Patent ID: 8228977
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for removing a blocking phenomenon, comprising: a decoder configured to determine whether at least one of a first block and a second block has non-zero transform coefficient information, and the second block being adjacent to the first block, the decoder further configured to, obtain a motion vector difference between a motion vector for the first block and a motion vector for the second block, determine a filter strength value in consideration of at least one among a presence of the non-zero transform coefficient information and the obtained motion vector difference, determine coefficients, for pixels on a block boundary between the first and second blocks, based on the filter strength value, and calculate values of the pixels on the block boundary based on the determined coefficients, the calculating including performing a bit shift operation, and the calculating step further including, calculating values of at least two successive pixels in the first block based on pixel values of the at least two successive pixels in the first block, and calculating values of at least two successive pixels in the second block based on pixel values of the at least two successive pixels in the second block, wherein the bit shift operation uses an integer and wherein the integer is greater than 1.