Residual Coefficient Encoding/Decoding with Adaptive Entropy-Group Scanning

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Solution Overview

Problem

The increasing demand for high-resolution, high-quality video leads to increased data amounts, resulting in higher transmission and storage costs due to conventional compression techniques.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus for video encoding/decoding that improves efficiency by dividing residual blocks into entropy groups, applying adaptive block division, and using different scan orders and entropy decoding schemes for each group, with variable determination based on encoding information and position information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If conventional compression techniques are used for high-resolution, high-quality video, then image quality is maintained, but transmission cost and storage cost increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage qualityVSAvoiddata amount
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the residual block into multiple entropy groups (first entropy group, second entropy group, etc.) based on frequency bands. Each group is processed separately with customized scan orders and decoding schemes, enabling finer-grained compression control that maintains image quality while reducing data量

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different entropy groups are assigned different scan orders and entropy decoding schemes according to their specific characteristics. This local differentiation allows optimal compression parameters to be applied to each frequency band, improving compression efficiency without sacrificing quality

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Productivity

If residual blocks are processed using uniform methods, then processing simplicity is maintained, but encoding/decoding efficiency is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveencoding/decoding efficiencyVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The residual block is segmented into multiple entropy groups, each handled by specialized scan orders and decoding schemes. This segmentation enables parallel processing and optimized operations for different frequency components, boosting overall efficiency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent dynamically selects scan orders and decoding schemes based on the specific characteristics of each entropy group. This adaptive approach allows the system to optimize performance for different content types and frequency bands without requiring complex manual configuration

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20250233998A1Method and an apparatus for encoding/decoding residual coefficient
Publication Date: 2025.07.17 HANWHA VISION CO LTD
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AI summary

The encoding/decoding method and apparatus according to the present invention derives a residual coefficient of a residual block, calculates a quantization parameter for a residual block, performs dequantization on a residual coefficient using a quantization parameter, and performs inverse transform on a dequantized residual coefficient to reconstruct a residual sample of a residual block.