摘要 |
While temporal and spatial direct modes are both supported, the amount of temporarily-stored direct-mode prediction information is reduced, thereby reducing the memory bus bandwidth. A motion information generator combines a motion vector for an anchor block with the number of a reference picture of the anchor block, thereby generates motion information of the pixel block. A still-state determination unit determines whether or not the pixel block is considered still based on the motion vector for the anchor block and on the number of the reference picture. A selector selectively stores in a memory either an output of the motion information generator or a determination result of the still-state determination unit as direct-mode prediction information of the pixel block. A motion vector predictor predicts a motion vector for the pixel block in direct mode based on the direct-mode prediction information stored in the memory.
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