Patent ID: 8503812

Claim:
A method for handling video data, the method comprising: performing a filtering operation with noise reduction on a current pixel in a video picture based on a selected filtering mode of operation, wherein the filtering mode of operation is selectable from a plurality of modes comprising a finite impulse response (FIR) filtering with noise reduction mode, an infinite impulse response (IIR) with noise reduction mode, and an FIR-IIR blended filtering with noise reduction mode, and generating blending factors to be utilized with a selected filtering mode of operation, wherein the FIR-IIR blended filtering with noise reduction mode of operation comprises: generating at least one blended non-motion compensated output picture of said video data based on blending at least one finite impulse response (FIR) filtered output picture of said video data and at least one infinite impulse response (IIR) filtered output picture of said video data; blending at least one motion compensated output picture of said video data and said at least one blended non-motion compensated output picture of said video data; and generating at least one current output picture of said video data based on said blending of said at least one motion compensated output picture of said video data and said at least one blended non-motion compensated output picture of said video data.