METHOD OF MOTION INFORMATION CODING

摘要

A method and apparatus for motion information coding using a refined Merge mode are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention not only uses the Merge index to indicate the selected Merge candidate, but also refines partial motion information of the selected Merge candidate. An encoder according to the present invention derives a Merge candidate set based on the motion information associated with neighboring blocks. The encoder selects a target Merge candidate from the Merge candidate set and signal a Merge index corresponding to the target Merge candidate. The encoder then predicts a part of the current motion information based on partial motion information associated with the target Merge candidate to generate coded motion information. The process for a decoder incorporating the refined Merge mode is also disclosed.