Patent · US Active

Motion vector calculation method and hand-movement correction device, imaging device and moving picture generation device

US7847823B2 · kind B2 · utility

16Cited by
4References
6Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJan 14, 2005
Grant dateDec 7, 2010
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 25, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T7/20
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A motion vector calculation method includes: processing for calculating multi-resolution data up to a predetermined resolution level L from a plurality of inputted image data; and processing for estimating motion vectors per resolution executing a matching step for temporarily calculating motion vectors minimizing an energy function within a predetermined range of the input motion vectors and a smoothing step for finally calculating the motion vectors by averaging the surrounding data. By using the motion vectors of the resolution level L finally calculated as input motion vectors of a further higher resolution level L-1, the processing for estimating motion vectors per resolution is successively repeated on image data of a high resolution, thereby calculating the motion vectors.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.