Patents by Inventor Elliott N. Linzer

Elliott N. Linzer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and/or apparatus for motion estimation using a hierarchical search followed by a computation split for different block sizes
    Patent number: 7170934
    Abstract: A method for performing motion estimation comprising the steps of (a) determining one or more first vectors representative of a displacement of a first block of a first image in a second image and (b) determining one or more second vectors representative of a displacement of the first block in the second image and a first sub-block and second sub-block of the first block based upon the one or more first vectors, a plurality of error scores, and a combination of the plurality of error scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventor: Elliott N. Linzer
  • Method and /or apparatus for motion estimation using a hierarchical search followed by a computation split for different block sizes
    Publication number: 20040120400
    Abstract: A method for performing motion estimation comprising the steps of (a) determining one or more first vectors representative of a displacement of a first block of a first image in a second image and (b) determining one or more second vectors representative of a displacement of the first block in the second image and a first sub-block and second sub-block of the first block based upon the one or more first vectors, a plurality of error scores, and a combination of the plurality of error scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: LSI LOGIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Elliott N. Linzer