Patent ID: 9674545
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A moving picture decoding device that decodes a bitstream where first block, which is obtained by partitioning each picture, is partitioned into one or more second blocks and a moving picture is encoded by inter prediction, comprising: a spatial merge candidate generating unit configured to perform a derivation process of one or more spatial merge candidates from inter prediction information of one or more third blocks in a proximity of the second block subject to decoding in a picture subject to decoding; a time merge candidate reference index derivation unit configured to set a reference index of time merge candidate; a time merge candidate generating unit configured to perform a derivation process of a time merge candidate from inter prediction information of a fourth block at a position identical to or in a proximity of the second block subject to decoding in a picture different from the picture subject to decoding; a bitstream decoding unit configured to decode the index indicating inter prediction information to be used for the inter prediction of the second block subject to decoding; a merge candidate registering unit configured to construct a merge candidate list comprising a merge candidate to which, in case that the spatial merge candidate is derived, the derived spatial merge candidate is added, and in case that the time merge candidate is derived, the derived time merge candidate is added, respectively; and a merge candidate identification determining unit configured to select a merge candidate to be used for the inter prediction of the second block subject to decoding indicated by the index from the one or more merge candidates in the merge candidate list, wherein the spatial merge candidate generating unit performs the derivation process of the spatial merge candidate without referring to coding information of a fifth block included in a block identical to the first block including the second block subject to decoding, and wherein, in a partition mode where the first block is partitioned into an upper block and a lower block arranged vertically, in the ratio 1:3, the time merge candidate reference index derivation unit sets the value of the reference index of time merge candidate without referring to coding information of the fifth block included in a block identical to the first block including the second block subject to decoding.