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Motion vector detector employing image subregions and median values

US5157732A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 2, 1991
Grant dateOct 20, 1992
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Expiry dateOct 2, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/10016
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image motion vector detection apparatus effectively reduces influences of false vectors arising at a certain probability and suppresses time lags. An image fluctuation stabilizer highly stabilizes images or frames without causing unnatural visual feelings. An image motion vector detection apparatus comprises means for detecting motion vectors in each of motion vector detection regions defined in the whole or part of picture frame, means for judging the reliability of the motion vector in each region, and signal processing means which, in obtaining a motion vector of the whole or part of the frame from the motion vectors of the regions and in case the number of motion vectors judged to be reliable is more than or equal to a predetermined number, outputs a representative value of a set of the reliable motion vectors as a motion vector of the frame.

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