Abstract: An image processing device for use in an image encoder and/or an image decoder, for deblocking a block edge between a first block and a second block of an image encoded with a block code, is provided. The image processing device comprises a filter for filtering the block edge, configured to, for at least some of the pixels to be filtered, within a deblocking range from the block edge, the deblocking range being perpendicular to the block edge, determine a filtered pixel value from an original pixel value of the pixel and at least one further pixel value, determine a clipping value of the pixel, dependent upon a distance of the pixel from the block edge, and clip the filtered pixel value, using the clipping value resulting in a deblocked pixel value.

Abstract: A coding apparatus configured to select an intra prediction mode for a current block, encode the selected intra prediction mode using truncated binary coding every time the selected intra prediction mode is a remaining mode, and encode the selected intra prediction mode using N bits when the selected intra prediction mode is included in a first portion from remaining modes and using N+1 bits when the selected intra prediction mode is included in a second portion of the remaining modes.

Abstract: A method of decoding of a picture from a video bitstream is disclosed. The video bitstream includes a slice header of a current slice and data representing the current slice. The method comprises: obtaining a parameter used to derive a number of tiles in the current slice from the slice header when a slice address of the current slice is not an address of a last tile in the picture where the current slice located; and reconstructing the current slice using the number of tiles in the current slice and the data representing the current slice.

Abstract: A prediction method for an image block comprising a first prediction sub-block and a second prediction sub-block, the prediction method comprising: parsing a first index from a bitstream, wherein the first index is used to obtain prediction information of the first prediction sub-block; parsing a second index from the bitstream; comparing the first index with the second index; adjusting the second index in the event that the second index is equal to or greater than the first index; and obtaining prediction information of the second prediction sub-block according to the adjusted second index.

Abstract: A method of coding implemented by a decoding device or an encoding device comprises determining an intra prediction mode of a current block; and determining selecting of a secondary transform of the current block based on the intra prediction mode determined for the current block.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and devices to be employed for encoding and decoding of image or video signal. They include determination of whether or not the size of a current block is larger than a minimum allowed quadtree leaf node size. If the size of the current block is not larger than the minimum allowed quadtree leaf node size, multi-type tree splitting is applied to the current block. The minimum allowed quadtree leaf node size is not larger than a maximum allowed binary tree root node size or the minimum allowed quadtree leaf node size is not larger than a maximum allowed ternary tree root node size.

Abstract: A method for operating a two-dimensional (2D) separable interpolation filter for coding a video, wherein the two-dimensional separable interpolation filter comprises a first and a second one-dimensional (1D) interpolation filter and a temporal buffer of a predetermined buffer size, wherein the method comprises: obtaining filter coefficients for the first one-dimensional interpolation filter of the two-dimensional interpolation filter; comparing a sum of positive filter coefficients of the obtained filter coefficients with a threshold; and upon determining that the sum of positive filter coefficients is larger than the threshold, amending one or more of the filter coefficients to obtain amended filter coefficients, wherein the one or more filter coefficients are amended such that a sum of positive filter coefficients of the amended filter coefficients is not larger than the threshold; applying the amended filter coefficients to samples of the video to obtain a value of a fractional sample position of the video

Abstract: A method of coding implemented by a decoding device, comprising: setting a value of candidate intra prediction mode of a current block to be a default value, wherein the current block is predicted using an intra prediction mode but not a Matrix-based Intra Prediction (MIP) mode and a neighboring block adjacent to the current block is used to derive the value of candidate intra prediction mode of the current block and is predicted using MIP mode; obtaining a value of the intra prediction mode of the current block according to the default value.

Abstract: A deblocking method is provided for deblocking a sub-partition boundary within a coding block during image encoding and/or image decoding process. The coding block is coded in an intra prediction mode and the coding block is partitioned into sub-partitions comprising a first sub-partition and a second sub-partition that is adjacent to the first sub-partition. The method comprises: determining a maximum filter length to be 1 for a first/second sub-partition when a width of the first or second sub-partition is 4 samples, or when a height of the first or second sub-partition is 4 samples; modifying a value of up to one sample of the first or second sub-partition, wherein the value of the up to one sample is obtained from a row or a column of the first or second sub-partition that is perpendicular to and adjacent to the sub-partitions boundary between the first sub-partition and the second sub-partition.

Abstract: A motion information storing method comprises: determining a distance between a sample set in the current block and the common boundary; and comparing the distance with a threshold to determine whether third motion information is stored for the sample set, wherein the third motion information is derived by the first motion information and the second motion information.

Abstract: Disclosed is an underwater acoustic communication system based on a filter bank joint sub-carrier multidimensional index modulation and a method thereof. The system includes a transmitting terminal and a receiving terminal, the method is: conducting a joint index modulation at the transmitting terminal, firstly selecting an activated prototype pulse index by using a part of bits of a FBMC symbol, grouping the remaining transmitted information bits and all sub-carriers; using a part of the bits in each group to select the activated sub-carrier index, modulating the remaining bits to the activated sub-carriers by a constellation symbol mapping, forming a transmission signal after a filter bank modulation; and demodulating three parts of transmitted bits at a receiving terminal after an action of underwater acoustic channel, and recovering the original data bits by combining each part of decoding results.

Abstract: In a method, a first area and a second area of a current frame is determined when the current frame is a GDR frame. The first area is independently coded and the second area is coded with dependency. When a current block in the current frame is coded by an intraTMP mode or an IBC mode, a search range of the intraTMP mode or the IBC mode is determined such that the search range is only in the first area of the current frame. A reference block is determined from a plurality of candidate reference blocks in the search range. The current block is encoded in a bitstream based on the determined reference block.

Abstract: Parallel processing of inter prediction of a current coding block and preceding coding blocks depending on the partition depth of the current coding block is disclosed. An apparatus comprises a processing circuitry configured for: obtaining a value of a parameter for the current coding block, wherein the value of the parameter indicates a partition depth of the current coding block, and performing an inter prediction process for the current coding block; wherein no Motion Vector Predictor candidate comprising a motion vector of a coded block of the picture that is not spatially adjacent to the current coding block for the current coding block is used in the inter prediction process or a merge mode inter prediction process comprised in the inter prediction process, when the value of the parameter for the current coding block is greater than a threshold.

Abstract: Devices and methods for Intra prediction are provided. The method includes: obtaining a value of an indication information of a current block. When the value of the indication information indicates the intra prediction mode of the current block is not comprised in the set of most probable modes, deriving the intra prediction mode IntraPredModeY of the current block by the following ordered steps: i. IntraPredModeY is set equal to intra_luma_mpm_remainder[xCb][yCb], ii. The value of IntraPredModeY is incremented by one. The method can improve the efficiency to determine the intra prediction mode of the current block.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to video coding/decoding. One method performed by a decoder includes: receiving a current block and a reference block; grouping samples in the current block into at least a first class and a second class based on a predefined criteria, the first class and the second class being associated with a first linear model and a second linear model, respectively, wherein the first linear model has at least a scale factor ?1 or an offset ?1, the second linear model has at least a scale factor ?2 or an offset ?2; determining the first and the second linear model; predicting samples in the first class based on the reference block and the first linear model; predicting samples in the second class based on the reference block and the second linear model; reconstructing the current block based on predicted samples in the first class and the second class.

Abstract: A method of coding implemented by a decoding device, comprising obtaining a video bitstream; decoding the video bitstream to obtain an initial intra prediction mode value for chroma component of a current coding block; determining whether a ratio between a width for luma component of the current coding block and a width for chroma component of the current coding block is equal to a threshold or not; obtaining a mapped intra prediction mode value for chroma component of the current coding block according to a predefined mapping relationship and the initial intra prediction mode value, when it's determined that the ratio is equal to the threshold; obtaining a prediction sample value for chroma component of the current coding block according to the mapped intra prediction mode value.

Abstract: An example method of video coding includes receiving a video bitstream that includes a plurality of blocks and a plurality of quantized transform coefficients. The method includes deriving a dequantized transform coefficient for a first quantized transform coefficient of the plurality of quantized transform coefficients. The method also includes obtaining an adjusted transform value by applying an offset value to the dequantized transform coefficient, the adjusted transform value based on a quantized transform coefficient level and a current state of dequantization. The method further includes reconstructing a first block using the adjusted transform value.

Abstract: Disclosed is an underwater acoustic communication system based on a filter bank joint sub-carrier multidimensional index modulation and a method thereof. The system includes a transmitting terminal and a receiving terminal, the method is: conducting a joint index modulation at the transmitting terminal, firstly selecting an activated prototype pulse index by using a part of bits of a FBMC symbol, grouping the remaining transmitted information bits and all sub-carriers; using a part of the bits in each group to select the activated sub-carrier index, modulating the remaining bits to the activated sub-carriers by a constellation symbol mapping, forming a transmission signal after a filter bank modulation; and demodulating three parts of transmitted bits at a receiving terminal after an action of underwater acoustic channel, and recovering the original data bits by combining each part of decoding results.

Abstract: An example method of video coding includes receiving a video bitstream for a plurality of blocks. The method also includes parsing, from the video bitstream, an indicator indicating that a current block of the plurality of blocks is to be decoded using an extrapolation filter intra prediction (EIP) mode. The method includes identifying transform information for the current block according to an EIP feature, the EIP feature including directionality information associated with the EIP mode and/or an index of the EIP mode; and the method includes generating a transform block for the current block using the transform information.

Abstract: A method of filtering a sample value of a picture includes, when an integer t is less than k and an integer j is in the range of 1 to m, generating, with an integer i in the range of 1 to k?t?1, a first filtered sample value by applying a first filter to the value of the sample p(i,j), where the first filter is supported by a first set of filter support samples, which does not comprise any samples p(i?,j?) with row index i? greater than k?t?1, and generating, with i in the range of k?t to k, a second filtered sample value by applying a second filter to the value of the sample p(i,j), the second filter is supported by a second set of filter support samples, which does not comprise any samples p(i?,j?) with row index i? less than k?t.