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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2024
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Inventor:
Sachin G. Deshpande, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/105 (2014.01); H04N 19/172 (2014.01); H04N 19/46 (2014.01); H04N 19/70 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/105 (2014.11); H04N 19/172 (2014.11); H04N 19/46 (2014.11); H04N 19/70 (2014.11);
Abstract
According to an aspect of an invention, a method for signaling reference pictures in video coding is disclosed. The method comprises: decoding a number of entries in a reference picture list syntax structure; decoding a number of reference index active minus one syntax in a slice header, if the number of entries is greater than one; and deriving an active variable by using the number of reference index active minus one syntax.