Prediction-based directional fractional pixel motion estimation for video coding
US7580456B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 1, 2005 |
| Grant date | Aug 25, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 14, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N19/56
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Motion-compensated video coding that employs prediction-based directional fractional pixel motion estimation is described. The fractional pixel motion estimation uses prediction-based searching and directional searching to search for candidate sub-pixel motion vectors oriented in a certain direction. With prediction-based searching, sub-pixel motion vectors are predicted using two techniques—median prediction and up-layer prediction. The search may be terminated early if a sub-pixel motion vector with sufficiently minimum cost is found. If prediction-based searching does not produce such a sub-pixel motion vector, the directional searching examines points in the predicted direction, rather than all eight possible neighboring points, to reduce the number of search points. Because the prediction-based directional fractional pixel motion estimation does not involve examination of neighboring integer pixel points, it can be used with any integer pixel motion estimation algorithm.
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