Adaptive block classification scheme for encoding video images
US5815670A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 29, 1995 |
| Grant date | Sep 29, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 29, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N19/146
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Blocks of video frames are classified for encoding, for example, as empty blocks, inter blocks, or Intra blocks. This block classification is based on (at least) one statistical measure for each block. The classification is based on a comparison of the statistical measure for each block to a threshold value, but the threshold value can change, for example, from block to block or from frame to frame. In a preferred embodiment, the threshold values change as quantization (Q) level changes. In embodiments in which more than one statistical measure is used for block classification of each block, the more than one corresponding threshold values change as Q level changes.
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