Method, apparatus, and medium for video processing
By applying sharpening to the original input picture and utilizing frequency domain information to determine encoding parameters, the method addresses inefficiencies in current video encoding techniques, enhancing coding efficiency and quality.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- PCT/CN2025/075570
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2024-02-02
- Filing Date
- 2025-01-27
- Publication Date
- 2025-08-07
AI Technical Summary
Current video encoding techniques suffer from suboptimal performance due to sharpening methods not considering the encoding process, inefficient control of sharpening strength, and inadequate exploration of encoding modules, leading to poor coding efficiency and quality.
Apply sharpening to the original input picture during video encoding, utilizing frequency domain information and enhanced high-frequency components to determine coding parameters, such as SAO and ALF filters, and incorporating these parameters into the encoding process to improve coding efficiency and quality.
Enhances coding efficiency and quality by optimizing sharpening methods based on frequency domain analysis and incorporating sharpened images into encoding decisions, resulting in improved video encoding performance.
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Abstract
Description
METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSINGFIELDS
[0001] Embodiments of the present disclosure relates generally to video processing techniques, and more particularly, to sharpening design used in image / video encoding.BACKGROUND
[0002] In nowadays, digital video capabilities are being applied in various aspects of peoples’ lives. Multiple types of video compression technologies, such as MPEG-2, MPEG-4, ITU-TH. 263, ITU-TH. 264 / MPEG-4 Part 10 Advanced Video Coding (AVC) , ITU-TH. 265 high efficiency video coding (HEVC) standard, versatile video coding (VVC) standard, have been proposed for video encoding / decoding. However, coding efficiency of video coding techniques is generally expected to be further improved.SUMMARY
[0003] Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution for video processing.
[0004] In a first aspect, a method for video processing is proposed. The method comprises: applying, for a conversion between a current video unit of a video and a bitstream of the video, a sharpening to a picture comprising the current video unit to obtain a sharpened picture; determining at least one coding parameter for the current video unit based on the sharpened picture; and performing the conversion based on the at least one coding parameter. The method in accordance with the first aspect of the present disclosure can improve the coding efficiency and coding quality.
[0005] In a second aspect, an apparatus for video processing is proposed. The apparatus comprises a processor and a non-transitory memory with instructions thereon. The instructions upon execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method in accordance with the first aspect of the present disclosure.
[0006] In a third aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is proposed. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores instructions that cause a processor to perform a method in accordance with the first aspect of the present disclosure.
[0007] In a fourth aspect, another non-transitory computer-readable recording medium is proposed. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores a bitstream of a video which is generated by a method performed by an apparatus for video processing. The method comprises: applying a sharpening to a picture comprising a current video unit of a video to obtain a sharpened picture; determining at least one coding parameter for the current video unit based on the sharpened picture; and generating the bitstream based on the at least one coding parameter.
[0008] In a fifth aspect, a method for storing a bitstream of a video is proposed. The method comprises: applying a sharpening to a picture comprising a current video unit of a video to obtain a sharpened picture; determining at least one coding parameter for the current video unit based on the sharpened picture; generating the bitstream based on the at least one coding parameter; and storing the bitstream in a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium.
[0009] This Summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This Summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used to limit the scope of the claimed subject matter.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0010] Through the following detailed description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the above and other objectives, features, and advantages of example embodiments of the present disclosure will become more apparent. In the example embodiments of the present disclosure, the same reference numerals usually refer to the same components.
[0011] Fig. 1 illustrates a block diagram that illustrates an example video coding system, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0012] Fig. 2 illustrates a block diagram that illustrates a first example video encoder, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0013] Fig. 3 illustrates a block diagram that illustrates an example video decoder, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure;
[0014] Fig. 4 illustrates an overview of VVC standard;
[0015] Fig. 5 illustrates the sample adaptive offset (SAO) process in video encoding;
[0016] Fig. 6 illustrates the adaptive loop filter (ALF) process in video encoding;
[0017] Fig. 7 illustrates the normal sharpening process;
[0018] Fig. 8 illustrates the position of the current sharpening in video encoding;
[0019] Fig. 9 illustrates the discrete wavelet transform (DWT) process of a picture;
[0020] Fig. 10 illustrates the inverse discrete wavelet transform (IDWT) process of a picture;
[0021] Fig. 11A illustrates the position of the sharpening in SAO in video encoding;
[0022] Fig. 11B illustrates the position of the sharpening in ALF in video encoding;
[0023] Fig. 12 illustrates a flowchart of a method for video processing in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure; and
[0024] Fig. 13 illustrates a block diagram of a computing device in which various embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented.
[0025] Throughout the drawings, the same or similar reference numerals usually refer to the same or similar elements.DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0026] Principle of the present disclosure will now be described with reference to some embodiments. It is to be understood that these embodiments are described only for the purpose of illustration and help those skilled in the art to understand and implement the present disclosure, without suggesting any limitation as to the scope of the disclosure. The disclosure described herein can be implemented in various manners other than the ones described below.
[0027] In the following description and claims, unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skills in the art to which this disclosure belongs.
[0028] References in the present disclosure to “one embodiment, ” “an embodiment, ” “an example embodiment, ” and the like indicate that the embodiment described may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic, but it is not necessary that every embodiment includes the particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Moreover, such phrases are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment. Further, when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with an example embodiment, it is submitted that it is within the knowledge of one skilled in the art to affect such feature, structure, or characteristic in connection with other embodiments whether or not explicitly described.
[0029] It shall be understood that although the terms “first” and “second” etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. For example, a first element could be termed a second element, and similarly, a second element could be termed a first element, without departing from the scope of example embodiments. As used herein, the term “and / or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the listed terms.
[0030] The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments. As used herein, the singular forms “a” , “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises” , “comprising” , “has” , “having” , “includes” and / or “including” , when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, elements, and / or components etc., but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, elements, components and / or combinations thereof. Example Environment
[0031] Fig. 1 is a block diagram that illustrates an example video coding system 100 that may utilize the techniques of this disclosure. As shown, the video coding system 100 may include a source device 110 and a destination device 120. The source device 110 can be also referred to as a video encoding device, and the destination device 120 can be also referred to as a video decoding device. In operation, the source device 110 can be configured to generate encoded video data and the destination device 120 can be configured to decode the encoded video data generated by the source device 110. The source device 110 may include a video source 112, a video encoder 114, and an input / output (I / O) interface 116.
[0032] The video source 112 may include a source such as a video capture device. Examples of the video capture device include, but are not limited to, an interface to receive video data from a video content provider, a computer graphics system for generating video data, and / or a combination thereof.
[0033] The video data may comprise one or more pictures. The video encoder 114 encodes the video data from the video source 112 to generate a bitstream. The bitstream may include a sequence of bits that form a coded representation of the video data. The bitstream may include coded pictures and associated data. The coded picture is a coded representation of a picture. The associated data may include sequence parameter sets, picture parameter sets, and other syntax structures. The I / O interface 116 may include a modulator / demodulator and / or a transmitter. The encoded video data may be transmitted directly to destination device 120 via the I / O interface 116 through the network 130A. The encoded video data may also be stored onto a storage medium / server 130B for access by destination device 120.
[0034] The destination device 120 may include an I / O interface 126, a video decoder 124, and a display device 122. The I / O interface 126 may include a receiver and / or a modem. The I / O interface 126 may acquire encoded video data from the source device 110 or the storage medium / server 130B. The video decoder 124 may decode the encoded video data. The display device 122 may display the decoded video data to a user. The display device 122 may be integrated with the destination device 120, or may be external to the destination device 120 which is configured to interface with an external display device.
[0035] The video encoder 114 and the video decoder 124 may operate according to a video compression standard, such as the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard, Versatile Video Coding (VVC) standard and other current and / or further standards.
[0036] Fig. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a video encoder 200, which may be an example of the video encoder 114 in the system 100 illustrated in Fig. 1, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0037] The video encoder 200 may be configured to implement any or all of the techniques of this disclosure. In the example of Fig. 2, the video encoder 200 includes a plurality of functional components. The techniques described in this disclosure may be shared among the various components of the video encoder 200. In some examples, a processor may be configured to perform any or all of the techniques described in this disclosure.
[0038] In some embodiments, the video encoder 200 may include a partition unit 201, a prediction unit 202 which may include a mode select unit 203, a motion estimation unit 204, a motion compensation unit 205 and an intra-prediction unit 206, a residual generation unit 207, a transform unit 208, a quantization unit 209, an inverse quantization unit 210, an inverse transform unit 211, a reconstruction unit 212, a buffer 213, and an entropy encoding unit 214.
[0039] In other examples, the video encoder 200 may include more, fewer, or different functional components. In an example, the prediction unit 202 may include an intra block copy (IBC) unit. The IBC unit may perform prediction in an IBC mode in which at least one reference picture is a picture where the current video block is located.
[0040] Furthermore, although some components, such as the motion estimation unit 204 and the motion compensation unit 205, may be integrated, but are represented in the example of Fig. 2 separately for purposes of explanation.
[0041] The partition unit 201 may partition a picture into one or more video blocks. The video encoder 200 and the video decoder 300 may support various video block sizes.
[0042] The mode select unit 203 may select one of the coding modes, intra or inter, e.g., based on error results, and provide the resulting intra-coded or inter-coded block to a residual generation unit 207 to generate residual block data and to a reconstruction unit 212 to reconstruct the encoded block for use as a reference picture. In some examples, the mode select unit 203 may select a combination of intra and inter prediction (CIIP) mode in which the prediction is based on an inter prediction signal and an intra prediction signal. The mode select unit 203 may also select a resolution for a motion vector (e.g., a sub-pixel or integer pixel precision) for the block in the case of inter-prediction.
[0043] To perform inter prediction on a current video block, the motion estimation unit 204 may generate motion information for the current video block by comparing one or more reference frames from buffer 213 to the current video block. The motion compensation unit 205 may determine a predicted video block for the current video block based on the motion information and decoded samples of pictures from the buffer 213 other than the picture associated with the current video block.
[0044] The motion estimation unit 204 and the motion compensation unit 205 may perform different operations for a current video block, for example, depending on whether the current video block is in an I-slice, a P-slice, or a B-slice. As used herein, an “I-slice” may refer to a portion of a picture composed of macroblocks, all of which are based upon macroblocks within the same picture. Further, as used herein, in some aspects, “P-slices” and “B-slices” may refer to portions of a picture composed of macroblocks that are not dependent on macroblocks in the same picture.
[0045] In some examples, the motion estimation unit 204 may perform uni-directional prediction for the current video block, and the motion estimation unit 204 may search reference pictures of list 0 or list 1 for a reference video block for the current video block. The motion estimation unit 204 may then generate a reference index that indicates the reference picture in list 0 or list 1 that contains the reference video block and a motion vector that indicates a spatial displacement between the current video block and the reference video block. The motion estimation unit 204 may output the reference index, a prediction direction indicator, and the motion vector as the motion information of the current video block. The motion compensation unit 205 may generate the predicted video block of the current video block based on the reference video block indicated by the motion information of the current video block.
[0046] Alternatively, in other examples, the motion estimation unit 204 may perform bi-directional prediction for the current video block. The motion estimation unit 204 may search the reference pictures in list 0 for a reference video block for the current video block and may also search the reference pictures in list 1 for another reference video block for the current video block. The motion estimation unit 204 may then generate reference indexes that indicate the reference pictures in list 0 and list 1 containing the reference video blocks and motion vectors that indicate spatial displacements between the reference video blocks and the current video block. The motion estimation unit 204 may output the reference indexes and the motion vectors of the current video block as the motion information of the current video block. The motion compensation unit 205 may generate the predicted video block of the current video block based on the reference video blocks indicated by the motion information of the current video block.
[0047] In some examples, the motion estimation unit 204 may output a full set of motion information for decoding processing of a decoder. Alternatively, in some embodiments, the motion estimation unit 204 may signal the motion information of the current video block with reference to the motion information of another video block. For example, the motion estimation unit 204 may determine that the motion information of the current video block is sufficiently similar to the motion information of a neighboring video block.
[0048] In one example, the motion estimation unit 204 may indicate, in a syntax structure associated with the current video block, a value that indicates to the video decoder 300 that the current video block has the same motion information as the another video block.
[0049] In another example, the motion estimation unit 204 may identify, in a syntax structure associated with the current video block, another video block and a motion vector difference (MVD) . The motion vector difference indicates a difference between the motion vector of the current video block and the motion vector of the indicated video block. The video decoder 300 may use the motion vector of the indicated video block and the motion vector difference to determine the motion vector of the current video block.
[0050] As discussed above, video encoder 200 may predictively signal the motion vector. Two examples of predictive signaling techniques that may be implemented by video encoder 200 include advanced motion vector prediction (AMVP) and merge mode signaling.
[0051] The intra prediction unit 206 may perform intra prediction on the current video block. When the intra prediction unit 206 performs intra prediction on the current video block, the intra prediction unit 206 may generate prediction data for the current video block based on decoded samples of other video blocks in the same picture. The prediction data for the current video block may include a predicted video block and various syntax elements.
[0052] The residual generation unit 207 may generate residual data for the current video block by subtracting (e.g., indicated by the minus sign) the predicted video block (s) of the current video block from the current video block. The residual data of the current video block may include residual video blocks that correspond to different sample components of the samples in the current video block.
[0053] In other examples, there may be no residual data for the current video block for the current video block, for example in a skip mode, and the residual generation unit 207 may not perform the subtracting operation.
[0054] The transform processing unit 208 may generate one or more transform coefficient video blocks for the current video block by applying one or more transforms to a residual video block associated with the current video block.
[0055] After the transform processing unit 208 generates a transform coefficient video block associated with the current video block, the quantization unit 209 may quantize the transform coefficient video block associated with the current video block based on one or more quantization parameter (QP) values associated with the current video block.
[0056] The inverse quantization unit 210 and the inverse transform unit 211 may apply inverse quantization and inverse transforms to the transform coefficient video block, respectively, to reconstruct a residual video block from the transform coefficient video block. The reconstruction unit 212 may add the reconstructed residual video block to corresponding samples from one or more predicted video blocks generated by the prediction unit 202 to produce a reconstructed video block associated with the current video block for storage in the buffer 213.
[0057] After the reconstruction unit 212 reconstructs the video block, loop filtering operation may be performed to reduce video blocking artifacts in the video block.
[0058] The entropy encoding unit 214 may receive data from other functional components of the video encoder 200. When the entropy encoding unit 214 receives the data, the entropy encoding unit 214 may perform one or more entropy encoding operations to generate entropy encoded data and output a bitstream that includes the entropy encoded data.
[0059] Fig. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a video decoder 300, which may be an example of the video decoder 124 in the system 100 illustrated in Fig. 1, in accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0060] The video decoder 300 may be configured to perform any or all of the techniques of this disclosure. In the example of Fig. 3, the video decoder 300 includes a plurality of functional components. The techniques described in this disclosure may be shared among the various components of the video decoder 300. In some examples, a processor may be configured to perform any or all of the techniques described in this disclosure.
[0061] In the example of Fig. 3, the video decoder 300 includes an entropy decoding unit 301, a motion compensation unit 302, an intra prediction unit 303, an inverse quantization unit 304, an inverse transformation unit 305, and a reconstruction unit 306 and a buffer 307. The video decoder 300 may, in some examples, perform a decoding pass generally reciprocal to the encoding pass described with respect to video encoder 200.
[0062] The entropy decoding unit 301 may retrieve an encoded bitstream. The encoded bitstream may include entropy coded video data (e.g., encoded blocks of video data) . The entropy decoding unit 301 may decode the entropy coded video data, and from the entropy decoded video data, the motion compensation unit 302 may determine motion information including motion vectors, motion vector precision, reference picture list indexes, and other motion information. The motion compensation unit 302 may, for example, determine such information by performing the AMVP and merge mode. AMVP is used, including derivation of several most probable candidates based on data from adjacent PBs and the reference picture. Motion information typically includes the horizontal and vertical motion vector displacement values, one or two reference picture indices, and, in the case of prediction regions in B slices, an identification of which reference picture list is associated with each index. As used herein, in some aspects, a “merge mode” may refer to deriving the motion information from spatially or temporally neighboring blocks.
[0063] The motion compensation unit 302 may produce motion compensated blocks, possibly performing interpolation based on interpolation filters. Identifiers for interpolation filters to be used with sub-pixel precision may be included in the syntax elements.
[0064] The motion compensation unit 302 may use the interpolation filters as used by the video encoder 200 during encoding of the video block to calculate interpolated values for sub-integer pixels of a reference block. The motion compensation unit 302 may determine the interpolation filters used by the video encoder 200 according to the received syntax information and use the interpolation filters to produce predictive blocks.
[0065] The motion compensation unit 302 may use at least part of the syntax information to determine sizes of blocks used to encode frame (s) and / or slice (s) of the encoded video sequence, partition information that describes how each macroblock of a picture of the encoded video sequence is partitioned, modes indicating how each partition is encoded, one or more reference frames (and reference frame lists) for each inter-encoded block, and other information to decode the encoded video sequence. As used herein, in some aspects, a “slice” may refer to a data structure that can be decoded independently from other slices of the same picture, in terms of entropy coding, signal prediction, and residual signal reconstruction. A slice can either be an entire picture or a region of a picture.
[0066] The intra prediction unit 303 may use intra prediction modes for example received in the bitstream to form a prediction block from spatially adjacent blocks. The inverse quantization unit 304 inverse quantizes, i.e., de-quantizes, the quantized video block coefficients provided in the bitstream and decoded by entropy decoding unit 301. The inverse transform unit 305 applies an inverse transform.
[0067] The reconstruction unit 306 may obtain the decoded blocks, e.g., by summing the residual blocks with the corresponding prediction blocks generated by the motion compensation unit 302 or intra-prediction unit 303. If desired, a deblocking filter may also be applied to filter the decoded blocks in order to remove blockiness artifacts. The decoded video blocks are then stored in the buffer 307, which provides reference blocks for subsequent motion compensation / intra prediction and also produces decoded video for presentation on a display device.
[0068] Some exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detailed hereinafter. It should be understood that section headings are used in the present document to facilitate ease of understanding and do not limit the embodiments disclosed in a section to only that section. Furthermore, while certain embodiments are described with reference to Versatile Video Coding or other specific video codecs, the disclosed techniques are applicable to other video coding technologies also. Furthermore, while some embodiments describe video coding steps in detail, it will be understood that corresponding steps decoding that undo the coding will be implemented by a decoder. Furthermore, the term video processing encompasses video coding or compression, video decoding or decompression and video transcoding in which video pixels are represented from one compressed format into another compressed format or at a different compressed bitrate. 1. Brief Summary
[0069] This disclosure is related to image / video encoding technologies. Specifically, it is related to the sharpening design used in image / video encoding. It may be applied to existing image / video encoders conformant to different standards, such as x264, x265, HM, VVenc, VTM and others. It may also be applicable to future image / video coding encoders or image / video codecs. It may also be applied to image / video processing for enhancement, such as pre-processing and post-processing. 2. Introduction 2.1 Versatile Video Coding (VVC) standard
[0070] Fig. 4 illustrates an overview of VVC standard. Fig. 4 depicts the block diagram of the H. 266 / VVC hybrid video encoder, including block partitions that split a video picture into CTUs. For each CTU, it is divided into several blocks, called coding units. For each coding unit, block-based intra or inter prediction is performed, and the resulting residues are transformed and quantized. Context-Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding (CABAC) entropy coding is employed for bitstream generation. After that, the final residues are inverse quantized, transformed, and added to the predictions to get the reconstructed picture as reference for following intra and inter prediction. And for the inter prediction, the reconstructed picture after performing in-loop filter, e.g., deblocking, SAO, and ALF, is used as reference picture. Fig. 4 illustrates an overview of VVC standard. 2.2 Sample Adaptive Offset (SAO)
[0071] SAO is an in-loop filter in H. 265 / HEVC and H. 266 / VVC, which is a process that modifies the reconstructed picture by conditionally adding an offset value to each sample. The SAO may reduce quantization error generated by quantization process. There are two kinds of offsets. One is Edge offset (EO) , which is to add offsets for samples that are concave or convex. The other one is Band offset (BO) , which is to add offsets for samples whose values belong to the chosen 4 consequent bands. The SAO parameters are coded for each CTU if SAO is enabled for the picture.
[0072] In video encoding, the value of SAO offsets is decided by minimizing the sum of the reduced difference between the reconstructed picture and the original input picture with the needed bits for the SAO. Therefore, the original input picture is needed for the SAO in video encoding, as show in Fig. 5. Fig. 5 illustrates the SAO process in video encoding. src is the original input picture, rec is the reconstructed picture before SAO, recnew is the reconstructed picture after SAO. 2.3 Adaptive Loop Filter (ALF)
[0073] ALF is a new in-loop filter in H. 266 / VVC, which is a process that modifies the reconstructed picture by using NxN (N=7 or 5) diamond shape filters to the reconstructed samples. For luma samples, ALF includes a classification of non-overlapping 4×4 blocks based on their local sample gradients. For each luma class a specific filter is applied adaptively. For chroma samples, a specific filter is applied to each CTU adaptively. The ALF on or off flag is coded at CTU level.
[0074] In video encoding, the value of ALF coefficients is decided by minimizing the sum of the reduced difference between the reconstructed picture and the original input picture with the needed bits for the ALF. Therefore, the original input picture is needed for the ALF in video encoding, as show in Fig. 6. The original input picture and the reconstructed picture before the ALF process are denoted by ‘src’ and ‘rec’ , respectively in Fig. 6.
[0075] Fig. 6 illustrates the ALF process in video encoding. src is the original input picture, rec is the reconstructed picture before ALF, recnew is the reconstructed picture after ALF. 2.4 Sharpening
[0076] Sharpening is a kind of image processing, which enhances the texture of images. For most sharpening methods, a high pass filter is applied to an image to get the high frequency components, and then add the scaled high frequency components back to the image to get the sharpened image, as shown in Fig. 7. In this way, the high frequency of image is enhanced, and thus the image looks sharper. One general problem in image sharpening is that the noise sometimes is enlarged since noise consists of strong high frequency component. Fig. 7 illustrates the normal sharpening process. HF is the high frequency components.
[0077] Current sharpening design for video encoding usually uses sharpening to the original input picture (denoted as src in Fig. 8) before the video encoding as a pre-processing, as shown in Fig. 8, to make the reconstructed picture of encoding sharper. Fig. 8 illustrates the position of the current sharpening in video encoding. 2.5 Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) and Inverse Discrete Wavelet Transform (IDWT)
[0078] DWT is a kind of transformation, which can transform a picture from spatial domain to frequency domain. DWT use a high pass filter, a low pass filter and down-sampling to decompose the input signal into high frequency components and low frequency components. For a picture, the horizontal filtering and the vertical filtering are both performed, which decomposes the picture into 4 sub-pictures (i.e., 4 sub-bands) , as shown in Fig. 9. A low frequency sub-picture is the down-sampled result of the picture passing the low pass filter in both horizontal filtering and vertical filtering. A horizontal high frequency sub-picture is the down-sampled result of the picture passing the horizontal low pass filter and the vertical high pass filter. A vertical high frequency sub-picture is the down-sampled result of the picture passing the horizontal high pass filter and the vertical low pass filter. A diagonal high frequency sub-picture is the down-sampled result of the picture passing the high pass filter in both horizontal filtering and vertical filtering. And the low frequency sub-picture can be as the input picture of the next level DWT process, which means DWT may be multi-level iteratively and 4 sub-pictures can be derived in each level. Fig. 9 illustrates the DWT process of a picture, where “↓2” means down-sampling.
[0079] IDWT is the inverse process of the DWT, which can reconstruct the picture from its DWT sub-picture results. The IDWT uses the high pass filter and the low pass filter of the DWT with the filter coefficients in reverse order, as well as up-sampling to reconstruct the picture, as shown in Fig. 10. Fig. 10 illustrates the IDWT process of a picture, where “↑2” means up-sampling. 3. Problems
[0080] 1. The current pixel domain sharpening design for video encoding has the following problems:
[0081] 2. Using sharpening to pre-process images / videos doesn’ t take the encoding process into consideration. Therefore, the performance is suboptimal.
[0082] 3. The modules of video encoding to use sharpening are not explored enough.
[0083] 4. The sharpening methods for video encoding are not efficient enough in some metrics and scenarios.
[0084] The strength of sharpening is not easy to control. 4. Detailed solutions
[0085] To solve the above problems, methods as summarized below are disclosed. The embodiments should be considered as examples to explain the general concepts and should not be interpreted in a narrow way. Furthermore, these embodiments can be applied individually or combined in any manner. It should be noticed that sharpening may represent the design in the prior art, alternatively, it could represent any variances of the sharpening design in the prior art or other kinds of sharpening methods.
[0086] The term ‘coding parameter’ may represent coding mode (intra / inter / intra-block copy etc. ) , filter parameters (e.g., on / off control flags, SAO parameters, ALF filter coefficients, filter strength, etc. ) , parameters in CU tree, partitioning parameters (e.g., split or not, partitioning type) , quantization parameters, and others which are used in the encoding / decoding process.
[0087] The term ‘block’ may represent a coding unit, a coding tree block (CTB) , a coding tree unit (CTU) , a coding block (CB) , a CU, a PU, a TU, a PB, a TB. The term “subblock-based coding tools” may represent affine, SbTMVP, and the corresponding variants, and etc.
[0088] In the following bullets, let Uk be the k-th block to be sharpened. Let Fk be the frequency domain of Uk. Let Rk be the sharpened result of Uk. 1. Instead of using the original input picture in the encoding process (e.g., for coding parameter determinations) , it is proposed to use sharpened images as input pictures, i.e., sharpening is applied to the original input picture. a. In one example, if extended bit-depth coding is applied, the sharpening may be applied to the picture with bit-depth extended. b. In one example, if extended bit-depth coding is applied, the sharpening may be applied to the original picture without bit-depth extended, afterwards, bit-depth is extended to the sharpened picture and utilized in the coding process. c. The proposed method may be applied to certain encoding parameters, e.g., only ALF parameters. 2. Sharpening may be used to the original input picture of any mode decision module that uses the original input picture in video encoding. a. In one example, the sharpening may be applied to the original input picture in the SAO process to decide the SAO offsets. In one example, the proposed process may be illustrated by Fig. 11A. b. In one example, the sharpening may be applied to the original input picture in the ALF process to decide the ALF filter related parameters. In one example, the proposed process may be illus-trated by Fig. 11B. 3. The sharpening used in image / video encoding may depend on the frequency information. a. The sharpening area may be extended or decreased. i. In one example, Uk may be padded on one or more directions among the top, bottom, left and right. ii. In one example, Uk may additionally use its available neighbor samples / pixels on one or more directions among the top, bottom, left and right. iii. In one example, the sharpening area may not include the blocks on the boundary of the picture. b. Fk may be calculated by performing DWT to Uk. i. In one example, the DWT level may be more than or equal to one. ii. In one example, the DWT filter kernel may be Daubechies2 (db2) with the filter coef- ficients in the forward or inverse order. iii. In one example, the filter coefficients of the DWT filter kernel may be scaled to integer with shifting the result of each DWT level. 1. In one example, the filter coefficients of the DWT filter kernel may be scaled by 256 or multiples of 256 and rounded to integer. 2. In one example, the result of the DWT first filter and the DWT second filter may both be shift. 3. In one example, the shift factor for the result of the DWT first filter may be less than the shift factor for the result of the DWT second filter. iv. In one example, the down-sampling process may be combined to the filtering process by skipping the filtering and storing process of the pixels that will not be sampled. c. The high frequency in Fk may be enhanced. i. In one example, the high frequency in Fk to be enhanced may include one or more than one of the horizontal, vertical or diagonal high frequency of all the levels of DWT. ii. In one example, the high frequency in Fk to be enhanced may be enhanced by scaling with a factor. iii. In one example, the high frequency in different level and sub-bands may be enhanced by scaling with a different factor. 1. In one example, the factor for the high frequency in deeper level may be larger. 2. In one example, the factor for the horizontal high frequency and vertical high frequency may be same and larger than the factor of the diagonal high fre-quency. 3. In one example, the factor for the high frequency with larger absolute value may be larger. iv. In one example, the high frequency in Fk to be enhanced may be enhanced by adding an extra value. v. In one example, the different high frequency in Fk to be enhanced may be enhanced in the same or different degree. vi. In one example, the value of the enhanced high frequency may be clipped. 1. In one example, the final value of the enhanced high frequency may be clipped with a pre-defined threshold. 2. In one example, the extra value for enhancing the high frequency may be clipped with a pre-defined threshold. 3. In one example, the clipping range for the high frequency in a deeper level (i.e. a smaller resolution) may be looser. 4. In one example, the clipping range for the horizontal high frequency and ver- tical high frequency may be looser than the clipping range for the diagonal high frequency. 5. In one example, the clipping range for the high frequency with larger absolute value may be looser. d. The sharpened result Rk may be derived by performing IDWT to the enhanced Fk. i. In one example, the IDWT may directly use the DWT filter kernel with the filter co- efficients in reverse order. ii. In one example, the IDWT may use the DWT filter kernel with different scale factor for the filter coefficients. iii. In one example, the shift factors for the result of the IDWT results and the DWT results may be same or different. iv. In one example, the total shift factors for DWT and IDWT results may be equal to the total scale factors for the filter coefficients of the DWT and IDWT filter kernel. v. In one example, the up-sampling process may be combined to the filtering process by set the value to be 0 for the new added pixels when doing filtering. 4. The proposed method may be applied to the decoding process where sharpening is applied to recon- structed samples before being used to derive coding parameters.
[0089] Fig. 12 illustrates a flowchart of a method 1200 for video processing in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure. The method 1200 is implemented during a conversion between a video unit of a video and a bitstream of the video.
[0090] At block 1210, for a conversion between a current video unit of a video and a bitstream of the video, a sharpening is applied to a picture comprising the current video unit to obtain a sharpened picture.
[0091] At block 1220, at least one coding parameter for the current video unit is determined based on the sharpened picture.
[0092] At block 1230, the conversion is performed based on the at least one coding parameter.
[0093] The method 1200 enables improving sharpening performance. The coding efficiency and coding quality can thus be improved.
[0094] In some embodiments, if an extended bit-depth coding is applied for the conversion, the sharpening may be applied to the picture with the bit-depth extended. In some other embodiments, if response to an extended bit-depth coding is applied for the conversion, the sharpening may be applied to the picture without the bit-depth extended, and a bit depth of the sharpened picture may be extended based on the extended bi-depth coding.
[0095] In some embodiments, the at least one coding parameter comprises certain encoding parameters. For example, the at least one encoding parameter comprises ALF parameters.
[0096] In some embodiments, the sharpening is applied to an original input picture of a mode decision module. The mode decision module uses the original input picture for video encoding.
[0097] In some embodiments, the sharpening is applied to the original input picture in a SAO process to determine a SAO offset. In some other embodiments, the sharpening is applied to the original input picture in an ALF process to determine an ALF filter related parameter.
[0098] In some embodiments, the applying of the sharpening is based on frequency information. A sharpening area is determined by extending or decreasing an original area of the picture.
[0099] In some embodiments, the original area is extended by padding at least one block of the picture on at least one direction. For example, Uk may be padded on one or more directions. The Uk is the k-th block to be sharpened, and k is an integer. For example, the at least one direction comprises at least one of: a top direction, a bottom direction, a left direction or a right direction.
[0100] In some other embodiments, the padding of the original area is based on at least one neighbor sample or pixel of the at least one block on the at least one direction. For example, Uk may additionally use its available neighbor samples / pixels on one or more directions. In some other embodiments, a block on a boundary of the picture is excluded from the sharpening area.
[0101] In some embodiments, frequency domain information of at least one block in the picture is determined by performing a DWT to the at least one block to be sharpened. For example, Fk is calculated by performing DWT to Uk, where the Fk is a frequency domain of Uk.
[0102] In some embodiments, a DWT level of the DWT is greater than or equal to one. In some other embodiments, a DWT filter kernel of the DWT is Daubechies2 (db2) with filter coefficients in a forward or inverse order.
[0103] In some embodiments, at least one filter coefficient of a DWT filter kernel of the DWT is scaled to an integer with shifting a result of a DWT level of the DWT. For example, the filter coefficients of the DWT filter kernel may be scaled to an integer with shifting the result of each DWT level.
[0104] In some embodiments, the at least one filter coefficient is scaled by N or multiples of N, N being an integer. For example, N may be 256. The at least one filter coefficient is rounded to an integer.
[0105] In some embodiments, a result of a first filter of the DWT and a result of a second filter of the DWT are both shifted. A shift factor for the result of the first filter is less than a shift factor for the result of the second filter.
[0106] In some embodiments, a down-sampling process is combined to a filtering process by skipping a filtering and storing process of at least one pixel. The at least one pixel will not be sampled.
[0107] In some embodiments, high frequency information of frequence domain information of at least one block in the picture to be sharpened is enhanced. For example, the high frequency information includes at least one of horizontal high frequency information, vertical high frequency information or diagonal high frequency information of a plurality of levels of DWT.
[0108] In some embodiments, the high frequency information is enhanced by scaling with a factor. In some other embodiments, the high frequency information is enhanced by scaling with a factor, the factor being determined based on at least one of a level or a sub-band of the high frequency information.
[0109] In some embodiments, the factor for the high frequency information in a first level is larger than that for a second level, the first lever being deeper than the second level. In some other embodiments, the factor for horizontal high frequency information and vertical high frequency information is same and larger than the factor for diagonal high frequency information. In some other embodiments, the factor for the high frequency information with a first absolute value is larger than that for the high frequence information with a second absolute value, the first absolute value being larger than the second absolute value.
[0110] In some embodiments, the high frequency information is enhanced by adding an extra value. In some other embodiments, the high frequency information is enhanced in a same degree or different degrees.
[0111] In some embodiments, a value of enhanced high frequency information is clipped. For example, a final value of the enhanced high frequency information is clipped with a pre-defined threshold, an extra value for enhancing the high frequency information is clipped with a pre-defined threshold.
[0112] In some embodiments, a clipping range for the high frequency information in a first level is looser than that for a second level, the first level being deeper than the second level. For example, the resolution of the high frequency information in a first level is smaller than the resolution of the high frequency information in a second level.
[0113] In some embodiments, a clipping range for horizontal high frequency information and vertical high frequency information is looser than a clipping range for diagonal high frequency information. In some other embodiments, a clipping range for horizontal high frequency information with a first absolute value is looser than that for horizontal high frequence information with a second absolute value, the first absolute value being larger than the second absolute value.
[0114] In some embodiments, a sharpened result of a block of the picture is determined by performing an IDWT to frequency domain information of the block with high frequency information enhanced. For example, the sharpened result Rk may be derived by performing IDWT to the enhanced Fk.
[0115] In some embodiments, the IDWT uses a filter kernel of a corresponding DWT with filter coefficients in an reverse order. In some other embodiments, the IDWT used a filter kernel of a corresponding DWT with different scale factors for filter coefficients. In some other embodiments, a shift factor for a result of the IDWT and a shift factor for a result of a corresponding DWT are same or different. For example, a total shift factor for a result of the IDWT and a result of a corresponding DWT is equal to a total scale factor for filter coefficients of a filter kernel of the IDWT and a filter kernel of the DWT.
[0116] In some embodiments, when a filtering process is performed for the conversion, an up-sampling process is combined to the filtering process by setting a value to be a predefined value for at least one newly added pixel. For example, the predefined value is set to 0.
[0117] In some embodiments, determining the at least one coding parameter further comprises some steps. For example, a sharpening is applied to at least one reconstructed sample of the current video unit, and the at least one coding parameter is determinined based on the at least one sharpened reconstructed sample.
[0118] In some embodiments, the conversion comprises encoding the current frame into the bitstream. Alternatively, or in addition, in some embodiments, the conversion comprises decoding the current frame from the bitstream.
[0119] According to further embodiments of the present disclosure, a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium is provided. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores a bitstream of a video which is generated by a method performed by an apparatus for video processing. In the method, a sharpening is applied to a picture comprising a current video unit of a video to obtain a sharpened picture. At least one coding parameter for the current video unit is determined based on the sharpened picture. The bitstream is generated based on the at least one coding parameter.
[0120] According to still further embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for storing bitstream of a video is provided. In the method, a sharpening is applied to a picture comprising a current video unit of a video to obtain a sharpened picture. At least one coding parameter for the current video unit is determined based on the sharpened picture. The bitstream is generated based on the at least one coding parameter. The bitstream is stored in a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium.
[0121] Implementations of the present disclosure can be described in view of the following clauses, the features of which can be combined in any reasonable manner.
[0122] Clause 1. A method for video processing, comprising: applying, for a conversion between a current video unit of a video and a bitstream of the video, a sharpening to a picture comprising the current video unit to obtain a sharpened picture; determining at least one coding parameter for the current video unit based on the sharpened picture; and performing the conversion based on the at least one coding parameter.
[0123] Clause 2. The method of clause 1, wherein in response to an extended bit-depth coding being applied for the conversion, the sharpening is applied to the picture with the bit-depth extended.
[0124] Clause 3. The method of clause 1, wherein in response to an extended bit-depth coding being applied for the conversion, the sharpening is applied to the picture without the bit-depth extended, and a bit depth of the sharpened picture is extended based on the extended bi-depth coding.
[0125] Clause 4. The method of any of clauses 1-3, wherein the at least one coding parameter comprises at least one encoding parameter.
[0126] Clause 5. The method of clause 4, wherein the at least one encoding parameter comprises adaptive loop filter (ALF) parameters.
[0127] Clause 6. The method of any of clauses 1-5, wherein the sharpening is applied to an original input picture of a mode decision module, the mode decision module using the original input picture for video encoding.
[0128] Clause 7. The method of clause 6, wherein the sharpening is applied to the original input picture in a sample adaptive offset (SAO) process to determine a SAO offset.
[0129] Clause 8. The method of clause 7, wherein the sharpening is applied to the original input picture in an adaptive loop filter (ALF) process to determine an ALF filter related parameter.
[0130] Clause 9. The method of any of clauses 1-8, wherein the applying of the sharpening is based on frequency information.
[0131] Clause 10. The method of clause 9, wherein a sharpening area is determined by extending or decreasing an original area of the picture.
[0132] Clause 11. The method of clause 10, wherein the original area is extended by padding at least one block of the picture on at least one direction .
[0133] Clause 12. The method of clause 10, wherein the padding of the original area is based on at least one neighbor sample or pixel of the at least one block on the at least one direction.
[0134] Clause 13. The method of clause 11 or 12, wherein the at least one direction comprises at least one of: a top direction, a bottom direction, a left direction or a right direction.
[0135] Clause 14. The method of clause 10, wherein a block on a boundary of the picture is excluded from the sharpening area.
[0136] Clause 15. The method of any of clauses 1-14, wherein frequency domain information of at least one block in the picture is determined by performing a discrete wavelet transform (DWT) to the at least one block to be sharpened.
[0137] Clause 16. The method of clause 15, wherein a DWT level of the DWT is greater than or equal to one.
[0138] Clause 17. The method of clause 15, wherein a DWT filter kernel of the DWT is Daubechies2 (db2) with filter coefficients in a forward or inverse order.
[0139] Clause 18. The method of clause 15, wherein at least one filter coefficient of a DWT filter kernel of the DWT is scaled to an integer with shifting a result of a DWT level of the DWT.
[0140] Clause 19. The method of clause 18, wherein the at least one filter coefficient is scaled by N or multiples of N, N being an integer.
[0141] Clause 20. The method of clause 18, wherein the at least one filter coefficient is rounded to an integer.
[0142] Clause 21. The method of clause 18, wherein a result of a first filter of the DWT and a result of a second filter of the DWT are both shifted.
[0143] Clause 22. The method of clause 21, wherein a shift factor for the result of the first filter is less than a shift factor for the result of the second filter.
[0144] Clause 23. The method of clause 15, wherein a down-sampling process is combined to a filtering process by skipping a filtering and storing process of at least one pixel not to be sampled.
[0145] Clause 24. The method of any of clauses 1-23, wherein high frequency information of frequence domain information of at least one block in the picture to be sharpened is enhanced.
[0146] Clause 25. The method of clause 24, wherein the high frequency information includes at least one of horizontal high frequency information, vertical high frequency information or diagonal high frequency information of a plurality of levels of DWT.
[0147] Clause 26. The method of clause 24, wherein the high frequency information is enhanced by scaling with a factor.
[0148] Clause 27. The method of clause 24, wherein the high frequency information is enhanced by scaling with a factor, the factor being determined based on at least one of a level or a sub-band of the high frequency information.
[0149] Clause 28. The method of clause 27, wherein the factor for the high frequency information in a first level is larger than that for a second level, the first lever being deeper than the second level.
[0150] Clause 29. The method of clause 27, wherein the factor for horizontal high frequency information and vertical high frequency information is same and larger than the factor for diagonal high frequency information.
[0151] Clause 30. The method of clause 27, wherein the factor for the high frequency information with a first absolute value is larger than that for the high frequence information with a second absolute value, the first absolute value being larger than the second absolute value.
[0152] Clause 31. The method of clause 24, wherein the high frequency information is enhanced by adding an extra value.
[0153] Clause 32. The method of clause 24, wherein the high frequency information is enhanced in a same degree or different degrees.
[0154] Clause 33. The method of clause 24, wherein a value of enhanced high frequency information is clipped.
[0155] Clause 34. The method of clause 33, wherein a final value of the enhanced high frequency information is clipped with a pre-defined threshold.
[0156] Clause 35. The method of clause 33, wherein an extra value for enhancing the high frequency information is clipped with a pre-defined threshold.
[0157] Clause 36. The method of clause 33, wherein a clipping range for the high frequency information in a first level is looser than that for a second level, the first level being deeper than the second level.
[0158] Clause 37. The method of clause 33, wherein a clipping range for horizontal high frequency information and vertical high frequency information is looser than a clipping range for diagonal high frequency information.
[0159] Clause 38. The method of clause 33, wherein a clipping range for horizontal high frequency information with a first absolute value is looser than that for horizontal high frequence information with a second absolute value, the first absolute value being larger than the second absolute value.
[0160] Clause 39. The method of any of clauses 1-38, wherein a sharpened result of a block of the picture is determined by performing an inverse discrete wavelet transform (IDWT) to frequency domain information of the block with high frequency information enhanced.
[0161] Clause 40. The method of clause 39, wherein the IDWT uses a filter kernel of a corresponding DWT with filter coefficients in an reverse order.
[0162] Clause 41. The method of clause 39, wherein the IDWT used a filter kernel of a corresponding DWT with different scale factors for filter coefficients.
[0163] Clause 42. The method of clause 39, wherein a shift factor for a result of the IDWT and a shift factor for a result of a corresponding DWT are same or different.
[0164] Clause 43. The method of clause 39, wherein a total shift factor for a result of the IDWT and a result of a corresponding DWT is equal to a total scale factor for filter coefficients of a filter kernel of the IDWT and a filter kernel of the DWT.
[0165] Clause 44. The method of clause 39, wherein in response to a filtering process being performed for the conversion, an up-sampling process is combined to the filtering process by setting a value to be a predefined value for at least one newly added pixel.
[0166] Clause 45. The method of any of clauses 1-44, wherein determining the at least one coding parameter comprises: applying a sharpening to at least one reconstructed sample of the current video unit; and determining the at least one coding parameter based on the at least one sharpened reconstructed sample.
[0167] Clause 46. The method of any of clauses 1-45, wherein the conversion comprises encoding the current video unit into the bitstream.
[0168] Clause 47. The method of any of clauses 1-45, wherein the conversion comprises decoding the current video unit from the bitstream.
[0169] Clause 48. An apparatus for video processing comprising a processor and a non-transitory memory with instructions thereon, wherein the instructions upon execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method in accordance with any of clauses 1-47.
[0170] Clause 49. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that cause a processor to perform a method in accordance with any of clauses 1-47.
[0171] Clause 50. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a bitstream of a video which is generated by a method performed by an apparatus for video processing, wherein the method comprises: applying a sharpening to a picture comprising a current video unit of a video to obtain a sharpened picture; determining at least one coding parameter for the current video unit based on the sharpened picture; and generating the bitstream based on the at least one coding parameter.
[0172] Clause 51. A method for storing a bitstream of a video, comprising: applying a sharpening to a picture comprising a current video unit of a video to obtain a sharpened picture; determining at least one coding parameter for the current video unit based on the sharpened picture; generating the bitstream based on the at least one coding parameter; and storing the bitstream in a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium. Example Device
[0173] Fig. 13 illustrates a block diagram of a computing device 1300 in which various embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented. The computing device 1300 may be implemented as or included in the source device 110 (or the video encoder 114 or 200) or the destination device 120 (or the video decoder 124 or 300) .
[0174] It would be appreciated that the computing device 1300 shown in Fig. 13 is merely for purpose of illustration, without suggesting any limitation to the functions and scopes of the embodiments of the present disclosure in any manner.
[0175] As shown in Fig. 13, the computing device 1300 includes a general-purpose computing device 1300. The computing device 1300 may at least comprise one or more processors or processing units 1310, a memory 1320, a storage unit 1330, one or more communication units 1340, one or more input devices 1350, and one or more output devices 1360.
[0176] In some embodiments, the computing device 1300 may be implemented as any user terminal or server terminal having the computing capability. The server terminal may be a server, a large-scale computing device or the like that is provided by a service provider. The user terminal may for example be any type of mobile terminal, fixed terminal, or portable terminal, including a mobile phone, station, unit, device, multimedia computer, multimedia tablet, Internet node, communicator, desktop computer, laptop computer, notebook computer, netbook computer, tablet computer, personal communication system (PCS) device, personal navigation device, personal digital assistant (PDA) , audio / video player, digital camera / video camera, positioning device, television receiver, radio broadcast receiver, E-book device, gaming device, or any combination thereof, including the accessories and peripherals of these devices, or any combination thereof. It would be contemplated that the computing device 1300 can support any type of interface to a user (such as “wearable” circuitry and the like) .
[0177] The processing unit 1310 may be a physical or virtual processor and can implement various processes based on programs stored in the memory 1320. In a multi-processor system, multiple processing units execute computer executable instructions in parallel so as to improve the parallel processing capability of the computing device 1300. The processing unit 1310 may also be referred to as a central processing unit (CPU) , a microprocessor, a controller or a microcontroller.
[0178] The computing device 1300 typically includes various computer storage medium. Such medium can be any medium accessible by the computing device 1300, including, but not limited to, volatile and non-volatile medium, or detachable and non-detachable medium. The memory 1320 can be a volatile memory (for example, a register, cache, Random Access Memory (RAM) ) , a non-volatile memory (such as a Read-Only Memory (ROM) , Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM) , or a flash memory) , or any combination thereof. The storage unit 1330 may be any detachable or non-detachable medium and may include a machine-readable medium such as a memory, flash memory drive, magnetic disk or another other media, which can be used for storing information and / or data and can be accessed in the computing device 1300.
[0179] The computing device 1300 may further include additional detachable / non-detachable, volatile / non-volatile memory medium. Although not shown in Fig. 13, it is possible to provide a magnetic disk drive for reading from and / or writing into a detachable and non-volatile magnetic disk and an optical disk drive for reading from and / or writing into a detachable non-volatile optical disk. In such cases, each drive may be connected to a bus (not shown) via one or more data medium interfaces.
[0180] The communication unit 1340 communicates with a further computing device via the communication medium. In addition, the functions of the components in the computing device 1300 can be implemented by a single computing cluster or multiple computing machines that can communicate via communication connections. Therefore, the computing device 1300 can operate in a networked environment using a logical connection with one or more other servers, networked personal computers (PCs) or further general network nodes.
[0181] The input device 1350 may be one or more of a variety of input devices, such as a mouse, keyboard, tracking ball, voice-input device, and the like. The output device 1360 may be one or more of a variety of output devices, such as a display, loudspeaker, printer, and the like. By means of the communication unit 1340, the computing device 1300 can further communicate with one or more external devices (not shown) such as the storage devices and display device, with one or more devices enabling the user to interact with the computing device 1300, or any devices (such as a network card, a modem and the like) enabling the computing device 1300 to communicate with one or more other computing devices, if required. Such communication can be performed via input / output (I / O) interfaces (not shown) .
[0182] In some embodiments, instead of being integrated in a single device, some or all components of the computing device 1300 may also be arranged in cloud computing architecture. In the cloud computing architecture, the components may be provided remotely and work together to implement the functionalities described in the present disclosure. In some embodiments, cloud computing provides computing, software, data access and storage service, which will not require end users to be aware of the physical locations or configurations of the systems or hardware providing these services. In various embodiments, the cloud computing provides the services via a wide area network (such as Internet) using suitable protocols. For example, a cloud computing provider provides applications over the wide area network, which can be accessed through a web browser or any other computing components. The software or components of the cloud computing architecture and corresponding data may be stored on a server at a remote position. The computing resources in the cloud computing environment may be merged or distributed at locations in a remote data center. Cloud computing infrastructures may provide the services through a shared data center, though they behave as a single access point for the users. Therefore, the cloud computing architectures may be used to provide the components and functionalities described herein from a service provider at a remote location. Alternatively, they may be provided from a conventional server or installed directly or otherwise on a client device.
[0183] The computing device 1300 may be used to implement video encoding / decoding in embodiments of the present disclosure. The memory 1320 may include one or more video coding modules 1325 having one or more program instructions. These modules are accessible and executable by the processing unit 1310 to perform the functionalities of the various embodiments described herein.
[0184] In the example embodiments of performing video encoding, the input device 1350 may receive video data as an input 1370 to be encoded. The video data may be processed, for example, by the video coding module 1325, to generate an encoded bitstream. The encoded bitstream may be provided via the output device 1360 as an output 1380.
[0185] In the example embodiments of performing video decoding, the input device 1350 may receive an encoded bitstream as the input 1370. The encoded bitstream may be processed, for example, by the video coding module 1325, to generate decoded video data. The decoded video data may be provided via the output device 1360 as the output 1380.
[0186] While this disclosure has been particularly shown and described with references to preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application as defined by the appended claims. Such variations are intended to be covered by the scope of this present application. As such, the foregoing description of embodiments of the present application is not intended to be limiting.
Claims
1.A method for video processing, comprising:applying, for a conversion between a current video unit of a video and a bitstream of the video, a sharpening to a picture comprising the current video unit to obtain a sharpened picture;determining at least one coding parameter for the current video unit based on the sharpened picture; andperforming the conversion based on the at least one coding parameter.2.The method of claim 1, wherein in response to an extended bit-depth coding being applied for the conversion, the sharpening is applied to the picture with the bit-depth extended.3.The method of claim 1, wherein in response to an extended bit-depth coding being applied for the conversion, the sharpening is applied to the picture without the bit-depth extended, and a bit depth of the sharpened picture is extended based on the extended bi-depth coding.4.The method of any of claims 1-3, wherein the at least one coding parameter comprises at least one encoding parameter.5.The method of claim 4, wherein the at least one encoding parameter comprises adaptive loop filter (ALF) parameters.6.The method of any of claims 1-5, wherein the sharpening is applied to an original input picture of a mode decision module, the mode decision module using the original input picture for video encoding.7.The method of claim 6, wherein the sharpening is applied to the original input picture in a sample adaptive offset (SAO) process to determine a SAO offset.8.The method of claim 7, wherein the sharpening is applied to the original input picture in an ALF process to determine an ALF filter related parameter.9.The method of any of claims 1-8, wherein the applying of the sharpening is based on frequency information.10.The method of claim 9, wherein a sharpening area is determined by extending or decreasing an original area of the picture.11.The method of claim 10, wherein the original area is extended by padding at least one block of the picture on at least one direction.12.The method of claim 10, wherein the padding of the original area is based on at least one neighbor sample or pixel of the at least one block on the at least one direction.13.The method of claim 11 or 12, wherein the at least one direction comprises at least one of: a top direction, a bottom direction, a left direction or a right direction.14.The method of claim 10, wherein a block on a boundary of the picture is excluded from the sharpening area.15.The method of any of claims 1-14, wherein frequency domain information of at least one block in the picture is determined by performing a discrete wavelet transform (DWT) to the at least one block to be sharpened.16.The method of claim 15, wherein a DWT level of the DWT is greater than or equal to one.17.The method of claim 15, wherein a DWT filter kernel of the DWT is Daubechies2 (db2) with filter coefficients in a forward or inverse order.18.The method of claim 15, wherein at least one filter coefficient of a DWT filter kernel of the DWT is scaled to an integer with shifting a result of a DWT level of the DWT.19.The method of claim 18, wherein the at least one filter coefficient is scaled by N or multiples of N, N being an integer.20.The method of claim 18, wherein the at least one filter coefficient is rounded to an integer.21.The method of claim 18, wherein a result of a first filter of the DWT and a result of a second filter of the DWT are both shifted.22.The method of claim 21, wherein a shift factor for the result of the first filter is less than a shift factor for the result of the second filter.23.The method of claim 15, wherein a down-sampling process is combined to a filtering process by skipping a filtering and storing process of at least one pixel not to be sampled.24.The method of any of claims 1-23, wherein high frequency information of frequence domain information of at least one block in the picture to be sharpened is enhanced.25.The method of claim 24, wherein the high frequency information includes at least one of horizontal high frequency information, vertical high frequency information or diagonal high frequency information of a plurality of levels of DWT.26.The method of claim 24, wherein the high frequency information is enhanced by scaling with a factor.27.The method of claim 24, wherein the high frequency information is enhanced by scaling with a factor, the factor being determined based on at least one of a level or a sub-band of the high frequency information.28.The method of claim 27, wherein the factor for the high frequency information in a first level is larger than that for a second level, the first lever being deeper than the second level.29.The method of claim 27, wherein the factor for horizontal high frequency information and vertical high frequency information is same and larger than the factor for diagonal high frequency information.30.The method of claim 27, wherein the factor for the high frequency information with a first absolute value is larger than that for the high frequence information with a second absolute value, the first absolute value being larger than the second absolute value.31.The method of claim 24, wherein the high frequency information is enhanced by adding an extra value.32.The method of claim 24, wherein the high frequency information is enhanced in a same degree or different degrees.33.The method of claim 24, wherein a value of enhanced high frequency information is clipped.34.The method of claim 33, wherein a final value of the enhanced high frequency information is clipped with a pre-defined threshold.35.The method of claim 33, wherein an extra value for enhancing the high frequency information is clipped with a pre-defined threshold.36.The method of claim 33, wherein a clipping range for the high frequency information in a first level is looser than that for a second level, the first level being deeper than the second level.37.The method of claim 33, wherein a clipping range for horizontal high frequency information and vertical high frequency information is looser than a clipping range for diagonal high frequency information.38.The method of claim 33, wherein a clipping range for horizontal high frequency information with a first absolute value is looser than that for horizontal high frequence information with a second absolute value, the first absolute value being larger than the second absolute value.39.The method of any of claims 1-38, wherein a sharpened result of a block of the picture is determined by performing an inverse discrete wavelet transform (IDWT) to frequency domain information of the block with high frequency information enhanced.40.The method of claim 39, wherein the IDWT uses a filter kernel of a corresponding DWT with filter coefficients in a reverse order.41.The method of claim 39, wherein the IDWT used a filter kernel of a corresponding DWT with different scale factors for filter coefficients.42.The method of claim 39, wherein a shift factor for a result of the IDWT and a shift factor for a result of a corresponding DWT are same or different.43.The method of claim 39, wherein a total shift factor for a result of the IDWT and a result of a corresponding DWT is equal to a total scale factor for filter coefficients of a filter kernel of the IDWT and a filter kernel of the DWT.44.The method of claim 39, wherein in response to a filtering process being performed for the conversion, an up-sampling process is combined to the filtering process by setting a value to be a predefined value for at least one newly added pixel.45.The method of any of claims 1-44, wherein determining the at least one coding parameter comprises:applying a sharpening to at least one reconstructed sample of the current video unit; anddetermining the at least one coding parameter based on the at least one sharpened reconstructed sample.46.The method of any of claims 1-45, wherein the conversion comprises encoding the current video unit into the bitstream.47.The method of any of claims 1-45, wherein the conversion comprises decoding the current video unit from the bitstream.48.An apparatus for video processing comprising a processor and a non-transitory memory with instructions thereon, wherein the instructions upon execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method in accordance with any of claims 1-47.49.A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that cause a processor to perform a method in accordance with any of claims 1-47.50.A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a bitstream of a video which is generated by a method performed by an apparatus for video processing, wherein the method comprises:applying a sharpening to a picture comprising a current video unit of a video to obtain a sharpened picture;determining at least one coding parameter for the current video unit based on the sharpened picture; andgenerating the bitstream based on the at least one coding parameter.51.A method for storing a bitstream of a video, comprising:applying a sharpening to a picture comprising a current video unit of a video to obtain a sharpened picture;determining at least one coding parameter for the current video unit based on the sharpened picture;generating the bitstream based on the at least one coding parameter; andstoring the bitstream in a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium.
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