High quality, low memory bandwidth motion estimation processor
US7453940B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 17, 2003 |
| Grant date | Nov 18, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 21, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N19/433
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for motion estimation generally including a memory and a circuit. The circuit may be configured to (i) search for a first motion vector for a first current block among a plurality of first reference samples, (ii) copy a plurality of second reference samples from the memory and (iii) search for a second motion vector for a second current block among the second reference samples copied from the memory and at least a portion of the first reference samples.
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