US 12,256,109 B2
Signaling of CTU size
Yixin Du, Los Altos, CA (US); Xin Zhao, San Diego, CA (US); Xiang Li, Saratoga, CA (US); and Shan Liu, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Tencent America LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by Tencent America LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/976,492.
Application 17/976,492 is a continuation of application No. 16/941,193, filed on Jul. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,553,213.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/886,056, filed on Aug. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0048558 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 19/176 (2014.01); H04N 19/186 (2014.01); H04N 19/96 (2014.01)
CPC H04N 19/96 (2014.11) [H04N 19/176 (2014.11); H04N 19/186 (2014.11)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for video encoding in an encoder, comprising:
determining a coding tree unit (CTU) size for a plurality of pictures;
generating CTU size information based on the determined CTU size; and
encoding the plurality of pictures based on the determined CTU size, wherein
the CTU size information includes a first bit and a second bit that are a first value based on the CTU size being determined as a first CTU size,
the CTU size information includes the first bit that is the first value and a second bit that is a second value based on the CTU size being determined as a second CTU size, and
the CTU size information includes the first bit that is the second value and the second bit that is the first value based on the CTU size being determined as a third CTU size.