Patent ID: 11882277
Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A video encoding apparatus comprising:
a video encoding circuit, arranged to encode a first block group of a current frame to generate a first block group bitstream during a first period, and transmit a second block group bitstream derived from encoding a second block group of the current frame during a second period, wherein the second period overlaps the first period, the current frame comprises a plurality of block groups, each of the plurality of block groups comprises a plurality of blocks, each of the plurality of blocks comprises a plurality of pixels, and the plurality of block groups comprise the first block group and the second block group;
wherein the video encoding circuit comprises:
a first in-loop filter, arranged to perform a first in-loop filtering process upon a first group of pixels during a first time segment of the first period; and
a second in-loop filter, arranged to perform a second in-loop filtering process upon a second group of pixels during a second time segment of the first period, wherein the second time segment overlaps the first time segment, and a non-zero pixel distance exists between a first edge pixel of the first group of pixels in a filter direction and a second edge pixel of the second group of pixels in the filter direction.