Patent ID: 9237356
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for coding video data, the method comprising: coding information indicative of reference pictures that belong to a reference picture set, wherein the reference picture set identifies the reference pictures that can potentially be used for inter-predicting a current picture and can potentially be used for inter-predicting one or more pictures following the current picture in decoding order; constructing a plurality of reference picture subsets that each identifies zero or more of the reference pictures of the reference picture set, wherein the plurality of reference picture subsets includes: adding reference pictures from the first reference picture subset of the plurality of reference picture subsets, followed by reference pictures from the second reference picture subset of the plurality of reference picture subsets, and followed by reference pictures from the third reference picture subset of the plurality of reference picture subsets into a reference picture list as long as a number of reference picture list entries is not greater than a maximum number of allowable reference picture list entries; and coding the current picture based on the reference picture list.