Patent ID: 8355449
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for encoding video data comprising: accessing a picture to be encoded, said picture comprising a plurality of macro-blocks; accessing a memory containing a counter associated with a macro-block of said plurality of macro-blocks to determine a value of said counter; determining whether to encode said macro-block as an Intra macro-block based on said value of said counter; determining if said macro-block is within a region of interest; in response to determining that said macro-block is an Intra macro-block and within said region of interest, resetting said counter to a value of a pseudo random number within a first range of values, and resetting said counter to a value of a pseudo random number within a second range of values if said macro-block is not within said region of interest, wherein, said first range of values is not equal to said second range of values.