Patent ID: 8204122

Claim:
A method of compressed picture reconstruction using a plurality of post-processed reference pictures, comprising the steps of: (A) generating in a decoder a first of a plurality of reconstructed pictures by decoding a first of a plurality of compressed pictures using motion compensation relative to at least one of a plurality of first reference pictures buffered in a memory, wherein (i) said compressed pictures are received in an input bitstream and (ii) said first reference pictures are not post-processed after being reconstructed; (B) generating in a processor a first of a plurality of processed pictures by artifact processing said first reconstructed picture to remove artifacts present in said first reconstructed picture; (C) buffering in said memory both (i) said first reconstructed picture as one of said first reference pictures and (ii) said first processed picture as one of a plurality of second reference pictures, wherein said second reference pictures are post-processed after being reconstructed; and (D) generating a second of said reconstructed pictures by decoding a second of said compressed pictures using motion compensation relative to at least one of said second reference pictures buffered in said memory.