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 at least one neighbouring data unit based on at least 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, the merging related information, and the prediction related information.
EFFECT: enabling video encoding and decoding by using block merging.
33 dwg, 2 tbl
