US 11,962,786 B2
Multi-stage block coding
Krishnakanth Rapaka, San Jose, CA (US); Alexandros Tourapis, Los Gatos, CA (US); and David William Singer, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/671,512.
Application 17/671,512 is a continuation of application No. 17/167,413, filed on Feb. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,252,418.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/970,142, filed on Feb. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0279194 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 19/176 (2014.01); H04N 19/103 (2014.01); H04N 19/119 (2014.01); H04N 19/124 (2014.01); H04N 19/136 (2014.01); H04N 19/159 (2014.01); H04N 19/50 (2014.01)
CPC H04N 19/176 (2014.11) [H04N 19/103 (2014.11); H04N 19/119 (2014.11); H04N 19/124 (2014.11); H04N 19/136 (2014.11); H04N 19/159 (2014.11); H04N 19/50 (2014.11)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
generating a prediction for a first sub-region of an input block of data;
generating a reconstruction of the first sub-region using the prediction for the first sub-region;
generating a prediction for a second sub-region of the input block based at least in part on the reconstruction of the first sub-region; and
encoding the input block based at least in part on the prediction for the first sub-region and the prediction for the second sub-region.