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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2007
Ihab Amer, Cairo, EG;
Toader-adrian Chirila-rus, Austin, TX (US);
Robert D. Turney, Watertown, WI (US);
Wilson C. Chung, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Wael Badawy, Calgary, CA;
Ihab Amer, Cairo, EG;
Toader-Adrian Chirila-Rus, Austin, TX (US);
Robert D. Turney, Watertown, WI (US);
Wilson C. Chung, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Wael Badawy, Calgary, CA;
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A data structure and method of use thereof for encoding video information are described. Macroblock parameters are initialized, and it is determined whether an operating point is selected. If the operating point is selected, then the following occurs: each quad of nodes of a first node level are obtained and a check for merger is done on them; each quad of nodes of a second node level is obtained and a check for merger is done on them; nodes of a third node level are obtained and check for merger is done on them; nodes of a fourth node level are obtained and a check for merger is done on them; and modes are assigned responsive to cost of combinations of encoding modes associated with possible mergers.