| CPC H04N 19/176 (2014.11) [H04N 19/119 (2014.11)] | 18 Claims |
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1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a plurality of processing elements (PEs) each configured to perform coding efficiency evaluation for a respective coding tool, video data comprising a coding block (CB) divided into a plurality of sub-blocks, wherein:
the plurality of PEs comprises a first number of PEs, and
the receiving of the video data by the plurality of PEs comprises each of the plurality of PEs receiving the plurality of sub-blocks of the CB in batches, each batch comprising a second number of the plurality of sub-blocks, and the second number being equal to the first number;
storing, by each of the plurality of PEs, the second number of the plurality of sub-blocks in a respective buffer accessible to the respective PE;
calculating, by each of the plurality of PEs performing the coding efficiency evaluation, a respective figure of merit (FOM) specific to the respective coding tool and the video data;
determining a coding tool specific to the video data by comparing the FOMs calculated by the plurality of PEs; and
encoding the video data using the determined coding tool.
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