FIELD: physics.
SUBSTANCE: encoding method comprises: determining an encoding mode indicating a current data unit for encoding a picture and an encoding method including prediction encoding for the current data unit; determining an occurrence of merging with a neighbouring data unit based on one of the prediction mode and the encoding mode; and determining prediction mode information, merging related information and prediction related information, and determining encoding information of the data unit including said prediction mode information, merging related information, and prediction related information.
EFFECT: enabling video encoding and decoding by using block merging.
4 cl, 33 dwg, 2 tbl
