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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...
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...
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...
7308145 Moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method  
According to a picture coding method of the present invention, a coded picture identified by a picture number is stored, as a reference picture, into a storage unit; commands indicating...
7308144 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...
7308143 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...
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...
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...
7305134 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...
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...
7295611 Methods and apparatus for decoding and displaying different resolution video signals  
Methods and apparatus for implementing a reduced cost HDTV/SDTV video decoder are disclosed. The described joint video decoder is capable of decoding HDTV pictures at approximately the resolution...
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...
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...
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...
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...
7272182 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
7236525 Reconfigurable computing based multi-standard video codec  
A circuit generally comprising a multiport memory, a direct memory access engine and a programmable gate array is disclosed. The direct memory access engine may be configured to transfer a first...
7236524 Methods and systems for image intra-prediction mode communication  
Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems for communicating pixel prediction modes between video encoders and decoders.
7236523 Method for performing motion estimation in video encoding, a video encoding system and a video encoding device  
A method for performing video motion estimation in video encoding, in which a video signal consists of frames comprising blocks. In the method a combined comparison value is calculated between a...
7227894 Method and apparatus for MPEG-4 FGS performance enhancement  
An architecture of a fine granularity scalable (FGS) codec has an encoder and a decoder configurable in three prediction modes. The coarse prediction loop in the base layer of the encoder has a...
7224733 Interpolation filtering method for accurate sub-pixel motion assessment  
To generate an improved image signal when estimating motion, a motion vector is first determined with pel accuracy, and a two-step interpolation filtering is subsequently carried out with sub-pel...
7224730 Systems and methods for decoding redundant motion vectors in compressed video bitstreams  
The invention is related to methods and apparatus that decode robustly encoded video bitstreams. One embodiment of a decoder can advantageously reconstruct a predictive-coded video object plane...