Interpolation of video compression frames
US6816552B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 11, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 9, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 3, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N19/82
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, system, and computer programs for improving the image quality of one or more bi-directionally predicted intermediate frames in a video image compression system, where each frame comprises a plurality of pixels. In one aspect, the invention includes determining the value of each pixel of each bi-directionally predicted intermediate frame as a weighted proportion of corresponding pixel values in non-bidirectionally predicted frames bracketing the sequence of bi-directionally predicted intermediate frames. In one embodiment, the weighted proportion is a function of the distance between the bracketing non-bidirectionally predicted frames. In another embodiment, the weighted proportion is a blended function of the distance between the bracketing non-bidirectionally predicted frames and an equal average of the bracketing non-bidirectionally predicted frames. In another aspect of the invention, interpolation of pixel values is performed on representations in a linear space, or in other optimized non-linear spaces differing from an original non-linear representation.
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