Patent ID: 9521425
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of decoding video data, the method comprising: based on access to a depth map being allowed, determining a macroblock-level disparity vector for a current block of the video data without using a median filtering process on multiple disparity motion vectors, the current block being a macroblock and the current block being coded using either a P-skip mode, a B-skip mode, a B-16×16 direct mode, or the current block being an 8×8 block and the current block being coded using a B-8×8 direct mode, and determining the disparity vector for the current block comprises performing a neighboring-block based disparity vector (NBDV) refinement (NBDV-R) process to determine the disparity vector for the current block, using the disparity vector for the current block to determine a reference block in a reference view; and determining pixel values for the current block based on the reference block.