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| 20110268182 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE QUANTIZATION OF SUBBAND/WAVELET COEFFICIENTS - According to one implementation, the so present invention provides a method and apparatus to adapt the quantization steps-size used to quantize wavelet coefficients to the average brightness level of the corresponding pixels in a wavelet image or video coder. In another implementation, this method and apparatus produces a JPEG2000 Part 1 compliant code-stream. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110293022 | MESSAGE PASSING INTERFACE (MPI) FRAMEWORK FOR INCREASING EXECUTION SPEEDAULT DETECTION USING EMBEDDED WATERMARKS - A system and method for processing video uses a message protocol to communicate between computing units. An image request message is sent to an administrator process of a master node from at least one slave process to request an image to process. Responsive to the request message, an image name message is sent to a requesting slave process from the administrator process to retrieve the image from a queue. The image associated with the image name is processed. Images to process are requested until a completion message is received from the administrator process. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120121011 | PARALLEL CONTEXT CALCULATION IN VIDEO CODING - In one example, a method for coding video data includes identifying a scan path for scanning significance information associated with a quantized transform coefficient. The method also includes determining a context support neighborhood for entropy coding the significance information associated with the quantized transform coefficient, wherein the context support neighborhood excludes one or more context support elements that are located in the scan path. The method also includes coding the significance information using the modified context support neighborhood. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120140813 | SEPARATELY CODING THE POSITION OF A LAST SIGNIFICANT COEFFICIENT OF A VIDEO BLOCK IN VIDEO CODING - In one example, an apparatus is disclosed for coding coefficients associated with a block of video data during a video coding process, wherein the apparatus includes a video coder configured to code information that identifies a position of a last non-zero coefficient within the block according to a scanning order associated with the block prior to coding information that identifies positions of other non-zero coefficients within the block, including at least one of the following: coding a one-dimensional position within the block that identifies the position of the last non-zero coefficient; coding a two-dimensional position within the block that identifies the position of the last non-zero coefficient, and coding a flag that indicates whether the last non-zero coefficient is located within a range of positions within the block, and coding the one-dimensional position when the last non-zero coefficient is located within the range, and otherwise coding the two-dimensional position. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140814 | CODING THE POSITION OF A LAST SIGNIFICANT COEFFICIENT WITHIN A VIDEO BLOCK BASED ON A SCANNING ORDER FOR THE BLOCK IN VIDEO CODING - In one example, an apparatus is disclosed for coding coefficients associated with a block of video data during a video coding process, wherein the apparatus includes a video coder configured to code x- and y-coordinates that indicate a position of a last non-zero coefficient within the block according to a scanning order associated with the block when the scanning order comprises a first scanning order, and code interchanged x- and y-coordinates that indicate the position of the last non-zero coefficient within the block according to the scanning order when the scanning order comprises a second scanning order, wherein the second scanning order is different than the first scanning order. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120170649 | VIDEO CODING USING MAPPED TRANSFORMS AND SCANNING MODES - A video encoder may transform residual data by using a transform selected from a group of transforms. The transform is applied to the residual data to create a two-dimensional array of transform coefficients. A scanning mode is selected to scan the transform coefficients in the two-dimensional array into a one-dimensional array of transform coefficients. The combination of transform and scanning mode may be selected from a subset of combinations that is based on an intra-prediction mode. The scanning mode may also be selected based on the transform used to create the two-dimensional array. The transforms and/or scanning modes used may be signaled to a video decoder. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120177108 | 32-POINT TRANSFORM FOR MEDIA DATA CODING - In general, techniques are described for implementing a 32-point discrete cosine transform (DCT) that is capable of applying multiple DCTs of different sizes. For example, an apparatus comprising a 32-point discrete cosine transform of type II (DCT-II) unit may implement the techniques of this disclosure. The 32-point DCT-II unit performs these DCTs-II of different sizes to transform data from a spatial to a frequency domain. The 32-point DCT-II unit includes an 16-point DCT-II unit that performs one of the DCTs-II of size 16 and at least one 8-point DCT-II unit that performs one of the DCTs-II of size 8. The 16-point DCT-II unit includes another 8-point DCT-II unit. The 16-point DCT-II unit also comprises at least one 4-point DCTs-II unit. Two or more of these DCTs-II units may concurrently perform DCTs-II of different sizes to various portions of the content data. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120230417 | CODING OF TRANSFORM COEFFICIENTS FOR VIDEO CODING - This disclosure describes techniques for coding transform coefficients associated with a block of residual video data in a video coding process. Aspects of this disclosure include the selection of a scan order for both significance map coding and level coding, as well as the selection of contexts for entropy coding consistent with the selected scan order. This disclosure proposes a harmonization of the scan order to code both the significance map of the transform coefficients as well as to code the levels of the transform coefficient. It is proposed that the scan order for the significance map should be in the inverse direction (i.e., from the higher frequencies to the lower frequencies). This disclosure also proposes that transform coefficients be scanned in sub-sets as opposed to fixed sub-blocks. In particular, transform coefficients are scanned in a sub-set consisting of a number of consecutive coefficients according to the scan order. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120230418 | CODING OF TRANSFORM COEFFICIENTS FOR VIDEO CODING - This disclosure describes techniques for coding transform coefficients associated with a block of residual video data in a video coding process. Aspects of this disclosure include the selection of a scan order for both significance map coding and level coding, as well as the selection of contexts for entropy coding consistent with the selected scan order. This disclosure proposes a harmonization of the scan order to code both the significance map of the transform coefficients as well as to code the levels of the transform coefficient. It is proposed that the scan order for the significance map should be in the inverse direction (i.e., from the higher frequencies to the lower frequencies). This disclosure also proposes that transform coefficients be scanned in sub-sets as opposed to fixed sub-blocks. In particular, transform coefficients are scanned in a sub-set consisting of a number of consecutive coefficients according to the scan order. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120230419 | CODING OF TRANSFORM COEFFICIENTS FOR VIDEO CODING - This disclosure describes techniques for coding transform coefficients associated with a block of residual video data in a video coding process. Aspects of this disclosure include the selection of a scan order for both significance map coding and level coding, as well as the selection of contexts for entropy coding consistent with the selected scan order. This disclosure proposes a harmonization of the scan order to code both the significance map of the transform coefficients as well as to code the levels of the transform coefficient. It is proposed that the scan order for the significance map should be in the inverse direction (i.e., from the higher frequencies to the lower frequencies). This disclosure also proposes that transform coefficients be scanned in sub-sets as opposed to fixed sub-blocks. In particular, transform coefficients are scanned in a sub-set consisting of a number of consecutive coefficients according to the scan order. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120230420 | CODING OF TRANSFORM COEFFICIENTS FOR VIDEO CODING - This disclosure describes techniques for coding transform coefficients associated with a block of residual video data in a video coding process. Aspects of this disclosure include the selection of a scan order for both significance map coding and level coding, as well as the selection of contexts for entropy coding consistent with the selected scan order. This disclosure proposes a harmonization of the scan order to code both the significance map of the transform coefficients as well as to code the levels of the transform coefficient. It is proposed that the scan order for the significance map should be in the inverse direction (i.e., from the higher frequencies to the lower frequencies). This disclosure also proposes that transform coefficients be scanned in sub-sets as opposed to fixed sub-blocks. In particular, transform coefficients are scanned in a sub-set consisting of a number of consecutive coefficients according to the scan order. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120328026 | CONTEXT-ADAPTIVE CODING VIDEO DATA - In an example, aspects of this disclosure relate to a method of coding data that includes coding a sequence of bins according to a context adaptive entropy coding process. A current coding cycle used to code at least one bin of the sequence of bins includes determining a context for the bin; selecting a probability model based on the context, wherein the probability model is updated based on a value of a previous bin coded with the context and coded at least two coding cycles prior to the current coding cycle; applying the probability model to code the bin; and updating the probability model based on a value of the bin | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130003824 | APPLYING NON-SQUARE TRANSFORMS TO VIDEO DATA - In one example, a device for coding video data includes a video coder, such as a video encoder or a video decoder, that is configured to code information indicative of whether a transform unit of the video data is square or non-square, and code data of the transform unit based at least in part on whether the transform unit is square or non-square. In this manner, the video coder may utilize non-square transform units. The video coder may be configured to use non-square transform units for certain situations, such as only for chrominance or luminance components or only when a corresponding prediction unit is non-square. The video coder may further be configured to perform an entropy coding process that selects context for coding data of the transform unit based on whether the transform unit is square or non-square. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130003834 | DERIVATION OF THE POSITION IN SCAN ORDER OF THE LAST SIGNIFICANT TRANSFORM COEFFICIENT IN VIDEO CODING - A video decoder converts a block-based LSC indicator into a scan-based LSC indicator. The block-based LSC indicator indicates coordinates of a last significant coefficient of a block of transform coefficients according to a scanning order. The scan-based LSC indicator indicates an ordinal position of the LSC according to the scanning order. The video decoder may decode, based on the scan-based LSC indicator, a significance map for the block. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130058407 | CODING OF TRANSFORM COEFFICIENTS FOR VIDEO CODING - This disclosure describes coding transform coefficients associated with a block of residual video data in a video coding process. Aspects of this disclosure include the selection of a scan order for both significance map coding and level coding, as well as the selection of contexts for entropy coding consistent with the selected scan order. This disclosure proposes a harmonization of the scan order to code both the significance map of the transform coefficients as well as to code the levels of the transform coefficient. It is proposed that the scan order for the significance map should be in the inverse direction (i.e., from the higher frequencies to the lower frequencies). This disclosure also proposes that transform coefficients be scanned in sub-sets as opposed to fixed sub-blocks. In particular, transform coefficients are scanned in a sub-set consisting of a number of consecutive coefficients according to the scan order. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130061231 | CONFIGURABLE COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE - A configurable computing system for parallel processing of software applications includes an environment abstraction layer (EAL) for abstracting low-level functions to the software applications; a space layer including a distributed data structure; and a kernel layer including a job scheduler for executing parallel processing programs constructing the software applications according to a configurable mode. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130064294 | CONTEXT ADAPTIVE ENTROPY CODING FOR NON-SQUARE BLOCKS IN VIDEO CODING - Disclosed are techniques for coding coefficients of a video block having a non-square shape defined by a width and a height, comprising coding one or more of x- and y-coordinates that indicate a position of a last non-zero coefficient within the block according to an associated scanning order, including coding each coordinate by determining one or more contexts used to code the coordinate based on one of the width and the height that corresponds to the coordinate, and coding the coordinate by performing a context adaptive entropy coding process based on the contexts. Also disclosed are techniques for coding information that identifies positions of non-zero coefficients within the block, including determining one or more contexts used to code the information based on one or more of the width and the height, and coding the information by performing a context adaptive entropy coding process based on the contexts. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130083856 | CONTEXTS FOR COEFFICIENT LEVEL CODING IN VIDEO COMPRESSION - This disclosure describes techniques for coding video data. In particular, this disclosure describes techniques for entropy coding of residual transform coefficients generated by a video coding process. In one example, a method selects a bin 2 context for coding a bin 2 level of one or more transform coefficients in the vector according to the entropy coding process. The method further codes the bin 2 level of one or more transform coefficients in the vector according to the selected bin 2 context. Selecting the bin 2 context comprises selecting the bin 2 context for a current transform coefficient in the vector based on the bin 2 level of one or more previously coded transform coefficients in the vector. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130089152 | SIGNALING PICTURE IDENTIFICATION FOR VIDEO CODING - In one example, a video coder, such as a video encoder or video decoder, is configured to determine a number of least significant bits of picture identifying information for a picture of video data, determine a value of the picture identifying information for the picture, and code information indicative of the determined number of least significant bits of the value of the picture identifying information for the picture. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130094572 | PERFORMING TRANSFORM DEPENDENT DE-BLOCKING FILTERING - In general, techniques are described for performing transform dependent de-blocking filtering, which may be implemented by a video encoding device. The video encoding device may apply a transform to a video data block to generate a block of transform coefficients, apply a quantization parameter to quantize the transform coefficients and reconstruct the block of video data from the quantized transform coefficients. The video encoding device may further determine at least one offset used in controlling de-blocking filtering based on the size of the applied transform, and perform de-blocking filtering on the reconstructed block of video data based on the determined offset. Additionally, the video encoder may specify a flag in a picture parameter set (PPS) that indicates whether the offset is specified in one or both of the PPS and a header of an independently decodable unit. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130101033 | CODING NON-SYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTIONS OF DATA - This disclosure describes techniques for coding non-symmetric distributions of data and techniques for quantization matrix compression. The techniques for coding non-symmetric distributions of data may use a mapping that is configured to bias either positive data values or negative data values of a signed integer source towards shorter codewords of a variable length code that codes non-negative integers. This may allow signed integer data sources that have non-symmetric distributions of data to be coded in a more efficient manner. The quantization matrix compression techniques of this disclosure may use a predictor that is configured to generate prediction residuals for a quantization matrix that are skewed in favor of positive values. This may allow entropy coding techniques that favor data distributions which are skewed toward positive data values (e.g., the techniques for coding non-symmetric distributions described above) to be used to increase the coding efficiency of the quantization matrix. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130107942 | FRAGMENTED PARAMETER SET FOR VIDEO CODING | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130114695 | SIGNALING QUANTIZATION MATRICES FOR VIDEO CODING - The techniques of this disclosure may be generally related to signaling values of a quantization matrix. In some examples, coefficient values in the quantization matrix may be downsampled with different factors based on where the coefficient values are located in the quantization matrix. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130114730 | CODING SIGNIFICANT COEFFICIENT INFORMATION IN TRANSFORM SKIP MODE - This disclosure describes techniques for coding significant coefficient information for a video block in a transform skip mode. The transform skip mode may provide a choice of a two-dimensional transform mode, a horizontal one-dimensional transform mode, a vertical one-dimensional transform mode, or a no transform mode. In other cases, the transform skip mode may provide a choice between a two-dimensional transform mode and a no transform mode. The techniques include selecting a transform skip mode for a video block, and coding significant coefficient information for the video block using a coding procedure defined based at least in part on the selected transform skip mode. Specifically, the techniques include using different coding procedures to code one or more of a position of a last non-zero coefficient and a significance map for the video block in the transform skip mode. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130114738 | PROGRESSIVE CODING OF POSITION OF LAST SIGNIFICANT COEFFICIENT - A video encoder is configured to determine a first and second binary string for a value indicating the position of the last significant coefficient, within a video block of size T. A video decoder is configured to determine a value indicating the position of a last significant coefficient within a video block of size T based on a first and second binary string. In one example, the first binary string is based on a truncated unary coding scheme defined by a maximum bit length defined by 2 log | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130121406 | 8-POINT TRANSFORM FOR MEDIA DATA CODING - In general, techniques are described for implementing an 8-point discrete cosine transform (DCT). An apparatus comprising an 8-point discrete cosine transform (DCT) hardware unit may implement these techniques to transform media data from a spatial domain to a frequency domain. The 8-point DCT hardware unit includes an even portion comprising factors A, B that are related to a first scaled factor (μ) in accordance with a first relationship. The 8-point DCT hardware unit also includes an odd portion comprising third, fourth, fifth and sixth internal factors (G, D, E, Z) that are related to a second scaled factor (η) in accordance with a second relationship. The first relationship relates the first scaled factor to the first and second internal factors. The second relationship relates the second scaled factor to the third internal factor and a fourth internal factor, as well as, the fifth internal factor and a sixth internal factor. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130148718 | 8-POINT TRANSFORM FOR MEDIA DATA CODING - In general, techniques are described for implementing an 8-point inverse discrete cosine transform (IDCT). An apparatus comprising an 8-point inverse discrete cosine transform (IDCT) hardware unit may implement these techniques to transform media data from a frequency domain to a spatial domain. The 8-point IDCT hardware unit includes an even portion comprising factors A, B that are related to a first scaled factor (μ) in accordance with a first relationship. The 8-point IDCT hardware unit also includes an odd portion comprising third, fourth, fifth and sixth internal factors (G, D, E, Z) that are related to a second scaled factor (η) in accordance with a second relationship. The first relationship relates the first scaled factor to the first and second internal factors. The second relationship relates the second scaled factor to the third, fourth, fifth and sixth internal factors. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130182757 | THROUGHPUT IMPROVEMENT FOR CABAC COEFFICIENT LEVEL CODING - This disclosure proposes various techniques for limiting the number of bins that are coded using an adaptive context model with context adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC). In particular, this disclosure proposes to limit the number of bins that use CABAC for coding level information of transform coefficients in a video coding process. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130188699 | CODING OF COEFFICIENTS IN VIDEO CODING - A video encoder performs multiple coding passes on coefficients in a coefficient block. During each coding pass, the video encoder encodes a different set of syntax elements for coefficients in the coefficient block. A video decoder uses the syntax elements for a coefficient to determine the value of the coefficient. When the video encoder performs a coding pass, the video encoder selects a coding context for a syntax element based at least in part on a syntax element generated in an earlier coding pass for a non-causal coefficient and based at least in part on a value of a syntax element generated during the current coding pass for a causal coefficient. The video encoder entropy encodes the syntax element based on the selected coding context. A video decoder performs a similar series of coding passes in which the video decoder selects coding contexts and entropy decodes the syntax elements. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130230097 | SCAN-BASED SLIDING WINDOW IN CONTEXT DERIVATION FOR TRANSFORM COEFFICIENT CODING - A video coding process that includes defining a context derivation neighborhood for one of a plurality of transform coefficients based on a transform coefficient scan order. The process also includes determining a context for the one of the plurality of transform coefficients based on the context derivation neighborhood. The process also includes coding the one of the plurality of transform coefficients based on the determined context. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130259120 | QUANTIZATION MATRIX AND DEBLOCKING FILTER ADJUSTMENTS FOR VIDEO CODING - A device may include a video coder configured to determine an equivalent quantization parameter (QP) for a decoded block of video data using a quantization matrix for the decoded block of video data, determine deblocking parameters based on the determined equivalent QP, and deblock an edge of the decoded block based on the determined deblocking parameters. In particular, the video coder may determine equivalent QPs for two neighboring blocks defining a common edge, and deblock the common edge based on the equivalent QPs. The video coder may determine deblocking parameters, such as β and t | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130272378 | COEFFICIENT GROUPS AND COEFFICIENT CODING FOR COEFFICIENT SCANS - Techniques are described for a video coder (e.g., video encoder or video decoder) that is configured to select a context pattern from a plurality of context patterns that are the same for a plurality of scan types. Techniques are also described for a video coder that is configured to select a context pattern that is stored as a one-dimensional context pattern and identifies contexts for two or more scan types. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130272379 | COEFFICIENT GROUPS AND COEFFICIENT CODING FOR COEFFICIENT SCANS - Techniques are described for a video coder (e.g., video encoder or video decoder) that is configured to select a context pattern from a plurality of context patterns that are the same for a plurality of scan types. Techniques are also described for a video coder that is configured to select a context pattern that is stored as a one-dimensional context pattern and identifies contexts for two or more scan types. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130272390 | UNIFORM GRANULARITY FOR QUANTIZATION MATRIX IN VIDEO CODING - The techniques of this disclosure are directed toward the use of modified quantization parameter (QP) values to calculate quantized and dequantized transform coefficients of a video block with uniform QP granularity. Conventionally, when a quantization matrix is used during quantization and dequantization of transform coefficients, the quantization matrix entries act as scale factors of a quantizer step-step corresponding to a base QP value, which results in non-uniform QP granularity. To provide uniform QP granularity across all quantization matrix entries, the techniques include calculating modified QP values for transform coefficients based on associated quantization matrix entries used as offsets to a base QP value. At a video decoder, the techniques include calculating dequantized transform coefficients from quantized transform coefficients based on the modified QP values. At a video encoder, the techniques include calculating quantized transform coefficients from transform coefficients based on the modified QP values. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130272414 | GROUP FLAG IN TRANSFORM COEFFICIENT CODING FOR VIDEO CODING - A method of decoding data indicative of a subset of transform coefficients is described. The coefficients are indicative of a block of video data. The method may include determining that no transform coefficient in the subset of transform coefficients has an absolute value greater than one, and, based on the determining, skipping one or more decoding passes on the subset of transform coefficients, the decoding passes relating to decoding level information associated with the subset of transform coefficients. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130272423 | TRANSFORM COEFFICIENT CODING - Techniques are described for determining a scan order for transform coefficients of a block. The techniques may determine context for encoding or decoding significance syntax elements for the transform coefficients based on the determined scan order. A video encoder may encode the significance syntax elements and a video decoder may decode the significance syntax elements based on the determined contexts. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130294524 | TRANSFORM SKIPPING AND LOSSLESS CODING UNIFICATION - An example method includes determining whether an encoded block of residual video data was encoded losslessly in accordance with a lossless coding mode, based on whether transform operations were skipped during encoding of the block of residual video data, and if the block of residual video data was encoded losslessly, then decoding the encoded block of residual video data according to the lossless coding mode to form a reconstructed block of residual video data, where decoding the encoded block of residual data comprises bypassing quantization and sign hiding while decoding the encoded block of residual video data, and bypassing all loop filters with respect to the reconstructed block of residual video data. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130336395 | UNIFICATION OF SIGNALING LOSSLESS CODING MODE AND PULSE CODE MODULATION (PCM) MODE IN VIDEO CODING - Techniques described herein are related to harmonizing the signaling of coding modes and filtering in video coding. In one example, a method of decoding video data is provided that includes decoding a first syntax element to determine whether PCM coding mode is used for one or more video blocks, wherein the PCM coding mode refers to a mode that codes pixel values as PCM samples. The method further includes decoding a second syntax element to determine whether in-loop filtering is applied to the one or more video blocks. Responsive to the first syntax element indicating that the PCM coding mode is used, the method further includes applying in-loop filtering to the one or more video blocks based at least in part on the second syntax element and decoding the one or more video blocks based at least in part on the first and second syntax elements. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140003529 | CODING OF SIGNIFICANCE FLAGS | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140003537 | RANDOM ACCESS AND SIGNALING OF LONG-TERM REFERENCE PICTURES IN VIDEO CODING | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140003538 | SIGNALING LONG-TERM REFERENCE PICTURES FOR VIDEO CODING | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140016698 | ROTATION OF PREDICTION RESIDUAL BLOCKS IN VIDEO CODING WITH TRANSFORM SKIPPING - Techniques are described for coding residual data of a prediction residual block with transform skipping. A transform may be skipped for a residual block when the residual block is coded using either a lossless coding mode or a lossy coding mode in a transform skip mode. According to the techniques, based on a transform being skipped for a residual block, a rotation unit included in a video encoder or a video decoder determines whether to rotate the residual block prior to coding residual data of the residual block. In some examples, a rotation value may be explicitly signaled between the video encoder and the video decoder. In other examples, the video encoder and the video decoder may each independently determine whether to rotate the residual block based on a type of boundary at two or more edges of the residual block. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140050265 | VIDEO CODING BASED ON FIRST ORDER PREDICTION AND PRE-DEFINED SECOND ORDER PREDICTION MODE - This disclosure describes video encoding and decoding techniques in which a first order prediction process and a second order prediction process are used in combination to generate predictive video blocks for video coding. First order prediction may be similar to conventional motion estimation and motion compensation that generates residual video blocks. The second order prediction may involve a process similar to conventional intra-prediction, but is performed on the residual video blocks. The techniques of this disclosure may pre-define the second order prediction to a specific mode, such as a mode similar to the intra-DC mode used in intra coding. In addition, the techniques of this disclosure may combine aspects of the first order and second order prediction into a single process so that the effects of second order prediction on the residuals are taken into account during the first order prediction process, which may improve compression. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140079135 | PERFORMING QUANTIZATION TO FACILITATE DEBLOCKING FILTERING - A method of encoding video data includes encoding a quantization parameter delta value in a coding unit (CU) of the video data before coding a version of a block of the CU in a bitstream so as to facilitate deblocking filtering. Coding the quantization parameter delta value may comprise coding the quantization parameter delta value based on the value of a no_residual_syntax flag that indicates whether no blocks of the CU have residual transform coefficients. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140092965 | INTRA-CODING FOR 4:2:2 SAMPLE FORMAT IN VIDEO CODING - Systems, methods, and devices for video coding that may receive a rectangular chroma block are disclosed. The rectangular chroma block may be divided into a first square sub-block and a second square sub-block. The systems, methods, and devices may reconstruct the first square sub-block and intra-predict the second square sub-block using reference samples from the reconstructed first square sub-block. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092983 | CODED BLOCK FLAG CODING FOR 4:2:2 SAMPLE FORMAT IN VIDEO CODING - Systems, methods, and devices for video coding that may obtain a rectangular chroma block having first and second square sub-blocks are disclosed. These systems, methods, and devices may also decode a first coded block flag (CBF) for the first square sub-block to indicate whether the first square sub-block includes at least one nonzero transform coefficient. These systems, methods, and devices may also decode a second CBF for the second square sub-block to indicate whether the second square sub-block includes at least one nonzero transform coefficient and not decoding a CBF for the rectangular chroma block. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140286400 | INTRA PREDICTION MODES FOR LOSSY CODING WHEN TRANSFORM IS SKIPPED - A video coder applies a residual differential pulse code modulation technique to a residual data of a block coded using lossy coding. The block may be coded without application of a transform to the residual data. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140286412 | INTRA DC PREDICTION FOR LOSSLESS CODING IN VIDEO CODING - A video coder may generate a predictive block. As part of generating the predictive block, the video coder may use at least one of a losslessly reconstructed sample to left of a current sample in a current row of a predictive block and a losslessly reconstructed sample for a row of the predictive block above the current row for DC prediction of the current sample. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140286413 | DISABLING SIGN DATA HIDING IN VIDEO CODING - A video coder may determine that sign data hiding is disabled for a current block if the current block is generated using lossy coding without application of a transform to residual data and the current block is intra predicted using an intra prediction mode in which a residual differential pulse code modulation (DPCM) technique is used. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140301438 | SAMPLE ADAPTIVE OFFSET SCALING BASED ON BIT-DEPTH - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for sample adaptive offset (SAO) scaling. For example, the apparatus may include a processor configured to determine an offset value for an SAO filter applied to video data to improve reconstruction of signal amplitudes in the video data. The processor may be further configured to determine a first value indicative of a bit depth and a second value indicative of a scale factor for the video data, to provide a scaled offset value based on applying the scale factor to the offset value, and to scale at least one color component of the video data according to the scaled offset value. The processor may also be configured to identify an edge offset category for a scaled group of neighboring pixel values, and to adjust the SAO filter based on the identified edge offset category. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140301474 | DETERMINING PALETTES IN PALETTE-BASED VIDEO CODING - In an example, a method of coding video data includes determining a first palette having first entries indicating first pixel values, determining, based on the first entries of the first palette, one or more second entries indicating second pixel values of a second palette, and coding pixels of a block of video data using the second palette. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140301475 | DETERMINING PALETTE INDICES IN PALETTE-BASED VIDEO CODING - In an example, a method of coding video data includes determining a first index value associated with a first pixel in a block of video data, wherein the first index value relates a position of the first pixel to an entry of a palette of pixel values, determining, based on the first index value, one or more second index values associated with one or more second pixels in the block of video data, wherein the second index values relate the positions of the one or more second pixels to one or more entries of the palette of pixel values, and coding the first pixel and the one or more second pixels of the block of video data. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140307777 | CODING OF TRANSFORM COEFFICIENTS FOR VIDEO CODING - This disclosure describes devices and methods for coding transform coefficients associated with a block of residual video data in a video coding process. Aspects of this disclosure include the selection of a scan order for both significance map coding and level coding, as well as the selection of contexts for entropy coding consistent with the selected scan order. This disclosure proposes a harmonization of the scan order to code both the significance map of the transform coefficients as well as to code the levels of the transform coefficient. It is proposed that the scan order for the significance map should be in the inverse direction (i.e., from the higher frequencies to the lower frequencies). This disclosure also proposes that transform coefficients be scanned in sub-sets as opposed to fixed sub-blocks. In particular, transform coefficients are scanned in a sub-set consisting of a number of consecutive coefficients according to the scan order. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140307800 | RICE PARAMETER UPDATE FOR COEFFICIENT LEVEL CODING IN VIDEO CODING PROCESS - Techniques are described for updating a value of a Rice parameter used to define Golomb codes for coefficient level coding. The Golomb codes defined by the Rice parameter may be used to code a remaining absolute value of a coefficient level for at least one coefficient in a coefficient group (CG). According to the techniques, the value of the Rice parameter is updated based on a selection of a minimum of either a maximum value of the Rice parameter or a variable increment of the value of the Rice parameter. The variable increment is determined based on the value of the Rice parameter and an absolute value of the coefficient level for the current coefficient being coded. Techniques are also described for adjusting the value of the Rice parameter used to define Golomb codes for coefficient level coding based on whether a transform is applied to a transform block. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140341274 | CODING THE POSITION OF A LAST SIGNIFICANT COEFFICIENT WITHIN A VIDEO BLOCK BASED ON A SCANNING ORDER FOR THE BLOCK IN VIDEO CODING - In one example, an apparatus is disclosed for coding coefficients associated with a block of video data during a video coding process, wherein the apparatus includes a video coder configured to code x- and y-coordinates that indicate a position of a last non-zero coefficient within the block according to a scanning order associated with the block when the scanning order comprises a first scanning order, and code interchanged x- and y-coordinates that indicate the position of the last non-zero coefficient within the block according to the scanning order when the scanning order comprises a second scanning order, wherein the second scanning order is different than the first scanning order. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140362917 | RESIDUAL DIFFERENTIAL PULSE CODE MODULATION (DPCM) EXTENSIONS AND HARMONIZATION WITH TRANSFORM SKIP, ROTATION, AND SCANS - Techniques are described for harmonizing coding techniques when residual differential pulse code modulation (RDPCM) is applied to a residual block. In some examples, a scan order used for such a residual block may be required to be the same as when the residual block is generated from intra-predicting the current block and when the residual block is generated from inter-predicting or intra block copy predicting the current block. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140376634 | INTRA PREDICTION FROM A PREDICTIVE BLOCK - Techniques coding video data, including a mode for intra prediction of blocks of video data from predictive blocks of video data within the same picture, may include determining a predictive block of video data for the current block of video data, wherein the predictive block of video data is a reconstructed block of video data within the same picture as the current block of video data. A two-dimensional vector, which may be used by a video coder to identify the predictive block of video data, includes a horizontal displacement component and a vertical displacement component relative to the current block of video data. The mode for intra prediction of blocks of video data from predictive blocks of video data within the same picture may be referred to as Intra Block Copy or Intra Motion Compensation. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150016501 | PALETTE PREDICTION IN PALETTE-BASED VIDEO CODING - In palette-based coding, a video coder may form a so-called “palette” as a table of colors representing the video data of a given block. The video coder may code index values for one or more pixels values of a current block of video data, where the index values indicate entries in the palette that represent the pixel values of the current block. According to the techniques, a video coder determines one or more palette entries in a predictive palette that are copied to the current palette, and a number of new palette entries not in the predictive palette that are included in the current palette. The video coder calculates a size of the current palette equal to the sum of the number of the copied palette entries and the number of the new palette entries, and generates the current palette including the copied palette entries and the new palette entries. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150016512 | INTER-COLOR COMPONENT RESIDUAL PREDICTION - A device for decoding video data includes a memory configured to store video data, and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to: determine luma residual samples for a block of video data, determine predictive chroma residual samples for the block of video data, scale the luma residual samples with a scale factor to produce scaled luma residual samples, and determine updated chroma residual samples based on the predictive chroma residual samples and the scaled luma residual samples. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150016537 | RICE PARAMETER INITIALIZATION FOR COEFFICIENT LEVEL CODING IN VIDEO CODING PROCESS - Techniques are described for initializing a Rice parameter used to define codes for coefficient level coding. According to the techniques, the initial value of the Rice parameter is determined for a coefficient group (CG) in a transform block of video data based on statistics of coefficient levels that are gathered for previously coded coefficients of the video data. The statistics may be statistics of absolute values of coefficient levels or remaining absolute values of coefficient levels of previously coded coefficients. A value of the statistics may be initialized to zero at a beginning of a video slice and updated based on coefficient levels coded in each CG of the slice. The statistics may be updated once per CG. In some cases, statistics may be gathered separately for each of a plurality of different categories of CGs that are defined based on characteristics of transform blocks that include the CGs. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150023405 | DISABLING INTRA PREDICTION FILTERING - A video decoder may adaptively disable, based on a syntax element, one or more filters used for intra-prediction. In addition, the video decoder may perform intra-prediction to generate prediction data for a current block of a current video slice. Furthermore, a video encoder may adaptively disable one or more filters used for intra-prediction. Furthermore, the video encoder may signal a syntax element that controls the one or more filters. In addition, the video encoder may perform intra prediction to generate prediction data for a current video block the video data. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150055703 | DETERMINING REGIONS WHEN PERFORMING INTRA BLOCK COPYING - In general, techniques are described for performing an intra block copying process to code video data. A video decoding device that includes a memory and one or more processors may perform the techniques. The memory may be configured to store a current block of a picture. The processors may be configured to perform an intra block copying process to decode the current block using a prediction block that is from a same slice or a same tile as that in which the coded current block resides, the prediction block restricted to be within a search region that only includes the same slice or the same tile as that in which the coded current block resides. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150063440 | CONSTRAINED INTRA PREDICTION IN VIDEO CODING - A method of encoding video data includes determining that a current block of video data is to be encoded using an intra block copy (BC) mode and constrained intra prediction, determining one or more reference blocks that may be used for encoding the current block using the intra BC mode, wherein each of the one or more reference blocks is encoded with an intra prediction mode, and encoding the current block of video data using the intra BC mode and at least one of the determined one or more reference blocks. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150063454 | RESIDUAL PREDICTION FOR INTRA BLOCK COPYING - In an example, a method of decoding video data includes generating a residual block of a picture based on a predicted residual block including reconstructing one or more residual values of the residual block based on one or more predicted residual values of the residual block. The method also includes generating a current block of the picture based on a combination of the residual block and a prediction block of the picture. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150071357 | PARTIAL INTRA BLOCK COPYING FOR VIDEO CODING - In general, techniques are described for coding a current video block within a current picture based on a predictor block within the current picture, the predictor block identified by a block vector. The techniques include identifying an unavailable pixel of the predictor block, obtaining a value for the unavailable pixel based on at least one neighboring reconstructed pixel of the unavailable pixel, and coding the current video block based on a version of the predictor block that includes the obtained value for the unavailable pixel. The unavailable pixel may be located outside of a reconstructed region of the current picture. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150071359 | TWO LEVEL LAST SIGNIFICANT COEFFICIENT (LSC) POSITION CODING - In some examples, a video coder employs a two-level technique to code information that identifies a position within the block of transform coefficients of one of the coefficients that is a last significant coefficient (LSC) for the block according to a scanning order associated with the block of transform coefficients. For example, a video coder may code a sub-block position that identifies a position of one of the sub-blocks that includes the LSC within the block, and code a coefficient position that identifies a position of the LSC within the sub-block that includes the LSC. | 03-12-2015 |
