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Method and apparatus for blocking effect reduction

US6898321B1 · kind B1 · utility

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16Claims
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Filing dateOct 11, 1999
Grant dateMay 24, 2005
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/86
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

By utilizing parameters derivable from a compressed bit-stream, measures are obtained of the subjective quality of a decoded picture, without the necessity for reference to source material. A blockiness measure is derived both locally and globally and used to control a de-blocking filter. An estimate of signal-to-noise ratio is derived from quantization values.

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