Patent ID: 8879620

Claim:
A method for performing localized multihypothesis prediction during video coding of a coding unit, the method comprising: dividing the coding unit into a plurality of sub-coding units; and processing the sub-coding units, wherein the step of processing the sub-coding units further comprises: obtaining motion information of a first set of coded units, wherein the coded unit are motion-compensated and the motion information comprises a first motion vector and a second motion vector corresponding to sub-coding units of other coding units within a current frame where the coding unit is located; obtaining a plurality of pixel values from the motion information of the first set of coded units; utilizing a linear combination of the plurality of pixel values as a predicted pixel value of a specific sub-coding unit of the sub-coding units; and deriving a predicted pixel value of another sub-coding unit in the coding unit by utilizing motion information of a second set of coded units, wherein the second set of coded unit comprises at least one coded unit that is not in the first set of coded units.