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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2006
Jayson Smith, San Diego, CA (US);
Aravind Bhaskara, San Diego, CA (US);
Jayson Smith, San Diego, CA (US);
Aravind Bhaskara, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosure describes video decoding techniques that utilize parallel processor technology in order to accelerate the decoding processes of image frames. The techniques include defining batches of video blocks to be decoded in parallel with one another. According to this disclosure, a method may comprise defining a first batch of video blocks of an image frame, decoding the first batch of video blocks in a serial manner, defining a second batch of video blocks and a third batch of video blocks relative to the first batch of video blocks, and decoding the second and third batches of video blocks in parallel with one another.