Abstract: The invention relates to a signal processing system comprising first electronic means for storing an input signal, second means for a real-time processing of the input signal thus stored, and third electronic means for storing the signal thus processed. This system is according to the invention, characterized in that said second processing means themselves comprise off-line signal enhancement means applied to said input signal and using available processing resources, not still used for real-time or on-line processing, for delivering an enhanced signal and storing it in said third means for storing the signal processed by the second processing means.

Abstract: A conversion unit (300) for converting a first motion vector field (MVF1) into a second motion vector field (MVF2) is disclosed. The first motion vector field being computed, on basis of a first image and a second image of a sequence of images, for a temporal position between the first image and the second image.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for creating a story-board of video frames from a stream of video data wherein only the video frames of the story-board are transmitted to the portable electronic devices. A content controlled summary is generated from input video data. The content control summary is then synchronized with a continuous audio signal. The summary is encoded along with the continuous audio for transmission.

Abstract: Method for encoding a digital video stream, comprising the steps of encoding a video sequence into a full frame sequence, forming a decimated frame sequence by removing a predetermined number of frames from the full frame sequence by means of temporal decimation, locally decoding the full frame sequence, locally decoding the decimated frame sequence, temporally interpolating the decoded decimated frame sequence by means of an interpolator, comparing the locally decoded frames of the full frame sequence with the corresponding frames of the locally interpolated frame sequence, determining residual information for a frame based on at least the comparison for that frame, and providing an output stream comprising the decimated frame sequence and the determined residual information.

Abstract: A video encoder/decoder with spatial scalable compression schemes using spatial sharpness enhancement techniques is disclosed. The video compression scheme introduces a number of various video enhancement techniques on the base layer. A picture analyzer is used to determine the best or the best mix of various video enhancement techniques. The picture analyzer compares the selected mix of video enhancement techniques with the original full resolution input signal to determine for which of the pixels or groups of pixels a residual enhancement layer is required. Parameters defining the selected mix of video enhancement techniques are transmitted to the decoder layer so the same mix of video enhancement techniques can be used in the decoder layer.

Abstract: An image encoder with a encoder input; a memory device to said encoder input, for storing a image received at said input; a image predictor device for predicting a prediction image based on a first image stored in said memory device; a combiner device for determining residual data relating to a difference between an original image and the prediction image; a first evaluator for determining a first characteristic; an inhibiter connected to said combiner device and said first evaluator device, for transmitting said residual data further if said first characteristic checks against said first predetermined criterion; and a encoder output connected to said inhibiter device. The image encoder has a second evaluator device for determining a second characteristic, and said inhibiter device is arranged for transmitting said residual data further depending on said first characteristic and said second characteristic.