A reference direction determination unit 44 detects, using an input image, a scene change, a flash scene, or a monotonous luminance variation section. In a case where an encoding target image is the scene change or flash scene, the reference direction determination unit 44 determines its mode as a fixed reference direction mode in which a reference direction in a screen is fixed uniformly. Further, in a case where the encoding target image is the monotonous luminance variation section, that is, a section where luminance of an entire screen monotonously increases or monotonously decreases, the reference direction determination unit 44 determines as the fixed reference direction mode in which the reference direction in the screen is fixed uniformly. A motion prediction/compensation unit 42 performs inter prediction processing according to a determination result of the reference direction determination unit 44, thereby enabling efficient encoding while suppressing deterioration of image quality.

A video encoding/decoding method and device according to the present invention may: determine a reference area for the intra prediction of the current block; derive the intra prediction mode of the current block; and decode the current block on the basis of the reference area and the intra prediction mode.

A method of encoding a three-dimensional (3D) image including a point cloud includes grouping a plurality of points included in the point cloud into at least one segment; generating patches by projecting the points included in the segment onto a predetermined plane in a first direction or a second direction; generating two-dimensional (2D) images by packing the patches; and generating and outputting a bitstream including information about a direction in which each point is projected to generate the patches and information about the 2D images.

A proposed intermediate way of handling the renderable portion of the first view results in more efficient coding. Instead of omitting the coding of the renderable portion completely, even more efficient coding of multi-view signals entails merely suppressing the coding of the residual signal within the renderable portion, whereas the prediction parameter coding still takes place from the non-renderable portion of the multi-view signal across the renderable portion so that prediction parameters for the renderable portion may be exploited for predicting parameters for the non-renderable portion. The additional coding rate for transmitting the prediction parameters for the renderable portion may be kept low as this merely aims at forming a continuation of the parameter history across the renderable portion to serve as a basis for prediction parameters of other portions of the multi-view signal.

A proposed intermediate way of handling the renderable portion of the first view results in more efficient coding. Instead of omitting the coding of the renderable portion completely, even more efficient coding of multi-view signals entails merely suppressing the coding of the residual signal within the renderable portion, whereas the prediction parameter coding still takes place from the non-renderable portion of the multi-view signal across the renderable portion so that prediction parameters for the renderable portion may be exploited for predicting parameters for the non-renderable portion. The additional coding rate for transmitting the prediction parameters for the renderable portion may be kept low as this merely aims at forming a continuation of the parameter history across the renderable portion to serve as a basis for prediction parameters of other portions of the multi-view signal.

Techniques and systems are provided for processing video data. For example, a current block of a picture of the video data can be obtained for processing by an encoding device or a decoding device. A pre-defined set of weights for template matching based motion compensation are also obtained. A plurality of metrics associated with one or more spatially neighboring samples of the current block and one or more spatially neighboring samples of at least one reference frame are determined. A set of weights are selected from the pre-defined set of weights to use for the template matching based motion compensation. The set of weights is determined based on the plurality of metrics. The template matching based motion compensation is performed for the current block using the selected set of weights.

Techniques and systems are provided for processing video data. For example, a current block of a picture of the video data can be obtained for processing by an encoding device or a decoding device. A pre-defined set of weights for template matching based motion compensation are also obtained. A plurality of metrics associated with one or more spatially neighboring samples of the current block and one or more spatially neighboring samples of at least one reference frame are determined. A set of weights are selected from the pre-defined set of weights to use for the template matching based motion compensation. The set of weights is determined based on the plurality of metrics. The template matching based motion compensation is performed for the current block using the selected set of weights.

A video encoding/decoding method and device according to the present invention may: determine a reference area for the intra prediction of the current block; derive the intra prediction mode of the current block; and decode the current block on the basis of the reference area and the intra prediction mode.

A video encoding/decoding method and device according to the present invention may: determine a reference area for the intra prediction of the current block; derive the intra prediction mode of the current block; and decode the current block on the basis of the reference area and the intra prediction mode.

A video encoding/decoding method and device according to the present invention may: determine a reference area for the intra prediction of the current block; derive the intra prediction mode of the current block; and decode the current block on the basis of the reference area and the intra prediction mode.