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  • Method and apparatus for improving video quality of low bit-rate video
    Patent number: 7995849
    Abstract: Embodiments describe a method, apparatus and system for processing images using block based compression. In one embodiment, a method comprises determining whether two blocks are neighboring blocks, determining whether the two neighboring blocks are both subdivided, if the two blocks are neighboring blocks; performing deblocking filtering on one or more edge pixels of the two neighboring blocks, if it is determined that both of the two neighboring blocks are not subdivided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: QUALCOMM, Incorporated
    Inventors: Vijayalakshmi R. Raveendran, Ann Chris Irvine