Patent ID: 11949884
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 3:
4. An encoding method for encoding a video, the encoding method comprising:
obtaining at least two items of prediction information for a first partition included in the video;
deriving a template from a plurality of samples which neighbor the first partition;
calculating at least two costs, using the template and the at least two items of prediction information;
using the at least two costs, (i) determining a first direction which is substantially perpendicular to a second direction in which a second partition is opposed to a third partition in the first partition and (ii) assigning one of the at least two items of prediction information to the second partition, and another of the at least two items of prediction information to the third partition; and
encoding the first partition according to the at least two items of prediction information.