Patent ID: 8848779

Claim:
A method for decoding video comprising: (a) decoding a first block of video using a plurality of decoded second blocks of said video; (b) based upon whether the size of a prediction unit associated with said plurality of second blocks of said video is less than a threshold, decoding said plurality of second blocks using a second technique, wherein said second technique comprises; (i) decoding a first group of said second blocks in a manner such that each of said first group of said second blocks is predicted independently of the other ones of said second blocks not included within said first group; (ii) decoding a second group of said second blocks in manner such that at least one block of said second group of said second blocks is predicted in a manner that is dependent on at least one block of said first group of said second blocks, where said first group of said second blocks does not include any blocks included in said second group of second blocks; where said first group and said second group are each decoded based on a respective prediction direction, selected from among a plurality of different prediction directions; and (c) based upon whether the size of a prediction unit associated with said plurality of second blocks of said video is not less than a threshold, decoding said plurality of second blocks using a first technique, where said first technique is different than said second technique.