Patent ID: 9686550
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A moving picture coding device adapted to derive motion information including a reference index and a motion vector in units of prediction blocks, comprising: a spatial merging motion information candidate derivation unit configured to derive a spatial merging motion information candidate from motion information of a plurality of coded prediction blocks neighboring a prediction block subject to coding; a temporal merging motion information candidate derivation unit configured to derive a temporal merging motion information candidate from motion information of a prediction block in a coded picture different from a picture in which the prediction block subject to coding is located; a merging motion information candidate list construction unit configured to generate a merging motion information candidate list, which is a list of merging motion information candidates, using the spatial merging motion information candidate and the temporal merging motion information candidate; a merging motion information candidate supplying unit configured to generate a new merging motion information candidate including, if the reference index indicates an available reference picture, the reference index along with a motion vector having a size and a direction that are preset and to add the new merging motion information candidate to the merging motion information candidate list, if the reference index does not indicate an available reference picture, a predetermined reference index along with a motion vector having a size and a direction that are preset and to add the new merging motion information candidate to the merging motion information candidate list; a merging motion information selection unit configured to select one merging motion information candidate from the merging motion information candidate list to which the new merging motion information candidate has been added and to derive the selected merging motion information candidate as the motion information of the prediction block subject to coding; and a coding unit configured to code a specification index for specifying the selected merging motion information candidate, wherein the merging motion information candidate supplying unit sequentially generates the new merging motion information candidate including a value incremented by one starting from zero as the reference index and assigns the predetermined reference index if the incremented value is greater than the maximum value of the available reference index.