Patent ID: 8737480
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining a merge mode for a current block of video content, wherein the merge mode is selected from a candidate list, wherein the candidate list comprises neighboring blocks that are spatially and temporally located with the current block; determining the merge mode by analyzing motion vector differences between the neighboring spatial blocks and temporal blocks; selecting one or more blocks for encoding the current block; encoding the current block using motion parameters of the selected one or more selected blocks; and transmitting information to a decoder to indicate which motion parameters from the one or more selected blocks to use in decoding the current block; wherein the one or more spatially-located neighboring blocks reside in the same picture as the current block; wherein the one or more temporally-located neighboring blocks reside in a different picture from the current block; wherein no bits, flags or indexes are used to indicate the merge mode; wherein the candidate list comprises: wherein determining the merge mode additionally comprises: and wherein determining the merge mode additionally comprises: comparing the average norm of temporal MV difference, ∥ΔMV