Patent ID: 8917773
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A decoding method for decoding pictures on a block-by-block basis, the decoding method comprising: receiving a bitstream including the pictures; deriving codec standard information from the bitstream; selecting one of a first decoding process and a second decoding process to be performed based on the codec standard information; and decoding the pictures by performing the selected one of the first decoding process and the second decoding process, wherein the first decoding process includes: constructing a list for one or more candidates of a current motion vector of a current block; selectively adding, to the list, a motion vector of each of one or more reference blocks each of which is (i) a neighboring block spatially adjacent to a current block in a current picture or (ii) a collocated block included in a picture other than the current picture; wherein the adding of the motion vector includes: calculating a second motion vector by scaling a first motion vector of the collocated block; determining whether a magnitude of the second motion vector is within a predetermined fixed magnitude range or not; adding the second motion vector to the list as the motion vector of the collocated block when the magnitude of the second motion vector is within the fixed magnitude range; and adding a third motion vector to the list as the motion vector of the collocated block when the magnitude of the second motion vector is not within the fixed magnitude range, the third motion vector being generated by clipping the second motion vector to have a magnitude within the fixed magnitude range, and wherein the second decoding process includes: deriving the first motion vector of the collocated block; calculating the second motion vector by scaling the first motion vector; and decoding the current block using the second motion vector as a motion vector of the current block.