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Motion picture encoding device and motion picture encoding processing program

US8121193B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 14, 2006
Grant dateFeb 21, 2012
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Expiry dateDec 15, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/192
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The minimum Sum of Absolute Differences obtained by a motion vector search roughly judges the magnitude of quantization error by whether or not exceeding a predetermined threshold value. When the quantization error is lower, whether or not visually noticeable noise exists in some of the pixels of the current macroblock is judged based on the amount of flatness and noise detected in each of the 4x4 pixel blocks of the current macroblock partitioned into 16 sub-macroblocks. If there is visually noticeable noise, intra-frame coding is selected. When the quantization error is higher, whether or not visually noticeable noise exists in the current macroblock is judged while considering the magnitude of the motion vector. If there is visually noticeable noise, intra-frame coding is selected.

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