Abstract: Disclosed are an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The method and apparatus select at least one reference pixel line from among multiple reference pixel lines and derive a predicted value of a pixel within a current block by using the value of at least one pixel within the selected reference pixel line(s). Alternatively, the method and apparatus derive an intra prediction mode of a reconstructed pixel region on the basis of a reference pixel region of at least one reconstructed pixel region, derive an intra prediction mode of a current block on the basis of the derived intra prediction mode of the reconstructed pixel region, obtain an intra prediction block of the current block by using the derived intra prediction mode, and reconstruct the current block by summing the obtained intra prediction block and a residual block of the current block.

Abstract: At least a method and an apparatus are presented for encoding or decoding video and can involve, for example, obtaining a group of coding units including two or more of a plurality of coding units divided from a current block wherein the two or more of the plurality of coding units share a coding parameter, and the group of coding units overlaps at least two different pipeline units associated with a pipelined decoding operation, and encoding or decoding the current block based on the group of coding units, and the shared coding parameter.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image encoding method and an image decoding method. The image encoding method of the present invention comprises: a first dividing step of dividing a current image into a plurality of blocks; and a second dividing step of dividing, into a plurality of sub blocks, a block, which is to be divided and includes a boundary of the current image, among the plurality of blocks, wherein the second dividing step is recursively performed by setting a sub block including the boundary of the current images as the block to be divided, until the sub block including the boundary of the current image does not exist among the sub blocks.

Abstract: An object distance measurement apparatus may include: a camera to capture an image of an area around a vehicle; a distance sensor to detect a distance from an object by scanning around the vehicle; and a distance measurement unit that detects a vehicle moving distance using vehicle information generated by operation of the vehicle, and measures the distance from the object in response to each of frames between scan periods of the distance sensor, among frames of the image, based on the vehicle moving distance and the location pixel coordinates of the object within the images before and after the vehicle moves.

Abstract: Methods, devices and systems for signaling the use of subpictures in coded video pictures are described. One example method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a video and a bitstream of a video, wherein the bitstream conforms to a format rule, wherein the format rule specifies that a first syntax element signaled in a sequence parameter set (SPS) of the bitstream is indicative of a length of identifiers of subpictures in the SPS, and wherein the signaling of the first syntax element is independent of a value of a second syntax element that is indicative of explicit signaling of the identifiers of the subpictures in the SPS or a picture parameter set (PPS).

Abstract: A method for calibrating an image sensor begins by illuminating a portion of the image sensor with an input light spectrum, where the input light spectrum includes light of known wavelength and intensity. The method continues by sampling an output for each optical sensor of the image sensor, where each optical sensor is associated with one or more optical filters and where each optical filter being associated with a group of optical filters of a plurality of groups of optical filters. Each optical filter of a group of optical filters is configured to pass light in a different wavelength range and at least some optical filters in different groups of the plurality of groups of optical filters are configured to pass light in substantially a same wavelength range.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image encoding method and an image decoding method. The image decoding method, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: determining a transformation performing region; segmenting the determined transformation performing region into at least one sub-transform block by using at least one of quadtree segmentation and binary tree segmentation; and performing inverse transformation on the at least one sub-transform block.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image encoding method and an image decoding method. The image encoding method of the present invention comprises: a first dividing step of dividing a current image into a plurality of blocks; and a second dividing step of dividing, into a plurality of sub blocks, a block, which is to be divided and includes a boundary of the current image, among the plurality of blocks, wherein the second dividing step is recursively performed by setting a sub block including the boundary of the current images as the block to be divided, until the sub block including the boundary of the current image does not exist among the sub blocks.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention there may be provided a method of decoding a bitstream, the method comprising: receiving a Supplemental Enhancement Information (SEI) message; parsing the SEI message to obtain an encoded bitstream, said encoded bitstream containing encoded information which is associated with information of an original signal; and, decoding said encoded bitstream to obtain decoded information which is used to reconstruct the original signal. A method of decoding is also provided as well as apparatuses and a computer readable medium.

Abstract: A video coding mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes partitioning a picture into a plurality of tiles. A number of the tiles are included in a tile group. A flag is also encoded into a parameter set of a bitstream. The flag is set to a first value when the tile group is a raster scan tile group and a second value when the tile group is a rectangular tile group. The tiles are encoded into the bitstream based on the tile group. The bitstream is stored for communication toward a decoder.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an image encoding method and an image decoding method. The image decoding method includes determining an initial motion vector of a current block using a motion vector of a reconstructed region, searching for the motion vector of the current block based on the initial motion vector, and generating a prediction sample of the current block using the motion vector. The initial motion vector includes a motion vector in a past direction and a motion vector in a future direction.

Abstract: A video encoder for encoding a video into a data stream using motion compensated prediction for inter predicted blocks, comprising a hypothesis number control, configured to control a number of prediction hypotheses of the inter predicted blocks within a predetermined portion of the video to meet a predetermined criterion.

Abstract: A method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a coded representation of a video block of a video region and the video block, that an extended quadtree (EQT) partition is enabled for at least one video block of the video region, and performing the conversion based on the determining. The EQT partition splits the video block in multiple sub-blocks such that at least one of the multiple sub-blocks has a size that is different from a half width of the video block times a half height of the video block. The coded representation of the video block is represented using a codeword from a table that includes mapping between codewords and partition types.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for decoding JVET video, including receiving a bitstream, and parsing said bitstream to identify a syntax element indicating an intra direction mode to use for generating at least one predictor. The intra direction mode is a first intra direction mode in a plurality of intra direction modes that includes at least one weighted intra direction mode that corresponds to a non-weighted intra direction mode. The syntax element may identify whether to use a non-weighted or weighted intra direction mode to generate the at least one predictor. Thus, the coding unit may be coded in accordance with the at least one generated predictor associated with the selected intra direction mode.

Abstract: Described are methods, apparatuses and computer program products for signaling and storing compressed point clouds. Sub-sample entries associated with sequences of sub-samples within sequences of samples may indicate whether sequences of sub-samples were encapsulated alone in a track, without other sub-samples or additional header data. Sub-sample entry types can be indexed at track-level sub-sample description boxes. Point cloud compression coded bitstream component types may be signaled by including respective point cloud unit header information in a codec-specific parameters-related field of track level sub-sample description boxes. Sub-sample information boxes may indicate sub-sample entry indices for respective sub-samples. A flag in such information boxes may indicate the presence of sub-sample description entry indexes. Description index boxes can contain sub-sample description entry indexes in the same container as sub-sample information boxes.

Abstract: The present teaching relates to method, system, medium, and implementation of determining depth information in autonomous driving. Stereo images are first obtained from multiple stereo pairs selected from at least two stereo pairs. The at least two stereo pairs have stereo cameras installed with the same baseline and in the same vertical plane. Left images from the multiple stereo pairs are fused to generate a fused left image and right images from the multiple stereo pairs are fused to generate a fused right image. Disparity is then estimated based on the fused left and right images and depth information can be computed based on the stereo images and the disparity.

Abstract: A method and a device for encoding/decoding an image are disclosed. The method for decoding an image comprises the steps of: decoding information on a quantization matrix; and restoring the quantization matrix on the basis of the information on the quantization matrix, wherein the information on the quantization matrix includes information indicating a DC value of the quantization matrix and/or information indicating differential values of quantization matrix coefficients.

Abstract: A video encoding method of performing scalable encoding on input video includes: determining a total number of layers of the scalable encoding to be less than or equal to a maximum layer count determined according to a frame rate; and performing the scalable encoding on the input video to generate a bitstream, using the determined total number of layers.

Abstract: System and method for narrowing the transmission curves obtained using a spectral imager in which spectral images are acquired using a MEMS Fabri-Perot (FP) tunable filter. A method includes acquiring a first plurality of broad-band spectral images associated with respective MEMS FP etalon states and processing the first plurality of broad-band spectral images into a second plurality of narrow-band spectral images.

Abstract: The invention provides an information preserving coding method based on possibility distribution of value of a sample. The possibility distribution of value of a sample refers to evaluation of the possibility of various values of the sample. The information preserving coding method provided is more in line with the non-stationary probability property of an actual source, and a coding code length is the overhead caused by a prediction error of the possibility distribution of value of the sample. The invention further provides multiple coding methods based on possibility distribution of value of a sample. Through improving the prediction accuracy of the possibility distribution of value of the sample, the coding efficiency is greatly improved.