Patent ID: 9544588
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method of decoding an image, the method comprising: obtaining a current coding unit hierarchically split from a maximum coding unit according to a current depth; obtaining prediction mode information of a current prediction unit in the current coding unit from a bitstream; when a prediction mode of the current prediction unit indicated by the prediction mode information is inter-prediction mode, determining motion vector predictor candidates from among motion vectors of neighboring prediction units adjacent to the current prediction unit; determining a motion vector predictor of the current prediction unit from among the motion vector predictor candidates; and generating a decoded video by using the determined motion vector predictor, wherein the neighboring prediction units comprise a first block directly to a left side of a leftmost block among blocks located directly below a bottom side of the current prediction unit and a second block located directly above an upper side of the first block.