Patent ID: 8401071
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for compressing and decompressing YUV video data, comprising: (a) a video memory configured for communicating video pixel data with one or more video modules; (b) a video compression module coupled through a signal bus to said video memory and configured for, (c) a video decompression module configured for retrieving blocks of compressed video data in any order and for decompressing the compressed video data stored in said video memory into decompressed video data which has the same format and approximates the original video data which was received and compressed by said video compression module; said video decompression module configured to output said decompressed video data; wherein said apparatus is configured for performing pixel prediction during compression, said pixel prediction starting at an initial reference pixel selected in the middle of the block and defining a right and left prediction direction which can be processed in parallel as desired; and wherein the reference pixel remains the same for both right and left directions of prediction.