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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2004
Applicants:
Lowell L. Winger, Waterloo, CA;
Simon Booth, Milton, CA;
Elliot N. Linzer, Suffern, NY (US);
Ho-ming Leung, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Lowell L. Winger, Waterloo, CA;
Simon Booth, Milton, CA;
Elliot N. Linzer, Suffern, NY (US);
Ho-Ming Leung, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01); H04N 11/02 (2006.01); H04N 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for determining a first and a second reference picture used for inter-prediction of a macroblock, comprising the steps of (A) finding a co-located picture and block, (B) determining a reference index, (C) mapping the reference index to a lowest valued reference index in a current reference list and (D) using the reference index to determine the second reference picture.