Patent ID: 11949862
Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A method of video encoding at a video encoder, comprising:
partitioning, with a direct split mode and at a single partitioning depth, a parent coding unit (CU) in a picture directly into a set of more than 4 child CUs corresponding to one of plural predefined child CU templates; and
generating, based on the more than 4 child CUs, a bitstream including at least one syntax element associated with the parent CU that indicates the direct split mode is enabled for partitioning the parent CU directly into the more than 4 child CUs and indicating the one of the plural child CU templates, each of the plural child CU templates defining a different set of more than 4 child CUs into which the parent CU may be split and at least one of the child CU templates including child CUs having sizes different from each other.