Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for coding multimedia data such as video data are disclosed. In some embodiments, such methods and apparatus determine an appropriate quantization parameter to be used for effectively coding such multimedia data.
Abstract:
Some embodiments comprise a method of decoding a video bitstream that include receiving a first layer of data and a second layer of data, combining the received first layer data and the received second layer data, and decoding the combined data. Also, a method of video encoding that includes selecting data for encoding in a first layer and a second layer so as to allow decoding of the data in a single combined layer, and encoding the selected data in the first layer and in the second layer by encoding a coefficient in the first layer and encoding a differential refinement to the first layer coefficient in the second layer.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for multi-layer integration for use in error recovery is disclosed. An error is detected in a multimedia data based on a first layer protocol and the detected error in the multimedia data is concealed based on a second layer protocol. In one aspect, the error in a multimedia data is detected based on a communication layer protocol and controlled based on a transport layer protocol. An error distribution of the controlled error is then determined based on a sync layer protocol and the detected error in the multimedia data is concealed based on an application layer protocol. In another aspect, a method and apparatus for multimedia data processing comprises error recovery as well as scalability.; Finally, a method and apparatus as disclosed allows processing of multimedia stream by receiving multiple streams of encoded multimedia data, performing error recovery on an erroneous portion of a stream, and reconstructing the multimedia data from the multiple streams.
Abstract:
Some embodiments comprise a method of decoding a video bitstream that include receiving a first layer of data and a second layer of data, combining the received first layer data and the received second layer data, and decoding the combined data. Also, a method of video encoding that includes selecting data for encoding in a first layer and a second layer so as to allow decoding of the data in a single combined layer, and encoding the selected data in the first layer and in the second layer by encoding a coefficient in the first layer and encoding a differential refinement to the first layer coefficient in the second layer.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for coding multimedia data such as video data are disclosed. In some embodiments, such methods and apparatus determine an appropriate quantization parameter to be used for effectively coding such multimedia data.
Abstract:
A method of processing multimedia data being associated with multiple layers is disclosed. The method may include determining a base layer residual and performing interlayer prediction to generate an enhancement layer residual if at least one of a number of non-zero coefficients of the base layer residual or a number of zero coefficients of the base layer residual meets a first selected condition. A method of decoding a multimedia bitstream may include receiving a multimedia bitstream having a base layer and an enhancement layer and decoding the base layer to determine whether the enhancement layer should be decoded using intralayer prediction or interlayer prediction.
Abstract:
Embodiments include systems and methods of improving processing in a decoder in a multimedia transmission system. Multimedia data may include one or more of motion video, audio, still images, or any other suitable type of audio-visual data. One embodiment includes a system and method of parsing fixed and variable length codes from a bit-wise stream of multi-media data by maintaining and reading the data in a processor aligned (e.g., word aligned) way. Another embodiment includes a system and method of decoding variable length codes, particular as received from such a variable length code using multiple levels of decoding tables to speed up decoder table lookup.
Abstract:
A video coding unit may be configured to encode or decode chrominance blocks of video data by reusing motion vectors for corresponding luminance blocks. A motion vector may have greater precision for chrominance blocks than luminance blocks, due to downsampling of chrominance blocks relative to corresponding luminance blocks. The video coding unit may interpolate values for a reference chrominance block by selecting interpolation filters based on the position of the pixel position pointed to by the motion vector. For example, a luminance motion vector may have one-quarter-pixel precision and a chrominance motion vector may have one-eighth-pixel precision. There may be interpolation filters associated with the quarter-pixel precisions. The video coding unit may use interpolation filters either corresponding to the pixel position or neighboring pixel positions to interpolate a value for the pixel position pointed to by the motion vector.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to process multimedia data enabling efficient partial decoding of transform coded data are described. A decoder device receives transform coefficients, where the transform coefficients are associated with multimedia data. The decoder device determines a set of multimedia samples to be reconstructed. In one aspect, the set of samples to be reconstructed is a subset of a matrix of transformed multimedia samples. The decoder device determines a set of transform coefficients to be used to reconstruct the multimedia samples. In one aspect, the transform coefficients are used to scale partial basis images associated with the encoding method used to generate the transform coefficients, resulting in reconstructed multimedia samples.
Abstract:
Some embodiments comprise a method of decoding a video bitstream that include receiving a first layer of data and a second layer of data, combining the received first layer data and the received second layer data, and decoding the combined data. Also, a method of video encoding that includes selecting data for encoding in a first layer and a second layer so as to allow decoding of the data in a single combined layer, and encoding the selected data in the first layer and in the second layer by encoding a coefficient in the first layer and encoding a differential refinement to the first layer coefficient in the second layer. A reduction of the number of dequantization steps to one is achieved in order to support pipelined dequantization in the hardware core.