Patent ID: 11930164
Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 17:
18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:
when a total number of block vectors of the plurality of spatial neighboring blocks included in the block vector predictor candidate list is less than a maximum allowed number that is based on whether the difference does exist between the block vector and the corresponding block vector predictor for the current block,
select a third block vector of a previously coded block from a plurality of block vectors of previously coded blocks;
determine whether the selected third block vector is different from the block vectors of the plurality of spatial neighboring blocks included in the block vector predictor candidate list; and
insert the selected third block vector into the block vector predictor candidate list in response to a determination that the selected third block vector is different from the block vectors of the plurality of spatial neighboring blocks included in the block vector predictor candidate list.