Region-based processing of predicted pixels

US9049451B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9049451-B2
Application numberUS-201213562229-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 30, 2012
Priority dateNov 18, 2005
Publication dateJun 2, 2015
Grant dateJun 2, 2015

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A method for decoding a compressed video data sequence containing one or more coded pixel blocks. The compressed video sequence is buffered. Prediction information for each of the coded pixel blocks is reviewed. One or more groups of coded pixel blocks are formed based on the reviewed prediction information such that the coded pixel blocks within a given group have similar prediction dependencies and/or at least do not depend on a reconstructed pixel within a group of received pixel blocks to enable parallel decoding. The formed groups are scheduled for processing and subsequently decoded to produce a decoded video data sequence.

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What is claimed is: 1. A decoder, comprising: an input device to receive coded video data; a memory device to store decoded reference frames, and a processor configured to assign a first coded pixel block of a frame to be decoded to a decoding group; for subsequent additional coded pixel blocks of the frame, to determine whether the respective subsequent coded pixel block contains a prediction reference that refers to a reconstructed pixel within the decoding group, if not, as…

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What does patent US9049451B2 cover?
A method for decoding a compressed video data sequence containing one or more coded pixel blocks. The compressed video sequence is buffered. Prediction information for each of the coded pixel blocks is reviewed. One or more groups of coded pixel blocks are formed based on the reviewed prediction information such that the coded pixel blocks within a given group have similar prediction dependenci…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Pun Thomas, Chang Paul, Wu Hsi-Jung, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04N19/436. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jun 02 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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