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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189658 | Video-information encoding method and video-information decoding method A video-information encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus with a guarantee of a fixed processing time. By limiting the amount of data to be input into/output from a CABAC encoding unit and decoding unit on a unit-of-encoding basis, such as one picture, slice, ma... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189683 | Method and system for providing single cycle context weight update leveraging context address look ahead A method stores, in a first memory location in a context weight update engine in an arithmetic encoder, a context weight value. The method also stores, in a second memory location in the context weight update engine in the arithmetic encoder, a context weight adjust... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184722 | Coding method A picture coding apparatus (300) is a picture coding apparatus that codes a difference between picture data (Img) representing an input picture and predictive picture data (Pred) representing a predictive picture for the input picture and generates coded pict... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184707 | Method and apparatus for encoding multiview video using hierarchical B frames in view direction, and a storage medium using the same The invention provides a method of encoding a multi-view video and an encoder capable of calculating global disparity between pictures at different viewpoints in the multi-view video and forming a hierarchical B picture in both view and time directions on the basis ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179969 | Method and apparatus for encoding or decoding frames of different views in multiview video using global disparity The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for encoding a multi-view video and a method and apparatus for decoding a multi-view video, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for encoding a multi-view video and a method and apparatus for decodi... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175148 | Method and device for indicating quantizer parameters in a video coding system A method and device for coding of digital video sequence, wherein an indication of quantization parameter (QP) is provided in the encoded bit-stream for decoding purposes. The QP related information is indicated by introducing a sequence level quantization parameter... | 05/08/2012 |
| RE43360 | Enhancing image quality in an image system A technique for improving image compression by pre-processing the image frames. In particular, methods for de-interlacing and noise reduction using combinations of median filters, applied both spatially and temporally, with and without motion analysis, are described... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170103 | Moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method A moving picture coding apparatus 1 includes a counter unit 102 which counts the number of pictures following an intra coded picture; and a motion estimation unit 101 which compares respectively only reference pictures which are the intra coded ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170099 | Unified system for progressive and interlaced video transmission A system and method that support both progressive and interlaced format video transmission and display. The system utilizes de-interlacing techniques to convert input interlaced format video to progressive format video, and compress and vertically scale the progress... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170100 | Video-information encoding method and video-information decoding method A video-information encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus with a guarantee of a fixed processing time. By limiting the amount of data to be input into/output from a CABAC encoding unit and decoding unit on a unit-of-encoding basis, such as one picture, slice, ma... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170108 | Method and apparatus for decoding/encoding a video signal The present invention provides a video signal decoding method including the steps of checking whether to perform luminance compensation of a current block, performing the luminance compensation on the current block, and performing motion compensation by considering ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8160142 | Interpolation of video compression frames Coding techniques for a video image compression system involve improving an image quality of a sequence of two or more bi-directionally predicted intermediate frames, where each of the frames includes multiple pixels. One method involves determining a brightness val... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160135 | Video-information encoding method and video-information decoding method A video-information encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus with a guarantee of a fixed processing time. By limiting the amount of data to be input into/output from a CABAC encoding unit and decoding unit on a unit-of-encoding basis, such as one picture, slice, ma... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155185 | Image coding apparatus and method An image coding apparatus includes a coding unit configured to set, when coding processing is performed on input image data, a first coding picture that is to be generated by intra-picture prediction coding within the first coding picture, skip reference beyond the ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154604 | Camera motion parameter retrieving system and solving process A camera motion parameter retrieving system and solving process begins with using the equation of that the vector field divergence volume integral is equal to the total outgoing throughput passing through the surface area of the volume through the vector in conjunct... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149910 | Image encoding/image decoding method and image encoding/image decoding apparatus An image coding method includes dividing an input picture into a plurality of pixel block signals, performing intra prediction for extrapolating or interpolating a prediction pixel using reference pixels changed in number according to a distance between the predicti... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149912 | Interpolation of video compression frames Coding techniques for a video image compression system involve improving an image quality of a sequence of two or more bi-directionally predicted intermediate frames, where each of the frames includes multiple pixels. One method involves determining a brightness val... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144774 | Interpolation of video compression frames Coding techniques for a video image compression system involve improving an image quality of a sequence of two or more bi-directionally predicted intermediate frames, where each of the frames includes multiple pixels. One method involves determining a brightness val... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139640 | Interpolation of video compression frames Coding techniques for a video image compression system involve improving an image quality of a sequence of two or more bi-directionally predicted intermediate frames, where each of the frames includes multiple pixels. One method involves determining a brightness val... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139651 | Video deblocking filter Deblocking filters are disclosed, where the nature of the filter is determined based upon the level of detail of a reconstructed video frame in the region in which the block boundary is located. One embodiment of the method of the invention includes identifying a bo... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139637 | Moving picture coding apparatus and moving picture decoding apparatus A video encoder (70) for coding moving pictures comprising a buffer (16c) with a plurality of memory areas capable of storing frames composed of top fields and bottom fields, a motion estimation unit (19) operable to code, field by field,... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139641 | Interpolation of video compression frames Coding techniques for a video image compression system involve improving an image quality of a sequence of two or more bi-directionally predicted intermediate frames, where each of the frames includes multiple pixels. One method involves determining a brightness val... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139639 | Interpolation of video compression frames Coding techniques for a video image compression system involve improving an image quality of a sequence of two or more bi-directionally predicted intermediate frames, where each of the frames includes multiple pixels. One method involves determining a brightness val... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139109 | Vision system for an autonomous vehicle A system includes a vehicle management system, and at least a first, a second, and a third video camera in communication with the vehicle management system. The vehicle management system is configured to receive input from a combination of at least two cameras selec... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139633 | Multi-codec camera system and image acquisition program A multi-codec camera system includes a multi-codec camera that acquires video in the form of multiple compression-rate image data and a determination module that selects image data from the multiple compression-rate image data acquired by the multi-codec camera acco... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8116376 | Complexity scalable video decoding A video decoder, a video decoding method, a video encoder and a video encoding method are disclosed. A video decoder for decoding a video bitstream for an image block includes a motion vector resolution reducer and a motion compensator. The motion vector resolution ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114172 | System and method for 3D space-dimension based image processing An apparatus for 3D representation of image data, comprising: a structure identifier for identifying structures in motion within image data, and a skeleton insertion unit, which associates three-dimensional skeleton elements with the identified structures. The skele... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116384 | Filtering strength determination method, moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method A moving picture coding apparatus includes an inter-pixel filter having filters for filtering decoded image data so as to remove block distortion which is high frequency noise around block boundaries. The inter-pixel filter includes filters having different filterin... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111284 | System and method for 3D space-dimension based image processing An apparatus for 3D representation of image data, comprising: a structure identifier for identifying structures in motion within image data, and a skeleton insertion unit, which associates three-dimensional skeleton elements with the identified structures. The skele... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111754 | Interpolation of video compression frames Coding techniques for a video image compression system involve improving an image quality of a sequence of two or more bi-directionally predicted intermediate frames, where each of the frames includes multiple pixels. One method involves determining a brightness val... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111283 | Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding video data to implement local three-dimensional video Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding video data. The video data decoding method includes decoding a first video stream to generate 2D video data for two-dimensionally displaying video content and decoding a second video stream to generate 3D vid... | 02/07/2012 |
| RE43147 | Abnormality detection and surveillance system A surveillance system having at least one primary video camera for translating real images of a zone into electronic video signals at a first level of resolution. The system includes means for sampling movements of an individual or individuals located within the zon... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102416 | Medical apparatus A medical apparatus includes an endoscopic insertion portion provided with an image pickup unit and a channel; a treatment unit provided with a sensor and a bending portion and passed through a channel, with a distal end portion of the treatment unit being allowed t... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102422 | System, method and computer program product for presenting an option to receive advertisement content An advertising system, method and computer program product are provided. In use, behavior of a user is monitored. In addition, an option is presented to the user to receive advertisement content, where the advertisement content is selected based on the behavior.... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8094729 | Method and apparatus for variable accuracy inter-picture timing specification for digital video encoding with reduced requirements for division operations A method and apparatus for performing motion estimation in a digital video system is disclosed. Specifically, the present invention discloses a system that quickly calculates estimated motion vectors in a very efficient manner. In one embodiment, a first multiplican... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8085300 | Surveillance camera system, remote-controlled monitoring device, control method, and their control program A surveillance camera system includes a surveillance camera having pan/tilt capability, a display for displaying images picked-up by the surveillance camera thereon, a pointing device for indicating the movement of the surveillance camera in a visual field direction... | 12/27/2011 |
| RE43043 | Picture signal transmitting method and apparatus A picture type identifier, indicating one of intra-picture coding (an I-picture), forward or backward predictive coding (a P-picture) and bi-directionally predictive coding (a B-picture), is included with a picture signal when the signal is encoded and when the sign... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085848 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus for identifying a motion vector by executing the steps of setting a plurality of reference blocks, searching a specific reference block, and detecting the motion vector is provided. The image processing apparatus includes correlation-va... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085856 | Filtering strength determination method, moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method A moving picture coding apparatus includes an inter-pixel filter having filters for filtering decoded image data so as to remove block distortion which is high frequency noise around block boundaries. The inter-pixel filter includes filters having different filterin... | 12/27/2011 |
| RE43021 | Picture signal transmitting method and apparatus A picture type identifier, indicating one of intra-picture coding (an I-picture), forward or backward predictive coding (a P-picture) and bi-directionally predictive coding (a B-picture), is included with a picture signal when the signal is encoded and when the sign... | 12/13/2011 |
