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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Yeqing Wu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yunfei Zheng, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alexandros Tourapis, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Alican Nalci, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yixin Du, Milpitas, CA (US);
Hilmi Enes Egilmez, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Albert E. Keinath, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jun Xin, San Jose, CA (US);
Hsi-Jung Wu, San Jose, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for generating virtual reference frames that may be used for prediction of input video frames. The virtual reference frames may be derived from already-coded reference frames and thereby incur reduced signaling overhead. Moreover, signaling of virtual reference frames may be avoided until an encoder selects the virtual reference frame as a prediction reference for a current frame. In this manner, the techniques proposed herein contribute to improved coding efficiencies.