Abstract:
Techniques for direct mode video coding/decoding techniques. According to one embodiment, various blocks in B frames may use motion vectors from different reference frames (P frames or B frames), according to what is referred to herein as a patchwork motion field. Different blocks of a given frame may use motion vectors inherited from different frames for purposes of computing a predicted block for the given frame.
Abstract:
Techniques for direct mode video coding/decoding techniques. According to one embodiment, various blocks in B frames may use motion vectors from different reference frames (P frames or B frames), according to what is referred to herein as a patchwork motion field. Different blocks of a given frame may use motion vectors inherited from different frames for purposes of computing a predicted block for the given frame.
Abstract:
A block of size N×M of a video frame can be either split into smaller blocks in n different ways (e.g. horizontal, vertical, quad, etc.), or alternatively it can be coded using one out of m different coding modes (e.g. intra, inter, bi-prediction, etc.). Since splitting into smaller sub-blocks and coding the N×M block in one of the m possible ways are mutually exclusive, there are n+m distinct possibilities for processing the block further. The n+m possible ways of processing the N×M blocks are assigned a code (e.g., a number) and coded with a codeword derived from a VLC table. This achieves efficient combined coding of split information and other block-level parameters.
Abstract:
A video decoding method is provided. The method includes receiving an encoded bit stream representative of a video signal, the encoded bit stream including information indicating partitioning of a frame of the video signal into blocks such that at least one rectangular block of any size occurs at any position of the frame. Information is obtained from the encoded bit stream, the information signaling at least one video coding parameter for the at least one rectangular block. The encoded bit stream of the video signal is decoded in accordance with the information for the at least one rectangular block. An analogous video encoding method is also provided.
Abstract:
Techniques for direct mode video coding/decoding techniques. According to one embodiment, various blocks in B frames may use motion vectors from different reference frames (P frames or B frames), according to what is referred to herein as a patchwork motion field. Different blocks of a given frame may use motion vectors inherited from different frames for purposes of computing a predicted block for the given frame.
Abstract:
A block of size N×M of a video frame can be either split into smaller blocks in n different ways (e.g. horizontal, vertical, quad, etc.), or alternatively it can be coded using one out of m different coding modes (e.g. intra, inter, bi-prediction, etc.). Since splitting into smaller sub-blocks and coding the N×M block in one of the m possible ways are mutually exclusive, there are n+m distinct possibilities for processing the block further. The n+m possible ways of processing the N×M blocks are assigned a code (e.g., a number) and coded with a codeword derived from a VLC table. This achieves efficient combined coding of split information and other block-level parameters.
Abstract:
A video decoding method is provided. The method includes receiving an encoded bit stream representative of a video signal, the encoded bit stream including information indicating partitioning of a frame of the video signal into blocks such that at least one rectangular block of any size occurs at any position of the frame. Information is obtained from the encoded bit stream, the information signaling at least one video coding parameter for the at least one rectangular block. The encoded bit stream of the video signal is decoded in accordance with the information for the at least one rectangular block. An analogous video encoding method is also provided.
Abstract:
Video transform coefficient encoding and decoding methods are provided. A two-dimensional array of quantized transform coefficients are obtained for a block of a video frame. The two-dimensional array of quantized transform coefficients are converted to a one-dimensional array of integer samples using a scan pattern, wherein each sample is represented with a level that is an absolute value of the sample and a sign bit if the level is greater than zero. The one-dimensional array of samples is converted to a bit-stream by processing the one-dimensional array of samples in sequential order. A switch is adaptively made between multiple coding modes, where each coding mode is characterized by how consecutive coefficients are jointly coded as a single event. For each mode, a switch may be adaptively made between various variable length code (VLC) tables.
Abstract:
A video decoding method including: receiving an encoded block of data; decoding the encoded block of data to generate decoded data; and performing a sample adaptive offset on a whole or part of the decoded data, wherein a pixel B to be modified as part of the sample adaptive offset is adjacent to pixels A and C, and the pixel B is modified as part of the sample adaptive offset if (B≦A and B≦C) or (B≧A and B≧C).
Abstract:
A video decoding method including: receiving an encoded block of data; decoding the encoded block of data to generate decoded data; and performing a sample adaptive offset on a whole or part of the decoded data, wherein a pixel B to be modified as part of the sample adaptive offset is adjacent to pixels A and C, and the pixel B is modified as part of the sample adaptive offset if (B≦A and B≦C) or (B≧A and B≧C).