Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

Ofinno, LLC

Vikas Warudkar

Damian Ruiz Coll

Encoding and/or decoding a block of a video frame may be based on a previously decoded reference block in the same frame or in a different frame. The reference block may be indicated by a block vector (BV). The BV may be encoded as difference between a block vector predictor (BVP) and the BV. The BVP may be selected based on a distance between the BVP and another BVP which may improve diversity of selected BVPs and improve prediction accuracy of the BVP.

Block vector predictor candidate selection

A decoder receives, from a bitstream, an indication of a block vector predictor (BVP) and a first block vector difference (BVD) for a current block. The decoder determines a second BVD based on: the first BVD and whether a location displaced from the current block by a sum of the BVP and the first BVD is outside a reference region. The decoder calculates a block vector (BV) based on a sum of the second BVD and the BVP. The decoder reconstructs the current block based on a reference block indicated by the BV.

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Vikas Warudkar