Patent ID: 9723331
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method of encoding video data, the method comprising: encoding a picture layer syntax element in a picture layer parameter set, the picture layer syntax element indicating whether deblocking filter parameters are present in the picture layer parameter set; when the picture layer syntax element indicates that deblocking filter parameters are present in the picture layer parameter set, encoding a slice layer syntax element in a slice header defined to indicate whether to use a first set of deblocking filter parameters included in the picture layer parameter set or a second set of deblocking filter parameters included in the slice header to define a deblocking filter applied to a current video slice; and when the picture layer syntax element indicates that deblocking filter parameters are not present in both the picture layer parameter set and the slice header, encoding the slice header without including the slice layer syntax element.