Abstract: The present application provides a method for encoding motion vector information, including: determining, for a current block, one or more combinations of motion vector predictions and motion vector resolutions, based on a correspondence between motion vector resolutions in an MVR (motion vector resolution) list and motion vector predictions in a history-based motion vector prediction list; determining a combination of a motion vector resolution and a motion vector prediction for the current block from the determined one or more combinations; determining, for the current block, a prediction vector difference based on the motion vector prediction and the motion vector information of the current block; and encoding, into a bitstream, at least the final motion vector resolution information indicating the motion vector resolution and the motion vector prediction and motion vector difference information indicating the prediction vector difference.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and an apparatus thereof are provided. The decoding method includes: determining a coding unit by splitting an image; determining a transform unit in the coding unit; determining whether to decode residual data of the transform unit according to a transform skip mode; obtaining a significant subgroup flag about a subgroup in the transform unit; based on the significant subgroup flag indicating that the subgroup includes at least one non-zero significant coefficient and scanning information about coefficients of the subgroup, obtaining a first bin about a significant coefficient flag, a sign flag, a first flag, and a parity flag of a coefficient of a scan position; obtaining the residual data including a coefficient in the subgroup based on the base level and a remainder of an absolute value excluding the base level; and obtaining a reconstruction block of the coding unit, based on the residual data.

Abstract: Provided is a video decoding method including obtaining identification information of a first tile and identification information of a last tile from a bitstream, wherein the first and last tiles are included in a first slice, determining an index difference between the first tile and the last tile, based on a result of comparing the identification information of the first tile with the identification information of the last tile, determining the number of tiles included in the first slice, by using the index difference between the first tile and the last tile, and decoding a plurality of tiles included in the first slice according to an encoding order by using the number of tiles included in the first slice, the identification information of the first tile, and the identification information of the last tile.

Abstract: An image decoding method includes: comparing a size of a current image including a current block with a size of a reference image; selecting, in the reference image, reference samples corresponding to current samples in the current block according to a motion vector of the current block; and reconstructing the current block based on the reference samples, wherein, when the size of the reference image is greater than the size of the current image, the reference samples are spaced apart from one another in the reference image by an interval corresponding to a result of the size comparison.

Abstract: An image encoding and decoding method and apparatus are provided. The image decoding method includes obtaining a difference quantization parameter for a current coding unit from a bitstream, based on an area of a predefined difference quantization parameter signaling unit; obtaining a quantization parameter for the current coding unit by using a predicted quantization parameter for the current coding unit and the difference quantization parameter for the current coding unit; obtaining at least one inverse-quantized coefficient by performing inverse-quantization on at least one coefficient obtained based on residual information of the current coding unit included in the bitstream, based on the quantization parameter for the current coding unit; obtaining a residual block of the current coding unit, based on the inverse-quantized coefficient; and obtaining a reconstructed block of the current coding unit, based on the residual block of the current coding unit.

Abstract: A video decoding method includes, when inter prediction of a current block is performed in an affine merge mode, generating an affine merge candidate list including a control point-based affine merge candidate corresponding to control point motion vectors determined by using motion vectors of neighboring blocks included in a block group of representative neighboring blocks according to corners of the current block, determining an affine motion vector of the current block by using control point motion vectors corresponding to a merge candidate selected from the affine merge candidate list, and obtaining prediction samples of the current block by using the affine motion vector of the current block, wherein when a right block of the current block is available, a representative neighboring block adjacent to a lower right corner of the current block is a block whose available motion information is obtained from among a neighboring block adjacent to the lower right corner of the current block and a right boundary o

Abstract: Provided is a video decoding method including: determining a prediction mode of a current block to be one of a skip mode and a merge mode; when a motion vector, which is determined from a merge candidate list of the current block, and a merge motion vector difference are to be used, obtaining merge candidate information indicating one candidate in the merge candidate list by performing entropy encoding on a bitstream by applying one piece of context information; determining a base motion vector from one candidate determined from the merge candidate list, based on the merge candidate information; and determining a motion vector of the current block by using a distance index of a merge motion vector difference of the current block and a direction index of the merge motion vector difference to use the base motion vector and the merge motion vector difference.

Abstract: A video decoding method, including obtaining, from a bitstream, information indicating a prediction type of a coding unit including a current block; obtaining, from the bitstream, coded block flag (CBF) information for a Cr component of the current block and CBF information for a Cb component of the current block; determining a weight of a residual sample of the Cr component and a weight of a residual sample of the Cb component, based on the prediction type of the coding unit, the CBF information for the Cr component, and the CBF information for the Cb component; obtaining, from the bitstream, a chroma joint residual sample of the current block; and reconstructing the residual sample of the Cr component by using the chroma joint residual sample of the current block and the weight of the residual sample of the Cr component, and reconstructing the residual sample of the Cb component by using the chroma joint residual sample of the current block and the weight of the residual sample of the Cb component.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a video decoding method includes obtaining, from a bitstream, information indicating a first difference between a maximum size of a coding unit of which a width and a height have a ratio of 1:4 and a size of a largest coding unit, determining the maximum size of the coding unit of which the width and the height have a ratio of 1:4 by using the size of the largest coding unit and the first difference, determining a minimum size of the coding unit of which the width and the height have a ratio of 1:4 based on a minimum size of a coding unit, determining whether it is possible to generate a coding unit of which a width and a height have a ratio of 1:4 by splitting a first coding unit based on the maximum size and the minimum size of the coding unit of which the width and the height have a ratio of 1:4, and determining a second coding unit including the coding unit of which the width and the height have a ratio of 1:4, from the first coding unit, and decoding the seco

Abstract: Provided is a method of decoding coefficients included in image data, the method including determining a Rice parameter for a current coefficient, based on a base level of the current coefficient; parsing coefficient level information indicating a size of the current coefficient from a bitstream by using the determined Rice parameter; and identifying the size of the current coefficient by de-binarizing the coefficient level information by using the determined Rice parameter.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image decoding method according to an embodiment, the image decoding method including: obtaining a first reference block and a second reference block, for bi-directional prediction of a current block; obtaining, from a bitstream, weight information for combining the first reference block with the second reference block; performing entropy decoding on the weight information to obtain a weight index; combining the first reference block with the second reference block according to a candidate value indicated by the weight index among candidate values included in a weight candidate group; and reconstructing the current block based on a result of the combining, wherein a first binary value corresponding to the weight index is entropy-decoded based on a context model, and the remaining binary value corresponding to the weight index is entropy-decoded by a bypass method.

Abstract: Provided is a video decoding method including determining encoding modes applicable to a current picture according to a temporal layer depth of the current picture, generating a prediction block and a transform block for blocks included in the current picture according to the encoding modes applicable to the current picture, and reconstructing the current picture by using the prediction block and the transform block.

Abstract: Provided is an entropy decoding method including: determining a plurality of scaling factors for updating an occurrence probability of a certain binary value for a current encoding symbol; performing arithmetic coding on a binary value of the current encoding symbol, based on the occurrence probability of the certain binary value; and updating the occurrence probability of the certain binary value by using at least one scaling factor of the plurality of scaling factors, according to the binary value of the current encoding symbol.

Abstract: A video decoding method and device for determining whether a prediction mode of a current block is an affine mode; splitting, when the prediction mode of the current block is the affine mode, a luma block of the current block into a plurality of sub luma blocks having a square shape based on a predefined sub block size; determining a mean luma motion vector for four neighboring sub luma blocks among the plurality of sub luma blocks, by using a motion vector of an upper-left sub luma block of the four sub luma blocks and a motion vector of a lower-right sub luma block of the four sub luma blocks; determining the mean luma motion vector to be a motion vector of a current sub chroma block corresponding to the four sub luma blocks; and performing prediction on the current sub chroma block by using the determined motion vector, in a video encoding and decoding process are suggested.

Abstract: A video decoding method includes predicting a current block according to an intra prediction mode of the current block, determining whether to apply position dependent intra prediction filtering to the current block according to the intra prediction mode of the current block, when the position dependent intra prediction filtering is applied to the current block, determining at least one of an upper reference sample, a left reference sample, an upper weight, and a left weight for the position dependent intra prediction filtering of a current sample of the current block according to the intra prediction mode of the current block, and applying the position dependent intra prediction filtering to the current sample of the current block according to at least one of the upper reference sample, the left reference sample, the upper weight, and the left weight.

Abstract: Provided is a video decoding method including: determining a prediction mode of a current block to be one of a skip mode and a merge mode; when a motion vector, which is determined from a merge candidate list of the current block, and a merge motion vector difference are to be used, obtaining merge candidate information indicating one candidate in the merge candidate list by performing entropy encoding on a bitstream by applying one piece of context information; determining a base motion vector from one candidate determined from the merge candidate list, based on the merge candidate information; and determining a motion vector of the current block by using a distance index of a merge motion vector difference of the current block and a direction index of the merge motion vector difference to use the base motion vector and the merge motion vector difference.

Abstract: Provided is an image decoding method including determining a current chroma block having a rectangular shape corresponding to a current luma block included in one of a plurality of luma blocks, determining a piece of motion information for the current chroma block and a chroma block adjacent to the current chroma block by using motion information of the current chroma block and the adjacent chroma block, and performing inter prediction on the current chroma block and the adjacent chroma block by using the piece of motion information for the current chroma block and the adjacent chroma block to generate prediction blocks of the current chroma block and the adjacent chroma block.

Abstract: Provided are a video decoding method and apparatus which, during video encoding and decoding processes, determine whether a current block is in contact with an upper boundary of a largest coding unit including the current block, when it is determined that the current block is in contact with the upper boundary of the largest coding unit, determine an upper reference line of the current block as one reference line, when it is determined that the current block is not in contact with the upper boundary of the largest coding unit, determine the upper reference line of the current block based on N reference lines, and use the determined upper reference line.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus, which, during video encoding and decoding processes, obtain chroma intra prediction mode information about a current chroma block, when the chroma intra prediction mode information indicates a direct mode (DM), determine a luma block including a luma sample corresponding to a chroma sample at a lower-right location with respect to a center of the current chroma block, determine a chroma intra prediction mode of the current chroma block based on an intra prediction mode of the determined luma block, and perform intra prediction on the current chroma block, based on the determined chroma intra prediction mode.

Abstract: Provided is a video decoding method including: obtaining, from a bitstream, intra prediction mode information indicating an intra prediction mode of a current block; determining an interpolation filter set to be used in prediction of the current block, based on at least one of a size of the current block and the intra prediction mode indicated by the intra prediction mode information; determining a reference location to which a current sample of the current block refers according to the intra prediction mode; determining, in the interpolation filter set, an interpolation filter that corresponds to the reference location; determining a prediction value of the current sample, according to reference samples of the current block and the interpolation filter; and reconstructing the current block, based on the prediction value of the current sample.