Patent ID: 9729873
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method of decoding encoded video data, the method comprising: receiving an indication of merge mode encoding of an encoded block of the encoded video data; detecting a set of conditions with respect to the merge mode-encoded block, at least in part by: determining that the merge mode-encoded block is positioned within a parallel motion estimation region (PMER) that includes a plurality of encoded blocks of the encoded video data; and determining that all spatial neighboring blocks of the merge mode-encoded block are included in the plurality of encoded blocks positioned within the PMER, such that no motion information for the spatial neighboring blocks is available during decoding of the merge mode-encoded block; responsive to receiving the indication of the merge mode encoding of the merge mode-encoded block and responsive to detecting the set of conditions with respect to the merge mode-encoded block, identifying, a temporal motion vector prediction (TMVP) candidate associated with the merge mode-encoded block without constructing a merge mode candidate list for merge mode decoding of the merge mode-encoded block, the TMVP candidate being available for identifying; merge mode decoding the merge mode-encoded block using the identified TMVP candidate based on the indication of merge mode encoding of the merge mode-encoded block and based on the set of conditions being detected with respect to the merge mode-encoded block; and decoding two or more encoded blocks of the plurality of encoded blocks included in the PMER in parallel.