| CPC H04N 19/119 (2014.11) [H04N 19/159 (2014.11); H04N 19/176 (2014.11); H04N 19/1883 (2014.11); H04N 19/70 (2014.11); H04N 19/96 (2014.11)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method of decoding an image, the method comprising:
identifying a region by partitioning an image; and
determining one of a plurality of prediction modes as a prediction mode of the region based on a horizontal size of the region, a vertical size of the region and a partition shape indicating a direction in which the region is partitioned,
wherein the plurality of prediction modes comprise inter-prediction and intra-prediction,
wherein the region comprises a plurality of coding blocks
wherein the plurality of coding blocks correspond to a plurality of leaf nodes of a partition tree structure, and
wherein the prediction mode of the region is used as a prediction mode of all of the plurality of leaf nodes of the partition tree structure.
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