Patent ID: 9392286
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a candidate generation block configured to generate a plurality of candidates based, at least in part, on a received coefficient; a plurality of node cost blocks coupled to the candidate generation block, each of the plurality of node cost blocks configured to receive the plurality of candidates from the candidate generation block and a NodeID control signal that defines a respective node state of the MPEG 2 encoding standard, each of the plurality of node cost blocks configured to generate, for each candidate of the plurality of candidates, an arc based, at least in part, on the respective node state defined by the received NodeID control signal and a distortion cost of the candidate; and a plurality of minimum cost blocks coupled to the plurality of node cost blocks, each of the plurality of minimum cost blocks having a respective node state of the MPEG 2 encoding standard, wherein for each minimum cost block, the minimum cost block is configured to: