Abstract: An electronic apparatus performs a method of encoding and decoding video data. The method comprises: decoding a first coding block and a second coding block that shares a common edge on a first picture, wherein decoding the first coding block and the second coding block includes reconstructing a first residual block for the first coding block and a second residual block for the second coding block; determining that the first picture has a first resolution, a first reference picture corresponding to the first coding block has a second resolution, and a second reference picture corresponding to the second coding block has a third resolution; deriving a deblocking strength (bS) value based, at least in part, on the first resolution, second resolution, and the third resolution; and performing in-loop filtering on the reconstructed first residual block and the reconstructed second residual block using a deblocking filter in accordance with the derived bS value.

Abstract: Systems and methods for decoding are described. A decoder system is configured to retrieve, from the grain array stored within the on-chip memory, noise pixel data associated with at least one reconstructed video pixel. The decoder system is configured to apply noise data to the at least one reconstructed video pixel to generate at least one output video pixel. The noise data is determined based on the noise pixel data.

Abstract: A point cloud encoding method, including: obtaining attribute information about the attributes of a current point in a point cloud; processing the attribute information of the current point to obtain a residual value of the attribute information of the current point; using a target quantization manner, quantizing the residual value of the attribute information of the current point to obtain a quantized residual value of the attribute information of the current point; the target quantization manner comprises at least two of the following quantization manners: a first quantization manner, a second quantization manner, and a third quantization manner.

Abstract: A decoding unit decodes data corresponding to an N×M array of quantized coefficients from a bit stream. An inverse quantization unit derives orthogonal transform coefficients from the N×M array of quantized coefficients by using at least a quantization matrix. An inverse orthogonal transform unit performs inverse orthogonal transform on the orthogonal transform coefficients generated by the inverse quantization unit to generate prediction residuals corresponding to a block of a P×Q array of pixels. An inverse quantization unit derives the orthogonal transform coefficients by using at least a quantization matrix of an N×M array of elements, and the inverse orthogonal transform unit generates prediction residuals for the P×Q array of pixels having a size larger than the N×M array.

Abstract: A method of decoding an image, includes obtaining at least one offset for a picture, deriving a variable for scaling for the picture based on the at least one offset, and performing inter prediction based on the variable for scaling for the picture. The at least one offset is defined with a direction of scaling.

Abstract: A system includes a processing device to receive a video content, a quality metric, and a target bit rate for encoding the video content. The system includes encoding hardware to perform frame encoding on the video content and a controller coupled between the processing device and the encoding hardware. The controller is programmed with machine instructions to generate first QP values on a per-frame basis using a frame machine learning model with a first plurality of weights. The first plurality of weights depends at least in part on the quality metric and the target bit rate. The controller is further programmed to provide the first QP values to the encoding hardware for rate control of the frame encoding.

Abstract: A method of decoding an image, includes obtaining at least one offset for a picture, deriving a variable for scaling for the picture based on the at least one offset, and performing inter prediction based on the variable for scaling for the picture. The at least one offset is defined with a direction of scaling.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, an encoding device, a decoding device, an information processing method, and a program that facilitate scalable decoding of attribute information. Regarding the attribute information about a point cloud representing a three-dimensional object, a process of classifying the respective points of the point cloud into prediction points that are the points at which difference values between the attribute information and predicted values are left, and reference points that are the points at which the attribute information is referred to during derivation of the predicted values is recursively repeated on the reference points, so that the attribute information is hierarchized.

Abstract: An analysis apparatus analyses a video image signal comprising successive frames of imaging an endoscopy procedure. A machine learning block analyses the video image signal using a machine learning technique that classifies regions of the frames as belonging to one of plural classes corresponding to respective types of image artefact. The classes include a motion blur class corresponding to motion blur of the image, at least one erroneous exposure class corresponding to a type of erroneous exposure of the image, and at least one noise artefact class corresponding to a type of image artefact that is noise. A quality score block derives quality scores representing image quality of the successive frames based on the classified regions.

Abstract: A method and apparatus to improve compression efficiency in a video compression scheme enables separate control of a local chroma quantization parameter. The control can be used to disable a local chroma quantization parameter. One embodiment uses an existing local luma quantization parameter control flag for controlling local chroma quantization parameter. Another embodiment includes a separate local chroma quantization parameter control flag. Bitstream syntax is used to convey the flags.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for congestion control mechanisms to reduce data transmission queues and to increase link utilization through precise congestion signals and reduction of control loop delay. A congestion control system (CC) system can utilize Back-To-Sender (BTS) packets over (round trip time) RTT control loop delay to react to congestion faster. The CC system can apply Proactive Ramp-up (PRU) to identify flow completions to occupy released bandwidth right on time, e.g., as bandwidth is made available. The CC system can perform supply matching (SM) through network calculus concepts to increase link utilization. The CC system can apply some or all of the use of BTS packets, PRU, and/or SM to reduce network latency and improve data flow completion time as compared with other approaches.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for decoding an image. A method includes receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding the image; dividing a first coding block into a plurality of second coding blocks; generating a prediction block of a second coding block based on syntax information obtained from the bitstream; and reconstructing the second coding block based on the prediction block and a residual block of the second coding block, the residual block being obtained by performing a dequantization and an inverse-transform on quantized transform coefficients from the bitstream. The first coding block has a recursive division structure. The first coding block is divided based on at least one of a quad tree division, a binary tree division or a triple tree division.

Abstract: A method for encoding an image using intra prediction can include determining an intra prediction mode of a current block, generating a mode group indicator and a prediction mode index specifying the intra prediction mode of the current block, constructing a most probable mode (MPM) group including three intra prediction modes determined using a left and an above intra prediction mode of the current block. The method can further include generating a prediction block based on the intra prediction mode of the current block specified by the mode group indicator and the prediction mode index, generating a residual block of the current block, generating a quantization block by transforming and quantizing the residual block. The method can include scanning the quantized block using a scan pattern determined based on the intra prediction mode and the size of a transform unit, and entropy-encoding the scanned information of the quantized block.

Abstract: A method of visual media processing video, includes determining that palette mode is to be used for processing a first portion of a video block and intra block copy (IBC) mode is to be used for processing a second portion of the video block, and performing further processing of the first portion of the video block using the palette mode and the second portion of the video using the IBC mode, wherein indications of the first portion of the video block processed using the palette mode and indications of the second portion of the video block processed using the IBC mode are included in a palette index identifying the first portion of the video block and the second portion of the video block.

Abstract: A method for inverse quantization of a current block of a picture, the method comprising: receiving a bitstream; obtaining a joint chrominance component residual, JCCR, control flag from the bitstream; obtaining a chrominance mapping information from the bitstream based on the JCCR control flag; obtaining at least one chrominance quantization parameter, QP, offset from the bitstream based on the JCCR control flag; obtaining a QP value for the current chrominance block based on the obtained chrominance mapping information and the at least one obtained chrominance QP offset; performing inverse quantization on the current chrominance block by using the obtained QP value.

Abstract: For a coding block of an image, a luma prediction block is generated, a luma residual block is generated, a quantized luma block is generated after transforming the luma residual block using a luma transform type, and the quantized luma block is entropy encoded. A chroma prediction block is generated, a chroma residual block is generated, an initial chroma transform type for the chroma residual block is determined as the luma transform type, a quantized chroma block is generated using the chroma residual block transformed by a final chroma transform type, and the quantized chroma block is entropy encoded. When the initial chroma transform type is other than a default transform type, the final chroma transform type is the initial chroma transform type or the default transform type, and quantized coefficients of the quantized chroma block depend upon quantized coefficients of the quantized luma block.

Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method is disclosed. An image decoding method of the present invention may comprise identifying a region by partitioning an image, and determining a prediction mode of the region on the basis of at least one of a size of the region, a partition shape, and a coding parameter of the region. The determined prediction mode of the region may be determined as a prediction mode of all coding blocks included in the region.

Abstract: A decoder includes circuitry configured to receive a bitstream, determine whether a merge mode is enabled for a block, construct a merge candidate list including adding a non-adjacent diagonal spatial candidate to the merge candidate list, and reconstruct pixel data of the block and using the merge candidate list. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.

Abstract: A remote image processing method, applied to a remote server, includes: obtaining a recommended bit rate, where the recommended bit rate matches an environment parameter of a network in which the remote server is located, and the network environment parameter is used to represent a capability of transmitting an amount of data by the network in a unit time; and generating, based on the recommended bit rate, adjustment parameters corresponding to different regions in a to-be-processed image, and processing the corresponding regions by using the adjustment parameters, to obtain a single-frame image used for display, so that an amount of data included in the single-frame image matches the recommended bit rate.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for decoding an image. A method includes receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding the image; dividing a first coding block into a plurality of second coding blocks; generating a prediction block of a second coding block based on syntax information obtained from the bitstream; and reconstructing the second coding block based on the prediction block and a residual block of the second coding block, the residual block being obtained by performing a dequantization and an inverse-transform on quantized transform coefficients from the bitstream. The first coding block has a recursive division structure. The first coding block is divided based on at least one of a quad tree division, a binary tree division or a triple tree division.

Abstract: A method for deblocking a chroma block edge between a first chroma block of a first image block and a second chroma block of a second image block. The method includes a decision process which includes: determining a first chroma quantization parameter for the first chroma block based on a first luma quantization parameter of a first luma block of the first image block and a chroma QP mapping table for the first chroma block; determining a second chroma quantization parameter for the second chroma block based on a second luma quantization parameter of a second luma block of the second image block and a chroma QP mapping table for the second chroma block; determining an averaged and rounded chroma quantization parameter based on the first chroma quantization parameter and the second chroma quantization parameter; and determining a threshold parameter based on the averaged and rounded chroma quantization parameter.

Abstract: An encoder includes memory and circuitry. The circuitry, using the memory, (i) selects a mode from among a plurality of modes each for deriving a motion vector, and derives a motion vector for a current block via the selected mode, and (ii) performs inter prediction encoding on the current block, using the derived motion vector, via one of a skip mode and a non-skip mode different from the skip mode. The plurality of modes include a plurality of first modes each for predicting the motion vector for the current block based on an encoded block neighboring the current block without encoding information indicating a motion vector into a stream. When a second mode included in the plurality of first modes is selected, the current block is encoded via the non-skip mode regardless of presence or absence of a residual coefficient.

Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding device, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: obtaining image information; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the image information.

Abstract: A video decoding method includes: performing entropy decoding processing on an encoding block of a video image frame to obtain a quantized coefficient block of residual data corresponding to the encoding block; calculating quantization coefficients in the quantized coefficient block to obtain an implicitly derived index value; determining a transformation mode of the encoding block according to the implicitly derived index value and a value of an index identifier included in the encoding block; and performing inverse transformation processing on an inverse quantization result of the quantized coefficient block based on the transformation mode of the encoding block.

Abstract: A method of video decoding includes decoding prediction information of a current block indicating a subset of combinations of processed reconstructed samples of a first component and corresponding offset values of a filter process to be applied to a second color component, and determining an offset value of the filter process to apply to reconstructed samples of the second color component based on a combination of processed reconstructed samples of the first component. The determined offset value is based on whether the combination of the processed reconstructed samples of the first color component corresponds to or is different from the combinations of the processed reconstructed samples.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a video decoding method and a video decoder. The method includes: parsing coding tree split information to obtain a current node; determining coordinates of an upper-left corner of a region covered by a current quantization group based on a depth N of the current node; obtaining a QP delta of a current CU in the region covered by the current quantization group; and obtaining a reconstructed picture of the current CU based on the QP delta of the current CU.

Abstract: A method for indicating a frame structure, a method for updating a frame structure, and related devices are provided. The method for indicating a frame structure, performed by a first device, includes: determining a first frame structure based on user data to be transmitted; and when the first frame structure is different from a second frame structure corresponding to a second device, sending indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate the first frame structure.

Abstract: A method for encoding/decoding a message with One Time Pad (OTP) process, includes receiving a message to be encoded and an ordered dataset. A PRNG is parameterized with an initial seed that is used in a harvesting operation, which selects data from the dataset to create a current entropy plane of the selected data. In an encoding operation a portion of the received message is selected. The current entropy plane is scanned and data from which data is selected. The location of the selected data from the entropy plane is determined and marked as used and then assembled in an encoded message. This operation is repeated until no unmarked data is present in the current entropy plane. A new entropy plane is generated, and the scanning operation repeated until all portions of the received message have been processed. The process is reversed for a decoding operation.

Abstract: Decoder for decoding a picture from a data stream, configured to check whether a plurality of coding parameters, which are contained in the data stream, relate to a predetermined portion of the picture and control a prediction residual transform mode and a quantization accuracy with respect to the predetermined portion, are indicative of a coding parameter setting corresponding to a lossless prediction residual coding. Responsive to the plurality of coding parameters being indicative of the coding parameter setting corresponding to the lossless prediction residual coding, the decoder is configured to set one or more predetermined coding options relating to one or more tools of the decoder for processing a prediction residual corrected predictive reconstruction with respect to the predetermined portion so that the one or more tools are disabled with respect to the predetermined portion.

Abstract: According to the disclosure of the present document, chroma quantization parameter offset-related information can be signaled through palette syntax coding, and index information for a chroma quantization parameter offset list can be efficiently parsed/signaled on the basis of information about the number of entries in the chroma quantization parameter offset list. Accordingly, bits that are required to be signaled in order to code a video/image can be reduced, and the coding efficiency can be enhanced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding method and an image decoding method. The image decoding method includes partitioning a picture into a plurality of coding units, constructing a coding unit group including at least one coding unit of the plurality of coding units, obtaining coding information in units of one coding unit group, and decoding at least one coding unit of the plurality of coding units included in the coding unit group by using the obtained coding information.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for decoding an image. A method includes receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding the image; dividing a first coding block into a plurality of second coding blocks; generating a prediction block of a second coding block based on syntax information obtained from the bitstream; and reconstructing the second coding block based on the prediction block and a residual block of the second coding block, the residual block being obtained by performing a dequantization and an inverse-transform on quantized transform coefficients from the bitstream. The first coding block has a recursive division structure. The first coding block is divided based on at least one of a quad tree division, a binary tree division or a triple tree division.

Abstract: A method of encoding a motion vector predictor index, in particular a Merge index, comprises generating a list of motion vector predictor candidates, in particular merge candidates. The list includes an ATMVP candidate. One of the motion vector predictor candidates in the list is selected. A motion vector predictor index for the selected motion vector predictor candidate is generated using CABAC coding. One or more bits of the motion vector predictor index are bypass CABAC coded. For example, only the first bit of the motion vector predictor index is CABAC coded using a single context.

Abstract: A method for decoding a 360-degree image includes: receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding a 360-degree image; generating a prediction image by making reference to syntax information obtained from the received bitstream; combining the generated prediction image with a residual image obtained by dequantizing and inverse-transforming the bitstream, so as to obtain a decoded image; and reconstructing the decoded image into a 360-degree image according to a projection format. Here, generating the prediction image includes: checking, from the syntax information, prediction mode accuracy for a current block to be decoded; determining whether the checked prediction mode accuracy corresponds to most probable mode (MPM) information obtained from the syntax information; and when the checked prediction mode accuracy does not correspond to the MPM information, reconfiguring the MPM information according to the prediction mode accuracy for the current block.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for decoding an image. A method includes receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding the image; dividing a first coding block into a plurality of second coding blocks; generating a prediction block of a second coding block based on syntax information obtained from the bitstream; and reconstructing the second coding block based on the prediction block and a residual block of the second coding block, the residual block being obtained by performing a dequantization and an inverse-transform on quantized transform coefficients from the bitstream. The first coding block has a recursive division structure. The first coding block is divided based on at least one of a quad tree division, a binary tree division or a triple tree division.

Abstract: The coding of a media signal is rendered more efficient by describing the media signal using a sequence of samples and sequentially encoding this sequence by selecting, for a current sample, a set of quantization levels out of a plurality of quantization level sets depending on indices encoded into the data stream for previous samples of the sequence of samples, quantizing the current sample onto one level of the set of quantization levels, and encoding a quantization index to the one level for the current sample into the data stream. In other words, scalar quantization of the individual samples of the sequence of samples is used, but it is rendered dependent on quantization indices encoded into the data stream for previous samples of the sequence of samples.

Abstract: A method of decoding an image, includes obtaining at least one offset for a picture, deriving a variable for scaling for the picture based on the at least one offset, and performing inter prediction based on the variable for scaling for the picture. The at least one offset is defined with a direction of scaling.

Abstract: Inverse quantization is performed on a quantization coefficient using a quantization parameter depending on whether a transform skip is to be applied, inverse coefficient transformation is performed on a transform coefficient generated by inverse quantization to generate a predicted residual that is a residual between an image and a predicted image of the image when the transform skip is not to be applied, and the inverse coefficient transformation is skipped when the transform skip is to be applied. This can be applied to, for example, an image processing device, an image coding device, an image decoding device, a transmission device, a reception device, a transmission/reception device, an information processing device, an imaging device, a reproduction device, an electronic apparatus, an image processing method, an information processing method, or the like.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for determining perceptual quality indicators of video content items are provided.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus, articles, and methods are described including operations for size based transform unit context derivation. In an example encoder, first circuitry is to encode video input data into a bitstream according to a bitstream syntax, wherein the video input data includes one or more pictures, the one or more pictures are partitioned into one or more coding tree blocks, the one or more coding tree blocks are partitioned into slices including one or more coding tree blocks, the one or more coding tree blocks include one or more transform blocks according to a transform tree including a split_transform_flag indicative of the split of a given coding block into corresponding one or more transform blocks, the split_transform_flag is coded using CABAC, and a context index associated with the CABAC coding of the split_transform_flag is based on a value. Second circuitry of the encoder is to output the bitstream.

Abstract: Provided are an image encoding method and device. When carrying out image encoding for a block within a slice, at least one block in a restored block of the slice is set as a reference block. When this is done, the encoding parameters of the reference block are distinguished, and the block to be encoded is encoded adaptively based on the encoding parameters.

Abstract: A method includes decoding a first portion of video data consisting of an information set consisting of information representative of a plurality of candidate sets of sample adaptive offset filter parameters. A set of sample adaptive offset parameters comprises information representative of an offset to be added to a sample value of a current block. A first syntax element representing an index that identifies a first candidate set of the plurality of candidate sets of sample adaptive offset filter parameters is decoded from the video data for the current block. The current block is decoded from a second portion of the video data different from the first portion. The decoded current block is filtered with the first candidate set identified by the index. The first portion is signaled with syntax elements at a level of a block of a group of blocks comprising the current block decoded first in decoding order.

Abstract: A video decoding method is configured to reconstruct a current block that is encoded using an intra prediction. The method includes decoding, from a bitstream, direction information indicating a direction of differential coding applied to a residual block of the current block, generating the residual block from residual signals by reconstructing and using the information on the residual signals from the bitstream and using the direction information, inversely quantizing the modified residual block, generating a prediction block for the current block through intra prediction, and reconstructing the current block by adding the prediction block and the inverse quantized residual block.

Abstract: An image decoding method includes: obtaining, from a bitstream, first coding tool enable flag information of a first coding tool, indicating whether or not the first coding tool is applicable to an image sequence; obtaining, from the bitstream, second coding tool enable flag information of at least one second coding tool related to the first coding tool, based on the obtained first coding tool enable flag information; identifying at least one coding tool of the first coding tool and the second coding tool that is applicable to the image sequence included in the bitstream, based on at least one of the first coding tool enable flag information and the second coding tool enable flag information; and performing decoding on the image sequence based on the identified at least one coding tool.

Abstract: Systems and methods in provide approaches for channel fitting to determine a particular number of resources, such as cores, that may be used for one or more processing jobs for a particular input channel. A given channel may be evaluated to determine performance affecting parameters and those parameters may be evaluated against previously known hardware configurations or against a historical heuristic dataset. A configuration for the channel may be selected where particular cores of a set of resources are assigned to the channel to perform one or more operations, such as transcoding operations. As a result, empirically determined or historical data may be used to efficiently allocate resources for different transcoding operations to provide both predictable performance and high utilization.

Abstract: When intra prediction is to be used, an encoder determines whether an adaptive basis selection mode is to be used and whether a size of the current block matches a determined size. When the adaptive basis selection mode is to be used and the size matches the determined size, the encoder fixes the first transform basis for the current block to a first determined transform basis in the adaptive basis selection mode, and generates first transform coefficients by performing first transform of residual signals of the current block using the first determined transform basis; quantizes the first transform coefficients when an intra prediction mode for the current block is a determined mode; and generates second transform coefficients by performing second transform of the first transform coefficients using a second transform basis, and quantizes the second transform coefficients, when the intra prediction mode is not the determined mode.

Abstract: Techniques related to video coding include content adaptive quantization that provides a selection between objective quality and subjective quality delta QP offsets.

Abstract: A method for decoding an image according to the present invention may comprise the steps of: deriving a residual coefficient of a current block; dequantizing the residual coefficient; deriving a common residual signal by performing inverse transform of the dequantized residual coefficient; and deriving a first residual signal of a first chroma component and a second residual signal of a second chroma component on the basis of the common residual signal.

Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and memory coupled to the circuitry. In operation, the circuitry: performs quantization on a plurality of transform coefficients of a current block to be encoded, using a quantization matrix when orthogonal transform is performed on the current block and secondary transform is not performed on the current block; and performs quantization on the plurality of transform coefficients of the current block without using the quantization matrix when orthogonal transform is not performed on the current block and when both orthogonal transform and secondary transform are performed on the current block.

Abstract: A first level encoded stream is received and decoded to derive a first set of residuals. A first output video comprising an output of a base decoder applied to a base level encoded stream is received. The first set of residuals is combined with the first output video to generate a second output video. The second output video is up-sampled to generate an up-sampled second output video. The up-sampling comprises adding a value derived from an element in the first set of residuals from which a block in the up-sampled second output video was derived to the block in the up-sampled second output video. A second level encoded stream is received and decoded to derive a second set of residuals. The second set of residuals is combined with the up-sampled second output video to generate a reconstructed output video.