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Samsung patents video decoding that picks math tools based on block shape

Samsung describes a method for decoding video where the decoder selects specific mathematical formulas, called transform kernels, to reconstruct image data. The choice of formula for the horizontal direction depends only on the width of the block, while the vertical choice depends only on the height, ignoring the other dimension. This allows the decoder to switch between standard and non-standard math tools depending on the block's size.

Why it mattersThis improves how video files are compressed and played back, potentially allowing for better quality at lower data rates, though it is a technical update to existing video standards.

In the filing’s own words

Disclosed is a video signal processing method comprising the steps of: obtaining at least one transform block for a residual signal of a current block from a video signal bitstream; determining, on the basis of length information of a first side of the transform block, a horizontal transform kernel for horizontal transformation of the transform block, regardless of the length of a second side of the transform block, which is orthogonal to the first side; determining, on the basis of length information of the second side, a vertical transform kernel for vertical transformation of the transform block, regardless of the length of the first side; obtaining the residual signal of the current block by performing, on the transform block, inverse transformation using the horizontal transform kernel and the vertical transform kernel; and reconstructing the current block on the basis of the obtained residual signal.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A video decoding method, the method performed by an apparatus and comprising: obtaining flag information indicating whether index information indicating a horizontal transform kernel and a vertical transform kernel is signaled for an intra predicted block in a bitstream; obtaining prediction mode information indicating whether a current block is the intra predicted block; obtaining a plurality of transform coefficients for residual samples of the current block, wherein the plurality of transform coefficients are two-dimensionally arranged; based on the flag information indicating that the index information is not signaled for the intra predicted block in the bitstream and the prediction mode information indicating that the current block is the intra predicted block: determining, based on length information of a first side of the current block, the horizontal transform kernel for horizontal transformation of the plurality of transform coefficients, regardless of a length of a second side of the current block, wherein the second side is orthogonal to the first side, and determining, based on length information of the second side of the current block, the vertical transform kernel for vertical transformation of the plurality of transform coefficients, regardless of a length of the first side of the current block; obtaining the residual samples of the current block by performing, based on the plurality of transform coefficients, inverse transformation using the horizontal transform kernel and the vertical transform kernel; and reconstructing the current block based on the obtained residual samples, wherein, based on the length information of the first side having a value outside a preconfigured range and the length information of the second side having a value within the preconfigured range, the horizontal transform kernel is determined to be a first transform kernel and the vertical transform kernel is determined to be a second transform kernel, and wherein the first transform kernel is a discrete cosine transform type 2 (DCT-2)-based transform kernel, and the second transform kernel is not the DCT-2-based transform kernel.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
Video signal processing method and apparatus using multiple transform kernels
Patent number
US12771876B2
Application number
18969789
Filed
Dec 5, 2024
Granted
Oct 20, 2026
Inventors
5
Claims
9

Classified under

H04N 19/625 Electricity & electronicsH04N 19/12 Electricity & electronicsH04N 19/176 Electricity & electronicsH04N 19/61 Electricity & electronics

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