Methods and systems for providing a bitstream comprising video data encoded by an encoder apparatus are described, wherein the method may include: a processor of the encoder apparatus determining a current motion vector of a current block of a current video frame of a sequence of video frames comprising video data, the current motion vector defining a spatial offset of the current block relative to a prediction block of a previously encoded reference video frame stored in a memory of the encoder apparatus; the processor determining or receiving motion information associated with the current video frame, the motion information signaling the processor whether at least part of the offset defined by the current motion vector is associated with non-uniform motion in the video data of the current video frame; the processor determining a motion vector predictor candidate based on the motion information, at least a first motion vector predicator algorithm and a second motion vector predictor algorithm; and, the processor determining a motion vector difference based on the selected motion vector predictor candidate and the current motion vector; and, the processor using an encoding process to encode a residual block, the motion vector difference, an indication of the selected motion vector predictor candidate, and at least part of the motion information into a bitstream, wherein the residual block defines a difference between the current block and the prediction block.

Disclosed herein is a method of transmitting point cloud data. The method may include encoding geometry data of the point cloud data, encoding attribute data of the point cloud data based on the geometry data, and transmitting the encoded geometry data, the encoded attribute data and signaling data, the geometry encoding includes splitting the geometry data into one or more prediction units, and inter-prediction encoding the geometry data by selectively applying a motion vector to each of the split prediction units, and the signaling data includes information for identifying whether the motion vector is applied for each prediction unit.

Disclosed herein is a method of transmitting point cloud data. The method may include encoding geometry data of the point cloud data, encoding attribute data of the point cloud data based on the geometry data, and transmitting the encoded geometry data, the encoded attribute data and signaling data, the geometry encoding includes splitting the geometry data into one or more prediction units, and inter-prediction encoding the geometry data by selectively applying a motion vector to each of the split prediction units, and the signaling data includes information for identifying whether the motion vector is applied for each prediction unit.

A video decoding method that includes: receiving information for deriving motion information of a current block; deriving the motion information of the current block based on the received information for deriving the motion information; and performing prediction to generate predicted pixels of the current block based on the motion information of the current block, wherein the motion information of the current block is determined by using motion information of a reference block, wherein the reference block is determined based on a specific disparity vector, wherein the specific disparity vector is determined for an area in a picture to which the current block belongs, wherein the area which the specific disparity vector is determined is split based on a quad tree structure, and wherein the current block is a block of a texture picture and the reference block is a block in a reference view is disclosed.

A video decoding method that includes: receiving information for deriving motion information of a current block; deriving the motion information of the current block based on the received information for deriving the motion information; and performing prediction to generate predicted pixels of the current block based on the motion information of the current block, wherein the motion information of the current block is determined by using motion information of a reference block, wherein the reference block is determined based on a specific disparity vector, wherein the specific disparity vector is determined for an area in a picture to which the current block belongs, wherein the area which the specific disparity vector is determined is split based on a quad tree structure, and wherein the current block is a block of a texture picture and the reference block is a block in a reference view is disclosed.

Disclosed herein are an image encoding method and an image decoding method. The image decoding method includes determining an initial motion vector of a current block using a motion vector of a reconstructed region, searching for the motion vector of the current block based on the initial motion vector, and generating a prediction sample of the current block using the motion vector. The initial motion vector includes a motion vector in a past direction and a motion vector in a future direction.

A decoder includes circuitry configured to receive a bitstream; construct, for a current block, a motion vector candidate list including a motion vector candidate having motion information that characterizes a global motion vector; reorder the motion vector candidate list such that the motion vector candidate having the motion information that characterizes the global motion vector is first in the reordered motion vector candidate list; and reconstruct pixel data of the current block and using the reordered motion vector candidate list. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.

A video decoding method according to the present invention may comprise: a step for determining whether to divide a current block into a plurality of sub-blocks; a step for determining an intra prediction mode for the current block; and a step for performing intra prediction for each sub-block on the basis of the intra prediction mode, when the current block is divided into the plurality of sub-blocks.

A video decoding method according to the present invention may comprise: a step for determining whether to divide a current block into a plurality of sub-blocks; a step for determining an intra prediction mode for the current block; and a step for performing intra prediction for each sub-block on the basis of the intra prediction mode, when the current block is divided into the plurality of sub-blocks.

An image coding method includes: deriving a candidate for a motion vector of a current block from a co-located motion vector; adding the candidate to a list; selecting the motion vector of the current block from the list; and coding the current block, wherein the deriving includes: deriving the candidate by a first derivation scheme in the case of determining that each of a current reference picture and a co-located reference picture is a long-term reference picture; and deriving the candidate by a second derivation scheme in the case of determining that each of the current reference picture and the co-located reference picture is a short-term reference picture.