Patent ID: 9154790
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A video encoding method, comprising: constructing a list of common merging candidate blocks by including a predetermined number of the common merging candidate blocks selected from among adjacent blocks of a current coding unit, the current coding unit partitioned into a first prediction unit and a second prediction unit, wherein the common merging candidate blocks are commonly usable for the first prediction unit and the second prediction unit; selecting at least one common merging candidate block from among the list of common merging candidate blocks for each of the first prediction unit and the second prediction unit; and sending corresponding information of the selected at least one common merging candidate block to a decoder for each of the first prediction unit and the second prediction unit, wherein the constructing of the list of common merging candidate blocks is performed only when a size of the current coding unit is 8-by-8, wherein a coding unit has a recursive tree structure.