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- the present disclosure relates to an encoding device, a decoding device, an encoding method, and a decoding method.
- HEVC High-Efficiency Video Coding
- JCT-VC Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding
- an object of the present disclosure is to provide an encoding device, a decoding device, an encoding method, or a decoding method that can realize further improvement.
- An encoding apparatus includes a processor and a memory, and the processor uses the memory to obtain an asymmetric filter characteristic across the block boundary based on pixel values across the block boundary.
- the deblocking filter process having the determined filter characteristics is performed.
- a decoding device includes a processor and a memory, and the processor determines an asymmetric filter characteristic across the block boundary based on pixel values across the block boundary using the memory. Then, the deblocking filter process having the determined filter characteristic is performed.
- the present disclosure can provide an encoding device, a decoding device, an encoding method, or a decoding method that can realize further improvement.
- 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 flowchart of the deblocking filter process according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a pixel arrangement example at a block boundary according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the deblocking filter process according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the deblocking filter process according to the second embodiment.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a pixel position in a block and an error according to the second embodiment.
- FIG. 16 is a flowchart of the deblocking filter process according to the third embodiment.
- FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a DCT-II conversion base according to the third embodiment.
- FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a conversion base of DST-VII according to the third embodiment.
- FIG. 19 is a flowchart of the deblocking filter process according to the fourth embodiment.
- FIG. 20 is a flowchart of the deblocking filter process according to the fifth embodiment.
- FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of weights based on the intra prediction direction and the block boundary direction according to the fifth embodiment.
- FIG. 22 is a flowchart of the deblocking filter process according to the sixth embodiment.
- FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of weights based on the quantization parameter according to the sixth embodiment.
- FIG. 24 is an overall configuration diagram of a content supply system that realizes a content distribution service.
- FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating an example of an encoding structure at the time of scalable encoding.
- FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating an example of a coding structure at the time of scalable coding.
- FIG. 27 shows an example of a web page display screen.
- FIG. 28 shows an example of a web page display screen.
- FIG. 29 is a diagram illustrating an example of a smartphone.
- FIG. 30 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a smartphone.
- H. is one of the image coding methods.
- a filter having a symmetrical characteristic across the block boundary is applied. This makes it possible to filter symmetrically when the error distribution is discontinuous, such as when the error of a pixel located on one side of the block boundary is small and the error of a pixel located on the other side of the block boundary is large.
- the error reduction efficiency may be reduced.
- the error is a difference in pixel values between the original image and the reconstructed image.
- An encoding apparatus includes a processor and a memory, and the processor uses the memory to determine an asymmetric filter characteristic across a block boundary, and has the determined filter characteristic. Perform deblocking filtering.
- the encoding apparatus can reduce errors by performing filter processing having asymmetric filter characteristics across the block boundary.
- the asymmetric filter characteristics may be determined so that the influence of the deblocking filter processing becomes larger as the pixel is likely to have a large error from the original image.
- the encoding apparatus can increase the influence of the filter processing on the pixel having a large error, there is a possibility that the error of the pixel can be further reduced.
- the encoding apparatus can reduce the influence of the filter processing on a pixel having a small error, there is a possibility that an increase in the error of the pixel may be suppressed.
- the asymmetric filter characteristic may be determined by changing the filter coefficient of the reference filter asymmetrically across the block boundary.
- an asymmetric weight is determined across the block boundary, and in the deblocking filter processing, a filter operation using a filter coefficient is performed, and the amount of change in the pixel value before and after the filter operation Alternatively, weighting may be performed using the determined asymmetric weight.
- an asymmetric offset value is determined across the block boundary, and in the deblocking filter processing, a filter operation using a filter coefficient is performed, and the pixel value after the filter operation is The determined asymmetric offset value may be added.
- an asymmetric reference value is determined across the block boundary, and in the deblocking filter process, a filter operation using a filter coefficient is performed, and a change in pixel values before and after the filter operation is performed. If the amount exceeds the reference value, the change amount may be clipped to the reference value.
- a condition for determining whether or not to perform the deblocking filter processing may be set asymmetrically across the block boundary.
- a decoding device includes a processor and a memory.
- the processor uses the memory to determine an asymmetric filter characteristic across a block boundary, and has the determined filter characteristic. Perform blocking filter processing.
- the decoding apparatus can reduce errors by performing filter processing having asymmetric filter characteristics across the block boundary.
- the asymmetric filter characteristics may be determined so that the influence of the deblocking filter processing becomes larger as the pixel is likely to have a large error from the original image.
- the decoding apparatus can increase the influence of the filter processing on the pixel having a large error, there is a possibility that the error of the pixel can be further reduced.
- the decoding apparatus can reduce the influence of the filter processing on the pixel having a small error, there is a possibility that the error of the pixel can be suppressed from increasing.
- the asymmetric filter characteristic may be determined by changing the filter coefficient of the reference filter asymmetrically across the block boundary.
- an asymmetric weight is determined across the block boundary, and in the deblocking filter processing, a filter operation using a filter coefficient is performed, and the amount of change in the pixel value before and after the filter operation Alternatively, weighting may be performed using the determined asymmetric weight.
- an asymmetric offset value is determined across the block boundary, and in the deblocking filter processing, a filter operation using a filter coefficient is performed, and the pixel value after the filter operation is The determined asymmetric offset value may be added.
- an asymmetric reference value is determined across the block boundary, and in the deblocking filter process, a filter operation using a filter coefficient is performed, and a change in pixel values before and after the filter operation is performed. If the amount exceeds the reference value, the change amount may be clipped to the reference value.
- a condition for determining whether or not to perform the deblocking filter processing may be set asymmetrically across the block boundary.
- the encoding method determines an asymmetric filter characteristic across a block boundary, and performs a deblocking filter process having the determined filter characteristic.
- the encoding method may reduce errors by performing filter processing having asymmetric filter characteristics across the block boundary.
- the decoding method determines an asymmetric filter characteristic across a block boundary, and performs a deblocking filter process having the determined filter characteristic.
- the decoding method may reduce errors by performing filter processing having asymmetric filter characteristics across the block boundary.
- An encoding apparatus includes a processor and a memory, and the processor uses the memory to obtain an asymmetric filter characteristic across the block boundary based on pixel values across the block boundary.
- the deblocking filter process having the determined filter characteristics is performed.
- the encoding apparatus can reduce errors by performing filter processing having asymmetric filter characteristics across the block boundary. Further, the encoding apparatus can determine appropriate filter characteristics based on pixel values sandwiching the block boundary.
- the filter characteristics may be determined based on the difference in the pixel values.
- the difference in the filter characteristics across the block boundary may be increased as the difference in the pixel values increases.
- the encoding apparatus may be able to suppress unnecessary smoothing from being performed, for example, when the block boundary and the edge of the object in the image match.
- the difference between the pixel values is compared with a threshold value based on a quantization parameter.
- the difference between the pixel values is larger than the threshold value, the difference between the pixel values is smaller than the threshold value
- the difference in the filter characteristics across the block boundary may be increased.
- the encoding apparatus can determine the filter characteristics taking into account the influence on the error of the quantization parameter.
- the difference in the filter characteristics across the block boundary may be reduced as the difference in the pixel values increases.
- the decoding apparatus can suppress the smoothing from being weakened by asymmetry, and can suppress the deterioration of the subjective performance.
- the filter characteristics may be determined based on the variance of the pixel values.
- a decoding device includes a processor and a memory, and the processor determines an asymmetric filter characteristic across the block boundary based on pixel values across the block boundary using the memory. Then, the deblocking filter process having the determined filter characteristic is performed.
- the decoding apparatus can reduce errors by performing filter processing having asymmetric filter characteristics across the block boundary.
- the decoding device may be able to determine appropriate filter characteristics based on the difference in pixel values across the block boundary.
- the filter characteristics may be determined based on the difference in the pixel values.
- the difference in the filter characteristics across the block boundary may be increased as the difference in the pixel values increases.
- the decoding apparatus can increase the influence of the filter processing on the pixel having a large error, there is a possibility that the error of the pixel can be further reduced.
- the decoding apparatus can reduce the influence of the filter processing on the pixel having a small error, there is a possibility that the error of the pixel can be suppressed from increasing.
- the difference between the pixel values is compared with a threshold value based on a quantization parameter.
- the difference between the pixel values is larger than the threshold value, the difference between the pixel values is smaller than the threshold value
- the difference in the filter characteristics across the block boundary may be increased.
- the decoding apparatus can determine the filter characteristics in consideration of the influence on the error of the quantization parameter.
- the difference in the filter characteristics across the block boundary may be reduced as the difference in the pixel values increases.
- the decoding apparatus may be able to suppress unnecessary smoothing from being performed, for example, when the block boundary and the edge of the object in the image match.
- the filter characteristics may be determined based on the variance of the pixel values.
- the encoding method determines asymmetric filter characteristics across the block boundary based on pixel values sandwiching the block boundary, and performs deblocking filter processing having the determined filter characteristic.
- the encoding method may reduce errors by performing filter processing having asymmetric filter characteristics across the block boundary.
- the encoding method can determine appropriate filter characteristics based on a difference in pixel values across a block boundary.
- the decoding method determines an asymmetric filter characteristic across the block boundary based on pixel values across the block boundary, and performs a deblocking filter process having the determined filter characteristic.
- the decoding method may reduce errors by performing filter processing having asymmetric filter characteristics across the block boundary.
- the decoding method can determine an appropriate filter characteristic based on a difference in pixel values across a block boundary.
- An encoding apparatus includes a processor and a memory, and the processor uses the memory to asymmetrically sandwich the block boundary based on an angle between a prediction direction of intra prediction and the block boundary.
- the filter characteristic is determined, and the deblocking filter process having the determined filter characteristic is performed.
- the encoding apparatus can reduce errors by performing filter processing having asymmetric filter characteristics across the block boundary. Also, the encoding apparatus can determine appropriate filter characteristics based on the angle between the prediction direction of intra prediction and the block boundary.
- the difference in the filter characteristics across the block boundary may be increased as the angle is closer to the vertical.
- the encoding apparatus can increase the influence of the filter processing on the pixel having a large error, there is a possibility that the error of the pixel can be further reduced.
- the encoding apparatus can reduce the influence of the filter processing on a pixel having a small error, there is a possibility that an increase in the error of the pixel may be suppressed.
- the difference in the filter characteristics across the block boundary may be reduced as the angle is closer to the horizontal.
- the encoding apparatus can increase the influence of the filter processing on the pixel having a large error, there is a possibility that the error of the pixel can be further reduced.
- the encoding apparatus can reduce the influence of the filter processing on a pixel having a small error, there is a possibility that an increase in the error of the pixel may be suppressed.
- a decoding apparatus includes a processor and a memory, and the processor uses the memory to asymmetrically sandwich the block boundary based on an angle between a prediction direction of intra prediction and a block boundary.
- a filter characteristic is determined, and a deblocking filter process having the determined filter characteristic is performed.
- the decoding apparatus can reduce errors by performing filter processing having asymmetric filter characteristics across the block boundary.
- the decoding apparatus may be able to determine appropriate filter characteristics based on the angle between the prediction direction of intra prediction and the block boundary.
- the difference in the filter characteristics across the block boundary may be increased as the angle is closer to the vertical.
- the decoding apparatus can increase the influence of the filter processing on the pixel having a large error, there is a possibility that the error of the pixel can be further reduced.
- the decoding apparatus can reduce the influence of the filter processing on the pixel having a small error, there is a possibility that the error of the pixel can be suppressed from increasing.
- the difference in the filter characteristics across the block boundary may be reduced as the angle is closer to the horizontal.
- the decoding apparatus can increase the influence of the filter processing on the pixel having a large error, there is a possibility that the error of the pixel can be further reduced.
- the decoding apparatus can reduce the influence of the filter processing on the pixel having a small error, there is a possibility that the error of the pixel can be suppressed from increasing.
- An encoding method is based on an angle between a prediction direction of intra prediction and a block boundary, determines an asymmetric filter characteristic across the block boundary, and has the determined filter characteristic Process.
- the encoding method may reduce errors by performing filter processing having asymmetric filter characteristics across the block boundary. Moreover, the said encoding method can determine an appropriate filter characteristic based on the angle of the prediction direction of intra prediction, and a block boundary.
- the decoding method determines an asymmetric filter characteristic across the block boundary based on an angle between a prediction direction of intra prediction and the block boundary, and has a determined deblocking filter process I do.
- the decoding method may reduce errors by performing filter processing having asymmetric filter characteristics across the block boundary.
- the decoding method can determine appropriate filter characteristics based on the angle between the prediction direction of intra prediction and the block boundary.
- An encoding apparatus includes a processor and a memory, and the processor uses the memory to determine an asymmetric filter characteristic across a block boundary based on a position of the target pixel in the block. Then, deblocking filter processing having the determined filter characteristics is performed on the target pixel.
- the encoding apparatus can reduce errors by performing filter processing having asymmetric filter characteristics across the block boundary. Further, the encoding apparatus can determine appropriate filter characteristics based on the position of the target pixel in the block.
- the filter characteristic may be determined such that the influence of the filter process becomes larger as the pixel is farther from the intra prediction reference pixel.
- the encoding apparatus can increase the influence of the filter processing on the pixel having a large error, there is a possibility that the error of the pixel can be further reduced.
- the encoding apparatus can reduce the influence of the filter processing on a pixel having a small error, there is a possibility that an increase in the error of the pixel may be suppressed.
- the filter characteristics may be determined such that the influence of the deblocking filter process on the lower right pixel is greater than the influence of the deblocking filter process on the upper left pixel.
- the encoding apparatus can increase the influence of the filter processing on the pixel having a large error, there is a possibility that the error of the pixel can be further reduced.
- the encoding apparatus can reduce the influence of the filter processing on a pixel having a small error, there is a possibility that an increase in the error of the pixel may be suppressed.
- a decoding device includes a processor and a memory, and the processor uses the memory to determine an asymmetric filter characteristic across a block boundary based on a position of a target pixel in the block. Then, deblocking filter processing having the determined filter characteristics is performed on the target pixel.
- the decoding apparatus can reduce errors by performing filter processing having asymmetric filter characteristics across the block boundary. Further, the decoding apparatus can determine appropriate filter characteristics based on the position of the target pixel in the block.
- the filter characteristic may be determined such that the influence of the filter process becomes larger as the pixel is farther from the intra prediction reference pixel.
- the decoding apparatus can increase the influence of the filter processing on the pixel having a large error, there is a possibility that the error of the pixel can be further reduced.
- the decoding apparatus can reduce the influence of the filter processing on the pixel having a small error, there is a possibility that the error of the pixel can be suppressed from increasing.
- the filter characteristics may be determined such that the influence of the deblocking filter process on the lower right pixel is greater than the influence of the deblocking filter process on the upper left pixel.
- the decoding apparatus can increase the influence of the filter processing on the pixel having a large error, there is a possibility that the error of the pixel can be further reduced.
- the decoding apparatus can reduce the influence of the filter processing on the pixel having a small error, there is a possibility that the error of the pixel can be suppressed from increasing.
- An encoding method determines an asymmetric filter characteristic across a block boundary based on a position of a target pixel in a block, and the deblocking filter having the determined filter characteristic for the target pixel Process.
- the encoding method may reduce errors by performing filter processing having asymmetric filter characteristics across the block boundary.
- the encoding method can determine appropriate filter characteristics based on the position of the target pixel in the block.
- the decoding method determines asymmetric filter characteristics across a block boundary based on a position of a target pixel in a block, and the target pixel has the determined filter characteristics I do.
- the decoding method may reduce errors by performing filter processing having asymmetric filter characteristics across the block boundary.
- the decoding method can determine appropriate filter characteristics based on the position of the target pixel in the block.
- An encoding apparatus includes a processor and a memory, and the processor determines and determines an asymmetric filter characteristic across a block boundary based on a quantization parameter using the memory. Further, deblocking filter processing having the filter characteristics is performed.
- the encoding apparatus can reduce errors by performing filter processing having asymmetric filter characteristics across the block boundary.
- the encoding apparatus can determine appropriate filter characteristics based on the quantization parameter.
- the filter characteristics may be determined so that the larger the quantization parameter, the greater the influence of the deblocking filter process.
- the encoding apparatus can increase the influence of the filter processing on the pixel having a large error, there is a possibility that the error of the pixel can be further reduced.
- the encoding apparatus can reduce the influence of the filter processing on a pixel having a small error, there is a possibility that an increase in the error of the pixel may be suppressed.
- the change in the influence accompanying the change in the quantization parameter of the upper left pixel is larger than the change in the influence accompanying the change of the quantization parameter of the lower right pixel.
- the filter characteristic may be determined.
- the encoding apparatus can increase the influence of the filter processing on the pixel having a large error, there is a possibility that the error of the pixel can be further reduced.
- a decoding apparatus includes a processor and a memory, and the processor uses the memory to determine an asymmetric filter characteristic across a block boundary based on a quantization parameter.
- a deblocking filter process having the filter characteristics is performed.
- the decoding apparatus can reduce errors by performing filter processing having asymmetric filter characteristics across the block boundary.
- the decoding apparatus can determine appropriate filter characteristics based on the quantization parameter.
- the filter characteristics may be determined so that the larger the quantization parameter, the greater the influence of the deblocking filter process.
- the decoding apparatus can increase the influence of the filter processing on the pixel having a large error, there is a possibility that the error of the pixel can be further reduced.
- the decoding apparatus can reduce the influence of the filter processing on the pixel having a small error, there is a possibility that the error of the pixel can be suppressed from increasing.
- the change in the influence accompanying the change in the quantization parameter of the upper left pixel is larger than the change in the influence accompanying the change of the quantization parameter of the lower right pixel.
- the filter characteristic may be determined.
- the decoding apparatus can increase the influence of the filter processing on the pixel having a large error, there is a possibility that the error of the pixel can be further reduced.
- the encoding method may determine an asymmetric filter characteristic across a block boundary based on a quantization parameter, and perform a deblocking filter process having the determined filter characteristic.
- the encoding method may reduce errors by performing filter processing having asymmetric filter characteristics across the block boundary.
- the encoding method can determine appropriate filter characteristics based on the quantization parameter.
- the decoding method determines an asymmetric filter characteristic across a block boundary based on a quantization parameter, and performs a deblocking filter process having the determined filter characteristic.
- the decoding method may reduce errors by performing filter processing having asymmetric filter characteristics across the block boundary.
- the decoding method can determine an appropriate filter characteristic based on the quantization parameter.
- 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 bitstream 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.
- the encoding apparatus 100 calculates a prediction error by subtracting a prediction signal generated by the intra prediction unit 124 or the inter prediction unit 126 from the original signal.
- the encoding device 100 generates a quantization coefficient by performing orthogonal transform processing, quantization processing, and the like on the prediction error.
- the encoding apparatus 100 restores a prediction error by performing inverse quantization and inverse orthogonal transform on the obtained quantization coefficient.
- the quantization process is an irreversible process, the restored prediction error has an error (quantization error) with respect to the prediction error before conversion.
- the deblocking filter process performed in the loop filter unit 120 is a kind of filter process performed for the purpose of reducing the quantization error. Deblocking filtering is applied to the block boundaries to remove block noise. Hereinafter, this deblocking filter processing is also simply referred to as filter processing.
- FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the deblocking filter process performed by the loop filter unit 120. For example, the process shown in FIG. 11 is performed for each block boundary.
- the loop filter unit 120 determines whether the set Bs is larger than the first threshold (S102). When Bs is equal to or smaller than the first threshold (No in S102), the loop filter unit 120 does not perform the filter process (S107).
- the loop filter unit 120 calculates the pixel variation d in the boundary region using the pixel values in the blocks on both sides of the block boundary (S103). ). This process will be described with reference to FIG.
- the loop filter unit 120 determines whether or not the calculated d is larger than the second threshold (S104). When d is equal to or smaller than the second threshold (No in S104), the loop filter unit 120 does not perform the filtering process (S107). Note that the first threshold and the second threshold are different.
- the loop filter unit 120 determines the filter characteristic (S105), and performs the filtering process of the determined filter characteristic (S106). For example, a 5-tap filter of (1, 2, 2, 2, 1) / 8 is used. That is, the calculation of (1 ⁇ p30 + 2 ⁇ p20 + 2 ⁇ p10 + 2 ⁇ q10 + 1 ⁇ q20) / 8 is performed on p10 shown in FIG.
- a clip process is performed so that the displacement is within a certain range so as not to be excessively smoothed.
- the clipping process referred to here is a threshold process that allows the pixel value after the filtering to take only a range of q ⁇ tc. That is.
- FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of the deblocking filter process according to the present embodiment. Note that the processing shown in FIG. 13 may be performed for each block boundary or may be performed for each unit pixel including one or more pixels.
- the loop filter unit 120 acquires an encoding parameter, and determines an asymmetric filter characteristic across the block boundary using the acquired encoding parameter (S111).
- the obtained encoding parameter characterizes, for example, an error distribution.
- the filter characteristics are filter coefficients, parameters used for controlling filter processing, and the like.
- the encoding parameter may be any parameter that can be used to determine the filter characteristics.
- the encoding parameter may be information indicating the error itself, or may be information or a parameter related to the error (for example, affecting the magnitude relationship of the error).
- a pixel that is determined to have a large or small error based on the encoding parameter that is, a pixel that is highly likely to have a large or small error is simply referred to as a pixel that has a large or small error.
- the determination process does not have to be performed each time, and the process may be performed according to a predetermined rule for associating the encoding parameter with the filter characteristic.
- the error may be larger than an error of a pixel that is likely to have a large error when viewed pixel by pixel.
- the loop filter unit 120 executes a filter process having the determined filter characteristics (S112).
- the filter characteristics determined in step S111 do not necessarily have to be asymmetric, and a symmetric design is possible.
- a filter having an asymmetric filter characteristic with a block boundary interposed therebetween is also referred to as an asymmetric filter
- a filter having a symmetric filter characteristic with a block boundary interposed therebetween is also referred to as a symmetric filter.
- a pixel determined to have a large error is easily affected by a pixel having a small surrounding error so that a pixel determined to have a small error is less affected by a pixel having a large surrounding error.
- the filter characteristics are determined in consideration of such two points. That is, the filter characteristics are determined so that the influence of the filter processing becomes larger as the pixel has a larger error. For example, the filter characteristics are determined so that the change amount of the pixel value before and after the filter process increases as the error increases. Thereby, it is possible to prevent a pixel having a high possibility of a small error from deviating from a true value due to a large fluctuation in value. On the other hand, for a pixel having a high possibility of a large error, the error can be reduced by changing the value by being strongly influenced by a pixel having a small error.
- the element that changes the displacement due to the filter is defined as the filter weight.
- the weight indicates the degree of influence of the filtering process on the symmetric pixel.
- Increasing the weight means that the influence of the filter processing on the pixel is increased.
- the pixel value after filter processing is easily affected by other pixels.
- increasing the weight means determining the filter characteristics so that the amount of change in the pixel value before and after the filtering process is increased or the filtering process is easily performed.
- the loop filter unit 120 increases the weight as the pixel has a larger error.
- increasing the weight of a pixel having a larger error includes not only changing the weight continuously based on the error but also changing the weight in stages. That is, the weight of the first pixel only needs to be smaller than the weight of the second pixel having a larger error than the first pixel.
- the same expression is used in the following.
- the loop filter unit 120 may correct the filter characteristics serving as a reference determined by a conventional method so that the weight of a pixel having a larger error increases.
- the loop filter unit 120 decreases the filter coefficient for pixels with larger errors. For example, the loop filter unit 120 reduces the filter coefficient of a pixel having a large error and increases the filter coefficient of a pixel having a small error.
- a filter determined by a conventional method is referred to as a reference filter.
- the reference filter is a 5-tap filter perpendicular to the block boundary and extends over (p3, p2, p1, q1, q2).
- the filter coefficient is (1, 2, 2, 2, 1) / 8.
- the filter coefficient is set so that the block P having a large error is easily affected by the block Q having a small error.
- the filter coefficient used for a pixel with a small error is set large, and the filter coefficient used for a pixel with a large error is set small.
- (0.5, 1.0, 1.0, 2.0, 1.5) / 6 is used as the filter coefficient.
- 0 may be used as a filter coefficient of a pixel with a small error.
- (0, 0, 1, 2, 2) / 5 may be used as the filter coefficient. That is, the filter tap may be changed.
- the filter coefficient that is currently 0 may be a value other than 0.
- (1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1) / 9 may be used as the filter coefficient. That is, the loop filter unit 120 may extend the filter tap to the side where the error is small.
- the reference filter may not be a bilaterally symmetric filter with the target pixel as the center, such as (1, 2, 2, 2, 1) / 8 described above.
- the loop filter unit 120 further adjusts the filter.
- the filter coefficient of the reference filter used for the leftmost pixel of the Q block is (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) / 15
- the filter coefficient of the reference filter used for the rightmost pixel of the block P is (5, 4 , 3, 2, 1) / 15. That is, in this case, a filter coefficient that is reversed left and right between pixels across the block boundary is used.
- Such a reversal symmetric filter characteristic across the block boundary can also be said to be “a symmetric filter characteristic across the block boundary”. That is, the asymmetric filter characteristic across the block boundary is a filter characteristic that is not inverted and symmetrical across the block boundary.
- the loop filter unit 120 is, for example, the filter coefficient of the reference filter used for the rightmost pixel of the block P (5, (4, 3, 2, 1) / 15 is changed to (2.5, 2.0, 1.5, 2.0, 1.0) / 9.
- the loop filter unit 120 determines a reference filter having a symmetrical filter characteristic across a block boundary according to a predetermined reference.
- the loop filter unit 120 changes the reference filter so as to have an asymmetric filter characteristic across the block boundary.
- the loop filter unit 120 increases the filter coefficient of at least one pixel having a small error among the filter coefficients of the reference filter, and reduces the filter coefficient of at least one pixel having a large error.
- the loop filter unit 120 performs a filter operation using a reference filter.
- the loop filter unit 120 performs asymmetric weighting with respect to the reference change amount ⁇ 0 that is the change amount of the pixel value before and after the filter calculation using the reference filter with the block boundary interposed therebetween.
- a process using a reference filter is referred to as a filter operation, and a series of processes including a filter operation and a subsequent correction process (for example, asymmetric weighting) is a filter process (deblocking filter process). ).
- the loop filter unit 120 calculates the corrected change amount ⁇ 1 by multiplying the reference change amount ⁇ 0 by a coefficient smaller than 1 for a pixel with a small error. Further, the loop filter unit 120 calculates the corrected change amount ⁇ 1 by multiplying the reference change amount ⁇ 0 by a coefficient larger than 1 for a pixel having a large error. Next, the loop filter unit 120 generates the pixel value after the filter processing by adding the corrected change amount ⁇ 1 to the pixel value before the filter calculation. Note that the loop filter unit 120 may perform only one of processing for pixels with small errors and processing for pixels with large errors.
- the loop filter unit 120 calculates the corrected change ⁇ 1 by multiplying the reference change ⁇ 0 by 0.8, for example. Further, the loop filter unit 120 calculates a corrected change amount ⁇ 1 for pixels included in the block P having a large error, for example, by multiplying the reference change amount ⁇ 0 by 1.2. By doing so, it is possible to reduce the fluctuation of the value of the pixel having a small error. In addition, it is possible to increase the fluctuation of the pixel value having a large error.
- 1: 1 may be selected as the ratio between the coefficient multiplied by the reference change amount ⁇ 0 of the pixel having a small error and the coefficient multiplied by the reference change amount ⁇ 0 of the pixel having a large error.
- the filter characteristics are symmetric with respect to the block boundary.
- the loop filter unit 120 may calculate the coefficient multiplied by the reference change amount ⁇ 0 by multiplying the reference coefficient by a constant.
- the loop filter unit 120 uses a larger constant for pixels with a large error than for pixels with a small error.
- the amount of change in the pixel value for a pixel with a large error increases, and the amount of change in the pixel value for a pixel with a high possibility of a small error decreases.
- the loop filter unit 120 uses 1.2 or 0.8 as a constant for pixels adjacent to the block boundary, and as a constant for pixels one pixel away from pixels adjacent to the block boundary. Use 1.1 or 0.9.
- the reference coefficient is obtained by, for example, (A ⁇ (q1 ⁇ p1) ⁇ B ⁇ (q2 ⁇ p2) + C) / D.
- A, B, C, and D are constants.
- p1, p2, q1, and q2 are pixel values of the pixels having the positional relationship shown in FIG.
- the loop filter unit 120 performs a filter operation using the filter coefficient of the reference filter.
- the loop filter unit 120 adds an asymmetric offset value across the block boundary to the pixel value after the filter calculation. Specifically, the loop filter unit 120 determines that a pixel having a large error so that the value of a pixel having a large error approaches the value of a pixel having a high possibility of a small error and the displacement of the pixel having the large error increases. A positive offset value is added to the pixel value of.
- the loop filter unit 120 prevents the pixel value with a small error from approaching the pixel value with a large error, and the pixel value of the pixel with a small error so that the displacement of the pixel with the small error is small. Add a negative offset to. As a result, the amount of change in pixel value for a pixel with a large error increases, and the amount of change in pixel value for a pixel with a small error decreases. Note that the loop filter unit 120 may perform only one of processing for pixels with small errors and processing for pixels with large errors.
- the loop filter unit 120 calculates a corrected change amount ⁇ 1 by adding a positive offset value (for example, 1) to the absolute value of the reference change amount ⁇ 0 for pixels included in a block with a large error. To do. Further, the loop filter unit 120 adds the corrected change amount ⁇ 1 to a pixel included in a block with a small error by adding a negative offset value (eg, ⁇ 1) to the absolute value of the reference change amount ⁇ 0. calculate. Next, the loop filter unit 120 generates the pixel value after the filter processing by adding the corrected change amount ⁇ 1 to the pixel value before the filter calculation. Note that the loop filter unit 120 may add the offset value to the pixel value after the filter calculation instead of adding the offset value to the change amount. Further, the offset value may not be symmetrical across the block boundary.
- a positive offset value for example, 1
- the loop filter unit 120 adds the corrected change amount ⁇ 1 to a pixel included in a block with a small error by adding a negative offset value (eg, ⁇
- the loop filter unit 120 may change only the weight for a specific pixel or may change the weight for all the pixels.
- the loop filter unit 120 may change the weight according to the distance from the block boundary to the target pixel. For example, the loop filter unit 120 may make the filter coefficients applied to the two pixels from the block boundary asymmetric and the filter coefficients applied to the subsequent pixels symmetrical.
- the filter weight may be common to a plurality of pixels or may be set for each pixel.
- the loop filter unit 120 performs a filter operation using the filter coefficient of the reference filter. Next, when the change amount ⁇ of the pixel value before and after the filter operation exceeds the clip width that is the reference value, the loop filter unit 120 clips the change amount ⁇ to the clip width. The loop filter unit 120 sets the clip width asymmetrically across the block boundary.
- the loop filter unit 120 makes the clip width for pixels with a large error larger than the clip width of pixels with a small error. For example, the loop filter unit 120 sets the clip width for a pixel with a large error to a constant multiple of the clip width of a pixel with a small error. As a result of changing the clip width, the value of a pixel with a small error cannot be changed greatly. In addition, the value of a pixel having a large error can change greatly.
- the loop filter unit 120 may adjust the absolute value of the clip width instead of specifying the clip width ratio. For example, the loop filter unit 120 fixes the clip width for pixels with a large error to twice a predetermined reference clip width. The loop filter unit 120 sets the ratio of the clip width of a pixel with a small error and the clip width of a pixel with a small error to 1.2: 0.8. Specifically, for example, it is assumed that the reference clip width is 10 and the change amount ⁇ before and after the filter operation is 12. In this case, when the reference clip width is used as it is, the change amount ⁇ is corrected to 10 by the threshold processing. On the other hand, when the target pixel is a pixel with a large error, for example, the reference clip width is multiplied by 1.5. As a result, the clip width is 15, so threshold processing is not performed, and the change amount ⁇ is 12.
- the loop filter unit 102 sets the condition for determining whether or not to perform filter processing to be asymmetric across the block boundary.
- the condition for determining whether or not to perform the filter process is, for example, the first threshold value or the second threshold value illustrated in FIG. 11.
- the loop filter unit 120 sets conditions so that a filter process is easily performed on a pixel with a large error, and the filter process is difficult to be performed on a pixel with a small error.
- Set the conditions as follows. For example, the loop filter unit 120 sets a threshold value for a pixel with a small error higher than a threshold value for a pixel with a large error. For example, the loop filter unit 120 sets the threshold for a pixel with a small error to a constant multiple of the threshold of a pixel with a large error.
- the loop filter unit 120 may not only specify the threshold ratio but also adjust the absolute value of the threshold. For example, the loop filter unit 120 fixes the threshold for a pixel with a small error to twice a predetermined reference threshold, and sets the ratio of the threshold of a pixel with a small error and the threshold of a pixel with a large error to 1.2: 0. .8 may be set.
- the reference threshold value of the second threshold value in step 104 is 10, and d calculated from the pixel values in the block is 12.
- the reference threshold value is used as it is as the second threshold value, it is determined that the filtering process is performed.
- the target pixel is a pixel with a small error, for example, a value obtained by multiplying the reference threshold value by 1.5 is used as the second threshold value.
- the second threshold value is 15, which is larger than d. As a result, it is determined that the filtering process is not performed.
- the constants indicating the weights based on the errors used in the first to fifth methods may be predetermined values in the encoding device 100 and the decoding device 200, or may be variable. . Specifically, the constant is multiplied by a coefficient that is multiplied by the filter coefficient of the first method or the filter coefficient of the reference filter, or by a coefficient or reference coefficient that is multiplied by the reference change amount ⁇ 0 in the second method.
- information indicating the constant may be included in the bitstream as a parameter of a sequence or a slice unit, for example, and transmitted from the encoding device 100 to the decoding device 200.
- the information indicating the constant may be information indicating the constant itself, or information indicating a ratio or difference from the reference value.
- a method of changing a coefficient or a constant according to an error for example, a method of changing linearly, a method of changing a quadratic function, a method of changing exponentially, or a relationship between an error and a constant
- a method using a look-up table shown for example, a method using a look-up table shown.
- a fixed value may be used as a constant.
- the loop filter unit 120 sets the variable to the first value when the error is less than or equal to a predetermined range, and sets the variable to the second value when the error is greater than or equal to the predetermined range, When the error is within a predetermined range, the variable may be continuously changed from the first value to the second value according to the error.
- the loop filter unit 120 may use a symmetric filter (reference filter) instead of using an asymmetric filter.
- the loop filter unit 120 may hold both the case where the error is large and the case where the error is small, or holds only one table, from the contents of the table.
- the other constant may be calculated according to a predetermined rule.
- the encoding apparatus 100 and the decoding apparatus 200 can reduce the error of the reconstructed image by using the asymmetric filter, so that the encoding efficiency can be improved.
- This aspect may be implemented in combination with at least a part of other aspects in the present disclosure.
- a part of the processing, a part of the configuration of the apparatus, a part of the syntax, and the like described in the flowchart of this aspect may be combined with another aspect.
- the loop filter unit 120 determines the filter characteristics according to the position of the target pixel in the block.
- FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an example of the deblocking filter process according to the present embodiment.
- the loop filter unit 120 acquires information indicating the position of the target pixel in the block as an encoding parameter characterizing the error distribution.
- the loop filter unit 120 determines an asymmetric filter characteristic across the block boundary based on the position (S121).
- the loop filter unit 120 executes a filter process having the determined filter characteristics (S122).
- the loop filter unit 120 determines the filter characteristics so that the change amount of the pixel value before and after the filter process becomes larger as the pixel is farther from the intra prediction reference pixel.
- a pixel close to the reference pixel is a pixel existing in the upper left in the block
- a pixel close to the reference pixel is a pixel existing in the lower right in the block. It is. Therefore, the loop filter unit 120 determines the filter characteristics so that the weight of the lower right pixel in the block is larger than the weight of the upper left pixel.
- the loop filter unit 120 determines a filter characteristic for a pixel far from a reference pixel for intra prediction so that the influence of the filtering process is increased as described in the first embodiment. That is, the loop filter unit 120 increases the weight of a pixel far from the reference pixel for intra prediction.
- increasing the weight means, as described above, (1) to decrease the filter coefficient, (2) to increase the filter coefficient of the pixel across the boundary (that is, a pixel near the reference pixel for intra prediction), ( 3) Increase the coefficient by which the change amount is multiplied, (4) Increase the offset value of the change amount, (5) Increase the clip width, and (6) Modify the threshold value so that the filter process is easily performed.
- the loop filter unit 120 determines a filter characteristic so that the influence of the filter process is reduced for pixels close to the reference pixel for intra prediction. That is, the loop filter unit 120 reduces the weight of pixels close to the reference pixel for intra prediction.
- the weight as described above, (1) to increase the filter coefficient, (2) to reduce the filter coefficient of the pixel across the boundary (that is, a pixel close to the reference pixel for intra prediction), ( 3) Decrease the coefficient by which the change amount is multiplied, (4) Decrease the offset value of the change amount, (5) Decrease the clip width, and (6) Modify the threshold value so that the filter processing is difficult to be executed. To implement at least one of the following.
- the above processing may be performed when intra prediction is used, and the above processing may not be performed for a block where inter prediction is used. However, since the nature of an intra prediction block may be pulled by inter prediction, the above process may be performed on an inter prediction block.
- the loop filter unit 120 may change the weight by arbitrarily specifying a position in a specific block. For example, as described above, the loop filter unit 120 may increase the weight of the lower right pixel in the block and decrease the weight of the upper left pixel in the block.
- the loop filter unit 120 is not limited to the upper left and lower right, and may change the weight by designating an arbitrary position in the block.
- the loop filter unit 120 may increase the weight of the left block and decrease the weight of the right block with respect to the adjacent block boundary in the left-right direction.
- the loop filter unit 120 may increase the weight of the upper block and decrease the weight of the lower block for the adjacent block boundary in the vertical direction.
- the loop filter unit 120 may change the weight according to the distance from the reference pixel for intra prediction. Further, the loop filter unit 120 may determine the weight in units of block boundaries or may determine the weight in units of pixels. The error tends to increase as the distance from the reference pixel increases. Therefore, the loop filter unit 120 determines the filter characteristics so that the weight gradient becomes steeper as the distance from the reference pixel increases. The loop filter unit 120 determines the filter characteristics so that the weight gradient on the upper side of the right side of the block is gentler than the weight gradient on the lower side.
- This aspect may be implemented in combination with at least a part of other aspects in the present disclosure.
- a part of the processing, a part of the configuration of the apparatus, a part of the syntax, and the like described in the flowchart of this aspect may be combined with another aspect.
- loop filter section 120 determines the filter characteristics according to the orthogonal transform base.
- FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing an example of the deblocking filter process according to the present embodiment.
- the loop filter unit 120 acquires information indicating the orthogonal transform base used for the target block as an encoding parameter characterizing the error distribution.
- the loop filter unit 120 determines an asymmetric filter characteristic across the block boundary based on the orthogonal transform base (S131).
- the loop filter unit 120 executes a filter process having the determined filter characteristics (S132).
- the encoding apparatus 100 selects one of a plurality of candidates as an orthogonal transform base that is a transform base for performing orthogonal transform.
- the plurality of candidates include, for example, a base in which the 0th-order conversion base such as DCT-II is flat and a base in which the 0th-order conversion base such as DST-VII is not flat.
- FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a conversion base of DCT-II.
- FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a DCT-VII conversion base.
- the 0th order base of DCT-II is constant regardless of the position in the block. That is, when DCT-II is used, the error in the block is constant. Therefore, when both blocks sandwiching the block boundary are transformed by DCT-II, the loop filter unit 120 performs filter processing using a symmetric filter without using an asymmetric filter.
- the loop filter unit 120 uses an asymmetric filter when at least one of the two blocks sandwiching the block boundary is converted by DST-VII. Specifically, the loop filter unit 120 determines the filter characteristics so that the influence of the filter processing becomes smaller as the pixel has a smaller value in the lower-order (for example, 0th-order) base block.
- the loop filter unit 120 filters the lower right pixel in the block by the above-described method.
- the filter characteristics are determined so as to increase the influence of processing.
- the loop filter unit 120 determines the filter characteristics so that the influence of the filtering process is increased on the upper left pixel in the block.
- the loop filter unit 120 applies the filter to the pixel below the upper block adjacent to the block boundary and using DST-VII.
- the filter characteristic is determined so that the weight becomes larger than the weight of the filter to the upper pixel of the lower block in which DCT-II is used.
- the difference between the amplitudes of the low-order bases in this case is smaller than the difference between the amplitudes of the low-order bases when DST-VII are adjacent to each other. Therefore, the loop filter unit 120 sets the filter characteristic so that the gradient of the weight in this case is smaller than the gradient of the weight when the DST-VIIs are adjacent to each other.
- the loop filter unit 120 sets the weight when DCT-II and DCT-II are adjacent to 1: 1 (symmetric filter), and the weight when DST-VII and DST-VII are adjacent. Is set to 1.3: 0.7, and the weight when DST-VII and DCT-II are adjacent to each other is set to 1.2: 0.8.
- This aspect may be implemented in combination with at least a part of other aspects in the present disclosure.
- a part of the processing, a part of the configuration of the apparatus, a part of the syntax, and the like described in the flowchart of this aspect may be combined with another aspect.
- the loop filter unit 120 determines the filter characteristics according to the pixel values across the block boundary.
- FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing an example of the deblocking filter process according to the present embodiment.
- the loop filter unit 120 acquires information indicating pixel values in a block across a block boundary as an encoding parameter characterizing an error distribution.
- the loop filter unit 120 determines an asymmetric filter characteristic across the block boundary based on the pixel value (S141).
- the loop filter unit 120 executes a filter process having the determined filter characteristics (S142).
- the loop filter unit 120 increases the difference in filter characteristics across the block boundary as the pixel value difference d0 increases. Specifically, the loop filter unit 120 determines the filter characteristics so that the difference in the influence of the filter processing becomes large. For example, the loop filter unit 120 sets the weight to 1.4: 0.6 when d0> (quantization parameter) ⁇ (constant) is satisfied, and sets the weight to 1. when the above relationship is not satisfied. 2: Set to 0.8. That is, the loop filter unit 120 compares the pixel value difference d0 with a threshold value based on the quantization parameter. When the pixel value difference d0 is larger than the threshold value, the loop value is larger than when the pixel value difference d0 is smaller than the threshold value. Increase the difference in filter characteristics across the boundary.
- the loop filter unit 120 increases the difference in filter characteristics across the block boundary as the average value b0 of the dispersion of pixel values in both blocks across the block boundary increases.
- the loop filter unit 120 may determine the filter characteristics so that the difference in the influence of the filter processing becomes large. For example, the loop filter unit 120 sets the weight to 1.4: 0.6 when b0> (quantization parameter) ⁇ (constant) is satisfied, and sets the weight to 1.2 when the above relationship is not satisfied. : Set to 0.8.
- the loop filter unit 120 compares the pixel value variance b0 with a threshold value based on the quantization parameter. When the pixel value variance b0 is larger than the threshold value, the loop filter unit 120 is more likely to block A difference in filter characteristics across the boundary may be increased.
- the loop filter unit 120 determines an asymmetric filter characteristic across the block boundary according to a predetermined rule (for example, the method of Embodiment 2, 3, or 6). Next, the loop filter unit 120 changes the determined filter characteristic based on the pixel value difference d0 so that the difference in the filter characteristic across the block boundary increases. That is, the loop filter unit 120 increases the ratio or difference between the weight of a pixel having a large error and the weight of a pixel having a small error.
- a predetermined rule for example, the method of Embodiment 2, 3, or 6
- the loop filter unit 120 may reduce the difference in filter characteristics across the block boundary as the pixel value difference d0 increases. Specifically, the loop filter unit 120 determines the filter characteristics so that the difference in the influence of the filter processing becomes small. For example, the loop filter unit 120 sets the weight to 1.2: 0.8 when d0> (quantization parameter) ⁇ (constant) is satisfied, and sets the weight to 1. when the relationship is not satisfied. 4: Set to 0.6. If the above relationship is satisfied, the weight may be set to 1: 1 (symmetric filter). That is, the loop filter unit 120 compares the pixel value difference d0 with a threshold value based on the quantization parameter. When the pixel value difference d0 is larger than the threshold value, the loop value is larger than when the pixel value difference d0 is smaller than the threshold value. Reduce the difference in filter characteristics across the boundary.
- a large pixel value difference d0 means that the block boundary is conspicuous, and in such a case, by reducing the difference in filter characteristics across the block boundary, smoothing is performed by an asymmetric filter. It is possible to suppress weakening.
- the loop filter unit 120 uses the first weight when the pixel value difference d0 is less than the first threshold, and uses the first weight when the pixel value difference d0 is greater than or equal to the first threshold and less than the second threshold.
- a second weight having a larger difference than the weight may be used, and a third weight having a smaller difference than the second weight may be used when the pixel value difference d0 is equal to or greater than the second threshold.
- the pixel value difference d0 may be the pixel value difference across the boundary itself, or may be the average or variance of the pixel value differences.
- the pixel value difference d0 is obtained by (A ⁇ (q1 ⁇ p1) ⁇ B ⁇ (q2 ⁇ p2) + C) / D.
- A, B, C, and D are constants.
- p1, p2, q1, and q2 are pixel values of the pixels having the positional relationship shown in FIG.
- the pixel value difference d0 and the weight may be set on a pixel basis, on a block boundary basis, or on a block group unit including a plurality of blocks (for example, LCU (Large Coding Unit)). May be done in units.
- LCU Large Coding Unit
- This aspect may be implemented in combination with at least a part of other aspects in the present disclosure.
- a part of the processing, a part of the configuration of the apparatus, a part of the syntax, and the like described in the flowchart of this aspect may be combined with another aspect.
- loop filter section 120 determines filter characteristics according to the intra prediction direction and the block boundary direction.
- FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing an example of the deblocking filter process according to the present embodiment.
- the loop filter unit 120 acquires information indicating an angle between a prediction direction of intra prediction and a block boundary as an encoding parameter characterizing an error distribution.
- the loop filter unit 120 determines an asymmetric filter characteristic across the block boundary based on the angle (S151).
- the loop filter unit 120 executes a filter process having the determined filter characteristics (S152).
- the loop filter unit 120 increases the difference in filter characteristics across the block boundary as the angle is closer to the vertical, and decreases the difference in filter characteristics across the block boundary as the angle is closer to the horizontal. . More specifically, when the intra prediction direction is nearly perpendicular to the block boundary, the difference in filter weights for the pixels on both sides of the block boundary becomes large, and the intra prediction direction becomes horizontal with respect to the block boundary. If they are close to each other, the filter characteristics are determined so as to reduce the difference in the filter weights for the pixels on both sides of the block boundary.
- FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of weights for the relationship between the intra prediction direction and the block boundary direction.
- the loop filter unit 120 determines an asymmetric filter characteristic across the block boundary according to a predetermined rule (for example, the method of Embodiment 2, 3, or 6). Next, the loop filter unit 120 changes the determined filter characteristics based on the intra prediction direction and the block boundary direction so that the difference in filter characteristics across the block boundary becomes large.
- a predetermined rule for example, the method of Embodiment 2, 3, or 6
- the encoding device 100 and the decoding device 200 specify the intra prediction direction using, for example, an intra prediction mode.
- the loop filter unit 120 may not consider the direction of the block boundary. For example, when the intra prediction mode is the Planar mode or the DC mode, the loop filter unit 120 may use a predetermined weight or a weight difference regardless of the direction of the block boundary. Alternatively, the loop filter unit 120 may use a symmetric filter when the intra prediction mode is the Planar mode or the DC mode.
- This aspect may be implemented in combination with at least a part of other aspects in the present disclosure.
- a part of the processing, a part of the configuration of the apparatus, a part of the syntax, and the like described in the flowchart of this aspect may be combined with another aspect.
- loop filter section 120 determines a filter characteristic according to a quantization parameter indicating the quantization width.
- FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing an example of the deblocking filter process according to the present embodiment.
- the loop filter unit 120 acquires information indicating the quantization parameter used in quantization of the target block as an encoding parameter characterizing the error distribution.
- the loop filter unit 120 determines an asymmetric filter characteristic across the block boundary based on the quantization parameter (S161).
- the loop filter unit 120 executes a filter process having the determined filter characteristics (S162).
- the loop filter unit 120 determines the filter characteristics so that the influence of the filter processing increases as the quantization parameter increases.
- FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of weights for quantization parameters.
- the loop filter unit 120 increases the weight for the upper left pixel in the block as the quantization parameter increases.
- the loop filter unit 120 reduces the increase in weight associated with the increase in the quantization parameter for the lower right pixel in the block. That is, the loop filter unit 120 causes the change in the filter processing effect due to the change in the quantization parameter for the upper left pixel to be larger than the change in the filter processing effect due to the change in the quantization parameter for the lower right pixel. Determine the filter characteristics.
- the upper left pixel in the block is more susceptible to quantization parameters than the lower right pixel in the block. Therefore, the error can be appropriately reduced by performing the above processing.
- the loop filter unit 120 may determine the weight of the block based on the quantization parameter of the block for each of the two blocks sandwiching the boundary, or the average value of the quantization parameters of the two blocks And the weights of the two blocks may be determined based on the average value.
- the loop filter unit 120 may determine the weights of the two blocks based on the quantization parameter of one block. For example, the loop filter unit 120 determines the weight of the one block based on the quantization parameter of the one block using the above method. Next, the loop filter unit 120 determines the weight of the other block according to a predetermined rule based on the determined weight.
- the loop filter unit 120 may use a symmetric filter when the quantization parameters of the two blocks are different or when the difference between the quantization parameters of the two blocks exceeds a threshold value.
- the weight is set using a linear function, but any function or table other than the linear function may be used.
- a curve indicating the relationship between the quantization parameter and the quantization step (quantization width) may be used.
- the loop filter unit 120 may use a symmetric filter instead of using an asymmetric filter.
- the loop filter unit 120 performs an operation such as rounding, rounding up, or rounding down on the quantization parameter, and uses the quantized parameter after the operation for the above processing. May be. Or the loop filter part 120 may perform the said process in consideration to a decimal point unit.
- Embodiments 2 to 6 a plurality of methods for determining an error have been individually described, but two or more of these methods may be combined.
- the loop filter unit 120 may weight the two or more combined elements.
- the encoding parameter may be an orthogonal transform type (Wavelet, DFT or overlap transform, etc.), block size (block width and height), motion vector direction, motion vector length, or reference used for inter prediction.
- Information indicating the number of pictures and characteristics of the reference filter may be used.
- the loop filter unit 120 may use an asymmetric filter only when the block boundary length is 16 pixels or less and the filter target pixel is close to the reference pixel for intra prediction, and may use a symmetric filter in other cases.
- the asymmetric processing may be performed only when a predetermined type of filter among a plurality of filter candidates is used.
- the asymmetric filter may be used only when the displacement due to the reference filter is calculated by (A ⁇ (q1 ⁇ p1) ⁇ B ⁇ (q2 ⁇ p2) + C) / D.
- A, B, C, and D are constants.
- p1, p2, q1, and q2 are pixel values of the pixels having the positional relationship shown in FIG.
- the loop filter unit 120 may perform the above process on one of the luminance signal and the color difference signal, or may perform the above process on both. Further, the loop filter unit 120 may perform a common process on the luminance signal and the color difference signal, or may perform different processes. For example, the loop filter unit 120 may use different weights for the luminance signal and the color difference signal, or may determine the weights according to different rules.
- the various parameters used in the above processing may be determined by the encoding device 100 or may be fixed values set in advance.
- the above processing may be performed or not performed, or the content of the above processing may be switched in a predetermined unit.
- the predetermined unit is, for example, a slice unit, a tile unit, a wavefront division unit, or a CTU unit.
- the content of the above process is a parameter indicating which one of the plurality of methods described above is used, a weight or the like, or a parameter for determining these.
- the loop filter unit 120 may limit a region where the above processing is performed to a CTU boundary, a slice boundary, or a tile boundary.
- the number of taps of the filter may be different between the symmetric filter and the asymmetric filter.
- the loop filter unit 120 may determine whether or not to perform the above process or change the content of the above process according to the frame type (I frame, P frame, or B frame).
- the loop filter unit 120 may determine whether or not to perform the above process, or the content of the above process, depending on whether or not a specific process in the previous stage or the subsequent stage has been performed.
- the loop filter unit 120 may perform different processing depending on the type of prediction mode used for the block, or may perform the above-described processing only for a block in which a specific prediction mode is used. For example, the loop filter unit 120 may perform different processing for a block in which intra prediction is used, a block in which inter prediction is used, and a merged block.
- the encoding apparatus 100 may encode filter information, which is a parameter indicating whether or not to perform the above process or the content of the above process. That is, the encoding apparatus 100 may generate an encoded bit stream including filter information.
- the filter information includes information indicating whether or not the above processing is performed on the luminance signal, information indicating whether or not the above processing is performed on the color difference signal, information indicating whether or not the processing is different for each prediction mode, and the like. May be included.
- the decoding device 200 may perform the above processing based on filter information included in the encoded bitstream. For example, the decoding device 200 may determine whether or not to perform the above process or the content of the above process based on the filter information.
- This aspect may be implemented in combination with at least a part of other aspects in the present disclosure.
- a part of the processing, a part of the configuration of the apparatus, a part of the syntax, and the like described in the flowchart of this aspect may be combined with another aspect.
- 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. 24 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 cellular phone, or a PHS (Personal Handyphone System) that is compatible with a mobile communication system generally called 2G, 3G, 3.9G, 4G, and 5G in the future.
- a mobile communication system generally called 2G, 3G, 3.9G, 4G, and 5G in the future.
- 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. 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. 27 is a diagram showing an example of a web page display screen on the computer ex111 or the like.
- FIG. 28 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. 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. 29 is a diagram illustrating the smartphone ex115.
- FIG. 30 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 processing is performed by the modulation / demodulation unit ex452, and digital / analog conversion is performed 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
- This aspect may be implemented in combination with at least a part of other aspects in the present disclosure.
- a part of the processing, a part of the configuration of the apparatus, a part of the syntax, and the like described in the flowchart of this aspect may be combined with another aspect.
- the present disclosure can be applied to an encoding device, a decoding device, an encoding method, and a decoding method.
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まず、後述する本開示の各態様で説明する処理および/または構成を適用可能な符号化装置および復号化装置の一例として、実施の形態1の概要を説明する。ただし、実施の形態1は、本開示の各態様で説明する処理および/または構成を適用可能な符号化装置および復号化装置の一例にすぎず、本開示の各態様で説明する処理および/または構成は、実施の形態1とは異なる符号化装置および復号化装置においても実施可能である。
(2)実施の形態1の符号化装置または復号化装置に対して、当該符号化装置または復号化装置を構成する複数の構成要素のうち一部の構成要素について機能または実施する処理の追加、置き換え、削除などの任意の変更を施した上で、本開示の各態様で説明する構成要素に対応する構成要素を、本開示の各態様で説明する構成要素に置き換えること
(3)実施の形態1の符号化装置または復号化装置が実施する方法に対して、処理の追加、および/または当該方法に含まれる複数の処理のうちの一部の処理について置き換え、削除などの任意の変更を施した上で、本開示の各態様で説明する処理に対応する処理を、本開示の各態様で説明する処理に置き換えること
(4)実施の形態1の符号化装置または復号化装置を構成する複数の構成要素のうちの一部の構成要素を、本開示の各態様で説明する構成要素、本開示の各態様で説明する構成要素が備える機能の一部を備える構成要素、または本開示の各態様で説明する構成要素が実施する処理の一部を実施する構成要素と組み合わせて実施すること
(5)実施の形態1の符号化装置または復号化装置を構成する複数の構成要素のうちの一部の構成要素が備える機能の一部を備える構成要素、または実施の形態1の符号化装置または復号化装置を構成する複数の構成要素のうちの一部の構成要素が実施する処理の一部を実施する構成要素を、本開示の各態様で説明する構成要素、本開示の各態様で説明する構成要素が備える機能の一部を備える構成要素、または本開示の各態様で説明する構成要素が実施する処理の一部を実施する構成要素と組み合わせて実施すること
(6)実施の形態1の符号化装置または復号化装置が実施する方法に対して、当該方法に含まれる複数の処理のうち、本開示の各態様で説明する処理に対応する処理を、本開示の各態様で説明する処理に置き換えること
(7)実施の形態1の符号化装置または復号化装置が実施する方法に含まれる複数の処理のうちの一部の処理を、本開示の各態様で説明する処理と組み合わせて実施すること
まず、実施の形態1に係る符号化装置の概要を説明する。図1は、実施の形態1に係る符号化装置100の機能構成を示すブロック図である。符号化装置100は、動画像/画像をブロック単位で符号化する動画像/画像符号化装置である。
分割部102は、入力動画像に含まれる各ピクチャを複数のブロックに分割し、各ブロックを減算部104に出力する。例えば、分割部102は、まず、ピクチャを固定サイズ(例えば128x128)のブロックに分割する。この固定サイズのブロックは、符号化ツリーユニット(CTU)と呼ばれることがある。そして、分割部102は、再帰的な四分木(quadtree)及び/又は二分木(binary tree)ブロック分割に基づいて、固定サイズのブロックの各々を可変サイズ(例えば64x64以下)のブロックに分割する。この可変サイズのブロックは、符号化ユニット(CU)、予測ユニット(PU)あるいは変換ユニット(TU)と呼ばれることがある。なお、本実施の形態では、CU、PU及びTUは区別される必要はなく、ピクチャ内の一部又はすべてのブロックがCU、PU、TUの処理単位となってもよい。
減算部104は、分割部102によって分割されたブロック単位で原信号(原サンプル)から予測信号(予測サンプル)を減算する。つまり、減算部104は、符号化対象ブロック(以下、カレントブロックという)の予測誤差(残差ともいう)を算出する。そして、減算部104は、算出された予測誤差を変換部106に出力する。
変換部106は、空間領域の予測誤差を周波数領域の変換係数に変換し、変換係数を量子化部108に出力する。具体的には、変換部106は、例えば空間領域の予測誤差に対して予め定められた離散コサイン変換(DCT)又は離散サイン変換(DST)を行う。
量子化部108は、変換部106から出力された変換係数を量子化する。具体的には、量子化部108は、カレントブロックの変換係数を所定の走査順序で走査し、走査された変換係数に対応する量子化パラメータ(QP)に基づいて当該変換係数を量子化する。そして、量子化部108は、カレントブロックの量子化された変換係数(以下、量子化係数という)をエントロピー符号化部110及び逆量子化部112に出力する。
エントロピー符号化部110は、量子化部108から入力である量子化係数を可変長符号化することにより符号化信号(符号化ビットストリーム)を生成する。具体的には、エントロピー符号化部110は、例えば、量子化係数を二値化し、二値信号を算術符号化する。
逆量子化部112は、量子化部108からの入力である量子化係数を逆量子化する。具体的には、逆量子化部112は、カレントブロックの量子化係数を所定の走査順序で逆量子化する。そして、逆量子化部112は、カレントブロックの逆量子化された変換係数を逆変換部114に出力する。
逆変換部114は、逆量子化部112からの入力である変換係数を逆変換することにより予測誤差を復元する。具体的には、逆変換部114は、変換係数に対して、変換部106による変換に対応する逆変換を行うことにより、カレントブロックの予測誤差を復元する。そして、逆変換部114は、復元された予測誤差を加算部116に出力する。
加算部116は、逆変換部114からの入力である予測誤差と予測制御部128からの入力である予測サンプルとを加算することによりカレントブロックを再構成する。そして、加算部116は、再構成されたブロックをブロックメモリ118及びループフィルタ部120に出力する。再構成ブロックは、ローカル復号ブロックと呼ばれることもある。
ブロックメモリ118は、イントラ予測で参照されるブロックであって符号化対象ピクチャ(以下、カレントピクチャという)内のブロックを格納するための記憶部である。具体的には、ブロックメモリ118は、加算部116から出力された再構成ブロックを格納する。
ループフィルタ部120は、加算部116によって再構成されたブロックにループフィルタを施し、フィルタされた再構成ブロックをフレームメモリ122に出力する。ループフィルタとは、符号化ループ内で用いられるフィルタ(インループフィルタ)であり、例えば、デブロッキング・フィルタ(DF)、サンプルアダプティブオフセット(SAO)及びアダプティブループフィルタ(ALF)などを含む。
フレームメモリ122は、インター予測に用いられる参照ピクチャを格納するための記憶部であり、フレームバッファと呼ばれることもある。具体的には、フレームメモリ122は、ループフィルタ部120によってフィルタされた再構成ブロックを格納する。
イントラ予測部124は、ブロックメモリ118に格納されたカレントピクチャ内のブロックを参照してカレントブロックのイントラ予測(画面内予測ともいう)を行うことで、予測信号(イントラ予測信号)を生成する。具体的には、イントラ予測部124は、カレントブロックに隣接するブロックのサンプル(例えば輝度値、色差値)を参照してイントラ予測を行うことでイントラ予測信号を生成し、イントラ予測信号を予測制御部128に出力する。
インター予測部126は、フレームメモリ122に格納された参照ピクチャであってカレントピクチャとは異なる参照ピクチャを参照してカレントブロックのインター予測(画面間予測ともいう)を行うことで、予測信号(インター予測信号)を生成する。インター予測は、カレントブロック又はカレントブロック内のサブブロック(例えば4x4ブロック)の単位で行われる。例えば、インター予測部126は、カレントブロック又はサブブロックについて参照ピクチャ内で動き探索(motion estimation)を行う。そして、インター予測部126は、動き探索により得られた動き情報(例えば動きベクトル)を用いて動き補償を行うことでカレントブロック又はサブブロックのインター予測信号を生成する。そして、インター予測部126は、生成されたインター予測信号を予測制御部128に出力する。
予測制御部128は、イントラ予測信号及びインター予測信号のいずれかを選択し、選択した信号を予測信号として減算部104及び加算部116に出力する。
次に、上記の符号化装置100から出力された符号化信号(符号化ビットストリーム)を復号可能な復号装置の概要について説明する。図10は、実施の形態1に係る復号装置200の機能構成を示すブロック図である。復号装置200は、動画像/画像をブロック単位で復号する動画像/画像復号装置である。
エントロピー復号部202は、符号化ビットストリームをエントロピー復号する。具体的には、エントロピー復号部202は、例えば、符号化ビットストリームから二値信号に算術復号する。そして、エントロピー復号部202は、二値信号を多値化(debinarize)する。これにより、エントロピー復号部202は、ブロック単位で量子化係数を逆量子化部204に出力する。
逆量子化部204は、エントロピー復号部202からの入力である復号対象ブロック(以下、カレントブロックという)の量子化係数を逆量子化する。具体的には、逆量子化部204は、カレントブロックの量子化係数の各々について、当該量子化係数に対応する量子化パラメータに基づいて当該量子化係数を逆量子化する。そして、逆量子化部204は、カレントブロックの逆量子化された量子化係数(つまり変換係数)を逆変換部206に出力する。
逆変換部206は、逆量子化部204からの入力である変換係数を逆変換することにより予測誤差を復元する。
加算部208は、逆変換部206からの入力である予測誤差と予測制御部220からの入力である予測サンプルとを加算することによりカレントブロックを再構成する。そして、加算部208は、再構成されたブロックをブロックメモリ210及びループフィルタ部212に出力する。
ブロックメモリ210は、イントラ予測で参照されるブロックであって復号対象ピクチャ(以下、カレントピクチャという)内のブロックを格納するための記憶部である。具体的には、ブロックメモリ210は、加算部208から出力された再構成ブロックを格納する。
ループフィルタ部212は、加算部208によって再構成されたブロックにループフィルタを施し、フィルタされた再構成ブロックをフレームメモリ214及び表示装置等に出力する。
フレームメモリ214は、インター予測に用いられる参照ピクチャを格納するための記憶部であり、フレームバッファと呼ばれることもある。具体的には、フレームメモリ214は、ループフィルタ部212によってフィルタされた再構成ブロックを格納する。
イントラ予測部216は、符号化ビットストリームから読み解かれたイントラ予測モードに基づいて、ブロックメモリ210に格納されたカレントピクチャ内のブロックを参照してイントラ予測を行うことで、予測信号(イントラ予測信号)を生成する。具体的には、イントラ予測部216は、カレントブロックに隣接するブロックのサンプル(例えば輝度値、色差値)を参照してイントラ予測を行うことでイントラ予測信号を生成し、イントラ予測信号を予測制御部220に出力する。
インター予測部218は、フレームメモリ214に格納された参照ピクチャを参照して、カレントブロックを予測する。予測は、カレントブロック又はカレントブロック内のサブブロック(例えば4x4ブロック)の単位で行われる。例えば、インター予測部218は、符号化ビットストリームから読み解かれた動き情報(例えば動きベクトル)を用いて動き補償を行うことでカレントブロック又はサブブロックのインター予測信号を生成し、インター予測信号を予測制御部220に出力する。
予測制御部220は、イントラ予測信号及びインター予測信号のいずれかを選択し、選択した信号を予測信号として加算部208に出力する。
次に、以上のように構成された符号化装置100及び復号装置200において行われるデブロッキングフィルタ処理について図面を参照しながら具体的に説明する。なお、以下では、符号化装置100が備えるループフィルタ部120の動作を主に説明するが、復号装置200が備えるループフィルタ部212の動作をも同様である。
実施の形態2~実施の形態6では、上述した誤差分布を特徴付ける符号化パラメータの具体例について説明する。本実施の形態では、ループフィルタ部120は、対象画素のブロック内の位置に応じてフィルタ特性を決定する。
本実施の形態では、ループフィルタ部120は、直交変換基底に応じてフィルタ特性を決定する。
本実施の形態では、ループフィルタ部120は、ブロック境界を挟んだ画素値に応じてフィルタ特性を決定する。
本実施の形態では、ループフィルタ部120は、イントラ予測方向とブロック境界方向とに応じてフィルタ特性を決定する。
本実施の形態では、ループフィルタ部120は、量子化の幅を示す量子化パラメータに応じてフィルタ特性を決定する。
以上の各実施の形態において、機能ブロックの各々は、通常、MPU及びメモリ等によって実現可能である。また、機能ブロックの各々による処理は、通常、プロセッサなどのプログラム実行部が、ROM等の記録媒体に記録されたソフトウェア(プログラム)を読み出して実行することで実現される。当該ソフトウェアはダウンロード等により配布されてもよいし、半導体メモリなどの記録媒体に記録して配布されてもよい。なお、各機能ブロックをハードウェア(専用回路)によって実現することも、当然、可能である。
図24は、コンテンツ配信サービスを実現するコンテンツ供給システムex100の全体構成を示す図である。通信サービスの提供エリアを所望の大きさに分割し、各セル内にそれぞれ固定無線局である基地局ex106、ex107、ex108、ex109、ex110が設置されている。
また、ストリーミングサーバex103は複数のサーバ又は複数のコンピュータであって、データを分散して処理したり記録したり配信するものであってもよい。例えば、ストリーミングサーバex103は、CDN(Contents Delivery Network)により実現され、世界中に分散された多数のエッジサーバとエッジサーバ間をつなぐネットワークによりコンテンツ配信が実現されていてもよい。CDNでは、クライアントに応じて物理的に近いエッジサーバが動的に割り当てられる。そして、当該エッジサーバにコンテンツがキャッシュ及び配信されることで遅延を減らすことができる。また、何らかのエラーが発生した場合又はトラフィックの増加などにより通信状態が変わる場合に複数のエッジサーバで処理を分散したり、他のエッジサーバに配信主体を切り替えたり、障害が生じたネットワークの部分を迂回して配信を続けることができるので、高速かつ安定した配信が実現できる。
近年では、互いにほぼ同期した複数のカメラex113及び/又はスマートフォンex115などの端末により撮影された異なるシーン、又は、同一シーンを異なるアングルから撮影した画像或いは映像を統合して利用することも増えてきている。各端末で撮影した映像は、別途取得した端末間の相対的な位置関係、又は、映像に含まれる特徴点が一致する領域などに基づいて統合される。
コンテンツの切り替えに関して、図25に示す、上記各実施の形態で示した動画像符号化方法を応用して圧縮符号化されたスケーラブルなストリームを用いて説明する。サーバは、個別のストリームとして内容は同じで質の異なるストリームを複数有していても構わないが、図示するようにレイヤに分けて符号化を行うことで実現される時間的/空間的スケーラブルなストリームの特徴を活かして、コンテンツを切り替える構成であってもよい。つまり、復号側が性能という内的要因と通信帯域の状態などの外的要因とに応じてどのレイヤまで復号するかを決定することで、復号側は、低解像度のコンテンツと高解像度のコンテンツとを自由に切り替えて復号できる。例えば移動中にスマートフォンex115で視聴していた映像の続きを、帰宅後にインターネットTV等の機器で視聴したい場合には、当該機器は、同じストリームを異なるレイヤまで復号すればよいので、サーバ側の負担を軽減できる。
図27は、コンピュータex111等におけるwebページの表示画面例を示す図である。図28は、スマートフォンex115等におけるwebページの表示画面例を示す図である。図27及び図28に示すようにwebページが、画像コンテンツへのリンクであるリンク画像を複数含む場合があり、閲覧するデバイスによってその見え方は異なる。画面上に複数のリンク画像が見える場合には、ユーザが明示的にリンク画像を選択するまで、又は画面の中央付近にリンク画像が近付く或いはリンク画像の全体が画面内に入るまでは、表示装置(復号装置)は、リンク画像として各コンテンツが有する静止画又はIピクチャを表示したり、複数の静止画又はIピクチャ等でgifアニメのような映像を表示したり、ベースレイヤのみ受信して映像を復号及び表示したりする。
また、車の自動走行又は走行支援のため2次元又は3次元の地図情報などの静止画又は映像データを送受信する場合、受信端末は、1以上のレイヤに属する画像データに加えて、メタ情報として天候又は工事の情報なども受信し、これらを対応付けて復号してもよい。なお、メタ情報は、レイヤに属してもよいし、単に画像データと多重化されてもよい。
また、コンテンツ供給システムex100では、映像配信業者による高画質で長時間のコンテンツのみならず、個人による低画質で短時間のコンテンツのユニキャスト、又はマルチキャスト配信が可能である。また、このような個人のコンテンツは今後も増加していくと考えられる。個人コンテンツをより優れたコンテンツにするために、サーバは、編集処理を行ってから符号化処理を行ってもよい。これは例えば、以下のような構成で実現できる。
また、これらの符号化又は復号処理は、一般的に各端末が有するLSIex500において処理される。LSIex500は、ワンチップであっても複数チップからなる構成であってもよい。なお、動画像符号化又は復号用のソフトウェアをコンピュータex111等で読み取り可能な何らかの記録メディア(CD-ROM、フレキシブルディスク、又はハードディスクなど)に組み込み、そのソフトウェアを用いて符号化又は復号処理を行ってもよい。さらに、スマートフォンex115がカメラ付きである場合には、そのカメラで取得した動画データを送信してもよい。このときの動画データはスマートフォンex115が有するLSIex500で符号化処理されたデータである。
図29は、スマートフォンex115を示す図である。また、図30は、スマートフォンex115の構成例を示す図である。スマートフォンex115は、基地局ex110との間で電波を送受信するためのアンテナex450と、映像及び静止画を撮ることが可能なカメラ部ex465と、カメラ部ex465で撮像した映像、及びアンテナex450で受信した映像等が復号されたデータを表示する表示部ex458とを備える。スマートフォンex115は、さらに、タッチパネル等である操作部ex466と、音声又は音響を出力するためのスピーカ等である音声出力部ex457と、音声を入力するためのマイク等である音声入力部ex456と、撮影した映像或いは静止画、録音した音声、受信した映像或いは静止画、メール等の符号化されたデータ、又は、復号化されたデータを保存可能なメモリ部ex467と、ユーザを特定し、ネットワークをはじめ各種データへのアクセスの認証をするためのSIMex468とのインタフェース部であるスロット部ex464とを備える。なお、メモリ部ex467の代わりに外付けメモリが用いられてもよい。
102 分割部
104 減算部
106 変換部
108 量子化部
110 エントロピー符号化部
112、204 逆量子化部
114、206 逆変換部
116、208 加算部
118、210 ブロックメモリ
120、212 ループフィルタ部
122、214 フレームメモリ
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126、218 インター予測部
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- プロセッサと、
メモリとを備え、
前記プロセッサは、前記メモリを用いて、
ブロック境界を挟んだ画素値に基づき、前記ブロック境界を挟み非対称なフィルタ特性を決定し、
決定された前記フィルタ特性を有するデブロッキングフィルタ処理を行う
符号化装置。 - 前記フィルタ特性の決定では、前記画素値の差に基づき、前記フィルタ特性を決定する
請求項1記載の符号化装置。 - 前記フィルタ特性の決定では、前記画素値の差が大きいほど前記ブロック境界を挟んだ前記フィルタ特性の差を大きくする
請求項2記載の符号化装置。 - 前記フィルタ特性の決定では、
前記画素値の差と、量子化パラメータに基づく閾値とを比較し、
前記画素値の差が前記閾値より大きい場合、前記画素値の差が前記閾値より小さい場合より、前記ブロック境界を挟んだ前記フィルタ特性の差を大きくする
請求項3記載の符号化装置。 - 前記フィルタ特性の決定では、前記画素値の差が大きいほど前記ブロック境界を挟んだ前記フィルタ特性の差を小さくする
請求項2記載の符号化装置。 - 前記フィルタ特性の決定では、前記画素値の分散に基づき、前記フィルタ特性を決定する
請求項1記載の符号化装置。 - プロセッサと、
メモリとを備え、
前記プロセッサは、前記メモリを用いて、
ブロック境界を挟んだ画素値に基づき、前記ブロック境界を挟み非対称なフィルタ特性を決定し、
決定された前記フィルタ特性を有するデブロッキングフィルタ処理を行う
復号装置。 - 前記フィルタ特性の決定では、前記画素値の差に基づき、前記フィルタ特性を決定する
請求項7記載の復号装置。 - 前記フィルタ特性の決定では、前記画素値の差が大きいほど前記ブロック境界を挟んだ前記フィルタ特性の差を大きくする
請求項8記載の復号装置。 - 前記フィルタ特性の決定では、
前記画素値の差と、量子化パラメータに基づく閾値とを比較し、
前記画素値の差が前記閾値より大きい場合、前記画素値の差が前記閾値より小さい場合より、前記ブロック境界を挟んだ前記フィルタ特性の差を大きくする
請求項9記載の復号装置。 - 前記フィルタ特性の決定では、前記画素値の差が大きいほど前記ブロック境界を挟んだ前記フィルタ特性の差を小さくする
請求項8記載の復号装置。 - 前記フィルタ特性の決定では、前記画素値の分散に基づき、前記フィルタ特性を決定する
請求項1記載の符号化装置。 - ブロック境界を挟んだ画素値に基づき、前記ブロック境界を挟み非対称なフィルタ特性を決定し、
決定された前記フィルタ特性を有するデブロッキングフィルタ処理を行う
符号化方法。 - ブロック境界を挟んだ画素値に基づき、前記ブロック境界を挟み非対称なフィルタ特性を決定し、
決定された前記フィルタ特性を有するデブロッキングフィルタ処理を行う
復号方法。
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