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7382923 Method and device for processing and decoding a coded digital signal  
The present invention concerns a method of processing a coded digital signal containing on the one hand a set of samples of different types obtained by coding a set of original samples representing...
7076113 Apparatus and method for adaptive spatial segmentation-based noise reducing for encoded image signal  
An efficient and non-iterative post processing method and system is proposed for mosquito noise reduction in DCT block-based decoded images. The post-processing is based on a simple classification...
7006631 Method and system for embedding binary data sequences into video bitstreams  
The present invention is a method and system which extracts, manipulates and embeds data from a compressed and standard compliant video bitstream which may be used for digital rights management,...
6996170 Adaptive optimization methods, devices and appliances for the transmission of coded signals  
A method of transmitting blocks of data, in which, for at least one of the blocks of data, at least one parameter associated with this block of data is transmitted, the parameter representing the...
6798836 Device for transmitting television pictures and device for receiving said pictures  
Device for transmitting television pictures in the form of transform coefficients and motion vectors. The motion vectors of a sub-picture are converted ( 20 ) into a series of difference vectors...
6778709 Embedded block coding with optimized truncation  
A multi-layer embedded bitstream is generated from a subband decomposition by partitioning each subband of the decomposition into a plurality of blocks; and encoding the blocks of each subband. The...
6757433 Object-based quad-tree mesh motion compensation method using greedy algorithm  
An object-based quad-tree mesh motion compensation method using the Greedy algorithm is provided. This method defines an object-based quad-tree mesh structure defined by extending a hierarchical...
6738087 Method and system for transferring live video pictures from a video camera to a remote video displayer via a conventional telephone line  
A method for transferring live video signals from a video camera of a local system to a remote video-display system via low-bandwidth communication lines is disclosed. The method is especially...
6717613 Block deformation removing filter  
When pixel signals included in pixel blocks forming an image are supplied, a detector detects the difference between pixel signal levels in the vicinity of block boundary of the pixel blocks. Then,...
6690727 Image processing  
Image processing includes storing N groups of pixels in respective memory banks, each group containing M pixel blocks of a first image and determining matches for two different pixel blocks in a...
6611274 System method, and computer program product for compositing true colors and intensity-maped colors into a frame buffer  
The color of a pixel is represented in a pixel storage word, wherein color coordinate data and intensity data are coded separately in two fields of the pixel storage word, the color field and the...
6577679 Method and apparatus for transcoding coded picture signals from object-based coding to block-based coding  
A coded object-based picture signal representing a picture is transcoded to a coded block-based picture signal representing the picture by culling signal portions that represent objects not visible...
6535555 Quantizing method and device for video compression  
The invention concerns a method comprising a step which consists in a quantizing step relative to a pixel or group of pixels in accordance with a desired rate. The invention is characterized in...
6496605 Block deformation removing filter, image processing apparatus using the same, method of filtering image signal, and storage medium for storing software therefor  
A filter for removing block deformation that occurs in an image signal is disclosed. Detected are a plurality of differentials each between at least two pixel signal levels on block boundaries...
6480664 Trick mode VTR which generates trick play data from a stream of images containing intra-pictures and predictive pictures and selects specific DCT coefficients for intra-pictures  
Tape formatting, tracking and trick mode data generation are disclosed for providing trick modes for compressed video stored on a video tape. The tape is formatted so that trick mode data is...
6351226 Block-by-block data compression with quantization control  
Data are compressed on a block-by-block basis. A frequency-transformer frequency-transforms input data to generate corresponding groups of coefficient values representing different frequency...
6304295 Region-based refresh strategy for video compression  
Frames in a video sequence are divided into two or more regions and a specified number of macroblocks are selected in each region for intra-coding. Depending on the particular implementation, for...
6271885 Apparatus and method of motion-compensated predictive coding  
A moving picture signal is encoded by motion-compensated prediction using motion vectors for each motion-compensated block of the moving picture signal. The motion vectors are arranged into motion...
6263105 Image processing apparatus and method  
A block including a subject pixel is formed from an original image. A first class information generation circuit calculates similarity between a decimated block that is obtained by decimating...
6243139 Apparatus for block-encoding input image signals  
There is provided an apparatus capable of preventing the image quality deterioration, in the block encoding of an image signal which has already been subjected to encoding, such as in the dubbing...
6205250 System and method for minimizing clock cycles lost to overhead data in a video decoder  
A video processing device capable of minimizing clock cycles lost to overhead information includes an encoder for generating first and second groups of overhead bits. The first group includes a...
RE37091 Motion compensated prediction interframe coding system  
A motion compensated prediction interframe coding system which first measures characteristics regarding the fineness of a pattern or texture of a picture, which is represented by an input...
6125146 Method and device for decoding coded digital video signals  
The invention relates to a video coding method and system including a quantization and coding sub-assembly (38) in which a quantization parameter is controlled by another parameter defined as being...
6125143 Picture encoding device and method thereof, picture decoding device and method thereof, and recording medium  
A picture is divided into either one of three types of macroblocks and then encoded in such a manner that block distortion, mosquito noise and ringing are reduced while picture coding efficiency is...
5973745 Video signal encoding method, video signal encoding apparatus, video signal transmitting method, and recording medium  
In a video signal encoding method and apparatus, a video signal transmitting method, and the recording medium, hierarchical encoding of image data implies problems in that a compressing efficiency...
5973707 Scan converting method and apparatus for raster to block and block to raster using a shared block buffer and two input/output buffers, one being raster, the other scan  
A scan converting method of converting image data from a raster sequence scan to a block sequence scan to divide the image data into blocks each having predetermined vertical width and lateral...
5956430 Image information coding apparatus and method using code amount of a selected pixel block for changing coding parameter  
An image information coding apparatus includes a block generator for dividing image information into pixel blocks, each of which consists of a predetermined number of pixels. A block selector...
5953079 Machine method for compensating for non-linear picture transformations, E.G. zoom and pan, in a video image motion compensation system  
Non-linear picture transformations in a video image motion compensation system are caused by camera zooms or rotations. Sets of trial vectors are derived for each block of the image representing...
5949486 Unit for detecting motion vector for motion compensation  
Each of element processors arranged in correspondence to pixels of a template block and a search window block respectively includes an A register and a B register provided in parallel with each...
5946041 Apparatus and method of tracking an image-feature using a block matching algorithm  
An image-feature tracking apparatus for tracking an object includes a feature deriving part for deriving at least one feature in an image of the object, and a matching operation part for matching...
5898794 Image compression method and image processing system  
Disclosed is an image processing system including an image input unit, an extraction unit, a plurality of compression process parts and a selection unit to compress a 1-frame image down to a less...
5859672 Image motion detection device  
An image motion detection device includes: a first motion detection section for generating a first motion vector by performing a first motion vector search for a first block included in an image; a...
5856847 High definition television coder/decoder where synchronization is achieved via the addition of absolute time reference signals at the coder  
In the combination of a video signal coder and a video signal decoder, synchronization is achieved by the addition of absolute time reference signals at the coder. These time reference signals are...
5850262 Method of fractal image coding and arrangements for performing the method  
To achieve an enhanced data reduction, a method of fractal image coding, in which method an image to be encoded is divided into range blocks which do not overlap and jointly cover the image...
5825934 Adaptive image coding method and apparatus  
An ADCT mode or a standard mode of still image encoding is employed to perform fixed length encoding. According to the present invention, an image processing apparatus includes a circuit for...
5771073 Advanced television system using a different encoding technique for non-image areas  
For a television signal having a succession of video frames, at least some of which have an image area and a non-image area, a frame having a non-image area is encoded by generating identification...
5742345 System for transmitting and receiving video signals using interpolation of adaptive factor  
A system for transmitting and receiving video signals compressed into low and high frequency band blocks includes an adaptive modulation circuit and an adaptive demodulation circuit. The adaptive...
5732157 Image processing apparatus and method using lossless encoding of a difference between image blocks  
This invention has as its object to provide an image coding method which can efficiently encode image data by fully utilizing a two-dimensional correlation of an image. A block matching means...
5715006 apparatus for and method of motion compensation with boundarycorrection for moving picture  
A motion compensated predicting device compensates motion by segmenting a reference image to generate an initial predicted image and estimated value correcting information. The correcting...
5666162 Moving image signal coding apparatus and moving image signal coding control method  
A moving image signal coding apparatus and moving image signal coding method dividing one frame of the moving image signal into a plurality of areas which may possibly overlap each other and...
5638127 Adaptive blocking image signal coding system  
An adaptive blocking coding system selects an effective blocking of an input image signal to be encoded in accordance with the correlation between fields, even if motion is detected between the...
5600721 Apparatus for scrambling a digital video signal  
Apparatus for intermittently or partially scrambling a digital video signal which encodes a digital video signal and successively supplies frames of video data corresponding to the encoded digital...
RE35414 Picture coding and decoding apparatus using vector quantization  
An interframe video data coding and decoding apparatus utilizes a differential amplitude suppression circuit in combination with a block encoder and a motion detector to non-linearly suppress...
5572258 Motion compensation estimating device and method achieving improved motion compensation  
An area subdividing unit subdivides a reference image, producing sub-areas. An inter-frame difference calculating device determines inter-frame differences between the reference image and an input...
5515114 Motion-vector detection apparatus for a video signal  
A frame difference accumulator accumulates differences between the present frame and the previous frame of an input video signal in each block and outputs an accumulated value of each block. A...
5506624 Rotating sample of video images  
A computer-implemented method of transmitting images from a transmitter to a receiver (e.g. in a teleconferencing application). A receiver maintains an image in a local storage (e.g. that from a...
RE35093 Systems and methods for coding even fields of interlaced video sequences  
In accordance with the invention, a method, for coding multi-mode predictive interpolative coded fields of video, includes the steps of: (a) providing a current field of interlaced pixel data,...
5467134 Method and system for compressing video data  
A method for compressing video movie data to a specified target size using intraframe and interframe compression schemes. In intraframe compression, a frame of the movie is compressed by comparing...
5442407 Video signal noise reduction system using time-varying filter coefficients  
A video signal noise reduction system is disclosed in which corresponding image pixels from a current frame and image pixels from a noise reduced previous frame are averaged to produce respective...
5432615 Compression/decompression method for image data  
A compression/decompression method for image data allows addition of a code amount control amount in units of data of one block without necessitating an excessive header capacity. In compression, a...
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