Abstract:
An apparatus and method for video encoding with low latency is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a video encoding module to encode input video data into compressed video data, one or more processing modules to provide the input video data to the video encoding module or to further process the compressed video data from the video encoding module, and one data memory associated with each processing module to store or to provide shared data between the video encoding module and each processing module. The encoding module and each processing module are configured to manage data access of one data memory by coordinating one of the video encoding module and one processing module to receive target shared data from one data memory after the target shared data from another of the video encoding module and one processing module are ready in said one data memory.
Abstract:
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for merging compressed access units according to compression rates and/or positions of the respective compressed access units. The method can include receiving a sequence of compressed access units corresponding to a sequence of raw access units partitioned from an image or a video frame and corresponding to a sequence of memory spaces in a frame buffer, determining a merged access unit including at least two consecutive compressed access units based on compression rates and/or positions of the sequence of compressed access units. The merged access unit is to be stored in the frame buffer with a reduced gap between the at least two consecutive compressed access units compared with storing the at least two consecutive compressed access units in corresponding memory spaces in the sequence of memory spaces.
Abstract:
A method of IntraBC (Intra-block copy) coding for a coding region is disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention derive an IntraBC (Intra picture block copy) predictor from a constrained previous reconstructed region so as to reduce storage requirement for the previous reconstructed data. In one embodiment, a maximum absolute vertical BV (block vector) value, MaxV_BV is determined, where MaxV_BV is smaller than a full vertical search range for the coding region. A constrained previous reconstructed region corresponding to previous reconstructed samples processed before the current block is then determined, where the constrained previous reconstructed region includes at least MaxV_MV reconstructed samples in vertical direction above the current block and excludes at least one row of reconstructed samples for the current block with a vertical distance larger than MaxV_MV. Each coding block may correspond to a prediction unit (PU) or a coding unit (CU).
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for video encoding with multi-level regions of interest is disclosed. According to the present invention, a target frame in the input video data is configured into multiple-level region-of-interest (ROI) regions. Each target higher-level ROI region is located within one target lower-level ROI region. The multiple-level ROI regions are then encoded according to a plurality of quality levels, where at least two different quality levels are applied to two different multiple-level ROI regions respectively.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus of image coding including a no-residue prediction mode are disclosed. At the encoder side, current predictors for a current coding unit are determined according to a target prediction process associated with a target prediction mode. The current predictors are determined based on pixel data including reconstructed pixels in the current slice or the current image. The target prediction process is applied to the current coding unit using the current predictors to generate prediction residues. A distortion condition or a cost measure for the prediction residues is determined. If the distortion condition is satisfied or the cost measure favors coding without the prediction residues, the current coding unit is encoded into current compressed bits of the current coding unit without compressed data associated with the prediction residues. A corresponding decoding method and apparatus are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A method and system for encoding a group of coding blocks and packetizing the compressed data into slices/packets with hard-limited packet size are disclosed. According to the present invention, a packetization map for at least a portion of a current picture is determined. The packetization map associates coding blocks in at least a portion of the current picture with one or more packets by identifying a corresponding group of coding blocks for each packet of said one or more packets. The corresponding group of coding blocks for each packet is then encoded according to the packetization map and the size of each packet is determined. The packet size is checked. If any packet size exceeds a constrained size, a new packetization map is generated and the corresponding group of coding blocks for each packet is encoded according to the new packetization map.
Abstract:
A video encoder with quality estimation is shown. The video encoder has a video compressor, a video reconstructor, a quality estimator, and an encoder top controller. The video compressor receives the source data of a video to generate compressed data. The video reconstructor is coupled to the video compressor for generation of playback-level data that is buffered for inter prediction by the video compressor, wherein the video reconstructor generates intermediate data and, based on the intermediate data, the video reconstructor generates playback-level data. The quality estimator is coupled to the video reconstructor to receive the intermediate data. Quality estimation is performed based on the intermediate data rather than the playback-level data. Based on the quality estimation result, the encoder top controller adjusts at least one video compression factor in real time.
Abstract:
In order to overcome the issue caused by a decoded block vector (BV) pointing to a reference block overlapping with an unavailable area, various methods are disclosed. According to one method, if the reference block overlaps with an unavailable area, the reference pixels in the unavailable area are generated for IntraBC prediction of the current block by padding from neighbouring available pixels. The padding can be done in the horizontal direction and then the vertical direction. The padding may also done in the vertical direction first and then horizontal direction. In another method, if the reference block overlaps with an unavailable area, the reference pixels in the unavailable area are generated for IntraBC prediction of the current block by using previous decoded pixels in the unavailable area. A pre-defined value may also be used for the unavailable area.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for IntraBC (Intra-block copy) coding for a coding region are disclosed. The method operates to receive input data associated with a current block in the coding region and determine a maximum memory size of a reconstructed sample memory for storing a constrained previous reconstructed region, wherein the constrained previous reconstructed region comprises a group of previous reconstructed samples processed before the current block. The method then derives an IntraBC predictor from a valid previous reconstructed region within the constrained previous reconstructed region stored in the reconstructed sample memory, and applies IntraBC encoding or decoding to the current block using the IntraBC predictor derived.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus of encoding frames with a frame type structure adaptively according to a current encoding status after receiving a request for an IDR frame or receiving an indication of picture data loss are disclosed. If the check result of the current encoding status is true, the second frame type structure is the same as the first frame type structure; and if the check result of the current encoding status is false, the second frame type structure is different from the first frame type structure. Another method and apparatus of encoding frames with a reference frame structure and a frame type structure adaptively according to one or more current encoding statuses after receiving an indication of picture data loss are disclosed. The system may use two different check results to adaptively select the reference frame structure and the frame type structure.