Patent ID: 9699460
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An apparatus of decoding an image, the apparatus comprising: an intra prediction unit for generating a prediction block using an intra prediction mode of a current prediction unit; an inverse scanning unit for inversely scanning significant flags, coefficient signs and coefficient levels according to an inverse scan pattern which is selected based on the intra prediction mode and a size of a transform unit to generate a quantized block; an inverse quantization unit for inversely quantizing the quantized block using a quantization parameter and a quantization matrix to generate a transform block; an inverse transform unit for inversely transform the transform block to generate a residual block; and an adder for adding the prediction block and the residual block to generate a reconstructed block, wherein the quantization parameter is generated using a differential quantization parameter and a quantization parameter predictor, the differential quantization parameter is restored using a bin string indicating an absolute value of the differential quantization parameter and a bin indicating a sign of the differential quantization parameter, if two or more quantization parameters are available among a left quantization parameter, an above quantization parameter and a previous quantization parameter of a current coding unit, the quantization parameter predictor is generated using two available quantization parameters determined according to a predetermined order, and the quantization parameter is restored per quantization unit, and a minimum size of the quantization unit is adjusted by a picture parameter set, and wherein the intra prediction mode is restored using a prediction mode group indicator, a prediction mode index and a Most Probable Mode (MPM) group including three intra prediction modes.