Device and method for motion-compensated recursive filtering of video images
US6944230B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 16, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N19/61
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to a device and a process for motion-compensated recursive filtering and a corresponding coding system. The device comprises in particular a blockwise motion estimation module [(2)], means [(3)] for determining a recursivity noise level (σrec), a module (4) for calculating a prediction error (ε), a module [(5)] for calculating a recursivity coefficient (α) as a function of the recursivity noise level and of the prediction error, means [(6)] for calculating a motion-compensated image and means of filtering [(7, 8)] producing a weighting, by the recursivity coefficient, of the current input image and of a filtered and motion-compensated image stored previously. The device also comprises means [(3)] for determining an immobility noise level (σimm), and an assembly [(11, 12)] for processing zones constituting partitions of the blocks employed for the motion estimation, zeroing the motion vectors (d) associated with the zones in which the FDs are below a threshold dependent on the immobility noise level.
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