Patent · US Expired

Method for processing a stream of pictures

US6795582B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

DIGITAL VISION AB · SE

Inventors

Bjorn Christensson · Stuvsta-Snättringe, SE
Goran Appelquist · Ekerö, SE
Peter Weiss · Eichenau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 20, 2001
Grant date	Sep 21, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 6, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T1/20
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for processing a stream of pictures. The method comprises the steps of selecting a first portion of pictures from a stream of pictures fulfilling a quality measure for processing in a first processing unit PROC1, and selecting a second portion of pictures not fulfilling said quality measure for processing in a second processing unit PROC2. The first portion of the pictures selected are processed in the first processing unit PROC1, and the second portion of the pictures are processed in the second processing unit PROC2. Finally, the first portion of the pictures processed in the first processing unit PROC1 are combined with the second portion of the pictures processed in the second processing unit PROC2.

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