US 11,900,415 B2
Region merging and coding parameter reuse via merging
Philipp Helle, Berlin (DE); Simon Oudin, Berlin (DE); Martin Winken, Berlin (DE); Detlev Marpe, Berlin (DE); and Thomas Wiegand, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to GE Video Compression, LLC, Albany, NY (US)
Filed by GE VIDEO COMPRESSION, LLC, Albany, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/020,622.
Application 17/020,622 is a continuation of application No. 16/677,083, filed on Nov. 7, 2019, granted, now 10,803,485.
Application 16/677,083 is a continuation of application No. 16/268,136, filed on Feb. 5, 2019, granted, now 10,672,028, issued on Jun. 2, 2020.
Application 16/268,136 is a continuation of application No. 15/940,839, filed on Mar. 29, 2018, granted, now 10,248,966, issued on Apr. 2, 2019.
Application 15/940,839 is a continuation of application No. 13/650,635, filed on Oct. 12, 2012, granted, now 10,621,614, issued on Apr. 14, 2020.
Application 13/650,635 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2011/055795, filed on Apr. 13, 2011.
Claims priority of application No. 10159799 (EP), filed on Apr. 13, 2010; and application No. PCT/EP2010/054833 (WO), filed on Apr. 13, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2020/0410532 A1, Dec. 31, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06F 16/00 (2019.01); H04N 19/105 (2014.01); H04N 19/147 (2014.01); H04N 19/196 (2014.01); H04N 19/52 (2014.01); H04N 19/139 (2014.01); H04N 19/176 (2014.01); H04N 19/119 (2014.01); H04N 19/46 (2014.01); H04N 19/61 (2014.01); H04N 19/96 (2014.01); H04N 19/463 (2014.01); H04N 19/14 (2014.01); H04N 19/186 (2014.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0251 (2013.01) [G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01); H04N 19/105 (2014.11); H04N 19/119 (2014.11); H04N 19/139 (2014.11); H04N 19/14 (2014.11); H04N 19/147 (2014.11); H04N 19/176 (2014.11); H04N 19/186 (2014.11); H04N 19/196 (2014.11); H04N 19/197 (2014.11); H04N 19/46 (2014.11); H04N 19/463 (2014.11); H04N 19/52 (2014.11); H04N 19/61 (2014.11); H04N 19/96 (2014.11); G06Q 10/00 (2013.01); G06Q 30/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A decoder for decoding arrays of information samples encoded in a data stream each array representing a picture, the decoder comprising:
an extractor configured for extracting, from the data stream, a merge indicator with respect to a current region within an array of information samples, wherein the merge indicator is indicative of whether the current region is to be reconstructed based on at least one coding parameter that is determined based on one or more coding parameters associated with a candidate region; and
a reconstructor configured for
computing, if an indication is to compute, the at least one coding parameter based on the one or more coding parameters, the computing including:
determining a prediction of the at least coding parameter based on one of the one or more coding parameters,
extracting, from the data stream, a prediction residual of the at least one coding parameter, and
combining the prediction and the prediction residual of the at least one coding parameter to obtain the at least one coding parameter, and
reconstructing the current region based on the at least one coding parameter.