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Method and apparatus for estimating motion using block features obtained from an M-ary pyramid

US6430317B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 19, 1998
Grant dateAug 6, 2002
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Expiry dateNov 19, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/53
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method for reducing memory resource requirements in, e.g., an image processing system by utilizing a packed data pixel representation and, optionally, M-ary pyramid decomposition, for pixel block or pixel group searching and matching operations.

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