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Method of motion estimation for transmission cost reduction of motion vectors

US7408987B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 6, 1999
Grant dateAug 5, 2008
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Expiry dateJul 11, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/527
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The method includes segmentation of the video image into image blocks, movement estimation per image block in order to obtain a field of movement vectors. It is characterized in that it includes a stage of reassignment of a vector to a block by selecting one movement vector from among N predominant vectors belonging to the field of vectors. The applications relate to movement estimation, for example, by image-block matching.

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