Patent ID: 9247246
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A multi-layer video system, comprising: a first layer encoder that encodes a first layer of video information; at least one second layer encoder that encodes at least one second layer of video information; and an encoder side reference processing unit (RPU) that: wherein the correlation relates to a complexity characteristic that scaleably corresponds to the first video information layer reconstructed reference picture and the second video information layer current picture, the complexity characteristic comprises one of a plurality of complexity levels, the at least one second video information layer comprises a plurality of levels, the encoder side RPU sends processed pictures selectively to one level of the plurality thereof and supports a plurality of complexity modes; and wherein a scalable video bitstream is outputted, the video bitstream scalable in relation to one or more of: spatial scalability; temporal scalability; quality scalability; bit-depth scalability; aspect ratio scalability; view scalability; chroma sampling scalability; or color gamut scalability.