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7391810 High-speed motion estimator and method with variable search window  
A motion estimation apparatus and method capable of reducing the amount of computation required for motion estimation in the compression of moving images are provided, including a first part for...
7388913 Down scaling of images  
A Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) for an entire original sequence is obtained using the DCT coefficients representing the first half and the second half of the original sequence. This is useful...
7386049 Predictive interpolation of a video signal  
A method of enhancing picture quality of a video signal is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of generating an interpolated base frame image; receiving a first previously decoded difference...
RE40372 Motion vector prediction method  
A motion vector prediction method in an error resilient mode. In the motion vector prediction method capable of decoding backwards, motion vectors of macro blocks are calculated, and motion vectors...
7379602 Extended Isomap using Fisher Linear Discriminant and Kernel Fisher Linear Discriminant  
A method for representing images for pattern classification extends the conventional Isomap method with Fisher Linear Discriminant (FLD) or Kernel Fisher Linear Discriminant (KFLD) for...
7379499 Method for conducting a directed prediction of an image block  
Pixels on the edge (A, B, C, D; E, F, G, H; I) of previously predicted neighboring picture blocks (A′, B′) are used for directional prediction of a picture block (C′). Depending on the...
7376186 Motion estimation with weighting prediction  
A video encoder and decoder are provided for encoding and decoding video signal data for an image block and a particular reference picture index to predict the image block, where the encoder...
7366237 Low complexity real-time video coding  
In a first exemplary media implementation, one or more processor-accessible media include processor-executable instructions that, when executed, direct a device to perform actions including:...
7365795 Apparatus and method for adaptively de-interlacing image frame  
An apparatus for adaptive de-interlace of a frame comprises a line-segment difference-value calculating module, a motion-vector calculating module, an intra-block calculating module, a...
7362809 Computational reduction in motion estimation based on lower bound of cost function  
A method for motion estimation comprising the steps of (A) determining whether a cost of encoding one or more prediction parameters for a current search position is less than a current best cost,...
7362808 Device for and method of estimating motion in video encoder  
A motion estimator and an estimation method for a video encoder to reduce power consumption by reducing the computational complexity of the motion estimator. In an upper step, a full search for a...
7362806 Object activity modeling method  
An object activity modeling method which can efficiently model complex objects such as a human body is provided. The object activity modeling method includes the steps of (a) obtaining an optical...
7359440 Method and system for extracting key frames from video using a triangle model of motion based on perceived motion energy  
A key frame extraction system and method for extracting key frames from a video based on motion analysis of frames within the video. Key frames are highlight frames that are effective in...
7356082 Video/audio signal processing method and video-audio signal processing apparatus  
A metadata extraction unit has a feature point selection and motion estimation unit 62 for extracting at least one feature point representing characteristics of the video/audio signals in a...
7349475 Motion vector detection method and apparatus  
A motion vector detection method includes extracting a first block from the m-th picture, extracting second blocks having a large correlation with respect to the first block from a (m+n)-th picture...
7349473 Method and system for selecting interpolation filter type in video coding  
A method and system for coding a video sequence based on motion compensated prediction, wherein an interpolation filter is used to generate predicted pixel values for picture blocks in the video...
7346217 Digital image enhancement using successive zoom images  
A method and Electro-Optical (EO) system for processing imagery comprising selecting a first frame of data as a template frame; capturing a second frame of data using the EO system, for a plurality...
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...
7346109 Motion vector computation for video sequences  
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for computing motion vectors in a digital video sequence are disclosed. A recursive hierarchical method...
7346108 Encoded-data converting apparatus and method for the same  
An encoded-data converting apparatus and method are provided. First encoded data generated by using first encoding to encode image data is input. Header information included in the first encoded...
7342964 Multi-standard variable block size motion estimation processor  
An apparatus generally having a first circuit, a second circuit and a third circuit is disclosed. The first circuit may be configured to generate a plurality of difference values by calculating an...
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...
7339991 Method and apparatus for variable accuracy inter-picture timing specification for digital video encoding with reduced requirements of division operations  
A method and apparatus for performing motion estimation in a digital video system is disclosed. Specifically, the present invention discloses a system that quickly calculates estimated motion...
7336832 Processor and processing method for an image signal, image display apparatus, generation apparatus and generation method for coefficient data used therein, program for executing each of these methods, and computer-readable medium recording the program  
A class sorting section obtains a class code CL indicating a class to which pixel data y of a target position in an image signal Vb belongs using motion compensation vector information mi stored in...
7336710 Method of motion estimation in mobile device  
A method of estimating motion in a mobile device reduces access of external memory and power consumption while increasing the usability of internal memory. The method includes recognizing an...
7336709 Method and apparatus for multi-rate encoding of video sequences  
A method and apparatus for multi-rate encoding of video sequences. The input data stream is received at a first bit rate. A domain transformation is performed on the input data and the transformed...
7333630 Method and apparatus for detecting film image using grouping  
Provided is a method and apparatus for determining whether an input mage is a film image. The method includes (a) receiving a predetermined number of similarity values of two adjacent fields of the...
7333544 Lossless image encoding/decoding method and apparatus using inter-color plane prediction  
A lossless image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The lossless color image encoding apparatus includes a motion prediction image generator estimating a motion between a previous image and a...
7333543 Motion vector estimation method and apparatus thereof  
A method which calculates a motion vector based on a transformed picture obtained by Discrete Coefficient Transform (DCT) or a Wavelet transform, and an apparatus appropriate for the method. The...
7330595 System and method for video data compression  
A system and method perform video data compression in a manner that limits the need for external memory access. Accordingly, the operational frequency of the local data bus is reduced and power...
7327788 Motion vector derivation method, dynamic image encoding method, and dynamic image decoding method  
A motion vector derivation unit ( 11 ) includes a comparison unit ( 20 ) for comparing a parameter TR 1 for a reference vector with a predetermined value to determine whether it exceeds the...
7327787 Method and apparatus for motion estimation  
A method and system of motion estimation for video data compression is disclosed. Individual frames of video data are divided into blocks of pixels. One frame is searched to find a block of pixels...
7324596 Low complexity block size decision for variable block size motion estimation  
An apparatus generally having a first circuit and a second circuit for motion estimation is disclosed. The first circuit may be configured to (i) generate a first motion vector for a block at an...
7321626 System and method for predictive motion estimation using a global motion predictor  
A system and method are provided for using global motion predictors (GMPs) in predictive motion estimation for the compression of video. The method comprises: receiving video frames; generating a...
7320522 Data processing apparatus and method and encoding device of same  
A data processing apparatus able to generate a motion vector using projection image data in a short time, wherein an access circuit stores vertical projection image data and horizontal projection...
7319480 Method and apparatus for compressing motion image files to provide an improved image navigation display  
A method for producing a motion video image file from a motion image sequence, includes the steps of providing a first target data rate for a first image frame of the motion image sequence;...
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...
7310373 Moving picture coding method, and moving picture decoding method  
A moving picture coding apparatus ( 10 ) for performing inter-picture predictive coding on pictures constituting a moving picture is provided with a coding unit ( 103 ) for performing predictive...
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...
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...
7305032 Image matching device and method for motion pictures  
A matching section performs motion estimation upon a predetermined processing unit of input video (p) by, e.g., an iterative gradient method. A motion vector (v) obtained by the iterative gradient...
7302015 Motion estimation method for moving picture compression coding  
A motion estimation method for moving picture compression coding that finds a motion vector at a high speed without degrading compression rate and image quality that includes estimating an initial...
7302004 Content-based characterization of video frame sequences  
A system and process for video characterization that facilitates video classification and retrieval, as well as motion detection, applications. This involves characterizing a video sequence with a...
7302003 Method and device for image interpolation with motion compensation  
A method of interpolating images intended to be incorporated, into a sequence of moving images, each between a first original image and a second original image of the sequence, comprises an...
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...
7298781 Method of coding and decoding image  
A method of simplifying the arithmetic operation in a global motion compensation process approximates the motion vector field of the whole image without using many parameters. Motion vectors in the...
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...
7292635 Interframe wavelet video coding method  
An interframe wavelet video coding (IWVC) method by which an average temporal distance (ATD) is minimized is provided. The IWVC method comprises receiving a group-of-frames and decomposing the...