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Recovering a pruned version of a picture in a video sequence for example-based data pruning using intra-frame patch similarity

US9338477B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 9, 2011
Grant dateMay 10, 2016
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Expiry dateSep 9, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N19/97
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Method and apparatus for recovering a pruned version of a picture in a video sequence are disclosed. The apparatus includes a divider for dividing the pruned version of the picture into a plurality of non-overlapping blocks. The apparatus also includes a metadata decoder for decoding metadata for use in recovering the pruned version of the picture. The apparatus further includes a patch library creator for creating a patch library from a reconstructed version of the picture. The patch library includes a plurality of high resolution replacement patches for replacing the one or more pruned blocks during a recovery of the pruned version of the picture. The apparatus additionally includes a search and replacement device for performing a searching process using the metadata to find a corresponding patch for a respective one of the one or more pruned blocks from among the plurality of non-overlapping blocks and replace the respective one of the one or more pruned blocks with the corresponding patch. The signature is respectively created for each of the one or more pruned blocks, and the pruned version of the picture is recovered by comparing respective distance metrics from signatures fo…

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