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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2019
Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Xianliang Zha, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Harikrishna Madadi Reddy, San Jose, CA (US);
Junqiang Lan, Fremont, CA (US);
Sujith Srinivasan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Chung-Fu Lin, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Guogang Hua, San Diego, CA (US);
Meta Platforms, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A system comprises a memory storage configured to store at least a portion of a frame of a video and a hardware motion estimation search processing unit configured to perform at least a portion of a motion estimation search for the video for a plurality of different block sizes. The hardware motion estimation search processing unit is configured to perform the motion estimation search using a plurality of source sub-blocks of a first block size to determine a first type of comparison evaluation values for the first block size. A combination of values included in the first type of comparison evaluation values is utilized to determine at least one second type of comparison evaluation values for a second block size, wherein the second block size is larger than the first block size.