	US 12,022,102 B2
	Inter-prediction candidate index coding independent of inter-prediction candidate list construction in video coding
Minhua Zhou, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/120,608.
Application 18/120,608 is a continuation of application No. 17/243,638, filed on Apr. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,606,573.
Application 17/243,638 is a continuation of application No. 16/839,284, filed on Apr. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,025,941, issued on Jun. 1, 2021.
Application 16/839,284 is a continuation of application No. 16/384,750, filed on Apr. 15, 2019, granted, now 10,638,149, issued on Apr. 28, 2020.
Application 16/384,750 is a continuation of application No. 15/864,952, filed on Jan. 8, 2018, granted, now 10,264,275, issued on Apr. 16, 2019.
Application 15/864,952 is a continuation of application No. 13/523,772, filed on Jun. 14, 2012, granted, now 9,866,859, issued on Jan. 9, 2018.
Application 13/523,772 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/421,519, filed on Mar. 15, 2012, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/504,404, filed on Jul. 5, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/501,441, filed on Jun. 27, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/496,934, filed on Jun. 14, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2023/0217035 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 19/00 (2014.01); H04N 19/109 (2014.01); H04N 19/463 (2014.01); H04N 19/50 (2014.01); H04N 19/176 (2014.01); H04N 19/625 (2014.01)

CPC H04N 19/463 (2014.11) [H04N 19/109 (2014.11); H04N 19/50 (2014.11); H04N 19/176 (2014.11); H04N 19/625 (2014.11)]

20 Claims

1. A method for decoding a picture from a bit stream, the method comprising:

decoding a syntax element from the bit stream;

determining, based on the syntax element, a maximum allowed number of merge candidates for a merge candidate list for all coding units in a slice region in the picture;

decoding a merge candidate index for a coding unit in the slice region from the bit stream, wherein one less than the maximum allowed number of merge candidates is used as a maximum codeword size for truncated unary decoding of the merge candidate index;

constructing the merge candidate list for the coding unit wherein the merge candidate list comprises the maximum allowed number of merge candidates; and

reconstructing the coding unit using the merge candidate list for the coding unit and the merge candidate index for the coding unit.