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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2018
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Madhukar Budagavi, Plano, TX (US);
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for decoding an encoded video bit stream in a video decoder is provided that includes decoding an intra prediction mode for a block of pixels encoded in the video bit stream, determining, based on the intra prediction mode, whether or not a smoothing filter is to be applied to reference pixel values used for intra prediction of the block, applying a smoothing filter to the reference pixel values when a result of the determining is that a smoothing filter is to be applied, and performing intra prediction according to the intra prediction mode using the smoothed reference pixel values to generate a predicted block of pixels.