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| 20090257492 | VIDEO DATA MANAGEMENT - The invention relates to encoding and decoding pixel blocks of a video frame through a hybrid mode involving usage of a first prediction of a pixel block and at least a second prediction of the pixel block. An initial first weighting factor is modified using a factor modifier to generate a first weighting factor comprising multiple different factor values that are assignable to the different pixel-based first prediction values of the first prediction. The first weighting factor is applied to the first prediction and a second weighting factor is applied to the second block prediction. The at least two weighted predictions are then combined to form a hybrid prediction of the current pixel block. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090316997 | BORDER REGION PROCESSING IN IMAGES - A border region is identified in an image by calculating an average of pixel values in a row or column of the image. Differences in property values are determined between each pixel in the row or column and a neighboring pixel present on a same column or row but in a neighboring row or column. An average difference is calculated based on these differences. The pixels in the row or column are classified as belonging to a border region or internal region of the image based on the average pixel value and the average pixel difference. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100027667 | MOTION ESTIMATION FOR UNCOVERED FRAME REGIONS - In a motion estimation for a group of at least one image element in a frame of a video sequence, a global motion is determined between the frame and a reference frame. Uncovered groups present in an uncovered region of the frame are identified based on the determined global motion. The global motion is assigned as motion representation for these identified uncovered groups. The assigned motion representation is useful for constructing new frames in the sequence in a frame rate up-conversion. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100098345 | ADAPTIVE FILTER REPRESENTATION - The present invention teaches a filter process used in intra or inter prediction of pixel blocks. A first, optionally interpolation, filter is applied in the first filter process to get filtered, optionally interpolated, pixel values. A differential filter and an adaptive gain are utilized in the second process for improving the prediction performance. The adaptivity of the gain can be made even on block basis, allowing a fine tuning of the pixel prediction and/or a fine tuning of pixel rotation and zooming. Alternatively, a combined one-step filter process using the interpolation filter, the differential filter and the adaptive gain is applied to the pixel values. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100149422 | IMAGE BLOCK CLASSIFICATION - An image processing method involves determining a global motion between a reference frame and a current frame in a frame sequence. A reference block is identified in the reference frame for a current block based on the global motion. A classification parameter is calculated based on the pixel values of the current block and the reference block. The parameter can be used for classifying the block as belonging to the background or foreground of the current frame. The parameter is preferably also utilized in frame rate-up conversion when extrapolating or interpolating new frames. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100278269 | Systems and Methods for using DC Change Parameters in Video Coding and Decoding - The present application discloses systems and methods for using DC change parameters in video coding. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of: (a) obtaining a DC change parameter; (b) decoding encoded video data to obtain reconstructed pixel values; and (c) using the reconstructed pixel values, a filter, and the DC change parameter to obtain filtered reconstructed pixel values with a DC change. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100284458 | ADAPTIVE FILTERING - A method and device for determining an adaptive filter having multiple filter parameters, wherein a first filter parameter has a first level of adaptivity and a second filter parameter has a second, different level of adaptivity. Parameter values for the first filter parameter are determined among a first set of allowable filter parameter values. Parameter values for the second filter parameter are correspondingly determined among a second, different set of allowable filter parameter values. The different levels of adaptivity in the filter parameters are achieved because the second set includes more allowable filter parameter values than the first set. The adaptive filter is advantageously used in filtering in intra- or inter-predication during video encoding and decoding. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100284461 | Encoding Filter Coefficients - A method of encoding a plurality of adaptive filter coefficients ( | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100309977 | Adaptive Intra Mode Selection - In video encoding and decoding predictions may be generated by intra-frame prediction. Intra-frame prediction uses reconstructed pixels in a reconstructed frame. Intra-frame prediction is performed by extending the reconstructed pixels into a predicted block using intra-frame prediction modes, each intra-frame prediction mode indicating a direction of the extension. In order to reduce the number of possible intra-frame prediction modes, a subset is selected from a predetermined set of possible intra-frame prediction modes. A subset of intra-frame prediction modes can be created by forming preselection sets of intra-frame prediction modes on the basis of similarity of their associated predicted blocks and selecting a representative intra-frame prediction mode from each preselection set. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110007801 | Pixel Prediction for Video Coding - Method of encoding an input video frame into an encoded video frame. The method comprises the steps of disassembling the input video frame into a plurality of blocks of pixels; and for each block being a current block, generating a corresponding predicted block from already reconstructed pixels, generating a residual block by subtracting the predicted block from the current block, and generating a reconstructed block from the residual block and the predicted block, generating the encoded video frame from the residual block, creating a local structure of reconstructed pixels in a region of the predicted block and aligning the predicted block with the local structure to produce an aligned predicted block, wherein the aligned predicted block is used in the steps of generating the residual block and generating the corresponding reconstructed block. A corresponding method for decoding the encoded video frame into a decoded video frame also uses a step of creating a local structure of reconstructed pixels in a region of the predicted block and aligning the predicted block with the local structure to produce an aligned predicted block. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110026599 | TEMPLATE-BASED PIXEL BLOCK PROCESSING - An adaptive filter to use in connection with prediction-based pixel block encoding and decoding is determined independently at the encoder and decoder side through a template-based procedure. A pixel block ( | 02-03-2011 |
