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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2006
Applicants:
Kyo-hyuk Lee, Seoul, KR;
Sang-chang Cha, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Woo-jin Han, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01); H04N 11/02 (2006.01); H04N 11/04 (2006.01); H04N 7/36 (2006.01); H04N 7/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/00696 (2013.01); H04N 7/26872 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus effectively encode multiple layers using interlayer information in a multi-layered video codec. The method includes reading information concerning the low layer picture, calculating weighting factors using the information concerning the low layer picture, calculating a weighted sum of reference pictures for the current picture using the weighting factors and generating a predicted picture for the current picture, and encoding a difference between the current picture and the predicted picture.