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| 20090046995 | IMAGE/VIDEO QUALITY ENHANCEMENT AND SUPER-RESOLUTION USING SPARSE TRANSFORMATIONS - A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for a quality enhancement/super resolution technique. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a first version of media at a first resolution and creating a second version of the media at a second resolution higher or equal to the first resolution using at least one transform and adaptive thresholding. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090060362 | IMAGE AND VIDEO COMPRESSION USING SPARSE ORTHONORMAL TRANSFORMS - A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for performing compression with sparse orthonormal transforms. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a block of data; classifying the block of data based on directional structure; selecting one of a plurality of available directional, orthonormal transforms to apply to the block based on results of classifying the block; and applying the selected transform to the block to generate a plurality of coefficients, thereby producing a compressed version of the block. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090195535 | METHODS FOR FAST AND MEMORY EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSFORMS - Embodiments of the present invention include a set of processes and systems for implementing a forward weight-adaptive over-complete transform of an image/video frame, an inverse weight-adaptive over-complete transform of an image/video frame, and fast and low-memory processes for performing the forward weight-adaptive over-complete transform, processing coefficients in the transform domain and performing the inverse weight-adaptive over-complete transform simultaneously. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195697 | NOISE AND/OR FLICKER REDUCTION IN VIDEO SEQUENCES USING SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PROCESSING - A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for reducing at least one of both flicker and noise in video sequences. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving an input video and performing operations to reduce one or both of noise and flicker in the input video using spatial and temporal processing. | 08-06-2009 |
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| 20110235717 | NONLINEAR, PREDICTION FILTER FOR HYBRID VIDEO COMPRESSION - A method and apparatus for non-linear prediction filtering are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises performing motion compensation to generate a motion compensated prediction using a block from a previously coded frame, performing non-linear filtering on the motion compensated prediction in the transform domain with a non-linear filter as part of a fractional interpolation process to generate a motion compensated non-linear prediction, subtracting the motion compensated non-linear prediction from a block in a current frame to produce a residual frame, and coding the residual frame. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235718 | NONLINEAR, PREDICTION FILTER FOR HYBRID VIDEO COMPRESSION - A method and apparatus for non-linear prediction filtering are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises performing motion compensation to generate a motion compensated prediction using a block from a previously coded frame, performing non-linear filtering on the motion compensated prediction in the transform domain with a non-linear filter as part of a fractional interpolation process to generate a motion compensated non-linear prediction, subtracting the motion compensated non-linear prediction from a block in a current frame to produce a residual frame, and coding the residual frame. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110293005 | NONLINEAR, PREDICTION FILTER FOR HYBRID VIDEO COMPRESSION - A method and apparatus for non-linear prediction filtering are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises performing motion compensation to generate a motion compensated prediction using a block from a previously coded frame, performing non-linear filtering on the motion compensated prediction in the transform domain with a non-linear filter as part of a fractional interpolation process to generate a motion compensated non-linear prediction, subtracting the motion compensated non-linear prediction from a block in a current frame to produce a residual frame, and coding the residual frame. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110293006 | NONLINEAR, PREDICTION FILTER FOR HYBRID VIDEO COMPRESSION - A method and apparatus for non-linear prediction filtering are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises performing motion compensation to generate a motion compensated prediction using a block from a previously coded frame, performing non-linear filtering on the motion compensated prediction in the transform domain with a non-linear filter as part of a fractional interpolation process to generate a motion compensated non-linear prediction, subtracting the motion compensated non-linear prediction from a block in a current frame to produce a residual frame, and coding the residual frame. | 12-01-2011 |