Using Motion Vectors (epo) Patents (Class 375/E7.164)
  • Variable shape motion estimation in video sequence
    Patent number: 7885335
    Abstract: A method of creating a variable-shaped block in a target image includes generating an initial pattern of target blocks, identifying allowable combinations of target blocks, calculating a combination value for each allowable combination, using the combination value to select one of the allowable combinations, and performing the selected allowable combination to create a variable-shaped block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignees: Sont Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Zhourong Miao, James J. Carrig, Marco Paniconi