Bidirectionally predicted pictures or video object planes for efficient and flexible video coding
US6404813B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 27, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 27, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N19/61
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is provided for decoding a bit stream representing an image that has been encoded. The method includes the steps of: performing an entropy decoding of the bit stream to form a plurality of transform coefficents and a plurality of motion vectors; performing an inverse transformation on the plurality of transform coefficients to form a plurality of error blocks; determining a plurality of predicted blocks based on bidirectional motion estimation that employs the motion vectors, wherein the bidirectional motion estimation includes a direct prediction mode and a second prediction mode; and, adding the plurality of error blocks to the plurality of predicted blocks to form the image. The second prediction mode may include forward, backward, and interpolated prediction modes.
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