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7346111 Co-located motion vector storage  
A method for processing a video bitstream is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) determining co-located motion information for a plurality of co-located sub-blocks in a...
7346112 Method of and apparatus for decoding and displaying video that improves quality of the video  
The frame-memory control-section partitions a frame memory into a plurality of sectors and stores decoded video data of frames not used as predictive video in the frame memory. The frame-memory...
7342960 Data storage unit for image compression device  
A data storage unit of an image compression device for compressing motion picture frame is provided. The data storage unit comprises: a previous frame field having a plurality of slices; a decoded...
7342963 Method for calculating an image interpolated between two images of a video sequence  
The invention concerns a method for constructing at least an image interpolated between a preceding image and a following image of an animated sequence. The invention is characterised in that the...
7336720 Real-time video coding/decoding  
A video codec for real-time encoding/decoding of digitized video data with high compression efficiency, comprising a frame encoder receiving input frame pixels; a codec setting unit for setting and...
RE40079 Video encoding and decoding apparatus  
An encoding apparatus includes an encoder for encoding an alpha-map signal for discriminating a background from an object of an input picture in motion compensation prediction (MV)+transform...
7333542 Moving picture decoding apparatus and moving picture decoding method  
A memory compression and expansion section ( 11 of FIG. 1 ) applies compression to a decoded image, and the result is stored in a frame memory. Based on an occupied content of the frame memory...
7327786 Method for improving rate-distortion performance of a video compression system through parallel coefficient cancellation in the transform  
A method for improving rate distortion performance of a compression system through parallel coefficient cancellation in a transform comprising the steps of (A) determining a block sum of absolute...
7324594 Method for encoding and decoding free viewpoint videos  
A system encodes videos acquired of a moving object in a scene by multiple fixed cameras. Camera calibration data of each camera are first determined. The camera calibration data of each camera are...
7324595 Method and/or apparatus for reducing the complexity of non-reference frame encoding using selective reconstruction  
A method for implementing non-reference frame prediction in video compression comprising the steps of (A) setting a prediction flag (i) “off” if non-reference frames are used for block...
7319720 Stereoscopic video  
Methods, devices, systems and/or storage media for stereoscopic video.
RE39984 Image encoding based on judgement on prediction error  
There is provided an image encode encoding apparatus which comprises a generation means for generating a prediction error from an encode encoding target pixel value and a prediction value...
RE39955 Multiple encoder output buffer apparatus for differential coding of video information  
Feedback is introduced between a video CODEC and the intended communications channel such that the characteristics of the channel are used to drive multiple video output buffers. These multiple...
7313185 Sequential motion pattern representation  
Systems and methods for representing sequential motion patterns are described. In one aspect, video frames are converted into a sequence of energy redistribution measurements. One or more motion...
7310372 Motion vector encoding device and decoding device  
A prediction error generating unit generates a predictive vector from the motion vectors of a plurality of adjacent blocks, and obtains a difference from a target vector. A plurality of...
7308147 Image processing apparatus, image recording apparatus, image reproducing apparatus, camera system, computer program, and storage medium  
An image processing apparatus includes an image compression device which performs a discrete wavelet transform of pixel values for each rectangular portion to produce wavelet coefficients, and...
7308029 Method and apparatus for implementing B-picture scene changes  
A method and apparatus are provided for implementing B-picture scene changes. A prediction stage predicts a B-picture scene change based upon a sequence of statistical information in an encoder...
7308149 Picture coding method and picture decoding method  
The method includes the following units: a coefficient number detecting unit ( 109 ) for detecting the number of coefficients which has a value other than 0 for each block according to the...
7308028 Apparatus and method for generating mosaic images  
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for generating mosaic images, wherein photographed content is displayed as a still image by a digital TV display or video monitor for an...
7305033 Method of encoding and decoding motion picture, motion picture encoding device and motion picture decoding device  
The present invention discloses a method of encoding and decoding motion picture, a motion picture encoding device and a motion picture decoding device, which enables high-efficiency coding capable...
7302002 Image encoder, image encoding method, image decoder, image decoding method, and distribution media  
A group of video plane (GOV) layers in which the encoding start time is absolute time with an accuracy of one second is provided as a coded bit stream. A GOV layer can be inserted not only at the...
7301999 Quantization method and system for video MPEG applications and computer program product therefor  
Digital signals are converted between a first and second format by a conversion process including generating coefficients representing the digital signals. The coefficients may be discrete cosine...
7295608 System and method for communicating media signals  
A media streaming system for streaming media signals is provided. The media streaming system takes a library of separate and distinct CODECs that are provided as a searchable CODEC library and used...
7292636 Using order value for processing a video picture  
A method and apparatus for variable accuracy inter-picture timing specification for digital video encoding is disclosed. Specifically, the present invention discloses a system that allows the...
7289562 Adaptive filter to improve H-264 video quality  
A method for reducing or eliminating coding artifacts in video pictures processed using intra block prediction methods, for example, according to the H.264 standard. The causes of the coding...
7289563 Security camera system  
A security camera system having one or more monitoring cameras, each of which transmits a digital video signal after compressing/encoding, are connected to a controller via a network. In the...
7283952 Correcting model bias during quality and rate control for digital audio  
An audio encoder regulates quality and bitrate with a control strategy. The strategy includes several features. First, an encoder regulates quantization using quality, minimum bit count, and...
7280599 Method for sub-pixel value interpolation  
A method of interpolation in video coding in which an image comprising pixels arranged in rows and columns and represented by values having a specified dynamic range, the pixels in the rows...
7280597 System and method for determining coding modes, DCT types and quantizers for video coding  
A method encodes a video by first measuring a variance of pixel intensities in a current frame. A number of bits to encode the current frame is assigned according to rate and buffer fullness...
7280596 Apparatus detecting motion of image data and detecting method thereof  
An apparatus detecting motion in image data by compressing and encoding and a method thereof. The motion detecting apparatus has a separation unit, an operation unit and a comparison unit. The...
7277586 Images combination processing system, images combination processing method, and images combination processing program  
An images combination processing system has a CCD or an imaging element including CCDs for picking up an image, compression processing portions for applying JPEG compression, etc. to image data in...
7277486 Parameterization for fading compensation  
Techniques and tools for performing fading compensation in video processing applications are described. For example, during encoding, a video encoder performs fading compensation using fading...
7272791 Device, method and system for multimedia content adaptation  
The invention concerns a device receiving data associated with a first profile and generating data associated with a second profile, comprising means to extract facts associated with the first...
7272185 Moving picture encoding apparatus  
Data of both MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 is generated simultaneously with a small circuit scale and a small power consumption. A moving picture encoding apparatus for encoding a moving picture through...
7269221 Encoding system using motion vectors to represent frame-to-frame changes, including motion vector grouping for coding or processing  
Motion vectors encode for differences between segments of a reference frame and pixels of a current frame being encoded when the current frame is a nonkey frame. The motion vectors are encoded by...
7269220 Adaptive motion detection and control  
A motion detector ( 300 ) detects motion of images represented by video pixels by providing a memory ( 19 ) arranged to store first pixels processed during a first time period. The motion detector...
7266149 Sub-block transform coding of prediction residuals  
Techniques and tools for sub-block transform coding are described. For example, a video encoder adaptively switches between 8×8, 8×4, and 4×8 DCTs when encoding 8×8 prediction residual blocks;...
7263128 Triple-buffering method for overlapped motion compensation in a video decoder  
A method of improving performance within video decoders subject to the execution of overlapped motion compensation. The method utilizes a triple-buffering approach to achieve rapid data transfers...
7262719 Fast data stream decoding using apriori information  
Methods and systems for improving performance of data decoding using apriori information about the data steam. In one aspect a decoder may determine the degree of lossiness inherent in the data or...
7257160 Method and apparatus of picture display  
A method and an apparatus of picture display. The invention displays the first picture and the second picture and displaying at least one virtual picture in between the first and the second...
7257162 Hypothetical reference decoder for compressed image and video  
One method for analyzing a bitstream having a plurality of compressed pictures comprises computing an initial arrival time and a final arrival time of a compressed picture, wherein the initial...
7251278 Procedure and system for performing motion estimation  
A method and system for performing motion estimation in video image compression is provided. In the method and system, an associative memory device is used in motion estimation, and the group of...
7251279 Apparatus of motion estimation and mode decision and method thereof  
An apparatus and method of motion estimation and mode decision includes a candidate vector group generation unit generating a candidate vector group including a motion vector of an adjacent image...
7251275 Methods and apparatus for statistical multiplexing during dual pass encoding  
Methods and apparatus for statistical multiplexing in a dual pass encoding scheme are provided. A first pass encoder encodes alternate slices of anchor frames as I-slices and P-slices respectively...
7248257 Low bandwidth transmission of 3D graphical data  
A graphical data-compressor for compressing received arbitrary graphical data for subsequent transmission; where the graphical data-compressor comprises an input for receiving the received...
7245661 Transcoder and method of transcoding  
A transcoder and a method of transcoding which reduces computational requirements without picture deterioration. A mode decision unit decides a mode of a scaled output macro block based on an area...
7245659 Image encoding method and apparatus, image decoding method and apparatus, and image processing system  
A method and an apparatus improving the coding efficiency by representing encoded data in a compact form by means of a pattern matching technique. A waveform vector similar to a partial signal...
7242715 Systems and methods for encoding redundant motion vectors in compressed video bitstreams  
The invention is related to methods and apparatus that encode redundant motion vectors for predictive-coded visual object planes (P-VOPs) to increase the robustness of transmitted video signals....
7239743 Methods and apparatus for texture compression and computer program product therefor  
A method for texture compressing images having a plurality of color components (R, G, B), includes decomposing the images in sub-blocks each including only one color component. At least one first...
7236634 Image encoding of moving pictures  
In an encoding method of moving pictures which generates a predictive picture for a current picture based on a reference picture and a motion vector, a macroblock is divided into subblocks. In each...