Perceptual-based spatio-temporal segmentation for motion estimation
US6360017B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 28, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 19, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N19/61
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of encoding a video sequence including a sequence of video images includes first comparing elements of a portion of a first video image (e.g., pixels of a macroblock of a current frame) with elements of a portion of a second video image (e.g., corresponding pixels of a macroblock of a previous frame) to generate respective intensity difference values for the element comparisons. Then, a first value (e.g., one) is assigned to the intensity difference values that are above a visually perceptible threshold value and a second value (e.g., zero) is assigned to the intensity difference values that are at or below the visually perceptible threshold value. Next, the method includes summing the first and second values to generate a sum. If the sum is greater than a predetermined decision value, the portion of the first video image is encoded (e.g., motion compensated). The method is fully compatible and, thus, may be implemented with video standards such as, for example, H.261, H.263, Motion-JPEG, MPEG-1, and MPEG-2.
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