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5838375 Method and apparatus for coding an image and reducing bit generation by HVS (human visual sensitivity)  
A method and apparatus for coding an image for reducing the amount of bit generation. Those are realized by eliminating a perceptual error from a predict error, which is generated in performing a...
5835163 Apparatus for detecting a cut in a video  
Apparatus for detecting a cut in a video comprises arrangements for acquiring video images from a source, for deriving from the video images a pixel-based difference metric, for deriving from the...
5831688 Image coded data re-encoding apparatus  
A image coded data re-encoding apparatus for regenerated image coded data for transmission or storing by re-encoding decoded image data according to the present invention comprises an image decoder...
5828423 Motion vector detection circuit provided with the picture data memory  
The address generation unit 166 generates a write address for each picture data to be written in the frame memory 169. The memory control unit 165 writes picture data which have the same Y address...
5825928 Decoding apparatus for error concealment considering motion directions of moving images  
A motion image decoding apparatus receives encoded image data which has first, second and third data regions, such as MPEG macroblocks which have predetermined sizes, and a motion vector for each...
5825423 Apparatus for detecting motion vectors using moving object patterns  
An apparatus for estimating motion vectors between a current frame and a reference frame of video signals employs a set of moving object patterns, each of the, moving object patterns representing a...
5822007 Method and apparatus for motion estimation using block matching  
Block matching is well known as a robust and intuitively simple method of motion estimation for television pictures. However, when the purpose of the motion estimation is to provide accurate...
5818535 Method and apparatus for adaptive hybrid motion video compression and decompression  
A method and apparatus for compression and decompression of motion video data. According to one embodiment, a method for compression of a first frame of motion video is provided, wherein the first...
5818536 Motion vector selection using a cost function relating accuracy to bit rate  
A method and apparatus for improved motion vector selection in the motion estimator stage of a video encoder such as an MPEG coder are provided. From a received (re-ordered) image frame sequence, a...
5818969 Intelligent start for motion estimation search  
An intelligent start for a block-matching search is employed. Motion vectors which have been calculated for immediately adjacent blocks in the same image and for corresponding blocks in previous...
RE35910 Moving image signal encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus  
A moving image signal encoding apparatus includes: a frame decimating circuit for extracting . .encoded.!. frames from an input moving image signal at specified intervals; a frame interpolating...
5815217 Scene-change detector for a moving image composed of a plurality of frames  
A scene-change detector is disclosed which detects a scene-change of a moving image composed of a plurality of frames. In the apparatus, a moving image is encoded based on the correlation between...
5815602 DCT image compression and motion compensation using the hadamard transform  
The objective of this invention is to provide a data processor which can perform motion estimation of moving images at high speed and high accuracy. The data processor according to this invention...
5812219 System and method for transmitting picture or sound signals  
Due to a reduction of block artefacts in the reconstructed signal, lapped signal transforms are more suitable than non-lapped transforms for compressing picture and sound signals. Nevertheless, the...
5812199 System and method for estimating block motion in a video image sequence  
A system for estimating block motion from a previous frame to a current frame, wherein motion vectors have been computed for blocks in the previous frame. The system comprises a P-checkerboard...
5812198 Video coding decoding apparatus  
This invention relates to a video coding decoding apparatus for effectively refreshing a video and for recovering degradation of a video caused by code error, in a short time. A video coding...
5812197 System using data correlation for predictive encoding of video image data subject to luminance gradients and motion  
An MPEG based video signal compression system reduces picture degradation caused by sub-optimal selection of a prediction mode. A disclosed method produces a compressed video output signal from a...
5808685 Block matching motion estimation apparatus employing a weight function  
A blocking matching motion estimation apparatus estimates a displacement of a search block in a current frame with respect to each of candidate blocks in a previous frame to produce motion vectors...
5808700 Motion video coding systems with motion vector detection  
A motion vector detecting circuit and a motion video compressing system are disclosed. The detecting circuit detect a vector which direct from a spatial location of a current macroblock to a...
5805239 Processor for comparing picture element blocks (blocks matching processor)  
A processor is disclosed, in which a block memory (ADM), a search domain memory (SDM), a two-dimensional processor/memory cell field (PRA) and a control unit (CTRL) are preferably monolithically...
5805223 Image encoding apparatus having an intrapicture encoding mode and interpicture encoding mode  
An image encoding apparatus for encoding input image data using both of an intrapicture encoding mode and a motion compensation interpicture encoding mode has a refresh area setting section for...
5805227 Half-pixel motion compensation controller accepting MPEG2  
A half-pixel motion compensation controller accepting MPEG2 data implements a half-pixel motion compensator using a four phase division of macroblock units and a clock faster than the system clock....
5805207 Moving image reproduction system providing compensation for cinematographic artifacts  
A cinematographic camera is operated at three times normal frame rates and converted to digital video in a telecine operation. Motion estimation provides from the digital video motion vectors which...
5796855 Polygon block matching method  
A polygon block matching method includes defining a preliminary quadrilateral reference pixel block of multiple pixels about a selected reference pixel in an image object of a video image frame....
5796434 System and method for performing motion estimation in the DCT domain with improved efficiency  
A system and method for estimating motion vectors between frames of a video sequence which operates in the DCT domain with improved efficiency and reduced computational requirements. The motion...
5793430 Method and apparatus for correcting motion vectors  
Motion vectors resulting from block matching are corrected for periodic structures by taking a more reliable vector from an edge of a moving object containing the periodic structure. This is done...
5793443 Motion vector detection circuit  
In a motion vector detection apparatus which processes a plurality of candidate blocks of pixels defined in a search range within a reference frame, to detect a candidate block having maximum...
5790207 Motion compensation method for use in an image encoding system  
A method capable of improving the image quality comprises the steps of (a) detecting a motion vector for each search block in the current frame by using a block matching algorithm, (b) dividing a...
5790206 Method and apparatus for global-to-local block motion estimation  
Apparatus and a concomitant method for estimating motion vectors having as an input a first image frame and a second image frame, each containing a plurality of pixels representing an image. The...
5790208 Apparatus for estimating frame-to-frame and field-to-field motions  
The present invention relates to an apparatus for simultaneously estimating a set of frame-to-frame motions between two frames and a set of field-to-field motions between two fields. The apparatus...
5786860 High speed block matching for bi-directional motion vector estimation  
A high speed block matching algorithm for a bi-directional motion vector estimation, capable of improving the accuracy and the amount of computation in the bi-directional motion vector estimation...
5786859 Video coding/decoding apparatus with preprocessing to form predictable coded video signal portion  
A preprocessing device used in a video coding apparatus, comprising a motion compensation prediction estimating unit for detecting a change of an video from a current picture and a past picture to...
5781239 System and method for performing an optimized inverse discrete cosine transform with improved efficiency  
An MPEG decoder system and method an MPEG decoder system and method for decoding frames of a video sequence. The MPEG decoder includes IDCT computation logic which computes the IDCT with improved...
5781249 Full or partial search block matching dependent on candidate vector prediction distortion  
A motion vector detecting method determines a motion vector of a search block included in a search frame of a video signal by using motion vectors of processed neighboring blocks, wherein the...
5777690 Device and method for detection of moving obstacles  
A moving obstacle detecting device detects moving objects, may be applied in the field of autonomous vehicles, intelligent robots, video monitoring system and similar systems. The device includes...
5777682 Motion-compensated interpolation  
A method of motion-compensated interpolation of a picture signal (Pi) having input fields, comprises the steps of providing (ME) motion vectors (D) between a first and a second input field of the...
5777681 Method of extracting color difference signal motion vector and a motion compensation in high definition television  
A method of extracting a color difference signal, a motion vector and motion compensator in HDTV, wherein motion vectors are multiplexed to one serial motion vector in a 4 step parallel process...
5774183 Method for simulating an increased shutter time in digital video  
A method for processing an input digital video signal, the method comprises the steps of capturing first and second frames from the input digital video signal; determining intermediate motion...
5771079 Apparatus and method for predicting pixel data of dynamic image using a half pixel pitch  
An apparatus and method for predicting a plurality of pixel data using a half pixel pitch wherein the method includes the steps of arranging a plurality of reference pixel data in parallel, the...
5767922 Apparatus and process for detecting scene breaks in a sequence of video frames  
Apparatus and process for detecting scene breaks in a sequence of video frames providing a moving picture. Entering and exiting edge pixels in each of a plurality of successive video frames are...
5768439 Image compounding method and device for connecting a plurality of adjacent images on a map without performing positional displacement at their connections boundaries  
Images on a plurality of adjacent maps are accurately connected without performing positional displacement at their connecting boundaries, thereby obtaining a single seamless image. A plurality of...
5764294 Image coding device to be manufactured at low cost and to be usable with low-speed memory  
A video coding device has an image motion detector, an inter-frame differencer, a discrete cosine transforming unit, and a variable length coder mounted on a single LSI. The video coding device...
5764283 Method and apparatus for tracking moving objects in real time using contours of the objects and feature paths  
A method and apparatus for tracking moving objects, such as people, in real time by grouping existing feature paths from a current video frame with preexisting clusters from current video frames....
5760846 Apparatus for estimating motion vectors for feature points of a video signal  
An apparatus for determining a set of motion vectors for a set of feature points located on a contour of a moving object of a video signal comprises a contour displacement detection circuit for...
5760845 Method for determining motion vectors based on a block matching motion estimation technique  
A method for detecting motion vectors comprises the steps of (a) motion-estimating a search block with respect to each of the candidate blocks in a corresponding search region to produce...
5760847 Processing moving image data based on an arbitrarily designated frame  
Input encoded moving image data constituted by a plurality of frames including image data for at least one frame which is encoded by an intra-frame mode and image data encoded by an inter-frame...
5757422 Tracking area determination apparatus and object tracking apparatus utilizing the same  
An object tracking apparatus includes a motion vector detection circuit in which a correlation value for each of detection blocks are evaluated by a first correlator on the basis of a portion...
5754234 Moving picture decoding system  
An adder restores an image data by adding an output of a reverse DCT portion and an output of a predicted value calculating portion to output to a macro-block buffer. Data temporarily stored in the...
5754240 Method and apparatus for calculating the pixel values of a block from one or two prediction blocks  
A method for calculating the pixel values of a sub-pixel accuracy motion compensated block of video pixels from one or two reference blocks, as is required in typical digital video compression and...
5751364 Method of and apparatus for detecting a motion of image information, method of and apparatus for encoding image information, image information transmitting system, image information recording system and recording medium  
A method of detecting a motion in image information includes a step of determining differential processing data by way of full search block matching, a step of processing a differential, and a step...