US 11,902,568 B2
Image coding method, image decoding method, image coding apparatus, and image decoding apparatus
Viktor Wahadaniah, Singapore (SG); Chong Soon Lim, Singapore (SG); Sue Mon Thet Naing, San Jose, CA (US); Hai Wei Sun, Singapore (SG); Takahiro Nishi, Nara (JP); Hisao Sasai, Osaka (JP); Youji Shibahara, Osaka (JP); Kyoko Tanikawa, Osaka (JP); Toshiyasu Sugio, Osaka (JP); Kengo Terada, Osaka (JP); and Toru Matsunobu, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to SUN PATENT TRUST, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Sun Patent Trust, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/114,371.
Application 14/074,179 is a division of application No. 13/660,245, filed on Oct. 25, 2012, granted, now 8,913,665, issued on Dec. 16, 2014.
Application 18/114,371 is a continuation of application No. 17/389,783, filed on Jul. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,622,128.
Application 17/389,783 is a continuation of application No. 16/813,994, filed on Mar. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,115,677, issued on Sep. 7, 2021.
Application 16/813,994 is a continuation of application No. 16/399,437, filed on Apr. 30, 2019, granted, now 10,631,004, issued on Apr. 21, 2020.
Application 16/399,437 is a continuation of application No. 14/074,179, filed on Nov. 7, 2013, granted, now 10,321,152, issued on Jun. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/552,848, filed on Oct. 28, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2023/0224491 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 19/527 (2014.01); H04N 19/52 (2014.01); H04N 19/513 (2014.01); H04N 19/58 (2014.01)
CPC H04N 19/527 (2014.11) [H04N 19/513 (2014.11); H04N 19/52 (2014.11); H04N 19/58 (2014.11)] 3 Claims
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1. An image encoding method of encoding each block among blocks of pictures, the image encoding method comprising:
deriving a bi-predictive candidate for motion vectors of a current block to be encoded, from a first motion vector of a first block included in a first picture, the first picture being different from a picture that includes the current block, the first block is located on the bottom right adjacent to the current block or center of the current block and is included in the collocated picture;
adding the derived bi-predictive candidate to a list of candidates;
selecting one bi-predictive candidate that includes a second motion vector and a third motion vector from the list of candidates; and
encoding the current block using (i) the second motion vector and the third motion vector and (ii) a second reference picture and a third reference picture of the current block, the second reference picture and the third reference picture respectively corresponding to the second motion vector and the third motion vector,
wherein the deriving includes:
determining (i) whether each of the second reference picture and the third reference picture of the current block is a long-term reference picture or a short-term reference picture, and (ii) whether a first reference picture of the first block is a long-term reference picture or a short-term reference picture;
deriving each of the second motion vector and the third motion vector so as to be the same as the first motion vector without scaling based on a temporal distance in the case of determining that (i) the corresponding one of the second reference picture and the third reference picture is a long-term reference picture and (ii) the first reference picture is a long-term reference picture; and
deriving each of the second motion vector and the third motion vector from the first motion vector by scaling based on a temporal distance in the case of determining that (i) the corresponding one of the second reference picture and the third reference picture is a short-term reference picture and (ii) the first reference picture is a short-term reference picture.