Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080273599 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING MULTI-VIEW VIDEO DATA - Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding multi-view video data. The method of encoding multi-view video data includes determining whether a current picture is an anchor picture; and encoding blocks of the current picture by selectively applying a skip block mode to the blocks if the current picture is the anchor picture. According to the present invention, image quality and coding efficiency may be improved. | 11-06-2008 |
20090003455 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ILLUMINATION COMPENSATION IN MULTI-VIEW VIDEO CODING - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for illumination compensation in a multi view video coding. The method includes deriving a predicted illumination compensation value of the current block by using information on neighbor blocks of the current block when a current block performing illumination compensation is in a skip mode; setting the current block not to perform the illumination compensation when the derived predicted illumination compensation value is 0 and setting the current block to perform the illumination compensation when the derived predicted illumination compensation value is not 0. | 01-01-2009 |
20090010340 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ILLUMINATION COMPENSATION IN MULTI-VIEW VIDEO CODING - Disclosed is a method of determining illumination compensation in a multi view video coding. The method includes determining when a current block performing illumination compensation is in a B skip mode and deriving a predicted illumination compensation value of the current block by using information regarding neighbor blocks of the current block and when the derived predicted illumination compensation value is not determining, setting the current block not to perform the illumination compensation; and when the derived predicted illumination compensation value is determining, setting the current block to perform the illumination compensation. | 01-08-2009 |
20090122134 | METHOD OF RECORDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA - A method of storing 3D image data in a recording medium includes: loading, in a predetermined file type field, image type information indicating either one of a single stereoscopic image or a compound image including a monoscopic image and a stereoscopic image; loading, in a predetermined image configuration information container field, scene descriptor information indicating temporal and spatial relations between a plurality of media objects included in the three-dimensional image, object configuration information indicating attributes of each media object of said plurality of media objects and a configuration relation between encoded streams of the plurality of media objects, configuration information of the encoded streams; loading in an image data container field media data of an image to be stored; and loading, in a meta container field, metadata including information for playing the 3D image data. | 05-14-2009 |
20100182403 | FILE FORMAT FOR ENCODED STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE/VIDEO DATA - Provided is a file format for encoded image data which can be reproduced into a lifelike stereoscopic image by a display apparatus for displaying a stereoscopic image. The file format for an encoded stereoscopic image includes an image data unit containing image information of the encoded stereoscopic image and a header unit containing meta data used to decode and reproduce the image information of the encoded stereoscopic image contained in the image data unit. The header unit can include at least one header unit of a camera header sub-unit containing information on left and right cameras used to acquire the stereoscopic image, a codec header sub-unit containing information on the encoding of the stereoscopic image, and a display header sub-unit containing information on a barrier type display apparatus for receiving and reproducing the encoded stereoscopic image data. | 07-22-2010 |
20100231688 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BLOCK-BASED DEPTH MAP CODING AND 3D VIDEO CODING METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided are a block-based depth map coding method and apparatus and a 3D video coding method using the same. The depth map coding method decodes a received bitstream in units of blocks of a predetermined size using a bitplane decoding method to reconstruct a depth map. For example, the depth map coding method may decode the bitstream in units of blocks using the bitplane decoding method or an existing Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT)-based decoding method adaptively according to decoded coding mode information. The bitplane decoding method may include adaptively performing XOR operation in units of bitplane blocks. For example, a determination on whether or not to perform XOR operation may be done in units of bitplane blocks according to the decoded value of XOR operation information contained in the bitstream. | 09-16-2010 |
20100242071 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING USER INFORMATION BETWEEN TERMINALS IN BROADCAST STREAMING SERVICE - A method and apparatus for transferring user information between different terminals are disclosed. The method includes saving by a first terminal, when a change is made to user information during playback of content, the changed user information in a scene history, performing a terminal change from the first terminal to a second terminal, and resuming, by the second terminal, playback of the content from a continued scene after the last scene played back by the first terminal. Consequently, in a terminal change, the user may use the second terminal to play back the same content from the continued scene using the same content usage environment as the first terminal. | 09-23-2010 |
20100259596 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA - A method and apparatus transmitting stereoscopic image data according to a variable channel environment are provided. The method includes granting a priority to each of a plurality of frames constituting one image group; determining a number of transmittable frames based on a variable channel environment; and selecting transmittable frames from among the plurality of frames based on the determined number of transmittable frames and the granted priories | 10-14-2010 |
20100290483 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA - A method for transmitting stereoscopic images using a variety of transport protocols is provided. To this end, a stereoscopic image packet is defined that comprises a stereoscopic packet header and a stereoscopic video packet header. The defined stereoscopic packet header and stereoscopic video packet header are used to transmit metadata needed for transmission of stereoscopic images. By doing so, it is possible to ensure compatibility with a variety of transport protocols. | 11-18-2010 |
20110002392 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-VIEW VIDEO ENCODING AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIVIEW VIDEO DECODING - Methods and apparatuses for efficiently coding and decoding multi-view video are provided. A method of decoding multi-view video includes: interpreting from a received bitstream a block type indicating a method of determining a motion vector of a current block present in a current picture of the multi-view video; interpreting a first picture type indicating whether the current picture is a reference picture type for inter prediction; interpreting additional information of the current picture based on at least one of the interpreted first picture type and the interpreted block type; and reconstructing the current block and the current picture by using the additional information. | 01-06-2011 |
20110222403 | METHOD FOR REPORTING QOS CONTROL-RELATED INFORMATION IN NETWORK AND NETWORK ENTITY THEREFOR - A method for reporting Quality of Service (QoS) control-related information in a network is provided, in which an intermediate network entity located within an end-to-end path generates the QoS control-related information by measuring a channel state, and reports the QoS control-related information to another network entity controlling the QoS. | 09-15-2011 |
20120014449 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-VIEW VIDEO ENCODING USING CHROMINANCE COMPENSATION AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-VIEW VIDEO DECODING USING CHROMINANCE COMPENSATION - Methods and apparatuses for efficiently coding and decoding multi-view video are provided. A method of decoding multi-view video includes: interpreting a first picture type indicating whether a current picture of the multi-view video is a reference video type for inter prediction; interpreting a block type indicating a method of determining a motion vector of a current block of the current picture; interpreting a chrominance compensation value of the current block based on at least one of the interpreted first picture type and the interpreted block type; and performing chrominance compensation on the current block by using the interpreted chrominance compensation value. | 01-19-2012 |
20120250690 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING A MULTIMEDIA DATA PACKET USING CROSS LAYER OPTIMIZATION - A method and apparatus for transmitting a multimedia data packet are provided. The method includes receiving Bottom-up Network Abstraction Layer (B-NAL) information from a network entity, generating Top-down Network Abstraction Layer (T-NAL) information on the multimedia data to be transmitted, generating a multimedia data packet containing said T-NAL information, and transmitting the multimedia data packet generated in the previous process, to the network entity, in consideration of said B-NAL information. | 10-04-2012 |
20130147914 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING FRAGMENT-BASED MULTIMEDIA STREAMING SERVICE AND DEVICE FOR SAME, AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING FRAGMENT-BASED MULTIMEDIA STREAMING SERVICE AND DEVICE FOR SAME - Provided are method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a multimedia streaming service via a network. The method of providing a multimedia streaming service includes: dividing encoded data of a video including at least one of a two-dimensional (2D) video and a three-dimensional (3D) video into fragments; determining at least one of 3D signaling information for each fragment and relationship information to be used when the video refers to other videos; and continuously transmitting the fragments including the property information regarding the fragments and encoded video data. | 06-13-2013 |
20130182074 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO INFORMATION - In accordance with an illustrative configuration, a device and a method are configured to receive video stream including a stream receiving unit, a demultiplexing unit, and a decoding unit. The stream receiving unit is configured to receive multiplexed stream of video stream and signaling information describing the video stream. The demultiplexing unit is configured to demultiplex the received stream to video stream and signaling information. The decoding unit is configured to decode the demultiplexed video stream by using the signaling information. The signaling information includes stream type information on the video stream providing stereoscopic service and service type information, which indicates whether the service type according to the video stream is 2D monoscopic service or 3D stereoscopic service. | 07-18-2013 |
20130215968 | VIDEO INFORMATION ENCODING METHOD AND DECODING METHOD - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding video information. The video information encoding method according to the present invention comprises: a step of performing a prediction on a current block; and a step of entropy-encoding the predicted information and transmitting the encoded information. The step of performing a prediction comprises: a step of acquiring motion information on a neighboring block from the neighboring block of the current block; and a step of determining motion information on the current block on the basis of the acquired motion information. The transmitting step also involves transmitting information required for the prediction of the current block. According to the present invention, the complexity of video compression and the quantity of transmitted information may be reduced. | 08-22-2013 |
20130223528 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARALLEL ENTROPY ENCODING/DECODING - The present invention relates to an entropy encoding method comprising the following steps: updating probability information using the update information derived based on a bit stream received from an encoder; deriving a bin corresponding to the current codeword based on the updated probability information; and performing the inverse binarization of the derived bin to acquire a syntax element. According to the present invention, video-encoding/decoding efficiency may be improved. | 08-29-2013 |
20130243089 | DEVICE FOR ENCODING ULTRA-HIGH DEFINITION IMAGE AND METHOD THEREOF, AND DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided are an encoding device using predictive coding in a screen and a method thereof, and a decoding device and a method thereof. The encoding device is capable of generating a prediction block of a current block according to one of methods for generating a plurality of predetermined prediction blocks, and outputting at least one of encoding information and differential blocks as bitstream by entropy encoding according to whether differential blocks are encoded or not. | 09-19-2013 |
20140003518 | IMAGE ENCODING METHOD USING A SKIP MODE, AND A DEVICE USING THE METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
20140029668 | APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE BY SKIP ENCODING AND METHOD FOR SAME - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for encoding and decoding an image by skip encoding. The image-encoding method by skip encoding, which performs intra-prediction, comprises: performing a filtering operation on the signal which is reconstructed prior to an encoding object signal in an encoding object image; using the filtered reconstructed signal to generate a prediction signal for the encoding object signal; setting the generated prediction signal as a reconstruction signal for the encoding object signal; and not encoding the residual signal which can be generated on the basis of the difference between the encoding object signal and the prediction signal, thereby performing skip encoding on the encoding object signal. | 01-30-2014 |
20140037004 | METHOD FOR ENCODING VIDEO INFORMATION AND METHOD FOR DECODING VIDEO INFORMATION, AND APPARATUS USING SAME - A method for coding image information includes generating prediction information by predicting information on a current coding unit, and determining whether the information on the current coding unit is the same as the prediction information. When the information on the current coding unit is the same as the prediction information, a flag indicating that the information on the current coding unit is the same as the prediction information is coded and transmitted. When the information on the current coding unit is not the same as the prediction information, a flag indicating that the information on the current coding unit is not the same as the prediction information and the information on the current coding unit are coded and transmitted. At the generating of the prediction information, the prediction information is generated by using the information on the coding unit neighboring to the current coding unit. | 02-06-2014 |
20140059630 | APPARATUSES FOR PROVIDING AND RECEIVING AUGMENTED BROADCASTING SERVICE IN HYBRID BROADCASTING ENVIRONMENT - An apparatus for providing an augmented broadcasting service and an apparatus for receiving the augmented broadcasting service in a hybrid broadcasting environment. The apparatus for providing the augmented broadcasting service includes: a real-time data provider configured to provide real-time data through a first transmission network; an augmented content provider configured to provide augmented content through a second transmission network, wherein the augmented content is to be synchronized with the real-time data; and a multiplexer configured to multiplex the real-time data, the augmented content metadata and timing information for synchronization between the real-time data and the augmented content metadata, and output resulting data. | 02-27-2014 |
20140104367 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING MEDIA INFORMATION IN MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for sending media information by a first terminal in a multimedia communication system is provided. The method includes generating scene configuration information that includes information regarding at least one medium of multiple media, and sending the scene configuration information to a second terminal, wherein the information regarding the at least one medium includes at least one of information indicating whether to allow reproduction of the at least one medium in the second terminal, resource information used to reproduce the at least one medium, position information used to reproduce the at least one medium on a screen, and reproduction time information for the at least one medium. | 04-17-2014 |
20140133560 | INTER PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SAME - According to the present invention, an image encoding apparatus comprises: a motion prediction unit which derives motion information on a current block in the form of the motion information including L0 motion information and L1 motion information; a motion compensation unit which performs a motion compensation for the current block on the basis of at least one of the L0 motion information and L1 motion information so as to generate a prediction block corresponding to the current block; and a restoration block generating unit which generates a restoration block corresponding to the current block based on the prediction block. According to the present invention, image encoding efficiency can be improved. | 05-15-2014 |
20140140409 | INTER-PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SAME - An inter-prediction method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: deriving motion information of a current block; and generating a prediction block for the current block on the basis of the derived motion information. According to the present invention, computational complexity can be reduced and encoding efficiency can be improved. | 05-22-2014 |
20140237536 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING CONTENTS, METHOD OF SYNCHRONIZING CONTENTS, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING BROADCAST CONTENTS - A method of displaying contents, a method of synchronizing contents, and a method and device for displaying contents are provided. The method includes: receiving initial scene configuration information of a content written in a markup language from an external device, structuralizing the initial scene configuration information, rendering the content according to the structuralized initial scene configuration information, receiving additional scene configuration information of the content from the external device, updating the structuralized initial scene configuration information based on the received additional scene configuration information, and rendering the content according to the updated initial scene configuration information. | 08-21-2014 |
20140241435 | METHOD FOR MANAGING MEMORY, AND DEVICE FOR DECODING VIDEO USING SAME - The present invention relates to a method for managing memory, and to a device for decoding video using same. The method includes the marking of motion information stored in a first buffer in response to a memory management control command (MMCO), and the deleting of the motion information from the first buffer or the moving of the motion information to a second buffer in response to the marked information. | 08-28-2014 |
20140250206 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTENTS, METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENTS, CONTENTS DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTENTS PROVIDING DEVICE - Methods and devices for displaying content are provided. A method for displaying content includes: receiving the content from a server and displaying the received content; and, in response to a request by an external device distinct from the server, transmitting display time information of the displayed content to the external device. | 09-04-2014 |
20140307789 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING REFERENCE PICTURE INDEX OF TEMPORAL MERGING CANDIDATE - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for setting a reference picture index of a temporal merging candidate. An inter-picture prediction method using a temporal merging candidate can include the steps of: determining a reference picture index for a current block; and inducing a temporal merging candidate block of the current block and calculating a temporal merging candidate from the temporal merging candidate block, wherein the reference picture index of the temporal merging candidate can be calculated regardless of whether a block other than the current block is decoded. Accordingly, a video processing speed can be increased and video processing complexity can be reduced. | 10-16-2014 |
20140341284 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SHARING A CANDIDATE LIST - The present invention relates to a method and device for sharing a candidate list. A method of generating a merging candidate list for a predictive block may include: producing, on the basis of a coding block including a predictive block on which a parallel merging process is performed, at least one of a spatial merging candidate and a temporal merging candidate of the predictive block; and generating a single merging candidate list for the coding block on the basis of the produced merging candidate. Thus, it is possible to increase processing speeds for coding and decoding by performing inter-picture prediction in parallel on a plurality of predictive blocks. | 11-20-2014 |
20150020139 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSCEIVING SCENE COMPOSITION INFORMATION IN MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for transmitting scene composition information from an apparatus therefor in a multimedia communication system is provided. The method includes generating scene composition information comprising media attributes information and temporal information, and transmitting the scene composition information, wherein the media attributes information and temporal information is separated into different formats. | 01-15-2015 |
20150063438 | ENCODING METHOD AND DECODING METHOD, AND DEVICE USING SAME - The present invention relates to an encoding method and decoding method, and a device using the same. The encoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: specifying an intra prediction mode for a current block; and scanning a residual signal by intra prediction of the current block, wherein the step of scanning the residual signal can determine a scanning type for a luminance signal and a chroma signal of the current block according to an intra prediction mode for a luminance sample of the current block. | 03-05-2015 |
20150085940 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING VIDEO DATA - A method and an apparatus for reproducing video data are provided. The method includes the steps of extracting a coded video data stream and video data attribute information from the stored video file, extracting samples relevant to an expanded time layer from the extracted video data stream on the basis of the location information of the sample which allows for temporal layer access contailed in the video data attribute information, and restoring and reproducing the extracted samples. | 03-26-2015 |