Patent ID: 8107571

Claim:
A method of filtering media information, the method comprising, with a computing device that implements a media processing tool: receiving filter information for one or more filters, wherein the filter information is signaled in a bitstream received by the computing device that implements the media processing tool, and wherein the filter information includes: one or more filter family parameters selected from the group comprising number of filters parameter, resolution parameter, scaling bits parameter, and full integer position filter present parameter; and for each of the one or more filters, one or more signaled filter parameters used to determine one or more filter coefficient parameters from which plural filter taps are calculated; for each of the one or more filters, calculating the plural filter taps for the filter using the filter information, wherein the plural filter taps for the filter are specified by the one or more filter coefficient parameters for the filter, and wherein the plural filter taps are greater in number than the one or more filter coefficient parameters from which the plural filter taps are calculated; and filtering media information using the one or more filters.