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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
May. 08, 2006
Applicants:
Guy Cote, San Jose, CA (US);
Huipin Zhang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Guy Cote, San Jose, CA (US);
Huipin Zhang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
GEO SEMICONDUCTOR INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01); H04N 7/52 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for coding video is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) receiving a video signal having a series of pictures, each of the pictures having a plurality of blocks, (B) analyzing the blocks to forecast if coding the blocks in a zero-residual coding mode would generate a plurality of artifacts, (C) disabling the zero-residual coding mode for the blocks forecasted to generate at least one of the artifacts and (D) enabling the zero-residual coding mode for the blocks forecasted to generate none of the artifacts.