Abstract: Provided are multilayer video encoding/decoding methods and apparatuses. A multilayer video decoding method may comprise obtaining, from a bitstream, information indicating a maximum size of a decoded picture buffer (DPB) with respect to a layer set comprising a plurality of layers; determining a size of the DPB with respect to the layer set based on the obtained information indicating the maximum size of the DPB; and storing a decoded picture of the layer set in the DPB of the determined size.

Abstract: Provided are a scalable video decoding method and a scalable video decoding apparatus. The scalable video decoding method includes obtaining, from a bitstream, scalability mask information specifying whether scalable video decoding is performed according to each of scalability types in a current video, and when scalability mask information for scalable video decoding an auxiliary picture indicates performance, determining one of auxiliary picture types comprising an alpha plane and a depth picture of a primary picture of another layer, by using a scalability index indicating a type of the auxiliary picture to be decoded in a current layer, and decoding the auxiliary picture of the current layer.

Abstract: Region-based encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus. The encoding apparatus selects an optimum region division mode from region division modes with respect to regions divided from an image frame, and transmits, to the decoding apparatus, an optimum image filtering method and an optimum filter coefficient of regions divided, according to the optimum region division mode.

Abstract: Region-based encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus. The encoding apparatus selects an optimum region division mode from region division modes with respect to regions divided from an image frame, and transmits, to the decoding apparatus, an optimum image filtering method and an optimum filter coefficient of regions divided, according to the optimum region division mode.

Abstract: Region-based encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus. The encoding apparatus selects an optimum region division mode from region division modes with respect to regions divided from an image frame, and transmits, to the decoding apparatus, an optimum image filtering method and an optimum filter coefficient of regions divided, according to the optimum region division mode.

Abstract: A video decoding method includes determining, from among a first sample and a second sample with different color components, at least one second sample that is used to correct a value of the first sample; determining a filter parameter set based on a band including the value of the first sample, wherein the band is from among a plurality of bands determined by dividing a total range of sample values into predetermined intervals; and filtering a value of the at least one second sample by using the determined filter parameter set and correcting the value of the first sample by using a value obtained by the filtering, wherein the first sample is any one of a luma sample and a chroma sample, and the second sample is any one of the luma sample and the chroma sample that is not the first sample.

Abstract: A video decoding method according to an embodiment may include: determining whether a neighboring block adjacent to a current block has a direction vector indicating a specific location in an image; when the neighboring block does not have the direction vector, generating a disparity vector of a neighboring block indicating a specific location in an image having a different view from a view of an image of the neighboring block.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a 3K-resolution display image for a mobile terminal screen are disclosed. The method includes: receiving an input image; selecting a 3K resolution as a resolution of an image to be reproduced on the mobile terminal screen of a predetermined size, based on human cognitive characteristics and resolution analytical ability with respect to the mobile terminal screen; and generating a display image having the selected 3K resolution by using the input image.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus may include a determining unit configured to determine at least one pixel having a pixel value difference between a first image and a second image lower than a critical value, among a plurality of input frame images to compute a hologram pattern, and a computing unit configured to compute a hologram pattern of the first image and to compute a hologram pattern of the second image using a computation result for the at least one pixel of the first image.

Abstract: Provided are a video stream decoding method and apparatus, and a video stream encoding method and apparatus. The video stream decoding method includes: receiving encoded data of a video stream; obtaining, from the received encoded data, prediction information about encoded current-view image data; and decoding a current-view image by generating motion-compensated current-view image data by using at least one of the encoded current-view image data and another-view image data based on the obtained prediction information, wherein the obtained prediction information includes Advanced Motion Vector Prediction (AMVP) mode prediction information generated by using a candidate list including two candidates, and the obtained prediction information further includes a motion vector prediction flag indicating a candidate from among the two candidates included in the candidate list, which is used in generating the AMVP mode prediction information.

Abstract: A multi-layer video coding method includes generating network abstraction layer (NAL) units for each data unit by dividing a multi-layer video according to data units, and adding scalable information to a video parameter set (VPS) NAL UNIT from among pieces of transmission unit data for each data unit.

Abstract: Provided is a video decoding method including determining whether a random access point (RAP) picture is positioned in an enhancement layer; determining whether a random access skipped leading (RASL) picture related to the RAP picture is output; and if the RAP picture is positioned in the enhancement layer and the RASL picture is determined not to be output, activating a SPS corresponding to the RAP picture when the RAP picture that is not at a start point of a CVS is decoded.

Abstract: Disclosed is a depth map frame decoding method including reconstructing a color frame obtained from a bitstream based on encoding information of the color frame; splitting a largest coding unit of a depth map frame obtained from the bitstream into one or more coding units based on split information of the depth map frame; splitting the one or more coding units into one or more prediction units for prediction decoding; determining whether to split a current prediction unit into at least one partition and decode the current prediction unit by obtaining information indicating whether to split the current prediction unit into the at least one or more partitions from the bitstream; if it is determined that the current prediction unit is to be decoded by being split into the at least one or more partitions, obtaining prediction information of the one or more prediction units from the bitstream and determining whether to decode the current prediction unit by using differential information indicating a difference bet

Abstract: An interlayer video decoding method is provided. The interlayer video decoding method includes determining a disparity vector for performing inter layer prediction on a second layer current block with reference to a first layer image; determining a first layer reference location corresponding to the determined disparity vector in relation to a location of the second layer current block; obtaining motion information of at least one peripheral block located in the periphery of the first layer reference location; and adding at least one motion information of the obtained motion information to a candidate list for inter prediction.

Abstract: An interlayer video decoding method and apparatus and an interlayer video encoding method and apparatus are provided. The decoding method includes: reconstructing, based on encoding information obtained from a bitstream, a first layer image and a first layer depth map; determining whether a disparity vector is predictable using peripheral blocks of a second layer current block; and when the disparity vector is not predictable using the peripheral blocks, determining a disparity vector of the second layer current block using a default disparity vector and the reconstructed first layer depth map.

Abstract: Provided are a multi-view video decoding apparatus and method and a multi-view encoding apparatus and method. The decoding method includes: determining whether a prediction mode of a current block being decoded is a merge mode; when the prediction mode is determined to be the merge mode, forming a merge candidate list including at least one of an inter-view candidate, a spatial candidate, a disparity candidate, a view synthesis prediction candidate, and a temporal candidate; and predicting the current block by selecting a merge candidate for predicting the current block from the merge candidate list, wherein whether to include, in the merge candidate list, at least one of a view synthesis prediction candidate for an adjacent block of the current block and a view synthesis prediction candidate for the current block is determined based on whether view synthesis prediction is performed on the adjacent block and the current block.

Abstract: Provided is a video stream decoding method including: obtaining a first identifier of at least one decoding target layer image from among a plurality of layer images from a bitstream including a plurality of pieces of layer encoding image data; obtaining a second identifier including information expressing a layer identifier outside of an expression range of the first identifier from the bitstream; determining a layer identifier based on the first and second identifiers; and reconstructing an image by decoding the decoding target layer image by using the determined layer identifier.

Abstract: A method of prediction decoding a multilayer video is provided. The method includes for each layer of a multilayer video, obtaining information indicating whether a layer included in the multilayer video is used as a reference layer of a current layer; and obtaining an inter layer reference picture set (RPS) of the current layer in which each reference layer is aligned according to a difference value in a layer index value between the current layer and a layer used as the reference layer of the current layer based on the obtained information.

Abstract: An interlayer video decoding method includes reconstructing color and depth images of a first layer obtained from a bitstream, based on encoding information of the color and depth images of the first layer; determining whether a prediction mode of a current block of a second layer image to be decoded corresponds to a merge mode; adding at least one of an inter-view candidate, a spatial candidate, a disparity candidate, a view synthesis prediction candidate, and a temporal candidate to candidates to a merge candidate list according to a predetermined priority in response to the prediction mode corresponding to the merge mode; selecting at least one candidate from the merge candidate list, based on a merge index obtained from the bitstream, to decode the current block based on the selected at least one candidate. The view synthesis prediction candidate is added to the merge candidate list with a fixed priority.

Abstract: Provided is a method of decoding a video, the method including: obtaining, from a received data stream, information indicating whether a current slice segment is a dependent slice segment; obtaining constraint information from a reserved bit included in the received data stream when the current slice segment is not the dependent slice segment, based on the obtained information; and determining whether the current image is used as a reference image for predicting another image, based on the obtained constraint information.