A super-resolution coding mode is described. Encoded image can be decoded by decoding, from an encoded bitstream, a flag indicating whether an image was encoded using the super-resolution mode. The image is encoded at a first resolution. Responsive to the flag indicating that the image was encoded using the super-resolution mode, bits indicating an amount of scaling of the image are decoded. The image is decoded from the encoded bitstream to obtain a reconstructed image at the first resolution, and the reconstructed image is upscaled to a second resolution using the amount of scaling to obtain an upscaled reconstructed image. The second resolution is higher than the first resolution. Loop restoration filtering is applied to the upscaled reconstructed image using loop restoration parameters to obtain a loop restored image at the second resolution.

The invention relates to a method of encoding a digital image in order to compress same, the digital image being defined as a point cloud associating a set of N pixels, designated as vertices, to a scalar intensity value. The method aims at establishing triangulation vertices of the digital image and implements the principles of algorithmic topology.

A video decoder and method for supporting a prediction mode for predicting blocks of a video is configured to predict each of the blocks by extrapolating a neighborhood of the respective block into the block along a direction which varies across the respective block.

A video decoder and method for supporting a prediction mode for predicting blocks of a video is configured to predict each of the blocks by extrapolating a neighborhood of the respective block into the block along a direction which varies across the respective block.

Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media are disclosed for two-phase encoding a digital video based on downsampling distortion of the digital video and a constant rate factor transition threshold. For example, the disclosed system can determine a downsampling distortion indicating a measure of distortion resulting from downsampling an input digital video. The disclosed systems can utilize the downsampling distortion to determine a constant rate factor transition threshold for selecting sets of encoding parameters. For example, the disclosed systems can select a first set of encoding parameters below the constant rate factor transition threshold and a second set of encoding parameters at or above the constant rate factor transition threshold. Additionally, the disclosed systems can generate first and second sets of digital video encodings of the input digital video by utilizing the first and second sets of encoding parameters, respectively.

A device for decoding video data includes a memory configured to store video data; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: determine that a current block of the video data is to be predicted using an angular intra-prediction mode; determine neighboring samples to the current block that will be used to generate a prediction block for the current block according to an angle of the angular intra-prediction mode and that are to be upsampled; calculate predicted samples of the prediction block according to formulas that jointly upsample the neighboring samples that will be used to generate the prediction block and that generate the values for the predicted samples; and decode the current block using the prediction block.

A device for decoding video data includes a memory configured to store video data; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: determine that a current block of the video data is to be predicted using an angular intra-prediction mode; determine neighboring samples to the current block that will be used to generate a prediction block for the current block according to an angle of the angular intra-prediction mode and that are to be upsampled; calculate predicted samples of the prediction block according to formulas that jointly upsample the neighboring samples that will be used to generate the prediction block and that generate the values for the predicted samples; and decode the current block using the prediction block.

An intra-frame encoding method, an intra-frame decoding method, an encoder, and a decoder, where the intra-frame encoding method includes obtaining reference pixel values of a current picture block obtaining a predicted value of a first-type pixel in the current picture block according to the reference pixel values of the current picture block using an intra-frame prediction algorithm, obtaining residual values of the first-type pixel, obtaining transform coefficients according to the residual values of the first-type pixel, quantizing the transform coefficients, reconstructing the first-type pixel according to the quantized transform coefficients and the predicted value of the first-type pixel, and obtaining a reconstructed value of the second-type pixel according to the reconstructed value of the first-type pixel using an interpolation method. Hence, flexible encoding can be implemented, and encoding efficiency can be improved.

The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and an image processing method for instantaneously displaying an image of a user's field of view.

An encoder encodes a celestial sphere image of a cube formed by images of multiple planes generated from omnidirectional images, the encoding being performed plane by plane at a high resolution, to generate a high-resolution encoded stream corresponding to each of the planes. The encoder further encodes, at a low resolution, the celestial sphere image to generate a low-resolution encoded stream. The present disclosure may be applied, for example, to image display systems that generate a celestial sphere image so as to display an image of the user's field of view derived therefrom.

Image encoding and decoding methods and devices thereof are provided. The encoding method includes: performing downsampling on a first image to obtain a second image; encoding the second image to obtain a second image bit stream, and sending the second image bit stream to a decoding end; processing the second image to obtain a third image having a resolution the same as that of the first image; calculating a difference between the third image and the first image to obtain a first difference image; regulating pixel values of the first difference image to fall within a pre-set range, to obtain a second difference image; and encoding the second difference image to obtain a second difference image bit stream, and sending the second difference image bit stream to the decoding end to enable the decoding end to reconstruct the first image.