Patent ID: 8548264

Claim:
A decoding device for predicting a motion vector for a current block in a current picture, the decoding device configured to obtain at least one motion vector of a block other than the current block, said other block associated with at least one reference picture indicated by a reference index for a set of multiple reference pictures; the decoding device configured to obtain a first picture order count value of the current picture, wherein the first picture order count value represents a display order of the current picture; the decoding device configured to obtain a second picture order count value of the at least one reference picture, wherein the second picture order count value represents a display order of the at least one reference picture; and the decoding device configured to compare the first picture order count value of the current picture with the second picture order count value of the at least one reference picture, and configured to predict the motion vector for the current block using said at least one motion vector, based on the comparison.