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Subassembly for coding images with refresh correction of the data to be coded, and subassembly for decording signals representing these images and previously coded by means of a subassembly of the former kind

US5420638A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 1, 1993
Grant dateMay 30, 1995
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Expiry dateApr 1, 2013

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/20
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A coding subassembly for images composed of at least one moving pattern against a fixed or quasi-fixed background, including circuits for constructing a base model representative of the useful zone of the said images, a coding circuit, and an associated decoding subassembly. The model constructing circuits include circuits for initial calibration and adaptation of the model and a circuit for determining the movement of characteristic points taken from the useful zone and a circuit for selecting at least one zone of particular interest inside the useful zone and determining its movement. The coding circuit includes a circuit for coding output signals from the initial calibration circuit, and a circuit for correcting any shifts in luminance or chrominance in zones alongside the borders of the said zone(s) of interest observed on either side of these borders.

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