Abstract:
A data processing apparatus has a de-compressor and an input interface. The de-compressor de-compresses a compressed display data in an input bitstream. The input interface receives the input bitstream from another data processing apparatus via a display interface, parses indication information included in the input bitstream, and configures the de-compressor to employ a de-compression algorithm according to the indication information.
Abstract:
A memory pool management method includes: allocating a plurality of memory pools in a memory device according to information about a plurality of computing units, wherein the computing units are independently executed on a same processor; and assigning one of the memory pools to one of the computing units, wherein at least one of the memory pools is shared among different computing units of the computing units.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for SAO (sample adaptive offset) processing in a video decoder are disclosed. Embodiments according to the present invention reduce the required line buffer associated with the SAO processing. According to one embodiment, tri-level comparison results for one deblocked pixel row or column of the image unit are determined according to SAO type of the deblocked pixel row or column. The tri-level comparison results are stored in a buffer and the tri-level comparison results are read back from the buffer for SAO processing of the subsequent row or column from a subsequent image unit. The comparison results correspond to “larger”, “equal” and “smaller” states. The comparison results can be stored more efficiently.
Abstract:
An image compression method includes at least the following steps: receiving a plurality of pixels of a frame, wherein pixel data of each pixel has a plurality of color channel data corresponding to a plurality of different color channels, respectively; encoding the pixel data of each pixel and generating bit-streams corresponding to the plurality of color channel data of the pixel, wherein the bit-streams corresponding to the plurality of color channel data of the pixel are separated; packing bit-streams of a same color channel data of different pixels into color channel bit-stream segments, wherein each of the bit-stream segments has a same predetermined size; and concatenating color channel bit-stream segments of the different color channels into a final bit-stream. Alternatively, color channel bit-stream segments of the same pixel are concatenated into a concatenated bit-stream portion, and concatenated bit-stream portions of different pixels are concatenated into a final bit-stream.
Abstract:
An image generation method includes: determining at least one first image capture setting and at least one second image capture setting; controlling an image capture device to generate a plurality of first successive captured images for a capture trigger event according to the at least one first image capture setting and generate a plurality of second successive captured images for the same capture trigger event according to the at least one second image capture setting. Variation of the at least one first image capture setting is constrained within a first predetermined range during generation of the first successive captured images. Difference between the at least one first image capture setting and the at least one second image capture setting is beyond the first predetermined range. Variation of the at least one second image capture setting is constrained within a second predetermined range during generation of the second successive captured images.
Abstract:
A data processing apparatus includes a compressor and an output interface. The compressor generates a plurality of compressed pixel data groups by compressing pixel data of a plurality of pixels of a picture based on a pixel data grouping setting of the picture. The output interface packs the compressed pixel data groups into an output bitstream, records indication information in the output bitstream, and outputs the output bitstream via a display interface. The indication information is indicative of at least one boundary between consecutive compressed pixel data groups packed.
Abstract:
An image encoding method includes at least following steps: receiving a plurality of target pixels within a frame, wherein pixel data of each target pixel has at least one color channel data corresponding to at least one color channel; determining a bit budget of the target pixels; and performing bit-plane scanning coding upon selected pixels according to the bit budget and a scanning order, and accordingly generating encoded pixel data of the selected pixels as encoded data of the target pixels, wherein the selected pixels are derived from the target pixels, and the bit-plane scanning coding extracts partial bits of pixel data of each selected pixel as encoded pixel data of the selected pixel. In addition, a corresponding image decoding method is provided.
Abstract:
One video coding method includes at least the following steps: utilizing a visual quality evaluation module for evaluating visual quality based on data involved in a coding loop; and referring to at least the evaluated visual quality for performing sample adaptive offset (SAO) filtering. Another video coding method includes at least the following steps: utilizing a visual quality evaluation module for evaluating visual quality based on data involved in a coding loop; and referring to at least the evaluated visual quality for deciding a target coding parameter associated with sample adaptive offset (SAO) filtering.
Abstract:
One video encoding method includes: performing a first part of a video encoding operation by a software engine with instructions, wherein the first part of the video encoding operation comprises at least a motion estimation function; delivering a motion estimation result generated by the motion estimation function to a hardware engine; and performing a second part of the video encoding operation by the hardware engine. Another video encoding method includes: performing a first part of a video encoding operation by a software engine with instructions and a cache buffer; performing a second part of the video encoding operation by a hardware engine; performing data transfer between the software engine and the hardware engine through the cache buffer; and performing address synchronization to ensure that a same entry of the cache buffer is correctly addressed and accessed by both of the software engine and the hardware engine.
Abstract:
A data processing apparatus has a compressor and an output interface. The compressor generates an output multimedia data according to an input multimedia data. The output interface packs the output multimedia data into an output bitstream, and outputs the output bitstream to another data processing apparatus via a camera interface. The camera interface is a camera serial interface (CSI) standardized by a Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI). In addition, the compressor adaptively adjusts a compression algorithm according to context characteristics in the input multimedia data, power supply status, operational status of a storage device, image capture characteristic, configuration of the another data processing apparatus, and/or compression algorithm supported by the another data processing apparatus. Further, the another data processing apparatus adaptively adjusts a de-compression algorithm according to a compression algorithm supported by the compressor.