Patent ID: 9349196
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: G06T,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: obtaining a first set of discrete cosine transform (DCT) blocks of a digital image, each DCT block from the first set of DCT blocks having a first block size; determining, by a processing device, whether to perform a merge operation or a split operation on the first set of DCT blocks; applying, by the processing device, a filter to the first set of DCT blocks in response to determining that the split operation is to be performed; generating, by the processing device, using a transform function, a second set of data blocks in view of the first set of DCT blocks, each data block from the second set of data blocks having a second block size; applying, by the processing device, the filter to the second set of data blocks in response to determining that the merge operation is to be performed; and generating, by the processing device, an encoding of the digital image in view of at least one of the first set of DCT blocks or the second set of DCT blocks.