Patent ID: 8913670
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for applying a deblocking filter in a decoding process to frames of a video according to processor usage in a computing device, said method comprising: a processor of said computing device computing an environment indicator indicative of a current state of said computing device by determining current processor usage, by referencing an expected decoding order of a plurality of future frames beyond a next frame to determine if future processor usage is expected to increase or decrease, and by referencing one or more of a current decode frame rate and a target decode frame rate, to determine if future processor usage is expected to increase or decrease; said processor comparing said environment indicator to a primary threshold, said primary threshold being indicative of a maximum acceptable processor usage; if said primary threshold is met, said processor foregoing any deblocking filtering; or if said primary threshold is not met, said processor comparing said environment indicator to one or more secondary thresholds and applying a respective one of a plurality of deblocking filters to said video according to which one of said secondary thresholds is met, each said plurality of deblocking filters having a different complexity.