Abstract: An apparatus of decoding a video in the unit of blocks, includes: a size setting unit to decode information on a picture size of the video and information on available block sizes from a bitstream, set an initial size of a current block to be decoded to a largest block size determined by the information on the available block sizes, determine a location of the current block within a picture, identify whether the current block is fully located inside the picture, based on the picture size, the size of the current block and the location of the current block, and reset the size of the current block to a smaller size among the available block sizes, when the current block is not fully located inside the picture; and a decoding unit to decode the current block in the reset size.

Abstract: A video decoding method includes: decoding a skip information indicating whether or not a current block to be decoded is a skip block; when the skip information indicates that the current block is the skip block, decoding motion information of the current block, determining a motion vector of the current block, and reconstructing the current block directly from a predicted block, without decoding information on residual signals of the current block; and when the skip information indicates that the current block is not the skip block, decoding prediction information of the current block from the bitstream, decoding information on a quantization parameter and transform coefficients which correspond to the current block, when at least one of the transform coefficients is not zero, reconstructing residual signals from the transform coefficients and reconstructing the current block based on the prediction information and the reconstructed residual signals.

Abstract: A method performed by a video encoding apparatus, includes: encoding block mode information indicating whether a block mode of a current block to be decoded is a skip mode; when the block mode of the current block is the skip mode, encoding a skip motion information of the current block without encoding information on residual signals of the current block, wherein the skip motion information is used for determining a motion vector of the current block; and when the block mode of the current block is not the skip mode, encoding prediction information of the current block, and encoding partition information of a tree structure related to dividing the current block into one or more subblocks, and thereby encoding information on residual signals of the subblocks.

Abstract: A method performed by a video decoding apparatus, includes: identifying a current block to be decoded by dividing a maximum size block; decoding, from a bitstream, block mode information indicating whether a block mode of the current block to be decoded is a skip mode; when the block mode information indicates that the block mode of the current block is the skip mode, decoding, from the bitstream, a skip motion information of the current block and determining a motion vector of the current block based on the skip motion information, predicting the current block using the determined motion vector current block, and reconstructing the current block directly from the predicted block, without decoding information on residual signals of the current block from the bitstream.

Abstract: A video encoding apparatus using a tree structure, includes: a splitter to generate a partition flag indicating whether each block, starting from a block corresponding to an uppermost layer of the tree structure, is divided into four blocks of a lower layer; and an encoder to encode, into a bitstream, the partition flag and prediction type information on a block which is not further divided in the tree structure, wherein, when a block of a first layer is divided into four blocks of a second layer which is a lower layer of the first layer, the encoder is configured to encode the partition flag for each of the four blocks of the second layer in a predetermined order.

Abstract: A method performed by an apparatus of encoding a video in the unit of blocks, includes: determining a maximum block size to be used for encoding an image; encoding size information for indicating the determined maximum block size; and encoding the image using the determined maximum block size, wherein the size information includes a first information on a minimum block size, and a second information on a difference between the minimum block size and the determined maximum block size.

Abstract: A video decoding apparatus using a tree structure, includes: a decoder to decode, from a bitstream, a partition flag indicating whether each block, starting from a block corresponding to an uppermost layer of the tree structure, is divided into four blocks of a lower layer, and thereby identify a block which is not further divided, and decode prediction type information on the identified block from the bitstream; and a reconstructor to reconstruct the identified block by using a prediction mode indicated by the prediction type information, wherein, when a block of a first layer is divided into four blocks of a second layer which is a lower layer of the first layer, the decoder is configured to decode the partition flag for each of the four blocks of the second layer in a predetermined order.

Abstract: A method performed by an apparatus of decoding a video in the unit of blocks, includes: decoding information on a block size from a bitstream; determining a maximum block size to be used for decoding an encoded image, based on the information on the block size; and reconstructing an image by decoding the encoded image using the determined maximum block size, wherein the information on the block size includes a first information on a minimum block size and a second information on a difference between the minimum block size and the maximum block size.

Abstract: A video decoding apparatus for reconstructing residual signals of a current block to be decoded by using a tree structure, includes: a decoder to decode, from a bitstream, prediction type information on the current block to be decoded, and divide, by the tree structure, the current block into one or more subblocks of which information on residual signals is to be reconstructed, by decoding, from the bitstream, a partition flag which indicates whether a block corresponding thereto is divided into blocks of a lower layer in the tree structure, wherein blocks which are not further divided are identified as the subblocks of which information on the residual signals is to be reconstructed; and a reconstructor to reconstruct information on residual signals of each of the subblocks from the bitstream.

Abstract: A video decoding method, includes: reconstructing a syntax corresponding to at least one of a first block, a second block and a third block, wherein the first block is generated by dividing a frame for decoding, the second block corresponds to a unit of a prediction and is generated by dividing the first block, and the third block corresponds to a unit of transformation and is generated by dividing the first block in a tree structure; and reconstructing a prediction block corresponding to at least one of the first block, the second block and the third block, wherein the second block includes a batch mode flag for indicating whether a batch mode is used.

Abstract: A video decoding apparatus includes an encoding information decoder to reconstruct a skip information indicating whether a block to be decoded in an image is a skip block by decoding a bitstream, and reconstruct either a skip motion information of the block, or an intra or inter prediction information of the block and a transform information of the block by decoding the bitstream, according to the skip information; and a video decoder to either reconstruct the block based on the skip motion information or reconstruct the block based on both the prediction information and a residual signal information reconstructed by decoding the bitstream based on the transform information, wherein the encoding information decoder is configured to reconstruct the transform information which includes partition information related to partitioning the block into subblocks by a tree structure.

Abstract: A video encoding apparatus includes: an encoding information encoder to encode a skip information indicating whether a block to be encoded is a skip block, and encode either a skip motion information of the block, or an intra or inter prediction information of the block and a transform information of the block, according to whether the block to be encoded is the skip block, wherein the transform information includes partition information related to partitioning the block into subblocks by a tree structure; and a video encoder to encode a residual signal information of each of the subblocks partitioned from the block.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a video encoding/decoding apparatus and method. According to one embodiment, the video encoding and decoding apparatus includes: an image encoder for reducing horizontal and vertical sizes of a variable macro block into a set size or by a set ratio with the variable macro block reset in a smaller size than the current size, if the variable macro block for the current encoding is not inside an input image, and predictive encoding based on the reset variable macro block; and an image decoder for decoding by reducing the size of the variable macro block for the current decoding into the set size or by set ratio with the variable macro block reset in a smaller size than the current size, if the variable macro block of the current decoding target is not inside an input image.

Abstract: A video decoding apparatus includes: a decoder to reconstruct a syntax corresponding to at least one of a first block, a second block and a third block, the first block being generated by dividing a frame for decoding, the second block corresponding to a unit of a prediction and is generated by dividing the first block, and the third block corresponding to a unit of transformation and is generated by dividing the first block in a tree structure; and a predictor to reconstruct a prediction block corresponding to at least one of the first block, the second block and the third block.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a video encoding/decoding apparatus and method, in which skip information indicating whether a block is a skip block is encoded, partition information of the block and skip motion information of the block are encoded or prediction information of the block containing the partition information of the block and intra prediction mode information or motion information are encoded according to the skip information, residual signal information of the block is predictive-encoded based on the prediction information and the transform information, and an encoded signal is reconstructed. The method and the apparatus can improve the video compression efficiency by efficiently encoding the encoding information used for the video encoding and selectively using various encoding methods and decoding methods in encoding the video.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for video encoding/decoding considering impulse signal are disclosed. The method for video encoding includes generating a predicted block from predicting a current block and subtracting the predicted block from the current block to generate an M×N residual block, and encoding an A×B residual block containing residual signals of an impulsive component in the M×N residual block to generate a bitstream. The apparatus and the method of the present disclosure improve coding efficiency by efficiently encoding or decoding the residual signals of the impulse component in encoding or decoding videos.

Abstract: A video decoding method using inter-prediction, includes: decoding a first picture, wherein the first picture serves as a random access picture and is decoded without referring to a reference picture which has already decoded; and decoding a block, by using an inter-prediction, included in a second picture, which is decoded after the first picture and displayed before the first picture, by using a plurality of reference pictures, wherein the decoding of the block included in the second picture is performed based on reference picture information representing one or more past pictures which are decoded before the first picture and are used as reference pictures for decoding the second picture, and wherein when the one or more past pictures are used for decoding the second picture, the one or more past pictures are deleted from a memory after decoding at least the second picture.

Abstract: A video decoding method using inter-prediction, includes: identifying, based on information included in a bitstream, whether a first picture is a picture which allows a second picture preceding the first picture in a display order to refer to at least one picture decoded before the first picture, the first picture serving as a random access picture; decoding the first picture without referring to a reference picture which has already decoded; and when the first picture is a picture which allows the second picture to refer to the at least one picture decoded before the first picture, inter-prediction decoding, after decoding the first picture, the second picture by using at least one reference picture which is decoded before the first picture depending on reference picture information of the second picture.

Abstract: A video encoding method using inter-prediction, includes: encoding information indicating whether a first picture is a picture which allows a second picture preceding the first picture in a display order to refer to at least one picture encoded before the first picture, wherein the first picture serves as a random access picture; encoding the first picture without referring to a reference picture which has already encoded; and when the first picture is a picture which allows the second picture to refer to the at least one picture encoded before the first picture, inter-prediction encoding, after encoding the first picture, the second picture by using at least one reference picture encoded before the first picture, and encoding reference picture information used for encoding the second picture, wherein the at least one reference picture encoded before the first picture is not deleted from a memory until the second picture are encoded.

Abstract: A video encoding method using inter-prediction, includes: encoding a first picture, wherein the first picture serves as a random access picture and is encoded without referring to a reference picture which has already encoded and then decoded; inter-prediction encoding a block included in a second picture, which is encoded after the first picture and displayed before the first picture, by using a plurality of reference pictures; generating reference picture information representing one or more past pictures which are encoded before the first picture and are used as reference pictures for encoding the second picture; and transmitting the encoded first picture and the encoded second pictures and the reference picture information, wherein, when the one or more past pictures are used as the reference pictures for encoding the second picture, the one or more past pictures are deleted from a memory after encoding at least the second picture.