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Granted Patent B2
US 9,602,839 · App. 13/475,587 · Granted Mar 21, 2017

Mode dependent intra smoothing filter table mapping methods for non-square prediction units

Inventors: Guichun Li (Santa Clara, CA); Lingzhi Liu (San Jose, CA); Changcai Lai (Shenzhen, CN); Nam Ling (San Jose, CA); Jianhua Zheng (Shenzhen, CN); Chen-Xiong Zhang (Plano, TX)
Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
H04N19/86H04N19/11H04N19/117H04N19/159H04N19/176H04N19/593
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Patent No.
US 9,602,839
App. No.
13/475,587
Granted
Mar 21, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus comprising a processor configured to determine whether to use an intra smoothing filter for a rectangular prediction unit (PU) based on a lookup table (LUT) used for square PUs, wherein a width of the rectangular PU is not equal to a height of the rectangular PU.

Claims (38)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

determine a first dimension of a rectangular prediction unit (PU), wherein the first dimension is one of a width of the rectangular PU and a height of the rectangular PU;

select an intra smoothing filter for the rectangular PU based on a lookup table (LUT) used for a square PU of the first dimension,

wherein the width of the rectangular PU is not equal to the height of the rectangular PU.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine an intra prediction mode for the rectangular PU, wherein the LUT for the square PU is indexed by an intra prediction mode and a width of the square PU, and wherein an entry of the LUT is selected for the rectangular PU corresponding to square PUs with the same intra prediction mode and width as for the rectangular PU.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein no intra smoothing filter is used when the width of the rectangular PU is equal to one.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein no intra smoothing filter is used when the height of the rectangular PU is equal to one.

5. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein no intra smoothing filter is used when the width of the rectangular PU is less than five.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein no intra smoothing filter is used when the height of the rectangular PU is less than five.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine an intra prediction mode for the rectangular PU, wherein the LUT for the square PU is indexed by an intra prediction mode and height of the square PU, and wherein an entry of the LUT is selected for the rectangular PU corresponding to square PUs with the same intra prediction mode and height as for the rectangular PU.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein no intra smoothing filter is used when the height of the rectangular PU is equal to one.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein no intra smoothing filter is used when the width of the rectangular PU is equal to one.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein no intra smoothing filter is used when the height of the rectangular PU is less than five.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein no intra smoothing filter is used when the width of the rectangular PU is less than five.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine an intra prediction mode for the rectangular PU, wherein the LUT for the square PU is indexed by an intra prediction mode and a dimension of the square PU, wherein an entry of the LUT is selected for the rectangular PU corresponding to square PUs, wherein the corresponding rectangular PU has the same intra prediction mode as for the square PUs, and wherein the greater value between the width and height of the corresponding rectangular PU is equal to a width of the square PUs.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine an intra prediction mode for the rectangular PU, wherein the LUT for the square PU is indexed by an intra prediction mode and a block-size of the square PU, and wherein an entry of the LUT is selected for the rectangular PU corresponding to square PUs with the same intra prediction mode and block-size as for the rectangular PU.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein no intra smoothing filter is used when the width or height of the rectangular PU is equal to one.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein no intra smoothing filter is used when the width or height of the rectangular PU is less than five.

16. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine a type of the intra smoothing filter for the rectangular PU based on the LUT used for square PUs.

17. A method implemented by a processor comprising:

determining, by the processor, a first dimension of a rectangular prediction unit (PU), wherein the first dimension is one of a width of the rectangular PU and a height of the rectangular PU;

determining, by the processor, whether to use an intra smoothing filter for the rectangular PU based on a lookup table (LUT) used for a square PU of the first dimension, wherein the width of the rectangular PU is not equal to the height of the rectangular PU; and

using the intra smoothing filter to code video content.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising determining an intra prediction mode for the rectangular PU, wherein the LUT for the square PU is indexed by an intra prediction mode and a width of the square PU, and wherein an entry of the LUT is selected for the rectangular PU corresponding to square PUs with the same intra prediction mode and width as for the rectangular PU.

19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising determining an intra prediction mode for the rectangular PU, wherein the LUT for the square PU is indexed by an intra prediction mode and a height of the square PU, and wherein an entry of the LUT is selected for the rectangular PU corresponding to square PUs with the same intra prediction mode and height as for the rectangular PU.

20. The method of claim 17 , further comprising determining an intra prediction mode for the rectangular PU, wherein the LUT for the square PU is indexed by an intra prediction mode and a block-size of the square PU, and wherein an entry of the LUT is selected for the rectangular PU corresponding to square PUs with the same intra prediction mode and block-size as for the rectangular PU.

21. An apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

divide a square coding unit (CU) into a plurality of blocks including a rectangular prediction unit (PU) according to a Short Distance intra Prediction (SDIP) scheme,

determine a first dimension of the rectangular PU, wherein the first dimension is one of a width of the rectangular PU and a height of the rectangular PU, wherein the width of the rectangular PU is not equal to the height of the rectangular PU; and

select an intra smoothing filter for the rectangular PU based on a lookup table (LUT) used in Mode Dependent Intra Smoothing (MDIS) for a square PU of the first dimension.

22. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the LUT for the square PU is indexed by an intra prediction mode and a dimension of the square PU, and wherein the processor is further configured to select an intra prediction mode for the rectangular PU according to the SDIP scheme.

23. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein an entry of the LUT is selected for the rectangular PU corresponding to square PUs with the same intra prediction mode and width as for the rectangular PU.

24. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein an entry of the LUT is selected for the rectangular PU corresponding to square PUs with the same intra prediction mode and height as for the rectangular PU.

25. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein an entry of the LUT is selected for the rectangular PU corresponding to square PUs with the same intra prediction mode and block-size as for the rectangular PU.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2015
From: ZHANG, CHEN-XIONG
To: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 034633/0088 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2012
From: LI, GUICHUN; LIU, LINGZHI; LAI, CHANGCAI; LING, NAM; ZHENG, JIANHUA; ZHANG, PHILIPP
To: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 028322/0525 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61497173 · Jun 15, 2011
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