Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for generating / recovering motion information based on predictive
motion vector index encoding, and to an apparatus and a method for image encoding / decoding using the same. The image encoding / decoding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises an image
encoder which generates information on the index for a predictive
motion vector of a current block based on the
motion vector of identically located blocks of a
reference frame and the motion vector of blocks existing near the current block, and generates motion information on the current block, including a
differential motion vector obtained by subtracting the predictive motion vector from the motion vector of the current block, a
reference frame index information and a predictive motion vector index information, when performing inter-prediction for the current block using the
reference frame; and an image decoder which recovers the predictive motion vector based on the predictive motion vector index information, adds the recovered predictive motion vector and the
differential motion vector to recover the motion vector of the objective block to be decoded, and recovers the objective block based on the recovered motion vector of the objective block.