the time candidate motion vector from each of the Adv0 block and the Adv1 block. Good. On the other hand, if the difference is less than the threshold, the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive a temporal candidate motion vector from one of the Adv0 block and the Adv1 block.
  • the method for deriving the spatial candidate motion vector and the like may be changed according to whether or not the encoding target block is near the boundary of the moving object range, similarly to the temporal candidate motion vector.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive a spatial candidate motion vector from each of a plurality of adjacent blocks. If the encoding target block is not near the boundary of the moving object range, the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive a spatial candidate motion vector from one of a plurality of adjacent blocks.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may determine whether or not the difference between two motion vectors of two adjacent blocks is equal to or greater than a threshold value. And if a difference is more than a threshold value, candidate list generating part 134 may derive a spatial candidate motion vector from each of two adjacent blocks. On the other hand, if the difference is less than the threshold, the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive a spatial candidate motion vector from one of the two adjacent blocks.
  • the group may be reflected in the index allocation method.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may group a plurality of candidate motion vectors into a plurality of groups according to the number of temporal candidate motion vectors, the number of spatial candidate motion vectors, and the like.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 determines the number of temporal candidate motion vectors based on whether or not the temporal candidate motion vector is derived from each of the blocks included in the L0 reference picture list and the blocks included in the L1 reference picture list. May be specified.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may specify the number of spatial candidate motion vectors based on whether or not the spatial candidate motion vectors are derived from blocks that are not adjacent to the encoding target block.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may use a combination of the identification number of the group including the candidate motion vector and the index number of the candidate motion vector in the group as the candidate motion vector index. Good.
  • a more appropriate predicted motion vector can be selected by deriving a candidate motion vector from each block in a spatially and temporally wide range.
  • the temporal candidate motion vector is derived from each of the block included in the L0 reference picture list and the block included in the L1 reference picture list, so that the temporal candidate motion vector is derived from each block in a wide temporal range. Is derived. Thereby, a more appropriate predicted motion vector can be selected.
  • a temporal candidate motion vector is derived from a block included in a reference picture whose reference picture index is 0 in addition to a block included in a reference picture whose reference picture index is 0. Also good. Thereby, a temporal candidate motion vector is derived from each block in a wider range in time, and a more appropriate predicted motion vector can be selected.
  • a temporal candidate motion vector may be derived from a block around the co-located block or ATMVP block.
  • the range around the block may be a range of a predetermined distance from the block, or may be a range of one or more blocks adjacent to the block.
  • two motion vectors having a large difference may be extracted from a plurality of blocks around the co-located block or the ATMVP block. Then, the two extracted motion vectors may be regarded as the two motion vectors of the foreground and the background. Then, a temporal candidate motion vector may be derived from each of the two extracted motion vectors.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may group a plurality of similar motion vectors of a plurality of blocks close to each other among a plurality of motion vectors of a plurality of blocks around the co-located block or the ATMVP block. Then, the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive a temporal candidate motion vector for each group based on an average value or median value of a plurality of motion vectors belonging to the group.
  • each motion vector may be normalized according to a temporal distance. That is, each motion vector may be scaled to a motion vector that refers to the reference picture L0 [0] or L1 [0] from the current picture.
  • a spatial candidate motion vector may be derived from each block in a spatially wider range than the range adjacent to the encoding target block so that a more appropriate predicted motion vector can be obtained.
  • a re-adjacent block that is a block adjacent to the adjacent block may be used to derive a spatial candidate motion vector.
  • FIG. 23 is a conceptual diagram showing a block for deriving a spatial candidate motion vector.
  • spatial candidate motion vectors are derived from at least one of the re-adjacent blocks C1, C2, and C3 that are blocks adjacent to the adjacent block C. .
  • the re-adjacent block used for derivation of the spatial candidate motion vector may be fixed or adaptively switched.
  • the re-adjacent blocks C1, C2, and C3 are defined for the adjacent block C. However, even if the re-adjacent blocks are similarly defined for the adjacent blocks A, B, and D, Good. And among the adjacent blocks A, B, C, and D, the adjacent block in which the re-adjacent block used for the derivation of the spatial candidate motion vector may be fixed or adaptively switched.
  • re-adjacent blocks used for derivation of spatial candidate motion vectors may be determined for adjacent blocks C and D so as to cover as wide a spatial range as possible.
  • the adjacent blocks that are in contact with the corners of the encoding target block may be used for deriving the spatial candidate motion vector.
  • Use of such an intermediate block is effective when the size of the encoding target block is large, for example, when the size of the encoding target block is 16 ⁇ 16 or more.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 selects a predicted motion vector that is a motion vector predicted as a motion vector of an encoding target block from a plurality of candidate motion vectors including a spatial candidate motion vector and a temporal candidate motion vector.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 calculates a prediction residual or RD cost based on each candidate motion vector, and selects a candidate motion vector having the smallest calculated prediction residual or RD cost among a plurality of candidate motion vectors. You may select as a prediction motion vector.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 encodes the information of the encoding target block using the prediction motion vector.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 may encode a difference motion vector between the motion vector of the encoding target block and the predicted motion vector. Thereby, the encoding apparatus 100 may encode the motion vector of the encoding target block using the predicted motion vector.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 may encode a difference image between an image of the encoding target block and an image predicted according to the predicted motion vector. Thereby, the encoding apparatus 100 may encode the image of the encoding target block using the predicted motion vector.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 encodes an index associated with a candidate motion vector selected as a predicted motion vector into a bitstream as identification information for identifying a predicted motion vector from among a plurality of candidate motion vectors. Also good.
  • the decoding device 200 may decode the index from the bitstream. Then, the decoding apparatus 200 may select a candidate motion vector associated with the decoded index as a predicted motion vector from among a plurality of candidate motion vectors including a spatial candidate motion vector and a temporal candidate motion vector. . Then, the decoding device 200 decodes the information of the decoding target block using the predicted motion vector.
  • the decoding device 200 may decode the difference motion vector and add the predicted motion vector and the difference motion vector. Thereby, the decoding apparatus 200 may decode the motion vector of the decoding target block using the predicted motion vector.
  • the decoding device 200 may decode the difference image and add the image predicted according to the predicted motion vector and the difference image. Thereby, the decoding apparatus 200 may decode the image of a decoding object block using a prediction motion vector.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 may not encode the prediction motion vector index.
  • the decoding apparatus 200 does not need to decode the prediction motion vector index.
  • a predicted motion vector may be selected by a template matching method or a bilateral matching method in FRUC.
  • the encoding device 100 and the decoding device 200 may evaluate each of a plurality of candidate motion vectors when selecting a predicted motion vector from a plurality of candidate motion vectors.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 and the decoding apparatus 200 may select a candidate motion vector that is most highly evaluated among a plurality of candidate motion vectors as a predicted motion vector.
  • the encoding device 100 and the decoding device 200 determine two comparison target regions in the evaluation of each candidate motion vector. At that time, the encoding device 100 and the decoding device 200 determine at least one of the two comparison target regions according to the candidate motion vector to be evaluated. Then, the encoding device 100 and the decoding device 200 evaluate the candidate motion vector to be evaluated higher as the degree of matching between the reconstructed images of the two comparison target regions is higher.
  • the encoding device 100 and the decoding device 200 can evaluate each of the plurality of candidate motion vectors in the same way, and can select the same predicted motion vector from among the plurality of candidate motion vectors.
  • an index for identifying a predicted motion vector from among a plurality of candidate motion vectors increases, and the code amount of the index may increase.
  • the index of the motion vector predictor since the index of the motion vector predictor is not encoded, an increase in the code amount accompanying an increase in the number of candidate motion vectors is suppressed.
  • FRUC more space candidate motion vectors, temporal candidate motion vectors, and the like may be derived.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 and the decoding apparatus 200 can improve prediction accuracy, suppressing the increase in code amount.
  • the candidate list may be divided into an L0 reference candidate list including candidate motion vectors that refer to the L0 reference picture list and an L1 reference candidate list including candidate motion vectors that refer to the L1 reference picture list.
  • the candidate list may include a candidate motion vector set of a candidate motion vector that refers to the L0 reference picture list and a candidate motion vector that refers to the L1 reference picture list. Further, the candidate list may include a candidate motion vector set of candidate motion vectors that refer to the L0 reference picture list, or may include a candidate motion vector set of candidate motion vectors that refer to the L1 reference picture list. .
  • a predicted motion from among a plurality of candidate motion vectors included in the candidate list A vector may be selected.
  • Candidate list generation unit 134 may derive temporal candidate motion vectors by mapping reference blocks instead of using co-located blocks and ATMVP blocks, or in addition to using co-located blocks and ATMVP blocks. .
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 maps a plurality of reference blocks in a plurality of reference pictures to a coding target picture at the start of processing of the coding target picture. Specifically, the candidate list generation unit 134 maps each reference block to a corresponding area in the encoding target picture. Each corresponding region can also be expressed as a mapping region.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 derives a candidate motion vector for each block of the encoding target picture according to the mapping result. Specifically, the candidate list generation unit 134 derives a candidate motion vector from the motion vector of the reference block mapped to the corresponding region overlapping the block in the encoding target picture.
  • Such candidate motion vector derivation processing may be performed in units of pictures, may be performed in units of slices obtained by dividing a picture, or may be performed in units of other regions. Good.
  • FIG. 24 is a conceptual diagram illustrating mapping of reference blocks included in the L0 reference picture list and reference blocks included in the L1 reference picture list.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 derives a motion vector mvBlk01 that refers to the encoding target picture by normalizing the motion vector of the reference block Blk01 included in the reference picture L0 [0].
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 derives a motion vector mvBlk01 that refers to the encoding target picture by scaling the motion vector of the reference block Blk01. For this scaling, the ratio of the time difference from the reference picture L0 [0] to the encoding target picture with respect to the time difference from the reference picture L0 [0] to the reference picture referenced by the motion vector of the reference block Blk01 is used.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 maps the reference block Blk01 to the corresponding area Blk01c in the encoding target picture according to the motion vector mvBlk01. That is, the candidate list generation unit 134 assigns the reference block Blk01 to the corresponding region Blk01c in the encoding target picture according to the motion vector mvBlk01. In other words, the candidate list generation unit 134 specifies the corresponding region Blk01c of the reference block Blk01 in the current picture according to the motion vector mvBlk01.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 derives a motion vector mvBlk02 that refers to the encoding target picture by normalizing the motion vector of the reference block Blk02 included in the reference picture L0 [0]. Then, the candidate list generation unit 134 maps the reference block Blk02 to the corresponding region Blk02c in the encoding target picture according to the motion vector mvBlk02.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 derives a motion vector mvBlk03 that refers to the encoding target picture by normalizing the motion vector of the reference block Blk03 included in the reference picture L0 [0]. Then, the candidate list generation unit 134 maps the reference block Blk03 to the corresponding region Blk03c in the encoding target picture according to the motion vector mvBlk03.
  • the candidate list generating unit 134 derives a temporal candidate motion vector from the motion vector of the reference block mapped to each block of the encoding target picture.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 uses the reference picture L1 [0].
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 derives a motion vector mvBlk11 that refers to the encoding target picture by normalizing the motion vector of the reference block Blk11 included in the reference picture L1 [0].
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 derives a motion vector mvBlk11 that refers to the encoding target picture by scaling the motion vector of the reference block Blk11. For this scaling, the ratio of the time difference from the reference picture L1 [0] to the encoding target picture with respect to the time difference from the reference picture L1 [0] to the reference picture referenced by the motion vector of the reference block Blk11 is used.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 maps the reference block Blk11 to the corresponding region Blk11c in the encoding target picture according to the motion vector mvBlk11.
  • the reference picture L0 [0] and the reference picture L1 [0] are used, there is a possibility that an empty area remains.
  • FIG. 25 is a conceptual diagram showing a free area.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 derives a temporal candidate motion vector from the surrounding motion vectors for the block in the free area. That is, the candidate list generation unit 134 derives a temporal candidate motion vector from the motion vector of the reference block mapped to the area around the empty area block.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 derives a time candidate motion vector from the motion vector of the corresponding region Blk11c and the motion vector of the corresponding region Blk02c for the coding target block of the empty region. To do.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive a temporal candidate motion vector by interpolation between the motion vector of the corresponding region Blk11c and the motion vector of the corresponding region Blk02c for the coding target block in the empty region.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive a temporal candidate motion vector not by interpolation but by a motion vector having a smaller size among the motion vector of the corresponding region Blk11c and the motion vector of the corresponding region Blk02c. .
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive a temporal candidate motion vector from the motion vector selected from the motion vector of the corresponding region Blk11c and the motion vector of the corresponding region Blk02c by other selection methods. .
  • FIG. 26 is a conceptual diagram showing an overlapping area.
  • the reference block Blk02 is mapped to the corresponding area Blk02c by the motion vector mvBlk02
  • the reference block Blk03 is mapped to the corresponding area Blk03c by the motion vector mvBlk03.
  • the corresponding area Blk02c and the corresponding area Blk03c partially overlap. Details of the time candidate motion vectors regarding such overlapping regions will be described later with reference to FIG.
  • FIG. 27 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of the encoding target block and the corresponding area.
  • the corresponding area Blk01c of the reference block Blk01 overlaps the encoding target block.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 derives a temporal candidate motion vector for the prediction motion vector of the encoding target block from the motion vector of the one reference block. .
  • the encoding target block includes a part of the corresponding area Blk01c of the reference block Blk01 and a free area, and does not include the corresponding areas of other reference blocks. Therefore, the candidate list generation unit 134 derives a temporal candidate motion vector from the motion vector of the reference block Blk01.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 derives a temporal candidate motion vector that refers to the reference picture L0 [0] from the encoding target block by scaling the motion vector of the reference block Blk01. For this scaling, the ratio of the time difference from the current picture to the reference picture L0 [0] to the time difference from the reference picture L0 [0] to the reference picture referenced by the motion vector of the reference block Blk01 is used.
  • this temporal candidate motion vector can also be obtained by inverting the normalized motion vector mvBlk01 of the reference block Blk01.
  • FIG. 28 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a block to be encoded and two corresponding areas.
  • the corresponding area Blk02c of the reference block Blk02 and the corresponding area Blk03c of the reference block Blk03 overlap with the encoding target block.
  • the candidate list generating unit 134 calculates a temporal candidate motion from the motion vector of the reference block mapped to the corresponding region having the largest area in the encoding target block. Derive a vector.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 derives a temporal candidate motion vector from the motion vector of the reference block Blk03.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 derives a temporal candidate motion vector from the average value, median value, maximum value, or minimum value of a plurality of motion vectors of a plurality of blocks corresponding to a plurality of corresponding regions that overlap the encoding target block. May be. Further, the candidate list generation unit 134 weights a plurality of motion vectors corresponding to a plurality of corresponding regions according to the area occupied by each corresponding region overlapping the encoding target block, and uses the weighted average value of the plurality of motion vectors as a time candidate motion. A vector may be derived.
  • the average value, median value, maximum value, minimum value, or weighted average value of multiple motion vectors when used, the average value, median value, maximum value of multiple motion vectors normalized according to temporal distance
  • the minimum value or the weighted average value may be used. That is, an average value, median value, maximum value, minimum value, or weighted average of a plurality of motion vectors each scaled to a motion vector that refers to the reference picture L0 [0] or L1 [0] from the picture to be encoded A value may be used.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive a temporal candidate motion vector from each of a plurality of motion vectors of a plurality of reference blocks mapped to a plurality of corresponding regions overlapping with the encoding target block.
  • the upper limit of the number of time candidate motion vectors may be determined in advance.
  • the index of the predicted motion vector since the index of the predicted motion vector is not encoded, an increase in the amount of code accompanying an increase in the number of candidate motion vectors is suppressed. Therefore, even if a temporal candidate motion vector is derived from each of a plurality of motion vectors of a plurality of reference blocks mapped to a plurality of corresponding regions that overlap the encoding target block, the amount of code accompanying the increase in the number of temporal candidate motion vectors The increase is suppressed. Therefore, the upper limit of the number of time candidate motion vectors may be determined in advance in order to suppress an increase in processing load.
  • FIG. 29 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of an encoding target block, a plurality of adjacent blocks, and a plurality of corresponding areas.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 derives a temporal candidate motion vector from the motion vectors of the peripheral blocks of the encoding target block. . That is, in this case, the candidate list generation unit 134 derives a temporal candidate motion vector from the motion vector of the reference block mapped to the corresponding region around the encoding target block.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 derives a temporal candidate motion vector from the motion vector of the reference block Blk01 mapped to the corresponding region Blk01c that overlaps the first adjacent block adjacent to the right of the encoding target block.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 determines whether each of the plurality of adjacent blocks including the first adjacent block, the second adjacent block, the third adjacent block, and the like is an empty area in a predetermined order. Also good. Then, the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive a temporal candidate motion vector from the motion vector of the reference block mapped to the corresponding region that overlaps the adjacent block that is first determined not to be a free region.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 weights a plurality of motion vectors of a plurality of reference blocks mapped to a plurality of corresponding regions around the encoding target block according to a spatial distance from the encoding target block to each corresponding region. May be.
  • generation part 134 may derive
  • a weighted average value of a plurality of motion vectors when a weighted average value of a plurality of motion vectors is used, a weighted average value of a plurality of motion vectors normalized according to a temporal distance may be used. That is, a weighted average value of a plurality of motion vectors each scaled to a motion vector that refers to the reference picture L0 [0] or L1 [0] from the encoding target picture may be used.
  • FIG. 30 is a conceptual diagram showing blocks defined as coding units and sub-blocks defined with a predetermined size.
  • the predetermined size is determined as a size of M ⁇ N pixels, for example. Specifically, in a block defined with a size of 16 ⁇ 16 pixels as an encoding unit, 16 sub-blocks with a size of 4 ⁇ 4 pixels may be defined.
  • the encoding target block may be a block defined as a coding unit or a sub-block defined with a predetermined size in a block defined as a coding unit.
  • the reference block may be a block defined as a coding unit, or may be a sub-block defined with a predetermined size in a block defined as a coding unit.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive a candidate motion vector for each block determined as a coding unit, or may derive a candidate motion vector for each sub-block determined by a predetermined size. . Then, the inter prediction unit 126 may perform prediction by selecting a prediction motion vector for each block determined as a coding unit, or select a prediction motion vector for each sub-block determined by a predetermined size. Prediction may be performed.
  • the foreground and the background may be mixed in the block of the coding unit.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 can derive candidate motion vectors that match the motions of the sub-block belonging to the foreground and the sub-block belonging to the background by performing processing for each sub-block. it can.
  • the inter prediction unit 126 performs prediction for each sub-block by selecting a prediction motion vector that matches each motion of the sub-block belonging to the foreground and the sub-block belonging to the background. it can.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 when the candidate list generation unit 134 derives a temporal candidate motion vector for a free area sub-block, the candidate list generation unit 134 generates a temporal candidate from motion vectors corresponding to other sub-blocks in the same block including the free area sub-block.
  • a motion vector may be derived. That is, the candidate list generation unit 134 may use the range of the coding unit as the peripheral range of the sub-block without using the motion vector of the reference block mapped outside the range of the coding unit. Thereby, the candidate list generation unit 134 can appropriately limit the reference range.
  • the operation of deriving a candidate motion vector for each sub-block and selecting a predicted motion vector can also be applied to a method using a co-located block or an ATMVP block in each of two reference picture lists.
  • an operation of deriving a candidate motion vector for each sub-block and selecting a predicted motion vector may be performed as FRUC processing. That is, a predicted motion vector may be selected from among a plurality of candidate motion vectors for each sub-block according to a template matching method or bilateral matching method in FRUC.
  • the number of motion vector predictors per coding unit increases.
  • the number of predicted motion vector indexes also increases, and the amount of codes may increase.
  • FRUC since the index of a motion vector predictor is not encoded, an increase in the amount of code accompanying an increase in the number of motion vector predictors is suppressed.
  • the candidate list generating unit 134 derives candidate motion vectors by mapping reference blocks
  • the candidate list generating unit 134 derives two or more candidate motion vectors from one reference block, as in the method using a co-located block or ATMVP block. May be.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may derive two candidate motion vectors that can be used for bi-prediction from one motion vector of a reference block, or bi-prediction from two motion vectors of a reference block. Two available candidate motion vectors may be derived.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 derives four candidate motion vectors from the two motion vectors of the reference block by deriving two candidate motion vectors that can be used for bi-prediction from each of the two motion vectors of the reference block. It may be derived.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may map the reference block to two corresponding regions in the encoding target picture according to the two motion vectors of the reference block.
  • the candidate list generation unit 134 may map not only the reference picture whose reference picture index is 0, but also reference blocks of other reference pictures to corresponding areas in the encoding target picture according to the motion vector of the reference block.
  • a plurality of reference blocks of reference pictures L0 [0] and L1 [0] may be used for mapping.
  • a plurality of reference blocks of reference pictures L0 [1] and L1 [1] may be used for mapping in addition to a plurality of reference blocks of reference pictures L0 [0] and L1 [0].
  • FIG. 31 is a block diagram illustrating an implementation example of the encoding device 100 according to Embodiment 1.
  • the encoding device 100 includes a circuit 160 and a memory 162.
  • a plurality of components of the encoding device 100 illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 16 are implemented by the circuit 160 and the memory 162 illustrated in FIG.
  • the circuit 160 is a circuit that performs information processing and is a circuit that can access the memory 162.
  • the circuit 160 is a dedicated or general-purpose electronic circuit that encodes a moving image.
  • the circuit 160 may be a processor such as a CPU.
  • the circuit 160 may be an aggregate of a plurality of electronic circuits. Further, for example, the circuit 160 may serve as a plurality of constituent elements excluding a constituent element for storing information among a plurality of constituent elements of the encoding device 100 illustrated in FIG. 1 and the like.
  • the memory 162 is a general purpose or dedicated memory in which information for the circuit 160 to encode a moving image is stored.
  • the memory 162 may be an electronic circuit or may be connected to the circuit 160. In addition, the memory 162 may be included in the circuit 160.
  • the memory 162 may be an aggregate of a plurality of electronic circuits. Further, the memory 162 may be a magnetic disk or an optical disk, or may be expressed as a storage or a recording medium.
  • the memory 162 may be a non-volatile memory or a volatile memory.
  • a moving image to be encoded may be stored, or a bit string corresponding to the encoded moving image may be stored.
  • the memory 162 may store a program for the circuit 160 to encode a moving image.
  • the memory 162 may serve as a component for storing information among a plurality of components of the encoding device 100 illustrated in FIG. Specifically, the memory 162 may serve as the block memory 118, the frame memory 122, and the candidate block information memory 136 shown in FIG. More specifically, the memory 162 may store a reconstructed block, a reconstructed picture, a motion vector used for inter prediction, and the like.
  • not all of the plurality of components shown in FIG. 1 or the like may be mounted, or all of the plurality of processes described above may not be performed. Some of the plurality of components shown in FIG. 1 and the like may be included in another device, and some of the plurality of processes described above may be executed by another device.
  • a part of the plurality of components shown in FIG. 1 and the like are mounted, and a part of the plurality of processes described above is performed, so that a moving image can be generated with a small code amount. Can be handled appropriately.
  • FIG. 32A is a flowchart illustrating a first operation example related to derivation of candidate motion vectors when a moving image is encoded. 31 may perform the operation shown in FIG. 32A when encoding a moving image.
  • the circuit 160 of the encoding device 100 derives one or more candidate motion vectors for the predicted motion vector of the encoding target block from one or more motion vectors of the first reference block (S101).
  • the first reference block is a block included in the first reference picture constituting the first reference picture list of the two reference picture lists for bi-prediction.
  • the circuit 160 derives one or more candidate motion vectors for the predicted motion vector from one or more motion vectors of the second reference block (S102).
  • the second reference block is a block included in the second reference picture constituting the second reference picture list of the two reference picture lists for bi-prediction.
  • the circuit 160 selects a predicted motion vector from among a plurality of candidate motion vectors (S103).
  • the plurality of candidate motion vectors are one or more candidate motion vectors derived from one or more motion vectors of the first reference block and one derived from one or more motion vectors of the second reference block.
  • One or more candidate motion vectors are one or more candidate motion vectors.
  • the circuit 160 encodes information on the encoding target block using the predicted motion vector (S104).
  • the encoding apparatus 100 can derive the candidate motion vector from the first reference block in the first reference picture list and can derive the candidate motion vector from the second reference block in the second reference picture list. Therefore, the encoding apparatus 100 can increase the possibility that an appropriate candidate motion vector is included in a plurality of candidate motion vectors for selecting a predicted motion vector.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 can support the derivation of an appropriate prediction motion vector, and can support the reduction of the code amount related to the moving image.
  • the circuit 160 may apply two scaling ratios to one motion vector of the two motion vectors of the first reference block. .
  • the circuit 160 derives a candidate motion vector for referring to the first reference picture list and a candidate motion vector for referring to the second reference picture list from one motion vector of the first reference block. May be.
  • the circuit 160 may apply two scaling ratios to one motion vector of the two motion vectors of the second reference block. .
  • the circuit 160 derives a candidate motion vector for referring to the first reference picture list and a candidate motion vector for referring to the second reference picture list from one motion vector of the second reference block. May be.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 includes candidates including two candidate motion vectors that refer to two reference picture lists from one motion vector of the first reference block and one motion vector of the second reference block.
  • a motion vector set can be derived. That is, the encoding apparatus 100 can derive two candidate motion vector sets each composed of two candidate motion vectors that can be used for bi-prediction, from two motion vectors having different characteristics.
  • the circuit 160 may select one of the two motion vectors of the first reference block. Two scaling ratios may be applied to the motion vector.
  • the circuit 160 is configured to refer to the candidate motion vector for referring to the first reference picture list and the second reference picture list from one of the two motion vectors of the first reference block. Candidate motion vectors may be derived.
  • the circuit 160 may select one of the two motion vectors of the second reference block. Two scaling ratios may be applied to. With this application, the circuit 160 is configured to refer to the candidate motion vector for referring to the first reference picture list and the second reference picture list from one of the two motion vectors of the second reference block. Candidate motion vectors may be derived.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 has a candidate motion vector set configured by two candidate motion vectors that refer to two reference picture lists from only one motion vector of two motion vectors that are assumed to have similar characteristics. Can be derived. Therefore, the encoding apparatus 100 can improve processing efficiency.
  • the circuit 160 may apply two scaling ratios to each of the two motion vectors of the first reference block.
  • the circuit 160 uses the two candidate motion vectors for referring to the first reference picture list and the two candidate motions for referring to the second reference picture list from the two motion vectors of the first reference block.
  • a vector may be derived.
  • the circuit 160 may apply two scaling ratios to each of the two motion vectors of the second reference block.
  • the circuit 160 uses the two candidate motion vectors for referring to the first reference picture list and the two candidate motions for referring to the second reference picture list from the two motion vectors of the second reference block.
  • a vector may be derived.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 can derive a candidate motion vector set including two candidate motion vectors referring to two reference picture lists from each of the four motion vectors of two reference blocks. That is, the encoding apparatus 100 can derive four candidate motion vector sets each composed of two candidate motion vectors that can be used for bi-prediction, from four motion vectors of two reference blocks.
  • the circuit 160 refers to the first reference picture list from one of the two motion vectors of the first reference block.
  • Candidate motion vectors may be derived.
  • the circuit 160 may derive a candidate motion vector for referring to the second reference picture list from the other motion vector of the two motion vectors of the first reference block.
  • the circuit 160 When the second reference block is encoded by bi-prediction, the circuit 160 is a candidate for referring to the first reference picture list from one of the two motion vectors of the second reference block.
  • a motion vector may be derived.
  • the circuit 160 may derive a candidate motion vector for referring to the second reference picture list from the other motion vector of the two motion vectors of the second reference block.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 can derive four candidate motion vectors from the four motion vectors of the two reference blocks, respectively, and derive two candidate motion vector sets composed of the four candidate motion vectors. can do. That is, the encoding apparatus 100 can appropriately reflect the four motion vectors of the two reference blocks on the four candidate motion vectors included in the two candidate motion vector sets.
  • the circuit 160 may apply two scaling ratios to one motion vector of the first reference block.
  • the circuit 160 derives a candidate motion vector for referring to the first reference picture list and a candidate motion vector for referring to the second reference picture list from one motion vector of the first reference block. May be.
  • the circuit 160 may apply two scaling ratios to one motion vector of the second reference block.
  • the circuit 160 derives a candidate motion vector for referring to the first reference picture list and a candidate motion vector for referring to the second reference picture list from one motion vector of the second reference block. May be.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 can derive a candidate motion vector set composed of two candidate motion vectors referring to two reference picture lists from only one motion vector of each reference block. That is, the encoding apparatus 100 can derive a candidate motion vector set composed of two candidate motion vectors that can be used for bi-prediction from only one motion vector of each reference block.
  • the encoding target block may be encoded by bi-prediction only in one direction among the forward direction and the backward direction in the display order.
  • the circuit 160 may derive two or more candidate motion vectors for referring to one direction used for bi-prediction of the current block from one or more motion vectors of the first reference block.
  • the circuit 160 derives two or more candidate motion vectors for referring to one direction used for bi-prediction of the current block from one or more motion vectors of the second reference block. Also good.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 can derive two or more candidate motion vectors that refer to one direction from each reference block. Therefore, the encoding apparatus 100 can derive one or more candidate motion vector sets suitable for bi-prediction only in one direction from each reference block.
  • the first reference picture list may be a reference picture list for referring to the forward direction in the display order.
  • the second reference picture list may be a reference picture list for referring to the backward direction in the display order.
  • the first reference block may be encoded by bi-prediction in both the forward and backward directions in the display order.
  • the second reference block may be encoded by bi-prediction in both the forward and backward directions in the display order.
  • the encoding target block may be encoded by bi-prediction in both the forward and backward directions in the display order.
  • the circuit 160 may apply two scaling ratios to one motion vector for referring to the backward direction in the display order among the two motion vectors of the first reference block.
  • the circuit 160 derives a candidate motion vector for referring to the first reference picture list and a candidate motion vector for referring to the second reference picture list from one motion vector of the first reference block. May be.
  • the circuit 160 may apply two scaling ratios to one motion vector for referring to the forward direction in the display order among the two motion vectors of the second reference block.
  • the circuit 160 derives a candidate motion vector for referring to the first reference picture list and a candidate motion vector for referring to the second reference picture list from one motion vector of the second reference block. May be.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 is a candidate motion vector that refers to the two reference picture lists from the motion vector in the reference direction that temporally moves from the reference block to the encoding target block among the two motion vectors of each reference block.
  • a set can be derived. That is, the encoding apparatus 100 appropriately derives a candidate motion vector set that can be used for bi-prediction from motion vectors that are temporally related to the encoding target block among the two motion vectors of each reference block. can do.
  • the spatial position of the first reference block may be the same as the spatial position of the encoding target block
  • the spatial position of the second reference block may be the space of the encoding target block. The same position may be used.
  • FIG. 32B is a flowchart illustrating a second operation example related to derivation of candidate motion vectors when a moving image is encoded.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 illustrated in FIG. 31 may perform the operation illustrated in FIG. 32B when encoding a moving image.
  • the circuit 160 of the encoding device 100 identifies the first reference block included in the first reference picture using the first motion vector of the first adjacent block spatially adjacent to the encoding target block.
  • the first reference picture is a picture constituting the first reference picture list of the two reference picture lists for bi-prediction.
  • the circuit 160 derives one or more candidate motion vectors for the predicted motion vector of the encoding target block from one or more motion vectors of the first reference block (S202).
  • the circuit 160 uses the first motion vector, the second motion vector of the first adjacent block, or the third motion vector of the second adjacent block spatially adjacent to the current block to be encoded to generate the second reference picture.
  • the second reference block included in is identified (S203).
  • the second reference picture is a picture constituting the second reference picture list of the two reference picture lists.
  • the circuit 160 derives one or more candidate motion vectors for the predicted motion vector from one or more motion vectors of the second reference block (S204).
  • the circuit 160 selects a predicted motion vector from among a plurality of candidate motion vectors (S205).
  • the plurality of candidate motion vectors are one or more candidate motion vectors derived from one or more motion vectors of the first reference block and one derived from one or more motion vectors of the second reference block.
  • One or more candidate motion vectors are one or more candidate motion vectors.
  • the circuit 160 encodes information on the encoding target block using the predicted motion vector (S206).
  • the encoding apparatus 100 uses the one or more motion vectors of one or more adjacent blocks to convert the first reference block in the first reference picture list and the second reference block in the second reference picture list. Can be identified. That is, the encoding apparatus 100 identifies the first reference block and the second reference block that are assumed to be strongly related to the encoding target block, using one or more motion vectors of one or more adjacent blocks. can do.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 can derive a candidate motion vector from the first reference block and derive a candidate motion vector from the second reference block. Therefore, the encoding apparatus 100 can increase the possibility that an appropriate candidate motion vector is included in a plurality of candidate motion vectors for selecting a predicted motion vector. As a result, the encoding apparatus 100 can support the derivation of an appropriate prediction motion vector, and can support the reduction of the code amount related to the moving image.
  • each of the first reference block and the second reference block in the operation example shown in FIG. 32A is an ATMVP block.
  • Each of the first reference block and the second reference block in the first operation example shown in FIG. 32A may be a co-located block instead of the ATMVP block.
  • the first reference block in the first operation example shown in FIG. 32A may be a block having the same position as the current block in the first reference picture.
  • the second reference block in the first operation example shown in FIG. 32A may be a block having the same position as the current block in the second reference picture.
  • FIG. 32C is a flowchart illustrating a third operation example related to derivation of candidate motion vectors when a moving image is encoded.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 illustrated in FIG. 31 may perform the operation illustrated in FIG. 32C when encoding a moving image.
  • the circuit 160 of the encoding device 100 maps each of the plurality of reference blocks to the corresponding region in the encoding target image according to the motion vector of the reference block (S301).
  • the plurality of reference blocks include one or more reference blocks included in the first reference picture and one or more reference blocks included in the second reference picture.
  • the first reference picture is a picture that forms a first reference picture list of two reference picture lists for bi-prediction.
  • the second reference picture is a picture constituting the second reference picture list of the two reference picture lists.
  • the circuit 160 derives a candidate motion vector as one of a plurality of candidate motion vectors from the motion vector of the reference block mapped to the corresponding region. (S302).
  • the plurality of candidate motion vectors are a plurality of candidate motion vectors for the predicted motion vector of the encoding target block.
  • the circuit 160 selects a predicted motion vector from among a plurality of candidate motion vectors (S303). Then, the circuit 160 encodes the information of the encoding target block using the predicted motion vector (S304).
  • the encoding apparatus 100 selects an appropriate candidate motion from a reference block that is assumed to be strongly related to the encoding target block among the plurality of reference blocks in the first reference picture list and the second reference picture list.
  • a vector can be derived. Therefore, the encoding apparatus 100 can increase the possibility that an appropriate candidate motion vector is included in a plurality of candidate motion vectors for selecting a predicted motion vector.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 can support the derivation of an appropriate prediction motion vector, and can support the reduction of the code amount related to the moving image.
  • the circuit 160 may map each of one or more reference blocks in the first reference picture in the encoding target image. Thereafter, the circuit 160 may map each of the one or more reference blocks in the second reference picture in an empty area in which one or more reference blocks in the first reference picture of the encoding target image are not mapped. .
  • the encoding apparatus 100 can map one or more reference blocks in the first reference picture list with priority over one or more reference blocks in the second reference picture list.
  • the reliability of the motion vector of the reference block in the first reference picture list may be higher than the reliability of the motion vector of the reference block in the second reference picture list.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 can derive an appropriate candidate motion vector according to a motion vector with higher reliability.
  • the circuit 160 may derive a candidate motion vector from at least one motion vector of two or more motion vectors of two or more reference blocks.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 can derive an appropriate candidate motion vector from at least one reference block among a plurality of reference blocks assumed to be strongly related to the encoding target block.
  • the circuit 160 may derive a candidate motion vector from the motion vector of the reference block mapped to the corresponding region overlapping the surrounding region.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 derives an appropriate candidate motion vector according to the motion vector of the reference block mapped around the encoding target block even if the reference block is not mapped in the encoding target block. Can do.
  • the circuit 160 when the circuit 160 selects a predicted motion vector from a plurality of candidate motion vectors, the circuit 160 evaluates each of the plurality of candidate motion vectors, and the candidate motion vector that is most highly evaluated among the plurality of candidate motion vectors. May be selected as the predicted motion vector.
  • the circuit 160 may evaluate the candidate motion vector to be evaluated higher as the degree of matching between the reconstructed images of the two comparison target regions is higher.
  • the two comparison target areas are two areas different from the encoding target block, and at least one of the two comparison target areas is determined according to the candidate motion vector to be evaluated.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 can evaluate each candidate motion vector with reference to a reconstructed image in a region different from the encoding target block, and can select a predicted motion vector from a plurality of candidate motion vectors. . Therefore, the encoding apparatus 100 and the decoding apparatus 200 can select a predicted motion vector from among a plurality of candidate motion vectors by the same method. Therefore, the encoding apparatus 100 can omit the encoding of information for selecting the motion vector predictor, and can support the reduction of the code amount.
  • the circuit 160 may derive the motion vector of the reference block to which the scaling ratio is applied as the candidate motion vector. .
  • the scaling ratio is the ratio of the time difference from the current picture to the reference picture including the reference block to the time difference from the reference picture including the reference block to the reference picture including the reference area indicated by the motion vector of the reference block. It is.
  • the encoding target picture is a picture including an encoding target image.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 can appropriately scale the motion vector of the reference block, and can derive the scaled motion vector as a candidate motion vector.
  • the encoding target block may be a block defined as a coding unit, or a sub-block defined with a predetermined size in a block defined as a coding unit.
  • the encoding apparatus 100 can derive an appropriate candidate motion vector for a block of a coding unit or a sub-block in the block of a coding unit.
  • the circuit 160 when the corresponding area overlaps the encoding target block, from the motion vector of the reference block mapped to the corresponding area, A vector may be derived.
  • This candidate motion vector is a candidate motion vector for the predicted motion vector of the coding target block.
  • the encoding device 100 can derive an appropriate candidate motion vector for each encoding target block in the encoding target image.
  • FIG. 33 is a block diagram illustrating an implementation example of the decoding device 200 according to the first embodiment.
  • the decoding device 200 includes a circuit 260 and a memory 262.
  • a plurality of components of the decoding device 200 shown in FIGS. 10 and 17 are implemented by the circuit 260 and the memory 262 shown in FIG.
  • the circuit 260 is a circuit that performs information processing and is a circuit that can access the memory 262.
  • the circuit 260 is a general-purpose or dedicated electronic circuit that decodes a moving image.
  • the circuit 260 may be a processor such as a CPU.
  • the circuit 260 may be an aggregate of a plurality of electronic circuits. Further, for example, the circuit 260 may serve as a plurality of constituent elements excluding the constituent elements for storing information among the plurality of constituent elements of the decoding device 200 illustrated in FIG. 10 and the like.
  • the memory 262 is a general purpose or dedicated memory in which information for the circuit 260 to decode a moving image is stored.
  • the memory 262 may be an electronic circuit or may be connected to the circuit 260. Further, the memory 262 may be included in the circuit 260.
  • the memory 262 may be an aggregate of a plurality of electronic circuits.
  • the memory 262 may be a magnetic disk or an optical disk, or may be expressed as a storage or a recording medium. Further, the memory 262 may be a nonvolatile memory or a volatile memory.
  • the memory 262 may store a bit sequence corresponding to the encoded moving image, or may store a moving image corresponding to the decoded bit sequence.
  • the memory 262 may store a program for the circuit 260 to decode a moving image.
  • the memory 262 may serve as a component for storing information among a plurality of components of the decoding device 200 illustrated in FIG. 10 and the like. Specifically, the memory 262 may serve as the block memory 210, the frame memory 214, and the candidate block information memory 236 shown in FIG. More specifically, the memory 262 may store a reconstructed block, a reconstructed picture, a motion vector used for inter prediction, and the like.
  • the decoding device 200 not all of the plurality of components shown in FIG. 10 and the like may be implemented, or all of the plurality of processes described above may not be performed. Some of the plurality of components shown in FIG. 10 and the like may be included in another device, and some of the plurality of processes described above may be executed by another device. Then, in the decoding device 200, a part of the plurality of components shown in FIG. 10 and the like are mounted, and a part of the plurality of processes described above is performed, so that a moving image is appropriately generated with a small code amount. Can be processed.
  • FIG. 34A is a flowchart showing a first operation example related to derivation of candidate motion vectors when decoding a moving image.
  • the decoding device 200 illustrated in FIG. 33 may perform the operation illustrated in FIG. 34A when decoding a moving image.
  • the circuit 260 of the decoding device 200 derives one or more candidate motion vectors for the predicted motion vector of the decoding target block from one or more motion vectors of the first reference block (S401).
  • the first reference block is a block included in the first reference picture constituting the first reference picture list of the two reference picture lists for bi-prediction.
  • the circuit 260 derives one or more candidate motion vectors for the predicted motion vector from one or more motion vectors of the second reference block (S402).
  • the second reference block is a block included in the second reference picture constituting the second reference picture list of the two reference picture lists for bi-prediction.
  • the circuit 260 selects a predicted motion vector from among a plurality of candidate motion vectors (S403).
  • the plurality of candidate motion vectors are one or more candidate motion vectors derived from one or more motion vectors of the first reference block and one derived from one or more motion vectors of the second reference block.
  • One or more candidate motion vectors are one or more candidate motion vectors.
  • the circuit 260 decodes the information on the decoding target block using the predicted motion vector (S404).
  • the decoding apparatus 200 can derive the candidate motion vector from the first reference block in the first reference picture list and can derive the candidate motion vector from the second reference block in the second reference picture list. Therefore, the decoding apparatus 200 can increase the possibility that an appropriate candidate motion vector is included in a plurality of candidate motion vectors for selecting a predicted motion vector.
  • the decoding apparatus 200 can support the derivation of an appropriate prediction motion vector, and can support the reduction of the code amount related to the moving image.
  • the circuit 260 may apply two scaling ratios to one motion vector of the two motion vectors of the first reference block.
  • the circuit 260 derives a candidate motion vector for referring to the first reference picture list and a candidate motion vector for referring to the second reference picture list from one motion vector of the first reference block. May be.
  • the circuit 260 may apply two scaling ratios to one motion vector of the two motion vectors of the second reference block.
  • the circuit 260 derives a candidate motion vector for referring to the first reference picture list and a candidate motion vector for referring to the second reference picture list from one motion vector of the second reference block. May be.
  • the decoding apparatus 200 includes candidate motions including two candidate motion vectors that refer to two reference picture lists from one motion vector of the first reference block and one motion vector of the second reference block.
  • a vector set can be derived. That is, the decoding apparatus 200 can derive two candidate motion vector sets each composed of two candidate motion vectors that can be used for bi-prediction, from two motion vectors having different characteristics.
  • the circuit 260 performs motion of one of the two motion vectors of the first reference block. Two scaling ratios may be applied to the vector.
  • the circuit 260 is configured to refer to the candidate motion vector for referring to the first reference picture list and the second reference picture list from one of the two motion vectors of the first reference block. Candidate motion vectors may be derived.
  • the circuit 260 converts the motion vector to one motion vector of the two motion vectors of the second reference block.
  • two scaling ratios may be applied.
  • the circuit 260 is configured to refer to the candidate motion vector for referring to the first reference picture list and the second reference picture list from one of the two motion vectors of the second reference block.
  • Candidate motion vectors may be derived.
  • the decoding apparatus 200 generates a candidate motion vector set including two candidate motion vectors that refer to two reference picture lists from only one motion vector of two motion vectors that are assumed to have similar characteristics. Can be derived. Therefore, the decoding device 200 can improve the processing efficiency.
  • the circuit 260 may apply two scaling ratios to each of the two motion vectors of the first reference block.
  • the circuit 260 from the two motion vectors of the first reference block, two candidate motion vectors for referring to the first reference picture list and two candidate motions for referring to the second reference picture list.
  • a vector may be derived.
  • the circuit 260 may apply two scaling ratios to each of the two motion vectors of the second reference block.
  • the circuit 260 uses the two candidate motion vectors for referring to the first reference picture list and the two candidate motions for referring to the second reference picture list from the two motion vectors of the second reference block.
  • a vector may be derived.
  • the decoding apparatus 200 can derive a candidate motion vector set composed of two candidate motion vectors referring to two reference picture lists from each of the four motion vectors of two reference blocks. That is, the decoding apparatus 200 can derive four candidate motion vector sets each composed of two candidate motion vectors that can be used for bi-prediction, from four motion vectors of two reference blocks.
  • the circuit 260 when the first reference block is decoded by bi-prediction, the circuit 260 is configured to refer to the first reference picture list from one of the two motion vectors of the first reference block.
  • Candidate motion vectors may be derived.
  • the circuit 260 may derive a candidate motion vector for referring to the second reference picture list from the other motion vector of the two motion vectors of the first reference block.
  • the circuit 260 can select a candidate motion for referring to the first reference picture list from one of the two motion vectors of the second reference block.
  • a vector may be derived.
  • the circuit 260 may derive a candidate motion vector for referring to the second reference picture list from the other motion vector of the two motion vectors of the second reference block.
  • the decoding apparatus 200 can derive four candidate motion vectors from the four motion vectors of the two reference blocks, respectively, and derive two candidate motion vector sets composed of the four candidate motion vectors. be able to. That is, the decoding apparatus 200 can appropriately reflect the four motion vectors of the two reference blocks on the four candidate motion vectors included in the two candidate motion vector sets.
  • the circuit 260 may apply two scaling ratios to one motion vector of the first reference block.
  • the circuit 260 derives a candidate motion vector for referring to the first reference picture list and a candidate motion vector for referring to the second reference picture list from one motion vector of the first reference block. May be.
  • the circuit 260 may apply two scaling ratios to one motion vector of the second reference block.
  • the circuit 260 derives a candidate motion vector for referring to the first reference picture list and a candidate motion vector for referring to the second reference picture list from one motion vector of the second reference block. May be.
  • the decoding apparatus 200 can derive a candidate motion vector set composed of two candidate motion vectors referring to two reference picture lists from only one motion vector of each reference block. That is, the decoding apparatus 200 can derive a candidate motion vector set composed of two candidate motion vectors that can be used for bi-prediction from only one motion vector of each reference block.
  • the decoding target block may be decoded by bi-prediction only in one direction among the forward direction and the backward direction in the display order.
  • the circuit 260 may derive two or more candidate motion vectors for referring to one direction used for bi-prediction of the decoding target block from one or more motion vectors of the first reference block.
  • the circuit 260 may derive two or more candidate motion vectors for referring to one direction used for bi-prediction of the decoding target block from one or more motion vectors of the second reference block. Good.
  • the decoding apparatus 200 can derive two or more candidate motion vectors referring to the one direction from each reference block. Therefore, the decoding apparatus 200 can derive one or more candidate motion vector sets suitable for bi-prediction only in one direction from each reference block.
  • the first reference picture list may be a reference picture list for referring to the forward direction in the display order.
  • the second reference picture list may be a reference picture list for referring to the backward direction in the display order.
  • the first reference block may be decoded by bi-prediction in both the forward and backward directions in the display order.
  • the second reference block may be decoded by bi-prediction in both the forward and backward directions in the display order.
  • the decoding target block may be decoded by bi-prediction in both the forward and backward directions in the display order.
  • the circuit 260 may apply two scaling ratios to one motion vector for referring to the backward direction in the display order among the two motion vectors of the first reference block.
  • the circuit 260 derives a candidate motion vector for referring to the first reference picture list and a candidate motion vector for referring to the second reference picture list from one motion vector of the first reference block. May be.
  • the circuit 260 may apply two scaling ratios to one motion vector for referring to the forward direction in the display order among the two motion vectors of the second reference block.
  • the circuit 260 derives a candidate motion vector for referring to the first reference picture list and a candidate motion vector for referring to the second reference picture list from one motion vector of the second reference block. May be.
  • the decoding apparatus 200 generates candidate motion vector sets that refer to the two reference picture lists from the motion vectors in the reference direction temporally from the reference block to the decoding target block among the two motion vectors of each reference block. Can be derived. That is, the decoding apparatus 200 appropriately derives a candidate motion vector set that can be used for bi-prediction from motion vectors that are temporally related to the decoding target block among the two motion vectors of each reference block. Can do.
  • the spatial position of the first reference block may be the same as the spatial position of the decoding target block
  • the spatial position of the second reference block may be the spatial position of the decoding target block. It may be the same as the position.
  • FIG. 34B is a flowchart showing a second operation example related to derivation of candidate motion vectors when decoding a moving image.
  • the decoding device 200 illustrated in FIG. 33 may perform the operation illustrated in FIG. 34B when decoding a moving image.
  • the circuit 260 of the decoding device 200 specifies the first reference block included in the first reference picture using the first motion vector of the first adjacent block spatially adjacent to the decoding target block ( S501).
  • the first reference picture is a picture constituting the first reference picture list of the two reference picture lists for bi-prediction.
  • the circuit 260 derives one or more candidate motion vectors for the predicted motion vector of the decoding target block from one or more motion vectors of the first reference block (S502).
  • the circuit 260 uses the first motion vector, the second motion vector of the first adjacent block, or the third motion vector of the second adjacent block spatially adjacent to the decoding target block to generate the second reference picture.
  • the second reference block included is specified (S503).
  • the second reference picture is a picture constituting the second reference picture list of the two reference picture lists.
  • the circuit 260 derives one or more candidate motion vectors for the predicted motion vector from one or more motion vectors of the second reference block (S504).
  • the circuit 260 selects a predicted motion vector from among a plurality of candidate motion vectors (S505).
  • the plurality of candidate motion vectors are one or more candidate motion vectors derived from one or more motion vectors of the first reference block and one derived from one or more motion vectors of the second reference block.
  • One or more candidate motion vectors are one or more candidate motion vectors.
  • the circuit 260 decodes the information on the decoding target block using the predicted motion vector (S506).
  • the decoding apparatus 200 identifies the first reference block in the first reference picture list and the second reference block in the second reference picture list using one or more motion vectors of one or more adjacent blocks. can do. That is, the decoding apparatus 200 specifies the first reference block and the second reference block that are assumed to be strongly related to the decoding target block, using one or more motion vectors of one or more adjacent blocks. Can do.
  • the decoding apparatus 200 can derive a candidate motion vector from the first reference block and derive a candidate motion vector from the second reference block. Therefore, the decoding apparatus 200 can increase the possibility that an appropriate candidate motion vector is included in a plurality of candidate motion vectors for selecting a predicted motion vector. Thus, the decoding apparatus 200 can support the derivation of an appropriate prediction motion vector, and can support the reduction of the code amount related to the moving image.
  • each of the first reference block and the second reference block in the operation example shown in FIG. 34A is an ATMVP block.
  • Each of the first reference block and the second reference block in the first operation example shown in FIG. 34A may be a co-located block instead of the ATMVP block.
  • the first reference block in the first operation example illustrated in FIG. 34A may be a block having the same position as the decoding target block in the first reference picture.
  • the second reference block in the first operation example shown in FIG. 34A may be a block having the same position as the decoding target block in the second reference picture.
  • FIG. 34C is a flowchart illustrating a third operation example regarding derivation of candidate motion vectors at the time of decoding a moving image.
  • the decoding device 200 illustrated in FIG. 33 may perform the operation illustrated in FIG. 34C when decoding a moving image.
  • the circuit 260 of the decoding device 200 maps each of the plurality of reference blocks to the corresponding region in the decoding target image according to the motion vector of the reference block (S601).
  • the plurality of reference blocks include one or more reference blocks included in the first reference picture and one or more reference blocks included in the second reference picture.
  • the first reference picture is a picture that forms a first reference picture list of two reference picture lists for bi-prediction.
  • the second reference picture is a picture constituting the second reference picture list of the two reference picture lists.
  • the circuit 260 derives a candidate motion vector as one of a plurality of candidate motion vectors from the motion vector of the reference block mapped to the corresponding region (S602). ).
  • the plurality of candidate motion vectors are a plurality of candidate motion vectors for the prediction motion vector of the decoding target block.
  • the circuit 260 selects a predicted motion vector from among a plurality of candidate motion vectors (S603). Then, the circuit 260 decodes the information of the decoding target block using the predicted motion vector (S604).
  • the decoding apparatus 200 selects an appropriate candidate motion vector from a reference block that is assumed to be strongly related to the decoding target block among a plurality of reference blocks in the first reference picture list and the second reference picture list. Can be derived. Therefore, the decoding apparatus 200 can increase the possibility that an appropriate candidate motion vector is included in a plurality of candidate motion vectors for selecting a predicted motion vector.
  • the decoding apparatus 200 can support the derivation of an appropriate prediction motion vector, and can support the reduction of the code amount related to the moving image.
  • the circuit 260 may map each of one or more reference blocks in the first reference picture in the decoding target image. Thereafter, the circuit 260 may map each of the one or more reference blocks in the second reference picture in an empty area where one or more reference blocks in the first reference picture of the decoding target image are not mapped.
  • the decoding apparatus 200 can map one or more reference blocks in the first reference picture list with priority over one or more reference blocks in the second reference picture list.
  • the reliability of the motion vector of the reference block in the first reference picture list may be higher than the reliability of the motion vector of the reference block in the second reference picture list.
  • the decoding apparatus 200 can derive an appropriate candidate motion vector according to a motion vector with higher reliability.
  • the circuit 260 may derive a candidate motion vector from at least one motion vector of two or more motion vectors of two or more reference blocks.
  • the decoding apparatus 200 can derive an appropriate candidate motion vector from at least one reference block among a plurality of reference blocks assumed to be strongly related to the decoding target block.
  • the circuit 260 may derive a candidate motion vector from the motion vector of the reference block mapped to the corresponding region overlapping the surrounding region.
  • the decoding apparatus 200 can derive an appropriate candidate motion vector according to the motion vector of the reference block mapped around the decoding target block even if the reference block is not mapped in the decoding target block.
  • the circuit 260 evaluates each of the plurality of candidate motion vectors, and the candidate motion vector that is most highly evaluated among the plurality of candidate motion vectors. May be selected as the predicted motion vector.
  • the circuit 260 may evaluate the candidate motion vector to be evaluated higher as the degree of matching between the reconstructed images of the two comparison target regions is higher.
  • the two comparison target regions are two regions different from the decoding target block, and at least one is two regions determined according to the candidate motion vector to be evaluated.
  • the decoding apparatus 200 can evaluate each candidate motion vector with reference to a reconstructed image in a region different from the decoding target block, and select a predicted motion vector from a plurality of candidate motion vectors. Therefore, the encoding apparatus 100 and the decoding apparatus 200 can select a predicted motion vector from among a plurality of candidate motion vectors by the same method. Therefore, the decoding apparatus 200 can omit decoding of information for selecting a motion vector predictor, and can assist in reducing the amount of codes.
  • the circuit 260 may derive the motion vector of the reference block to which the scaling ratio is applied as the candidate motion vector. .
  • the scaling ratio is the ratio of the time difference from the decoding target picture to the reference picture including the reference block to the time difference from the reference picture including the reference block to the reference picture including the reference area indicated by the motion vector of the reference block. is there.
  • the decoding target picture is a picture including a decoding target image.
  • the decoding apparatus 200 can appropriately scale the motion vector of the reference block, and can derive the scaled motion vector as a candidate motion vector.
  • the decoding target block may be a block defined as a decoding unit, or a sub-block defined with a predetermined size in a block defined as a decoding unit.
  • the decoding apparatus 200 can derive an appropriate candidate motion vector for a decoding unit block or a sub-block in the decoding unit block.
  • the circuit 260 derives a candidate motion vector from the motion vector of the reference block mapped to the corresponding region when the corresponding region overlaps the decoding target block. May be.
  • the candidate motion vector is a candidate motion vector for the predicted motion vector of the decoding target block.
  • the decoding apparatus 200 can derive an appropriate candidate motion vector for each decoding target block in the decoding target image.
  • the first reference picture list described above is one of the L0 reference picture list and the L1 picture list
  • the second reference picture list described above is the other of the L0 reference picture list and the L1 picture list.
  • the first reference picture list may be an L0 reference picture list and the second reference picture list may be an L1 reference picture list.
  • the first reference picture list may be an L1 reference picture list
  • the second reference picture list may be an L0 reference picture list.
  • the motion vector of the reference block may be scaled to a candidate motion vector that refers to another reference picture different from the reference picture whose reference picture index is 0 from the processing target block. Further, the motion vector of the reference block may be derived as a candidate motion vector without being scaled.
  • the scaling process may be skipped in the application of the scaling ratio.
  • the encoding device 100 and the decoding device 200 in the present embodiment may be used as an image encoding device and an image decoding device, respectively, or may be used as a moving image encoding device and a moving image decoding device, respectively. Good.
  • the encoding device 100 and the decoding device 200 can each be used as an inter prediction device.
  • the encoding device 100 and the decoding device 200 may correspond only to the inter prediction unit 126 including the candidate list generation unit 134 and the inter prediction unit 218 including the candidate list generation unit 234, respectively.
  • the entropy encoding unit 110, the entropy decoding unit 202, and the like may be included in other devices.
  • each component may be configured by dedicated hardware or may be realized by executing a software program suitable for each component.
  • Each component may be realized by a program execution unit such as a CPU or a processor reading and executing a software program recorded on a recording medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory.
  • each of the encoding device 100 and the decoding device 200 includes a processing circuit (Processing Circuit) and a storage device (Storage) electrically connected to the processing circuit and accessible from the processing circuit. You may have.
  • the processing circuit corresponds to the circuit 160 or 260
  • the storage device corresponds to the memory 162 or 262.
  • the processing circuit includes at least one of dedicated hardware and a program execution unit, and executes processing using a storage device. Further, when the processing circuit includes a program execution unit, the storage device stores a software program executed by the program execution unit.
  • the software that realizes the encoding apparatus 100 or the decoding apparatus 200 of the present embodiment is the following program.
  • this program is an encoding method for encoding moving picture information to a computer, and uses the first reference picture that constitutes the first reference picture list of two reference picture lists for bi-prediction.
  • Each of a plurality of reference blocks including one or more reference blocks included and one or more reference blocks included in a second reference picture constituting a second reference picture list of the two reference picture lists.
  • a candidate motion vector is derived as follows, and the prediction motion vector is selected from the plurality of candidate motion vectors, and the encoding method for encoding the encoding target block information using the prediction motion vector is executed.
  • this program is a decoding method for decoding moving picture information in a computer, and is included in a first reference picture constituting a first reference picture list of two reference picture lists for bi-prediction.
  • Each of a plurality of reference blocks including one or more reference blocks and one or more reference blocks included in a second reference picture constituting a second reference picture list of the two reference picture lists is referred to.
  • the decoding target block Candidate as one of a plurality of candidate motion vectors for the predicted motion vector Derives come vector, from among the plurality of candidate motion vectors, selecting the prediction motion vector, using the predicted motion vector may be executed a decoding method for decoding the information of the decoding target block.
  • Each component may be a circuit as described above. These circuits may constitute one circuit as a whole, or may be separate circuits. Each component may be realized by a general-purpose processor or a dedicated processor.
  • the encoding / decoding device may include the encoding device 100 and the decoding device 200.
  • the first and second ordinal numbers used in the description may be replaced as appropriate.
  • an ordinal number may be newly given to a component or the like, or may be removed.
  • the aspect of the encoding apparatus 100 and the decoding apparatus 200 was demonstrated based on embodiment, the aspect of the encoding apparatus 100 and decoding apparatus 200 is not limited to this embodiment. As long as it does not deviate from the gist of the present disclosure, the encoding device 100 and the decoding device 200 may be configured in which various modifications conceived by those skilled in the art have been made in the present embodiment, or in a form constructed by combining components in different embodiments. It may be included within the scope of the embodiment.
  • each of the functional blocks can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, and the like. Further, the processing by each functional block is usually realized by a program execution unit such as a processor reading and executing software (program) recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. The software may be distributed by downloading or the like, or may be distributed by being recorded on a recording medium such as a semiconductor memory. Naturally, each functional block can be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).
  • each embodiment may be realized by centralized processing using a single device (system), or may be realized by distributed processing using a plurality of devices. Good.
  • the number of processors that execute the program may be one or more. That is, centralized processing may be performed, or distributed processing may be performed.
  • the system includes an image encoding device using an image encoding method, an image decoding device using an image decoding method, and an image encoding / decoding device including both.
  • Other configurations in the system can be appropriately changed according to circumstances.
  • FIG. 35 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a content supply system ex100 that implements a content distribution service.
  • the communication service providing area is divided into desired sizes, and base stations ex106, ex107, ex108, ex109, and ex110, which are fixed wireless stations, are installed in each cell.
  • devices such as a computer ex111, a game machine ex112, a camera ex113, a home appliance ex114, and a smartphone ex115 via the Internet ex101, the Internet service provider ex102 or the communication network ex104, and the base stations ex106 to ex110.
  • the content supply system ex100 may be connected by combining any of the above elements.
  • Each device may be directly or indirectly connected to each other via a telephone network or a short-range wireless communication without using the base stations ex106 to ex110 which are fixed wireless stations.
  • the streaming server ex103 is connected to each device such as a computer ex111, a game machine ex112, a camera ex113, a home appliance ex114, and a smartphone ex115 via the Internet ex101.
  • the streaming server ex103 is connected to a terminal in a hot spot in the airplane ex117 via the satellite ex116.
  • the streaming server ex103 may be directly connected to the communication network ex104 without going through the Internet ex101 or the Internet service provider ex102, or may be directly connected to the airplane ex117 without going through the satellite ex116.
  • the camera ex113 is a device that can shoot still images and moving images such as a digital camera.
  • the smartphone ex115 is a smartphone, a mobile phone, a PHS (Personal Handyphone System), or the like that corresponds to a mobile communication system generally called 2G, 3G, 3.9G, 4G, and 5G in the future.
  • PHS Personal Handyphone System
  • the home appliance ex118 is a device included in a refrigerator or a household fuel cell cogeneration system.
  • a terminal having a photographing function is connected to the streaming server ex103 through the base station ex106 or the like, thereby enabling live distribution or the like.
  • the terminal (computer ex111, game machine ex112, camera ex113, home appliance ex114, smartphone ex115, terminal in airplane ex117, etc.) is used for the still image or video content captured by the user using the terminal.
  • the encoding process described in each embodiment is performed, and the video data obtained by the encoding and the sound data obtained by encoding the sound corresponding to the video are multiplexed, and the obtained data is transmitted to the streaming server ex103. That is, each terminal functions as an image encoding device according to an aspect of the present disclosure.
  • the streaming server ex103 streams the content data transmitted to the requested client.
  • the client is a computer or the like in the computer ex111, the game machine ex112, the camera ex113, the home appliance ex114, the smart phone ex115, or the airplane ex117 that can decode the encoded data.
  • Each device that has received the distributed data decrypts and reproduces the received data. That is, each device functions as an image decoding device according to an aspect of the present disclosure.
  • the streaming server ex103 may be a plurality of servers or a plurality of computers, and may process, record, and distribute data in a distributed manner.
  • the streaming server ex103 may be realized by a CDN (Contents Delivery Network), and content distribution may be realized by a network connecting a large number of edge servers and edge servers distributed all over the world.
  • CDN Contents Delivery Network
  • edge servers that are physically close to each other are dynamically allocated according to clients. Then, the content can be cached and distributed to the edge server, thereby reducing the delay.
  • the processing is distributed among multiple edge servers, the distribution subject is switched to another edge server, or the part of the network where the failure has occurred Since detouring can be continued, high-speed and stable distribution can be realized.
  • the captured data may be encoded at each terminal, may be performed on the server side, or may be shared with each other.
  • a processing loop is performed twice.
  • the first loop the complexity of the image or the code amount in units of frames or scenes is detected.
  • the second loop processing for maintaining the image quality and improving the coding efficiency is performed.
  • the terminal performs the first encoding process
  • the server receiving the content performs the second encoding process, thereby improving the quality and efficiency of the content while reducing the processing load on each terminal. it can.
  • the encoded data of the first time performed by the terminal can be received and reproduced by another terminal, enabling more flexible real-time distribution.
  • the camera ex113 or the like extracts a feature amount from an image, compresses data relating to the feature amount as metadata, and transmits the metadata to the server.
  • the server performs compression according to the meaning of the image, for example, by determining the importance of the object from the feature amount and switching the quantization accuracy.
  • the feature data is particularly effective for improving the accuracy and efficiency of motion vector prediction at the time of re-compression on the server.
  • simple coding such as VLC (variable length coding) may be performed at the terminal, and coding with a large processing load such as CABAC (context adaptive binary arithmetic coding) may be performed at the server.
  • a plurality of video data in which almost the same scene is captured by a plurality of terminals.
  • a GOP Group of Picture
  • a picture unit or a tile obtained by dividing a picture using a plurality of terminals that have performed shooting and other terminals and servers that have not performed shooting as necessary.
  • Distributed processing is performed by assigning encoding processing in units or the like. Thereby, delay can be reduced and real-time property can be realized.
  • the server may manage and / or instruct the video data captured by each terminal to refer to each other.
  • the encoded data from each terminal may be received by the server and the reference relationship may be changed among a plurality of data, or the picture itself may be corrected or replaced to be encoded again. This makes it possible to generate a stream with improved quality and efficiency of each piece of data.
  • the server may distribute the video data after performing transcoding to change the encoding method of the video data.
  • the server may convert the MPEG encoding system to the VP encoding. H.264 in H.264. It may be converted into H.265.
  • the encoding process can be performed by a terminal or one or more servers. Therefore, in the following, description such as “server” or “terminal” is used as the subject performing processing, but part or all of processing performed by the server may be performed by the terminal, or processing performed by the terminal may be performed. Some or all may be performed at the server. The same applies to the decoding process.
  • the server not only encodes a two-dimensional moving image, but also encodes a still image automatically based on a scene analysis of the moving image or at a time specified by the user and transmits it to the receiving terminal. Also good.
  • the server can acquire the relative positional relationship between the photographing terminals, the server obtains the three-dimensional shape of the scene based on not only the two-dimensional moving image but also the video obtained by photographing the same scene from different angles. Can be generated.
  • the server may separately encode the three-dimensional data generated by the point cloud or the like, and the video to be transmitted to the receiving terminal based on the result of recognizing or tracking the person or the object using the three-dimensional data.
  • the images may be selected or reconstructed from videos captured by a plurality of terminals.
  • the user can arbitrarily select each video corresponding to each photographing terminal and enjoy a scene, or can display a video of an arbitrary viewpoint from three-dimensional data reconstructed using a plurality of images or videos. You can also enjoy the clipped content.
  • sound is collected from a plurality of different angles, and the server may multiplex and transmit sound from a specific angle or space according to the video.
  • the server may create viewpoint images for the right eye and the left eye, respectively, and perform encoding that allows reference between each viewpoint video by Multi-View Coding (MVC) or the like. You may encode as another stream, without referring. At the time of decoding another stream, it is preferable to reproduce in synchronization with each other so that a virtual three-dimensional space is reproduced according to the viewpoint of the user.
  • MVC Multi-View Coding
  • the server superimposes virtual object information in the virtual space on the camera information in the real space based on the three-dimensional position or the movement of the user's viewpoint.
  • the decoding device may acquire or hold virtual object information and three-dimensional data, generate a two-dimensional image according to the movement of the user's viewpoint, and create superimposition data by connecting them smoothly.
  • the decoding device transmits the movement of the user's viewpoint to the server in addition to the request for the virtual object information, and the server creates superimposition data according to the movement of the viewpoint received from the three-dimensional data held in the server,
  • the superimposed data may be encoded and distributed to the decoding device.
  • the superimposed data has an ⁇ value indicating transparency in addition to RGB
  • the server sets the ⁇ value of a portion other than the object created from the three-dimensional data to 0 or the like, and the portion is transparent. May be encoded.
  • the server may generate data in which a RGB value of a predetermined value is set as the background, such as a chroma key, and the portion other than the object is set to the background color.
  • the decryption processing of the distributed data may be performed at each terminal as a client, may be performed on the server side, or may be performed in a shared manner.
  • a terminal may once send a reception request to the server, receive content corresponding to the request at another terminal, perform a decoding process, and transmit a decoded signal to a device having a display.
  • a part of a region such as a tile in which a picture is divided may be decoded and displayed on a viewer's personal terminal while receiving large-size image data on a TV or the like. Accordingly, it is possible to confirm at hand the area in which the person is responsible or the area to be confirmed in more detail while sharing the whole image.
  • access to encoded data on the network such as when the encoded data is cached in a server that can be accessed from the receiving terminal in a short time, or copied to the edge server in the content delivery service. It is also possible to switch the bit rate of received data based on ease.
  • the content switching will be described using a scalable stream that is compression-encoded by applying the moving image encoding method shown in each of the above embodiments shown in FIG.
  • the server may have a plurality of streams of the same content and different quality as individual streams, but the temporal / spatial scalable implementation realized by dividing into layers as shown in the figure.
  • the configuration may be such that the content is switched by utilizing the characteristics of the stream.
  • the decoding side decides which layer to decode according to internal factors such as performance and external factors such as the state of communication bandwidth, so that the decoding side can combine low-resolution content and high-resolution content. You can switch freely and decrypt. For example, when the user wants to continue watching the video that was viewed on the smartphone ex115 while moving on a device such as an Internet TV after returning home, the device only has to decode the same stream to a different layer, so the load on the server side Can be reduced.
  • the enhancement layer includes meta information based on image statistical information, etc., in addition to the configuration in which the picture is encoded for each layer and the enhancement layer exists above the base layer.
  • the decoding side may generate content with high image quality by super-resolution of the base layer picture based on the meta information.
  • Super-resolution may be either improvement of the SN ratio at the same resolution or enlargement of the resolution.
  • the meta information includes information for specifying a linear or non-linear filter coefficient used for super-resolution processing, or information for specifying a parameter value in filter processing, machine learning, or least square calculation used for super-resolution processing. .
  • the picture may be divided into tiles or the like according to the meaning of the object in the image, and the decoding side may select only a part of the region by selecting the tile to be decoded.
  • the decoding side can determine the position of the desired object based on the meta information. Can be identified and the tile containing the object can be determined.
  • the meta information is stored using a data storage structure different from the pixel data such as the SEI message in HEVC. This meta information indicates, for example, the position, size, or color of the main object.
  • meta information may be stored in units composed of a plurality of pictures, such as streams, sequences, or random access units.
  • the decoding side can acquire the time when the specific person appears in the video, etc., and can match the picture in which the object exists and the position of the object in the picture by combining with the information in units of pictures.
  • FIG. 38 shows an example of a web page display screen on the computer ex111 or the like.
  • FIG. 39 is a diagram illustrating a display screen example of a web page on the smartphone ex115 or the like.
  • the web page may include a plurality of link images that are links to the image content, and the appearance differs depending on the browsing device.
  • the display device when a plurality of link images are visible on the screen, the display device until the user explicitly selects the link image, or until the link image approaches the center of the screen or the entire link image enters the screen.
  • the (decoding device) displays a still image or an I picture included in each content as a link image, displays a video like a gif animation with a plurality of still images or I pictures, or receives only a base layer to receive a video. Are decoded and displayed.
  • the display device When the link image is selected by the user, the display device decodes the base layer with the highest priority. If there is information indicating that the HTML constituting the web page is scalable content, the display device may decode up to the enhancement layer. Also, in order to ensure real-time properties, the display device only decodes forward reference pictures (I picture, P picture, forward reference only B picture) before being selected or when the communication band is very strict. In addition, the delay between the decoding time of the first picture and the display time (delay from the start of content decoding to the start of display) can be reduced by displaying. Further, the display device may intentionally ignore the reference relationship of pictures and roughly decode all B pictures and P pictures with forward reference, and perform normal decoding as the number of received pictures increases over time.
  • forward reference pictures I picture, P picture, forward reference only B picture
  • the receiving terminal when transmitting and receiving still image or video data such as two-dimensional or three-dimensional map information for automatic driving or driving support of a car, the receiving terminal adds meta data to image data belonging to one or more layers. Weather or construction information may also be received and decoded in association with each other. The meta information may belong to a layer or may be simply multiplexed with image data.
  • the receiving terminal since the car, drone, airplane, or the like including the receiving terminal moves, the receiving terminal transmits the position information of the receiving terminal at the time of the reception request, thereby seamless reception and decoding while switching the base stations ex106 to ex110. Can be realized.
  • the receiving terminal can dynamically switch how much meta-information is received or how much map information is updated according to the user's selection, the user's situation, or the communication band state. become.
  • the encoded information transmitted by the user can be received, decoded and reproduced in real time by the client.
  • the content supply system ex100 can perform not only high-quality and long-time content by a video distributor but also unicast or multicast distribution of low-quality and short-time content by an individual. Moreover, such personal contents are expected to increase in the future.
  • the server may perform the encoding process after performing the editing process. This can be realized, for example, with the following configuration.
  • the server After shooting, the server performs recognition processing such as shooting error, scene search, semantic analysis, and object detection from the original image or encoded data. Then, the server manually or automatically corrects out-of-focus or camera shake based on the recognition result, or selects a less important scene such as a scene whose brightness is lower than that of other pictures or is out of focus. Edit such as deleting, emphasizing the edge of an object, and changing the hue.
  • the server encodes the edited data based on the editing result. It is also known that if the shooting time is too long, the audience rating will decrease, and the server will move not only in the less important scenes as described above, but also in motion according to the shooting time. A scene with few images may be automatically clipped based on the image processing result. Alternatively, the server may generate and encode a digest based on the result of the semantic analysis of the scene.
  • the server may change and encode the face of the person in the periphery of the screen or the inside of the house into an unfocused image.
  • the server recognizes whether or not a face of a person different from the person registered in advance is shown in the encoding target image, and if so, performs processing such as applying a mosaic to the face part. May be.
  • the user designates a person or background area that the user wants to process an image from the viewpoint of copyright, etc., and the server replaces the designated area with another video or blurs the focus. It is also possible to perform such processing. If it is a person, the face image can be replaced while tracking the person in the moving image.
  • the decoding device first receives the base layer with the highest priority and performs decoding and reproduction, depending on the bandwidth.
  • the decoding device may receive the enhancement layer during this time, and may play back high-quality video including the enhancement layer when played back twice or more, such as when playback is looped.
  • a stream that is scalable in this way can provide an experience in which the stream becomes smarter and the image is improved gradually, although it is a rough moving picture when it is not selected or at the beginning of viewing.
  • the same experience can be provided even if the coarse stream played back the first time and the second stream coded with reference to the first video are configured as one stream. .
  • these encoding or decoding processes are generally processed in the LSI ex500 included in each terminal.
  • the LSI ex500 may be configured as a single chip or a plurality of chips.
  • moving image encoding or decoding software is incorporated into some recording medium (CD-ROM, flexible disk, hard disk, etc.) that can be read by the computer ex111 and the like, and encoding or decoding processing is performed using the software. Also good.
  • moving image data acquired by the camera may be transmitted. The moving image data at this time is data encoded by the LSI ex500 included in the smartphone ex115.
  • the LSI ex500 may be configured to download and activate application software.
  • the terminal first determines whether the terminal is compatible with the content encoding method or has a specific service execution capability. If the terminal does not support the content encoding method or does not have the capability to execute a specific service, the terminal downloads a codec or application software, and then acquires and reproduces the content.
  • the content supply system ex100 via the Internet ex101, but also a digital broadcasting system, at least the moving image encoding device (image encoding device) or the moving image decoding device (image decoding device) of the above embodiments. Any of these can be incorporated.
  • the unicasting of the content supply system ex100 is suitable for multicasting because it uses a satellite or the like to transmit and receive multiplexed data in which video and sound are multiplexed on broadcasting radio waves.
  • the same application is possible for the encoding process and the decoding process.
  • FIG. 40 is a diagram illustrating the smartphone ex115.
  • FIG. 41 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the smartphone ex115.
  • the smartphone ex115 receives the antenna ex450 for transmitting / receiving radio waves to / from the base station ex110, the camera unit ex465 capable of taking video and still images, the video captured by the camera unit ex465, and the antenna ex450.
  • a display unit ex458 for displaying data obtained by decoding the video or the like.
  • the smartphone ex115 further includes an operation unit ex466 that is a touch panel or the like, a voice output unit ex457 that is a speaker or the like for outputting voice or sound, a voice input unit ex456 that is a microphone or the like for inputting voice, and photographing.
  • Memory unit ex467 that can store encoded video or still image, recorded audio, received video or still image, encoded data such as mail, or decoded data, and a user, and network
  • An external memory may be used instead of the memory unit ex467.
  • a main control unit ex460 that comprehensively controls the display unit ex458, the operation unit ex466, and the like, a power supply circuit unit ex461, an operation input control unit ex462, a video signal processing unit ex455, a camera interface unit ex463, a display control unit ex459, a modulation / Demodulation unit ex452, multiplexing / demultiplexing unit ex453, audio signal processing unit ex454, slot unit ex464, and memory unit ex467 are connected via bus ex470.
  • the power supply circuit unit ex461 starts up the smartphone ex115 in an operable state by supplying power from the battery pack to each unit.
  • the smartphone ex115 performs processing such as calling and data communication based on the control of the main control unit ex460 having a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like.
  • the voice signal picked up by the voice input unit ex456 is converted into a digital voice signal by the voice signal processing unit ex454, spread spectrum processed by the modulation / demodulation unit ex452, and digital / analog converted by the transmission / reception unit ex451.
  • the data is transmitted via the antenna ex450.
  • the received data is amplified and subjected to frequency conversion processing and analog-digital conversion processing, spectrum despreading processing is performed by the modulation / demodulation unit ex452, and converted to analog audio signal by the audio signal processing unit ex454, and then this is output to the audio output unit ex457.
  • text, still image, or video data is sent to the main control unit ex460 via the operation input control unit ex462 by the operation of the operation unit ex466 of the main body unit, and transmission / reception processing is performed similarly.
  • the video signal processing unit ex455 uses the video signal stored in the memory unit ex467 or the video signal input from the camera unit ex465 as described above.
  • the video data is compressed and encoded by the moving image encoding method shown in the form, and the encoded video data is sent to the multiplexing / demultiplexing unit ex453.
  • the audio signal processing unit ex454 encodes the audio signal picked up by the audio input unit ex456 while the camera unit ex465 captures a video or a still image, and sends the encoded audio data to the multiplexing / separating unit ex453. To do.
  • the multiplexing / demultiplexing unit ex453 multiplexes the encoded video data and the encoded audio data by a predetermined method, and the modulation / demodulation unit (modulation / demodulation circuit unit) ex452 and the modulation / demodulation unit ex451 perform modulation processing and conversion.
  • the data is processed and transmitted via the antenna ex450.
  • the multiplexing / demultiplexing unit ex453 performs multiplexing By separating the data, the multiplexed data is divided into a bit stream of video data and a bit stream of audio data, and the encoded video data is supplied to the video signal processing unit ex455 via the synchronization bus ex470. The converted audio data is supplied to the audio signal processing unit ex454.
  • the video signal processing unit ex455 decodes the video signal by the video decoding method corresponding to the video encoding method shown in each of the above embodiments, and is linked from the display unit ex458 via the display control unit ex459.
  • a video or still image included in the moving image file is displayed.
  • the audio signal processing unit ex454 decodes the audio signal, and the audio is output from the audio output unit ex457. Since real-time streaming is widespread, depending on the user's situation, there may be occasions where audio playback is not socially appropriate. Therefore, it is desirable that the initial value is a configuration in which only the video data is reproduced without reproducing the audio signal. Audio may be synchronized and played back only when the user performs an operation such as clicking on video data.
  • the smartphone ex115 has been described here as an example, in addition to a transmission / reception terminal having both an encoder and a decoder as a terminal, a transmission terminal having only an encoder and a reception having only a decoder There are three possible mounting formats: terminals.
  • terminals In the digital broadcasting system, it has been described as receiving or transmitting multiplexed data in which audio data or the like is multiplexed with video data.
  • multiplexed data includes character data related to video in addition to audio data. Multiplexing may be performed, and video data itself may be received or transmitted instead of multiplexed data.
  • the terminal often includes a GPU. Therefore, a configuration may be adopted in which a wide area is processed in a lump by utilizing the performance of the GPU by using a memory shared by the CPU and the GPU or a memory whose addresses are managed so as to be used in common. As a result, the encoding time can be shortened, real-time performance can be ensured, and low delay can be realized. In particular, it is efficient to perform motion search, deblocking filter, SAO (Sample Adaptive Offset), and transformation / quantization processing in batches in units of pictures or the like instead of the CPU.
  • SAO Sample Adaptive Offset
  • the present disclosure can be used for, for example, a television receiver, a digital video recorder, a car navigation, a mobile phone, a digital camera, a digital video camera, a video conference system, or an electronic mirror.

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