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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7680186 | Apparatus for estimating motion considering correlation between blocks and method thereof A motion estimation apparatus and a method considers a correlation between blocks. The motion apparatus includes a full search unit which divides a current frame/field into blocks of predetermined size and estimates an arbitrary motion vector of each block by a full... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7680187 | Coding system and method, encoding device and method, decoding device and method, recording device and method, and reproducing device and method A transcoder for executing a re-coding process on an encoded stream generated based on an MPEG standard to generate a re-coded stream having a different GOP (Group of Pictures) structure or bit rate. A decoding device of a transcoder decodes a source encoded stream ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7675974 | Video encoder and portable radio terminal device using the video encoder A motion compensation predictor comprises a reference picture selection unit, a center-of-search-setting unit, a search-range-setting unit, a motion vector search unit and a motion compensation unit. The motion compensation unit repeatedly performs, for a target blo... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675975 | Video encoding/decoding method and apparatus A video encoding method comprises selecting one combination, for each block of an input video signal, from a plurality of combinations each including a predictive parameter and at least one reference picture number determined in advance for the reference picture, ge... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7672377 | Method and system for video encoding and transcoding A method of removing a motion vector from a group of motion vectors used in an encoding process includes providing a list of motion vectors, selecting an initial motion vector from the list of motion vectors, and providing an intermediate motion vector using a motio... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7649945 | Motion vector derivation method, moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method A motion vector derivation unit includes a comparison unit for comparing a parameter TR1 for a reference vector with a predetermined value to determine whether it exceeds the predetermined value or not; a switching unit for switching selection between the max... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7649943 | Interface and related methods facilitating motion compensation in media processing A method facilitating media processing is presented comprising generating a prediction of a region of encoded media content, receiving an indication of a quantity of remaining residual samples, on a per-region basis, and adding a first of such samples to the predict... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7649944 | Motion vector derivation method, moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method A motion vector derivation unit includes a comparison unit for comparing a parameter TR1 for a reference vector with a predetermined value to determine whether it exceeds the predetermined value or not; a switching unit for switching selection between the max... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7646812 | Special predictive picture encoding using color key in source content Encoding functionality is described for producing encoded intra (I) pictures and predictive (P) pictures for consumption by an application running on a set-top box. The encoding functionality includes a pre-processing module which marks regions that should not be up... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7646811 | Method of determining reference picture, method of compensating for motion and apparatus therefor A method of determining a reference picture, a method of compensating for a motion, and an apparatus therefore are provided. The method of determining a reference picture blocks constituting a current picture includes: (a) preparing tag information describing a plur... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7643556 | Method of deriving a motion vector of a bi-predictive block based on scaling a motion vector of a co-located block in a reference picture In one embodiment, the method includes selecting a list0 motion vector of the co-located image block in the reference picture for the bi-predictive image block as a motion vector for deriving motion vectors of the bi-predictive image block if the co-located i... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7643557 | Method of deriving a motion vector of a bi-predictive image block based on a list 0 motion vector of a co-located block using a bit operation In one embodiment, the method includes selecting the list0 motion vector of the co-located image block for the bi-predictive image block as a motion vector for deriving motion vectors of the bi-predictive image block if the co-located image block has a list1 and a l... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7639742 | Image information encoding method and encoder, and image information decoding method and decoder In an image information encoder (10) supplied with an interlaced image in a 4:2:0 format, a color-difference signal phase correction unit (22) shifts, for motion estimation and compensation, the phase of the color-difference signal in a reference image... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7634007 | Method of deriving a motion vector of a bi-predictive image block based on a list 1 motion vector of a co-located block using a bit operation In one embodiment, the method includes selecting a list 1 motion vector of the co-located block in a first list 1 reference picture as the motion vector for deriving list 0 and list 1 motion vectors of the bi-predictive block, if the co-l... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7630438 | Direct mode motion vectors for Bi-directionally predicted interlaced pictures For interlaced B-frames, an encoder/decoder computes direct mode motion vectors for a current macroblock by selecting at most one representative motion vector for each of the top and bottom fields of the co-located macroblock of the previously decoded, temporally su... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7627036 | Motion vector detection device and moving picture camera A motion vector detection device that detects a motion vector of an object block in an object frame with reference to a reference frame, including: a reference frame storing unit that stores a reference frame consisting of a predetermined number of reference blocks;... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7623574 | Selecting between dominant and non-dominant motion vector predictor polarities Techniques and tools for selecting between dominant and non-dominant polarities for motion vector predictors are described. For example, a video decoder determines dominant and non-dominant polarities for a motion vector predictor, decodes signaled information that ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7620106 | Joint coding and decoding of a reference field selection and differential motion vector information Techniques and tools for joint coding and decoding of reference field selection information and differential motion vector information are described. For example, a video decoder decodes a variable length code that jointly represents differential motion vector infor... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7620107 | Video transcoding method and apparatus and motion vector interpolation method A transcoding method and apparatus and a motion vector interpolation method. The transcoding method and apparatus convert moving picture data from one encoding format to another encoding format. The transcoding method includes (a) decoding an image coded in a first ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7616692 | Hybrid motion vector prediction for interlaced forward-predicted fields Techniques and tools for hybrid motion vector prediction for interlaced forward-predicted fields are described. For example, a video decoder determines an initial motion vector predictor for a motion vector of an interlaced forward-predicted field. The decoder then ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7616690 | Method and apparatus for adaptive encoding framed data sequences Methods and apparatus for adaptive encoding of at least a part of a current frame of a sequence of frames of framed data are described which operate on a block-by-block coding basis. The methods and apparatus divide at least a part of the current frame into blocks a... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7616691 | Video encoding/decoding method and apparatus A video encoding apparatus comprises a frame memory/predictive image generator having a first predictive mode for generating a predictive image signal by selecting a combination from among a plurality combinations of a reference image number and a plurality of predi... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7613240 | Adaptive filtering based upon boundary strength Adjacent regions are identified in an image. Coding parameters for the adjacent regions are identified. Selective filtering is performed at the region between the identified adjacent regions. ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7609763 | Advanced bi-directional predictive coding of video frames Techniques and tools for coding/decoding of video images, and in particular, B-frames, are described. In one aspect, a video encoder/decoder determines a fraction for a current image in a sequence. The fraction represents an estimated temporal distance position for ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7609764 | Coding apparatus, coding method, program and information recording medium that can suppress unnatural degradation of image quality A coding apparatus includes a coding process unit that performs one of a field-based coding process and a frame-based coding process with respect to an interlaced image. A selection unit determines, based on a degree of quantization, which of the field-based coding ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7609765 | Fast multi-frame motion estimation with adaptive search strategies A method includes examining a statistical distribution of motion vectors employed for motion compensation in a first frame of image data. The examining is to produce a distribution model of the motion vectors in the first frame. The method further includes selecting... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7606309 | Motion estimation for video processing using 2-D (spatial) convolution A device including a two-dimensional convolution unit to perform spatial image filtering. A reference frame mirroring unit is connected to the two-dimensional convolution unit. A mean square error (MSE) decision unit is connected to the two-dimensional convolution u... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7606310 | Video compression and encoding method A method of compressing video data having at least one frame having at least one block and each block having an array of pixels is provided. The method transforms the pixels of each block into coefficients and creates an optimal transmission order of the coefficient... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7606308 | Signaling macroblock mode information for macroblocks of interlaced forward-predicted fields Techniques and tools for code table selection and joint coding/decoding of macroblock mode information for macroblocks of interlaced forward-predicted frames are described. For example, a video decoder decodes a variable length code that jointly signals macroblock m... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7602849 | Adaptive reference picture selection based on inter-picture motion measurement An apparatus comprising a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate a control signal in response to a measurement of inter-picture motion between a current picture and a first reference picture. The second circuit may be con... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7602847 | Device and method for compression of a video stream A video processing device and method for a video system is provided. The device creates downscaled compressed video stream data from an original compressed video stream. The device accomplishes this and achieves a large saving in processor and memory bandwidth by re... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7602848 | Methods and apparatus for efficient global motion compensation encoding and associated decoding More efficient global motion compensation is provided by merging the warping processes performed in various global motion compensation (GMC) functions into a single warping process for use in GMC encoding and decoding operations. In an encoder in accordance with the... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7599436 | Method of determining search region of motion vector and motion vector detection apparatus The present invention offers a method of determining a search region in a motion vector detection apparatus. According to this method, a search unit with a size and a ratio of height to width such that a search region made of an aggregation of the search units suita... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7599437 | Video encoding/decoding method and apparatus A video encoding apparatus comprises a frame memory/predictive image generator having a first predictive mode for generating a predictive image signal by selecting a combination from among a plurality combinations of a reference image number and a plurality of predi... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7599435 | Video frame encoding and decoding A video frame arithmetical context adaptive encoding and decoding scheme is presented which is based on the finding, that, for sake of a better definition of neighborhood between blocks of picture samples, i.e. the neighboring block which the syntax element to be co... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7596179 | Reducing the resolution of media data A method and system for reducing the resolution of media data. Input data at a first resolution are received from a source. The input data are compressed. The input data can be downsampled to generate compressed downsampled data at a reduced resolution. The compress... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7590180 | Device for and method of estimating motion in video encoder A motion estimator and an estimation method for a video encoder to reduce power consumption by reducing the computational complexity of the motion estimator. In an upper step, a full search for a ±4 pixel search region for a 4×4 pixel block is performed at ¼ vide... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7580460 | Video encoder with multiple outputs having different attributes A video encoder having multiple channels each capable of producing an independently controlled encoded output. In one embodiment, the video encoder has circuitry common to all of the channels and separate circuitry for each channel. The common circuitry can include ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7577199 | Apparatus and method for performing surveillance using motion vectors A digital video recorder is described. In one embodiment, the digital video recorder includes an event detector configured to define a target region included in a set of video frames. The event detector is configured to detect movement of an object represented in th... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7577200 | Extended range variable length coding/decoding of differential motion vector information Techniques and tools for extended range variable length coding and decoding of differential motion vector information are described. For example, a video decoder determines whether or not to use an extended range variable length decoding mode. When the extended rang... | 08/18/2009 |
