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Method and apparatus for selective inter-layer prediction on macroblock basis

US8693549B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 16, 2007
Grant dateApr 8, 2014
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Expiry dateApr 11, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/34
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided are an enhanced inter-layer reference picture designating method and apparatus and an enhanced inter-layer reference picture recovering method and apparatus capable of increasing coding efficiency by allowing different blocks in an upper spatial layer picture of a current to-be-decoded or to-be-encoded picture to refer to blocks in different lower spatial layer pictures.

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