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Optimized motion compensation and motion estimation for video coding

US8411749B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 1, 2009
Grant dateApr 2, 2013
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Expiry dateJan 26, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/433
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system (and a method) are disclosed for intelligently fetch one or multiple reference blocks from memory for each block to be motion compensated or motion estimated within a video processing system. The system includes a reference block configuration evaluation unit and a motion compensation memory fetching unit. The reference block configuration evaluation unit analyzes the reference block configuration of the block being motion compensated with a plurality of reference block configurations of its neighboring blocks. In response to a reference block configuration evaluation result, the reference block configuration evaluation unit decides the configuration of reference blocks to be fetched from a memory. The motion vector memory fetching unit fetches the number of reference blocks for motion compensation accordingly.

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